Author: Jessica Beaulieu
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Internships – Opportunity or Exploitation?
BY JESSICA BEAULIEU AND STEF CASERTA Most Sheridan students will have to complete an internship in order to satisfy the graduation requirements of their program. Any internship, whether paid or unpaid, that counts for academic credits is deemed legal in the province of Ontario. But there are thousands of other internships out there, in which…
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Christmas dinner calorie countdown
INFOGRAPHIC BY JESSICA BEAULIEU For most people, celebrating the holiday season means family, friends, fun and food. People will be gathering around their tables to enjoy each other’s company and platefuls of festive foods. There’s no doubt that it’s a delicious time of year, but all those holiday meals can wreak havoc on your waistline.…
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OCMC experience about more than just the awards ceremony
STORY BY JESSICA BEAULIEU PHOTOS BY SUNAYNNA VENKATESH Sheridan’s best marketing and advertising students gathered last weekend in Windsor for the biggest competitive event in the college marketing world. Second-year advertising and marketing student Sunaynna Venkatesh described the Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) as bittersweet. Colleges from across the province gathered at Windsor’s St. Clair…
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Milton woman turns to community for government denied healthcare
STORY BY JESSICA BEAULIEU Kimm Fletcher is a 41-year-old Milton resident and mother of two children. She has been diagnosed with Advanced Stage 4 brain cancer and has been denied government coverage for a medication that could prolong her life from two to 18 months. Fletcher’s oncologist recommended the drug Avastin as treatment for her…
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Sheridan’s Best in Blue marketing team looking to live up to their name
STORY BY JESSICA BEAULIEU PHOTOS BY SUNAYNNA VENKATESH Next weekend, Windsor’s St.Clair college will play host to more than 250 advertising and marketing students for the most important competitive event of their academic careers. The Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) is a two day test of students skills in the marketing and advertising industries. Students…
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Three days, no phone – anxiety ensues
STORY, PHOTOS AND INFOGRAPHIC BY JESSICA BEAULIEU It’s been said that the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jessica Beaulieu and I’m a nomophobe. Nomophobia is the term coined by social scientists in the U.K., after conducting a study on cell phone usage, which refers…
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Fighting the flu at Sheridan’s health centre
VIDEO BY JESSICA BEAULIEU The flu is a highly contagious respiratory infection, which results in about 1,000 hospitalizations and 300 deaths in Canada each year. The illness is characterized by the sudden onset of fever, aches, chills, fatigue, coughing and sneezing. Flu season takes place between November and April each year and Canadians are urged…
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Logging on and looking for love
STORY BY JESSICA BEAULIEU “Online dating? Come on buddy, it hasn’t come to that. You’re 23-years-old,” I remember saying to one of my best friends. She was an intelligent, good-looking girl with a great sense of humour and a promising future ahead of her. I thought she was crazy for even considering going online for…
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New Oakville Hospital set to impress community and surrounding areas
INFOGRAPHIC BY JESSICA BEAULIEU In September 2005, Halton Healthcare Services and the Hospital Infrastructure Partners reached an agreement and signed a $2 billion contract to build a new hospital in Oakville. The new building will replace the existing Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1950 and only holds 50 patient beds. The joint construction…
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Sheridan Rough Cuts off to a smooth start
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JESSICA BEAULIEU Those who know Destinee Browning have referred to her as fearless, because the second year broadcast journalism student will try anything once. Perhaps it was this courageous attitude that set her apart in the auditions to be this year’s face of Sheridan’s Rough Cuts. Rough Cuts is an online…
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Sheridan clubs off to a fair start
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JESSICA BEAULIEU Whether you’re into taking pictures or drawing them, Christianity or gay pride, Sheridan College has a club for you. Last Thursday, Trafalgar Campus’ Atrium played host to 13 of Sheridan’s 20 clubs, which had gathered there in order to spread awareness and gain membership. “In order for a club…
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Sheridan arts grads exhibit some “strange” work
Bill and Cindy Buzádi celebrate the opening exhibit of their newest collection this month, challenging themselves and their viewers to question reality.