Walk Safe
Symbols of our past and present The wheel
hiring
needed to escort people their cars and even the rez.
Staff to
in
the college’s crest
number
signifies a
of
Helping Dany
things, including the
Fundraiser tomorrow
Conestoga wagon.
NEWS Monday, November
26,
A
learning
newsroom
for
journalism students
benefit student
will
who needs bone marrow
transplant.
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Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ont.
2007
— No. 26
39th Year
Students are best By
AARON O’CONNELL
Three architecture students at Conestoga College have won International Facility
Management
scholarships
second year
in
for
the
The student chapter president of
it
the
dent,”
me
but a teacher told
a row.
architect.
by acciJacob Hespeler Secondary School graduate said. “I had originally picked the diploma program to become an architect, actually got into
“I
Association
become an
intending to
degree program and
about the
‘Why
said,
I
Conestoga’s IFMA, Jonathan Douglas of St. Pauls, Ont. along with Amanda Ford and Samantha Janson, both of Cambridge, have put Conestoga on the map once
not.'”
again thanks to their excellent aca-
involved in different extracurricu-
demic achievements and program
lar activities to better
involvement.
she said.
The
three students are currently
enrolled
in
project
and
facility
management, a four-year degree program in architecture, and have earned the prominent awards which are traditionally won by students corning from highly regarded schools such as Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania and Texas A&M, to
name
a few.
we
took four of the top five awards,” Douglas said. “This year we grabbed three of the top “Last year
five
and we are the
first
Canadian
school to do that.”
Douglas,
who
is
a graduate of
Jansen said she worked extremehard to win the awards.
ly
“I’ve just had a diverse contribution
program
the
to
Amanda Ford IFMA’s
is
my
won
has
which,
award,
and
got
resume,”
same by Worth
the
sponsored
Dallas/Fort
Metroplex Chapter, twice in a row. She believes that Conestoga is one schools
offering
the
management program. believe these awards
will
top
of the facility
“I
prove that Conestoga College has one of the top programs in both the United States and Canada for the teaching of facility and project management,” Ford said. years three past the “In Conestoga College has proven that the United States is not the only
Northwestern Secondary School, won the corporate headquarters council honour last year and a scholarship from the IFMA Philadelphia Chapter this year. He said the degree program
country to provide extraordinary
has widened his opportunities.
School
“Because the program is more industry-based, it gives you a lot of opportunities and you get to
attending
Stratford's
explore a
lot
of different things
other than facility management."
Jansen,
who won
an
IFMA
scholarship sponsored by the Corporate Facilities Council this year and the IFMA scholarship
from the Philadelphia Chapter last year, said she’s always been committed to the program, even though she came to Conestoga
Some
students
these
in
industries,
Secondary
Southwood
The
graduate
is
currently
College where she is enrolled in the French as a Second Language program.
Algonquin
However, she will return to Conestoga to continue her studies in the winter.
The IMFA has 18,500 members 125 chapters and councils
Through
nations.
IFMA
in
60
fundraising, the
foundation promotes educa-
and research opportunities to advance the facility management
tional
profession.
friends and
my
She said she
new
sister,”
is
she said.
looking forward to
clothing, boots and a
Christmas is just a month away; have you made your list yet? Sometimes figuring out what you want sitting under the tree can be
receiving
just as difficult as searching for the
ing the holidays, Wilson said, are her family opening one present
someone on your
list.
The season
is
By SARAH JAYNES Local retailers are dealing with a of angry customers now that the Canadian dollar is worth more than the U.S. dollar.
Salespeople are being questioned about why consumers have to pay
retailers across the
salespeople.
still
“They don’t understand is
nothing
we
that there
(the salespeople) can
personally do about
it”
he says.
While some stores such as HMV, Wal-Mart and Zellers have dropped their prices by nearly 20 per cent,
many
stores that have
there are
hit because American anywhere from $5 to $20 lower than the Canadian prices. “This has left consumers irritated,” says Ron Tracy, an employee
province, says his stores are slowly
taken
a
prices are
at
Chapters in Toronto. Tracy says customers
not
are
still
Allan Greenfield, the owner of six
Hallmark Gold Crown stores
in the
making changes, but it takes time. “Our customers have to understand that I still pay the Canadian
my
Hallmark
is
says.
products even though an American name," he
The same goes
fewer
they
may
end anyhow, due to
the
in
sales.
Anita Warren, a mother of two, says she has stopped shopping at certain stores because they have not lowered their prices.
not been able to do so.
prices on
ering prices. However, lose
on products that list both a Canadian and American price, and stores are losing sales. In particular, bookstores have
the higher price
country who are paying the Canadian price'and can’t afford to lose money by low-
very understanding and blame the
for
many
Warren, along with thousands of other consumers, believes that the owner of a store should be taking the
loss
and
that
customer
the
shouldn’t have to deal with
To counteract
this,
it.
some stores that show the
removing the tags two prices and instead marking them with only the Canadian price. are
students get jump on holiday shopping, others procrastinate
BY FRANCA MAIO
perfect gift for
Soaring loonie hurts shops lot
dents.”
spirits bright
Aunt Dot the Clown, who has entertained at more than 5,000 events, celebrates the holiday season story. with Mikayla, Kenya and Shelby at a party held by Cambridge Metal Products. See Page 1 1 for
but
Conestoga has take leadership in providing equally talented stu-
in
(Photo by H/en DinhJ
Making
quickly approach-
new
digital
camera because she
days.
likes photography.
Some
traditions celebrated dur-
each on Christmas Eve and enjoying a family dinner on Christmas Day.
ed her holiday shopping. “I have shopped for most of
He said the main items he hopes are under the tree are clothing, an
my
Jessica Herbert, a clerk in the college bookstore,
said
she
Brandon Drexler, a
first-year civil
engineering student, said he has not started his shopping yet. He admitis
a last-minute shopper.
is
half-
Christmas Eve, Christmas Boxing Day.
Ada
Harrison, a program assis-
Conestoga College’s Doon campus and a newlywed, is looking forward to spending the holidays with her family and her husband.
She said she
much and
item under the tree this year, but
things,
“I
am
is
it.
looking to get jewelry," she only thing on want an engagement
said. "It is the
because
I
my
list,
ring.”
Herbert said her family celebrates days. three for Christmas
Day and
tant at
done her holiday shopping. She is looking for a particular not sure if she will receive
ing, and the malls are being flooded with holiday shoppers hoping to pick up that perfect gift. Brenna Wilson, a first-year general arts student, said she has start-
ted he
iPhone and a new television for his room. Drexler said his family usually has a family party during the holi-
is
not expecting too
appreciates
but there
is
-an
the
item
little
she
She said she is looking forward to sharing family traditions with her husband. "It is pretty
“We
don't
25th,
it’s
late,
usually
we
until midnight, to
and we have
lots
foods.”
ener,” she said.
shop or have made a
Whether or
not
the
celebrate
the 24th and
hopes will be among the gifts from her husband. “A new hair straightHarrison said she has not started
my
traditional with
family because we have a Latin American background," she said. stay
open
up
gifts
of traditional
you have lis.t
stalled to
of items you
are looking for this season, always
mind
Christmas
shopping yet, but she will start soon to beat the crowds at the
keep
malls.
with the people you love.
in
that
is
about
giving, receiving and spending time
1
Page 2
News
— SPOKE, November 26, 2007
Now
Conestoga College
...with Random
Walk Safe
deep thoughts
questions answered by
random
students
By JENN SPRACH Conestoga College’s Walk Safe program is a little short-handed this year.
The program was designed
What would your theme song be and why? “Obladi Oblada by the
because
Beatles,
life
goes on no matter what.”
ment for faculty, staff and students. They provide services such as
second-year respirator) therap ) '
why
I’m hot
Mims, because ’cause I’m
their
to
car or
even to the residence. “We've had to scale down because we haven’t had enough applicants,”
qualified
John
said.
Anderson, a college security representative, adding they have hired one extra security staff person to is
work study
a paid
available to
is
all
by
I’m hot
There have been approximately incidences, said Anderson. “One instructor had his van stolen
five
twice.” It
was found
off
resume and application aid
first
might also walk the grounds and report anything they
deem suspicious, he said. The staff work in pairs for
because love the movie Rocky.” I
As and
well, there are 1
One and
safety
student went into security
tried to report the incident but
was brushed off by staff. When Anderson was asked about he couldn’t
incident he said
the
comment about it because he didn't know about it. He checked the logged reports in the computer which showed a report
was never
taken.
shouldn’t have happened like
“It
that,”
said Anderson,
adding,
“It
should have been investigated and
reasons, said Anderson.
Survivor,
no
the college. for
They
by
rates at the college are
security students.
with the public.
of the Tiger
"The
Anderson. There have also been incidences of cars being hit with paintballs at
All staff are trained in
second-year early
Dodge Caravans.
lege have been
However, Walk Safe does provide good work experience for law and
said Anderson.
and are responsible for providing a safe environment while interacting
childhood education
in Brantford.
higher than the general area,” said
in the security office.
Rebecca Coato,
in Peel Region and the second time it
was recovered
the first time
a financial need,
who demonstrate
his or her
fly.”
hasn’t deterred car
it
thieves.
students
Anyone interested in applying the Walk Safe program can drop
“Eye
on campus
A majority of the thefts at the col-
The program which
is
people
escorting
in with the cameras and as soon as you pick up the phone, it rings to a phone here and the camera isolates on that location,” said Anderson. They are located in each of the parking lots and can be identified easily by the yellow reflective post. Although there are 109 cameras
help out.
Lyndsev Ross,
“This
to
create a safe after-hours environ-
short-staffed
109 cameras
followed up.”
Anderson said he would look
6 emergency phones strategi-
around campus. "The emergency phones are
the incident and ensure
cally placed
tied
into
doesn’t
it
happen again.
(Photo by Jenn Sprach)
The emergency phones on campus are wired into cameras.
When
the button
is
pushed rings to an emergency line in the security office and the cameras focus on the phone. There are 16 emergency phones on campus. it
Joe/ Cook, first -
Cambridge campus helps students brush up on academic skills
ear business foundations
By LEANNE
“Easy Like Sunday Morning by Lionel Richie
-
it’s
MOUNTFORD
Whether you want to get a postsecondary education, make a job or career change, or just brush up on your academic skills. Conestoga’s Cambridge campus may be able to help you move toward your goal.
self-
Adam Fridenburg,
Dianne Murphy. faculty member Cambridge campus, said the
first-year radio
broadcasting
Wanna
matter what, to
have
I
just
want
fun.”
Jess Broadfoot, first-year practiced
musing
individual’s
abilities
areas
subject
campus, an
test at the
different
in
measured and the campus recom-
are
then faculty at
mend
the
them.
For instance,
best
solutions if
to
help
someone
wants to prepare to write their general education diploma (GED) test, and they do well on the assessment, they get
may be recommended to just some preparation books. if
they
are
struggliqg
with a specific subject matter or
Jones, because
sexy and
it
it
may
be recommended that
they upgrade their
There
it’s
makes me
is
skills.
a quick turnaround time
for getting the assessments back.
Susan Garlick. co-ordinator of feel sexy.”
first-year general arts
sciences
preparatory program at the Cambridge campus, said she usually gets them back to people the same day or the following day. the
Milton Orellana,
and
— health option
Smile Conestoga, you could be our next respondent!
I
don’t say that to
because they hear
basic and they think basic level, but isn't
it
that's just
that at all.
the
If
it
is
recommended
als that they
to individu-
upgrade their
skills,
There -is no cost to complete the assessments or the programs because the programs are funded by the Ministry of Training. Colleges and Universities under the
campus.
the
at
Academic upgrading Students are
self-
Murphy.
program, said
directed
a
is
at all different levels
when they enter The students
given
course
outlines and they take the courses
they need depending on where they are headed, said Garlick.
Some
people have full-time or
part-time jobs
or other commit-
ments. so they arrange
go
to the class
around
when
they
their sched-
month or topic.
is
going on
it’s
It
to a business
not realistic to take a
weeks to do a math might be the wrong
six
choice," said Garlick. In
an average year, the program in
it.
she said.
Academic upgrading
is
available
anyone including people that have their Grade 12 or higher. Sometimes a person will work at a company for 20 or 30 years and for
then the
company shuts down and may want to brush up on
their
academic
Two
other
skills, said Garlick.
programs
that
the
Cambridge campus offers are employment training readiness and focus for change. These programs are based
on career planning. They
are both block intake courses run-
ning 25 hours a week.
Monday
to
These two programs are teacher-driven; everyone takes the same subject and learns the same material, said Murphy. The difference between the two programs is focus for change is only for women and the participants must be on assistance. It is a 15-week program with an added women’s component, focusing on women’s issues. The employment/training readiness program is 10 weeks long. Both programs take in 17 students at a time. Focus for change starts in September and employFriday.
ules.
Academic upgrading
is
offered
year-round and is continual intake, meaning people can join the program at anytime. Students can be in
program for a few weeks or a few months depending on what they’re working toward. If someone is working part-time, they may be able to devote 25
the
hours a week to these courses, said
Someone who
Garlick.
is
not work-
ing might be able to finish in half
They may be able to write test in two days where someone else might take two
the time. the
program,
the person
the program.
are
somebody
has about 100 plus students
funding for us,” said Garlick.
upgrading
two.
Tom
it.
students
move forward when they don’t know how. The first step is to find out what level people are at. By taking an
However,
by
correct
they can choose to do academic
assessment
Have Fun by Cindy Lauper, because no
way of saying the
programs.
skills
politically
the
at the
faculty help people
“Girls Just
Bomb
and basic
“That's
explanatory.”
“Sex
literacy
first
weeks. "But,
ment/training
we have
to be realistic,
if
readiness
January and again
starts
in April.
in
News
Tomorrow cheque p.m.
and he needs your help
five years,
NASCAR
Canada
Conestoga
and
driver
grad
Conestoga student Dany Mercado, 24, is in a race to get a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Tomorrow, Conestoga Students Inc. is teaming up with the nonprofit organization. Better World
promote the event. “I’ll be here until the end to help Dany," he said. Ron Giles is a Windsor man who founded the organization Better World Tomorrow to raise funds and awareness about bone marrow donation. Giles was on the registry
marrow donation.
ness about bone
OHIP
the
if
donor
an exact
is
match bone marrow transplant in Detroit, Mich, at the Karmanos Cancer Institute. In a mismatch transplant, the recipient gets bone marrow from a donor with the clos-
condition.
The
000
for
procedure
the
is
.
Tuesday, Nov. 27 has been desig-
Day
Dany
Help
nated
at
Conestoga. Volunteers will be tioned at
sta-
entrances to the col-
all
lege from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. to take
donations. At firefighters
10 a.m.
be
will
Kitchener
challenging
more support through pledges Mercado. Part of the main road through the college will be blocked
ate
truck pull will take
place between Doors
1
and
2.
Leamington. “They were plead-
in
life,”
said Giles.
is is
my
son's
A
PRONG
new
PARKHILL Conestoga's Respect Campaign
delayed and
open the
first
is
classes on Jan. 7.
Life Centre
has been created. The programmer will be
responsible for co-ordinating stuto related initiatives dent-led respect, diversity and civic awareness.
Funding for
come from
this position will
the priority fee,
one of
the ancillary fees that students pay. “It's
paign
human
an
all-encompassing camabout respecting
that’s
rights,” said Stanciu.
Carol Gregory, director of student development/student life, said the college is currently looking for a
good candidate and hopes
the
full-time position will be filled by
January. "We’re hoping to increase student engagement,” she said.
Stanciu
also
gave council
an
update on the other services CSI provides. The photo studio and
massage
therapist
new rooms
have
moved
to
in the
Student Life Centre.
spiritual
been
across the hall
meeting room
is
A new being
3. It
one of their own,” he said. “Kitchener firefighters got on board because a lot of them are alumni. All the LASA students and police and firefighter foundations students want to be involved.” Mercado’s father Luis said he wants Conestoga students to be part of a miracle. “It’s been a very difficult journey, a painful one,” he said. “And now we’re in the final stages! With your help, we can save feel he’s
Dany’s
life.”
open
in
January
now
scheduled
plan.
strategic
to
for a
“If
lot
to
be taken seriously
shortages,” said Tibbits.
He said enrolment growth will mostly come from three areas: oneyear foundations programs, degree programs and one-year post-diploma programs. “There will be a huge emphasis on growth,” he said. “The goal is to move to 10,000 students in five years." With local high school enrolment forecast to drop by up to 25 per cent over the next 10 years, post-secondary institutions
will
need
attract students.
ourselves
to
work hard
"We have as
a
to
to posi-
world-class
tion
days and should be complete
polytechnic,” Tibbits said. “It's going to be a real dog-fight out
January.
Construction continues on
the
an opportunity for students to net-
there.
work with
the
owners and man-
agers of various security companies.
every handjob interview," said
“I tell the students,
(Photo by Hien Dinh)
community, we need to step up and take care of these skills
to
Conestoga Nov. 14. The dinner and seminar provided
of additional training.
we want
the law and security
of Industrial Security, also known as CSIS, at a yearly event held at
meet the
in this
in
program had a meet industry professionals from the Canadian Society
chance
He
constructed over the winter holiin
Students
administration
needs of the region.. He said Conestoga is uniquely located to serve Canada’s technology triangle and an existing workforce that needs a
think of CSIS, do you
think of international espionage?
believes the college needs to continue to grow not just to meet the
needs of students, but
students
network with future employers
When you
to
In other business, Conestoga president John Tibbits outlined the
college’s
LASA
By CHARLOTTE PRONG PARKHILL
Hortons was slight-
week of January
Conestoga Students Inc. president Roxy Stanciu announced at the college council meeting Nov.
life
dents want to help because they
run before students return to
just got a boost.
new Student
Tim
Door
trial
student
had a
new
full-service
located inside ly
staff position
“It’s just
(Internet photos)
Conestoga student Dany Mercado, above, needs a bone marrow transplant. With him are his mother Ileana, brother Elias and sister Stephany. Kitchener firefighters will be on hand tomorrow for a truck pull competition to help raise funds and awareness.
Centre position and growing enrolment
B v CHARLOTTE
19 that a
the
CSI manager Christopher Graves amazed Help Dany Day has
taken off so quickly.
life.”
to
in
real ripple effect. International stu-
mother Ileana pleaded for people to register. "The most possibility to find (a match) is in the Spanish community,” she said. “It’s a simple test ... it won't take so much time
College council also discusses Life
complicat-
ed by the fact that he is of Nicaraguan descent. In an interview on Detroit’s Fox News, Mercado’s
to save
student
raised his spirits.”
ing with us to help save their son’s
Tim Hortons Student
World
4 Compassion
by completing a brief health questionnaire and having a swab of cheek cells taken from the inside of their mouth. The more people who
tor
fire
Better
to
Camp
www.blood.ca.
CSI president Roxy Stanciu said Mercado is in critical condition, but rallied when he heard about the Conestoga fundraiser. “It really
parents
Donors can join the National Marrow Donor Program Registry
to pull a fire truck to gener-
and the
came
they
Mercado's situation
match.
cost
when
Tomorrow's
a
He has been at the River Regional Cancer Centre since Nov. 2 to stabilize his
14-year-old boy.
Mercado's
at
for five years.
donate two years ago. His bone marrow helped save the life of a
met
is
gram, and a graduate of Grand River Collegiate Institute. He has also been a support worker for developmentally challenged people
Grand
Giles
donor pro-
mechanical engineering technology, robotics and automation pro-
for 10 years before he got the call
match. But Mercado can get a mis-
est possible
Mercado
to
to
only covers bone marrow
transplants
Blood Services
J.R.
hand
Fitzpatrick will also be on
Today, to raise money for Mercado’s medical care and aware-
are registered with the
gram, the better chance recipients have of getting an exact match. For more information go to Canadian
12
Student Life Centre
the
in
atrium.
at
now.
off,
Help
is
be presented to the
will
Dany Mercado Foundation
He's been battling leukemia for
teams
— Page 3
—
By CHARLOTTE PRONG PARKHILL
,
2007
26,
Fundraiser offers Conestoga students two ways your money or your marrow be part of a miracle
to
$ 200
SPOKE, November
The new Tim Hortons inside Door 3 is under due to open the first week of January.
construction and
(Photo by Aaron
shake
James
is
like a
Phillips, co-ordinator of the
LASA O 'Connell)
program. Speakers included CSIS president Kevin Murphy and Marlene Raasok, vice-president of the Sciences, Health of School and Services Community Biotechnology. Const. Peter Barbuto presented a learning seminar about crime prevention through the use of good lighting, landscaping and fencing.
Barbuto
is
a
Conestoga graduate
has been with the Waterloo Regional Police Service for IS
who
years and currently works as a crime prevention officer. The event was sponsored by security companies Highpoint,
Barber-Collins and Tone-Gar.
Commentary
— SPOKE, November 26, 2007
Page 4
Areas with student housing need extra vigilance Student housing has always been a good place for college students to live
because
is
it
close to the school and a great place to meet people.
some cities it is becoming a concern. Housing areas in London and Hamilton are becoming hotbeds for violent
However,
in
places like
crimes and break-ins.
These
need
cities
implement procedures
to
housing a safe place to
ones used
like the
Kitchener- Waterloo to prevent these incidents and
in
make off-campus
live.
Olaf Heinzel, the public
Waterloo Regional
affairs co-ordinator for
Police Services, says the city keeps
problems
its
to a
minimum by
having various groups work together.
"We work with the bylaw enforcement, campus security and the community to maintain a high quality of life and prevent situations from developing," he
They let
know what
the students
So
said.
campaign
also run an education
far this school
year
seem
move
in.
in the
subdivision by
like noise
complaints, so
has been pretty quiet
few minor problems
the college, with only a their efforts
it
beginning of each year to
at the
expected of them before they
is
be effective.
to
London's Fleming Drive area near Fanshawe College, however, has lot of problems, particularly in the early months of the
been facing a school year.
During the after
weekend of September
first
parties converged on
numerous
a riot broke out in the area
the
When
street.
police
the
Some
breaking fences.
officers before arrests
students then began to throw beer bottles at the
were made.
offences and 27 Criminal
Students living
in that
Code offences were handed
out in September.
in
“A
lot
to find their
and items such as Playstations and iPods gone.
Amy
However, Const. thefts
Phillipo of the
London
happen when the resident
is
Police Service says
by not putting away their valuables,” she said. They do run one initiative every year. Project Liquor Enforcement and Reduction of Noise (LEARN), which started in September and Project fines
LEARN
first
means
time because of increased need.
stricter
and allows the officers
to
come
is
to the area and lay charges with-
also experiencing a lot of drinking-related problems
On weekends,
students
house party or the campus pub and form a small mob, cre-
ating a very unsafe environment.
London and Hamilton need to follow the Waterloo, and work with students and school to parties
and violence
They need
to
of Kitchener-
lead
limit out-of-control
ensure the off-campus students adhere to the same
code of conduct as students
damage
public nuisance or
live in residence. If they
become
a
property, they should be punished by the
school as well as fined by the police. They also need to have a stronger police presence
at all
times to
make
sure things don’t get out
of control, instead of waiting for an incident before they respond.
The community
as a
whole must work together
arrests, serious injuries
I
don't appreciate the
is
a transit system to trans-
port people
who can't afford a vehiwho take it to do their
save the planet. But
these people
if
have appointments they need to get to
on time,
like getting to
an exam, they
may need
method of
school for to find a
to
make changes
and missing and damaged property
campus housing become the norm. A safe community must always be everyone's No.
if
in off-
priority.
out rude
minutes of tardiness; sometimes
and sometimes exams because the Conestoga bus only runs every hour.
of steel
Doon campus
from Cambridge. However,
on the way home has been late. This leaves me and many other people stuck at the
either to the school or
bus station for
a half an hour
at least
Most of the time heading isn't
it
home from
is
just students
a big deal but sometimes there
are other people
who
understand
are trying to
"the
is
the roads at
to
signifies
be changed.
takes more money number of buses on
where
at a specific
time and
it
isn’t
the this
on
talking
new
illegal for
cell-
car drivers Ion
;i
is
it
on one.
disappointed with a transit that
is
so highly regarded
community and
in
pose a chal-
I
lenge for those people
who
highly
praise the system.
Take your car keys and throw
make an
important
late buses.
Kitchener that you cannot miss or
ing
the
the
major things
is
mak-
understand
drivers
the
schedules they are supposed to be
running on and
by
if
late a
the
bus
is
Ainslie
the
discipline
GRT
Street
is
how
terminal
hand
tell
know drivers need breaks and
the couch,
appointment
late for, get a
hop on the
and see
Leaving two hours early option, especially
be
at
not an
which
is
to
what
do.
GRT for being there for
who like who cannot
people
you
those
please,
if
tol-
GRT
the last
is
is
recommend we
Thank you
you
if
time.
when you have
a class at 8 a.m.
the drivers
in
bus schedule and
GRT
make your appointment on
staff inside
to call the operator. I
be
they do not abide
schedules
these
over a phone number and
For the students who go to Doon campus from Cambridge
this isn't safe.
help with the slow times and the
a complaint about drivers or
some-
on talking on
them behind
day cares and school and elderly to get
am
1
system
one time but there are
should be taken. Everytime there
who may need
just flat
is
other measures that can be taken to
pick up their young children from
people
is
insist
perfectly safe to talk
the
it
to increase the
One of
school which
it
once a day
least
at
that boasts
frus-
and
why do people who drive down the road think
so
there” and then has a bus
something needs I
one bus a day
at least
way
mid-
is
while driving need
and
Driving
phones
in the it, it
when people are relying on get somewhere on time.
be taught
to
it
causes us to miss important classes
late
system to the
to
And, drivers who
ends up costing more than a few
have been riding the glorious
happening. 1
Allwood
their cellphones
fast
I
day long but
all
trating for the riders
Opinion
Since the beginning of the semester
they just stop a bus
them
A company
transportation.
many people
when
Jackie
cle or people
before they can get the next bus.
in the streets.
who
cringe.
not that
transit
around their McMaster off-campus housing. will leave a
It's
fact there
different
bylaw enforcement and increased
out complaints from neighbours.
Hamilton
makes me
erate
dle of a route and get off
it
part in lowering emissions to help
home.
of students have large parties and open themselves to thefts
ran into October for the
listen to a local radio
I
(GRT) advertisement,
Transit’s
area also face the threat of break and enters,
on more than one occasion students have arrived home
doors broken
Every time
station and hear the Grand River
This incident was just one of many on Fleming Drive, as 808 provincial
most of the
late isn’t that great
found a crowd of over 200 people smashing windows and
arrived, they
as
Being
go green and
to
afford vehicles but
you are going
way
to say the
there,
prove
it.
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Commentary
Winter we
much of
year - snow.
last
love
I
Sometimes snow can be know, the kind
did not get to see
Huffy
the
comes down gently
white
is
number of complaints heajd while it was drifting down onto us ... or maybe believe
the
I
you
can
How come we cannot
complaints
understand
about snow so high that
gets
it
the
all
over your legs and leaves them frozen for half the day. wet, but
little
snow,
making us wade through
snow,
a sea of
After the months of heat and rain,
how come little bit
made
first
snow
ground so
we
there
was
still
no
snow
for Christmas
Day
that
is
it.
of the month?
us
Snow
couple of inches of packing
to hit the
something was
like
But what about Christmas Eve and the other days
happy as kids? Did we not wait for the
ing of snow in their socks or halfway up their legs. You have to admit, though, that when the bigger Hakes come down
even worse. I have heard people talking about how
and
people cannot welcome a
of cold weather that
we used to? when we had no
felt
it
could
something
is
as the next per-
son because no one wants the feel-
And when Christmas
they want
Hakes.
snow
in
came around, and
our shoes or pile up on the ground,
much
plain just as
forts?
see
that
felt
rt
missing.
did not get in
it
same way
Last winter
However, the snow we had was, yes, a
snowmen and snow
build
will.
1
...
that
makes
against the coloured, or even white,
Christmas
So
lights
it
until the level
is
very pretty.
of snow reaches
where the buses are running late, the snow is piled on top of your windshield, or you can feel it going up your pant leg or in you the point
we
shoe,
should just take the time
winter feel like winter and not just
to appreciate
another rainy October.
can
feel
still
its beauty while our limbs.
we
A
the world of
major sporting Grey Cup is Jan Brady Super Bowl is Marsha,
13-year-old
takes her
girl
own
to this point she has not faced
any
Christopher
consequences.
The is
story of
young Megan Meier
a tragic one that left
me
my
stomach when I recently read it. For those of you who are unaware, Megan hung herself in her bedroom on Oct. 6, 2006. After a 1
out
falling
a
with'
friend,
that
mother (and others) created MySpace page under the guise of a young boy named Josh. Josh and Megan hit it off and friend’s
a fake
month before
chatted for over a
He began Megan he had heard she was mean to her friends, and that would be
the world
out here.
He
better off with-
also posted on a mes-
Megan was
sage board, saying
That was the
slut.
in
her
room
fat
straw
last
who was
will
given to Prince and his controversial phallic guitar at February’s
fireworks, Hag-waving, blue-collar
Super Bowl. Let the Canadian content protesters wail and- gnash their teeth. Why don’t we drag out those
of dancing girls
Maybe we esteem
at all.
rock and
Dion or
tired old chestnuts Celine
Bryan Adams, they'll say. Aren’t Blue Rodeo and the Tragically Hip good enough anymore? Do we have such low self-esteem that
don’t have low self-
roll
Maybe
complete with legions
cowboy hats that Super Bowl show
in
characterizes the isn’t
the constant
the
Canadian brand of
patriotism isn’t dependent on
who
sings at a football game. I
like
Lenny
Kravitz.
I
don’t care
from Timmins or Timbuktu. Canadian culture was amply reprehe’s
if
Sure,
that
the
the
it’s
League.
Football
eggheads
necessary here.
Maybe
zling.
will
Canadian
CFL
And
be quick to point out
CFL
longer than the
has been
around
NFL.
—
and football But let’s face it always will be, an American game. So,
when an American
the show,
it
is,
headlines
shouldn’t be a big deal.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Labs are As
student
a
school
this
at
1
wanted to write to the paper about something that has really been frustrating
the I
me
computer think
about
this
school:
labs.
great to have access to
it’s
these computer labs.
1
sometimes
have trouble getting work done at home because I get easily distracted by my PS2, or my roommates,
lab
as
their
own
personal
LAN
party. I
don’t care
if
your game.
I
I want to hear the constream of expletives that come out of their mouths, along with the racist, sexist and homo-
brought lunch and supper to the
phobic comments that are also
because I planned on working on it until I was done. I know I’m not the only person who
thrown.
utilizes the labs for these very rea-
so please
sons.
the fact that there are other people
or any of the million distractions
have
my
at
I
So this is why, on week before 1 have a
a Friday, the
project due,
school,
But, of course,
good letter,
to I
be
true.
am
it
was
As I’m
just too
writing this
sitting in a
computer
work on my project, and I keep getting more and more frustrated. There is an entire row of lab trying to
guys
Nor do
stant
house.
in this lab that are
using this
These spaces are supposed shared by everyone
in the
to
be
in the school,
show some respect
for
room with you.
want to do my work, I don’t I want to hear about who is “sniping” you and how much of a “fag” they are for doing so.
David Clark
can
take.
tbe
woman
responsible sent her a
acknowledging some degree of responsibility, but Had the gall to say she felt no guilt or remorse letter
over the situation.
Are you kidding me?
woman
The
her to stop bringing attention to the
woman walk away
much more
hand upside
The
unacceptable.
perpetrators
have not been
publicly identified because Megan’s
do not want repercussions
Admirable
at best,
former
but
if that
friend.
was
my
daughter, the names of these people would be plastered everywhere. Those responsible said they didn’t intend for
However, fragile
Megan
to kill herself.
13-year-old
girls
and Megan battled
are
ADD
^
all.
How
pathetic and insecure does
be (especially an ADULT) to perform such a cold and calculated manipulation of a child? As far as I’m concerned, this woman could be drawn and quar-
one
have
tered and
to
still
wouldn’t get what
issue.
How
a store and asked
Megan's the
approached
also at
mom
without
head
is
let that
at least
but at least her crusade continues.
Lack of Internet legislation be damned, how can our society, our government, and especially we the media, protect people like this? I understand the intent to protect the other young girl, but she was involved too. She willingly and knowingly helped her mother abuse a former friend for some sick pleasure. Underage or not, she deserves no such protection. I know the Internet is hard to reg-
excuse has too long been used as a reason to not address certain issues. If that type of harassulate, but that
ment had occurred in person, action would be taken. But apparently nothing can be done now because it’s
the Internet? Please.
It’s
time to stop protecting and it easy for these sick peo-
making
ple to pray on the
young and
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beyond me,
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she deserves.
Classified
people play games
on these computers. In fact. I’ll probably do it as well at some my time at during point Conestoga. However, I do not want to hear a play by play of what’s going on in
legal action they
Pkcc
everyone
for
no
have an adult prey on a child is something totally different and so to
and depression. I don’t really give a damn what the intentions were. They mentally and emotionally tortured a young girl for no reason at
do?
Two years ago it was the Black Eyed Peas. At this year’s Grey Cup, Lenny Kravitz played the part
is
What is this world coming to when you can drive someone to the
tunate case of kids being cruel. But
mindedness. But somehow, hackles rise when our multiculturalism extends to our American neighbours. This is puz-
only a stars-and-stripes performer
there
Megan’s mother
for their daughter’s
headline the halftime show.
none. Megan's parents are
would be one thing if Josh actually existed and it was just an unfor-
ance by the Barenaked Ladies. As Canadians, we pride ourselves on our multiculturalism. If the halftime show was filled with Asian, Latin and aboriginal performers we!d be patting ourselves on the back and smugly congratulating each other on our open-
Opinion
...
seeking charges on harassment but so far authorities have told them
later that day.
parents
Grey Cup organizers always try to glam up their image by inviting superstar American performers to
The
has received so far?
answer
your name released by the media? According to Megan’s mother,
a pancake breakfast and a perform-
Parkhill
this
point of suicide and not even have
and the Marsha, Marsha.
Prong-
like
know what punishment
woman
It
festival events, including
Speaking of which, would you to
telling
Grey Cup
Like a chess club kid inviting a cheerleader to her birthday party.
Opinion
Josh suddenly changed.
events, the
Charlotte
Mills
feeling
shocked, appalled and sick to
found
sented throughout the fours days of
must
and not only is the person who drove her to do it unapologetic, but
for the fragile teenager
In
— Page 5
life,
and a
Canadian or American, just bring on the talent
2007
be held accountable
you
wind throws against you and makes you feel like you are being pelted by drops of ice. Now, 1 have to admit that when it does begin to pile up and make it difficult to get to school, I com-
it
not
will
nice,
Huffy and not the kind
is
that the
stuff
reminds me that winter just around the corner. But you
because
that
26,
Internet harassers
way
its
month we saw some-
Earlier this
thing that
on
is
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Microchips help
keep your pets safe By JENNIFER
to lose
as
it,
it
Innocente said this
oldest and
the U.S. an average of 8.000 ani-
worry
mals are returned as a result of the microchips per month."
do not
dearest friends.
You have no need
to
because your pet probably received a microchip at the time of adoption ... and if not, it is never too late.
Microchipping as
it
inhumane
is
sounds. In
a perma-
has probably
become one of your
mane
is
nent preventative measure. "I’m not sure of the Canadian statistics," said Innocente. "but in
pet and
You love your want
MARKO
not
as
fact,
it
inhuis
not
Third-year business administration
- management
heard of the microchips. "I
bought
Humane
at all.
studies student
Nikki Patterson said she has never
my
Society,
cat
so
from the had a it
Microchips are used to make sure your pet can be returned to you if it
microchip already implanted." she
ever gets lost or
have microchipped him myself, only because he is an indoor cat. would need to do a lot ot research to help me decide on whether or not to microchip him if our living conditions were different." 2007 is a Ainsley Moir Conestoga business administration graduate and said she has heard a bit about these chips and thinks it is a good idea, assuming there is min-
is
stolen.
Kathy Innocente, who takes care fundraising and community relations at the Kitchener- Waterloo
of
Humane
Society,
said
the
microchips are tiny transponders with a memory circuit that has a
unique number. “The chip is the size of a grain of rice.” said Innocente. “It
was devel-
oped
ago and
five to eight years
it
said “
I
don't think that
1
would I
implanted between the shoulder blades, under the skin. We don't
imal or no pain for the animal.
need
implanted with a chip.
is
to
use anesthetic.”
Humane
societies
Canada and
all
over
the United States auto-
matically implant a chip into their
animals,
why
said
Innocente. That
the cost of adoption
is
However, her pets have not been
“My
pets don't have a chip since
they are indoor cats and
my
dogs are
well trained and loyal." said Moir.
is
so high.
Innocente said to chip a pet that
does not have one will cost $65 to $85 and can be done by a vet. "The vet have spoken with has said she has never seen anything I
bad happen with these chips." she said. "They don’t travel, can't be dislodged and last up to 75 years." But what if your pet runs away or is
taken?
“Most like the
shelters
ones
at
have scanners,
the grocery store,
that they use to scan the
animal.
If
(Photo by Jennifer Marko)
back of an
they detect a chip they
Oreo, a
1
0-year-old cat,
was
microchipped two years ago
can pull up your information online and get your pet back to you as
the
soon as possible."
in
Pond
at
Mills Veterinary Clinic
London, Ont.
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26,
2007
— Page 7
success
for
Woodworking department hands-on fun By WEI-LON LEE The workshop smells of paint and varnish, and as
fresh
you enter
room, you can't help but
the vast
hear the constant buzzing sounds
of
whirring
saws
and
machines. Once inside,
sanding you soon
find there isn’t a place to stand or
touch which
isn't
covered
in
wood
co-op work terms who are spread out across southwestern Ontario this semester, he said. “We don’t have any students out in the western parts of the country this year,
but we've had students
who’ve gone Columbia in
British
as
far
he
past,”
said,
adding that students usually prefer to do their co-op work in Ontario or
somewhere
dust.
as the
closer to their homes.
"Students want to limit their ing expenses as
“We have around 170
stu-
dents from our three
much
said O’Reilly. "Living costs can get really high in the west, especially
(woodworking) programs
in
B.C.”
Even though
combined.” Dennis
liv-
as they can,"
the
woodworking
department offers three separate programs, there are many overlapping aspects in all of them, espe-
O ’Reilly,
program co-ordinator
cially in the first year.
“Students from
all
programs
the
of the same machinery and
inside the Such is life Woodworking Centre of Ontario's workshop at Conestoga College. Laying about are numerous dis-
use a
carded “legs” of tables or chairs which students have been practic-
programs first get a taste of designing and customizing in the first
ing on, perfecting their art of car-
year, then
pentry.
phase of their programs: “It’s a pretty hands-on profession,” he said.
The difference, however, between these young aspiring students and their predecessors of ages past
is
processes to get their job done,” said O’Reilly.
Students entering their respective
move
woodworking students on machinery
to
rely
“Some
of the stuff
70 years
But don't let the implications of that fool you; each table, chair and cabinet have been carefully measured, designed and tested to meet the required standards of the
old.”
Stud«fil Life is
“Currently,
we have around
170
The woodworking centre
might be over 60, 70 years old,”
Showing respect during an
on-campus speech.
mi mppmt
til iipliffliilittii plan
fsi
ft# Stadiif lit# Cinfti til i«p«i!
projects completed by students are
industry,” said O’Reilly.
Confederation College’s Thomas Russell urges respect
administrators
also
sold at the end of each semester.
(Photo by Joshua Khan)
to join
« student citiir«i onvironmtntal design
on It
students from our three programs combined,” said Dennis O'Reilly, program co-ordinator. The Woodworking Centre of Ontario offers Conestoga students three separate programs: woodworking technician, woodworking technology and architectural millwork. “Both woodworking technology and architectural millwork are coop programs which require students to complete six academic terms and three work terms in the
There are around 40 students on
b&ktng for student volunteers
O ’Reilly,
hosts a kind of garage sale where
industry.
a class
onf##r Opportunity For Si u denis
we
restore might be over 60,
done.
for
into the production
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get the job
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Second-year architectural millwork student Rob Turney, left, prepares to build a cabinet project while first-year student Alannah Hutton displays one of her creations.
the technology; unlike
carpenters of bygone times, these ly
lot
“What we
usually do
hold an
is
exhibition sale of any leftover proj-
been purchased by our students,” O'Reilly said. “But we generally encourage our students to buy their own work.”
ects that haven’t
Student projects that aren't purchased are either donated or thrown out, which O’Reilly said is a shame. In
addition to
making
furniture
and cabinets, students also do some restoration work.
“Some
of the stuff
O’Reilly said.
we
restore
Interested students should
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— SPOKE, November 26, 2007
Festival of Trees sparks holiday spirit
Kitchener City Hall was the home of the 18th annual
15 a variety of trees and Christmas decorations that could be viewed and purchased by the public. The event included a poker night, lunch with Santa Festival of Trees from Nov.
to 22.
The
festival featured
and a seniors’ afternoon tea. All proceeds went to St. Mary's Hospital.
Photos by Christopher
Mills
.
News
SPOKE, November
26,
2007
Here comes Santa Claus
(Photos by Jackie Allwood) estimated that 67,000 people attended Cambridge’s 35th Santa Claus Parade Nov. 17. The highlight of the evening was the arrival of jolly old St. Nick himself, with Mrs. Claus at his side. It
is
— Page 9
Page 10
Feature
— SPOKE, November 26, 2007
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Sabrina Kosiorek,
first-year
a-
hearing instrument specialist stuIt’s
something your parents may
dent, said she doesn't have any tat-
many young
toos and doesn't plan on getting
never approve
of. but
people believe tattoos are well worth the money and effort put into
any.
them. aside
Setting
the
rebellious
image which tattoos may have given off seen
in the past,
more
a
in
artful
they are
now
and meaning-
ful light.
(Photo by Marcia Love)
Ben Ryan, manager people are
now
of
Way
Cool Tattoos
getting tattoos
because
Kitchener, designs a tattoo for a customer.
in
of
an emotional attachment or
for
Ryan
said
a sentimental reason.
Ben Ryan, manager of Way Cool in Kitchener, said most
Tattoos
people are now getting tattoos because of an emotional attach-
ment or
for a sentimental reason.
Someone may choose
a
certain
type of body art as a tribute to a lost
loved one, or to show an important aspect of their
“We
Three Unbeatable keeps
life
of people
who
are sort of collectors
of tattoo
art,"
he said, “But most
“1 can never find something could justify,” she said.
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“Sometimes want to go get some crazy tattoo done, but can't
tribute.”
picture myself as an 80-year-old
,
I
I
want something
“We
get a small per-
still
centage
of
people
who
are sort of collectors of
price
that
people are getting them maybe as a
with something like
Prices!
One low monthly fixed
life.
get a small percentage
still
most peoare getting them
tattoo art. But ple
simple!
tribute.”
Ben Ryan,
I
would
has mean-
ing.”
Kosiorek
why
said
understands
she
a lot of people get tattoos, but
said she does not have a reason.
Mirjana Mirkovic, a first-year legal office administration student,
she
said
maybe as a
that.
that
hopes
someday
to
some form of body
get
art.
love tattoos,” she said, “but
“I
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want something meaningful.” Mirkovic is from Serbia and said
tattoo artist
she would like a tattoo to represent
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on
my
“My right
country.
parents won't
let
me
get
one
now,” she said, “so I'm wait-
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heart with six stars that represent
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family’s birthstones,” she said.
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love tattoos, but
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want
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Brown
said
the tattoo cost her
$100, but the price didn't really matter to her.
She said she finds
tattoos attrac-
tive to a certain extent, as
long as
they aren't over-the-top. :
4 CiMlSteiM
“I
don't like big, crazy ones,”
Brown
said.
said tattoos are reasonably
priced, considering the
amount of
time and effort put into them, and the fact they will last a lifetime.
small piece of body
art
may
A
cost
about $100. “(Tattoos are) a type of art is
how
art, and always popular,” he said. “It’s people choose to express
themselves.”
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College crest
SPOKE, November
Clowns By HIEN DINH
has a
lot
$200-$400
Children giggle quietly as Aunt the Clown starts her magic show. Aunt Dot, who is dressed in a ridiculously
of history
showy
the attention of
room
as they
all
sit
grabs
outfit,
down and watch
ALLWOOD
Ever wonder what all the symbols on Conestoga College’s crest represent and how the institution got
its
The
name?
name
college's
came from
Appalachian Mountains to the Ohio Valley for the Pennsylvania Dutch. the
actually
they
did
get
to
Kitchener and Cambridge? The wagon was brought by the
Abraham Weber
Conestoga
the
how
So
family,
who
set-
tled here in 1807.
Doon Heritage Crossroads wagon on
valley River and Pennsylvania. This area was also the place where
has a Conestoga
during
splay
the
Conestoga wagons
warmer weather. They also have
originated.
pair of sides
The wagons were by
built
farmers
part about being a
mid-
is
symbolic of the Conestoga wagon. However, it signifies a number of things. In addition to being reminiscent of the Conestoga
knew Kitchener’s history involved German settlers, which
technology, since the wheel is the oldest invention and the techno-
memorialized
wagon wheel,
it
by our Oktoberfest parties and the fact the area's name used to be New
logical
Berlin.
symbol,, which
is
were also the builders of the Conestoga wagon. But these early
settlers
base achievement. In addition,
attests to this.
barns in Pennsylvania.
Armed
with the knowledge of Conestoga wagons went for an adventure into the bush where was told there are three wonderfully kept wagons. I
1
1 noticed the wagons however, were on private property, so I walked up to the house and knocked but no one answered. Just outside the door there was a plaque stating the house was actu-
City of Cambridge heritage landmark from 854. There was a way to get to these wagons eventually, by trekking
ally a
1
through the bush, so
1
took that
rout®.
An
from the Doon Heritage archive Crossroads library stated there is only 70 known Conestoga wagons currently in museums and in private collections, and it hoped more will emerge from barns and sheds throughout the northern states and article
to
modern
represents the hex is
involved with the
we have a good time.” She charges approximately $100 per hour for her shows, where she performs comedic magic and
on
unfortunate
it’s
(clowning) business
wish
"I
used by the collink with its
in the
business for a
I
over 20 years. Penlington runs
more
Conestogas
3,000
than
travelled
the
dirt
roads.
Waterloo for three years. “Right now we have approximately 15 clowns,” said Ruth Katz, also known as Q. P. Doll. She has been a professional clown for 14
a
Conestoga College Institute of Advanced Technology and Learning was formerly Conestoga College of Applied Arts and
The
“applied, arts” part of the
college's former
name
is
company
Vi8f§8iflt!ias!8tS?iS8i»S8fMfa
Q. T. Pie. Happy Space charges approximately $125 per hour (for each
Ii|lii8ltirii8liiMsreatIj«f&i8liB8
the
Discounts are avail-
Gang
worker.
cian and a strolling magician.
She charges around $130-$ 150 per private birthday party and
also provide their location, food,
able,
loon
artists, a caricaturist, a
musi-
They
decorations and giveaways.
COUNSELLOR’S CORNER:
College Alcohol Inventory
The
was developed
following College Alcohol Inventory
at the University of
Wisconsin-Eau
might be interesting for you to complete the inventory and then compare your score with the average scores that were recorded at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair.
Claire.
It
True
False
1.
True
False
2.
True
False
3.
True
False
4.
have drunk 5 or more drinks two weeks. 1
1
1
1
have drunk to
False
True
5.
1
in
a row at least once
intoxication at least
have drunk alone
in
the
last
once
in
in
the last
the last two weeks.
3 months.
5 days
daily (at least
have drunk alcohol
of
each week)
tor the
month.
last
have said or done something under the influence
of alcohol
1
regret during the last 3 months.
False
True
6.
repre-
sented by the phoenix heads
have drunk during the last 3 months so that could do something that felt could not do as easily without alcohol talk, relax, be more outgoing). 1
1
1
ris-
ing out of flames. There are three
of them, one representing applied arts, one business and one health sciences.
Along with technology,
these are the four major academic
foundations of the college.
The
False
True
7.
True
False
8.
True
False
9.
1
1
1
experienced a blackout (memory loss) while drinking 3 months.
I’ve
last
college’s armorial bearings,
have driven under the influence have missed school or work due once in the last 3 months.
of alcohol in the last
to
in
(i.e.
the
3 months.
the effects of alcohol at
least
of which the crest is a subsidiary part, was granted approval in 1977, by the Garter King of Arms
True
College of Arms in London, England. The armorial bearings also fea-
True
10.
False
1
have experienced withdrawal (shakes, sweats, flushed faced) 3 months.
after stopping drinking in the last
at the
tures
symbolism. Technology
11.
False
My
drinking has
ment and development of knowledge. The maple leaves which entwine the torch acknowledge
Carrier
Ontario, and the rainbow with
national
identity of the col-
lege, as well as the Province of
its
colours signifies
all
art.
The dominant colours of the armorial bearings - red, blue and gold - have been adopted as the official college colours.
harmed my personal
relationships in the last 3
months.
is
represented by the flaming torch, which in the language of heraldry
the
Years of America’s Westward Expansion, claims it was an all-purpose farm wagon and freighter. It's most important service, however, was hauling freight over
out:
Technology.
An article titled, Conestoga Wagon 1750-1850, Freight 100
Check
www.thefathershouse.ca
sister,
star-
well-known Pennsylvania Dutch and around central are
,
for
Meeting Times: Sunday 10 am & Wed. 6:45 pm
Happy Space, an entertainment company, has been running out of
depending on how many hours an event is booked for. They provide face painting, bal-
Entertainment Company from Ayr, Ont. but also'has a fulltime job as a child youth care
St. S Waterloo Adult Recreational Center
185 King
mostly sea-
is
sonal.”
entertainer).
The Chuckle
booming
could make a living as a
clowning business
clowning business for
fessional
the
that
full-time clown,” she said, “but the
children and
who have been
isn’t
year-round.
all
be of a talismanic nature.
patterns
sight
“I just totally get
mime
in
in
the
its
Artfully painted hexagonal like
1
said
12. During the last 3 months,
False
True
1
have often drunk
in
larger
amounts
or over a longer period of time than intended.
also stands for scientific achieve-
Ontario.
Once
it
all
Canadian heritage. Hex signs are a form of folk art, thought by
some
the
also symbolizes
for
lege to signify
A trip to Doon Heritage Crossroads and a heritage site deep in the bush on the corner of Blair Road and Fountain Street,
lives
Cambridge. "My husband and used to perform together as a team in Saskatchewan. He’s not so into clowning anymore but I still love it. in
with her
Conestoga name, which in turn was endorsed by then Minister of Education William G. Davis. 1
5,000
years and co-owns
armorial bearings
Kitchener area. In 1967. the college’s board of governors selected the
over
who now
Waterloo Region Clown, 519-5733080, Kazoo’s, 519-884-6444, Kelly Klowns, 519-648-3581 and Klazz Klown, 519-664-2173.
Bobo
include:
and offers balloon animals, magic, juggling and plate spinning. She has had success as a clown but she
Arlene Penlington, also known as Zoe the Clown, has been in the pro-
wheel on the crest of the college’s
re-settled here in the
done
Penlington specializes
long time.
of the set-
Pennsylvania and
in
must’ve
Other clowns
seeing
is
laughter and joy.”
in
same time. Now, one would assume that the
1800s. tlers left the valley
“I
shows,” said Gregg,
clown
together to be unified
makes balloon animals. Gregg is one of many clowns
1700s to the mid-
Many
sional entertainer since 1975.
come
people
wagons brought by the Shantz pioneers around the
the
German
in the
a
from
magic behind her tricks. Kate Gregg has been a profes-
For more information, call Zoe the Clown at 519-632-8004, Aunt Dot the Clown at 519-653-3387 or Happy Space at 519-885-1850.
I
ers,” she said. “I find that the best
the kids in the
Score Add your scores on questions 1-12 (one point for each True answer). This is your severity score. The range is 0-12. 50% of UWEC students average score is 2.4. 84% of UWEC students score 5 or below. If an answer to any question or your
total
score concerns you, please consider talking to a
counsellor at Counselling Services. “If
Alcohol
is
their
prices around the holiday season.
work alone but have often worked with other perform“I largely
her closely, trying to figure out the
By JACKIE
Clowns generally increase
parties,
range from company Christmas parties to picnics. that
Dot
— Page 11
for hire corporate
for
2007
26,
causing you problems you have a problem with alcohol.
A Message from
Counselling Services,
1
A103.
Page 12
— SPOKE, November 26, 2007
Entertainment
Conestoga grad publishes
first
romance-suspense
— The e-Entity
novel
By HIEN DINH The holiday season
always an
is
exciting time of the year but for
Casey A. Johnson this season is a little more special. The 41-year-old will be releasing her first romance suspense novel. The e-Entity, this December. Johnson graduated from Conestoga College in 1998 with a diploma in journalism print. She then studied at York University where she graduated with a degree anthropology
in
2001.
in
“(After going to school)
some (is
travelling in Europe,
where a
“When
own
1
did
of the) destinations
lot
I've included in said.
I
which
my
novel are,” she
got back
started
I
called
my
company
communications
StoneCastle
Communications.”
who
Johnson,
Hamilton,
lives in
has always had a love for
Ont.,
writing.
knew that at some
“I
book
1
wanted
to write a
my
point (in
life).”
“1
had about 101 ideas in head and I couldn't choose one
she said.
my
jumped
specific (idea) that really
me. Johnson's story idea came
out
to her
after a personal experience she
“I
man
was
decided
had
through the Internet.
single at the time so I
The
e-Entity by
Johnson.
Casey
comes
It
out
A. in
December. “I
never met him but that whole
idea about people being devious,
deceptive and deceitful over the Internet,
thought,
1
“Wow, what
I
would (wander) around
“I elaborated on it and this is where the fiction came in: 1 had (the two main characters) in my story actually meet and then, of
course, she finds out he's not
on one of the (online dating) sites to see what it was like and I ended up chatting with a gentleman who
becomes-
lived abroad.
novel.”
“He really surprised me because he was intelligent and very articu-
the
late in his e-mails ... knew he was well-educated. He was polite and he seemed to have compas1
murder,
conspiracy,
“From
(writing) the first word to end (of the book) took me about a year and a half,” she said. Johnson said her family members are the best individuals she could
tions
“However, within the
first
or so (of talking to him) noticing
month started
inconsistencies (in what
he said) and
I
knew
that
perhaps he
who
he was claiming to be. started looking into it a little bit
wasn’t I
I
(and found) he wasn’t try
he said he was
in the
coun-
in.
spy
theft,
conversations.
I
it
whole government
this
ever have working for her.
for
who
he said he was going to be and
people in the world. Throughout (our conversations) I knew would never meet him because he lived too far away but I really enjoyed our intellectual sion
a
great story idea.
at
with a
If you’re looking for a new read over the Christmas break, try
“M>y mom retired a few years ago and she has now come out of retirement, on her own accord, to
become my
director of public rela-
and marketing. “She goes out and she makes sales calls. She goes to the libraries and drops off copies (of the book) and she's (even) gone to a couple of television stations (to promote the book). She’s absolutely ecstatic
about
it.”
Although Johnson is not completely happy with her book, she has put the idea of perfection to bed.
“(The on my novel).
time
last
30th
Am
I
I
I
was
(of
the
checked)
revision
completely happy
No, but then again, I ever will be because I’m striving for perfection and
with
it?
don't think
1
1
think that that’s almost impossible to acquire.”
Johnson hopes
to write as
many
novels as possible depending on how people receive her book. “I absolutely plan
novels
if
people
on writing 100
like
my
writing
style.”
Johnson (Photo by Franca Maio)
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? If not, you might want to as many popular products are starting to disappear from the shelves. With lineups the stores and parking lots full, you better get going before all the must-haves are gone.
It’s
that time of year again.
head in
to the malls
(Internet photo)
Casey A. Johnson, author of The e-Entity, has always loved writing.
is
currently working on
The e-Entity along with a comic strip she hopes to get completed by spring 2008 called TDuck & Dillon. a sequel to
Entertainment
SPOKE, November
26,
2007
— Page 13
Travel through the pyramids
chasing the dream of treasure By HOLLY FEATHERSTONE
gious pilgrimage and even having
Mecca, the novel
cited the Islamic If
you're vying for one
last portal
has an ethereal presence and provocative lesson with which anyone can identify, regardless of age,
of inspiration toward fulfilling a
heady
pursuit or far-reached
life’s
Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist to further impel you. At an age where our owff navigational instincts and self-discovering impetus is ripening, this beguiling literary journey of a humble yet intrepid shepherd boy forging
desire, allow
onward
find
to
“treasure"
his
capable of resonating with
religious
novels.
Written by a former rogue and political dis-
Coelho demon-
himself,
senter
strates that despite
how
trivial
is
any
der.
•
Although not a recent publication, The Alchemist spurred some
I’ve
found, subsume the ideas of the
sensation within the fictional realm
readers into one dominant pool of
this
possible
but
inferences,
The
Alchemist provokes the reader
own
harness his or her
quest and reassess precisely
devoted to
they've
intently
aborted
how -
or
- it.
Coelho’s manner of writing isn’t overtly bombastic, allowing for a leisurely read that
is
your studies, have you gen-
digest alongside
to
but potent
enough
enough
light
to
(Photo
by Holly Featherstone)
The Alchemist
hidden around every corner. It leaves the reader reflecting not only on the book but on their
merchant,
crystal
a
matic
has a profound effect on me.
destiny
ing journey of Santiago, an Andalusian boy once confined to his flock as a shepherd, and his yearning for a transcendental treasamid the Great ure buried Pyramids. Along his illusory quest, he is acquainted with the importance of deciphering omens and believing that, whether they pose as gambits or impediments, will ultimately serve to advance his
The
of
all
was subsequently 1998.
in
During the I
college
last
started I
was
and acclamation from former U.S. president Bill Clinton.
Santiago’s assumed treasure
in
proposed by the king, who assures that “when you want some-
end is pleasantly surprising, though he, as well as myself, deduced that sometimes, it’s not the mere tangible reward that is self-gratifying, but what was also
the universe conspires in
unveiled along the mystified path
ing
“To realize one’s
mentality.
tion”
is
a person’s only obliga-
is
thing,
all
the
helping you to achieve it.” The alchemist, whom the boy encoun-
itself.
tered during a caravan crossing of
despite
the desolate African desert, adopts
The novel imparts
us
to
that
constant whims, vagaries and upheavals life thrusts the
boy
as an apprentice, teaching
in
him
to
identify portentous occur-
assured: our identity, because
unspoken language of
Though
we
are
subtly inspired by reli-
You Know...
dream
who
defined by what, either
is
concrete
the universe.
Did
you drink one large Tim Hortons coffee a day for one year you will spend $507.35 and will be waiting in line for an average of 24.3 hours?
our direction, one thing remains
the
rences: the
(Photo by Jenn Sprach)
If
we
immaterial,
or
oft
of.
By Adam Nov. 29 to Dec. 1,2007,
GRANT
Megapole: Quebec Is a Joke, Canada Is the Punch Line, God
few summer days second year at
Bless
my
Queen (and
the
Assorted
Canadian superheroes. Ferguson
was
10th anniversary.
away from changed how he viewed The
title
pulls
you
WHY
instant
and you as,
aren't
when he says Canadians nice, they're just more polite
about being mean.
In his
chapter
(Internet photo)
Author
Ferguson
Will
reflects
on the negative points
Canadian culture non-fiction book,
in
in
his
Why
I
funny Hate
called
The day Canada became Ferguson writes, “A survey of Canadian history from the fun-lov-
Canadians.
nice.
reserves and residential schools),
ing days of the slave trade (usually
any
unacknowledged)
was bound
to
than a
bloody."
tion of the
about
to the annihila-
Beothuk Indians (shame
that)
to
apartheid
(our
ON
some
Through
his writing style,
serious
to
of get
topics.
he asks
some ugly
truths
where Canada’s Airborne Regiment beat, tortured and killed
the coun-
“What’s to hate about being Canadian? We’re the nice ones." Ferguson squashes that belief in an
Kitchener,
dal,
HATE
I
CANADIANS
Canada
in
St.,
candidly about the Somalia scan-
celebrat-
such things
At the Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick
about their country. Ferguson talks
try.
find yourself saying
humour
uses
across
the reader to face
Ferguson
time
superiority
the
effectively
penned the book after returning from a year in Japan. He says that his
2pm
Her
All
discussing
I
its
8pm
Offspring) and an entire chapter
strolling through a
1997, the short novel
ICelSy
Dysfunctional
Inbred,
wanted a book that wouldn’t require a lot from me. In short, I wasn’t looking for a commitment. What I came across was a book called Why I Hate Canadians. Written by Will Ferguson in ing
left,
translated
bookstore looking for a quick, easy read.
and arcade games on
and Aaron Werhof, right, this new discovery means they can enjoy a little one-on-one ping pong every once in awhile.
Saturday matinee at
before
table
It
Canadians aren’t nice, they’re just more polite about being mean By KAYLA
pong
the second floor of the recreation centre. For Brandon Ruttle,
has thus acquired international recognition
whom
endorse the boy’s treasure-monger-
alchemist,
intriguing irra-
into English
a
interview
some
diate the novel’s thematic crux.
Brazil,
Santiago confronts a gypsy woman, an elusive former king,
exclusive
discussion questions to further
life.
any novel that is capable of having me occasionally withdraw for further contemplation
meander-
an
with Coelho and
odyssey.
my
entails the
of the ping
the recreation centre
original 1988 version, published in
vagabond Englishman and a charis-
The theme
Few students know
in
year after the release of the latpaperback edition, which contains supplementary material including
unveils secrets
erously pause and reflect and. by standards,
Ping pong hidden
est
to
personal
(Photo by Wei-Lon Lee)
or
stupendous our desires might be, we exist solely to assert on behalf of them, while refusing to surren-
reader.
The majority of
spirituality or philosophical
faith,
orientation.
He
also touches
on the treatment of natives and the separatist movement. Why I Hate Canadians is the ideal book for anyone who is looking to get a better understanding of our country or would simply like to read a good book. Throughout the book Ferguson tries to define what being a Canadian means. When reading the book, like
Canada
is
it
feels
...
I
suppose, like
Canada be messy ’and more
birth, the creation of
With chapter
titles
like
Project
The book Deeply
you thinking.
patriotic
known
facts
1
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rate
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— SPOKE, November 26, 2007
Beowulf an epic By KERRY REED
October 22
The holidays are a little over a month away, so now is a great
Your indecisive nature will set you back while you are shopping
time to allow your inner child to
during the holidays.
shine and really get into the holi-
would be
day
to
spirit.
make
a
A
quick
list
and
fix
stick
Based upon an old English poem, Beowulf proves to be anything but old.
The movie and
Taurus
Scorpio
May
-
October 23
20
November
At this point in the year, bad time to procrastinate for the it
holidays.
The malls
are
so hurry
with
shoppers,
want
to beat the
a
is
filling
you
if
huge crowds.
modern technology through the magic of
told
is
enhanced
Director
April 20
an epic tale that
is
uses the most
it.
digitally
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^
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September 23
to
and suspense
of action
full
Libra
the
-
21
With a little over a month to shop for the holidays, you need to uije your investigative personality to find something special for everyone on your list.
live action.
Robert Zemeckis and
Anthony
of
cast
all-star
Hopkins, Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie take you back to the age of heroes and monsters. The tale begins with Hopkins as the mighty king Hrothgar. His king-
dom
is
title
character
monster
the heirless king after his
ni
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Using your curious nature will you when you are trying to figure out what to buy for the people on your holiday list. benefit
Sagittarius
•
November 22 December 2
;
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Are you ready for the holidays? With the stress of shopping increasing by the day, a gathering with friends
you
is
search
in the
way
'the best
to relax before
you
start
for
your
This movie
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-
Shopping for one person on your list at a time will help reduce the overwhelming stress of holiday shopping. Try not to leave
it
Try
digitally
a mission to slay the seductress.
or
After an the coy
eventful
confrontation deal with
and revengeful Jolie and
leaves her alive
in
a seemingly glori-
through the busy mall and search-
times hard to
someone on your
By JENN SPRACH
list.
23^August
January 20
You
love a
friends
-
good gathering with
and family. The holidays
are the perfect time to host a party for the
festive
:
August 23 September 22 -
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,
Virginia Tech,
a
gift.
the
perfect
set a limit
before heading
any
out to the mall.
It
impulse to buy a
gift that is not
your
will quell
list.
on
from that
the rest in
all
Montreal’s
is
in
Lepine
14
killed
separates this school shoot-
from the
rest is
specific
said
theatre
instructor
In
all
it
Leslie,
was gender a
at
who.
the
when and how
but
it
always leaves the question of why. Writer Adam Kelly was living in in the
same area the
as
school
palm of her hand.
(Photo submitted)
Writer
in
Adam
Kelly will
forming his one-man
Anorak,
at
The
play.
attempt to under-
1
way
these people are the
to
see this
All this production can
man
let
come
people
man
do
is
vide more information as to
pro-
why
to
own
to their
bare his soul on
Tom
conclusions.
Leslie,
part-time theatre instructor
All of the plays
Tom
come
stage.”
they are
produced by Poor
at Conestoga College
Productions ask more ques-
tions than they answei'.
The company outlaw
is
"We need
it
known
because
theatre
the
produces.
to find out
people (those
as the
of
who
why
these
are considered
Leslie.
bare his soul on stage," said Leslie
in selling
“We’re going to see this
Theatre from Nov. 29 to Dec.
of these
killers.
rights to the play.
The
outsiders) get pushed away," said
"We’re going
buy the
be per-
play,
stand what goes on inside the heads
The term anorak is actually a slang word in Quebec for outsider.
interested in produc-
Kitchener to put on the play.
The Registry
unusual plays
Kelly wrote the one-man
in the
about
to the college
the rights but offered to
and
what, where,
to
part-time
Conestoga
we have
cases
The Anorak, a second-year
way
Kelly wasn’t interested
L’ecole
shooting occurred.
is
He became
Canada
December 1989,
Polytechnique
where Mark women.
Mark Lepine when
Franca Maio
his
production.
down
Montreal and
journalism student holding fate
sold-out show."
heard
while listening to CBtT radio and
one which stands
is
College.
Try to
first
first
Anorak on
company.
ing
February 19
our
to be
Leslie
of buzz about
lot
has a good poten-
it
ing the play and tried to track Kelly
What
Pisces March 20
Being finicky will be helpful to you while you walk through the
tial
show and
Kitchener theatre
Productions,
apart
Virgo
at
this
instances
everybody.
they were playing scenes from the
and
for
school and
in
you don’t hear about a lockdown in a school somewhere,” said Tom Leslie, president of Poor Tom
But there
ones you care about.
season.
searching
to city
"There’s been a
years,
Dawson College and Columbine, to name a few. “Hardly a week goes by where
Aquarius
Your generous nature is more evident around the holidays as you try to find the perfect gift or find a way to give back to -the
a real actor
is
it
Beowulf.
enrolled
recent
in
massacres
with
mall
tell if
animated.
is
This old poem proves it can transcend time while keeping true to its roots and in doing so. immortalizes
School shootings have become
the
it
like these affect
more prevalent
community during
if
ing for that hard-to-find gift for
to the last minute.
July
to
Having the movie’s action scenes enhanced allows the director to go where live action can not. It is so well done it is some-
from his injuries. She is enraged and decides to avenge his death. Beowulf learns of Grendel’s mother through" Hrothgar and sets out on
The Anorak
brings
be patient while walking
to
acts
College theatre instructor
B3 SesF
July 22
unorthodox
unforeseen foolishness.
Beowulf ends up making a mother.
and
dates
nothing but his bare hands. seductive
many
secret affairs with unlikely candi-
played by Angelina Jolie, but dies
Cancer June 22
earsplitting noisy,
ruthlessly
with
filled
is
and turns that will keep you on your toes. It goes everywhere from an unloving marriage to
dom’s rescue as the hero Beowulf with his small army that includes his trusted friend and comrade Wiglaf, played by Brendan Gleeson. Beowulf plans an ambush by luring the monster into the meat hall and fights him one on one using
his
immediate
twists
Grendel goes crazy and attacks the kingdom. Ray Winstone comes to the king-
Grendel gets away and returns to
mall again.
in
death.
Glover’s character can’t stand the
is
Beowulf that opened
ous trade. Beowulf will take over for
Grendel,
played by Chtispin Hellion Glover.
time the hall
in
theatres on Nov. 16.
being attacked by the gigan-
boisterous
tic
(Internet photo)
Ray Winstone plays the
merrymaking the kingdom enjoys at the famous meat hall and every
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tale
at
122 Frederick
“Everyone needs he
shootings
said, hit
Everyone
at
see
to
this
school
very close to home.”
knows
someone
at
in
Kitchener.
advance and
the door.
Advance
this stuff
adding,
St., in
Tickets cost $10
$12
People need to be aware is not going away. play,”
The Anorak will run from Nov. 29 to Dec. I, at The Registry Theatre, which holds 150 people,
tickets can be
purchased
Far out Flicks, 519-743-7102, or
Old Goat Books, 519-880-9595. For more information about Poor Tom Productions visit www.poortomproductions.ca
Sports
SPOKE, November
Cup
Kitchener prepares for Memorial By CHRISTOPHER MILLS
Sullivan, says the benefits to host-
For the second time in their stoKitchener Rangers
ried history, the
are preparing to host the
Memorial
Cup. In
an era of bigger, better and
more
advanced Kitchener seemed destined
technologically
arenas.
to fall short again, after losing
previous
bids,
both
2002 (Guelph)
in
“It
was
to a city
much
pretty
conclusion that like
it
a foregone
was going
Oshawa
of media and international hockey scouts. It really becomes a who’s who of hockey, and not just lot
junior, but
NHL
and showcase the
earlier
says,
known Steve a long time; 25 years ago when he was a
player and
little
we had
shock
the best
think the right
decision was made.”
The national Canadian Hockey League tournament - featuring the winners of the Western, Ontario and Quebec leagues, along with the host team - rotates between the three leagues each year. It brings
tremendous exposure to the team and city selected to host it. Last it was hosted by the year Vancouver Giants, who ended up winning the tournament. "This city deserves to host the
cup
as
much
as
was announced Rangers chief
“I’ve
since
1
year.
this
at
felt
region
city's ability to
the decision
in
we
also a
host a large scale event."
2008. "There was a but
promotethe
great chance to
hearing they would be the hosts
presentation and
It’s
began putting together an organizational committee, headed by retiree John Thompson.
describing the team's reaction to
first,
as well.
or Sarnia,”
DeBoer
Peter
won't be good enough. “For example, in terms of transportation, what are we going to do to make our drivers and that experience beyond the ordinary?”
the city,” he says. "There’s a
operating officer Steve Bienkowski
Rangers head coach and general
manager
opportunity to pro-
"It’s a great
mote
go
to
any
city
in
Canada,” DeBoer says, his voice calm yet serious as he makes sure recognize Kitchener’s fans. to "They're so passionate. This is a tribute to their loyalty.”
Dave Hurfurd, communications director for Vancouver mayor Sam
says he’s confident his
volunteers will do a good job, but
Once
and 2005 (London).
Thompson
ing the tournament are tremendous.
manager Thompson
was the business
I
“He came to me if we get the bid,
and said 'John, are you interested took
me
Rangers,”
the
for says.
in
a role?'
be glad to be involved way." I’d
The
It
of five seconds to say
all
host committee
is
any
in
comprised
Thompson refers to as management team. There are also more than 700 volunteers
of 15 that the
recruited to help with the event.
“We’ve adopted as our theme beyond the ordinary,” Thompson says. “Our role is to three words:
all
Thompson
the details, the host-
The committee
beyond the ordinary."
faced with a
“We’re optimistic that we can achieve that goal, and even modestly surpass
confident yet
it,”
Thompson
still
says,
acknowledging
the lofty goal.
Kitchener’s size - both in terms
of population and arena capacity it
at
a
more people could actually see it (in Vancouver),” Hurford says. “Vancouver seats 16,000 plus. Last year, they had around 14,000 per game and set attendance records, but they still had empty seats,” Thompson says. “Because fans and the media,
only seats about 6,000, a
it’s
million-dollar-plus
renovation to add more occupancy.
There’s
now room
NHL
in
the
same
city
as the
Canucks, as well as compet-
for about 600-
700 more people.” The Rangers borrowed
the
Breakers
hockey tournament
ball
for charity.
“There will be seven divisions of four teams, four to a side,”
Thompson
says.
TOURISM
Cup-style schedule.”
tions.
The other big attraction is the annual CHL awards event, to be held at Center in the Square the day before the championship
“We’ll be the big show
Thompson know that
says. it’s
in
town,”
“Everyone
will
Memorial
Cup
week.”
game.
As far as accommodations, Thompson says the committee had to book more than 700 rooms
sors and they might pay around
in local
hotels to guarantee space
“It’s
primarily for VIPs and spon-
Thompson
per ticket,”
we’re looking
at
and avid fans can come and take part at a more modest price.”
sions, extra events, everything.”
events.
Many for the ily
events are being planned week, with a focus on fam-
and
“One
variety.
thing
Thompson committee will
is
says the goal of the to
have events that
be of interest to family and
including
children,
have
“We’ll
Hockey
Hall
of
interactive
some from the Fame and some
we’ve purchased ourselves," he “Things like shooting the puck in the net or shooting hoops.” Thompson also says die committee is considering one or two other “major” activities, but that was as far as he would go, saying plans have not been finalized. “Fans can definitely be excited that
we’re
doing
community)
involve
the
exhibit
featuring
all
60
is
(to
an
CHL
teams,” Thompson says, a hint of excitement in his voice. “Each team is going to be adopted by a Grade 5 class in Waterloo Region and they'll do a display about their team.” Other festivities include an exhibit from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, the Memorial Cup golf tournament to be held at Whistle Bear golf course, a fireworks display and a Road
says.
though,” he says.
DeBoer
definitely
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“There are so many passionate people here, it’s a great luxury to be hosting the tournament,” he says. “We want to put on the best
TOMHr
One
using additional
personnel and fans. “Economically, this is going to have a multimillion-dollar impact on the community,” Thompson says with excitement. “Hotels, restaurants, revenue at conces-
A
Three Mountains
$75 “But
seating so that minor hockey, teams
with
Resort
says.
CHL officials,
for teams, families,
Dream Jo w
each
the
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diiSovtx
“They'll
Memorial Cup teams and they’ll play a Memorial represent
ing with other large city attrac-
-
disadvantage like Vancouver.
slight
over a larger city, “In terms of accommodating
Aud
playing
NHL
million in revenues.
undergone
enthusiasm, through volunteers. For each one of our tasks we’re asking people to make sure we go
is
tough task. When putting forth a bid, each potential host city must guarantee the CHL at least $1.8
done
with
providing
stars.”
the
and
at is
“One
each driver with a fact sheet on each team in the tournament, so they have key information on each city, as well as that city’s hockey
ing, the organizing, the logistics are
professionally
asks rhetorically.
thing we're looking
puts
of 50 members, including a group
ensure that
that
money from the city and will pay it back over five years. One luxury the Rangers do have over a larger city is less competition. Last year, the Giants were
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