Author: satyarth mishra
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Movie night helps international students bond with new country
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Odecca Ordonez says before she founded a campus international students group she didn’t eat Indian food. “Please don’t laugh,“ she told students at the Sheridan International Student Association’s movie night on Friday at HMC. “This is how I learned about Indian culture.” Ordonez kicked off an event designed to connect…
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SISA gives international students a home away from home
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Using hope, encouragement, dedication and love for each other, the Sheridan International Student Association (SISA) wants to make the college more like a home for students from other nations. “SISA started with 15 members in late December 2013 at Sheridan HMC campus, and now has 30 active members,” says Prachi…
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Empowering women: There’s an app for that
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA A Sheridan College student has been rewarded for creating a new app to help empower women. Anshul Goyal, 22, an international student in Sheridan’s Software engineering program at Davis Campus, participated in the Global Apps to Empower contest by DataWind, India’s leading company of wireless web access products and services.…
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A practical Joker takes to the streets
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Lots of costumes, many varieties of suits, ties, funky shoes and bracelets – that’s all you can see in Mark Langvee’s room as he sits at his dressing table turning himself into the Joker with his professional makeup tool kit every day. While most people start their morning with a cup…
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Sheridan student leads campaign against fossil fuel free
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA A Sheridan student is spearheading a campaign to make the college fossil fuel free. Jenn Mezei says she is part of the Fossil Free Canada campaign started by Bill McKibben, a scientist, who is trying to take money away from energy companies that are not environmental friendly. “More than 400 institutions…
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Sheridan bruins cricket team ready to face upcoming tournament
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Members of Sheridan Bruins’ cricket team are confident they can win an upcoming tournament. The team has its first match at Seneca College on Feb 7. “We are practicing hard to win the tournament this time,” said Anuj Khosla, wicketkeeper – batsman of Sheridan’s cricket team. “We are at our best…
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Godspell and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels take centre stage
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Sheridan Music Theatre students are ready to perform their first musical as a degree program. After the transition of the three-year theatre diploma program into a four-year degree program, students have more things to learn. “It’s awesome. Now our diploma completes as four-year degree program so we don’t have to start…
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Ottawa should lighten international students’ tuition load
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Sheridan non-Canadian students feel the heavy burden of fees, especially those that come from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand – all countries where currency is low compared to the Canadian dollar. Yet despite the exorbitant fees, many are willing to pay. “Most students from Third World countries paying tuition fees consider it…
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Language globalization brings it home
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Ketchup. Hummus. Bazar. These words are second nature to Canadians, but they are not English. Adopting words from other languages and applying them to our discourse has been going on for centuries. When Great Britain was establishing colonies all over the world and massive trading started, the era of language globalization…