Author: jenniferstienstra
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Media Arts holds Hollywood fundraiser
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA For people attending the Movie Star pub night last Thursday, it was a chance to unwind before hitting the books for exams. For the Media Arts students, this was one of the many fundraising events they’ve organized to raise money for their awards show on May 13. “We wouldn’t be able…
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Corporate communications makes some connections
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA With the year quickly coming to a close, many graduates have begun searching for jobs in their field. The students in the corporate communications program are no exception. To help make connections and talk to potential employers, the students hosted an event called Corp. Comm. Connects at Sheridan, inviting professionals and…
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Students compete for $10k advertising prize
BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA Four Sheridan students are hoping to take home $10,000 in the Advertising Standards Canada Public Service Announcement competition. The group is made up of students in their second year of the Advertising and Marketing Communications program. They are Victoria Hoang, 22, Jody Harvey, 19, Sunaynna Venkatesh, 25, and Caitlin Vollum, 21. They…
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Video games missing the mark with LGBTQ community
Members of the queer community feel they are being ignored by game makers STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA The video game industry has a bad reputation of ignoring a large group of gamers, and it isn’t just the women they leave behind. Members of the queer community have been mostly forgotten because a select group runs…
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The steel bikini is getting stale for women in video games
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA Video games have always stirred up some sort of issue, from being to violent to making players anti-social, but one of the biggest problems that seems to remain constant is the troubling way women are represented, or aren’t. Throughout the many years that video games have existed, games featuring female leads…