Year: 2014
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The undead have their day at the Toronto Zombie Walk
PHOTOS AND VIDEO BY CHRIS COUTTS On October 25th, the undead masses piled into Nathan Phillips Square for the 12th annual Toronto Zombie Walk. The event features a marketplace with everything a horror fan could ever want, zombie make up artistry, a costume contest, and the main event, a parade of zombies filling Toronto’s…
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Smart living with smart houses
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Sheridan students envision houses in 2020 to be built using automated systems, remote monitoring and a sense of neighbourly competition to help conserve energy and promote green practices. “If it is known to you that other people in your community are obtaining this level of efficiency, it would make you…
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Fighting Season: A local band with big aspirations
STORY BY LINDA HERMIZ For Evan Rutland, making it big in the music industry is more than a pipe dream. The 21-year-old former Sheridan student and bassist of Fighting Season is well on his way to making his dream a reality. In two years, the pop punk Hamilton band has released an EP and two…
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Breaking ground at Sheridan’s HMC2
STORY BY CORDELL VENTURA & MICHAEL MELRO Sheridan took a giant step into the future last Friday when ground was broken on HMC2. College president Jeff Zabudsky, outgoing mayor Hazel McCallion and other dignitaries gathered to start construction on the second phase of the Mississauga campus. The 220,000-square-foot building will include space for up to…
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Kielburger urges young people to pitch in and make a difference
STORY BY FILIPE DOS SANTOS The night began with the story of Siphiwe Hlophe, a Swazi woman who in 1999 won a scholarship to study in the U.K. only to lose it, and most everything else in her life, after being diagnosed with HIV. On Oct 9, a crowd of more than 750 heard Craig…
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Never Stop Cycling wins Best of Show
STORY BY SPENCER LUYBEN It’s bleak, dark and cold. A figure sits at a stationary bicycle with a bottle of liquor at the ready as he stares solemnly at his wall. One day meets the next seamlessly as he inevitably loses track of time. Then something happens. A burst of pink light explodes through the…
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Sheridan’s waste audit digs deep
STORY BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES A Tim Hortons coffee cup. Is it mixed recycling? Does it belong in organics? Or does it belong with the other trash? On Oct. 16, Sheridan’s Office for Sustainability conducted its first waste audit since April 2013. With the intention of finding ways Sheridan College can reduce the amount of waste…
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Indie music week launch a success
VIDEO BY MARKO WOLOSHYN On Oct. 15, Indie Week Canada hosted their launch party at The Hideout in Toronto. Bands from around the world were flown in to perform and kick off the party. Here’s what the Sheridan Sun saw.
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First times: Surgeon hooked after first look inside brain
STORY BY DYLAN PAISLEY The first time Howard Ginsberg saw a dead body he was horrified. Now a neurosurgeon, Ginsberg was in his first year of medical school at the University of Toronto when he had to practise on a cadaver. “The normal human reaction is to be sick to your stomach,” said Ginsberg. “The…
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Looking for love in the Tinder jungle
STORY BY STEPHANIE ALBA Tinder – this generation’s matchmaker, helps users scan those ready to mingle within their area. A simple signup through your Facebook profile makes the app hard to resist, but unlike other online dating sites that match your interests with a hopeful single, Tinder is based solely on your selfie. Your…
