Year: 2014
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Self-defence for women at Davis
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA A string of unsolved sex assaults at Sheridan College in recent months has prompted the school’s Judo/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club to encourage female students to learn how to fight back. The club joined forces with the fitness organization, MoveU, and put together a “self-defence for women only” class on March 3, at the…
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Empowering women: There’s an app for that
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA A Sheridan College student has been rewarded for creating a new app to help empower women. Anshul Goyal, 22, an international student in Sheridan’s Software engineering program at Davis Campus, participated in the Global Apps to Empower contest by DataWind, India’s leading company of wireless web access products and services.…
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New club gives work experience to fashion students
STORY BY AMANDA VERHOEVE Students who want to work in fashion now have an opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in class to a real-life situation and give back to the community. Mike Burnside, a first year student in the Business Administration and Finance program at HMC created Runway for Hope Sheridan from scratch. “I…
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Cultural vs. academic exchange brings students closer
Kiran R. Khan- Sheridan News Travelling to a different country is exciting. Sheridan students are given this opportunity by visiting Japan and see how different life is in that Far East country as part of a student exchange program. “The Sheridan/Osaka electro-communication university Japan exchange is a cultural and academic exchange between our two very…
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Surf your way into the job field
Kiran R. Khan – Sheridan News Students are invited to HMC to learn more about social networking tools and how they can use it to find a job after graduating. “How to Network in Canada is a workshop for international students, which is destined to teach our newcomers the basics of the culture of…
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Persona 4 Golden Review
REVIEW BY TYLER REYNOLDS Have you heard the legend of the Midnight Channel? In the gaming world, Playstation’s handheld console, the Vita is constantly criticized for offering nothing to play. These people are the unlucky ones missing out on one of the best experiences in gaming. Persona 4 Golden is a high-definition port of the…
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BRUINS OCAA CHAMPS – AGAIN
STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ AND MIKHAIL HELLER PHOTOS BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ Sheridan’s mens basketball team are back-to-back champs after a one-point victory against the Algonquin Thunder Saturday night, in a tight game through all four quarters of the OCAA finals. The crowd that filled the gymnasium rose to their feet, and with 1.8 seconds left…
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A practical Joker takes to the streets
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Lots of costumes, many varieties of suits, ties, funky shoes and bracelets – that’s all you can see in Mark Langvee’s room as he sits at his dressing table turning himself into the Joker with his professional makeup tool kit every day. While most people start their morning with a cup…
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LIVE EVENT: OCAA men’s basketball finals at Davis – Feb. 27 – March 1
COVERAGE BY JEANYLEAN LOPEZ and MIKHAIL HELLER Sheridan will host the 2014 OCAA men’s basketball finals at Davis Campus in Brampton. The eight qualifying teams will play the quarter-finals on Feb. 27, semi-finals on Feb. 28, and medal games on March 1. Join reporters Jeanylyn Lopez and Mikhail Heller for live coverage of the games.…
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Sheridan’s got style
BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ The Sheridan Sun asked students to post their most fashionable winter outfits on Instagram with #TheSheridanSun. Here’s our winner! [statigram_widget] [box style=”rounded”]More from The Sheridan Sun [unordered_list style=”arrow”] Fashionistas wanted! [/unordered_list] [/box]
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HMC expansion to play big role in city’s future
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Sheridan will expand the Hazel McCallion Campus to include more non-business programs and enhance the role the college will play in Mississauga’s future, president Jeff Zabudsky says. “We have a very prominent role to play,” he said in an interview at an Economic Development Day conference on Monday. “Expansions start next…
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Brampton’s Dark Knight delivers strong message, big smile, to Davis Campus
STORY AND PHOTOS BY FRANK BUTTY Wearing his 32-pound armor-plated suit, local-legend Brampton Batman paid a visit to Davis Campus Tuesday afternoon to raise money for the Student Union food bank and speak out about bullying. “It’s like a voluntary community gesture,” said Peter Grevstad, the English instructor who invited Batman as a creative…