Category: News
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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…
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Waxing Poetic in the 905 Region
STORY BY MARK ELGIE From those up on stage comes poetry, hip-hop, strumming on acoustic guitar. From those in the audience, laughter, or sometimes silence. Every act at the 905 Road Show, however, was followed with applause. The 905 Road Show, a group of artists who travel around the 905 region, stopped at Davis Campus…
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Holiday Pet Gifting
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY DONE BY NICOLE CALHAU Animal welfare experts are urging people not to surprise a loved one with a pet under the Christmas tree. “It should be something that people talk about and give it a great deal of thought,” said Brenda Dobranski, Founder of Rescue Dogs Match. “It’s a 10-to-20 year commitment.”…
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Sheridan takes on OCMC 2015
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JESSICA ROVEDA Sheridan’s marketing and advertising students can take a well-deserved bow after winning fourth place overall in this year’s Ontario Colleges Marketing Competition. Hosted by George Brown College, the event took place at the Hilton Toronto Nov. 26 and 27. It put the skills of marketing students from 12 Ontario…
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Unemployable Ink
BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN An orange shaded octopus is draped across her shoulder, an anatomical heart rests on the left side of her back and a cursive quote streams down her forearm. They are three of 10 tattoos that cover her body. With four of her tattoos visible when she wears a t-shirt, Tara Koskinen is…
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Single moms jump through hurdles for diploma
STORY BY OLIVIA LITTLE Being a single mom in college means balancing assignment deadlines, parenting, and often, full-time work. Michelle Candelaria, 30, Early Childhood Leadership student and single mother to her eight-year-old daughter knows the challenges that lone parenting adds to the already difficult task of earning a diploma. “The hardest part is juggling the…
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Oakville flips the switch on Christmas
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CAMILLE GUSHWAY Oakville officially kicked off the holidays last Friday as families gathered in Towne Square to watch the 40-foot Christmas tree light up. They also enjoyed live Christmas music and treat samples. Children sat in front of the stage, singing along to songs and awaiting a special appearance from Santa…
