Category: News
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Project Cozy wants Sheridan students to get into the giving spirit
STORY AND PHOTO BY DANA MIELE The holiday season is upon us and Student Advisement is working with Kerr Street Ministries and the Sheridan community to help others less fortunate. Project Cozy, running at Trafalgar Campus is asking students to bring in scarves, hats, mittens or $25 gift cards from various grocery stores. “During the…
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Making a change one meal at a time
STORY AND PHOTOS BY PAIGE GALEA This year was the second Dine For Change for the United Way Oakville. “Basically it`s a restaurant challenge. We go out to the community asking different restaurants to help out the United Way,” said Lisa Tran, a Sheridan student and co-ordinator of Dine For Change explains The participating restaurants…
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Xbox One released
STORIFY BY KAGAN PITTMAN Microsoft’s Xbox One gaming console was released across North America Friday at 12 a.m. to hordes of gamers lining up outside their local video game stores. http://storify.com/KaganPittman/xbox-one-released
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It’s not easy helping college go green
STORY AND PHOTO BY CHRIS COUTTS The eye-catching waste bins promoting ecological sustainability spread across Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus have been around for more than two years now. However, the changes in school infrastructure and student lifestyle that the bins promote is a slow and complicated undertaking being overseen by Sheridan’s Office for Sustainability. Amid the…
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LIVE EVENT: Fort McMoney App Launch
LIVE COVERAGE BY DEVON GENERAL On Friday, Nov. 22, the National Film Board of Canada will host a live demonstration of Fort McMoney, a new app created by David Dufresne that allows users to take control of Fort McMurray, Alberta. They will be tasked with making decisions on economic, political, environmental and social issues for…
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LIVE EVENT: Take Back the Forest
COVERAGE BY JOEL P. JACOBSON On Thursday Nov. 21 from 6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m Sheridan’s Social Justice Club will be hosting its Take Back the Forest Walk. Take Back the Forest Walk Facebook: “A girl should have the right to enjoy a walk through nature or take a shortcut without fear.” Join Sheridan’s Social…
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Lockdown drill will be unlike anything Sheridan has seen before
STORY BY GRAEME FRISQUE Students who find themselves in SCAET Wing Monday morning will be in for an unusual start to their week. Campus security, in conjunction with Halton Regional Police, will be conducting a lockdown drill unlike anything Sheridan College has seen before. The drill, which will be only in the SCAET building, will…
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Official launch helps Sheridan celebrate rebranding
STORY AND PHOTOS BY OSCAR IMMEL The crowd of 250 spectators begins the countdown from 10, and they watch with excitement knowing a new art installation is about to be unveiled. When the crowd reaches “1,” and the sheet is slipped back, a giant ‘S’ that mimics Sheridan’s new logo stands in plain view just…
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There is something new at Sheridan College …
VIDEO BY JON D. CLARKE Sheridan’s rebranding party last Friday ended with something big, and it wasn’t the giant “S” shaped cake made of blue donuts and Tim Bits at the reception. It was bigger. The giant Sheridan “S” will stay outside of SCAET for years to come, glowing three different colours in the during both…
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Student union board of directors byelection draws little interest at Trafalgar and HMC
STORY BY GRAEME FRISQUE Students started taking to the polls yesterday for the Sheridan Student Union’s 2013 board of directors’ byelection. Voting will continue through tomorrow, however only Davis Campus students will have a choice of candidates. The election, which is being held to fill seven vacant spots on the student union’s board of directors,…
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Sheridan’s Best in Blue marketing team looking to live up to their name
STORY BY JESSICA BEAULIEU PHOTOS BY SUNAYNNA VENKATESH Next weekend, Windsor’s St.Clair college will play host to more than 250 advertising and marketing students for the most important competitive event of their academic careers. The Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) is a two day test of students skills in the marketing and advertising industries. Students…