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Readjusting to a place once called home

Readjusting to a place once called home

BY OLIVIA LITTLE “It quickly starts to feel like you’re a foreigner in your own home,” Suzyo Suman Bavi says reflecting on his visit home to Zambia, Africa after living in Oakville. After being away for a long time, returning home can be difficult. Just like moving to a new country, returning home takes readjustment […]

Students up to their necks in credit card debt

Students up to their necks in credit card debt

BY OLIVIA LITTLE Troy Mason cut up his credit card after experiencing first hand how easy it is to fall into debt. The 21-year-old third year Finance student got his first credit card last year because he wanted to start building his credit for his future. “I fell into a debt of $900 because I […]

Hey hey, my my, rock and roll can never die

Hey hey, my my, rock and roll can never die

BY ROSS ANDERSEN Being a multi-platinum selling band is one thing, but creating music that stands the test of time is a true achievement. Beethoven, Bach and Mozart have all successfully proven their music is timeless, although a different genre of music has accomplished similar milestones. Songs specifically from the ‘60s seem to endure, remaining […]

Straight from the Heart

Straight from the Heart

BY JASMINE ANTHONY AND BRITTANY PREOCANIN If 100 people were asked to define love, there would likely be 100 different answers. From how we are brought up and the love that we’ve observed, to the relationships that we’ve had ourselves, every moment molds our idea of what love really is, or what it’s supposed to […]

Photography student inspired by his roots

Photography student inspired by his roots

BY ROSS ANDERSEN It takes a certain kind of student to stand out in a crowded classroom. In Elijah Williams’ case, he has repeatedly proven to his peers and teachers that he is unique. Elijah Williams is a First Nations student in his fourth-year of the Bachelor of Photography program at Sheridan College. He is […]

Blogger opens up about pressures of social media

Blogger opens up about pressures of social media

STORY BY JANA GREGORIO PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF DANA SUCHOW Perfection: The condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects. No one’s perfect, but it sure doesn’t look that way on social media. Dana Suchow, a body-positive blogger and the creator of the blog Do the Hot […]

An Era of Rap

An Era of Rap

BY MARIELLE MANGANAAN Rap music has come a long way to be dominating in the music industry today. In over a decade, it has risen through years of ridicule and controversy to now stand at the forefront of pop culture in fashion, social media, and sports. With its hard-hitting beats and lyrics that confront sensitive personal and social […]

Writing on the Wall

Writing on the Wall

BY ERIN QUEENAN “I throw up my food here every day. Anorexia and bulimia owns me.” On Oct. 5 a student wrote this on the inside of a bathroom stall, neatly and with black marker in the SCAET wing at Sheridan College. Dark and prominent, its message was hard to ignore. The next day, whether […]

Sisterhood of the travelling pant sizes

Sisterhood of the travelling pant sizes

STORY BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN It was while browsing the ring selection at Pandora last week that I first found myself feeling segregated from the average sizes of society. Sure, there’s the awkward stage when a woman may no longer be able to shop at Garage, but who would ever think about being too big for […]

Killing them softly with your face

Killing them softly with your face

STORY BY COURTNEY BLOK AND NICOLE CALHAU Do you know the story behind the makeup you applied to your face today? According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), cruel tests are forced on millions of animals every year in the cosmetic industry. PETA says hundreds of thousands of those animals die as […]

Student wins awards for volunteering

Student wins awards for volunteering

  STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN It was her first call on the line. She hadn’t known what to expect but it definitely was not this. As a volunteer at the Call Centre Oakville Jane Miroshynkova was supposed to take distress calls and help make them better, but this woman was just yelling at her. “Oh […]

App helps international students

App helps international students

STORY BY JANA GREGORIO Imagine this: you’re moving abroad to study in a different country. The move-in day is a month away. You ask yourself, what clothes do I bring? What do I do about my cell phone? What is the culture like? How will I get around the city? These are just a few […]

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