Year: 2014
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One-on-one with Strombo
STORY BY JUNE SEO When Nick Kattis joined the Sheridan’s Broadcast Journalism program, he never imagined that his second interview would be with George Stroumboulopoulos at the RBC Theatre. Kattis won the opportunity to interview the CBC host and personality live on stage last Friday. Prior to the interview, Stroumboulopoulos interviewed Raine Maida, front- man…
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Forget fame and fortune, it’s all about the fans
STORY AND PHOTOS BY VANESSA GILLIS In the music industry, success is usually measured by fame and fortune. But, for Look Here Junior, it is about how many people come to the shows. “We have a really supportive fan base. If we could just have a base like that in Canada and most cities we go…
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The steel bikini is getting stale for women in video games
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA Video games have always stirred up some sort of issue, from being to violent to making players anti-social, but one of the biggest problems that seems to remain constant is the troubling way women are represented, or aren’t. Throughout the many years that video games have existed, games featuring female leads…
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Comics, dressup, and LARPing, oh my!
STORY BY DYLAN PAISLEY PHOTO GALLERY BY ROBERT SGOTTO & DYLAN PAISLEY Fans swarmed the Metro Toronto Convention Centre last weekend for Toronto ComiCon, the annual multi-day event that brings fans together to celebrate their love for TV, movies, anime and comics. “When we first started, I think anime was the thrust of it- anime and manga,”…
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Sheridan’s executive advisor talks about his first job
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY Ralph Benmergui went from delivering pizzas and newspapers in the 1970s to delivering advice to Sheridan’s top executive in the 21st century. “I never went looking for a job, but my best friend always found jobs and I would follow him,” he says of his adolescent days. In his second year…
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Media Fundamentals student hopes to seduce with music video
STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR Sheridan students gain a lot of experience to add to their resumes, but not many can say that they have directed a music video while being a student. Media Fundamentals student Aref Mahabadi, 24, has done just that. The video is for a song by his good friend Del Hartley called…
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Trafalgar Campus awaiting approval for paintball club
STORY BY LINDA HERMIZ Sheridan’s Trafalgar campus may soon have an official paintball club. Alexandra Goulding, a first-year Art Fundamentals student and the president of the soon-to-be club, is awaiting approval from the Student Union before the club is made official. Goulding came up with the idea for a paintball club after playing with her…
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LIVE COVERAGE: An evening with George Stroumboulopoulos
Come watch as Stroumboulopoulos interviews MTV’s Aliya-Jasmine and Our Lady Peace front-man, Raine Maida at the RBC Theatre tonight at 7 p.m. Sheridan’s Nick Kattis, a broadcast journalism student, will also have the opportunity to interview Stroumboulopoulos. Come show your support!
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Terra Greenhouse Farmer’s Market
STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON Terra Greenhouses has been holding a weekly farmer’s market every Saturday, allowing local businesses the chance to reach out to new customers. One business benefitting from the market is Milton’s own Kettle Corn Boss, run by Herb Sickinger, a Sheridan Business grad. “It’s a family business,” said Sickinger as his son…
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Lifting Sheridan’s Eco Footprint
STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON Sheridan College has been working toward creating a zero-waste system, and the crafts wing definitely got the memo. Linda Sormin, head of Ceramics, has been working to reduce her program’s waste, and the result is rather astonishing. Ceramics is known for “Thousands of years of recycling,” said Sormin. If a student…
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Children’s book highlights disabilities in other countries
STORY BY GREG LOWENTHAL Most books written for children do not include children who have disabilities. But one author has changed that with her new book. Annetrista Absalom is a student in Sheridan’s Education Support program and is the author of We are more alike than we are different. She said she wrote the book…
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College lacking meaningful climate change approach
COLUMN AND PHOTO BY CHRIS COUTTS The dazzling sustainability metal waste bins that litter Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus grounds illustrate what appears to be the Emerald City of environmentalism. But the college administration’s style-over-substance approach to some of the most important decisions an institution can make is the same sort of thinking that landed our planet…