Category: News
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The Beauty Benefits of Coconut Oil
BY STEPHANIE ALBA Coconut oil is often known as an ingredient for a recipe, little did you know it can replace several of your beauty supplies. Your list of beauty supplies can go on forever and add up to a significant amount of money. It’s definitely a challenge when you’re on a budget. Coconut oil…
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Terry Fox Runners Share Their Stories
BY SAMANTHA MAICH From a clown, to councillors and runners, well over 1,000 participants at the Terry Fox Run on Sunday at Coronation Park in Oakville, have been affected by cancer. Jeannie Jelly Beans has volunteered for the Terry Fox Foundation for the past 10-15 years. She arrived at the run as a clown, pulling…
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Conversation Circle takes place at Trafalgar
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA The Sheridan International Student Association at the Trafalgar Campus, has started a conversation circle for students this month who face problems learning English. “College life is not just an academics. It’s much more than that. This is the time when we discover ourselves,” said Abhijith Arenmulethu Sasikumar, president of…
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Blizzard blows out Warcraft beta test
STORY BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES For the first time in two years, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft will be getting a revamp in the upcoming expansion, Warlords of Draenor. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor will be the fifth expansion to come out under the World of Warcraft title. The expansion currently has a North American…
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Accommodation Letter helps Students with Disabilities
STORY AND PHOTO BY KATE WOODS Students with disabilities can be accommodated with a letter from Sheridan’s Accessibility Learning Services. “Any student with a documented disability is eligible for this,” said Janice Galloway, a learning strategist at Trafalgar’s Accessible Learning Centre. “A student with a learning disability would need a psycho-educational assessment done before they…
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Mississauga aims to release the hounds after new tethering bylaws passed
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN PAISLEY It was raining cats and dogs last Saturday but that didn’t put a damper on the Mississauga Humane Society pet fair and walkathon. “This is an annual event,” said society president Lily Chen. “The walkathon started almost 10 years ago, then we changed it to a pet festival two…
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Sheridan grad encourages aspiring filmmakers
STORY BY KIRAN R. KHAN John Christou, a filmmaker and Sheridan graduate, visited Sheridan College after more than a decade away to attend an exclusive screening of his film Rhymes for Young Ghouls last Tuesday. “I have many fond memories of my year of school at Sheridan, and walking the halls transported me back to…
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Shedding light on violence against women
BY SAM TASKIE The Ray Rice debacle has pushed the issue of violence against women back into the spotlight this month. The 27-year-old Baltimore Ravens runner back was originally suspended from playing for two games. Later, TMZ released elevator footage of Rice attacking his wife. The NFL then stepped in suspending the player indefinitely after…
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Single mothers going back to school
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DANA BOYINGTON Single mothers are getting the chance to go back to school with a little help of Sheridan College and some local charities. A new project dubbed Homeward Bound Halton, offers many services to help single mothers with their education and living expenses as they work towards their educations. This…
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Live coverage of FROSH OUT LOUD
COVERAGE BY JONANTHAN FERGUSON & CAT MUIA Tonight Wednesday September 10 in the Marquee USS with the Beaches will be playing a show and the sheridan sun will have live coverage. The show begins at 9 p.m. and doors open at 8 p.m. Visit the Sheridan Sun website for some live coverage of the…
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Supercrawl festival returns to Hamilton this weekend
COVERAGE BY CHAD MASON AND MARKO WOLOSHYN From Friday through Sunday, James St will be closed down for the sixth annual Supercrawl music and arts festival. The free event is set to feature dozens of bands, food trucks, visual artists and guest speakers. The event kicks off Thursday with politically charged rap collective A Tribe…