Year: 2014
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Retrofit: Music to my ears
BY OSCAR IMMEL AND ANTHONY MUCCILLI Music has long been a part of human creativity, and with advances in technology, the landscape of what is possible has changed. Follow along as we explore the how and why certain trends have occurred and what that means for the music community. VISIT retrofitmusic.thesheridansun.ca
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Embrace your inner foodie with Sheridan Eats
BY JESSICA WEINGARTEN AND DANA MIELE We know how you feel – you’ve been to every pub night, maxed out your entire $50 Tim card that you got in your Christmas stocking and have had one too many Coors Light and wings combo at Monaghan’s and are searching for something a little more sophisticated. You…
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Plato’s Closet
STORY BY GREG LOWENTHAL Students who have clothing they no longer want can trade it in for much needed cash. Plato’s Closet, located in Oakville at 335 Iroquois Shore Rd., is opening in March and is a relatively new idea for Canadian clothing stores, the owner says. “I think it’s a brilliant concept. It’s recycling…
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Look through the window what do you see?
STORY BY CHAD MASON-AUBERTIN Sheridan’s Visual Merchandising Arts, (VMA) students spend two years perfecting the art of “pleasing the eye.” They even take their skill and showcase it around Sheridan. Ever wonder what the 10 display cases sitting single file in front of Tim Horton’s are? Or the big glass box that housed the inspiration…
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Second assault investigation this week
STORY BY MADISON SOMMERVILLE & SAM TASKIE Police arrived at Sheridan College after a call about another assault around 9 p.m. Thursday night, just two days after a sexual assault in the same area. Halton Regional Police spokesperson Chantal Corner told The Sheridan Sun that the suspect grabbed the female victim, who was walking on…
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Once a Bruin always a Bruin
STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ The temperatures were frigid but the sun was shining when about 285 family and friends of Stephen Paul Blundy gathered at Glad Tidings Church on Monday in Burlington to commemorate his life. Blundy, commonly known as Moker, was a former Sheridan student, Bruins coach and athletic manager. He died at age…
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Bruins bulldoze last-place Cambrian Golden Shield 99-47
PHOTOS BY FRANK BUTTY First place Sheridan Bruins basketball team had no trouble trouncing the 1-13 Cambrian Golden Shield on Saturday Feb. 1st. Cambrian had only eight players to work with, forcing most players to play over 20 minutes, with Braydon Ritchie (#6) putting in a marathon 39 minutes and 27 seconds.
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Sheridan bruins cricket team ready to face upcoming tournament
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Members of Sheridan Bruins’ cricket team are confident they can win an upcoming tournament. The team has its first match at Seneca College on Feb 7. “We are practicing hard to win the tournament this time,” said Anuj Khosla, wicketkeeper – batsman of Sheridan’s cricket team. “We are at our best…
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Student petition about trail ownership closed after meeting with college
BY SAM TASKIE An online student petition calling for the college to gain control of the wooded trails surrounding Trafalgar Campus has been closed after getting 525 signatures. Computer Systems Technology student Hamza Jami, who started an online petition directed to Mayor Rob Burton, President Jeff Zabudsky and Ward 5 Councillor Jeff Knoll calling for…
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Stress: a pain in the neck
STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER With the second semester in full swing, students are starting to feel the aches and pains of stress. Students spend long periods of time sitting throughout the day, folded into uncomfortable positions. “Most students make their bodies curve around the work station where it should be the other way around causes…
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Looking ahead and moving forward
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CATARINA MUIA Sheridan students graduating this semester are strongly considering getting a degree in their field of study. The University Fair, which took place at the Trafalgar Campus on Jan. 27 and the Davis Campus on Jan. 31, gave students of all years, plenty of options. Although heading straight from college…
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Photographer follows silver lining upwards
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN With chocolate brown hair, and eyes that light up like the same LED bulbs used in her photography series Portals, Christa Giula shines authenticity. It’s an attribute which is sure to get her far as things start to happen for the third year Bachelor of Photography student. Last month her work,…