Category: Clubs
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Sheridan a cappella group hits the right chord for stressed out students
BY JASMINE ANTHONY At first glance, the rehearsal of the Sheritones, Sheridan’s a cappella group, seems like an impromptu gathering of friends. Everyone is comfortable with each other, and there is happy chatter around the room. Someone enters late, and a series of questions are shot off: Name, program, favourite alien movie and vocal range?…
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Movember team wins VIP trip to Raptors game
BY MARIELLE MANGANAAN Student Union closed out the month of November with a gala night at The Marquee to celebrate the funds and awareness raised for the Movember movement. Many participants and guests showed up wearing their best dresses, suits, and shoes to toast to the campaign over plates of delicious catered hors d’oeuvres and…
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Two ‘little men’ with a major musical goal
STORY BY RYAN SAGADORE Two former bandmates are working to revive the club scene in Oakville by giving local rock bands a platform to share their music. For the last three years, Chris Flynn, 23, and Chris Laurignano, 25, have been putting on rock shows for all ages in Oakville under the name Little Men…
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The FACEIT Club
STORY BY AMANDA STRAPP Need someone to talk to about the difficulties of autism? Need someone who would understand you? Well, then join the Friends Accepting Challenges and Endeavoring to Improve Themselves (FACEIT) club that is run by Tae Hwang and Janice Galloway. Every Thursday, the FACEIT club meets in the Student Union Clubs room…
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It’s Child’s Play
STORY BY RYAN MARSHALL The Looking for Gamers Club will be holding a campus-wide charity event in early April. “We’ve requested the auditorium and rooms in J wing because it has the best facilities for our needs,” said club president Tyler Templeton. “We’re aiming for the first week of April.” All clubs at Sheridan College…
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LGBTs still waiting for a “positive space” room
STORY BY CHANELLE FAGON-TURNER Two years after first requesting a “safe-space” room for LGBTQ students, Sheridan students are still waiting. A petition has started to implement a designated “positive space” room that would provide an inclusive, supportive club atmosphere and education for the school’s LGBT community and allies. The petition, called Implement a Positive Space…
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FACEIT club holds bake sale for Autism Awareness Day
STORY BY KATE WOODS Sheridan College’s FACEIT club held a bake sale on Wednesday for Autism Awareness Day to raise campus awareness about autism. FACEIT stands for Friends Accepting Challenges and Endeavoring to Improve Themselves. “The club is to help students in the autism spectrum,” said Janice Galloway, a learning strategist with the Accessible Learning…
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Sheridan International Student Association aims to expand after elections
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JONATHAN FERGUSON The Sheridan International Student Association elections are beginning this week and plans to open more chapters across the Sheridan community are in the works. There are eight positions open, with each one having two to three candidates and some with only one entry according to SISA president and international…
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Trafalgar Campus awaiting approval for paintball club
STORY BY LINDA HERMIZ Sheridan’s Trafalgar campus may soon have an official paintball club. Alexandra Goulding, a first-year Art Fundamentals student and the president of the soon-to-be club, is awaiting approval from the Student Union before the club is made official. Goulding came up with the idea for a paintball club after playing with her…
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Self-defence for women at Davis
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA A string of unsolved sex assaults at Sheridan College in recent months has prompted the school’s Judo/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club to encourage female students to learn how to fight back. The club joined forces with the fitness organization, MoveU, and put together a “self-defence for women only” class on March 3, at the…
