Year: 2014
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Lady Bruins’ star jumps back from injury
STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ The Lady Bruins’ star basketball player rebounded back from an 11-week ankle injury to help Sheridan win 71-59 against the Niagara Knights last Friday. Small forward Haeven Durrant had 13 points and 8 rebounds in only 20 minutes of play on her first day back from a left high ankle sprain…
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Enactus pitches in to help local community
STORY BY SAM TASKIE Sheridan students who join Enactus are helping build a better community and gaining skills at the same time. Enactus, a club based at the Hazel McCallion Campus, focuses on helping entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations become sustainable both economically and ecologically. Enactus stands for “entrepreneurship,” “action” and “us.” Many schools around the…
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Coach gives Bruins a B-minus against Royals
STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ Sheridan Bruins men’s basketball team beat the Redeemer Royals 115-79 on Jan. 10, but the game only got a B- grade from head coach. “We played very good basketball for about 22 to 23 minutes and for 17 minutes we fell asleep at the switch,” said head coach Jim Flack. The…
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Cisco sold on Sheridan students’ proposal
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS COUTTS Four Sheridan students were awarded a $10,000 prize and declared the winners of the President’s Innovation Challenge for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. The event was held on Saturday at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus. The winning team, going by the name “Fantastic Four,” is comprised of Interactive Multimedia post-grad students…
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Bruins dominate five sets over Redeemer
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAVID PELOSI Thanks to the fast hands of Jeremy Fantin, the Sheridan Bruins men’s volleyball team (5-8 OCAA) defeated the Redeemer Royals 3-2, in a five-set thriller Jan. 18. The Bruins effective offensive strategies allowed for crucial digs to turn into fierce kills by Josh Butler and Fantin, who delivered the…
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Lady Bruins take down Royals 73-56
STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ The Lady Bruins basketball team defeated the Redeemer Royals 73-56 on Jan. 10. “I think we came together as a group, and worked hard man defence and shut them down, and things just happened on offence cause we worked hard on D,” said guard Samantha Lovat. Sheridan and Redeemer started off…
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The great housing debate: Residence or off campus?
STORY BY AMANDA VERHOEVE The hunt for housing has begun and many students say they’re overwhelmed with options for living near Campus. Students living away from home have the option to live in residence on campus or to find accommodations off campus. Sheridan offers two residence buildings at the Trafalgar Campus, one of them being…
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University Fair helps students continue their education
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA Figuring out what to do after graduating from Sheridan is a common concern in students. This is why the college has hosted the University Fair for the past nine years. This year the fair will be held at Trafalgar Campus on Jan. 27 and at Davis Campus on Jan. 31, both from…
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Spin and Sing raises money for theatre project
STORY BY AMANDA VERHOEVE Sheridan’s theatre students will be performing live for their first annual Spin and Sing fundraiser in hopes of raising money for the Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP). On Jan. 24 from 1-4 p.m. at the Macdonald-Heaslip Hall, Sheridan’s theatre students will be serenading participants as they ride spinning bikes for a…
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Speak up and eat up, FAAD students
STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON Students from 32 different arts programs can have their voices heard by their deans at the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design open mic and pizza event, Tuesday at noon in MacDonald-Heaslip Hall. The event is a first for Ronni Rosenberg, dean of FAAD. “My guess is these things take some…
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New year, new ways to keep those resolutions
STORY BY AMANDA JEMMETT Most people who make New Year’s resolutions don’t stick to them, according to well- known Toronto psychotherapist. Students claim they make a New Year’s resolution because it’s fun, or that it feels like the status quo. They feel more pressure to make a resolution on Jan 1, rather than any other…
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Capturing the “Icepocalypse” in story and image
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN Gauthier photographs the ice storm in Caledon, ON While lights flickered and faded in homes across the GTA this holiday season, students’ camera’s flashed, capturing stills of a frozen world. Downed wires, chilled houses, cold water, the crack and quake of ice and tree limb all characterize an end to 2013.…