Author: Maddy Sommerville
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Sheridan Sun at Toronto Christmas Market
VIDEO BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Maddy Sommerville explores the annual Toronto Christmas Market, the classic European inspired market that happens from November 28th to December 21st.
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Canadians invade Youmacon
BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Sheridan nerds invaded Detroit and the consensus is that it sure is crowded over there. Last weekend, an excited group of four Sheridan students braved the border and found themselves at Youmacon, a popular U.S.-based the anime convention. The con, which is held annually in Motor City, is similar to most of…
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Sheridan’s LGBT club is back as Gay Straight Alliance
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Sheridan’s LGBT club is back up and running for another year – now if only they could agree on a new name. Despite officially rebranding itself as the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), the club’s own Facebook page is still using the old moniker “Pride.” Liam Dennie, the organizer of the GSA…
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Oakville pays tribute to missing or murdered aboriginal women
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILE The air in the garden of Oakville’s St. Jude’s Anglican church hangs heavily. A single voice echoes through the cold air. A crowd of people stands around a gazebo, two speakers are set up and a microphone is open. In everyone’s hands, there is an electric candle and the orange light…
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Giving a voice to aboriginal culture
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE If you have ever find yourself in B-Wing when the strong scent of sage hangs in the air, it means the Aboriginal Initiatives Office is open and they are ready for questions. The sage is used in a cleansing technique used by Native Americans to purify. The burning of…
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The First Step
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE PHOTOS BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Amid the hustle and bustle of a new semester at Sheridan, there are new faces in the crowd – first years. And while for the many who have roamed halls and passageways of our three campuses in previous years, it can be easy to pick out the…
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Security at your fingertips
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE The Sheridan mobile app, the application found on the Apple Store, Blackberry App World and Google Play Store, now boasts more than 5,000 downloads. The app has many features including the Javacam, where you can see how many people are in the Tim Hortons lineups on any campus. It also helps…
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Res raises money for breast cancer
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Sheridan’s Trafalgar 1 residence held an event for Breast Cancer awareness called Think Pink on March 26. Residents could get a pink streak in their hair for $5 and for $2 they could get a bracelet, which would go to The Canadian Cancer Society. More than 20 of the residents donated…
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Residence works hard to promote student events
BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Living in Sheridan’s residence offers students an experience in college; it’s not only convenient and safe, but it also boasts a lot of ways for residents to have fun and enjoy their time. Recently, the Sheridan residence, playfully nicknamed ‘Rez’ by those who live there and sometimes by those who don’t, have…
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Art students hope persistence will pay off in portfolio season
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Sheridan Art Fundamentals students are breathing a collective sigh of relief because one of the biggest crunches of their portfolio season has come to a close. The students rushed to complete their portfolios by the February 27 deadline. Hundreds of dollars were spent on art supplies, paint flowed and pencils dulled,…