Category: News
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When causes and student governments clash
BY DUY HUYNH What would you want a portion of your tuition going toward? Thursday night’s concert or organizing a racial protest down Yonge St.? That’s one of numerous questions many at York University are pondering after news surfaced that the institution’s former Student Union VP Equity, Alexandria Williams, donated $7,500 to Black Lives Matter…
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Blue Jays tip their caps to Athletic Therapy students
BY ISABELLA KRZYKALA AND HAILEY MONTGOMERY The Toronto Blue Jays honoured Sheridan College Athletic Therapy students Kevin Bryant and Justine Branco, at the Rogers Centre, on Sept. 12 during a pre-game ceremony. Both Bryant and Branco were recognized for their academic excellence and the dedication they show toward the program. Branco was awarded the…
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Colleges and McDonald’s form partnership
BY BRENDEN ZERIHUN A recent partnership between Ontario’s colleges and McDonald’s Canada will allow employees of the fast food chain to be able to earn credits toward a college business diploma. As part of the new partnership, managers who have completed a certain level of training will be able to forgo the equivalent of first-year…
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Volunteers needed to help wildflower garden grow
BY OLIVIA PULHAM Sheridan’s Office for Sustainability is looking for volunteers to take care of the wildflower garden, located between the Athletic Centre and the A wing at the Trafalgar campus, where buckthorn ─ an invasive shrub not indigenous to Ontario ─ used to be. Coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, Wai Chu Cheng, says…
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App helps students pre-order and pre-pay for food
BY COLLEEN PODMOROFF Ordering food at Sheridan College just got a little easier. There’s a new tool on the market to help students get their food faster, without standing in long lines. It’s called Boost. “We started Boost with the mission to cut down student wait time while they wait for food. Our goal is…
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Students speak out about pro-life group visit
BY MATTHEW BURDITT When students learned that pro life group, Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform made its way onto Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus for an anti-abortion protest on Sept. 15, many were upset by the tactics used by the group. With the group’s threat to come to Sheridan again unannounced, students and faculty joined the SSU in the Union…
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Colouring Sheridan blue
BY ANDREW SEMKOW First it was Game of Thrones, then it was Vogue, and now Sheridan College has published its own adult colouring book. The book, simply titled, The Sheridan Notebook, was created by Brandon McFarlane, a professor of creativity and creative thinking, and released on Aug 30. McFarlane came up with the idea while…
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New way to pay for food at Trafalgar
BY QUIN VERTOLLI Chartwells has introduced a new centralized payment method at Trafalgar Campus at the beginning of this semester aiming to improve its efficiency. Using the new payment system, students will line up at cash registers in the middle of the cafeteria. In theory this will speed up wait times and free up…
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Oakville men walk in heels to end violence against women
BY ARINA AMINOVA Oakville held its sixth annual Hope in High Heels event on Sunday where dozens of men walked in a woman’s shoes – literally. About 50 boys and men, including police officers, firefighters and football players wobbled down the street wearing pink high heels to support ending violence against women. Halton Women’s Place,…
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HonkMobile launches parking payment app
BY COLLEEN PODMOROFF Sheridan students, staff and faculty now have a new way to pay for parking on campus with their smartphone. HonkMobile launched a mobile parking payment app, replacing QPay and Locomobi. “Sheridan made the transition to Honk as it allowed for seamless integration with epark, i.e with no added expenses to the college,”…
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More than just varsity sports at Athletics Centre
BY GRANT JENKINS Sheridan College may be considered an art school, but there are still plenty of ways for students to get active even if they don’t play a varsity sport. Most students come to Sheridan to pursue a career in its many different programs often forgetting that the college offers sports, and has an athletics…
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Sheridan responds to controversial anti-abortion activists
BY TYLER CHOI Over the past week, the Sheridan College community made their voices heard following a visit by a provocative anti-abortion activism group, which staged a protest at Trafalgar Campus on Sept. 15. The group displayed graphic signs with visuals of bloody fetuses and challenged students for their views on abortion. For two days,…