Year: 2014
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Video games missing the mark with LGBTQ community
Members of the queer community feel they are being ignored by game makers STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA The video game industry has a bad reputation of ignoring a large group of gamers, and it isn’t just the women they leave behind. Members of the queer community have been mostly forgotten because a select group runs…
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Sheridan Tackles Problems Creatively
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MEHREEN SHAHID The Sheridan community may soon be bidding farewell to Access Sheridan, as the college implements a whole new interface emphasizing the “Get Creative” brand. The move was just one of several outcomes of a college-wide creative problem-solving workshop held at the Hazel McCallion Campus Feb. 26 to 28 aimed at…
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Getting far in your first car
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY Your first car can take you places. Just ask Sheridan College professor Mary Ann Maruska. Her first car took her from Indiana to Canada and on the road to full Canadian citizenship in 1970. Maruska, 62, teaches design fundamentals, information design and communication design in the Bachelor of Design Program while…
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One-of-a-kind Craft and Design degree mixes mediums
STORY BY JUNE SEO As Sheridan moves toward becoming a university, the college will offer a new Bachelor of Craft and Design program beginning in September. This four-year degree combines multiple programs to provide students with a better understanding of craft and design by exploring different media. “It was a very unique opportunity for us…
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Pie for Pi Day
STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR Apple, pumpkin and lemon, oh my! These are just a few types of pies that Sheridan’s Davis Campus served last Friday to commemorate Pi Day. Pi Day is a day celebrated around the world to honour the mathematical equation, and is held on the third month and 14th day. It is…
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Sheridan Career Centre sets you up for the job
STORY BY JONATHAN FERGUSON Job-hunting for students will be much easier after benefitting from the upcoming “Dress for Success” clothing drive and LinkedIn headshot clinics hosted by the Sheridan Career Centre. Two events this month will give students opportunities for students to prepare for life after graduation. At each campus students are invited on March…
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Students relieve tension and smash stress with sports
STORY BY SPENCER LUYBEN The Sheridan International Centre held its second International Sports Bash on March 7. The event was held in conjunction with Counselling Services’ Smash Stress program, where close to 40 international students at the Trafalgar Athletic Centre played badminton, table tennis and basketball. The Smash Stress initiative was devised three years ago…
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Japanese exchange students visit Sheridan college
BY MEHREEN SHAHID Exchange students from Osaka Electro-Communication University (OECU) have been at Sheridan College for the last two weeks. Sheridan is the only college in North America that the OECU has an exchange program with. This is the third such group that has visited the college. Students in the contingent were from the Digital…
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Art students hope persistence will pay off in portfolio season
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Sheridan Art Fundamentals students are breathing a collective sigh of relief because one of the biggest crunches of their portfolio season has come to a close. The students rushed to complete their portfolios by the February 27 deadline. Hundreds of dollars were spent on art supplies, paint flowed and pencils dulled,…
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Celebrating culture with a night of music and dance
STORY BY JUNE SEO The International Centre and Sheridan International Student Association (SISA) held an International Night to give students an opportunity to share success stories. International night was held at Sheridan’s Hazel McCallion campus last Thursday. Students gathered to celebrate their different cultures through dance and music and share a few laughs. “This is…
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Does no really mean no? Sheridan students weigh in
STORY BY KATE WOODS Sheridan students believe more can be done to help educate and raise awareness about sexual assault and harassment. In a Sheridan Sun survey of 50 students, 25 female and 25 male, 44 said the college could do more to prevent assaults, especially with the recent incidents at Trafalgar Campus during the…
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Peer mentors spread the word about healthy living
STORY BY BRANDON MARTINEZ Eating. Drinking. Sleeping. Safe sex. That is the slogan of a new hall outreach campaign organized by Sheridan’s Health and Wellness Peer Mentors program, which offers lifestyle advice and counseling to struggling students. Cheryl Cnoop-Koopmans, 27, is a counselor at student services and oversees the peer mentor program. “The program has…