Author: mburditt

  • Presidential election 2016: The first debate

    Presidential election 2016: The first debate

    BY MATTHEW BURDITT U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came face to face for the first presidential debate on Sept. 26 in Hempstead, New York. It was the most-viewed presidential debate in history with approximately 80.6 million viewers tuning into the event. The debate sparked a lot of controversy over the candidates’ jabs at…

  • Students speak out about pro-life group visit

    Students speak out about pro-life group visit

    BY MATTHEW BURDITT When students learned that pro life group, Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform made its way onto Sheridan’s  Trafalgar Campus for an anti-abortion protest on Sept. 15, many were upset by the tactics used by the group. With the group’s threat to come to Sheridan again unannounced, students and faculty joined the SSU in the Union…