Category: News
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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…
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End-of-year student stress
STORY BY NICOLE CALHAU AND STEFAN LEE A healthy mind and body are critical for students coping with December stress, experts say. As Christmas approaches, most students are doing everything but celebrating. Stress for students comes from an array of sources: staying awake all night to get final projects done, family problems or even gift shopping.…
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Fallout 4: Welcome home vault dwellers
BY COLE WATSON It has been a long five years since gamers first explored the bustling strip of Fallout New Vegas. Now vault-dwellers everywhere can safely come out of cryo sleep for the latest entry in Bethesda’s critically acclaimed franchise, Fallout 4. Fallout 4 opens with players creating their own character in the commonwealth of…
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College says community has to want smoke-free campuses
PHOTO AND STORY BY DANIEL MALLETT The policy that was intended to ban smoking on all Sheridan campuses has been edited with considerable changes. The original policy was approved in September 2012 and was updated on Sept. 15, 2015, though it wasn’t posted online until this week. Under the original policy, tobacco smoking was limited…
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Sheridan ranks high in research in Canada
STORY AND INFOGRAPHIC BY ELISE MORTON When it comes to research, Sheridan is the tops. Research Infosource Inc.’s annual study, which ranks Canada’s Top 50 research colleges by total income, ranks Sheridan first for total projects completed (225) by a large college in 2013-2014. “The results are a testament to the creativity, talent and quality…
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Save cheese with new student photography service
STORY BY KAHFEEL BUCHANAN Students can get a professional photograph taken, right on campus. Second-year Photography students Patrick Marcoux and Duncan Foy have launched a photography service at Sheridan. We are offering portraits, family photos, fashion photos or business photos for anyone who wants photos done,” said Marcoux age 20. They will even take pictures…
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Visit a City of Ashes
STORY BY JAVIER CASANOVA PHOTOS BY ELISE MORTON Exploring the culture of an ancient city buried in ashes, the Royal Ontario Museum brings ancient Pompeii to modern Toronto. The volcanic eruption of Vesuvius buried Pompeii and those who couldn’t escape within two days. Death was instantaneous. [View the story “ROMPEII Erupts” on Storify]
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Lady Bruins clean out Boréal and Cambrian College
STORY BY NATALIA CAMARENA The Sheridan Bruins women’s volleyball team (OCAA 5-4) heads into the winter break on a three-game win streak. The lady Bruins won back-to-back home games Nov. 28 and 29 against Boréal (OCAA 0-10) and Cambrian College (OCAA 6-4). The Bruins had a tough start against the Boréal Vipers, but managed to…
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First step taken in ending bus pass vs shuttle debate
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN AND MIKE MELRO Sheridan College and the Student Union are conducting an email survey about student transit, a topic that’s been on the discussion table for eight years. Launched last week, the survey aims to better understand student transit preferences and consider “solutions to the shuttle bus capacity challenges,” according to…
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Sheridan’s men’s volleyball sweep Cambrian
Sheridan’s men’s volleyball team swept the Cambrian Golden Shields 3 sets to 0 at Trafalgar Campus in the last regular season game before the winter break. The Double Blue dominated both the defensive and offensive sides for the entire game, winning all of their sets by at least 10 points. Josh Butler, Jeremy Fantin and…
