Author: brittanymcauley
-
Hold the gluten
BY BRITTANY MCAULEY It’s become so common to see the words “gluten-free” while grocery shopping or looking for recipes, but what’s less common is to know what its like to have to rely on those words. Is it as easy as just choosing gluten-free bread and being on your way? Or ordering gluten-free pasta at…
-
From simple page to digital age
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY From typewriters to desktops and sign-out cards to swipe passes, Sheridan’s library has changed a lot in the past 25 years and Irene Sillius has seen it all. Sillius, in charge of print cataloguing at the Trafalgar Campus library, has been connected to Sheridan for more than a quarter…
-
Handmade with love, the art of DIY
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY & DANA BOYINGTON Over the holidays, our hearts fill with joy but our wallets fill with mothballs. These innovative few went from concept to commerce with their do-it-yourself creations. Ruth Steinback brightling works Ruth Steinback goes by brightling or brightling works online where she sells her homemade jewellery, which she began…
-
Hips don’t lie
VIDEO BY BRITTANY MCAULEY BellyUp is a belly dancing studio that opened in 2006 in Oakville and Mississauga that offers a variety of belly dancing classes ranging in styles and intensity levels. Owner Joharah Kolishenco has been dancing for 15 years and says that she herself is continuously learning. On occasion Kolishenco brings in Egyptian…
-
Singing for women of all sizes
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY An Edmonton woman is generating an overwhelming amount of attention after she posted a YouTube video of her own version of Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass.” Natty Valencia, 20, put a new spin on the already body-positive pop song, which celebrates women’s curves, and altered it for women of all…
-
Drawing a line between personal and professional lives
Journalism students at Western University have been cautioned against interning at the popular radio show Q hosted by Jian Ghomeshi because of an inappropriate incident in 2012 with a female intern and are now speaking out. In light of this and allegations from nine women against the now-former CBC radio host, the matter of personal…
-
Planning your Halloween
BY BRITTANY MCAULEY If you’re like anyone else on Halloween, you’re probably not sure what to do or where to go. The Sheridan Sun has broken down a few of our favourites this year that all promise to spook, surprise and show you what Halloween really is.
-
Customizing the world, one neck at a time
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY While he hopes to open a store one day, for now Sheridan student Dan Amponsah sells his custom made bow ties online and at the Brampton farmers market. Amponsah, a third year student in the Exercise Science and Health Promotion program at Sheridan College runs his customized bow tie business, Neck…
-
LIVE – Toronto Transformed
COVERAGE BY BRITTANY MCAULEY, CHRIS COUTTS AND JEANYLYN LOPEZ On Saturday Toronto will shut down its streets and open up our eyes when Scotiabank Nuit Blanch lights up the night from dusk until dawn with art installations and projects. Join the Sheridan Sun team who will be there to cover the event live and bring Scotiabank…
-
Preparing for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY If you’re going to miss Scotiabank Nuit Blanche this year in Toronto don’t fret. You still have ten projects from the all night street level art show that will be on exhibit throughout Toronto for the remainder of the week. “We did six projects last year and that was very successful…
-
Time to give date-rape the finger
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY Four American business students are hoping to make date rape a thing of the past. Undercover Colors, a nail polish that changes colour when it comes in contact with the date-rape drug, was created by North Carolina University students Tyler Confrey-Maloney, Stephen Gray, Ankesh Madon and Tasso Von Windheim.…
-
Technology in our society
BY BRITTANY MCAULEY In 2013, over 55 per cent of Canadians owned a smartphone and our overwhelming use of the devices raises the question, can there ever be too much technology? With new technological advances being thought-up every day it’s not hard to imagine human interaction being a thing of the past and one day having…