1. Student surveys drive improvements to college programs
Rodrigo Cokting
Sheridan News
Sheridan College is asking students to
fill out a survey that will tell the school what
programs it needs to improve.
The Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
surveys, a Ministry of Training, Colleges
and Universities initiative, are a tool used
by the government to improve the quality
of colleges and strengthen their government
funding accountability.
The section filled out by students
is only one part of the survey, as it also
provides information about graduate and
employer satisfaction, as well as graduate
employment.
Although the deadline to fill out the
survey was initially Feb. 11, it has been ex-
tended to Feb. 18.
“Key performance indicators help col-
leges implement improvement strategies,
and provide prospective and current stu-
dents with information to make informed
career decisions,” said Tanya Blazina,
spokesperson for the Ministry of Train-
ing, Colleges and Universities. “A portion
of their funding is tied to the results of the
KPI.”
While the student portion of the KPIs is
not tied to the funding, it is still important to
Sheridan College.
Continued of page 4
Sheridan
students
uptothe
challengeVera Abdel Malek
Sheridan News
Sheridan students proved
they have marketable skills last
weekend.
Of 26 participating colleges,
Sheridan was one of the six fi-
nalists at the sixth annual Vanier
College BDC Marketing Case
Challenge held last weekend in
Montreal. Three students from
each college participated in the
event which involved presenting
students with a case, giving them
three hours to prepare a Power-
Point presentation, giving them
20 minutes to present and five
minutes to answer questions.
Representing Sheridan were
Aashish Nathawani and Jacci
Vandergoot, advertising students
in semester four, and Stephanie
Smith, a co-op marketing student
about to enter semester four.
“It’s a real mark of honour
and we had a team that really rep-
resented Sheridan well,” said Da-
vid Nowell, a marketing professor
and the team’s coach.
All of the students were part
of the Ontario College Marketing
Competition that was held in the
fall, explained Nowell.
“It’s a great experience for
the students,” he said. “If you take
anything out then it’s probably
more important that the student
have that experience [than win].”
Smith agrees that the experi-
ence was a good one.
Continued on Page 4
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Emma Jorgensen
Sheridan News
Sheridan students presented
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCal-
lion at her 90th birthday party last
Saturday with a gift that will last a
lifetime.
College president Jeff Zabudsky
announced at the Mississauga Con-
vention Centre that the new business
campus, which opens in September,
will be called the Hazel McCallion
Campus.
“The night was a magnificent
success with wonderful support,”
saidZabudsky.“Manypeopleworked
very hard to make this happen.”
Oneofthesponsorsfortheevent
donated a table to the Sheridan Stu-
dent Union. “For the other students,
those who had contributed positively
to the Sheridan community in some
way, were asked if they would like to
attend,”saidWilliamHolmes,deanof
the Faculty of Business.
“The mayor enjoyed the night
thoroughlyandmadeherwayaround
to most of the guests,” said Zabudsky.
The students who attended were
lucky enough to have their seats paid
for, as a ticket to this event was $350.
The money for these and other seats
at the party will help fund the new
Mississauga campus.
“These seats were paid for by or-
ganizations and individuals support-
ingtheeventwhoalsowantedtopro-
vide students with the opportunity to
attend,” said Holmes.
According to a press release, the
celebration attracted 1,000 guests and
featured tributes from dignitaries and
celebrities including Premier Dalton
McGuinty and via video, Regis Phil-
bin and Rick Mercer.
According to Holmes, students
are reacting positively to all that the
new campus has to offer. “Applica-
tions and enrollments have increased
significantly.”
“The new campus provides us
with the opportunity to be more flex-
ible and to meet the needs of a much
broader diversity of students.
“Hybrid courses, day and eve-
ning scheduling, increased capa-
bilities of classroom technologies all
contribute to a richer educational ex-
perienceandfacilitategreaterlevelsof
student engagement.”
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion and Sheridan president Jeff Zabudsky share some cake at the mayor’s 90th birthday party.
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The
Writing
on the
Wall
“The Student Union is
irrelevant to my time, as
a student, and their goals
and achievements have no
impact on my academics at
all. It seems like they want to
make school fun but fail for
someone like me.”
-Albert Chalmers,
Media Arts
“I don’t know how
it’s used. Why aren’t they
making information easily
accessible? I want to know
how they’re spending it; as
an animation student I pay
a very decent amount of
money for tuition.”
-Jee Kim, Animation
“I figured it was getting
spread around the school.
I don’t know how exactly
they’re spending it. I’d like
to know, they’re getting a
decent amount (of money)
from everyone in the school.”
-Roshan Doon, VCA
“I’d love to know how
they’re spending our money.
I think that there’s a lot
of advertisements for the
Student Resource Center,
which is great, but there
isn’t much information
about Student Union and the
services which they provide.”
-Lynda Byrne,
Business Administration
“It would definitely be nice
to see a little transparency
on how everyone’s money is
being spent. Even something
as simple as a small
breakdown to give people
an idea of what’s happening
with it.”
-Justin Hartley,
Animation
Interviews and photographs by Ahmad Issawi
Do students know where their tuition is going? While a portion of Sheridan
students’ money goes to the Student Union, it seems that the majority don’t
know how their money is being spent or what the Student Union’s purpose
really is.
According to SheridanSU.net, the group’s purpose is to promote the
quality of student life through social events, student-oriented services, and
networking activities in order for students to have a memorable college
experience while having their interests and concerns voiced.
The SSUI website has not displayed any minutes of their meetings since
February, 2009.
Student Union
Jessica Craigie
Sheridan News
Talent is in the air.
A group of students in Sheri-
dan’s project management course
has teamed up with the Oakville
Arts Council for the Cogeco Stars
Among Us.
The event takes place at the
Oakville Arts Centre each year,
which spotlights and promotes
Oakville’s performing, literary,
media, visual and young artistic
talents.
“This is an ongoing event,
and such a great opportunity for
Sheridan students to get involved,
not even just the arts, but people
in media, production, advertising,
and filming as well,” said Wongie
Mgango, a member of the project
management team.
Laura Mok, Wongie Mhango,
Princess Garces and Diana Avila
are all students at Sheridan, in the
project management course.
They have been working hard
with the council trying to make
this year’s event the best, and have
as much Sheridan participation as
possible.
The event will be held on May
12 this year, you must be a resident
of Oakville to apply, and awards
up to $500 are presented to win-
ners. You can learn more about
the application process by visiting
Oakvillearts.com.
The event will be sponsored
by companies such as Cogeco, and
will be televised in May on the Co-
geco channel.
Also, media teams such as the
Oakville Beaver will be present,
along with North Oakville Today,
and the mayor of Oakville, Rob
Burton.
Participants work is evaluated
on artistic merits, artistic message
and the works emotional impact,
originality of concept or idea, in-
novative use of the medium, and
technical execution of the medi-
um.
“Most importantly, we want
Sheridan’s representation at this
event, because of all the talent we
know this school has, it would be
a shame if there wasn’t,” Mhango
said.
“We think this event is a fan-
tastic idea, and each year it seems
to become more and more popu-
lar. Sheridan is one of the most
artistically focused schools in On-
tario, we need to use that to our
advantage and make a name in
events around our community,”
Mok said.
Cogeco looking for arts stars
Textile students show off workJordan Brown
Sheridan News
Sheridan students have
proved that there are more ways to
use fabrics than just for the drapes
in your living room.
Students and staff from the
Crafts and Design - Fabric pro-
gram met at Sheridan’s AA-wing
gallery at Trafalgar campus, last
Friday afternoon to view an exhi-
bition that showed off the work of
their fellow classmates.
“We’ve got everything from
first, second, and third year stu-
dents. It’s such a wide variety of
imagination on display. I’m just
blown away by everything that ev-
erybody produces,” said Kim Mar-
acle, a first-year Crafts and Design
student.
Among the exhibits there was
a turtle suspended from the ceil-
ing, a unicorn’s head mounted on
the wall and what appeared to be a
voodoo doll encased in glass. All of
the exhibits in the gallery were cre-
ated using material such as cotton,
polyester, felt and dye.
The purpose of the galleries
are to give students experience dis-
playing their own work and to let
the rest of the student body know
what they are up to.
Another reason is that stu-
dents are inspired from seeing
each other’s work.
“Different people have differ-
ent uses for the textiles and how
everybody else can do various
things with the fibres,” said Ana
Diosdada, a first-year Crafts and
Design student, “It’s just a way of
looking at what other people are
doing. It’s a way of getting yourself
inspired.”
Seeing the work of more ad-
vanced students feeds the enthu-
siasm of first year students. “We
were just talking about how we
can’t wait to get to second year so
we can learn how to do this kind
of stuff…It’s very inspirational to
everybody,” said Maracle.
Thea Haines, an instructor in
the program, is proud of the stu-
dent exhibits.
“I think that their work is
great. It’s very diverse and it
shows their different personalities
and design aesthetics… I think
that the work really demonstrates
the individual interest that each
student has. I just think that it
is a great venue for the students’
work.”
From left: David Web, Kim Maracle and Malcolm Halley, all first year Crafts and Design - Fabric program check out one
of the exhibits at the gallery.
Jordan Brown
4. Page 4: The Sheridan Sun, Thursday, February 17, 2011
Adam Glen
Sheridan News
SheridaniswellknownforitsschoolsofBusinessand
Animation, Arts and Design, but many don’t realize that
Sheridan offers an Educational Assistance (EA) program.
Startedin1983,SheridanhasofferedtheEAprogram
at the Trafalgar Campus in Oakville, a program designed
toteachstudentstoassistintheeducationofchildrenwith
a wide variety of disabilities such as autism, Down Syn-
drome and other developmental disorders.
The program began after the passing of the Educa-
tion Act of Ontario, which required schools to provide
education for students with any developmental disorder.
Sheridan began an in-depth analysis of the act in
1983, focusing on the rising need for para-professional
personnel to assist with special needs students.
“There are three sections of this program in the day,
for a total of 100 students each,” said EA program co-
ordinator Diane Galambos in an e-mail interview. “Each
section begins with a full class of about 40 to 45 students,
but there is some natural attrition as things move along.”
The program’s other focuses include teaching stu-
dents to accept and respect individuals with disabilities.
The program also prepares students to work and
communicate with a wide variety of professionals such
as educators, physiotherapists, and speech and language
therapists.
When asked if she feels that potential students may
not realize that Sheridan offers such a program, Galam-
bos stated, “If one Googles educational assistant, Sheridan
shows up in the Top 10 results.
“My sense is that people who are attracted to do this
very challenging work, to a large extent know what they’re
looking for.”
The program is offered full time at the Trafalgar
Campus and lasts for two years if taken full time, but is
also offered as a one year fast-track intensive program for
those who have a post-secondary diploma or degree.
Continued from Page 1
“Programs with low satisfac-
tion rates in the KPI surveys are
prime candidates for program
reviews,” said Pam Sondhi, a re-
search analyst at Sheridan. “We
place very high importance on the
surveys because it’s real data com-
ing back to us from the students
themselves.”
Sondhi is in charge of co-ordi-
nationg the KPI surveys in house
and all communications with the
ministry about the KPIs.
The KPI survey results are
released by the ministry and are
available on Sheridan’s website
by the second week of April. The
reports warn against comparing
satisfaction results from different
colleges as there are more factors
to consider. Nonetheless, Sheri-
dan College compares its results
to others from GTA post-second-
ary schools because they have the
same type of curriculum and fund-
ing.
“Over the past seven years I
have seen a gradual upwards trend
from 71 per cent years ago to 75
per cent today,” Sondhi said, refer-
ring to overall student satisfaction.
“If you look at those numbers, we
are quite high when compared to
other schools in the GTA.”
The surveys, filled only by stu-
dents who have completed at least
one semester, have usually been
filled out by close to 65 per cent of
the students. Sheridan is hoping
for more participation this year.
“This year we are hoping for
70 per cent,” Sondhi said. “The
problem is that the survey is filled
out in winter and snow days force
students to miss the survey.”
Wendy Durand, a second-
year marketing student, has done
her part.
“We filled them out in class
last week,” Durand said. “We all
pay our fees so it’s good to let them
know what we think.”
It’s a sentiment that Sheridan
echoes.
“Our function is to educate
students. It’s important they take
the survey because it’s a tool to let
the college administration know
how they feel,” Sondi said.
Continued from Page 1
“Not only did this enhance our business, presentation
and analytical skills, it also really genuinely enhanced the col-
lege experience,” she said.
“We wouldn’t have changed anything that we did. We’re
really proud of ourselves.”
Vandergoot agreed.
“It’s a real honour to be able to represent Sheridan at the
competition,” she said. “I think we worked really well togeth-
er, we had a really strong and solid team.
“We also got to know a lot of the faculty as well, and it
fostered our school spirit so it was an awesome experience to
be involved in.”
For Nathawani, the competition was an unexpected chal-
lenge.
“We had a bit of an idea of what to expect, but once you
get there and you do everything you realize how big it actually
is,” he said.
“The competition is very intense so right away that’s the
first thing you notice.”
Despite the challenge, he recommends all Sheridan stu-
dents get involved in these types of opportunities.
“For college students to be exposed to these kinds of
things, I don’t see any reason why they wouldn’t jump on it,
and take advantage of it,” he said.
Amy Dean
Sheridan News
Do you feel intimidated to go
into an office to get answers about
Sheridan?
If you’ve noticed students
around school in First Year Con-
nections Peer Mentor t-shirts and
nametags, you no longer have to
worry.
The Student Advisement
Centre, which is across from the
Tim Hortons in B-wing, has FYC
Peer Mentors who are available
around the school and through
email to answer all of your ques-
tions.
FYC is a service that is of-
fered to first years who may have
a difficult time transitioning to
the school.
Their multiple questions are
answered by peer mentors who
are there to connect with students
and put them at ease so their Sher-
idan experience is a good one.
“I act as a bridge between
students and the Student Advise-
ment Centre,” said Dave Stringer,
an FYC peer mentor. “Basically a
student for the students.”
Stringer is available by e-mail
to all students who have signed up
for FYC, and sends out a monthly
newsletter that reminds them
of services and events going on
throughout the school.
During the summer, Stringer
and other mentors call all pro-
spective students to let them
know what Sheridan offers and
what to expect when they arrive.
“I love being able to help out
students who are going through
the same issues that we’ve all al-
ready been through, and mak-
ing it a really great experience at
Sheridan,” said Stringer.
The mentors are busiest dur-
ing the first few weeks of classes
every semester helping students
who are dropping or swapping
a class, and planning events for
each month.
More than 100 students will
come through the Student Ad-
visement Centre a day during
these busy weeks.
“I like meeting and helping
other students who are in need, it
is very rewarding,” said Roxy La-
haie, an FYC peer mentor.
All mentors meet once a week
to go over their plan for the com-
ing week. All work is split up
evenly among all peers.
“The best thing about FYC
peer mentors is we are students,”
said Stringer.
He also feels that after a while
of helping out fellow students
in Sheridan, you begin to gain a
good reputation as someone who
is available to help out.
“I thought it would be awe-
some working on campus be-
tween my classes and getting
more involved with the Sheridan
community,” said Lahaie.
Applications are now being
accepted in the Student Advise-
ment Centre for peer mentor po-
sitions beginning in July.
The deadline is March 14.
Clockwise from top left: Aashish Nathawani, Jacci Vandergoot, David Nowell and Stephanie Smith at the Vanier College
Case challenge.
PeerMentorsheretoansweryourquestions
EducationalAssistanceprogramgetsitsnameoutthere
Student surveys can
boost college quality
Marketing contest an intense experience
Amanda Meco and Sheri Zeidman, Social Service Worker student, learn more
about KPI surveys.
Rodrigo Cokting
5. The Sheridan Sun, Thursday, February 17, 2011: Page 5
“The Virtual Lab
takes away the
fear of reading
Shakespeare
-Michael Kelly
New bus route to ease Mississauga commute
Stephanie Dwarka
Community News
Commuting will be much eas-
ier since Mississauga is getting a
brand new dedicated transit route
that will eventually make travel-
ling through the city and the GTA
much simpler.
The Bus Rapid System is a
high-efficiency east-west transit
corridor that will connect Missis-
sauga Transit to local bus services
and subway systems from Oakville
to Pickering, according to the city’s
website.
“Our vision is that the future
Mississauga is a city where people
can get around without an auto-
mobile and transit will directly
influence and shape the form of
the city,” said Geoff Wright, project
director.
The system is currently under
construction near Highway 403 at
Winston Churchill and Eglinton in
Mississauga.
It will connect Winston
Churchill to Renforth Drive.
Certain stations will provide
connection points for other ser-
vices and some of them will have
pick-up and drop-off and park-
and-ride facilities.
The construction will take
three years to finish and comple-
tion is expected by the end of 2013.
There has been talk of a dedi-
cated transit system since the early
‘90s but the final decision was not
made until 2006.
“This project is a desirable
choice that connects people to
their destinations and at the same
time makes a more environmen-
tally responsible, inclusive, vibrant
and successful city,” said Ian Mc-
Conachie, media relations special-
ist for Go Transit.
The total cost for this project
is $259 million. The Ontario gov-
ernment committed $113 million
in 2006, the federal government
gave $83 million in 2007 and the
remaining amount was split be-
tween Go Transit and the City of
Mississauga.
Wright said if the project
turns out to be successful another
one would be considered on Dun-
das St.
Romeo, Romeo,
wherefore art
thou Romeo?
Kayla Dorricott
Community News
Canada’s leading Shakespeare
company for young audiences,
made learning about the Bard eas-
ier last week with the launch of its
Virtual Lab.
Michael Kelly, artistic direc-
tor, founded Shakespeare in Ac-
tion more than 23 years ago to
help young people understand
Shakespeare and
the Virtual Lab is
the next step.
“We want stu-
dents to engage in
Shakespeare,” said
Kelly. “The Virtual
Lab was built to
help get away from
the idea of Shake-
speare as a novel
or a piece of litera-
ture.”
The Virtual Lab is offered to
teachers, students, and the public
for free. Over 130 teachers and stu-
dents across Canada have signed
up.
Several hundred have also
signed up from Jamaica and the
United States, added Kelly.
The Lab, found in a link on
shakespeareinaction.org, is split
into two sections – teachers and
students – and requires the cre-
ation of an account.
“The student side is not yet
completed because we had to meet
a deadline,” explained Kelly.
If students wish to access
the Virtual Lab they must email
shakespeareinaction@gmail.com
and retrieve a temporary password
until the website is complete which
will be in about a week.
The Virtual Lab site includes
instructional videos, lesson plans,
new activities such as Shakespeare
Karaoke, and language exercises.
“Students are able to look at
actors doing scenes, if they want to
do Karaoke they can see the master
scene and actually play the parts,”
said Kelly.
The Lab also provides re-
hearsal techniques and suggested
teaching methods for high school
teachers.
“The site is primarily visual
with very little
written content,
only the teach-
ers’ side contains
written content
because of the
language lessons,
“ said Kelly.
“The site
helps teachers
take away the
idea that it is just
literature and en-
gage students on another level,” he
explained.
The site is being launched with
The National Shakespeare Youth
Festival, a new program where stu-
dents across Canada design their
favourite Shakespeare plays under
the mentorship of professional ac-
tors.
“The National Festival came
up with the idea to build the Lab
so college students can learn from
the Lab to enroll in the Festival,”
said Kelly.
The Virtual Lab makes it pos-
sible for them to connect with their
mentors and for students across
the country to participate.
Shakespeare in Action is Can-
ada’s largest Shakespeare company
for young audiences.
“The Virtual Lab takes away
the fear of reading Shakespeare
and with that students relationship
to Shakespeare will change,” said
Kelly.
Calling all comic fansAdam Glen
Community News
Though the school year comes to a close at the
end of April, Sheridan’s comic artists, cartoonists and
fans will get a spectacular start to their summer with
the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) later this
spring.
The festival, founded in 2003 by Toronto comic
book and graphic novel store The Beguiling, has
grown to become one of the biggest events focus-
ing on independent and art house comics in North
America. The event runs May 7 and 8 at the Toronto
Reference Library.
TCAF co-founder and Beguiling manager Chris
Butcher could not be more proud, as he looks back on
the origins of the festival.
“I was a customer here, and I had been bugging
the stores owner to run a comics event here in To-
ronto that focused more on the kind of comics that
The Beguiling was well known for,” said Butcher in an
interview at store, located in Toronto’s Annex district.
“All the comic shows in Toronto had become very su-
perhero oriented, or had moved away from comics in
a big way.”
The Beguiling started small compared to Toron-
to’s already famous Fan Expo, a comic book, movie
and video game convention held every year at the
Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
But the popularity of graphic novels was already
growing, and brought more than 600 people and 60
animators to the first festival.
Since then, attendance has grown to almost
10,000 people per festival, ranging from hard-core
fans to people who just happen to walk into the Refer-
ence Library.
This year, TCAF is bringing in acclaimed car-
toonists and animators from all over the world such
as Japanese manga writer Usamaru Furuya, who is re-
leasing his first English language book, called Lychee
Light Club, Adrian Tomine, author of the acclaimed
comic series Optic Nerve, and Eisner award-winning
Canadian author Chester Brown, author of Louis Riel
and Ed the Happy Clown.
Despite the ever-growing size of the festival,
Butcher has never lost sight of the festival’s goal. “It’s
a Toronto-oriented show. We want to really focus and
promote Toronto cartoonists and Canadian cartoon-
ists.”
The Toronto Comic Arts festival is free and is held
at the Toronto Reference Library at Yonge and Bloor.
The Beguiling is located in the Annex on Markham
Street, just west of Honest Ed’s.
Chris Butcher stands in the graphic novel section of The Beguiling.
Canada’s premier Shakespeare company
makes reading the Bard accessible
Adam Glen
6. Page 6: The Sheridan Sun, Thursday, February 17, 2011
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Health
Want to quit smoking? Maybe
a brand new car or cash could help
give you that much needed nudge.
The Driven to Quit Challenge
is a health campaign that encourag-
es Ontario adult smokers to attempt
to quit during the month of March
2011. The Challenge is hosted by
the Canadian Cancer Society as
well as local public health depart-
ment to help create a smoke-free
Ontario.
“Smoking causes 30 per cent
of all cancers and 85 per cent of
lung cancers. In 2010, an estimated
24,200 Canadians were diagnosed
with lung cancer, and an estimated
20,600 died from it,” said Krista
Bennett, senior coordinator of
communications at the Smokers’
Helpline, in an e-mail.
The Driven to Quit Challenge
has helped more than 28,800 On-
tarians participate in the Challenge
in 2010. Since 2006, the Challenge
has inspired 130,000 people to
make an attempt to quit.
“The Driven to Quit Challenge
offers tobacco users additional mo-
tivation to make a quit attempt.
We know that about 60 per cent
of Ontario tobacco users want to
quit. Everyone has their reasons
for quitting, and sometimes taking
the first step to make an attempt
can be challenging,” said Bennett.
“Through the prize incentives, to-
bacco users can draw inspiration to
make an attempt and stay smoke-
free for the month of March, tak-
ing them through the most difficult
period for withdrawal symptoms.”
People wanting to sign up for
this challenge must be aged 19 or
olderwhohaveusedtobaccoatleast
once weekly for at least 10 months
in 2010 and have used tobacco at
least 100 times in their lives. They
also must have a support buddy by
their side. The buddy must be an
Ontario resident aged 19 or older
as of March 1. The support buddy,
a non-smoker of course, will be
there to help people along the way
in their journey of quitting.
“The Driven to Quit Chal-
lenge allows people to declare their
pledge to quit, and offers them the
support to do so, with the anticipa-
tion of the prize draw. Quitting is
still a process that will inevitably
come with its challenges,” said Ben-
nett. “While quitting, smokers may
expect to experience withdrawal
symptoms, heightened stress and
cravings. The challenges of quit-
ting are still present, and we want to
help people along the way.”
Participants will be entered
into a draw for great prizes. The
grand prize is a choice between a
Honda CR-Z hybrid and a Honda
Insight hybrid. Second prize is
two $5,000 vacation getaways. The
early bird prize is a $1,000 Master-
Card gift card. There are also seven
$2,000 MasterCard gift cards to be
given away. The support buddies do
not get left out in all of this. There
are 11 $200 MasterCard gift cards
up for grabs. The draw is to take
place on April 1.
Participants must quit smok-
ing by March 1 and remain tobac-
co-free until March 31.
The deadline for registration
is Feb. 28. There are three ways
to enter. Participants can register
online at www.driventoquit.ca.
They can also send a fax or mail a
registration form available from
Smoker’s Helpline and Canadian
Cancer Society unit offices, or reg-
ister through Smoker’s Helpline, at
1-877-513-5333.
“Quitting smoking is one of
the best things you can do for your
health. Quitting reduces your risk
of cancer, heart disease, emphy-
sema and many other health ail-
ments. Within 24 hours of quitting,
your chance of having a heart at-
tack decreases. After three months,
lung functioning improves,” said
Bennett, “I encourage people to
talk with their health care provider
about the benefits of quitting.”
Maria Kulesza
News
No need to lie to ourselves, the
Internet is full of pirates these days
that download films online and
watch them at home instead of at
the theatres.
With the film industry declin-
ing in this day and age, how do stu-
dios keep themselves in business or
do they even need to try?
“I think that people will always
go to the movies, it’s the cultural as-
pect. People will always want to see
stories,” said Jean Desormeaux, pro-
fessor and program co-ordinator
for Advanced Television and Film
at Sheridan.
Even with DVD sales suffer-
ing and companies like Blockbuster
closing down, Desormeaux has hope
and thinks that people will never
stop watching films in theatres.
There’s only so much that 3-D
can do to bring people in, and with
the 3-D market being oversaturated
by unnecessary use, most are get-
ting sick of it.
“3-D movies also extend the
time and work for the movie to be
released in theatres, paying atten-
tion to how good a movie looks
doesn’t make it great,” says Rizalde
Penueco, 18, Design Foundations
student at Humber.
Penueco also mentions that it
is a problem for customers who al-
ready wear glasses because it is hard
to wear two pairs of glasses at the
same time and in the end he can’t
even watch a 3-D film properly since
the glasses are too far from his eyes.
Bootleg DVDs are everywhere
and many, like Penueco, would rath-
er buy a bootleg than the actual DVD
if the quality were at least decent.
“People who make those films
should at the very least expect to get
money, and people like me are just
leeching off some site for free. They
should increase the closure of stores
selling bootlegs or at least take in
some of their profits knowing that
it is their film they made,” Penueco
said.
Perhaps the lure of Blu-ray and
high-quality DVDs will see people
come back to buying their movies.
Randall Kapuscinski, Tech-
nologist at Sheridan thinks that the-
atres have the money to lose since
the film industry is huge.
“There are ex-Navy SEALS do-
ing sting operations on finding pi-
rates. There’s a hidden code in each
print that can tell them where the
print is that’s being pirated,” says
Kapuscinski.
Ontarians put pedal to the metal and get driven to quit
Pirating hurts film industry
The brand new Honda hybrid vehicle that is up for grabs for all participants.
Driven to Quit
challenge urges
Ontarians to become
smoke-free
7. The Sheridan Sun, Thursday, February 17, 2011: Page 7
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Kelsey Dunlop
News
Michael Kors, Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs,
DKNY. The list of hot designers could go on
for miles and the newest fall fashions would
follow in step. That’s exactly what’s happening
at this year’s Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion
Week for Fall 2011.
“The energy is unbelievable, it’s electric,”
said fashion guru and dedicated blogger Ash-
ley Yingling.
Yingling’s fashion blog can be found on
Tumblr at www.loveforfashion.tumblr.com.
Since Yingling is currently at Fashion Week as
a special Tumblr correspondent, photos and
updates from her adventures can be found on
her site.
“I have such a strong passion for it and I
wanted to express that. I know that blogging
has grown a lot over the past years and I am
grateful that my blog has been apart of it,”
Yingling.
The annual show kicked off on Feb. 10
and runs through Feb. 17. According to the
show’s website, this year will feature top de-
signers such as BCBG MAXAZRIA as well as
as student designs from the Academy of Art
University.
“It would just be a dream to have my
pieces featured in any Fashion Week, let alone
New York Fashion Week. It’s like Christmas
to me,” said Salvina Lauricella, a Fashion Arts
student.
Each season, the School of Fashion at
Academy of Art University in San Francisco
debuts the collections of their graduates. More
than 2,600 fashion students study under the
guidance of experienced fashion professionals
who help to prepare them for the star-studded
event each year.
“If I ever got the chance to even intern at
a Fashion Week I would jump at it. It would be
such an experience to carry with me into my
career,” Lauricella added.
Torontonian Julio Reyes Cocka is editor-
in-chief of his own blog at www.fashionights.
com. His love for fashion has grown since the
beginning of his blog, along with the creative
team that has built up behind him. Fashion
Week brings more obsessions and researching
to the plate for Reyes Cocka, even if he can’t be
at the event.
“Since fashionights’ creation I’ve become
more obsessed with my love of fashion. Now
it’s become more of a job and I feel it’s my
responsibility to let my loyal readers know
about things going around both in the city and
abroad,” Reyes Cocka said.
The New York Times has been keeping a
dedicated blog specifically linked to Fashion
Week. It designates specific Fashion and Style
writers to each show, having them critique and
review them, keeping it up to date for readers
across the world.
For instant updates, fashion lovers are
encouraged to follow Twitter accounts, such
as, @EricWilsonNYT or @NYTimesfashion.
Tumblr also offers a tracking blog specifically
for Fashion Week, with updates from various
shows and designers.
It can be found at www.tumblr.com/
tagged/nyfw.
Vera Abdel Malek
News
One small step for man, one
giant leap for . . . Spain?
Except this time, we’re talking
about the sun, which a 49-year-
old Spanish woman claims to
own. Literally.
Angeles Duran even has a
document issued last November
by the notary public declaring her
to be the “owner of the sun, a star
of spectral type G2, located in the
centre of the solar system, located
at an average distance from Earth
of about 149,600,000 kilometres.”
Inspired by Dennis Hope,
the man who claims to own the
moon, Duran made her claim on
the sun.
“There was no snag, I backed
my claim legally,” she said in an
interview with the Spanish news-
paper El Mundo. “I am not stupid,
I know the law.
I did it but any-
one else could
have done it,
it simply oc-
curred to me
first.”
D u r a n
based her claim
on Article II of
the 1967 Outer
Space Treaty, which states that celes-
tial bodies cannot be owned by any
nations. The treaty, which is signed
by nearly 100 countries, doesn’t spe-
cifically mention that individuals
cannot own celestial bodies.
Extraterrestrial bodies such
as the sun can’t be legally owned
by anyone, said Dr. Michael De
Robertis, a professor in the de-
partment of physics and astrono-
my at York University.
“I’m sure the Spanish woman
has received her share of emails
on the subject since her claim,” he
said. “Some humorous, some not
so humorous.”
Legally, the Outer Space Trea-
ty also states that non-government
entities or private parties require
authorization and supervision by
the appropriate State Party to the
Treaty when it comes to activities
concerning celestial bodies. This
means that Duran would need the
backing and supervision of Spain
since it is one of the countries that
signed the treaty.
Having a document nota-
rized does not overrule property
law, said Joseph Stanganelli, law-
yer at Beacon Hill Law Firm in
Boston in an e-mail interview.
“Property law recognizes
certain principles that establish
ownership of property,” he said.
“Ms. Duran has done nothing in
equity that would entitle her to
ownership of the sun. She has not
cultivated it, or invested in it, or
anything of the kind. She certain-
ly didn’t discover it.”
Duran’s next
plans include imple-
menting a sun tax and
distributing the prof-
its. She plans to give
half of the profits to
the Spanish govern-
ment, 20 per cent to
the country’s pension
fund, 10 per cent to
research, 10 per cent
toward ending world hunger and
10 per cent for herself.
“When you have a property,
it makes sense to make use of it,”
she said. “Power companies profit
from the rivers, which belong to
everyone, so I hope to take advan-
tage of the sun.”
If she did own the sun, the
government would actually tax
her, no doubt bankrupting her,
explained Stanganelli.
“At best, Ms. Duran is a silly
fool, or an attention seeker,” he
said. “At worst (if she actually
tries to legally enforce or litigate
her claim), Ms. Duran is a total
jackass.”
Spanish woman claims
to own the sun, literally
Energy is electric at NYC Fashion Week
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week at the Milk Studios in New York.
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Jordon Childs
Community News
February is off to a fabulous
start in downtown Oakville.
The businesses of the area
have come together for the sixth
year in a row to bring Oakville res-
idents Fabulous February, a month
of artistic and delicious attractions
to showcase what the downtown
has to offer.
“It’s a way for the businesses
of downtown Oakville to say thank
you to the people that support
them,” said Sue Hoover, the event
co-ordinator.
Ice sculptors showed off their
work last Saturday as part of Fabu-
lous February’s February Freeze as
onlookers enjoyed free hot choco-
late, frozen treats and music.
On Feb. 5, the art galleries of
the downtown core held a tasting
exhibition where the public was
treated to fine wines and choco-
lates as they saw the exhibitions
that the galleries had to offer.
Fabulous February is also
holding a photography contest for
the entire month to try and find
the best downtown Oakville pho-
tos. The winner will get a gift pack-
age from the businesses in the area.
The restaurants of downtown
Oakville are also participating
with A Taste of Downtown from
Feb. 15 to 28. It’s a chance to try
some of the different foods that the
eateries offer. Restaurants taking
part include, Paradiso, Colossus,
The Afro Café and many more.
“We want to make it fun to
live, work, and play in downtown
Oakville,” said Suzy Godefroy, the
Manager of Downtown Oakville
BIA (Business Improvement Area).
The downtown area is located
along Lakeshore Rd. East from 16-
Mile Creek to Allan Street.
For more information on the
events being offered during Fabu-
lous February or to see the rules
for the photography contest please
visit oakvilledowntown.com.
Carla Cerqueira
Sheridan News
Sheridan students were given
the red carpet treatment as they
walked down the aisle into Con-
neXion, to their very own Holly-
wood experience.
Last Thursday, the Student
Union put on one of the most
memorable pub nights of the year
at the Trafalgar Campus.
“It was the best pub night that
I’ve been to,” said Media Arts stu-
dent Veronica Bertrand.
This celebrity night event had
people dressed to impress.
“I went to this pub event be-
cause it’s fun to dress up like you’re
a celebrity,” said Advertising stu-
dent Jaclyn McBay.
Ladies went all out, wearing
dresses with heels, and the guys
wore dress shirts, and some even
wore suits.
MTV personality and R&B
singer Nicole Holness hosted the
night away.
“Sheridan is one of the best
colleges in Canada,” said Holness.
“I never got the chance to go
to college, but if I were to, I would
come here. Sheridan is an artistic
school with lots of opportunity.”
Students were eager to talk to
Holness as she got off stage that
night and she greeted them with
open arms.
Everyone danced until 2 a.m.
to music by special guest DeeJay
Nishe, who according to his web-
site is “one of Toronto’s youngest
rising stars on the music scene.”
“Pub [night] is always a lot
of fun and the theme was good,”
said Travel and Tourism student
Brittany Recek. “My best part of
the night is the fact that everyone
always dresses up and participates
in the theme. The red carpet event
was great!” said Recek.
Sheridan and Hollywood . . .
is there any special ConneXion?
Jordon Childs
9. Alexa Buendia-Pereira
Movies
Justin Bieber from Stratford,
Ont. has fans around the world in
theatres putting on 3D glasses.
“Beliebers” flocked to Never Say
Never, a 3D documentary, which
beat all Friday’s box office releases
and made $12.35 million on open-
ing day.
Never Say Never is inspiration-
al, showing all the hard work Bieber
put in to make his dream come true.
The movie gives fans a glimpse
of Bieber’s life, with recent tour foot-
age, behind the scenes, home videos
and moments leading to his sold-out
concert at Madison Square Garden,
which was sold out in only 22 min-
utes.
The movie shows tough times,
such as when Bieber gets a throat in-
fection and has to postpone concerts
and cancel interviews. We also get
to see pranks and the loving bond
between the whole crew and much
more.
A career that has exploded in
only about a year and having three
CDs, My World, My World 2.0 and
My World Acoustic is a great ac-
complishment and only being 16, is
amazing.
“I can do this, I don’t care how
hard I have to work,” says Bieber in
the film.
Bieber hasn’t forgotten where
he’s come from and why he’s suc-
cessful.
“Thank you to all my fans, I
wouldn’t be here without them,” says
Bieber.
@JustinBieber tweets a lot, to
keep fans updated and retweeting
his fans’ comments directed to him,
which keep Beliebers happy.
DiscoveredonYouTubeandnot
on Disney, shortly after being signed
it’s soon clear that since Bieber isn’t
a “Disney kid”, no one wants to risk
airing the 16-year-old boy’s music.
Facing this situation only made
Bieber more determined, and along
with manager, Scott ‘Scooter’ Braun,
he drives to every radio station to
pressure them to air his music.
The entire Never Say Never
movie wasn’t in 3D but all the con-
cert footage was, which made the
experience feel like you were at the
concert.
For a 3D movie there weren’t
enough special effects.
The movie is what it is – it’s
the story of Bieber’s life and how
he became who he is and how he
got where he is now.
It shows us the struggles and
the joyful times, it shows us his
past, his friends and family and
the progress and changes Bieber
makes since his discovery on You-
Tube.
Perez Hilton of Celebrity
Gossip central is a Bieber fan and
after watching Never Say Never
he tweets, “Never Say Never is so
inspiring! Such a great film! Fans
will love it, and all the haters and
doubters will RESPECT him so
much!”
Chad Brown
Music
The Streets, aka Mike Skin-
ner, returns to his roots with
Computers and Blues, the fifth
album from the Birmingham
native. The official release of
what Skinner has called his last
album was Feb. 7. You won’t see
it on Billboard’s North Ameri-
can Hot 100, nor will you have
heard anything at the Grammys.
Not to say this album isn’t worth
a listen.
It’s filled with rave tracks
rocking some heavy dance beats
underneath the stylistic monotone
voice of Skinner.
Don’t expect much radio play
or mention in North America. You
might even have to go to the U.K.
for the live experience. But, if you
like to dance or kick back and relax
with some music, Computer and
Blues is for you.
Unlike past releases A Grand
Don’t Come for Free or The Hardest
Way to Make an Easy Living, Com-
puters and Blues doesn’t slack on
free-flowing verses.
After his explosive debut
Original Pirate Material, Skinner’s
voice became a little too much to
handle. But, going back to his old
ways, he’s pulled up his socks and
put out an album with more than
just a couple of hits.
With exception of two or three
songs the album is good front to
back. Skipping songs like “Roof of
Your Car” and “Blip on the Screen”
is easy. They stand alone they aren’t
the worst songs ever made by The
Streets, but they don’t fit the feel of
the album as a whole.
“Going Through Hell”, “With-
out Thinking” and “Soldiers” are
definitely worth a listen if you
aren’t going to pick it up. The pro-
duction value is through the roof,
even on the less exciting tracks.
The Sheridan Sun, Thursday, February 17, 2011: Page 9
Arts & entertainment
Computers and Blues
Artist: TheStreets
Label: 679/Warner
Ryan C. Burgess
Video Games
Happiness, for gamers, comes
but twice a year, with developers
releasing their flagship titles right
before Christmas, and in the spring
right before school lets out. Let’s
face it, they know their audience,
and when they are most likely to
have the time and funds to play.
This year is no different, see-
ing releases such as: Ghost Recon:
Future Soldier, Red Faction: Arma-
geddon, Socom 4, Dragon Age II,
Homefront, Crysis 2 and the highly
anticipated Nintendo 3DS.
Many of these games are sequels
to already beloved classics, and franchise staples. In
fact, the only new idea to come out next month is
Homefront, a first-person shooter set in near-future
America, 2027, to be exact.
Homefront is published by THQ and the story
surrounds a united Korea under the rule of the North.
The beauty of this game is that the story is plausible,
even though not likely. This is especially believable
when the recent economic decline and possible mo-
bilization of North Korea is taken into account. This
game brings the fight onto home soil, but as the tag-
line suggests “Home is where the war is.”
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Socom 4 are the
first big-name games to incorporate the motion con-
trollers for the PS3, the Playstation Move, and Micro-
soft’s Kinect. Anybody who has played past Ghost
Recon or Socom games will be familiar with the game-
play, and it will only take moments to get comfortable
with the new controls. Hopefully, both Microsoft and
Sony will have an option for those who do not care for
the motion controls and give them
the ability to just use a regular con-
troller.
Crysis 2 is another offer-
ing from the flooded first-person
shooter market, which is published
by EA Games and developed by
Crytek. Unlike its predecessor,
Crysis 2 will be available across the
Xbox 360, PS3, and Microsoft Win-
dows. The antagonistic aliens from
the original have returned in light
of a series of climactic disasters and
society being on the verge of total
breakdown. You will take control
of a supersoldier, enhanced by the
technology in his “nanosuit 2,” and
will lead the last stand for humanity in iconic New
York.
Red Faction: Armageddon is another sequel based
on the Red Faction series. The game wakes place on
Mars in the year 2170. Once again, as in the previous
game Red Faction: Guerrilla, the environment will be
totally interactive with the player.
Based on the videos and gameplay I’ve seen, it
looks enjoyable, and gorgeously well done. Howev-
er, as far as plot is concerned, it follows the previous
four games, leaving those new to the game a tad out
of place.
The highly anticipated sequel to EA Games and
Bioware’s 2009 hit RPG, Dragon Age: Origins, is Dragon
Age II. Bioware has built a reputation for creating deep,
interesting, and engaging action role-playing games.
Although the sequel has a huge name to live up
to in terms of replay value, character depth, and story,
if the original trailer is any sign of the game to come
excitement is validated.
Gamers can’t wait for March:
Bring on the new games
Kick back and relax
withThe Streets
Justin Bieber walks the purple carpet at the premiere of his movie.
Homefront comes out March 8.
Never Say Never
Starring: JustinBieber
Director:JonChu
RunTIme:1hour,45minutes
NeverSayNevergivescandidpeekintoBieber’sworld
The Streets’ Computers and Blues.
Skinner lets loose
with free-flowing
verse on fifth album
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11. Lifestyle
Marie Adoranti
Lifestyle
Human trafficking is modern-
day slavery and is a huge issue that
most people assume only happens
in Third World countries.
The Body Shop has taken a
stance to change that, and to in-
form people of the statistics of this
global problem.
According to the Somaly
Mam Foundation, child trafficking
ranks third behind trafficking of
drugs and guns. It is among the top
criminal activities in the world.
“Around 1.2 million children
are sold to the sex trafficking trade
every single year,” said Sarah Zach-
arewicz, the assistant manager at
The Body Shop’s Limeridge Mall
location.
“The reason why it’s so popu-
lar is because you can only sell a
gun, or a bag of drugs once, and
then you have to go get more.
Whereas with children, you can
sell the same child 10 times a day.”
The Body Shop is known for
its ethical stance on the environ-
ment, animal testing and human
rights.
In December 2009, The Body
Shop paired up with the Somaly
Mam Foundation and ECPAT to
create the Stop Sex Trafficking of
Children and Young People Cam-
paign, which runs until March.
“Right now there are over
60 countries joining in our cam-
paign,” said Tash Vallera, an em-
ployee at The Body Shop’s Limer-
idge Mall location.
There is a petition that people
over the age of 18 can sign to help
support the campaign at every
The Body Shop, and on www.the-
bodyshop.ca.
The petition will be presented
at the United Nations in New York
in May.
“Almost five million people
have signed the petition in Cana-
da, the U.S., and Mexico alone, at
our store locations, or on our web-
site,” said Vallera.
The campaign is to raise
awareness, and to change laws re-
garding sexual exploitation in chil-
dren.
“A lot of people don’t under-
stand that this isn’t only happening
in countries that are in poverty. It’s
happening here, and it’s happening
right now,” said Zacharewicz.
“The RCMP estimates that
around 1,500-2,000 children are
trafficked from Canada and the
U.S. annually. Those are just the
numbers that officials know about.
Child trafficking is a hidden op-
eration, and most people aren’t
caught.”
There is currently no mini-
mum sentence for a person who is
convicted for trafficking a child.
If you would like to help The
Body Shop in its campaign, go to
your local store, sign the petition,
and ask about products that you
can buy to help.
The Sheridan Sun, Thursday, February 17, 2011: Page 11
BodyShopfightsforchildren’srights
Sasha Horton
Lifestyles
Have you ever come home from a date
you thought went well, only to look in the
mirror and find sauce somewhere on your
face or something stuck between your teeth?
First dates are awkward enough, but
adding messy foods to the mix is just asking
for trouble.
Sitting in a bar called The Dickens,
among her friends is Burlington’s Holly Cot-
ton, 25, who said how one man had ruined
her favourite pair of pants because of the food
they were eating.
“I’m not sure how it even happened, but
one date I went on, the guy managed to throw
salsa in my lap,” said Cotton.
When you’re out on a date and are in-
tending to impress, make sure to stay away
from foods such as saucy chicken wings,
spinach, ribs, corn on the cob, salads that
are coated in dressing and spaghetti. Stick
to simple foods like sandwiches, wraps, fish
and chips and pastas that have short noo-
dles.
“The best foods to eat while staying clean
would also be something that you can cut up
with a knife and a fork,” said a server from
The Poacher in Burlington, Juliette Kennedy.
“And if you do wind up slopping food all over
your face, just laugh it off.”
On a first date, you want to make a good
impression. Nobody wants to see someone
boring into their mouth with a toothpick or
wants to spend time with someone who is in
desperate need of a mint. It’s not sexy or allur-
ing in anyway and can really embarrass some
people.
“I think it comes from when you’re a
child and are told over and over to not have
food all over your face,” said Kennedy. “These
days people are really uptight about that.”
If you think that you would want to end
the date with a kiss, stay away from garlic, on-
ions, beans and cheese.
And yes, a tasty Mojito may relieve some
of that first-date stress and help freshen your
breath, but lets face it, a layer of crushed mint
plastered to your teeth is less than attractive.
“No joke, I ordered a plate of chicken
wings and a caesar salad once,” said second-
year Sheridan student Amanda Green, “Nev-
er heard from the guy again.”
Most messy foods are great to sink your
teeth into, but when should you be able to fi-
nally whip out these goodies?
“I would think it’s safe to say that around
the third date, unless you still don’t feel com-
fortable, that bringing out the messy foods
shouldn’t matter,” said Kennedy.
Julia Langlois
Lifestyle
Imagine leaving a clothing
store with more money then you
went in with. The thought seemed
impossible but Plato’s Closet is just
the answer.
At first the store seemed like
any other second hand store, how-
ever inside it was lined with aisles
of name brand, gently used cloth-
ing for guys and girls, and goods at
discounted prices.
“The big difference is that
as opposed to taking donations,
as most places do, we pay people
cash for their stuff they bring into
us,” said Chris Wright, the owner
of Plato’s Closet located in Burl-
ington on Upper Middle Road and
Guelph Line.
“We pay for the clothes in-
stead of just taking them.”
Unlike consignment stores,
“We pay cash upfront. You don’t
have to wait for your clothes to
sell,” said Wright.
The guidelines are simple.
Your items must be gently used
and when it comes to clothes, be
in style.
“We take anything you would
find in a teenager’s room,” said
Wright. This includes books,
DVDs, shoes, sunglasses and ac-
cessories.
“Because we are a franchise,
we get guidelines. Every month
they send us what’s hot or not.
They focus on what’s most needed
that month. This month it was
shorts. Last month it was shoes
and bags,” he said. “But generally
our rule of thumb is that if its been
in the mall the last year, we’ll take
it.”
Plato’s closet will buy clothing
for all four seasons any time of the
year. During the off season, they
are more particular about what
they will buy from customers.
“It’s a great place to get some-
thing for your clothes,” he said.
The fun doesn’t stop there.
“We are the only store that
have all the brands you’re looking
for,” Wright said.
From H&M and Forever 21,
to more expensive lines like Urban
Outfitters, Plato’s Closet reveals
that being fashionable doesn’t have
to cost a fortune.
Jennie Watson (left), first year
social service work, is wearing
bangles from H&M, $3, white t-shirt
from Walmart, $3, black mini skirt
from H&M, $8, and shoes from
Forever 21, $10. A total cost of $24.
Emma Johnson, second-year busi-
ness administration is wearing a
grey dress, Forever 21, $8, a black
bow belt from Aldo, $6, bangles
from H&M, $2, a clutch for 8$, and
shoes from Costa Blanca for $10.
A total cost of $34.
Plato’s Closet will pay cash
for your gently used clothing
First date etiquette: Just say no to messy foods
Marie Adoranti
Julia Langlois
Employees from Eaton Centre’s The Body Shop picket the streets to make
people aware of child sex trafficking in and through Canada.
12. Maya Chehade
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rightclothesarehere
Maya Chehade
Lifestyle
With spring right around
the corner, new looks are now in
stores.
“The current trends for spring
2011 are nude and pastel colours,
lace romantic looks, and the nauti-
cal look,” said Rita Cherniavskaya,
an assistant manager and in-store
visual merchandiser at Guess Inc.
“Within the past few years,
fashion has become more open to
numerous trends that can co-exist
at one time and still be considered
fashionable and current,” said-
Cherniavskaya. “Overall though,
the most dominant trend this year
would be crop tops and high waist
jeans with a pair of nude shoes.”
“For men on the other hand, a
pair of washed jeans with a bright,
bold colour t-shirt is the current
trend.”
Julie Nguyen, an employee
at Dynamite in Heartland Town
Centre in Mississauga says that the
trends are constantly changing.
“Floral print, lace, crochet and
crop tops, stripes, are really what’s
in at this point,” said Nguyen.
“When you’re shopping in high-
fashion retail stores, you’ll often
find mannequins modelling an
off-white lace racer-back tank top
with a high-waist skirt, along with
a boyfriend blazer, as well as some
jewelry.”
These items are available in
most fashionable stores, at afford-
able prices. Be sure to go out and
purchase the current trends, so
that as soon as spring hits, you’re
fired and ready.
Julie Nguyen, a Dynamite employee, rocking a stripe dress, with a boyfriend
blazer and clutch to go with it.
Nguyen, wearing a high-waist skirt
along with a belt, and a lace top.
Maya Chehade
13. Lucas Casaletto
Varsity Sports
Sheridan spirit was evident
as the Sheridan Bruins men’s
basketball team came up short
in a hard-fought 98-88 loss to
the Humber Hawks.
The Bruins (26-6) got off
to an early lead against their
Toronto-area rivals, but trailed
at the half by a score of 44-38.
After Humber drew level at
59, Khalid Abdel-Gabar, drained
a three to trigger a quick 5-0
run.
The Bruins lead 64-59 with
7:40 left in the final quarter.
What made the difference
in the game was free-throw
shooting.
The Bruins shot a dismal 10
for 26 from the free throw line,
and saw their lead evaporate
quickly and trailed 77-75 with
1:57 left.
Bode Olagundoye took mat-
ters into his own hands and
drilled a three to put the Bruins
within one, with only 21 seconds
left.
After hitting the tying free
throw to send it into overtime,
the Bruins weren’t able to match
Humber’s effort, resulting in the
tough loss.
However, Olagundoye says
he has total confidence in the
team because of the complete ef-
fort throughout the season, and
especially in the game against
Humber.
“This team is different in a
sense of the age, being as there
are a lot of young guys but as a
unit, we’re all very tight.
“We spend so much time to-
gether that it’s like a family. Oth-
er teams I played for, the unity
wasn’t there,” he says.
The Bruins travel to Ni-
agara on Friday, and the final
stretch is very important for the
playoff push, says Olagundoye.
“We need to put together a
complete game. We’re so good that
we tend to have mental lapse for
periods of time during games. But
I feel if we put together a complete
effort then there’s one in the coun-
try that can beat us”.
The Sheridan Sun, Thursday, February 17, 2011: Page 13
Sports & recreation
“Screw up, learn
things and just be
adventurous. Live
every day like it’s
your last. Playing
it safe is a waste of
time.
-Caz Derkowski
Caz Derkowski, Sheridan’s student fitness trainer, has his Canadian Fit Pro certification.
Personal trainer helps
students sculpt bodies
Three things you bring on the
road:
Food, BlackBerry, wallet
Hobbies and interests:
Fitness, working out,
photography, reading,
partying
Hometown/Current City:
Mississauga
Jaii Bhamra
Varsity Sports
Approachable, outgoing and
always smiling, 23-year-old Caz
Derkowski is Trafalgar’s student
fitness trainer.
Derkowski started his own
personal training by hanging
out and working in the gym and
giving instruction to students who
looked like they needed a few tips.
Derkowski proudly holds his Can-
Fit Pro certification.
It all started out when he saw
the opportunity as a third year
Marketing student. He says that’s
the kind of thing they’ve been
wired to look for. His main focus
is for students to reach their goals,
whether it’s to learn techniques or
to reach a specific fitness goal.
“I started to become ‘the guy’
that everyone came to for answers
to questions either about nutrition
or training methods, from then on
I said to myself, ‘Hey okay, I need to
make this official,’ ” said Derkowski.
He does everything from
strength, muscle building,
functional training and overall
healthy lifestyle coaching, all to
reach the goals of the student or
client.
“The sessions are completely
student-driven, as they should be.
Students schedule times during the
week with me to train and we go
from there. Each session is $20 and
it’s a session-by-session basis,” said
Derkowski.
“People who constantly
confine themselves in their own
shell need to get out there and make
mistakes, screw up, learn things
and just be adventurous. Live every
day like it’s your last. Playing it safe
is a waste of time.”
Jaii Bhamra
Jemar Smith, #3, drives hard up the court during a regular season game.
Ryan Kelly
Bruins’free-throwmistakespropelHawkstovictory
Humber defeats
Sheridan after fourth
quarter collapse
14. The Sheridan Sun, Thursday, February 17, 2011: Page 14
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Varsity Sports
Talk about the good, the bad and the ugly.
It may not have been the most elegant of
performances, but got the Bruins got the job
done in a tightly contested victory, beating
the Humber Hawks by a score of 70-67.
The Bruins (23-6) played exactly to their
style, and ground out the solid victory, which
is so important late in the season.
Humber jumped out to an early lead in
the first quarter, but the Bruins regrouped
and managed a 14-4 run after the half, with
their sights set on the easy victory.
However, Humber showed resilience
and went on a stellar 21-3 run to take a 56-
49 lead at the half.
The game picked up pace, but the Sheri-
dan passion took off, and they grabbed an
11-2 run to secure the victory.
Michelle Asare led the Bruins with 22
points. Tanya Perry and Desiree Tindugan
were both in double figures with 14.
Asare, a second-year 5-foot-seven guard,
has taken the team by storm this year, leading
the Bruins in almost every statistical category.
Averaging more than 19 points a game, she
says her play has evolved in many ways.
“I feel being in my second year playing
basketball my game has come into its own.
As a rookie you are new to the game and the
fast-paced atmosphere and you are afraid to
make mistakes,” Asare said.
“This season I am a lot more comfort-
able and I know my role and I am not afraid
to go out there and do what I do best,” she
said.
Asare explains that confidence and ded-
ication to the game remains her main goal.
“I do consider myself a team leader. We
are a very young team with two girls with over
three years experience, while everyone else is
a first- or second year player. I can relate to
a lot of the first-year players so I try my best
to make them feel comfortable and help them
through the rough patches,” she said.
The team will travel to Niagara on Fri-
day, the final match up against Niagara, one
of their division rivals.
Bojana Bejatovic, #14, with the ball searching for
an open pass.
15. The Sheridan Sun, Thursday, February 10, 2011: Page 15
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C
an we please, please start
ignoring the crazy? A
602-pound New Jersey
woman is on a diet to achieve her
ideal weight. An ideal weight of
1,000 pounds. That’s right. One
thousand pounds. Even more
surprising than that is that I
would have a hard time saying
she is the craziest person in the
news these days. An Iraqi-born
artist tried to get doctors to surgi-
cally attach a camera to three tita-
nium posts in his skull. When the
doctors refused, he had the pro-
cedure done at a body piercing
studio. Now, his body is rejecting
it and he is going into surgery to
get a camera removed from his
head. Ah, yes, and then there is
the woman who bought our one
and only light and energy source.
A Spanish woman just bought
the sun and then tried to charge
people for using the sun’s rays.
Is it just me or does it seem
like people are going crazier ev-
ery day? I blame the media. Yes,
that’s an overused expression.
It doesn’t make it any less true,
though. People today are living
for their 15 minutes of fame, and
why shouldn’t they?
Snooki (Nicole Polizzi for
you non-Jersey Shore watchers)
made more than half a million
dollars last year and then un-
leashed to the world her very own
book, A Shore Thing. Let’s point
out that this woman’s ultimate
dream is to “move to Jersey, find a
nice, juiced, hot, tanned guy and
live her life.” We are awarding pre-
cious time of our fleeting lives to
a woman whose major ambition
in life is to find an orange body-
builder. There goes the little girl
that would dream of being the
leader of a country.
Across the U.S., Heidi Mon-
tag destroyed and reconstructed
her body (and life) and did it all
with the support of admitted at-
tention-seeking boyfriend Spen-
cer Pratt and, of course, in front of
cameras filming her every move
for the ratings monster The Hills.
We gave the Kardashians a
show because Kim Kardashian
filmed a sex tape with Brandy’s
brother, Ray J. Apparently you
don’t even have to bed a celebrity
these days. A celebrity sibling will
do.
You get fame and money for
being crazy and worth talking
about, not for being talented or
smart.
The worst part is that we’re
not even trying to hide it anymore.
Reality show producers used to be
sneaky and covert about casting
crazypeopleintheirshows.Today,
they are actively pursuing them.
TV channels want the housewife
from New Jersey who will flip a
table after being told to pay at-
tention by a guest. They want the
housewife from Washington who
crashes the White House party
with her husband and then pre-
tends they were invited all along.
After the media had a field
day with Sarah Palin’s 2008 vice-
presidential campaign, American
channel TLC thought it would be
a good idea to offer her a reality
show. Palin had just been turned
into a punchline by TV news
shows and radio stations, and so it
was the right time to turn her into
a recurring joke every Sunday at
9 p.m. Of course, Palin accepted.
She had already traded in her
prestigious government job for
guest appearances on Fox News.
Even political candidates can be
crazy and hungry for attention.
Networks are pumping out
reality shows because they are
cheap and they get great ratings.
So, are the networks and their
trashy shows to blame for our
fame-hungry society or are we
responsible for the reality show
armageddon because we give it
ratings? It’s a chicken and egg
scenario, really. I say we just kill
the chicken and break the egg,
and start shunning everyone that
is insane enough to be in or sup-
port these reality shows.
Lets make 2011 the year we
ignore the crazies.
LisaWangdrawson
astormofinspirationKayla-Jane Barrie
Back Page
The fine line between imagination and reality has
been erased.
Lisa Wang, 21, a third year Animation student at
Sheridan was born a natural at her craft- drawing and
designing.
“I started drawing when I was really young, and it
has just stuck with me ever since,” said Wang.
Drawing life-like images such as people and ani-
mals in cartoon form is Wang’s specialty.
“I find my inspiration in daily life. Just the things
I see and experience. Also other artists and anima-
tors.” One of those influences is Glen Keane, 56, an
American animator who works with Disney. He has
worked on various movies including Beauty and the
Beast, The Little Mermaid, and most recently Tangled.
“He just makes everything so fun and full of life,” said
Wang.
When Wang isn’t cooking up a storm, she’s watch-
ing movies. She enjoys designing similar drawings
and hopes maybe one day she can animate a movie.
During the Animation program they get to make a
mini movie all from scratch, a project that she adored.
“I love the fact that I can image something and
then create it. Imagination is a great quality to have in
any art,” said Wang.
With the help of social networking, Wang can
express her art easier then ever by using sites such as
LinkedIn. There websites help artists find open stu-
dios and fellow artists in the business who are willing
to help.
The animation studio is every student’s home
away from home. “This is where most of us live,”
Wang joked while showing her second habitat.
When Wang isn’t cooking up a storm she’s usually
spending her time watching movies, a huge influence
on her occupation. One day she hopes to work for a
company like Disney and design clasically animated
movies in Los Angeles or Vancouver.
“You really need to love what you do,” said Wang.
“Art is imagination.”
If you ignore
them, maybe
they’ll go away
Kayla-Jane Barrie
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Rodrigo Cokting
Sheridan News
Sheridan College is asking students to
fill out a survey that will tell the school what
programs it needs to improve.
The Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
surveys, a Ministry of Training, Colleges
and Universities initiative, are a tool used
by the government to improve the quality
of colleges and strengthen their government
funding accountability.
The section filled out by students
is only one part of the survey, as it also
provides information about graduate and
employer satisfaction, as well as graduate
employment.
Although the deadline to fill out the
survey was initially Feb. 11, it has been ex-
tended to Feb. 18.
“Key performance indicators help col-
leges implement improvement strategies,
and provide prospective and current stu-
dents with information to make informed
career decisions,” said Tanya Blazina,
spokesperson for the Ministry of Train-
ing, Colleges and Universities. “A portion
of their funding is tied to the results of the
KPI.”
While the student portion of the KPIs is
not tied to the funding, it is still important to
Sheridan College.
Continued of page 4
Sheridan
students
uptothe
challengeVera Abdel Malek
Sheridan News
Sheridan students proved
they have marketable skills last
weekend.
Of 26 participating colleges,
Sheridan was one of the six fi-
nalists at the sixth annual Vanier
College BDC Marketing Case
Challenge held last weekend in
Montreal. Three students from
each college participated in the
event which involved presenting
students with a case, giving them
three hours to prepare a Power-
Point presentation, giving them
20 minutes to present and five
minutes to answer questions.
Representing Sheridan were
Aashish Nathawani and Jacci
Vandergoot, advertising students
in semester four, and Stephanie
Smith, a co-op marketing student
about to enter semester four.
“It’s a real mark of honour
and we had a team that really rep-
resented Sheridan well,” said Da-
vid Nowell, a marketing professor
and the team’s coach.
All of the students were part
of the Ontario College Marketing
Competition that was held in the
fall, explained Nowell.
“It’s a great experience for
the students,” he said. “If you take
anything out then it’s probably
more important that the student
have that experience [than win].”
Smith agrees that the experi-
ence was a good one.
Continued on Page 4
‘Hurricane’Hazel gets gift of campus name for birthday
True Beliebers
Three dimensions of the YouTube
sensation and teen heartthrob
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Wear it this spring
Following the fashion trends of a new season
See page 12
Emma Jorgensen
Sheridan News
Sheridan students presented
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCal-
lion at her 90th birthday party last
Saturday with a gift that will last a
lifetime.
College president Jeff Zabudsky
announced at the Mississauga Con-
vention Centre that the new business
campus, which opens in September,
will be called the Hazel McCallion
Campus.
“The night was a magnificent
success with wonderful support,”
saidZabudsky.“Manypeopleworked
very hard to make this happen.”
Oneofthesponsorsfortheevent
donated a table to the Sheridan Stu-
dent Union. “For the other students,
those who had contributed positively
to the Sheridan community in some
way, were asked if they would like to
attend,”saidWilliamHolmes,deanof
the Faculty of Business.
“The mayor enjoyed the night
thoroughlyandmadeherwayaround
to most of the guests,” said Zabudsky.
The students who attended were
lucky enough to have their seats paid
for, as a ticket to this event was $350.
The money for these and other seats
at the party will help fund the new
Mississauga campus.
“These seats were paid for by or-
ganizations and individuals support-
ingtheeventwhoalsowantedtopro-
vide students with the opportunity to
attend,” said Holmes.
According to a press release, the
celebration attracted 1,000 guests and
featured tributes from dignitaries and
celebrities including Premier Dalton
McGuinty and via video, Regis Phil-
bin and Rick Mercer.
According to Holmes, students
are reacting positively to all that the
new campus has to offer. “Applica-
tions and enrollments have increased
significantly.”
“The new campus provides us
with the opportunity to be more flex-
ible and to meet the needs of a much
broader diversity of students.
“Hybrid courses, day and eve-
ning scheduling, increased capa-
bilities of classroom technologies all
contribute to a richer educational ex-
perienceandfacilitategreaterlevelsof
student engagement.”
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion and Sheridan president Jeff Zabudsky share some cake at the mayor’s 90th birthday party.
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