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  • The undead have their day at the Toronto Zombie Walk

    The undead have their day at the Toronto Zombie Walk

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    Chris Coutts
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    PHOTOS AND VIDEO BY CHRIS COUTTS   On October 25th, the undead masses piled into Nathan Phillips Square for the 12th annual Toronto Zombie Walk. The event features a marketplace with everything a horror fan could ever want, zombie make up artistry, a costume contest, and the main event, a parade of zombies filling Toronto’s…

  • Smart living with smart houses

    Smart living with smart houses

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    Mehreen Shahid
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      STORY  BY MEHREEN SHAHID Sheridan students envision houses in 2020 to be built using automated systems, remote monitoring and a sense of neighbourly competition to help conserve energy and promote green practices. “If it is known to you that other people in your community are obtaining this level of efficiency, it would make you…

  • Breaking ground at Sheridan’s HMC2

    Breaking ground at Sheridan’s HMC2

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    Sheridan Sun
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    STORY BY CORDELL VENTURA & MICHAEL MELRO Sheridan took a giant step into the future last Friday when ground was broken on HMC2. College president Jeff Zabudsky, outgoing mayor Hazel McCallion and other dignitaries gathered to start construction on the second phase of the Mississauga campus. The 220,000-square-foot building will include space for up to…

  • Kielburger urges young people to pitch in and make a difference

    Kielburger urges young people to pitch in and make a difference

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    STORY BY FILIPE DOS SANTOS The night began with the story of Siphiwe Hlophe, a Swazi woman who in 1999 won a scholarship to study in the U.K. only to lose it, and most everything else in her life, after being diagnosed with HIV. On Oct 9, a crowd of more than 750 heard Craig…

  • Sheridan’s waste audit digs deep

    Sheridan’s waste audit digs deep

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    Michael
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    STORY BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES A Tim Hortons coffee cup. Is it mixed recycling? Does it belong in organics? Or does it belong with the other trash? On Oct. 16, Sheridan’s Office for Sustainability conducted its first waste audit since April 2013. With the intention of finding ways Sheridan College can reduce the amount of waste…

  • Sheridan takes out the trash

    Sheridan takes out the trash

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    Rob
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    VIDEO BY ROBERT SGOTTO The office of sustainability spearheads Sheridan’s green plan by reducing waste to landfills. On Oct. 16, volunteers and co-op students helped sort and audit Sheridan’s waste, the first time since April of last year. There’s a lot of confusion on what waste goes where, and coffee cups seems to end up…

  • College expands to get creative

    College expands to get creative

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    Jonathan Ferguson
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      STORY BY JONATHAN FERGUSON A new plan to expand Sheridan in Mississauga through the Get Creative fundraiser was revealed Oct. 25 at the Hazel McCallion Campus. Get Creative is a $9 million campaign that will help with expansion of the school in the centre Mississauga to be completed September 2016 according to Sheridan President…

  • The Last of Us leads in diversity

    The Last of Us leads in diversity

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    jenniferstienstra
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    STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA It’s hard to find a game with a very diverse cast and good representation, but Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, seems to do just that and make it look easy. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world that’s been torn apart by disease caused a contagious fungus that infects…

  • Reaching for the top

    Reaching for the top

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    Dana Boyington
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      STORY BY DANA BOYINGTON When Fiona Yeung stepped into the world of Google, she knew she was in for the adventure of a lifetime. “I never thought I would get an internship at Google and after two months of not hearing from them I didn’t think I was going to get in,” said Yeung.…

  • Change the status quo with youth vote

    Change the status quo with youth vote

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    Jeanylyn
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    STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ Young people are often criticized about their lack of interest in politics. In an Elections Canada study after the 2011 federal election, it estimated that voter turnout steadily increased with age from 38.8 per cent for ages 18-24 in comparison to 75 per cent for ages 65-74. We’ve tried to get…

  • Sheridan student runs for Milton council

    Sheridan student runs for Milton council

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    jenniferstienstra
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    STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA Ryan Devries, 20, a third year student in Sheridan’s Global Business Management, decided to put skills he’s learned to use and run for local councillor in Milton. Devries says he decided to run to help improve the planning of the city and be the voice of the older part of town…

  • LIVE COVERAGE: Halton Pumpkin Trail

    LIVE COVERAGE: Halton Pumpkin Trail

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    Samantha
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    COVERAGE BY SAMANTHA MAICH The Halton Pumpkin Trail officially runs from Sept.19-Oct.31, 2014. Maps are obtained by dialling 311, at local tourism offices, farmers markets, establishments participating in the event, and by clicking here. The objective is to go to various locations on the Pumpkin Trail Map and “experience all things pumpkin in Halton,” according…