The President’s Challenge is back with a focus on wellness
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELISE MORTON The President’s Challenge is back at Sheridan College and this year the theme is all about wellness. “We want people to be healthier because they will be more successful,” said President Jeff Zabudsky. “We have control over our health, what we eat, limiting bad habits, staying active, finding techniques […]
Money Guide
STORY BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN Being a student definitely comes with its perks—the responsibility, life experiences and decision-making, from day one to the day we graduate. We walk through these doors into a chaotic world of classrooms, time management, due date submissions and late night studying. On top of that, students get to look forward to […]
E-learning gets more accessible for Ontario college students
STORY BY CHANELLE FAGON-TURNER Ontario’s colleges and universities – using a new web portal – have banded together to bring 13,000 online courses to students. eCampus Ontario, a non-profit collaborative centre, created the website to give post-secondary students more opportunities to access education online. Ontario plans to invest $72 million over five years to support […]
Music Fills the air on Sheridan’s Main Stage
STORY BY ROSS ANDERSEN VIDEO BY ERIN QUEENAN Music filled the air in Macdonald-Heaslip hall as Sheridan Theatre students showcased world-class musicals. Sheridan held its second annual Canadian Music Theatre Project festival (CMTP) last weekend. Four musicals were performed lasting 45 minutes each, with a 10-minute intermission in between. The festival features of a series of […]
LIVE: Spooktacular Halloween
Story by Nicole Calhau
Halloween DIY could make or break the bank
STORY BY CHELSEA HOGG Halloween costumes come in all kinds of styles, sizes and colours, but they also come at different price points. It can be hard to find a costume you love with the money you have, so some students have started constructing their costumes by DIY. Melissa James, 18, has started using DIY […]
Experts shed light on insomnia
STORY BY OLIVIA LITTLE It’s 4 a.m. and you’re wide-awake. You have an 8 a.m. class tomorrow. You’ve been lying in your bed for hours, fighting with yourself, trying to turn off your mind and fall asleep. Now with frustration setting in, it’s not likely that you’re going to even get a couple hours of […]
Instagrams for foodies more than just your friend’s lunch
STORY BY CAIT CARTER Instagram is more than just a place to look at your friends’ selfies these days. It’s more than memes and videos: it’s a place to connect the things you love, and for most people that includes food. We’re not talking about the lame food pictures you see from friends. No one […]
Illustration students team up with musicians at fundraising event
STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY BY RYAN SAGADORE Sheridan’s Illustration students joined forces with local rock bands on October 19 for a fundraising event. The show took place at Lourice, a Mediterranean restaurant across the street from the Trafalgar campus. It was orchestrated by fourth-year Illustration student Scott Shields, along with Chris Flynn and Chris Laurignano of Little Men Promotions, […]
Oakville discusses climate change
STORY BY GREG LOWENTHAL It was an intimate gathering of Oakville residents interested in the effects of climate change on their city, and the small group was told they is a lot they can do. “I think there is plenty that the average person can do and in all aspects of life, getting to work, […]
Little fire, big trouble
STORY BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS, KAHFEEL BUCHANAN, KEVIN GALLANT, KEITH CORKUM Last night a small fire broke out in Macdonald Heaslip Hall in B Wing at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus. Classes in HB08 and DB11 were briefly cancelled, but have now returned to their regular schedules. Students were working on a class activity when the fire broke […]
