Category: News
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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Halo 5: Guardians release fast approaching
STORY BY CHELSEA HOGG Halo fans around the world are eagerly anticipating the October 27 release of the new Halo 5: Guardians. Fans have long awaited the next chapter in the Halo series, which hasn’t seen a new installment since 2012. The promotional podcast series called Hunt the Truth was released shortly after the announcement of Halo 5…
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Putting a spotlight on sexual violence
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELSEY LYONS Yes means yes. Not “Meh,” not “Maybe,” nor “I don’t know.” Last Wednesday, social justice activist Julie Lalonde came to Sheridan’s Hazel McCallion Campus to speak about her Draw the Line campaign, with a compelling lecture on sexual violence and the bystander effect. She was welcomed by Sheridan president…
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Sheridan blog a finalist for national award
STORY BY JANA GREGORIO Curiosities, the official blog of Sheridan, has won three awards this year and is a finalist at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA). Curiosities won gold in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II awards, the Gold Quill award for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)…
