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  • Becoming instafamous

    Becoming instafamous

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    Since the launch of Instagram in October 2010, it has evolved into one of the largest social media platforms for millennials. People are creating their own brand and marketing themselves for followers to become instafamous. Although we’re often bombarded with millions of meaningless selfies and over read quotes, there are pros in the world of…

  • Artist of the week: Rhiannon Lee

    Artist of the week: Rhiannon Lee

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    Name: Rhiannon Lee Age: 20 Program: Illustration Hometown: Thornhill MORE RELATED TO THIS STORY: An art fair to remember Magazine founders create a synergy between local artists and fans Art Exhibit reminds us the importance of Canadian landscape How would you describe the art that you create? I guess my art could be describes as surreal, isolated and sketchy.…

  • Artist of the week: Kelsey Merkle

    Artist of the week: Kelsey Merkle

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    Name: Kelsey Merkle Program: Illustration Year: Third year Hometown: Clarence Center, New York How did you start drawing? As a child I grew up admiring my grandmother’s paintings. I always dreamed that one day I could be just as skilled as her. Around the age of seven I started taking art lessens outside the traditional…

  • Artist of the week: Linda Yan

    Artist of the week: Linda Yan

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    1. When did you start drawing? My earliest memory of picking up a pencil was when I was scribbling all over my grandparent’s walls and my mom’s nice wool jacket. My grandpa would also give me calendars to deface and draw on the back of. 2. How would you describe the art you create? Colourful and…

  • Student Union should stop saying ‘screw you’ to U-Pass

    Student Union should stop saying ‘screw you’ to U-Pass

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    EDITORIAL BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ Oakville Transit director Barry Cole said he’s proposed that Sheridan get a U-Pass for seven years, but has been repeatedly turned down by the Student Union. The SU maintains students aren’t interested. Yet, in a recent survey conducted by the Sheridan Sun, 90 per cent of students said they want a…

  • Five weird, but useful apps

    Five weird, but useful apps

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    BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ From taking notes on your bowel movements, to getting a random person call to make sure you’re up in time for work or joining arms with your partner thorough phone to dance together. The Sheridan Sun found some weird but useful and fun apps to download on your phones.  Make sure to…

  • Recent assault sparks open letter on campus safety

    Recent assault sparks open letter on campus safety

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    Last week another student was assaulted on a Sheridan campus. In light of similar assaults earlier in the year, our club partnered with MoveU in March to run a Self-Defence for Women class and to participate in an Empowerment and Personal Safety workshop for students in residence. In April, I travelled to Trafalgar to attend…

  • Artist of the week: Ryan Little

    Artist of the week: Ryan Little

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    How would you describe the art that you create? I like to make colourful pieces that are easy to look at, but I also like to make black and white or just very dull art that kind of hurts your brain to look at. I have been trying to find a gentle balance between the…

  • Sheridan’s best Halloween costume

    Sheridan’s best Halloween costume

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    Here are some outfits we found on campus today during Halloween. Comment below to vote for who you think should win a mystery prize! We’ll be announcing a winner on Monday. (Contest is now closed) 1. Zombie and Dexter – Amber Quinn, Art Fundamentals   2. Woman in Black (MIB) – Andrea Fernandez Pérez, Visual…

  • Change the status quo with youth vote

    Change the status quo with youth vote

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    STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ Young people are often criticized about their lack of interest in politics. In an Elections Canada study after the 2011 federal election, it estimated that voter turnout steadily increased with age from 38.8 per cent for ages 18-24 in comparison to 75 per cent for ages 65-74. We’ve tried to get…

  • Mayoral candidates debate youth issues

    Mayoral candidates debate youth issues

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    STORY & PHOTOS BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ Nine mayoral candidates took the stage at the University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus on Oct. 1 to debate youth initiatives in the city. Scott E.W. Chapman, Bonnie Crombie, Grant Isaac, Kevin Jackal Johnston, Masood Khan, Stephen King, Steve Mahoney, Derek Ramkissoon and Andrew Seitz spoke to an audience of…

  • Single mom goes from eviction to election bid

    Single mom goes from eviction to election bid

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    PHOTO & STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ Pregnant with her fourth child, Rose Streete was a single mother who found herself homeless in 2006 after losing her job in the auto industry. Last year, the 44-year-old graduated from Sheridan in the Community Outreach Worker program as the valedictorian for her class. Since graduating she has worked…