Category: News
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Parking options come at a price
STORY BY CHRIS COUTTS In these parking lots, there are haves, and there are have-nots. Sheridan College now offers its faculty the chance to pay for a “preferred parking” spot at its Trafalgar and Davis Campuses. “We’ve offered the same rate for years and years,” said Cathy Sloat, Sheridan’s security and parking operations manager. “We…
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Hey you! We’re here to MoveU!
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID PHOTOGRAPHY BY MEHREEN SHAHID A game of afternoon soccer organized by fourth-year students at Davis Campus kicked up interest and participating students scored prizes. Tuesday marked the beginning of a three-day event with afternoon activity bursts to help get students involved in physical activity. “It was awesome,” said Sheldon Caruna, a…
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Fire to frost: The glass community shows how
STORY BY KIRAN R. KHAN PHOTOS BY KIRAN R. KHAN Precision was the key. Participants in the second annual Glass Gathering event at the Trafalgar campus last Saturday paid extra attention to capture every small detail on their glass ornaments as they molded hot wax to make patterns and added final details. Spectators watched flame-heated…
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Festival brings life to Kerr Street
STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH The First Annual Kerr Festival, hosted by Kerr Village, is the largest event to come to Kerr since the Santa Claus Parade. Unlike the parade, however, the festival ran for 10 hours and a wide variety of onlookers crowded the streets of Downtown Oakville throughout the day. “They ate fire!” Gabriella…
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SPF/X Makeup program rocks Fan Expo Canada
STORY BY STEPHANIE ALBA Comics, games, anime, oh my! Sheridan College joined Toronto’s 20th annual Fan Expo Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre with a booth of their own last month. Fan Expo Canada is a four-day weekend convention that showcases a large range of comic books, science fiction, fantasy, film and television, horror,…
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Sheridan Security Segues to New Vehicle
STORY AND PHOTOS BY SPENCER LUYBEN Sheridan security’s new vehicles promise that the future is now. Like something out of a science-fiction novel, these tall, three-wheeled chariots are strange to look at for a simple reason: the driver stands. “It feels weird because you’re standing, but you’re going pretty fast,” said Scott Hough, who has been…
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Beach Celtic Festival 2014
VIDEO BY LINDA HERMIZ The Beach Celtic Festival is a tradition that has been going on since 2004. Created by Sandy Graham, the festival is held to honour the Scottish, Irish and Welsh culture. When Graham’s mother passed away 11 years ago, she asked her family and friends not to mourn her, but to celebrate…
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Celebration Square is Awemazing for the anual AwesTruck
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN PAISLEY Celebration Square experienced both rain and shine last weekend for its first ever SoundBites event. SoundBites is a two-day open-air festival featuring music, movies and food trucks. “This is the first year of the event and we are excited to make this an annual thing at Celebration Square,” said…
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Sweet teeth rejoice
WILLIAM DIXON Although it’s only been open for six months, Oakville’s The Danish Pastry House is preparing to serve royalty. The small bakery on Cornwall Rd. east of Trafalgar Rd., was started by the half-Danish and half-Canadian, Anita Lauritsen. Her parents had moved to Canada during the 1950s, bringing with them years of Danish traditions.…
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Higher Ed helps students soar over tuition costs
STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER There’s a new way for students to pay off their tuition – Areoplan Miles. A partnership between Sheridan and Higher Ed Points, a Toronto-based startup, now allows students (and even their parents) to convert travel reward points into funds that can go towards school-related fees. “In a nutshell, students, parents and…
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A walk in the new woods
BY ROBERT MOODIE “Rape woods” may soon be a thing of the past, if a campus security blitz undertaken last summer is a success. Following a string of sexual assaults last year, school officials launched a new effort to reclaim and secure the wooded area and pathways near the Trafalgar Campus residence buildings. The pathways,…
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Students now catching Adobe in the cloud
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CATARINA MUIA Sheridan students in the Faculty of Arts and Animation Departments, and the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, are being advised to change their software from Adobe Creative Suite 6 to Adobe Creative Cloud. Adobe CC is similar to Adobe CS6, with few, but major differences. “CC would be…