Snowy winter
West
is
wonderland
Brent Gerhart takes a look at the first half of the NBA season.
Mr. Freeze blasted
Spoke
Kitchener-Waterloo early January
in
and and
behind scary
left
beautiful images.
News Monday, February
Bus
q
By MELISSA
to find alter-
GRT
He
strike.
he said. “Why minute (for nego-
fault is it?”
wait until the
last
tiations).”
Third-year computer engineering
Hugo Rodriguez, 21, said he rides the bus every day to school from Fairview Park Mall and doesstudent,
online newsletter from
GRT
stated they, “
...
demand
have access to a car. to walk,” he said. “Cabs are about $15 from where I live. I think maybe I’d have to buy n’t
“I’d have
a contract
that represents our true worth.”
About 36,000 passengers
GRT buses
ever}/ day,
he
ride the
said,
a bike.”
and
Mahir Stambolic, 22, a student
people would have to find their own way to get around if the driv-
CAW
President of the KitchenerWaterloo region Rick Lonergan said he “led the way” to the 98 per
residence and would not like hav-
cent in-favour vote. “Things are going well so far,” he
“If
said last year the average bus
back with
all
package and a wage of about $20.64 per hour. “It’s all part of our negotiations,” he said.
only rides the bus about four times week, but a strike would force a
lot
of schedule
shifting.
“I’d have to find another
way
to
ming/analyst student at Conestoga College, John Lafleche, said he
get to school and to work,” she
uses public transportation every day.
Her parents would have to pick her up and drop her off, she said, because taking a cab would be too
home,” he said. “I’m not a morning person, so I wouldn’t be able to get to class on time.”
When
asked
if taking
Students
a cab to and
.
,
,
Woodworking degree to be offered in 2006
my groceries.”
a
computer program-
“I’d be staying at
,
i
Wilfrid Laurier University student Devi Devendran, 22, said she
fits'
twice
(Photo by Ryan Connell) Jay tu Theobalb, a second-year apprenticeship student, sands a piece of wood in the woodworking building on Feb. 1 As well as the two diploma woodworking programs at Conestoaa, the college also offers apprenticeship programs like cabinet making, and will offer a degree program in 2006. .
to
walk,” Stambolic said. “I’d have to walk to Zehrs and walk all the way
now.”
driver’s contract included a bene-
First-year
walk to get groceries. you need bread, you need
in g to
“So, there’s no need for badright
at
Conestoga, said he doesn’t use public transit very often, but has to right now because his car has broken down. He said he lives at the Conestoga
ers strike.
He
a
it
whose
said.
workers stated there is, ”... a gap between what we bring home and the spiraling cost of living.” It also
said.
was
only lasted for half a day. “If a strike lasts half a day, then
settled.”
mouthing
said the last time there
strike
“I’m optimistic we will get to where we need to be and have an agreement
An
did not
“Nobody’s in favour- of the strike,” he said. “It’s just a procedure.”
drivers
are in the stage of active
Murray
who
possible strike.
expired on Dec. 31, 2004, he said, and 98 per cent of workers voted in
negotiations,”
driver Greg,
want to give his last name, said he has been a bus driver for about 23 years and is not in favour of the
Feb. 14 as the date for a strike.
“We
“Good grief money for
don’t have the
I
that.”
Chief executive officer of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Kitchener-Waterloo region Mike Murray said bus drivers have set
favour of a
left
Lafleche said,
yes!
native methods of transportation.
GRT bus
By
RYAN CONNELL
said.
expensive. “I just don’t
kno\v
how
it
would
work. There would be a lot of people rearranging their schedules.”
finally
By JENNIFER After five months,
HOWDEN all
residents at
Conestoga College’s Residence and Conference Centre can finally have a hot shower, after a major water problem was fixed on Jan. 26.
Many
residents
with
little
had been forced or no hot water
get hot water
Plans to offer a four-year woodworking degree program have been pushed back until September 2006 because not enough people applied for September 2004. The program received approximately 15 applicants, which was half the number needed. Michael McClements, the associate vice-president
of engineerinfonnation technology and trades and apprenticeship, said
were having the problem was difficult because there was no definite pattern. One room would be getting no hot water and yet all the rooms surrounding it were fine. Kobylnik did notice that if one room had a problem then the same room on the other floors would have the problem. He also noticed
rooms of each floor have the most prob-
one of the reasons why they weren't able to properly recruit people for the program was because it was approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities so late in the year that the college missed the opportunity to
advertise to high school stuAs well, McClements said
the last four
dents.
since September.
seemed
Conestoga residence general manager, John Kobylnik, said there were multiple problems but the residence was doing everything it
lems.
high school students aren’t being properly informed about the wood industry and college
could to
fix
it.
“Since the beginning of the year fie has been a list of things that
»h
been done. We’ve had all kinds of contractors coming in and giving us different solutions and it but nothing
we’ve been doing
was completely working,” he said. Figuring out exactly what rooms
create
wood
ing,
to live
— No. 5
from school would be too expen-
Riders of Grand River Transit
for
36th Year
3
drivers strike
if
sive,
The contract
News
may be
HANCOCK
(GRT) may soon have
11
foundations students are getting answers.
Conestoga College, Kitchener
riders
the cold
in
Sports
Clothing situation under control After a host of problems, LASA and police
7
2005
7,
the best
to
Residence tried many things to get the hot water fixed including
opening and closing the water
that
degrees.
“We have work
do on marketdegrees because to
valves to get proper water flow to
ing
rooms and installing a bigger water pump. They also noticed the cartridges behind the shower nozzle were breaking down which meant cold water was coming in and hot water
they’re not well understood in the public arena,” he said. “The gener-
the
wasn’t.
Continued on Page 2
college
al lack of awareness about the degrees has resulted in us not being able to generate the required
applicant pool to allow us to run this degree.”
McClements
said they plan to
more awareness about the industiy with the help of the
Wood Manufacturing (WMC), by
Council funded government.
a council that
the
federal
is
WMC’s
mandate is to plan, develand implement human
op
they go to institutions like ours, and virtually every graduate we
produce probably has more than one choice of a job because there is such a demand for these people.”
Mark Bramer,
the
program co-
resources strategies that support the long-term growth and compet-
woodworking degree program, said he was dis-
of Canada’s advanced products manufacturing industry and meet the developmental needs of its workforce. Pamphlets were also distributed
appointed that the program wasn’t offered in September, but he is
itiveness
wood
to high schools educating students
about the wood industry and the job possibilities.
McClements
said that with the
WMC
they plan to inform
help of
high school students that baccalaureate degrees in the wood field
now
exist. Previously, the only other degree program that comes close is a wood sciences degree
offered British
by
the
University
of
Columbia.
that exist within the industry, so
what we’re doing at the present time through the Wood Manufacturing Council is creating the awareness that this $ 15billion industry in Canada is very healthy,” McClements said. “The find
industry
enough
says
for
the
optimistic that the promotion they are planning to
do
will attract a lot
of students.
Bramer
said the degree
steer people
the
would
of engineers where they would not only learn the skills to make in
direction
wood
products themselves but would also gain the knowledge of how to organize a company that will pro-
duce the product
in
an efficient
manner.
“What we’re the need for
really looking at
wood
is
engineers and
currently the universities are not
“The public isn’t aware of the industry and the opportunities
wood
ordinator
they
skilled people
can’t
and
tapping
into
that
area,”
Bramer
“You’re not only selling them a wood program, but you’re said.
selling
them an industry
in
a
sense.”
Conestoga College currently a two-year diploma in woodworking technology and a three-year diploma in woodworking technology with a co-op comoffers
ponent.
— SPOKE, February
Page 2
News
2005
7,
Conestoga residence
Now deep thoughts ...with Random
hot water problem
Conestoga College
questions answered by
How
fixes
random students Continued from Page 1 Maintenance workers replaced about 2 cartridges and more were 1
do you beat
ordered to be installed
rooms
the
the winter blues?
of
in the rest
were having the
that
problem.
During the summer months, the residence operates as a hotel and
“Sex,
and
Barb
Pauli,
first-year
lots of
Kobylnik said they didn’t have any problems during that time. “With the hotel guests it’s not really a problem because they are all showering at different times. With the students you have the majority getting up at 7 and 8 a.m. and so
it.”
LASA/police
everyone
foundations
using the water
is
at the
same time which contributes to the problem and just made the cartridges
down even more,” he
break
said.
Although residence was doing everything
“Doing doughnuts there’s
snow
when in
could to
it
water was not getting to
College’s Residence and Conference Centre.
dent,
parking
lot.”
Marc Hallman, first-year
graphic design
but
took a
of cold
lot
showers,” she said. “There
going out with friends,
lis-
tening to music and forgetting
about the weather.”
Fiona Kaimi,
childhood education
“Relax
my
in
my
patio set
and my
the
to
so terrified that
But
it’s
I’m
it.
going to go away
get so excited to show-
er now',
I
w'hich sounds ridiculous,
you go without it for so long. It has really improved my mood and I’ve made it to class on time more often
how much
residence
could have
make
situation
the
done
“We have lounges with showers in them that could have been designated for students without hot water or they could have given us an update on the situation
more
often.
Even things
night) that
cared really could have
from,” she said.
because she didn’t
the third year
is
Coggan has
and, again, there were
summer
26, the water was shut off more maintenance. The pressure relief valve was removed because
On Jan.
in pressure to
thought
said she had
about asking for her money back because of the hot water problem but said she didn’t actually ask
know what
five
shower and looked*
after a cold
my
for
at
who had obviously enjoyed
that I paid the exact
money ing,
“It’s
the I
my
loss has really
been the
Residence’s
tsunami fundraiser nets $655
a
not right
By
ALEXANDRA MASTRONARDI
same amount of
as eveiyone else in the build-
and had
made
fact that
largest disappointment.”
classmates, also living in resi-
hot shower,” she said.
The
her
arrived to class
I
better.
received nothing to compensate
my mind
“That thought crossed every morning as
would show residence
months
rights were.
dence,
at that time.
of a five-pound drop
Coggan
to
like
overnight passes (so she wouldn’t have to pay if a friend stayed the
she said.
it is
to
said.
showered in her friend’s room a lot and I showered at the rec centre on multiple occasions. I was always wondering where my next shower would come
easier
I
she
better,”
motivate myself to get out of bed,”
for
foundations
“I honestly didn’t believe
“As a public relations student
think there were a lot of things
because of
it.
no water problems
LASA/police
Coggan couldn’t have been hapwhen she realized she was
pier
get
the
Jessie Bramhill,
she feels they could have handled the situation a bit differently.
find hot water wherever they could
had a problem with the hot water. She also stayed in residence over
kitty litter
first-year
Coggan and her roommate had
Conestoga
said Kobylnik.
but you just can’t understand until
in the cold.”
at
major complaints are now fixed,”
bed for an 8:30 a.m. class kndwing you are going into a freezing cold shower and then walking to school
lived in residence and she has never
feet
box with my hydroponics equipment shining on me.” in
noth-
is
rooms
of the
again.
This
kitchen with
some
ing harder than trying to get out of
“My roommate
second-year early
students were forced to take cold showers because hot
finally getting hot water.
didn’t last very long.
it
“I definitely
“Going skiing, having fun,
Some
year with no hot water.
Second-year public relations stuConnie Coggan, had gone without hot water since September. She did have a brief time in November where her water was hot
the
(Photo by Jennifer Howden)
water
fix the
problem, there were many students who were going through the school
to live without regular
the system and the hot and cold
hot water for five months.”
water pressure was balanced. “The rooms where we got the
Although Coggan knows the problem wasn’t residence’s fault,
Who
says college students are
cheap?
The Conestoga Residence and Conference Centre raised $655 for victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami in southeast Asia.
Changes “I
teach people
how
to ski.”
for health office
MURPHY
By TIM
Ryan Molyneaux, first-year
LASA/police
foundations
because
“Work have a tanning member-
don’t
ship. In the
winter you don’t get as
much Vitamin
B,
so that
VP
Conestoga was number 1 ” he “We’re definitely among top.”
student
fall
change has had no effect on students or staff working in the health
the
office.
hood education
Doon campus
has moved under
the
said
affairs,
wing of
Smile Conestoga, you could be our next respondent!
in
the
moved
health office from the occupational
tions
terms of how
“1 think in
health and safety administration to
es the students,
Student Services. “One reason why
significant
time to do for
it
was
A number positions
was
a
good
had been
said.
of new administrative Student Services
in
accommodated
He
it
the infrastructure
Services
Student
enhanced,” Harris
can cause depression.” Jack Jelinski, mechanical technology automated manufacturing
were competing with other campus
mists of time,” he said. Harris said the administrative
office located at the
semester, the college I
The general manager of the residence, John Kobylnik, said they living centres in the province to see
health
College’s
said is a logical move. Fred Harris, vice-president of
year
it
last
and staff increases. “I have no idea why the college put it there, that goes back into the
Conestoga
Student Services, in what a college
out. This
decade and has undergone renova-
of growth in the
Students donated $105 more than the residence’s goal of $550.
the
move.
said he could only surmise
it
under the occupational health and safety designation because the health office may have landed
more of a first-aid staThe move is because of a lot
started as tion.
it
it
servic-
hasn’t had any
impact up
until
this
could raise the most money. saw, 1 figures last
“The
new positions created to accommodate the administrative move is a new executive director of the
said.
the
Ashleigh Latimer, an early childstudent, said she
donated to the fundraiser to help a victim
she’s
known
since
her
childhood.
"My
point."
One of
who
ever
friend’s brother
and
there 1
wanted
1
to
moved over
donate what-
could afford in hopes
it
will
reach him.” she said.
McLaren. “1 do have some background working from that perspective,”
"1 hope was able to help him and the other victims.” The residence encouraged dents to donate by pinning
One
of her previous
posters and sending flyers to each
jobs was managing Grand River
room. A donation bin was set up at the front desk and staff also went doorto-door collecting money.
Student
McLaren
Services,
said.
Jacqueline
Hospital’s mental health services.
McLaren tion
started in her
on Dec.
1
3.
new
posi-
1
>
News
Clothing fundraiser
now under By JEN
GALHARDO
just
pay the $500
my own
out of
(to
cover the
GST)
back
^Conestoga College regarding problems with clothing ordered as a
get the clothes to the students as soon as possible.
fundraiser for the law and security administration and police founda-
bad because I made students so unhappy.” However, things weren’t going to
Nelofer Ahmed, a second-year student in police foundations and president of the Emergency
Response Club, sold clothing to students in the two programs to raise money for a much-needed
dummy
When the clothes Ahmed discovered that
some
were wrong, items were missing, some names were spelled wrong and the clothes were not good quality, she said. orders
Ahmed
met
with
Snap
explained
that
was
this
employee
Productions
neglected
that the prices
that every time
to
to take
As
a result,
didn’t collect
Ahmed
said she
enough money from was left short.
a result,
cancel
Ahmed
the
orders
Productions
and go
decided to with Snap
Bodnar’s
to
Distributing in Kitchener. said the employee from Bodnar’s Distributing only charged
her
Nelofer A hmed, police foundations student
them something else because she does have a few extra pieces of clothing
In
addition
GST on the clothing. More than
200 items of clothing were ordered with some articles priced at $43. “That was fine. I (decided I) would
$10,000
to
Bodnar’s
this
Distributing did not have
clothing
attire
that
the
off,
it
reason the
was held was
The one piece of good news is Alumni Association
their
Conestoga voted in favour of purchasing the dummy for the pro-
money now.
said.
has placed posters around the school to let stu-
know
dents
problems with the clothing are being taken care of. that the
students
Volunteer
in
the
Student
Management Committee
of the police foundations program, is in charge of volunteering, have suggested using that extra
which
money
to provide refunds to stu-
dents for the
wrong
clothing, said
Ahmed. This
is still
under consid-
Ahmed
remains upbeat.
“I’ve done some good things and some bad thing and I am just going to take
it
as a learning experience.”
fund guarantees scholarship for 10 years
By MELISSA
trust
HANCOCK
said about his students taking the
becoming a mem“Most students are
extra course and
For the next 10 years, a student business administration materials and operations managethe
in
ment
program
College
will
Conestoga
at
be
guaranteed
a
scholarship of $1,000. Materials management teacher Paul Knight said the Purchasing
Management
Association
of
Canada (PMAC) has provided
the
scholarship for about 20 years to a second-year student who is taking the principles of buying course,
which has an additional cost of about $200 over and above tuition.
a
The student
also has to be
member of
the PMAC, which $60 extra and the stu-
costs about
dent must have achieved the highest
mark
in the principles
of buy-
ing course.
newsletter on Conestoga’s website states, “The (PMAC) association views Conestoga’s materi-
management program
as dedi-
cated to high educational standards
preparing
future professionals.
Irdnestoga has more
dent
PMAC
members than any
stu-
other post-
secondary institution in Canada and is the only Canadian college to earn
PMAC
PMAC.
smart enough to
know
recognition
for
the
will be
come from an
This past school year, every student enrolled in the principles of
night for
buying course, about 46 students,
students
received their certificates, he said,
and
annual golf tourna-
ment held by the said.
In January, all
the
association,
he
annual student
materials
management
was held at the Holiday Inn on Fairway Road in Kitchener,
was a very proud moment. “We all work very hard,” he said.
where the scholarship was awarded, Knight said.
not easy and the students will
He said he keeps the name of the scholarship recipient a secret until student night because he likes it to
that
“It’s
attest to that!”
A
trust fund of $10,000 has been up to ensure that students will still be awarded the scholarship 10 years from now, Knight said.
set
“I think
it’s
excellent to
know
the
scholarship will continue,” he said.
be a surprise. This year’s said
involved,
Andrew
Silcox,
it’s
great to
(PMAC).”
vice-president
for the central Ontario district of the Ontario Institute of PMAC, said the idea for the trust fund
came from members of group of
He
the local
PMAC.
said significant changes are
being “is to
made and
the local district
be dissolved.”
“We
wanted to make sure Conestoga students are taken care of,” Silcox said.
“I don’t twist their arms,”
Because the
PMAC is a non-prof-
of
OPSEU
three
and three
people from management. tives
western and eastern Ontario.
The formula calculates the number of hours a college faculty
member should be working each week. For example, it takes into account time for in-class teaching,
marking and meeting with
students.
The maximum number
of hours faculty can be scheduled work is 44 hours a week. Walter Boettger, president of to
Local 237, said some faculty members at Conestoga College have had to put in anywhere from 50 to 70 hours a week. “They’re saying it’s too much,” said Boettger. “The formula’s flawed and it doesn’t reflect the (actual
time spent working by
teachers).”
“There were a so
I
of people didn’t expect to
something to strive for. Eighty-one per cent was Boakes’ mark for the principles of buying course, he said. “If
that there is
you do the work and put
for
in
what Boakes
be spending his $1,000 on, he said he will probably use it to further his education.
need
to
will
be pro
show
an issue with the
workloads. “If you can provide pertinent data to support your issues, it’s all
helpful,”
said
now
all
Boettger.
“Right
on the bargaining team’s shoulders to assemble the information into a package that’s presentable to management.” But a heavy workload isn’t the it’s
only thing that will be on the table. Salary is the runner-up, fol-
lowed by benefits. College teachers should be earning between that of the highest paid
high school teacher and
that of the lowest paid university
professor. Currently,
teachers are
most college making closer to or
same as high school teachers. Instead of having a whole host of items to negotiate, the spotlight the
will
be mainly on two
issues.
“You’ll find that this round of bargaining is dually focused —
workload and
salary,”
Boettger
said.
He said management may or may not agree to the changes, but said
it
depends on funding as
Information from the survey,
unlikely that you always what you’re asking for in the
“It’s
along with workload diaries that some faculty have been asked to
get
keep, will be presented by the bargaining team to management to
The union would like to see a revised formula with less marking
support the claim that current workloads are excessive and that the formula needs to be revamped. Boettger said the biggest problem with the workload is that over
hours for teachers and smaller class sizes. The formula may also have to be made program specific,
the
years
class
sizes,
bargaining process.”
some programs require more evaluation time than others. since
in-class
teaching hours and evaluation hours have increased. As a result, teachers are starting to feel the
Negotiations will begin after
Volunteers
NEEDED! For Explore
Conestoga 2005.
Friday March 4
Saturday March 5 Sunday March 6 This event last
is
held on the
weekend of study week.
It is a great opportunity to build your volunteer hours and gain valuable experience. If
all
workload information has been compiled and presented to management. the
time,”
he said, “you’ll get something out of it in the end.”
As
will
at the negotiations to
lot
Boakes said he thinks the scholarship and the trust fund are a good idea because it gives students
the
vided
well.
the
when he won.
win.”
so
recipient
was Brad Boakes, who he was pleasantly surprised
then say ‘that’s
it,’
The taskforce includes
scholarship
“Any professional association can do it for a number of years and
principles of buying course.”
Knight
it
it organization, the money for the scholarship has generally always
beneficial.”
get the support from
A
als
ber of
years ago.
were selected from various colleges that represent northern,
Some
must start before then to reach an agreement. Evidence
workload information necessary modify a workload formula set by management and OPSEU
agreement and a notice to
out until Aug. 31, but negotia-
will help
to
1,
tions
the taskforce accumulate faculty
people from
collective
bargain was served to manage ment. The contract does not run
council (management).
The management representa-
a result the proceeds from a
The
expired Jan.
by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and Colleges Compensation and Appointments
grams, said Monica Himmelman, officer at Conestoga.
workload formula.
force put together
development and alumni relations
eration. Despite all the controversy,
Ahmed
result,
effects of going beyond the parameter hours set out by the
Faculty at colleges across Ontario have until Feb. 15 to fill out an online workload survey for information gathering by a task-
of
dummy, can now be used elsewhere.
“Students were freaking out,” she
As a
that
Snap
refunding students out of her own pocket, once again. She said she is still negotiating with Bodnar’s Distributing about refunds, howev-
want
to pur-
Dec. 2 Emergency Response party, which were to be used to purchase the
Productions offered, such as boxers, so Ahmed said she began
M ULLFR
The 20-minute survey
the
all
By DENISE
left.
the
As
er students
Ahmed
see her and she
them their money or offer
will refund
quoted did-
the students and
As
as a learning
it
experience.”
charges
come
happy
chase a new dummy for the program, but that is no longer needed.
done some good and some bad things and am just going
tell
a sweatshirt
said if they are not
things
for
colour was changed there was a fee.
Ahmed
they should
“I’ve
Snap
for
n’t include taxes or freight
and
there have been problems with pricing where the company did not give the right quote. For students with wrong orders,
fundraiser
fundraising purposes.
The
two years
To top
I
Productions in Toronto to order clothing and discuss pricing and
first
past
for the students in police
law and security administration and pre-service firefighting education and training.
formula
right
year there have been problems with the clothing order. For the
better.
arrived,
foundations,-
Ahmed
the
“I felt really
get
me, I e-mail them
away and deal with it.” According to Ahmed, this is not
At this point, she said, Christmas was coming and she just wanted to
tions programs.
“If students e-mail
pocket,” she said.
to help
modify workload
control
You may have seen a few posters the Doon campus of
—varound
Survey
interested please contact
Herber Jaimes at: hiaimes@conestoaac.on.ra or 748-5220 ext. 3429
Page 4
— SPOKE, February
7,
Commentary
2005
Evil prevails
throughout history Jan. 27
was an important day. when sappy cards were mailed
wasn’t a time
It
pagne
were raised
flutes
Instead,
it
cham-
to lovers or
in toasts.
commemorated
a
more somber occasion
sary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi death
-
the 60th anniver-
camp where
million
.5
1
Second World War. Overall, approximillion people, including Jews, gypsies and others undesir-
lost their lives during the
Jews
mately
1 1
able to the Third Reich, suffered a similar fate at the hands of the Nazis. In 1944, the term genocide was coined by a Polish scholar to describe the extermination of six million Jews in the war, approximately 40 per cent of the race at that time, according to statistics in a
The Record. More specifically, the word refers to the many people from a particular ethnic group. However, genocide was not a mid-20th century phenomenon.
Jan.
26
article in
deliberate massacre of
Instances of mass murder have been documented throughout history, such as the early 1900s Turkish attempt to purify its population of
Armenian
Christians,
which
left
1
.5
million people dead.
a sad testament to humankind that since the birth of this odious word, its usage has become commonplace, and not just as a noun to It is
Jen considers her summer vacation.
describe past atrocities.
Between 1975 and 1979, two million Cambodians died as a resu.lt of their Communist leader’s plan to implement communal farming in the style of Mao Tse-tung, whose regime in China was itself responsible for tens of millions of deaths.
Rwandans, one-tenth of the counmurdered by machete and grenade-
In 1994, almost one million Tutsi try’s population,
were brutally
wielding Hutus in a clash of to 1995,
has resulted in the death of approximately two million people and the
urbanized people: rural
Why
bet
The Holocaust is long over, but the fate of many people today is as who it was for the emaciated Jews in Auschwitz and Dachau,
hay.
Wrong.
and
were herded
my
into homicidal gas chambers, their bodies later
burned in
life.
girl,
won
Sure, the “good” side
the war, but
it
did not prevail throughout
had, the lives of many may have been spared which they too succumbed. At a recent session of the UN General Assembly, held in honour of
the course of history. If
it
the bloody genocides to
but
course for the last 10 years called
certainly not
despise the discrimination
the Ariss Valley Golf and Country
hick.
I
who simply don’t understand my way of life. Not only that, they come to my town and say things
like,
city'
“This place
the liberation of Auschwitz, Secretary General Kofi Annan said, “Terrible things are happening today in Darfur, Sudan. It is easy to say
ghost town,” or “This place
‘Something must be done.’ To say exactly what and when and how, and to do it, is much more difficult. But what we must not do is deny what is happening, or remain indifferent, as so many did when the Nazi
wrong.
that
factories of death Jan.
is
25
article
were doing
their ghastly work,” according to a
on www.washingtonpost.com.
You may question what you can do to make a difference. The answer simple. Immerse yourself in news from Sudan and other conflict-tom
countries. Understand that the blood of genocide victims as
you read
this article.
is
being shed
And, express your abhorrence for these
atroci-
by petitioning the government, becoming involved with a human rights agency or discussing the topic with your family during dinner. The choice to act is yours. However, if you allow yourself to remain
ties
complacent to the bmtal murder of innocents, are you too not partly to
blame?
You should
I’m proud to be a country
from people from the
is
out in the boonies.” Again, that I live in
is
a
way is
so
Club. Believe
it
or not,
it
used to be
farm where my father’s beef I grew up. He sold it to the group of cattle
men who
turned
course
today.
I
located just outside
tain those
I
me
not their fault, since they
of
my
town’s
that,
history'
and
five
it
hits
to
and
it’s
personally because I’m proud of
don’t
where I’m from and
rural
I
don’t like to
But since the majority of people it’s
inevitable.
So let me my town and
educate you both about
my life. First of all, my town is ghost town. We have had
not a
way
my my
Ariss and
The
store is also
post office,
my
clean
uncle’s offices,
who
welcome
love to read fiction nov-
I
is
my
background.
have some.
So
the next time
you meet some-
one from the country, don’t be too
town’s
quick to judge him or
her.
You may
learn something interesting.
to
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my
The only way to treat ignorance is with knowledge and now you
the
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my
I
Does that sound much different from a city person’s life? The only
and residents from
about 60 households must
Conestoga College,
els.
difference is
third year of the jour-
have a boyfriend
around- a
boss, Elizabeth Begg,
at
and
father’s
owner and operator of the Ariss Village Variety store, which has been operating for almost 100 years.
a golf
their
my
have a part-time job,
community.
My
hear negativity from people.
today are urbanized,
know
in
gram here
enter-
but I’m part
me
don’t
part-time
Village Variety store where
house
I
boyfriend, and no, I’ve never rolled
I’m
a small town called
only takes
don’t wear overalls,
chase people with pitchforks, father has never tried to shoot
nalism - print and broadcast pro-
Guelph. Not only
It
I’m
at the Ariss
my
of Guelph.
that
in the hay.
minutes to drive from
Ariss,
is
know
city people call a
into the golf
it is
work
I
also
what
it
who come in trying to find friends who live in my area as well as those who are lost. Being lost is common among city people,
which
prefer the country to
the noisy, busy city.
I’ve lived in a rural
community for the entire 22 years of
should you care? Because
towns do have a history and
some people
rolling in the
bleak as
crematoriums.
rural
now you’re thinking overalls,
pitchforks, hicks
displacement of countless more.
homes
in Ariss, including mine.
communi-
ties. I
rural deliv-
ery routes serve another 530
that are almost foreign to
words
Two
pick up their mail.
Brace yourself. I’m about to use
rival ethnic groups.
two million Muslim Bosnians were systematically murdered by Serbian forces under the leadership of Slobodan Milosevic. Moreover, for the last two decades, ethno-religious conflict in Sudan
From 1992
Rural communities aren’t ghost towns
News
Mature students a growing population I
recently had a five-minute wait
for the bus that
from '
the
would
college
me
shuttle
work
to
that
evening.
Desiree
I wandered into the crowd of waiting students and surveyed the road to see whether the bus was on its
way.
surveyed the crowd to see
I
Finhert
if I
Opinion
had any friends. And, I did.
had not merely nimed, they were spinning. tables
saw a man, loitering outside the no smoking boundary, but I couldn’t remember his name. He seemed puzzled as I. He tilted 1
his head, looking as tourist in a
was
I
confused as a
He
afraid of being the strange
bus stops.
random people But, after an awkward
talks to
remembered.
stare, I
sauntered over and murmured a possible surname under my breath. 1
And, I
did
was
I
right.
his
name, but
with this reassurance came a flood of distant memories and a tidal wave
of questions.
“here.”
The strangeness was not
really
seeing an old acquaintance at the bus stop or partially forgetting his name.
was thumbing through the brochures to go back to school as a mature stu-
The term Velos generation comes from D-Code (www.d-code.com) lit-
my head. What
if
I’m back to school when
I’m 32? Mature students are a growing population at university and college campuses. More people are changcareers
before they’re scheduled for a mid-life crisis. What worried me is that I’m due to graduate in five months and the teacher leads
er time,
should
another
life
chance meeting with
and another
world completely. waiting for the bus just like me, carrying a backpack and sporting a jacket and jeans gear. the
backpack
my
former
to believe that I
thumbing the college 1
write
my
final
exams.
Unlike generations before me, changing careers has become com-
It
my
school.
mon. Working at the same job, even working in the same field for 15 years or more has become passe. Being a Jacqueline of all trades, I’m guilty of the same inconsistency. Of course, if I do go back to school in 10 years, there’s a good chance I
former professor was now a mechanical construction
class
that caught
attention.
To answer
my
blunt invasion, he
me that he had quit teaching massage therapy and after years of travel he was back at school. told
My My
start
me
brochure, before
He was
was
long
video instruction and an
The new Student Services website is
geared towards the Velos genera-
Conestoga College and surrounding community is also included in the website. in
The
Student
Services
co-ordinates
attempted
Meksula
to
this fiend.
“It’s
said Student Services
per format for easier navigation.
The purpose of the website is to inform students of upcoming events
National
Defense
Defence
nation ale
nice to receive positive feed-
more user
is
friendly than similar
websites he has visited “It’s really easy to navigate and thorough,” he said. “I think it’s a
is
always looking to include new inforin order to respond to students’ changing needs. “We want to
book time with a counsellor to begin
introduce the services
getting help.”
great tool for students looking for information. They don’t have to
we
offer as
'The process for making an appointment with a counsellor is described on the website, which can be accessed through the main college web page (www.conestogac.on.ca) and then selecting student resources and then
“We are considering including a relaxation section that will provide
on campus, provide connections to
conOntario College October.
back from your peers," said Meksula. Counsellor Rick Casey said the site
approachable and student centred.” One example of feedback suggested students struggle with creating and maintaining a relaxation routine, said Meksula.
The site was launched in the spring of 2004 and is organized in newspa-
for the at a
for the
Counsellors in
mation
tors to explore the entire site.”
H
ference
such as the tsunami.
“We created a site that offered information without requiring visi-
‘
has been positive. Praise website was also received
equal opportunity to post articles,
the website, Jennifer Meksula, said
respond to
built in collaboration
announce upcoming events and post responses to world events,
and mobile.”
The counsellor who
was
all
All counsellors have input into the maintenance of the site and
website the Velos generadescribed as “getting more
integrated, connected
own home.” Meksula said the feedback from students and faculty at the college
members of the counselling services team and members of the college’s web development division.
tlie
tion is
site
I
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Listening to the stories that my former professor shared during our ride to the mall put an uneasy notion
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remember thinking the same thing when I had quit the massage program, was done travelling and
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— SPOKE, February
Page 6
7,
News
2005
Region making plans
go green
to
organics pilot study for Waterloo
MCMURPHY
By KRISTEN
You won't be scraping your
in
launch in the
“Right
longer.
Following
next
fall to
eliminate
whether we should go
Howard there
says the city
is
nowhere
in Etobicoke in September 2002. Known as the Green Bin program, residents put food scraps and other biodegradable items in a special composting
post collection
bins
to
near
as
years of
start
Howard
on a composting
says
delayed
project.
“We
yet because we’re taking our -time,
researching the progress that similar
programs are having,” she says. the anticipated program
Until
launch next
fall,
we can
reduce the
amount of garbage we dispose of by recycling glass and plastics and
Keele Valley landfill closed. This shutdown resulted in a 300 city’s
avoiding heavily-packaged prod(Photo by Kristen McMurphy)
per cent increase in disposal costs
Wet/Dry
its
haven’t started a program like this
the
year.
life left in it,”
in references to the city’s
hold garbage disposal reduces waste from landfills by using organic garbage material and turning it into compost. The program was designed to cushion the impact that would be
Michigan landfill. Nobody else wanted Toronto’s garbage. Over the past few years, the rest of Toronto has gradually jumped on the bandwagon and the city hopes to reach its goal of a 60 per cent diversion of waste by next
taking
“We have a landfill (in KitchenerWaterloo) available to us with 25
garbage. This extra step in house-
for waste to be trucked to a private
is
is
as
be the most efficient and effective.
These are emptied into a largand collected weekly with the regular household
its
households
time to choose a system that would
pail.
Guelph has had
leaning
desperate
Toronto’s, so the city
er outdoor container
felt
is
throughout the region. The area’s garbage situation
curbside com-
when
in
simi-
a downfall in the cost of
distributing
collection.
later
more
towards the Green Bin system, but
and recyclables
three months
at the
Guelph’s Wet/Dry system.”
lar to
lection service in addition to our
its
of 2006.
Toronto, or something
amount of garbage accumulated in the region. This program will come in the form of a compost col-
Toronto began
is
to
with the Green Bin system used
the
regular garbage
fall
now we’re looking
deciding
Toronto and Guelph, Waterloo Region plans to launch a like
new program
is set
different systems available to us,
footsteps of
the
in
says the project
research phase and
its
left-
much
overs into the garbage for
cities
Howard
Region.
K-W’s recycling program is expanding next lected by initiating a composting program. waste management program, similar to the Green Bin program, since 1995. Ninety-eight per cent of the non-commercial population participates by sorting their garbage into colour-coded bags. Wet garbage.
fall.
The
city
hopes
to
reduce the amount of garbage
ucts.
As
col-
goes,
community response Howard says she gets a cou-
far as
phone calls every month from residents inquiring about
ple of
such as food scraps, diapers and plants are placed in green plastic
see-through bags. Milk and other dry items thrown out in clear blue bags.
cartons,
glass
are
With both programs running
smoothly, it looks like it’s about time Waterloo Region follows the
the program, but she’s not rush-
example. Which is going to do.
running.
Cari
ager
Howard working
is
exactly what
it
ing to get the operation up and
“We want
is
the project
on
a
man-
household
time
to do this right the first and prevent any growing
pains,” she says.
Aura reading a fascinating experience By TIM
MURPHY
aura-capturing system,” a
kirlian
A
photo can
tell
“advanced
they contaminate the
you more about
yourself than you think.
sensor which analyse
my
she
tells
me
will
bio-data.
across an interesting booth, one 'which would strike the eye of any aspiring photographer - an
I’m not quite sure what my biois, but I can rest easy knowing it is about to be analysed. “You’re very adventurous and passionate about what you do,” she
aura reader.
says,
Touring the Kitchener Winter at Bingeman’s Park, I
Psychic Fair
came
As
1
woman
approach the
ing the booth, before
I
operat-
can say
hello, she speaks.
would
“1
photo,” she said,
me
not charge
your adding she would to
take
for the experience.
“I’m red,”
package,
traits
a free photograph.
neur.
I
woman
my
personalized
observe, looking at
I
package she hands me. What does that mean? Reading through the chakra analy-
Although the sign on this mystewoman’s booth indicates step inside for there is a $20 fee,
The
preparing
printout.
sis
rious
is
a
temporary
employee for First Star, a company which travels to various fairs in
am
include
my
learn
1
like
1
personality
excitement and
The aura-capturing system,
a
a winner, sexual and an entrepre-
also have lots of willpower.
1
Apparently
my
aura
is
You know what they
large.
say, big
hands, big aura.
who
dare enter
my
aura will be
overwhelmed by my strong and
am
then asked to remove any healing
powerful presence, not to mention my radiant energy. Perhaps my
crystals or magnetic materials on
aura motivated the
my
me
person.
Luckily,
home
;it
I
left
I
that
my
healing crystals
day,
what
with
Jupiter’s location in relative position to the
Moon and all. my photo,
Snap. She takes
and
My
mind-body
No wonder my
Kleenex, and
my
1
am
to
is
a
wipe down
apparently sweaty hands,
lest
spirit
graph gives
me some alarming news. Sixty per my energy is focused on my body, 35 per cent on my mind and 10 per cent on my spirit. Perhaps
white cloth of mystery.
It
to give
cent of
giving
I
woman
the free reading?
my slack-jawed expression, she tells me look good. “Here” she says, handing me a
despite
the experi-
tical,
loving
action-oriented
approach” can also be interesting. They’d better be careful, or I’ll use my strong aura on them.
the
bio-date
recalibrating,
but
it
105 per cent
I’m always so
An
sensors
need some appears I’m all
COUNSELLOR’S CORNER:
Eating Disorders
Did you know that one out of every hundred women might become anorexic? Estimates of the frequency of bulimia vary from five to twenty out of one hundred college-age
women. Men
also develop both disorders, but in
Anorexia nervosa
is
much smaller numbers.
by an all-consuming fear of “getting fat.” There body size and sometimes compulsive exercising.
characterized
intense preoccupation with food,
is
an
Dieting can gradually lead to a loss exceeding 25% of original weight. Serious health issues such as cessation of menstruation, malnutrition and lowered heart rate occur. Some starve themselves to death.
also quite
video recorder connected to a laptop computer, frames me, and
state,
ence was fascinating. Having your friends spend an evening making fun of your “prac-
I
physical, energetic, competitive,
Be careful though, because those
Ontario.
Although the reading offered me no alarming insights into my emo-
tional-energetic
data
the
love
vide interesting and entertaining information about yourself.
the time.
girlfriend
thinks
Bulimia is a cycle of uncontrolled binge eating and purging through vomiting or the use of laxatives. This extremely debilitating pattern can, in more extreme cases, absorb nearly all of a person’s time, energy and money, and lead to depression and isolation. Frequent vomiting can cause damage to the teeth, throat and esophagus. Kidney and cardiac problems are a danger.
An
overcoming Eating Disorders is for the individual to problem exists. Medical and psychological help is available in this community. Talk to a counsellor in Student Services or the nurse in the Health Services Office (Doon Campus only). One immediate benefit is the feeling of relief at no longer having to keep such an important part of one’s life
first
a secret.
Visit
mmm
step in
to herself and to a professional that a
A Message from
tired.
aura chakra analysis can pro-
important
acknowledge
Student Services
our website http://www. cones togac. on, ca/isp/stserv/index, isp
Feature
SPOKE, February
7,
2005
— Page 7
The ups and downs of a
Winter Wonderland
3 /
(Photo by Tim Murphy)
Above, slippery road conditions put a car in the snowbank Conestoga’s green parking lot on Jan. 24.
in
Homer Watson Boulevard between Road and Bleams Road now complete, the commute
Below, with the widening of Blockline
and students coming from Kitchener and be much easier and safer.
for faculty, staff
Waterloo
will
(Photo by Denise Mutter)
student walks under trees covered in early morning frost along the path from the registrar’s office to the college on Jan. 31
A
(Photo by Kate Battler)
Tow in
were busy on Jan. 23, helping motorists involved east of the Highway 24 exit to Cambridge.
truck drivers
the ditch just
in
accidents. Slippery conditions
made roads dangerous
for drivers, including this
one who ended up
Page 8
— SPOKE, February
7,
2005
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provincial government specifically
affecting
health.
gious hospitals, and board
mem-
name a
Women,
of
Status
OWHC,
enthusiastic about the coun-
cil’s
work.
fund a number of research
make
women’s
of
tra-
start
are others
new
of the
who
year, there
are either
still
cele-
upcoming
holidays.
A
specific
approaching
is
holiday
that
the Chinese
is
New
Year.
Traditionally,
celebrations
begin
when
moon
the first
of the
lunar calendar appears, which hap-
pens
sometime
between
OWHC’s
The
at educating the puband raising awareness about the most recent goals, victories concerning problems and lic
three days of the
This year, according to the Chinese Zodiac, is the Year of the Rooster. According to New Tang Dynasty TV’s website
issues,
concerning
report
women’s
women’s
year,
friends
is
associated with
bom
People 1925,
speak
1948,
1960,
Those born a monkey (1920,
5/en/index.htm), the Year of the
1944,
1932,
1968,
1956,
people and are very inventive.
Roosters
of
who
people
visit
devoted to whatever they’re doing,
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and can be eccentric. People bom in the year of the-Qog
1937,
and are known for
little,
(1922,
their
bom
Those
under the tiger (1914,
loyal people, but are
known
1998) are
to
their short
Those
be sensitive and
courageous, but they are
known
(1923,
for
bom 1935,
in the year of the pig
1947,
and
Rabbits (1915, 1927, 1939, 1951,
people,
chivalrous
ambitious, articulate, and reserved.
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(1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000) are known for their excitement, stubbornness and energy. They’re also known for
insight to
who you
are.
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1963, 1975, 1987, 1999) are tactful,
it.
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health.
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ate.
women.
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Funding research projects are a primary part of the council’s work, and since 2000 they have funded projects aimed at specific
a
positive self-images for
women’s health. Not only does the council work as an
new
the zodiac
women’s health
Some of these include projects concerning mental health treatment, prevention of unplanned pregnancy, breast and gynecological cancer screening and information services, healthy eating, physical activity and
ence aimed
sionate, religious
ter,
1985,
use of a hysterectomy.
areas of
Women’s Health Matters Forum and Expo in Toronto, a confer-
most important.
tion are the
During the to their literature, the
acute care, an Ontario
OWHC
three days of the 15-day celebra-
outlining the best practices in the
including
first
first
and family get together to visit. On the last day of celebrations, there is a Lantern Festival which can be very colourful. The Chinese Zodiac is associated with the Chinese New Year and each year with one of the 12 animals of
reports of
chair,
also the
(1919, 1931, 1943, 1955,
1967, 1979, 1991, 2003) are pas-
talented
advo-
council has released numerous
Jane female member of the Metropolitan of Toronto Board Commissioners of Police and a member of the Order of Canada. recently helped The annual ninth the sponsor is
Rams
snake, horse, sheep, monkey, roos-
tionists at times.
to
health status report and a report
Pepino,
perceptive, cheerful and talkative.
the zodiac are
ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon,
rat,
1954,
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According
Council
The 12 animals of the
1942,
1930,
1990, 2002) can be
1978,
charm, hard workers and perfec-
women
their lives.
Ontario Women’s Health
1966,
1984, 1996) are said to be
brated 'as a family,” and the
chiefoperating officerfor the
under that
1924,
premium health care, and keep society and the healthcare system accountable for women’s health at each stage of
Mamie MacKinnon,
bom
for 15 days.
,
to
on the
horse (1918,
of those
traits
animal.
encyclopedia, the celebration lasts
to act as the
Year
cate for
health gets
mon
Chinese Zodiac
two main goals are
New
we’re really working to
government’s agenda.”
Not only do the animals of the reflect the upcoming year, they also represent com-
1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001) are known to be vain “and selfish, but their wisdom and ability to sympathize make up for this. People bom in the year of the
values.”
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia. org/ wi ki/Main_ Page) an online
voice of Ontario
women’s
and honesty. Those bom a snake (1917, 1929,
Smitherman, the Ontario government’s minister of health and long-term care, and states their
This year, the Chinese
research scholars and that
confidence
trustworthiness,
their
begins on Feb. 9, and according to
late
January and early February.
The site also says “New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are cele-
make sure
Rooster will bring “happiness, colour and drama, but this has to be balanced with good old-fashioned common sense and tried and tested
The council advises George
health
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few.
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dog and pig. There are many descriptions of each animal that vary from source to source. There are commonalities between each description, however. Those bom under the rat (1912,
sure that
gets on the government’s agen-
just to
“We fund a number
the chief
was
to
Foundation of Ontario and the Canadian Advisory Council on the
brating or preparing for
field.
scholars and we’re really working
of the Heart and Stroke
bers
advance discoveries in the
“We
Members of the council include women who are doctors at presti-
of us with western
wind down from Christmas
ditions
and the
operating officer for the
women’s
SONSER
women’s health, but it funds numerous research projects to
Mamie MacKinnon,
1998 to advise the on issues
in
legislation concerning
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By
As
2004-05
the
NBA
were also
season sur-
halfway point, one thing was for sure, the first half produced a fair share of excitement. passed
its
Whether und of
•
the exciting turn-
is
it
Phoenix Suns, Shaq
the
new Eastern conhome or Kobe Bryant’s
ninating in his
ference
Los Angeles
inability to lead the
Lakers to a solid record, the season has had it all, and more.
all
suspended, but for one
game each. The surprise of this
may
so far
season
Eastern conference and
lustre
year’s season
matching its season 2003-04 season.
O’Neal’s former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, have been any-
MVP honours.
Derek Lisher and Gary Payton, the Lakers franchise player, Kobe
Since losing O’Neal, future hall of famer Karl Malone and guards
took part in a Nov. 19 bench-clear-
place in the Pacific division and, as
however,
of Jan. 31, they were tied for
first
mer
fan favourite Vince Carter
Western Conference
was
sent to the
as
was not even
it
a
three
NBA
ing brawl with the reigning
ond
last in the
ference.
champions, the Detroit Pistons and
overall in the
their fans.
standings.
much
The
occurred
event
publicized
when Pacers forward Ron him
is the Miami The Heat obtained one of the
off-season acquisition
Heat.
while he lay on the timekeepers’
game’s most dominating players, former Los Angeles Lakers centre Shaquille O’Neal. Since his arrival in Miami, O’Neal has averaged 22.9 points per game. Although the number
The event provoked Artest to run into the crowd and attack Pistons supporters. Overall, Artest was suspended for 73 games (the remainder of the seaJackson and Stephen son), Jermaine O’Neal were suspended for 30 and 25 games for getting involved in Artest’s. altercation, and Anthony Johnson was suspended for five games for doing the same. The Pacers’ Reggie Miller and
Chauncey Billups, Eldin Campbell and Derrick Coleman
Detroit’s
AHL By BRENT GERHART
is
enjoying the spotlight,
NHL
thanks to the
And
lockout.
they expect the light to shine even Feb.
Manchester, N.H.,
14,
home
of the Los Angeles Kings
AHL
the Manchester host the 2005
affiliate,
Monarchs,
Dodge
AHL
will
All-Star Classic at a
sold-out Verizon Wireless Arena.
As opposed
to the
NHL’s usual
Eastern vs. Western conference star format, its
the
ate,
for
its
AHL,
minor league has
Canadian
all-
affili-
become known
AHL All-Stars
PlanetUSA format over
its
vs.
69 sea-
it is still
1.4 points
above his 21.5 average of
last sea-
More
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points are not the only thing
O’Neal has brought to the Heat. With the help of Dwayne Wade and his 23.5 points-per-game average, Miami is dominating a lack-
ued
at
glance,
first
the
game may seem to fiisclude nonNorth American born players, both contains PlanetUSA American bom
and players from
the rest of the world.
this year’s
leading
game
Canada in AHL’s Jason Spezza
include the
scorer,
Jay Senators), (Binghamton Antonio (San Boumeester Rampage), Mike Cammelleri and Garon Mathieu goaltender (Manchester Monarchs), Patrice
they are
(Milwaukee
Noel
Admirals) will coach the Canadian
pay a $6 day pass to be granted access,
who
Jersey Nets in
still
in playoff contention
ence’s Atlantic division.
On
Feb. 20, the
NBA
will hold
game
and
although a Raptor will not
make
2005
the
All-Star
the Eastern conference squad, the
as
it
will have plenty of intensity
will boast such exciting play-
ers as NBA points-per-game leader Allen Iverson, as well as Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and LeBron James.
Miikka Kiprasoff.
Kari Lehtonen (Chicago Wolves),
one event
Brown
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The
AHL
skills
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kick off the festivities on Feb. 13
7 :05 p.m. and the Star Classic
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Dodge
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All-
scheduled for the
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their streaky play this season,
all-stars
times to gain access to the
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The Toronto Raptors have
game
son.
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sons.
all
career average,
Players representing
brighter at their all-star game.
On
four points below his 26.9
Although,
The American Hockey League
(AHL)
may be
team over the .500 mark.
his
a three-player and
Another team benefiting from an
Artest had a fan throw beer on
table.
exciting
son.
weeks old when the Indiana Pacers
bang,
off with
1
thing but their usual self this sea-
Bryant, has barely been able to lead
started
— Page
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NBA’s Western conHowever, this season the guard nicknamed Kid Canada has helped guide his new team to first
The season
2005
is
Phoenix Suns. During the off-season, Phoenix signed unrestricted free agent, and Surrey, B.C. native, Steve Nash, and the move is paying dividends as Nash is an early favourite for Last season the Suns finished sec-
7,
away from
already only nine wins
be the play of the
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