Halloween
No
superstitions
Where they came from, why some believe
services offered for Aboriginais
Lack
of support could prevent
some
students from attending Conestoga.
them and
in
some
Organic foods a healthier option
why
the reasons
don’t.
A
learning
newsroom
for
If you improve your food choices, you could feel a lot better.
journalism students
Maws 14 Monday. October 30, 2006
Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ont.
www.conestogac.on.ca/spoke
37th Year
— No. 20
Get answers at info desk MEGHAN KRELLER
By
Student.s with que.stions about the Student Life Centre and it.s .service.s
will get
answers thanks
to the
introduetion ol an information desk, said Carol Gregory, direetor ot student development.
Ink) desk stall will be trained about Conestoga .Students Inc., student life and Student Services, the
three areas of the college that developed the concept. However, it’s
isn’t
important people realize this a college information desk,
said Gregory.
“This
“The information will be focused on services and
programming available
for
initiative,”
she said.
Life
“The
information will be focused on services and programming available for the students through the centre.”
the students through the
Recruitment for student leaders desk has begun and
to staff the info
centre.”
Carol Gregon director
a Student
strictly
is
Centre
applications are available on the student life website and the career
'.
Ten to 20 positions depending on the desk’s hours of operation, which services
ofstudent
site.
are to be filled,
del ’elopnie/it
The Student
Life
Centre
info
desk, which will be located just inside Door 3, at the entrance of the centre, will be staffed by stuwho will provide direction to
dents
anyone who needs it. Gregory said this is one of many new initiatives focused on the concept of students
(Photo by Kristin
Grifferty)
serving students. “This will help us in creating a student-centred culture,” she said. also helpful that everything
“It’s
Living Pretty Polly
wows
on the edge
the crowd by lying on a bed of rusty machetes at the Freak
Show on
Oct. 18
in
the
will
be central.
that
one-stop-shopping model.”
It
really encourages
have not yet been decided. Staff work approximately 10 to 15 hours per week at $9. 29/hr. This new position will provide students with a great part-time job will
on campus where their focus is assisting other student.s in a friendly, positive and helpful manner, said
Leanne Holland Brown,
dent
life
“We
stu-
co-ordinator.
are excited about building
team of students who, through
this
their efforts, will help define a stu-
dent-friendly culture in the Student Life Centre,” she said.
Sanctuary. For story and more pictures see Page 15.
Student runs By ANNELISE THOMPSON ‘I
think
While Conestoga College stunervously await mid-term results, one second-year general dent.s
are going to occur
the results of Waterloo city coun-
of
on Nov.
13.
Andrew McCaughtrie,
20,
has
thrown his hat into the ring, and is running against three other candidates for the position of
Ward
5
to
"I
J
1
take Waterloo for-
want
to take
Waterloo
a direction that will be sustain-
have someone younger with new ideas on council’
and taking care
“I’m running on the (improvement) of the uptown core, provid-
more services
for the youth of
next he said, because he feels he would be able to balance his academics with councillor at
all,
cil.
“A
“1 think we need to have someone younger with new ideas on council,” she said. “Not just six guys sitting around all saying the same thing over and over.”
other part- or full-time jobs, and a
is
the protection of Waterloo’s
environment, including protection of the city’s drinking water and “If
I
get elected, the
first
thing
I’m going to do is make sure that stop any construction or build-
we
ing
in
large
Brent Rohrer, a third-year
the
risk
to
destroying
cal .science
major
University,
who
5,
politi-
Wilfrid Laurier
akso lives in
Ward
“It’s
encouraging to see a young
who
will
represent
the
needs and wants of students, run-
Waterloo councillors are typically at least 30 years old. but
ning,” said Rohrer. “It’s also
McCaughtrie doesn’t age
is
feel that his
a disadvantage to his candi-
think a lot of the voters are
ready for a change
in
Waterloo, and
ready to hear fresh young voices on
(Photo by Annetise Thompson)
Andrew McCaughtrie, a
stu-
dent at the college, is running for Waterloo city council’s Ward 5 position in the Nov. 13 election.
council.”
Suong Tran,
to see that
protection
major,
at
the
University
of
platform,
his
because that’s also important to me.” McCaughtrie said his plans after graduation are up in the air. “I’m looking at maybe going to university to further
a third-year history
good
he has environmental in
duties. «
don’t think being on council
“I
lot
lot
my
academics,” he said.
of people on council have
of students
at
school have part-
time jobs. Mine would just become
one on council.” McCaughtrie decided
Ward and
to run for
5 councillor in January 2006.
officially filled in all the paper-
work
September 2006. is headed into a very big time of change, and a very in
“Waterloo
agreed with Tran.
person,
those
at
two to see
aquifers.”
“I
oecur I want eouneil to be on top of them, by seeing where problems
5,
about
affect
will affect
proactive in traffic management,”
to
heard
up a
a fellow student running for coun-
dacy.
“Instead of waiting for problems
like to start
own.”
Being elected would not McCaughtrie’s plans for
Ward
in
my
term
Waterloo, and focusing on being
he said.
lives
would
I
McCaughtrie’s campaign weeks ago. and was excited
which includes some aquifers that we draw water from, and poses a
cepts;
university,
business of
Another important issue that McCaughtrie hopes to tackle in his
said.
The fresh, new eity outlook that McCaughtrie hopes to bring to council is based on four main con-
who
she
said
northwest corner of Waterloo.” he said. “This is an environmentally sensitive area,
ing
Waterloo,
beforehand.”
it
over the next four years, the next 10 years and the next 100 years,” the Waterloo resident le
city council
to
wetlands.
councillor.
want ward and
we need
Waterloo
year
business student will be awaiting cil’s election
for
studies,” he said. “If
my I
business
don’t go to
exciting time of change. We’ve, hit the borders of growth, so
grow any wider, and
it’s
we can’t now time
for new ideas on how Waterloo can grow to be brought to council
instead of the traditional ideas like
creating
more suburbs
that take
up
a lot of land, but don’t provide a lot
of housing.” he said.
For more information on McCaughtrie and his campaign visit
http://voteforandrew.ca.
Page 2
News
— SPOKE, October 30, 2006
Now
deep thoughts
Job By LEANNE
Conestoga College
...with
great for networking
fair MOUNTFORD
Close to 75 per cent of jobs are
Going around from business
Random
questions answered by
random
students
when
looking for a job, a job
fair
On
Oct.
more
18,
think the
Scream guy
mask would be
the
scariest for me. like
see
don’t
I
the fact that
I
can’t
his face.”
Ana Almeida, second-year broadcasting
network of industry con-
attending. Career services publishes an
employer guidebook a couple
of weeks before each of
who
fair.
pro-
It
vides a
you’re
job you really want, she gaid.
a background on the business and
can be
“The job fair is a great spot to meet with individuals who do the
positions they are seeking to
hiring for the business they repre-
dents can target
and work.”
speak to and ask relevant questions, she said.
than
60
employers gathered in the E-wing at Conestoga College’s Doon campus looking for employees. Tao Cruikshank, career services it’s
much
meet with several employers in one spot over a short period of time than making cold calls or hitting the pavement in search of your dream job. “The job fair is an excellent place to gather information on the businesses attending and to learn about the organization’s goals, structure and types of employment opportunities and thus determine if this is a place you would like to easier to
work,” said Cruikshank.
would say that crazy girl in the Grudge. Her
lishing a
estab-
tacts is essential for securing the
the perfect opportunity to find one.
officer at the college, said “I
to
business handing out resumes can be a daunting task, so
Which horror movie character would make the scariest Halloween costume?
means
not advertised which
sent,
building that
start
net-
Kyle Cole, a first-year biotechnology student, said the job fair was interesting and informative. “However, I found it was mostly based around the engineering students,” he said. Career services do their best to gear the fairs toward student needs, that’s
why
the fall fair
is
By
spring
employment
fair
for
is
and
the
full-time
and
employment,
graduate
said
Cruikshank. Before attending any job fair, students should review who will be
reviewing
is
attending and
fill.
this information, stu-
who
they would
like to
“Students
should
expect
to
receive a great deal of informa-
on the businesses attending.” They should come with questions
tion
resume to hand out and be prepared to answer questions. They to ask, a
should act and behave the
“I
at the fair
same way they would
interview.
primarily focused on part-time and
seasonal
list
at a
job
.
cannot stress enough the need
for students to bring a resume.
It
demonstrates to the employer that
you
really
must want
to
work
for
them,” she said. The next job fair will be held on March 21 and 22, 2007.
“I
weird twitches scare the hell out of me.” Russell Baker, third-year
business administration
“The Texas Chainsaw guy, n’t
because he does-
play around.” Justin Barhuto,
second-year police foundations
“Anything that looks like
the chainsaw guy,
he haunts
my
dreams.”
Nicole
De Vries, first-year
informatics
management
(Photo by Leanne Mountford)
Conestoga College on Oct. 18 was a good opportunity seasonal employment.
The or
job
fair at
Beetlejuice,
By JASON SHERRITT
Many Kelly Forsyth,
second-year broadcast-tele vision
colleges in Ontario have
services geared toward Aboriginal
students but Conestoga isn’t one of
them.
“There
are
7,000
people
Aboriginal
8,000
to
living
this
in
Kitchener-Waterloo area so there are a lot of students that
“Just for
come
in (to
Conestoga) for their education,” said Kelly Nixon, the Aboriginal
shock value,
counsellor in Student Services. “So
Freddy Krueger.”
you have native people who
are
staying for awhile.”
Shawn Ramnanan,
Native students are
physiotherapy
at
a higher
risk of not continuing their post-
first-year
M
Ik.
secondary education because of a lot of barriers such as lack of family support, college support and financial
support.
Aboriginal
Smile Conestoga, you could be our next respondent!
student
Conestoga’s population,
according to Nixon, is close to or under the percentage of
just
Aboriginals
in the
country’s popu-
in line
around 3 or 4 per cent. “Funding is late or it’s not coming. I’m often working with students to try and resolve some of those right in the beginning and sometimes, students have withdrawn before they’ve begun. “If we had a position that was
develop a sense of camaradei^ much like the place for internati^B
more designated
al
lation,
Beetlejuice.”
students to find part-time
second
First Nations,
“Beetlejuice,
for
to this,
more work
they are supported.
“For Conestoga, there's more
work we can be doing in that Nixon also said a visible,
maybe
to
make
services
more
visible.”
Nixon’s office
is
located in a part
of the A-wing that most students don’t travel down, and in a room that has
been renumbered.
sometimes communities which places have support, which don’t and which to stay away from. Conestoga is one of six colleges that does not have services geared Aboriginal
students
are told in their
specifically dents. al,
Nixon
for
Aboriginal
stu-
said people in gener-
native or not, will
go
to
where
sepa-
where Aboriginal students can meet and rate
and negotiations could be done; also,
area.”
location
is
needed,
students.
“(International
students)
can
form connections with other students. I’d like to have a place where the native students can connect with each other and provide that source of support, especially when they’re coming from farther away. “We do get students from the northern communities and sometimes it is a bit of a cultural shock or they
don’t have the supports
might have had at home, or they’re looking for conlocally
tact
they
with elders,” said Nixon. “I can all those bridging areas
provide if
they can find me.”
.
.
News
SPOKE, October
30,
2006
— Page 3
Award welcomes students home All recipients
must have a parent who By VANESSA BUTLER
award,
aiul
is
an alumnus
seems
to be gaining in
Past cheques have averaged around $200. Depending on how
member on the alumni board, who is a recipient of the welcome home award. “He applied to a number of
many
.schools,
it
popularity.
When
sludenls
narrowing
are
tlown their choices for post-secondary education, they take a few things into consideration. Location,
utive
has a son
students apply, the
sum goes
up or down.
and got accepted to all of them,” said Milton. "All had to do 1
program choices, the facility and entrance awards arc all factors that
the .school's website. Connections
ence
inllucnce
magazine and C.IIQ, the college’s
was
students’
decisions
on
where they go to school. At Conestoga College, there’s lots of obvious pros, but there’s one that isn't front and centre. The welcome home award is an annual award offered to students beginning their
gram
at the
first
year of a pro-
college.
really a feel good award,” Monica Himmelman, director
“It’s
said
of development and alumni
rela-
tions.
President of the alumni association, Glenn Campbell, (left to treasurer of the alumni association, Mike Shipley, and vicepresident of the alumni association, Susan Milton, took part in the
is
advertised through
radio station.
was
tell
at
him a hit about my experiConestoga and his decision
easy.”
Milton’s son was a recipient
There is no academic requirement in order to receive the award, and you don't have to show financial need.
A
recipient's parent must be able be found on the database in order for the student to receive the to
award.
“The award is a gift from the alumni as.sociation to the students because they had a parent attend
year.
She said she
last
proud to have her son receive the award because she enjoyed her experience at Conestoga and she is a proud alumis
nus.
Students need to send a letter or e-mail including their student numbers and programs ol' study for both the student and the alumnus, as well as current contact information.
order to be eligible for the award, you must be enrolled in a
the
“This gives parents a chance to
distributed
diploma or certificate program, and have at least one parent who is an alumnus of Conestoga. Students
come back
annual general meeting on Nov. 6. For more information, contact
may
Susan Milton, vice-president of the alumni association and an exec-
In
(Photo by Vanessa Butter)
The award
only receive the award once. This is the fourth year for the
college,”
said
Himmelman.
to the college.”
As of
Oct. 16, the award had 25 applicants, with a maximum of 30.
The welcome home award at
the
will be
association’s
Monica Himmelman at 519-7485220, ext 3459 or e-mail mhimmelman@conestogac.on.ca.
right)
materials and operations
management
reunion on Oct. 21
in
the
Girls night out for
good cause
blue room.
By
Student pleased with Canadian progress in Afghanistan .
By BECKY SHARPE
to enable
A
Conestoga
from
student
College
pleased
is
with
the
Canada and other countries have made while fighting the war in Afghanistan. progress
that
Jevon
The success
Regiment
in
1
1th Field
we can change one
makes me
hope
support bring
to
war,” he said.
to
in
it
Canadians are
somewhere “Any goals
in
this
that
we
can help people achieve are well worth it and makes anyone fighting
know
Afghanistan
in
that
they
military
is
work on
work
to
one
n
Jevon Rudder,
and science student The
Canadian
Afghanistan
is
military
in
currently working
with the Afghan police and Afghan military
to bring
communities
stability
in the
to the
war zone,
said
Rudder.
“We’re trying to rid the Taliban from community areas and try to stabilize the area one piece at a time.”
The Canadian
military
is
trying
and court support.
tion
They
also run a 24/7 crisis line staffed
is
by trained volun-
teers.
“We
rely
on events
like this to
maintain the level of service that
we
provide to Waterloo Region.”
commu-
said Sara Casselman, the
nity relations co-ordinator for the
centre. stations, a silent auc-
readings and health and
tion, tarot
precision during
wellness info were just a few of
to hurt
a child
so crucial for us
precision
during
Soldiers are being trained to away from that old school approach of war where there is mass destruction and mass amounts of casualties, he said. “We’ve been trained to have less kills and more success in our actions.”
Rudder hopes he good job if he
many
enjoyed
services
during
women
the
their
night
of
relaxation.
All of the
companies volunteered
to provide the services.
get
seeond-year general arts
the centre
at
include counselling, public educa-
also doing their
attacks,” said Rudder.
piece.”
provide sup-
approach.
the
on
who
from an empowerment-based
port
Pampering
haven’t wasted their time.”
“No one wants which is why it is
troops and
them back
life
missions.
be able
my
feel like
getting
really
best to “I
in
terms of raising money. The centre has a committee of six women who have completed an
that
The
Guelph.
has
military
the
is well worth the risks have been taken so far, he
that
“If
with the
a signature
support centre
Services provided
needs,” said Rudder.
2008.
artillery officer
become
ing program and
said.
Rudder has been with the Canadian army reserves for more than a year and a half and will be going through his last period of training next summer before he can go to Afghanistan. He is an
Kitchener, has event for the
intensive and comprehensive train-
war
country as early as
Kitchener-
the
“We’re currently working in areas where there’s a need for humanitarian aid and medical
achieved
that
The women of
Waterloo Sexual Assault Support Centre came together once again to organize the fourth annual FemFest. The fundraiser, held on Oct. 19 at the 'Walper Terrace Hotel in
out of residential areas, he said.
Rudder, a second-year general arts and science student, will likely be going to help with the in
Afghan military skills them to keep the Taliban
to teach the
SUMMER MCPHEE
Alana Frieburger, a volunteer with the agency for two years, said the support centre
is
needed agency community. perately
“Women come
a desin
this
out for this event
agency and to celebrate themselves as women,” she
to support our
do a goes to Afghanistan, keeping everyone under his control safe during missions and bringing them
said.
home
being a woman. “Therefore, any opportunity you
Mary Kay Cosmetics was
my
can use to celebrate your feminini-
in
ty is terrific.”
supported the Kitchener-Waterloo Sexual Assault Centre’s Femfest fundraiser.
“I
will
safely.
hope
to be able to support
troops and bring them back one piece,” he said.
“We want to create equality between the sexes.” She added as a feminist she recognizes that there are barriers to
(Photo by Summer MePhee) just
one
of the
many companies
that
Commentary
— SPOKE, October 30, 2006
Page 4
How
we
are
far
go
willing to
for the truth? There are very few people out there
on the
Of
who
are willing to put their life
line as part of their career.
course, there are the obvious ones, such as police officers and
But what about those professions
firefighters.
that are a little less obvi-
ous? For instance, being a journalist
considered one of the most dan-
is
gerous and stressful occupations one can have.
Canada,
In
this
we are students, we are reviews,
As we
so.
isn’t
in
write our columns, stories and
no immediate danger. But, the
in training to potentially
fact
remains that as
obtain a job that will require
us to put ourselves on the line.
Some
of us will do so willingly and bravely so that the rest of the
world stays informed and aware of
Anna
the justices and injustices that
all
around the globe.
are occurring daily
execution style,
killed,
Every day journalists put themselves
Politkovskaya, a renowned investigative reporter from Russia,
believed in a free press. She paid for that belief with her
her
in
Moscow
apartment on Oct.
life,
being
to light
7.
What
Politkovskaya was famous for her investigative pieces on abuses by military and security services, the
2004 Beslan school tragedy and
other sensitive topics occurring in Russia.There are no leads as to killed
and
her,
Politkovskaya
According ists
is
to
very
is
it
possible
an article
have died
in
at the
wrong
Some war
we
communism,
43 journal-
all in
suspicious
76 jour-
this year,
from the Dominican the World Association of Newspapers
correspondents are just in the wrong place
time, while other journalists are targeted to prevent
Most of us come because
of
12,
on a whim. Some of us come while others are curious and enjoy digging
into this profession
love to write,
many of us do
not aspire to be journalists
with a vision of running alongside a soldier in Iraq dodging bullets.
we do
Yes,
this for us.
There
is
comes with completing an away at a keyboard. that
an indescribable sense of satisfaction
article after
word
many long hours
clicking
make
to serve you.
We
are in these situa-
keep everyone informed and aware of the
atrocities
won’t give you the time of day?
that
us so happy that
Are you supposed
we
M
has no limits, no sense of timing and, in
some
it
fall in
the rain, missed appointments
become
blamed on our
phone
calls are all
love, giving
it
control of
do we do
this?
Why
do we
allow ourselves to be this vulnera-
been told
I’ve
Is
it
does
it
you cannot
The 76 journalists who died this year did not enter the field thinking was an occupational hazard. Anne Kothawala, president and CEO of the Canadian Newspaper As.sociation, said it best when she said that journalists “die for our
times in
that,
when you
are reading an article, watching a
cast or listening to a radio piece. safe,
even
if
it
means
that the
It
may have been
news-
written to keep
person reporting on that issue
is
you
not.
someone
is
The knowlwaiting for
end of the day, someone
you through the hard your life and who will
always be there for you uncondiis
something everyone is
love?
tion, a feeling, a sixth
Why
An emo-
sense?
it
if
is
it
so powerful and
hold so
\s
letters to the
should be signed and include the name and telephone number of the writer. Writers will be
editor. Letters
contacted for verification.
No unsigned
care about time, distance or even preference.
There are no rules when
no handbook
no instruction manual
it
comes
to follow
There is no way of predicting the outcome of love and no way of protecting yourself from it. and your heart don’t coincide and
What happens when know one thing but
sensibly you
able or just unlucky because you
emotionally you feel another?
until
What do you
never found that right person? if
the
person you
want
What happens
you’re unlucky enough to
with someone
interest in
and
to guide you.
you’re torn?
be alone
who
fall
has
if
in
no
you?
or your heart? in the Is
listen to,
your head
Which do you
trust
matters of love?
ever an easy
there
between the two or
choice
in the end, will
the heart ache or the brain hurt?
What happens when your mind, body and soul want someone who
When
it
comes
to life,
what
is it
about love?
published and produced weekly by the journalism students of Conestoga College Editor: Eric
Spoke welcomes
Love doesn’t care what you want, you don’t want. It doesn’t
you
What
isn’t
a person.
die? Are you romantically unlov-
to
all it
a feeling, an emotion. Love
So what happens when youi Tiead
you never find love? Are
you meant
love
why much meaning to people? Why is it .something we
does
put
afraid of being alone for the
doesn’t want you?
wants. exactly
Why do we
of our lives?
What
innate feeling because that’s
to love,
love?
love?
Spoke
welcome
Letters are
for.
will help
What
Remember
wear away or dissolve
sleep deprivation and humiliation?
that
sakes."
for-
ourselves through the anxiety, the
edge
tionally,
someone
some-
Are we
that death
fade,
name of
or what
on going?
live without, it’s a
that love is
rest
at the
love
in
completely.
point yearns
who
live
And how does
the loving?
possible to love
some you
does the falling
the loving keep
driving force that every person at
How
we can’t
is,
Why do we
thing
have
ever? Or, like any other emotion,
lives.
Why
we
Or do you
Sometimes it’s so silly how much emphasis and credit we give this
without?
When
late night
once
feel that
they wouldn’t normally do. Walks in
go against
the advance and risk looking
like a fool in the
Opinion
can make them do things
pointing you in?
is
make
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“it’s
on
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face and sent a big
about time!” charging through
my mind. When comes to defence it
against
The suburban district
students to do anything but etly
some
Worth school began teaching sit
right,
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get
But as has
not
Browne said. Browne is a major in the British army reserve and is an instructor for Response Option, the company
Robin
hired by Burleson schools to train
“Getting under desks and praying for rescue
Instead, students are instructed to (that’s
will
docs not save one from death.
intruder enters the classroom.
rush
children killed.
it
recent school shootings, passivity
qui-
the
a
on
bent
been witnessed from the many
and obey when an armed
shooter
the
if
recipe
from professionals success,”
for
is
back?
is
Now
loaded with ammunition and hell-
new
the district’s
plan, .saying they fear
Fort
recently
Obviously,
for
killing
the
killing, there is really not
Some oppose
has the right idea.
they had decided to stay and fight
iheir students.
injury.
school shootings. Burle.son, Texas
’
way saying
much
responsible.
to
Only
ations will likely breed the
-
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North America
was
surpiTsed
the
it.
shooting
amateur gunman most school shooters
are not firearms experts) will rarely kill
his victims.
me to my next point. we are told to coanyone who has a
This brings
The
fact that
operate
with
gun, coupled with a lack of prepa(Photo by Tara Ricker)
Handling the pressure Matt Graves, a first-year practical nursing student, takes the blood pressure of fellow student Lindsay Perry as Susan Hilton, a practical nursing professor, watches, ensuring it is done correctly.
ration for such an event at
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girls?
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have messed up the
that
attacker’s plan
become
and caused him
disoriented and abort
to
it?
These are questions we have no
way
of answering, but the simple
we have become
fact is this;
so con-
ditioned to the idea of "do whatevthe
gun
tells
you.
and you’ll be OK,”
guy with
that
we
don’t
er the
realize
how Hawed
that logic
is.
Being co-operative is no guarantee you won't be hurt; and certainly a gunman’s promise of “do what 1 say and you’ll be OK,” has no
senselessly already. The only to stop future events like these
Too many people have died way
create
uncontrollable
is
to
hostile
and
environment
for
potentially
a
possible assailants.
Schools
female students, and ordered
Burleson are prepar-
in
teachers and remaining students to
ing their students for these situa-
leave the classroom.
tions
Women
if
...
should
we
be doing the
same?
put marriage
on the back burner
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course of action?
merit.
respective assailants selected sev-
commons
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schools, allows the gunman to get into a position of control where he
eral
he
that
trying to atone for.
behind to protect those Or what if someone had
after the student
heart, an
face
he told his
someone changed What if one person had refused him and stayed
Bairing a point-blank shot to the
(let's
later revealed
But what
that
him three times. The principal was still able to tackle and subdue the student, and died later from his injuries. head or
was
course of action.
the
Cazenovia,
principal,
one-room Amish
sen his victims, the location and his
Wis. was recently killed by a student, but that
in a
had something from his past
was
likely freeze in fear,
.school principal in
incident,
wife the day of the shooting that he
or abort his plan and run away.
A
Mines
He had obviously
situations,
the vic-
school house.
students arc taught to assail the these
if
Charles Roberts IV killed five girls
specific student or teacher.
in
Nickel
the
In
same
and himself
gunman might
But what
more educated?
death.
assailant
no
in
tims had been better prepared or
arc the result of angry or humiliated students seeking revenge on a
If
am
I
people are
the.se
armed men who carried
the
their actions.
But what about situations where the gunman is on a mission? Most in
be clear;
that
out the attaeks are responsible for
fronting the assailant in the.se situ-
result
me
let
sake of
do but run. The Columbine rampage and the reeent Montreal shooting are good examples of this. Remaining passive or con-
school shootings
the learning
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back against violence
right to fight
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Cancer
a word not a sentence is
By STEPHANIE IRVINE
women
“That assures
that they’re
month and the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) is try-
where they’ve got the best equipment and that the mammogram is being done properly and it’s being used properly,”
ing to promote awareness for the
said Stacey.
participating in a site
October
breast cancer aware-
is
ness
As
early detection of breast cancer.
“Cancer
our region is very Stacey, said Jane
in
prevalent,”
co-ordinator
regional
OBSP
in
region.
“One
the
for
Waterloo- Wellington nine
in
be diagnosed with
it,
women
will
the OBSP had Dr. Robert Buckman, an oncologist from Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, speak recently at
Kitchener’s city
and we know
that currently in our region only
women
part of their effort to raise
awareness,
Buckman
is
hall.
also a professor
are actually
University of Toronto, as well as a
participating in the breast screen-
broadcaster and author of several
25 per cent of
ing program, so
we
still
have a
lot
OBSP
The
currently
has
six
throughout the region that women can go to, all without a docscreening
books. His book Cancer
Not a Sentence, was the
of work to do.”
AIDS Walk,
for the 14th
(Photo by Natalie Anderson) annual Shed a Light on
Oct. 21.
“Nobody has cancer has
AIDS walk
“Cancer
like
have
tion,
but
be
by
ANDERSON
AIDS and What
better
way
is
know someone with come just to sup-
because they
there to spend
a Saturday evening than supporting
others
good cause,” said Cashubec, who began as a volunteer with the
port a
good cause? Eighty-three people did just that on Oct. 21, participating in the 14th annual Shed a Light on AIDS Walk held by the AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area
organization.
(ACCKWA).
because they’re walked out.” That’s why ACCKWA decided to hold the walk at 6:30 in the evening,
a
Lynn Cashubec, co-ordinator of volunteer and administrative resources for turnout for
the
ACCKWA,
said the
was better than expected walk through downtown
“Some people come
out and walk
walk
ACCKWA,
said they also
awareness about the the community.
to raise
disease in
“The thing
is,
it’s
a completely
However, the number of walkers has decreased over the past few
preventable disease,” said Scofield,
years.
ing a friend to
“Less people have been coming out lately,” said Cashubec,
she said, to
make
it
last
“maybe
raised $8,000
year and so far this year $4,500 raised, but all the
money
who began
volunteering after los-
has
not yet been submitted.
AIDS.
The only 100 per cent
deterrent
choose
to
if
is
you do
have sex, always use a
condom. The second most
AIDS
is
through the
the
or
the
disease.
can
We
need
OBSP,”
word, and not
said
She added the
OBSP
is
a
(Photo
think that the
by Stephanie Irvine) is a key-
The thingamaboob
word confers some form of
chain and teaching tool from
sentence
the Canadian Cancer Society
us.”
follows
and the Ontario Breast Screening program. The
to
provincial
pro-
gram that is standardized
to
see past that
Stacey.
differ-
on
He went on say when
quality-
ent size beads represent the
people
assurance
average size lumps found by
told
measures.
All
self-examinations, health-care
condition has
are
also
woman’s first mammogram and by getting
cancer in the
strict
sites
common way
infec-
doctor,
they
and
abstinence, she said. But
of contracting
different.
The organization was
Kitchener.
Teena Scofield, executive director at
not,
is
it
diagnosis
a
self refer to the
By NATALIE
is lit-
erally a word,
and
family
awareness
raises
Buckman.
“Women to
nobody
like
said
infection,”
think that they
referred
a Word,
is
topic of his
discussion.
sites
tor’s referral.
Walkers prepare to head out on the downtown Kitchener route
in
the department of medicine at the
accredited through
professionals, a
the
regular
sharing of needles, said Scofield.
Canadian
“The more people know, the more they can protect themselves,”
Association of Radiologists and
she said.
Accreditation Program.
are their
diagnosis, they feel that
mammograms.
“this
cannot
be happening
Mammography
to
me”. “With most other diseases we
don’t feel that,” he said.
“It’s
very
rare.”
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
Buckman
said the fear, dread and
with
associated
disbelief usually
word cancer make people
the
too
emotional to think logically about i!
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hear
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it
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used when someone recovers from them.
seem like no one Buckman. “I prefer to use a word like thriving, because that’s what people do.” “That makes
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By PEGGY O’NEILL
at the
Waterloo and Guelph cam-
puses.
Whether this is your first, second or third year attending Conestoga College, you should
know
to dress in layers
while
the school.
One day your
room could
feel like a sauna,
vations,”
When,
and
as you change classes, it more like the Arctic. Although sometimes it may seem like the heating and the
said
is
all
Schill.
“I
spent
exactly,
the
at
the reno-
heat
turned on in the
depends on the outdoor tempera-
goes into
effort
resources staff
by the physical and manager, Tim
Schill looks after
all
construction,
washrooms and reno-
boiler rooms,
vations at not only Doon, but also
Code By
A month
of lockdowns
amid
schools arrests
area
armed two
of
fears
in
Collegiate, Oct. 18.
The
The
list,
article
in
issue
according to an Oct. 19 The Record, contained
names of 25 students
that
“should be killed.” Before the Forest Heights
inci-
the
Cambridge’s Southwood Secondary School was locked
down
for three hours
when
a stu-
dent
spotted
man
with
what
looked like a small handgun. Shortly before the
Southwood
lockdown. Forest Heights was victim
to
yet
upcoming
another traumatic
enter
when an at the
intruder stabbed a student
be done to prostudents? There’s already an
Cambridge were other schools
down when
a
man
to
in his
Schill,
“When
it
warm
gets really
September and October it is usually the computer labs that will suffer
lockdown? While I admit would be a huge expense to the suggested remedies and it would be a strong reaction to what I hope is a month out of the ordi-
there
thing couldn’t be serious, that
was more
also gas fired.
The construction engineering and technology students and the architectural applied degrees stu-
dents usually get a tour of the boiler rooms. “It’s quite amazing what’s behind the .scenes,” said Schill. Stephanie Stojanov, a .second-
year
absolutely everyone.”
sometimes her classrooms are a
The main building has heating which
hot water
gas fired, and
is
other, separate buildings like the
tle
OTA-PTA
student, feels that lit-
cool.
“Lately I’ve been noticing the temperatures are feeling cooler in
my classes. Having to carry around a coat, sweater and all my books can be inconvenient,” she said.
falling in
it
of teenagers and out of friendships
with their peers. I was of the opinion that those who would have a “hit list” in mind would not it,
but carry
I
it
out to the
know we
are
about a small minority here, but there was a time when I was of high school age that I went to school and felt safe. I went there, mostly to socialize I admit, but
knowing that I was in safe It seems these days (I’m
hands.
It
also of great concern
is
such hateful material can be
heard
early childhood education building have roof-top units which are
case
a
nario.
I
cold
it
anyone who published such a
that
prepared for the worst-case sce-
When
— Page 9
schools
I just made myself sound) there is the forming of groups that look to distance and alienate themselves from others.
something I feel should be looked into. Schools should be is
is
2006
talking
A healthy learning environment cannot exist with students fearing
What
30,
Some people are just naturally warm or cold most of the time,” he said. “We can’t please
in late
got so violent.
it
to
heat as well because of the old technology.
ate a healthy learning environment.
nary,
able
maintain a comforttemperature, but everyone try
of the older sections of the school are a little harder to
shock of everyone. I want to know when students
say otherwise.
does occasionally get complaints from students or the odd part-time teacher about the temperatures, but overall,
Some
physical resources manager
publish
published online.
in
Tim
armed presence. The more passive amongst us think this will not creI
resources
reacts differently.
outcry for metal detectors and an
school armed with steel pipes.
be locked
to
Physical
“We
or at
school.
So what needs
maintain a
differently.”
ahead
lockdown procedures
that
Benedict and Christ the King
try to
but everyone reacts
tri-city
day when students barged into the St.
forecasts,
the next
dent,
a
not
tect
ended when a “hit list” created by two 15-yearold students was discovered on the Internet site Myspace.com. latest
the
what the previous years have been like, but once the system has been changed over to heat, it doesn’t get changed back to air conditioning.
Heights
Forest
at
Schill usually tries to look
the most,” .said Schill.
year has been very good with few complaints Schill said.
comfortable temperature,
all
60s was stabbed nearby. Cameron Heights Collegiate, however, did
at
intruders has culminated
semester
said.
red for
AMY MEADOWS
“We
“We’ve changed over as late as October, but that’s pretty late,” he
at
and cool things down
try
like
this
tures.
it
Schill.
to
warm
outside
inside.
gets
feels
fall
air
in
at
then
cooling of the school isn’t very well planned out, a lot of time and
the weather does get
if
usually
only spend half a day per week Waterloo and Guelph.”
at
So,
again he can only bring
“Most of my time Doon, especially with
class-
some
hot,
it
SPOKE, October
not as old as
is
school
about
Forest
Heights my first reaction was that of dismissal. I wanted to believe
creating
huge divides
in
(Photo by Annelise Thompson)
schools and great animosity when the main reason to be at high is
to learn
and move on
the next stages of your
Here is less
is
to
hoping
that next
eventful than the
to
life.
month
last.
Graduate donates laptop Tim Kingsbury, a Conestoga College graduate of the materials and operations program, donated a laptop as a prize during the program’s orientation. Jane Lzu, a first-year student in the program, was the winner.
Canadian Veterans’ Memorial to be unveiled Nov. 5 By
SAMANTHA SAECHAO
The small area
is
metres from where the
On
Nov.
a
5,
new memorial
will
be unveiled in Veteran’s Green Park in Waterloo, in memory of all those who served in the Canadian
Armed
Forces
Second World
in the
Veteran’s Green Park
is
located
on the comer of University Avenue and Hazel Street, across from Wilfrid
1940s, because 50
were
built to
provide
dedication area last
was put
in the
year after the Government
of Canada declared 2005, the 60th
anniversary
of the
Second World War.
Check your pulse practical nursing student, Cheryl Wilts, takes the pulse of a practice
post-operative scenario.
dummy
during a
to those
who
live
significant in
it
the area
To continue with
the dedication
area put in place last year, a mittee
was created
to start
com-
phase
II
complete with the memorial that will pay tribute to the veterans. Last year the City of Waterloo approved a proposal to install the new memorial, which has now been in progress for the last few weeks. A base was put in and sidewalks were set in around it. The ceremony on Nov. 5 at p.m. will also feature a parade from
an area that
to after returning
housing for them.
Second-year
is
many
in
moved Canada in the
terrace units
(Photo by BJ Richmond)
tures about the history of Veteran’s
Green Park and how
of the park. Their work will be
veterans
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There are three display
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Organic: a healthier alternative^ By HOLLY FEATHERSTONE
properly nourish ourselves.
Grogan
obesity
said
are
equated to over-consumptive mal-
Analysis of the nutritional conand vegetables
which caloric value
tent in today’s fruits
nutrition,
has determined that most produce
supersedes nutritional value
lack the vitamins and minerals they
foods
had 50 years ago, according to an article in the October i.ssue of Alive
but we’re not getting nutrients.”
we
“We
in
focuses primarily on nutrition and environmental issues, also states in its article that the 2002 study found
and harvest of
rapid growth
the
produce.
By
farming
omitting corporate
technologies, organic growers fos-
gain weight (by) eating a said chronic
lot,
produce
ter nutritionally-abundant
while preserving
soil health.
said young people would by incorporating organic
Grogan
nutritional
can cause serious health problems for younger gener-
The Canadian magazine, which
engineering, which encompasses
ic
in the
eat.
Grogan
magazine.
and pesticides as well as genet-
ers
rates
depravation
benefit
ations.
foods into their diets. “Young people don’t even
know
how good
lost
improve our health, Grogan said consumers must be proactive by re-evaluating their eating habits and becoming familiar
in
with healthier options, particularly
they are healthy, Grogan said those
In order to
popular produce varieties, including potatoes and broccoli, to have
over half their nutritional value comparison with the same vari-
eties
they
if
were eating (healthy) food,” she said.
Although most students assume
who pay
organic.
50 years ago.
they could feel
and foods are often impressed with the alterations they’ve made. “Students who choose to clean up attention to their diets
organic
She said people of various ages are becoming increasingly aware of organic agriculture and food, an approach that executes joint concern for health and the environ-
eat
ment.
away by how much
better they feel;
how
their brains
function better,
their
depression
isn’t
“As cancer rates increase and warming becomes an issue, people become more aware of environmental and health issues,” she
it’s
said.
ly
Organic farming, which promotes ecological balance via alternative methods of weed and pest control, provides consumers with
alcohol, coffee, fast food and other
Waterloo.
the option of purchasing foods cul-
buy
The diet of the average North American is comprised of food that
tivated in a healthy, sustained envi-
et left over,”
ronment.
Although organic food is costly, Grogan said most consumers accept the prices because they are doing their health a favour. “People don’t complain about
Researchers attribute the depletion
of naturally-occurring
ents
to
entails rapid
of
nutri-
mass production, which
crops.
impedes the
growth and harvesting Such an approach of the plant to
ability
synthesize nutrients from the In
most
addition,
shipped before
it
soil.
produce
global
is
has fully ripened.
grown for taste grown for transportation,” said Eileen Grogan, and biochemist at nutritionist “(Produce)
or nutrients,
Eating Well Organically, an organic
grocer
at
1
04 King
St.
S.,
has travelled 2,000 kilometres or
organic
Certified
more. Such processing methods not only have detrimental effects on the environment but stifle our ability to
food and
its
production methods adhere to rigid national
regulations that prohibit
the application of synthetic fertiliz-
she says, “are blown
their diet,”
how much
lifts,
energy they have.”
She said eating healthily
commitment
a
is
mere-
eliminating
to
(Photo by Holly Featherstone) In
today’s market,
consumers can choose from a wide
only will consumers play an imper-
farmers by giving them price,” she said.
ers,
Grogan
a
fair
said students interested in
our budget.
tional benefits
you eliminate
all
learn to
first
and
accept naturally-occurring esthetic imperfections on produce. In addi-
she said.
should shop
fre-
quently to avoid nutritional
loss
students
tion,
Know how
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When
it’s
a
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looking around for a good
grow-
but the fewer the kilometres
from the farm
your
to
plate, the
higher the nutritional value
in the
food.
“Go
for local as
much
as possi-
ble,” she said.
For further information regarding organic food and
its
regulations,
Canadian Health Food Association at www.chfa.ca and Canadian Organic Growers at www.cog.ca. visit
recommend a good repair shop. Once you’re satisfied with the quality of work and the you may want same shop.
to stay with
prices,
the
“I think that
much
as
Hishon.
“I
knock, run in the
new
is
people complain too
at
mean, it
auto shops,” says if there’s
for a
a noise or
few miles; break
parts before going into a
shop and complaining about it.” There are certain places to go for certain problems with your car. If it’s a fluid problem, it’s best to head to a fluid service shop where they are experts in that
field. If it’s
a mechanical problem, then go to a full service shop where they can check out what’s wrong. Before work begins, ask for a written estimate - this is your right. By law, you cannot be charged for an estimate unless you were told in advance how much it would cost
you.
If
they already started work-
Murtagh,
to
Remember
or family to
I
local producers.
keep your engine running place to bring your car, ask friends
There are many simple things you can do to keep your vehicle running properly. Remember to always recheck your owner’s manual if you are uncertain about something with your car. “As simple as that is said, not everyone does that and it does help,” says Kevin Murtagh, 20, an automotive technician at Oil Changers in Kitchener. “That’s what the manual is there for.” Did you know by using the wrong oil in your car, it can cost you more money in gas? Meaning,
Not
directly
organic products and their nutri-
real food, there’s a lot
from
prices because they appreciate the
quality and they’re supporting the
habitual expenditures that deplete
“If
variety of
healthy organic produce.
your
always use
to
waived.
Under Ontario’s Motor Vehicle Repair Act (MVRA), labour rates and how they are calculated (on a flat or hourly basis) must be posted in the shop and the sign must be large enough to be clearly seen.
Murtagh says not
to
compromise
when unsure about an estimate. Instead, leave and find out if the pricing is rea.sonable for
You can use it
differ-
as need-
Another piece of advice is, don’t the lights on your dashboard. It can mean there’s something wrong and in the long run it can make you fail your emissions test and your car will eventually break down. “Changing your oil will not turn off your engine light,” says Murtagh. “It means that there’s something wrong with your ignore
engine.”
Here are a few
little
known
facts
to consider: 1.
Always use
the
recommended
coolant for your car or else your vehicle
must be
can
it
ed.
Once
fee
it.
ent ones and go back to
ing on your car, within a reasonable
estimate
sure to get
or else
mess up your alignment and can cost you more gas. When you first start using synthetic oil, it doesn’t mean you have
time,
the
make
to
rotated
tires
can eventually overheat. is used up, sludge
the coolant
can build up in the coolant .systemp and it can blow a head gasket. 2. When buying a new or u,sed
^
most dealerships may tell you you don’t have to have an oil change until after 8,000 kilometres. car,
that
It is
actually after 5,000 kilometres
and
if it’s
not done then your war-
ranty can be voided.
about anything
3. if
Having an improper gas cap or
the gas cap seal
cost
you up
is
broken,
to a tank or
it
can
two of gas
what’s being fixed, then go back or ,someplace else.
every year.
you don't have the cash to get an oil change, you can go up to an
8 lbs. can cost four per cent extra
try
If
extra
1,000
maintenance
kilometres is
before needed, according
4. Tires that are
underinflated by
on gas mileage. Again, seem very little now, but adds up.
it
may
later
it
News
SPOKE, October
Change your ways before your ways
^
College office is By ERIC The
Desire, ignorance, pride, jealousy
and anger.
thus
According to the practice of tranBuddhist teachings these are the five poisons of life that can affect our mind, and anger is by far the most damaging. One of the reasons anger is considered the most damaging poi.son is because of the outwardly explosive acts which are associated with the emotion. These vicious acts of anger, which
On
quility in
include explosive outbursts, exag-
gerated hostility and authoritative
can be expressed both
defiance,
vocally and physically.
more obvious
the other hand,
to the public.
women
turn their anger inward,
damaging themselves
tend to
and end up
internally.
Finances, relationships and over-
main causes
stress are
all
ger people’s
anger.
that trig-
Collins
said
anger can also be instilled in children through life experiences and their families. “Some children have poor upbringings, which has a direct effect on how they deal with
They
situations.
how
learn
express their anger from their family since those are the most influential
mannerisms
as raising one's voice,
they know, have an anger control
swearing, threatening and argumentative and abusive language. as
problem, there are several signs they can look for. These signs include feelings of uneasiness and unhappiness, loss of appetite or
and
overeating, difficulty sleeping and
Physical
signs
of anger include
body language such
intimidating
muscles, clenched
ten.se
fists
glaring looks, as well as acts of
violence directed to oneself and others.
models
role
If
in their lives.”
people think they, or someone
of one’s
deterioration
physical energy. Continuous problems with anger control could lead to the loss of relationships, jobs, one’s well-
Another misconception about anger is that it is only a problem for men,
and not women.
anger
the misconceptions about
people are simply just
that
is
“angry” for no reason. However, anger
is
ment
that
complex temperastems from more in-depth
Shawna Bernard,
co-
ordinator of Student Services and a
is
behaviours are not
OK,
not
harassment
No
not
primary emotion that happens before the anger, whether it’s feelings of hurt, or betrayal,
loss
results in
ultimately
that
someone being
Some people mask
angry.”
their anger,
some explode with rage and others have a chronic condition of resentment, which surfaces over and over again. Nonetheless, anger ral part
of the
human
|ui accurate signal of
Problems in people’s ,
Another
anger
is
that
is
a natu-
condition and
more
serious
lives.
misconception about it is only a problem for
men, and not women. Joann Collins, a counsellor at Kitchener-Waterloo Counselling
(KWCS), said it’s not men who have trouble control-
is
thinks they
she urges anyone
may have
trouble
KWCS,
and
that
best
will
live
a healthier, happier
life
once you learn to control your anger. We all have some degree of dealing with anger and tend to act out on it. You can learn to be more assertive people once you know how to control your anger.” three
different
groups, anger management depending on the type of help people need. The first program is My Anger, My Answer, and it is an anger control program for adults. Controlling the Volcano Within is a
program family
in
life
association
with the
program, and gives par-
in them. Collins said this proto deal
Finally,
their
to
anger.
get
help controlling
“Anger
is
issue, not necessarily a
or a female issue.”
a
human
male issue
are not OK. Assault
is
not
OK, bullying is not OK, harassment is not OK.” Shawna Bernard, counsellor and
Physical exertion
another remedy people can use as an outlet for their anger. Jogging, swimming, lifting weights and even walking is
provide anger release, especially if feels they are about to erupt.
By
using physical energy and cool-
down, people are able
on a resume and it really prepares everyone for future jobs.”
i)fficc
Emotions Management
of reference,
it
looks great
dents of the office administration
Trish Morris, a first-year office
program with the opportunity to gain work experience before they
administration student, said the office administration skills lab
enter the workforce.
the
Holmes,
an
office
professor
in
up a similar lab in the Middle East and thought Conestoga students could benefit from such a concept. “The lab is like a professional office with all the equipment required to do a professional job,” said Holmes. “Students who participate in the model office will have two more years of work experience than most office administration grads from other colleges.” Second-year office administration students can opt to become office managers in the office to help and train first-year students in the course and monitor their work flow to make sure they meet
is
chose
she
Conestoga. “1
the
.school of business, first set
why
reason looked
at
three other colleges
that offered the
same course
but
Conestoga was the only one that offered the experience of the model office,” said Morris. “The hands-on work experience definitely gives Conestoga office admin, grads a step-up over other graduating students from similar programs.”
Morris said the atmosphere the skills lab
in
friendly and per-
is
sonable but also professional.
“The course
is
very good,” said
Morris. “Doing class thing and
some
we do
work
one
is
have to put
extra hours but the
.skills
in
lab
incorporates everything from our classes
in
a real office
more like the real world.” Even though working skills
lab
.setting,
in
the
challenging,
is
enter the
Courtney Brundula, also a firstyear office administration student, thinks it is fun and would
Self, a
recommend
work field, said Nicole second-year office admini.s-
aspects of your confidence.”
Second-year office administrastudent, Melanie Marriott, believes that students can only tion
from the model
benefit
office
it.
“The teachers and
tration student. “It really builds all
office
man-
agers are always available and very helpful but we also have to learn for ourselves which provides more of a goal than good marks,” said Brundula.
just “It’s
a great experience.”
experience.
negatively
makes
Conestoga
at
anger management.
Bernard
students
if
management group, we do have individual students, men and women, who come in and ask to work with a counsellor about anger managehistorically run an anger
ment.” If students
benefit
(Photo by Eric Murphy) First-
seem
would community
like they
more from
a
in
and second-year
office administration students
the office administration
skills lab,
the only
one
of
work hard its
kind
throughout Ontario’s colleges.
Student to an agency where they offer anger management groups. Bernard counsellors
service,
can
Services
added the to talk to
first
refer
at
them
step for students
someone so they can
is
wte cmdiaii^ imtiied ta tAe
learn
to understand their problem.
“Notice your what situations
triggers,
result
notice
with you
UttUed Way. 3m.
having an anger response, and talk
you
feel
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With help from anger management programs, people have the
is
opportunity to control their anger
an anger control program in association with local schools, which helps children deal with their tem-
it controls them. People seeking help with anger control can contact KitchenerWaterloo Counselling Services Inc.
per tantrums. All three programs run in eight-week intervals contin-
provides stu-
letters
Student Services offers
College,
said
pro-
it
to take
reacting to a situation which
them angry. For students
Marriott.
arc great,
Ontario’s college system.
“With this experience we learn what it’s like dealing with conflict, working with people and things like filing systems before we even
Services
an excel-
vides the opportunity for possible
deadlines.
co-ordinator ofStudent
to a professional if
with children in a calming manner.
Services
states certain behaviours
enough and ready
children provoke
women
Bernard said she’s seen both men and women come into Student
conduct
of
own anger when
ling their anger.
subtle before.”
“The code
ents a chance to recognize their
it
...
ways of coping.”
recognize they would benefit from help with anger management they could simply come in and request to meet with a counsellor. “Although we have not
gram shows parents how
sive
stand different
ing
Services Inc.
are
react to them, then they can under-
life situa-
management program suits their needs. “You
offers
they
support for personal issues, includ-
dealing with anger to call a coun-
KWCS
how
OK,
not
just
“More and more becoming more aggreswomen were much more
Assault
OK.”
matter one’s age or
tion, Collins said
who
states cer-
OK.
bullying is
selling service, such as
tions. “Generally, there is a
stand those situations, and
time to think before
join an anger
emo-
feel
lose their academic semester or even get kicked out of school as a result of acting out impulsively.
said anger is usually a secondary to conceal other
make one angry can help one recognize their triggers. .“If people can undera log of situations that
ing
counsellor at Conestoga College,
emotion used
yoga and keeping
painting, doing
with anger control problems could
tain
music,
to
an anger log. Bernard said keeping
one
quite a
emotions.
listening
being and even freedom. Bernard said Conestoga students
“The Code of Conduct
One of
as
to
behaviour can be examined vocally through such Intimidating
exercises
“The teachers
is
said
Conestoga College is the only one of its kind throughout
Sylvia
meditating through such
is
experience,”
lab at
administration relax
“The whole thing
office administration skills
The model
Students with anger control problems could lose their academic semester or face expulsion People tend to notice men’s anger more because their acts appear to be intimidating and threatening,
MURPHY
skills lab
a kind
of
lent
change you By BJ RICHMOND
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MCCORMICK
By TIFFANY
that
person would be considered
in
the league of the devil.
Don't step on a crack or you'll break your mother's back; throw the salt directly over your left shoulder; don't you dare break that mirror, seven years
is
a long time
bad luck.
for
We've
all
heard them, chuckled a
way, superstitions, good, bad, funny or scary, are part of society and are still leaving their mark. At least on a few people. A recent survey of 100 Conestoga students showed that 27 per cent believe in and follow superstitions,
while
73
per cent
superstition
defined as
is
a
be inOuenced
by supernatural forces, an idea or practice ba.sed on this. But where did these superstitions come from'? And why do people still believe in them?
The theory behind
spilling the salt,
a common occurrence
at
many
dinner
originated from the Middle Ages when salt was an expensive and precious commodity afso u.sed for medicinal purposes. It was believed if any was spilled it must be immediatetables,
thrown over the
ly
left
is used to keep the your body, at least today it older times the umbrella was
umbrella
shoulder to
general business student, said her
female black
superstitions have a lot to
wanted
cat. Christian priests
remove any
to
followers to destroy
claiming they were
insult to the sun.
women,
Horseshoes, not the
game
but the
objects, are considered to be an excep-
The
priests
lowers to
black cats,
demons. also convinced fol-
many
the owners,
kill
old
believing they were witch-
which
es,
all
evil
is
why
in
many
of witches a black cat
is
pictures
present.
never had a family
linked to her belief in
is
states
what
goes around comes around.
She said when people do certain things
it
could be
because they’re “skeptical
which was stronger than other metals and
it
could
and
come back around
bite
them
The
operations
spirits
in
which
the eye
would prevent sickness. Ever notice how an open ladder resembles a triangle? It was thought, in early Christian times,
leaning
a
that
formed a
triangle
^'sented
or open ladder which in turn rep-
Holy
the
Trinity.
one must never violate the Holy Trinity by walking through the triangle or else According
to Christians,
Kris
student,
Irick-oi-lrealing.
to
the bar or sitting at
going
to
home can now
blow some Halloween boredom
The St.
in
Paintball Arena, at
Kitchener,
Halloween
is
69 Agnes
having
its
paintball party in
first
hopes
of giving students something to do
tomorrow. The event will start at 4 p.m. Wearing a costume will get students free entry. However, ball and marker rental fee must be paid on entry. Balls are $7 and markers are around $5. Students are asked
to
ward
off
(Photo by Christopher Mitts)
.
“I feel that certain things
Many
i
party
sad
when you hear about
The Halloween will
them do and it’s give
worth $175 each. All players will be entered
something else to supervised so everyone
in a
draw.
probably end up doing this event again even if
"I’ll
can have fun.” he
it’s
said.
successful
not
said
year,”
this
cause trouble.”
Eoghan Green, the arena’s second manager, said this is sure to be a fun challenge for everyone who comes out to play.
Leggett. “Even
is
not being held
if
it
helps one
“As a word of advice anyone who. is com-
for
promo-
student from
ing
tional purpos-
being on the
don’t be afraid to get
es.
street
that
it’s
night
I’m
and with all the adrenaline going through you, you can’t feel it.” said Green.
for
want kids be safe while having “I
to
thrilled.”
fun.” he said. “Years ago we had Halloween
motto
having fun. so
and
as long as students
why a
and
I
paintball
following
are
party will
offer
them a place any day.
to play
youth on the
not only
consi.st
of costumes and paintball.
There
will
be apple bobbing and
which include unlimited free balls and six free one-year memberships to the arena. for players,
the
he’ll
“When
a blast.”
The
m
rules
students have
let
and
you
see
you makes
street or
hear about a shooting,
it
me
feel good knowing I can offer people a place to go,” said Leggett.
for
ly
the
really
He
safety,
is
service
party this Halloween
prizes
students resorting to alco-
Halloween
blast this drugs.
or
make
’"It’s
I
believe hanging A home on Dixon Street in Kitchener lets everyone have or do make me luckier.” horseshoe with the know that Halloween has arrived. Eden has a lucky pen that he uses and two lucky ends pointing up will January had one and so did poker chips he carries in his wallet. store good luck while hanging it October, a Friday the 13th that is. with the ends down lets the luck run Lindsay Ladzik said she believes out and allows bad luck to enter. Many perceive it as just another in superstitions as it helps explain Smash. We’ve all either .seen or why bad things happen. day but why don’t others? heard a mirror break at some point in The day itself, Friday, is thought “It gives a reason for everyour lives. When it does seven years to be in connection with the Bible. thing,” the first-year nursing bad luck comes to mind, why is that? Adam and Eve were expelled from student said. Broken mirrors, one of the most the Garden of Eden, Christ’s cruciVanessa Rodrigues, a common superstitions today, are fixion and the great flood all took first-year early childhood believed to have two supernatural place on a Friday. education (ECE) student, powers; they bring bad luck and The number 13, originates from said she’s always believed help tell the future. the recognition that 12 witches and in superstitions. It was thought in ancient times one devil are present at Satanic cer“I wonder what will happen that as a reflective surface, mirrors emonies. if I don’t do certain things.” held the key to the future and breakIt is believed that combining the She said a major thing for her is ing one meant shattering your own two together makes Friday the 13th avoiding cracks on sidewalks or future. Hence the years of bad luck. a scary, even deadly, day. floor tiles because if she falls into Beware the black cat. In ancient Christine Restoule, a second-year them she believes they could
thought
some
in
hats.
a
on the safety masks. Hal Leggett, arena owner since 1994, welcomes anyone above the
street.
why
superstitions are not a
to her.
“A black
cat has nothing to
how my day
do
Superstitions while they may be considered a passing phase to many, they are still important to some. What category do you fall
evil spirits.
purpo.ses, as the paint will rub off
^e
is
concern
she said.
to prehistoric times
was used
parties
1
first-year
pens or
it
not to paint their faces for sanitary
age of 0. Leggett said this is sure to be a fun night and only hopes that this will encourage students to get off
a
superstitions such as lucky
as
The event
with paintball.
Taunya Van Allen,
nursing .student, said her belief in
back
paintball
tive
a superstition,” she said.
Eden, said he believes
hol
Students looking for an alterna-
them out sooner or later.” Kyra Walter, a first-year nursing student, said life is the way you see it and how you make it. “You shouldn’t base your life on we’ll figure
superstitions of iron date
Have a By BECKY SHARPE
in supersti-
most occurrenees can be
explained reasonably.
God
in the ass.”
Second-year materials and
a
Doctor, said she
has no reason to believe
“Some things cannot,” she said, “but
pet.
Restoule also said her belief in superstitions
outcome.
she said.
Shawn
tions as
J
strike evil
life,”
life’s
affect different aspects of
First-year technology technician
known as pets, were considered bad omens so she tive animals, also
from
element.
may
student,
iron
magical
native, she said
karma, which
fire,
“It
one thing her family believed when she was growing up was that cap-
once considered a lucky trade, horseshoes were
made
change her
my
As an Ojibway
blacksmiths,
originally
do with
her culture.
chaim.
tionally lucky
Made by
of
traces
other religions and convinced their
used as a sunshade. In many societies the sun was revered as a high power so it was considered a direct
could withstand
don't give them the time of day. irelief that events can
In
is.
taken them seriously. Either
bit or
A
An
rain off
Egypt the Goddess Bast was a
first
time, hit,
not that bad
also said the
game
is
real
about conquering your
own
fear.
“What’s a better time to overcome your fear then on Halloween?” he said.
Green will be playing Halloween event. “I don’t want to miss out on the fun,” he said. in the
“Besides,
this
way
a
more experienced player be on the field to watch
“Paintball arenas try to give people
will
something better
out for inexperienced players.”
to
do
that
won’t
with
is
—
into?
going
to go,”
Feature
SPOKE, October
— Page 15
2006
30,
Blooda Orbax Grosses out students KJ KJ By KRISTIN GRIFFERTY It
was lough
to find a scat in the
Sanctuary on Oct.
Freak
Show was
in
1
8 because the
town.
unknowingly volunteered
lap.
assistants.
The factor,
stunts returned to the gross
when he was
slrailjaekct
Students crowded around to watch the Great Orbax perrorm his sideshow of stunts that ranged from
hammering
together by lying on each other's
nails into his nose, to
strapped into a
by third-year journal-
ism student Nick Casselli, so
Orbax
asketl the
face, breasts or rear end,
his words were much more
shoulder.
vulgar.
His
final
stunt
was by
far
the
each
know
they
Zoc Raaphorst, Jeaninc Beauehemin and Bailey Shields
would
be
using
an
upfront.
The students managed
down
their
ted
as
they
lunches,
said
Beauehemin.
“I regret
agreed,
"The college age group is one seems to be ready for a form of
entertainment
(who
would not give her real name) dazzled the crowd by walking barefoot over
machete
rusty
The
closed his eyes while per-
for
stunt.
a
is
bit
your face than
far,
and (they) arc
when
a point in their lives to appreciate
start
little
in
they
live cnlcr-
lainmcnl beyond just going
to sec a
band perform.” Orbax said his favourite slunl to perform is the human blockhead, in which he hammers the six-inch nail into his nose.
Oddly enough, Orbax
is
not as
freakish as he appears.
blades.
as he squirmed and
that
they've seen so
can
Polly
are
that
was super freaky. To end the show.
,Sikmn's facial expressions said
crowd because they
usually very receptive.
at
nail into his nose.
carney.”
is
said he enjoys performing for
the college
saying that the stunt
Pretty
and science student
that
more risque and
saying ass.”
c a
Raaphorst
forming the
and
"That was
flesh,”
real
to
he performs the
Orbax was quite
"Our acts keep alive North America's only indigenous arlform
He
regret-
decision
her
volunteer.
to his strange antics.
all,
keep
nipple and buttocks.
.
Vuk Sikmn was his first victim as Orbax brought him onto the stage to assist him in hammering a real
it
to
stapled cards to his face, '
However, as Orbax began his stunts, the crowd quickly warmed arts
why
asked
body.
hoped.
General
When
staple
to
Beauehemin
most astounding.
up
stapler
acts that he does,
Little did they
began his act with a few jokes that were not received as well as he had the Bizarre
to
industrial-sized
playing card to various parts of his
although
stapling a playing card to his lace.
The Doctor of
women
be his
pick a body part, and choose cither
he could escape by dislocating his
that
to
finale
both
the
He graduated from
the University
of Guelph with a master's degree
in
pe r fo rm c rs involved plac-
polymer physics, and has worked Discovery Canada.
Orbax successfully com-
cement on block
pleted his
Polly's
Squeals from squeamish females and cheering from the males
ing
egged him on, as first trick.
a
stom-
His second act of pullin his nose
ach while she
and mouth simultaneously had students in complete aw'c and hoiTor, especially after he tossed the condom into the crowd and into the
of machetes,
a
condom through
some grossed
laps of
laid
create
human
a
circle
^ I
of four
instructing
them
to
stunts
appeared to be of but
real
course the pern't
confirm
that.
link^ (Photo by Kristin
Zoe Raaphorst appears to enjoy stapling a playing card to the Great Orbax’s face during Freak Show, put on by Conestoga Students Inc. on Oct. 18.
in
which he has been
involved since
While
acts
professional
of
2()()().
his stunts arc quite danger-
ance. This incident, however, has not held him back.
formers would-
student volunteers, by
wrestling,
show
into freak
love
his
for
stomach All
Boating
Orbax got via
consultant
ous,
hammer.
Orbax then turned the stage over to some more students and proceeded
scientific
a
Orbax and the crushed block on her using a sledge
out
students.
to
on a bed
as
it
doesn't faze him.
2003, he suffered third-degree burns to his body during a performIn
Most people would dread being considered a Ircak, but not Orbax. He said it is better than being considered normal.
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— SPOKE, October 30, 2006
Page 16
Mystery of Lovers’ Lane solved By JENN SPRACH
Then
The
true story of Lovers’
Lane
in
Ancaster has been altered over the years.
The
story
about a
trio
love at the
most people hear is of suicides due to a lost hermitage which now
truth
suicide,
is
and
it
there
isn’t
hermitage
was
the original
at
which was located on
private property about five minutes
away from
on
the hemtitage mins,
Sulphur Springs Road, said Jim Green, a local
Ancaster,
in
man who
has
Ancaster for 75 years. There were two hermitages which
lived in
many people don’t is .something know. The original hermitage was owned by the Ives family and it was this
at
who
Lane, said Green,
Ancaster.
in
man named
wealthy
came
hermitage that the suicide
a volunteer
Fieldcote Memorial Park and
at the
A
is
Mr. Ives
to Ancaster in the early
He
nal hermitage.
1
800s,
built the origi-
then brought his
wife and niece over from Greece.
Mr.
any English, so Mr. Black, the coachman, was asked to teach her Mr. Black
love with the
in
fell
niece, but kept this to himself for
when Mr. Black could
Finally, it
no more, he in
she was royalty and must be
woman
marry the
to
he loved.
The next morning Mr.
told Mr. Ives
love with his niece and
when
was
Ives
Mr. Black’s remains no longer at
he could go to work, but the carriage
six
never came.
he couldn’t be buried
in the
yard so he was buried crossroads and that’s
a sin
is
church-
down at the how Lovers’
lie
855 the Leith family bought the this is the one
1
now
that
known
he killed himself.
much.
neighbours built a
the
shack which she lived
second hermitage and
house door he found Mr. Black hanging from the rafters.
.so
So
little
her
in until
death in 1942.
“People keep making stories about
stands in ruins.
ily.
fam-
five children in the Leith
She cherished
the house
and was
for her unique parties.
and burned down, leaving the ruins that remain today. They did, fire
manage to save some of her included many edition books which can now be
however,
belongings which first
found
Fieldcote Memorial Park
in
second hermitage wasn’t even
built
People say they have seen ghosts and they even hold ghost walks there. “I’ve lived here for 75 years and I’ve never seen a ghost here,” he
During one of her parties the house caught
“The
Black’s ghost,” said Green.
yet.”
Alma Dick-Lauder was
Eleanor
the niece so
the land she loved so
the hermitage being haunted by Mr.
one of
couldn’t live without her,
in Ancaster.
Although the fire destroyed the house Dick-Lauder refused to leave
metres away from the crossroads.
opened the carriage
much he
Rd.
Lovers’ Lane but approximately
In
walked down to the carriage house to see what was taking so Finally, he
he
to the left but,
they buried Mr. Black, the road
ran straight along the stone fence.”
waiting for his carriage to arrive so
When
the cross-
is
said Green.
“The road now bears
Mr. Black just wasn’t good enough
Since committing suicide
quite awhile.
he was
that
now
thing
roads are no longer the crossroads,
treated as royalty.
They say he loved
the language.
stand
Mr. Ives responded no, and added
and Museum, 64 Sulphur Springs
name.
its
The only
long.
couldn’t speak
niece
Ives’
Lane got
her.
the real story of Lovers’
is
bought property and
a trace of the original
left,
This
was only one
hermitage property.
There
was the second hermitage which was built by the Leith family. It was the one that burned down, leaving it in ruins. there
Mu.seum
stands in ruins.
The
then asked for permission to marry
took place.
said.
A
was up
friend of Green’s
at
the hermitage and she swears she
saw
on a horse. of baloney,” giggled Green. “It’s weird what people will see.” a ghost of a girl
her she’s
“I tell
full
may
Getting lucky
be easier than you think By NICK CASSELLI
for your usual cleansing,
change it is your big night and don’t forget you are the man. You don’t just want to smell nice, you want to. smell like a million up a
For the average Joe, getting lucky bar is certainly not an easy task to accomplish. For most, it’s a long complicated process that requires countless hours watching Blind Date and many gruelling hours of pre-bar preparation. at the
Of course, not every young gentleman was blessed with the natural suave of Don Juan DeMarco or an accent like Antonio Banderas or the rugged
So, for
who
there
good looks of Brad Pitt. you average dudes out
all
are tired of watching the
late night bikini
attempt here
are
channel
mere few
at a
a
Having (Photo by Jon Motson)
Pool shark racks up at Conestoga shot,”
which
his skills in
this;
tonight,
I
am
Halloween
this
with your favourite horror
won’t
1
strike
.self
young diva
escort-
into
your
rent are the
to
Halloween is a scary time of year, and for some, downright terrifying.
The people who jump tle
.sound or
their
bed
at
at
who check
every
lit-
underneath
night aren’t scaredy-
cats, but arc usually the
ones
who
Halloween .series, the Nightmare
Saw movies and on Elm Street the
said
films,’’
Jablonski.
it
is
the time of year for
horror. It’s all about witches
and
are watching horror flicks.
ghosts.
Horror movie rentals skyrocket at Halloween, according to a Blockbu.ster employee in Guelph.
companies put new horror movies out near Halloween on purpose.’’ she said. “In theatres
“A lot more people rent scary movies near Halloween," said Ola
especially.
them,
mostly teenagers .she
Look
at
all
the
new
horror movies out right now.”
Jablonski said on a regular day,
Jablonski. It’s
“I think film
who
rent
added.
“The most popular scary movies
not near Halloween, about
40 per
cent of movies rented are horror films,
but
near
Halloween
it
about 75 per cent.
to
“I
character’s position.
I
same
time,
sitting in
I
feel safe becau.se
my
living
room.
I’m
It’s
a
safe fright."
—
Maybe
some design-
Rico time.
it’s
this night is all
should have mentioned
1
before,
you don’t haye
if
some
purchase
already,
about
it
fine-
smelling cologne.
The following brands
will
be
Gucci, Versace, Swiss Army, Polo,
out bachelor pad to call your own.
Tommy
me
into
my
next
tip.
I
home all
mean
NEVER
bring a
to
over
it,
so avoid
it
at all
Planning
is
everything.
a styling, profil-
limousine riding, jet flying,
wheeling
dealing,
kiss-stealing
^
son of a gun. You’re ready to paint the town red.
But,
leave
you don’t have a place, book
one for the night or talk and explain to him your He’ll understand,
it’s
to a friend
situation.
the
code of
in the
remember, before you
doesn’t work and
all
your
some candles and champagne room for afterwards, if you
know what
mean!
1
These are
just
some
helpful tips
before the evening begins.
The
the male. If this
men.
for
So now you’re
leave on your romantic expedition;
costs.
If
Locale Sport, Diesel, Armani and
ing,
your folks’ hou.se. This has combustible situation
date
written
because can feel like I’m being chased by the killer,’’ she said. “I can feel the pain of what’s happening to the character, but at the
start flashing
But wait, perhaps some of you might not have access to a pimped
Never,
personally love scary movies
time to
quite appropriate for your evening:
This leads
She thinks people like to watch horror movies and put them.selves in the
She thinks more people rent horror flicks near Halloween because
jumps
your skin should be
So now that you smell real good you feel even better, it’s time to make your burlap sac look like a cashmere sweater. Ah yes, the wardrobe is next. First, things first, you’re wearing silk undergarments tonight. Now instead of wearing your usual T-shirt and blue jeans, it’s
this
Get one.
By JENN CURTIS
this point
the ladies.
out
and
bachelor’s pad.
very
flick
own
At
“1
the man.”
in the tub
as soft as a baby’s bottom.
er clothes
Visualize yourself getting lucky;
ing a fine
Put those bubbles take a bubble bath.
the
following,
envision your confident
Scare yourself
is
bucks.
Remember
yourself the
can do
an attempt to sink all six the Sanctuary on Oct. 17. is
attitude
before
essential
evening begins. Tell
Gerry Watson, a pool expert, sets up for a “five bag trick balls in a single shot. CSI invited Watson to demonstrate
forever.
right
the
could
that
tips
change your fortune absolutely
in a feeble
night’s pleasure,
after all, tonight
little;
actual process of picking
a beautiful
young woman
is
up
anoth-
Lauren Ponting also loves scary movies and it doesn’t matter what
friends
rent a hotel for the night.
time to explain the mystical secret
time of year
OK, your confidence is up, the pad is there, now you are well on your way to a rocking affair.
behind
“It
it
is.
doesn’t really matter
Halloween is to me.’’ she rent them all year-round.’’
when
said. “1
are jerking
you around,
Instead of jumping in the shower
er story
and
I
don’t have enough
that.
you Promised Land.
But, hopefully these tips set
on the path
Good
to the
luck gentlemen.
News
Government hopes By CHRISTOPHER MILLS
^
looking
take
to
different
a
won
Moneymaker
Chris
in
the
2003 hav-
ing never played in a live tourna-
ment.
He won
his seat in
Las Vegas
by winning an online poker tournament, and his improbable win at the
world series netted him $2.5
million and sent poker’s popularity
membership
2003,
at
online gambling sites has skyrocketed (not to mention attendance at
World Series of Poker), and it is this new and uncontrollable fad the
Ontario politicians wonied
that has
John Milloy, a
of the governing Liberal
proposed legislation would restrict the promotion of illegal online gaming by print, pub-
1
52, the Ministry of
Services
Consumer
Government
Protection and
Consumer
existing
The Criminal Code of Canada states that Internet gaming is illegal unless it is conducted or managed by the province, but enforcing
leg-
islation regarding the Internet
is
a
government
is
difficult task, so the
AARON SCHWAB
porates
the
Member’s
of
intent
Private
Bill
to not include .search engines
such
as Google,” he said.
The
being referred to
bill
Liberal
is
that
MPP
for
Peterborough. Leal introduced Bill
60
was
earlier this year becau.se he
local lotteries
los.ses that
and racetracks were
Government Services
enduring.
Minister Gerry Phillips adopted the
and
looking to apply the leg-
is
islation
in
paramount
for
it
is
people to educate themselves about native
Canadian heritage
their
in
may better Aboriginal way of
area so that they
under-
stand the
life.
Jaime
Mishibinijima,
the
Aboriginal student adviser
at
the
it
taught and
is
is
that
we
see
not being taught to a lot of
the
complexity
native issues,” she said.
of
“Native
students often have a lot of differ-
around funding, around situating themselves within a mainstream campus, particularly students from First Nations communities rather than urban centres.” Alan Emarthle, manager of Six Nations tourism, said it was important for him to be a part of ent issues.
Aboriginal Awareness
Week when
way
to
bet
on
few sports
a
is difficult.
Milloy said the propo.sed amend-
MPP
Conservative
for Waterloo,
ments have nothing
do with
to
Elizabeth Witmer, said she person-
inhibiting anyone’s rights to gamble.
gambling and sees no difference between Internet and casino gambling when it comes to
ing
against
addiction.
online
ally
opposes
“While time,
is
Internet gambling, at this
as addictive as casino or race-
track gambling,” she said.
Members of the online gambling community, like Josh Kortleve of Cambridge, think the government has other motives.
“The
government wants to gaming to encour-
restrict private
responsible the
He
tak-
illegal
businesses
is
that the
based on the
in
is
protect casinos, but said
it
trying
to
has noth-
ing to do with benefiting the government itself. “Legitimate businesses such as
in
deal with increa.scd competition
update
is
spending $6 million
image and
its
new range of
ing a
cannot be governmentowned Ontario Lotteries and Gaming Corporation, which operFor either side,
ignored
it
the
that
expected to lose an additional $210
“The horseracing industry
employs
is
last
The
issue
debated
in
is
certain to be widely
the
coming weeks
continue
industry in the province and a very
how
important industry to Ontario.
tion, as well as a possible
approximately
It
40,000
full-time (people) and 25,000 part-
parties
to handle the
from
online
to
as
discuss
proposed legislabacklash
gamblers
in
the
province.
stand.
Those
are.”
Emarthle said he feels natives Canada are paddling upstream
in
in
their struggle to achieve an under-
with
standing
people outside of
make
their culture.
us,
media,” he said. “In the universi-
wards, three steps backwards, three
that .seems to
be fighting against (us)
machine
now, for
ple across the oceans (but) people
said.
“Some
who come
of the people
...
here and expect that they can
treat us that
way
the dances.
just to
is
make
a dollar.
isn’t
to
This
is
This is stuff that they do every day, singing these songs and dancing. “It’s a beautiful part of who we part of their
life.
things better.
it’s two steps forward and one step back, but can’t. It’s more like three steps back-
“(We’re) against a huge machine
a
immigrate to
and there are people working hard it’s good to see people coming together and I’m witness to that every day at Six Nations; seeing people working together to try and
-
that
and
fail to
right
in all the educational levels,
push
I
steps backwards.”
Emarthle said he has a lot of faith power of youth, who believe
to
recognize there’s a struggle
right here
“I’d like to say
underneath their noses.
“Everybody should be working hard (to promote understanding)
in the
in the natives’
“It’s the
cause.
young people who
send a powerful message,” he “In the late-’60s,
dents
who
it
were heard. Let’s do
also.”
Emarthle said there are a lot of Nations communities across North America that are like Third First
countries.
“Eighty-five per cent of our wells are infested with E. coli,” he said of
the Six Nations’ private water sup-
“We have huge economic problems, social problems and environmental issues.” ply.
to
come
to
things
like
Week),
Awareness
Emarthle said
it’s
we
also important
non-native citizens
about the native culture
to in
know
Ontario
and abroad because peace
come through
will
understanding.
“There’s going to be people in world who don’t want to
this
understand,” he said.
who
“There are
are going to be like that
and they’re just going
to close their
mind. “But there are more people, thank God, who are open-minded and they’re going to want to learn and
fmiltrT anil 10 Manitou Dr. tCitcbetier
was
can' said.
the stu-
got up and their voices
feel it’s that important.”
Oct. 16.
are
million this year.
both
largest
do
who
we’re just ready to go, because
of
They
few years.
agricultural
.second
the
educate people about the struggles. “We look at the struggles of peo-
(Aboriginal
promotes Aboriginal Awareness Week at the University of Guelph on
had
ates casinos in the province,
over the
do this as a hobby; this something that they decided
people
introduc-
law and they are losing business to those that are operating illegal Internet gaming businesses,” he
there’s not that strong of a
for
is
lottery tickets.”
industry are operating within the
that are here with us, they don’t
World
the
Gaming
and
Lottery
Corporation
and
region
Detroit
the
Ontario
revenue decline by $335 million
Canadian Aboriginals than people who have lived in Canada before,
invited
manager
gov-
those in the Ontario horse racing
ties
come
it
At the same time. Aboriginals
Six Nations tourism,
legis-
“The government is .spending $400 million on the Windsor Casino to help
have a strong and powerful culture they are very proud of, he said. “When we get venues and get
Alan Emarthle,
new
fact that
about $4 billion,” she said.
to
government
the
that
free market.”
not an addic-
is
protect
did not disagree with the fact
said.
is
to
promotion of
gaming
age public use of government-run gaming,” he said. “Blocking private gaming sites from being allowed to advertise goes against a
Online gambling
steps
Ontario,” he said.
not participated in by as
many Ontarians as other forms of gambling, there is no doubt that it is
“The Ontario government
all
“These (Six Nations) dancers
people
as third-class citizens and so they
understand
uses an online site as a conven-
a different view of
Some
their aboriginal people are treated
need
online
He
and
here from different countries
growing
some
in
for
a
but
even getting up and participating
it’s
critical
administrators, faculty and staff to
“There’s
addictive,
is
tries to live here.”
that
he
general public.
that Internet
people in schools anymore,” Emarthle said. “It’s not being taught to any of the people who come here from different coun-
education
event took place at the university
16-20 and was open to the
doubt
going to want to underare the people we’re hoping to reach, through our songs, through our dance.” Emarthle said it means a lot to him to see people taking an interest in native song and dance during Aboriginal Awareness Week and
Canada have
Oct.
little
they’re
how
see
of Guelph, said Aboriginal Awareness Week is one important way it is promoted. The University
Witmer agreed lation
Awareness Week promotes education
he was invited.
The Aboriginal community
There is gambling
legislation incor-
60 but most of the definitions have been narrowed so
“We Ontario thinks
rural
racetracks with annual revenue of
Aboriginal By
in
Ontario.”
to a casino
on a much larger scale. Phillips said Internet gambling is highly addictive and is overly accessible to young adults - and even minors - who can play anonymously for hours from the comfort of their homes. A study conducted Septerhber by the Ontario in Gambling Research Problem
Protection Act.
born with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and has been confined to a wheelchair for the past 13 years.
time (people) - mainly
lar casinos.
sites.
bill
already
was
nication, as well as the sponsorship
would be an amendment
the
and
Kortleve, 24,
of these
Service Modernization Act, 2006, to
2001
Kortleve, but a form of
for
games each week. For him, going
and telecommu-
worried about financial
Bill
between
2005.
tion
entertainment.
gambling downplay the addictiveness of gambling in regu-
lication, broadcast
provincewide ban on advertising sites.
quadrupled
8-24
1
ient
of Jeff Leal,
gambling
gaming
believe Phillips’ arguments against
and ready to take action. The Ontario government has introduced a bill proposing a for Internet
that Internet
ernment casinos are losing money to Internet gambling sites. “The Ontario government oversees casinos, slot machines and
party, said the
"The proposed
off the charts.
Since
MPP
Kitchener
member
Centre found
— Page 17
2006
30,
ban gambling ads
to
among young people aged
approach.
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inort*’.*.*
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it
again.”
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News
— SPOKE, October 30, 2006
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of
(Vee/c
2006
30.
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to
Libra
Aries March
Maiden continues be a musical force
Iron
iCOPE
September 23 October 22
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April 19
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'
ADAM HANNON
1
Your impulsive
instincts
may
You cannot please everyone
will only
you'll regret.
fair to yourself.
the time so stop trying will begin to
"'C
May
-
work against you. Be
week
October 23
20
will be put to the
and out of school friends. family and with Remember to breath and keep your focus, don’t lo.se sight of in
what's important to you.
November
May
2
1
-
21
careful what you don't say week. Secrets tend to be your forte as people confide in you. Be aware of who the secrets are about, sometimes what people don't know can hurt them.
Sagittarius November 22 December 21
1
You usually think with your head Gemini and have gotten far because of it, but don't forget you are human too and your emotional needs cannot be ignored forev-
crowd
in
at the
Air Canada
Toronto on Oct.
16.
Maiden started off strong with up-tempo songs Different World and These Colours Don’t Run from their new album A
Be
June 2
-
sold out
the
this
Gemini
After more than 25 years as a band. Iron Maiden is still a force to be reckoned with. The British power metal sextet played to a
Centre
Scorpio
jUs>
Your patience test this
to.
need for constant approval
the
Taurus April 20
all
Work wear you down and
push you into something you aren’t ready to handle. Keep your head in control of your body and don't do anything you know
Matter of Life and Death. The whole band gave top-notch performances, but the precision of the guitar harmonies of Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers was especially impressive. These songs were already fan favourites, and much of the crowd
was singing along. The band played
the next three
songs off the album. Brighter a Thousand Suns, The
Than
Pilgrim and The Longest Day, stopping only long enough for drummer Nicko McBrain to count in the next song. After the fifth song of the set.
The song took everyone present on a musical journey from the soft
ones
to follow
it,
comes
and intense solo, and back again. the
band
finally
got a breather
while lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson greeted the audience and introduced their next number, Out of the Shadows. This was fol-
-
when
explorative
it
and seeking nature
often takes control. Life
is
short,
don't wait and live in regret.
Do
An
not be a scaredy-crab this
your shell when things get out of hand like you're used to doing. Be upfront and responsive. Be bold and brave. Don't
hide
inside
you
you
to
expect from Iron Maiden.
The next two songs. For the Greater Good of God, and Lord of Light, were entertaining and
com-
played,
although not truly memorable performances. The final song from A Matter of Life and Death, however, was somewhat of a disappointment. petently
The Legacy
started
off
well
done.
Once the band got to the bridge of the song, however, it became
how much
apparent
new
of a strain the
was
putting on Dickinson's voice. When he sang some of the higher notes, his voice cut out almost completely. In Dickinson’s defence. The Legacy is probably one of the most vocally difficult songs the band has written, ever.They probably should have performed it closer to the start of their set, when Bruce’s voice was still fresh, instead of an hour in. After Maiden finished performing A Matter of Life and Death,
material
the Dark.
title
The song took everyone
present on a musical journey from the soft first verse to the high-
energy ones which follow it, to the melodic guitar harmony and intense solo, and back again. Maiden ended their .set with the song everyone had been waiting
opportunity will arise that feel
come
precision their fans have
track of their 1992 album. Fear of
-
January 19
week.
Benjamin Breeg. The nine-minute epic was a hit with the crowd, and the band performed it with the album-quality
they treated the crowd to the
Capricorn December 22
new album’s first Reincarnation of
their
The
single.
enough, and the first five minutes or so of the song were very well
relationships as your
to
to the
melodic guitar harmony
Avoiding serious commitments has been your specialty
first
verse to the high-energy
lowed by
*
can't live without.
It's your nature to act quickly so do not slip or even your determination will not be enough to recover what is lost.
for,
the
title
track off their self-
album. The song sounded even more powerful and energetic than it did when Iron Maiden recorded it in
titled
Leo July 23
-
Aquarius January 20
August
1980.
-
After a five-minute break, and a
February 18
22
deal of screaming and cheering from the crowd, the band returned for an encore, performgreat
As
the ruler of the back, spine
and heart you are never anyone's doormat. Your friends may need your independence and assertiveness to rub off on them this week to help them face personal chal-
Your opinions will be challenged by someone who doesn't understand your innovative and eccentric ways. Hold true to your convictions and don't allow a narrow-minded person to get the
ing The Evil That Men Do and Hallowed Be Thy Name. During The Evil That Men Do. a giant tank replica rose up from behind the drum kit, and from it
best of you.
came
lenges.
a large, robotic version of
mascot Eddie. Although Eddie is a part of almost every Iron Maiden show, it the band's ghoulish
Virgo
Pisces
August 23 September 22
You
strive
for
perfection
February 19 March 20
You adapt well
in
every detail of your work. This
tions
week will test you immensely when constant sloppiness sur-
when way.
which
will
a surprise
Do
that he
to new situacome in handy is
ance,
thrown your
and imaginative
rounds you. Let it go, everything be perfect but the
tive
help you through this and your
work
response will inlluence others.
combined with
A
abilities will
the anti-'^.
many
of the songs from Matter of Life and Death, and
lyrics in
not panic, your recep-
can't alway.s
will turn out alright.
especially appropriate appeared from a tank during a song called. The Evil That Men Do. The combination of his app^^^
seemed
-
backdrop (which band’s showed newspaper pages from the second world war), made a strong the
statement about the band’s aversion to
Tiffany
McCormick
is
a third-year
journalism student holding fate in the
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palm of her hand.
Coming soon
to houseparties,
clubs and boudoirs near you.
armed most
conlJict.
important
part,
though, is that none of this stage show took away from the music being played. At the end of the night, it was obvious that Iron Maiden is still as much of a musical force to be reckoned with as they were 25 years ago.
Sports
Season over
SPOKE, October
tain
who
scored two
Condors played
The Conc.sloga Condors' men’s rugby learn won't be playing for a medal tor the first time in five years losing
alter
the
to
Seahawks on Oct.
IS
at
Seneca Rogers
Cambridge. The Condors played their best and most important game but came up short, ending their .season. Most of the issues causing the team problems were ironed out by the game. The^ Condors lost by 2 points and just didn’t have enough time to catch up after a mis.sed tackle and coming out flat in the second half For most of the first half the score was tied, 0-0, but both teams snuck Park
in
1
in a try in the last
lO minutes,
mak-
ing the score 5-5.
Seneca had a lot of penalties at the beginning of the game, however, Conestoga didn’t capitalize on the opportunities.
Nick Milbury, the Condors' cap-
15
in
favour of Seneca.
Right-winger, Matt D’Agostini, of the Hamilton Bulldogs, bar-
down the ice during the third period. The Bulldogs were defeated 4-2 by the Peoria Rivermen at Copps Colliseum in rels
Hamilton Oct. 21
in
the
AHL game.
the
said the
tries,
game
the
way
they should have been playing
all
place out of seven teams with two
wins and four
won
losses. Last year they
bronze.
Joel Hus.scy, the Condors’ assis-
year.
"We
stayed
in
a
trusted each other
straight
line,
more and were
playing as a team instead of individuals but Seneca just had said Milbury,
fire,”
on the team
who
more
has been
for five years.
tant
coach, said given the inexperi-
ence of the players the Condors improved a lot. “Inexperience was their vulnerability in the end,” said Hussey. However, it was interesting to note .
seasoned veterans, like Tim^ and Glenn Lull, didn’t play in the game. A lot of the rookies arc returning next season which looks promising
In the first few minutes of the second half Seneca was able to score on Conestoga. The Condors missed a tackle which caused the team to fall apart for 5 minutes which allowed Seneca to get up on them. Missed tackles have been a huge issue for the Condors all season
that
said Milbury.
helped them
1
In the last five minutes,
Andrew
Harris was able to score but the Condors were down by two tries with no time left. The final score was 27- 5 for the Seahawks. They ended thejr season in 5lh 1
Stefllcr
for next year.
Bob McArthur, Seneca’s head coach, said the Seahawks played
with their hearts and souls which
won
had never
end. Seneca has medal every year and
in the
the gold
lost
a
game
until
this
season. ”ll
was good
nation of field.
It
all
to see the determi-
the
players on
showed they
the
really love the
game,’’ said McArthur.
(Photo by Jessica Biumenthai)
(Photo by Jessica Blumenthal)
Larry Stuart, No.. 2, throws the rugby ball to Kyle Gallagher during a lineup in the second half. The final score of the game was 27-
— Page 19
Condors
for sullen By JESSICA BLUMENTHAL
2006
30,
During the second
Conestoga Condor rugby player, Shane Lloyd, No. 7, holds up a Seneca a maul. Assisting were Conestoga players from left to right, Nathan Lajeunesse
Seahawk player in and Andrew Harris.
half,
Page 20
Sports
— SPOKE, October 30, 2006
Rugby
action
Conestoga’s and Seneca’s men’s rugby teams battle for the ball in their game on Oct. 18, which ended in a 27-15 loss for the Condors. Left:
Right;
Team
tackles a
captain, Nick Milbury,
Seneca
prepares to
strip
player
the
and
'
ball.
Photos by Jessica Biumenthal
Condors’ COUNSELLOR’S CORNER:
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was developed
future looks
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team fell short of making the fastball
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have drunk
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in
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3.
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have drunk alcohol
last
the last 3 months.
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daily (at least
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of
each week)
for the
month.
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After a hard-fought and muchimproved season, the women’s fastball team fell just short of making the playoffs.
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Durham, and Seneca winning their' final game, the Condors dropped to fifth place and out of the playoffs. Durham went on to win the OCA A fastball championship, only losing one difficult 17-4 loss to
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5.
I
have said or dona something under the influence 3 months.
of alcohol
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regret during the last
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6.
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game (i.e.
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last
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experienced a blackout (memory toss) while drinking 3 months.
have driven under the influence
in
the
3 months.
of alcohol in the last
it
bright
for
team
core of the
9.
I
have missed school or work due to the effects once in the last 3 months.
of alcohol at
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10.
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the
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“The
remain
They hope
this
championships
girls
in
always play
with heart.”
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True
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11.
My drinking has harmed my persona!
relationships
In
the last 3
women ’s fastball coach
months.
True
12. During the last
False
3 months,
I
have often drunk
in
larger
amounts
or over a longer period of time than intended.
^core
Condors coach Fawn Day comall the hard work and determination the team has shown. “The girls always play with heart,” said Day. “They never quit plimented
it seems, and that's something our team has prominently done (all
.season).”
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total
score concerns you, please consider talking to a
The team has improved aspects
of the game,
This
their offence. total
to 3
2005.
1
in
.sea.son
The team was
led in .scoring this
with 15
hits,
average
of
12 runs and a batting
.455,
followed
Milissa Voisin with 14
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causing you problems you have a problem with alcohol/’
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especy'^
of 58 runs, compared
scored a
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hits, II
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and an average of .368 and Laura Matheson with 14 hits, nine runs and an average of .333. For players interested in trying out next fall you can contact Day at fawner6(§>hotmail.com or check http://www.conestogac.on.ca/rec_ centre/html/wfastball.html for try-
out dates.
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at
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be enough to push them into
will
False
—
Conestoga. After a tough 2-10 season and finishing in last place last year, the Condors have improved to 57 this season, placing fifth. The intact next year.
True
was
heartbreak-
ing to miss the playoffs, the future
looks
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season.
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