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  • How to vote on Oct 19

    How to vote on Oct 19

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    INFOGRAPHIC BY ERIN QUEENAN Sheridan students, check out the infographic below to find out how you can vote in the elections this fall. For more information go to elections.ca, and if you’re wondering why it is important to vote or if it even matters, take a look at this article, Sheridan, your vote counts.  

  • LIVE: Sheridan All Candidates Debate 2015

    LIVE: Sheridan All Candidates Debate 2015

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    On Oct. 1 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m a senior Broadcast Journalism class in partnership with Sheridan Production House, and other journalism and media students hosted a candidates debate in Macdonald-Heaslip Hall. Students had the chance to grill federal election candidates from Mississauga Centre, Oakville and Brampton on youth related issues. Open to the public, the event was…

  • All candidates debate

    All candidates debate

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    STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN Thursday, Oct. 1 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Macdonald-Heaslip Hall at Trafalgar Campus, students have the chance to grill politicians on youth related issues at a candidates debate. A senior Broadcast Journalism class in partnership with Sheridan Production House, and other journalism and media students will host the event.…

  • The League Lives

    The League Lives

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    STORY BY MARK ELGIE The League is almost here. The League of Bruins, that is. After testing the waters with two pilot events last season, the Sheridan League of Legends intramurals are set to begin in October. It’s a project that has been in the works since 2013, when the idea for an e-sports team…

  • Battling buckthorn

    Battling buckthorn

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    STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROSS ANDERSEN Trafalgar Campus’ ecosystem is getting a makeover as contractors fight the invasive species known as buckthorn. The thorn is a threat to Sheridan’s ecosystem. It surrounds the existing plant life, traps it and the vegetation dies. Sheridan has trees, which are swamped with buckthorn and have no room to…

  • Woofstock takes over the waterfront

    Woofstock takes over the waterfront

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    STORY BY DANIEL FORRESTER Barnsdale Farms celebrated another year of making dogs everywhere happy with it’s 12th annual Woofstock festival on the weekend. Over the course of two days inside North America’s largest festival for dogs, pooches got to enjoy loads of grooming, mountains of treats, racks of designer puppy and “Big Dog” fashions and…

  • App helps international students

    App helps international students

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    STORY BY JANA GREGORIO Imagine this: you’re moving abroad to study in a different country. The move-in day is a month away. You ask yourself, what clothes do I bring? What do I do about my cell phone? What is the culture like? How will I get around the city? These are just a few…

  • Sheridan Takes On TFC

    Sheridan Takes On TFC

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    STORY BY KAHFEEL BUCHANAN A group of Bruins watched Sebastian Giovinco’s record breaking night live, thanks to the Sheridan Takes Over TFC event on Saturday, September 26. The event, hosted by Student Union, gave students a chance to see the Toronto FC vs Chicago Fire in a live MLS soccer game for a discount. More than…

  • Lady Bruins lick wounds after tough home opener loss

    Lady Bruins lick wounds after tough home opener loss

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    STORY BY NATALIA CAMARENA After coming off a record-breaking win against Mohawk College, the Sheridan women’s rugby team dropped their home opener against Conestoga College on Friday. The Lady Bruins started off strong, scoring the first try of the game. But injuries caused their game plan to fall apart. “The injuries started and I had…

  • Pocket sized goliath set to represent Canada at worlds

    Pocket sized goliath set to represent Canada at worlds

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    STORY BY NATALIA CAMARENA She rubs the powdered chalk between her already calloused palms. She pulls her hair back out of her eyes and into a ponytail, adjusts her belt and walks over to the weights. After adding more heavy plates to each end, her hands wrap around the bar, she rocks back and forth…

  • Broadcast journalism project up for international award

    Broadcast journalism project up for international award

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    STORY BY CAIT CARTER A unique class project by broadcast journalism students at Sheridan has been nominated for a major international award. The #whatarethechances? project is a finalist in the Online Journalism Awards and faces stiff competition from several post-graduate programs in the United States. The Sheridan project examines how race, income, mental health and…

  • Audible hockey puck breaks barriers for players

    Audible hockey puck breaks barriers for players

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    STORY BY ELISE MORTON Sheridan students Ryan Vieira and Kristoffer Pascual are determined to improve the game of blind hockey with their audible hockey puck, despite having little interest in hockey. With a push of a button, their puck produces a loud, constant beep, which visually impaired players can hear and follow as it glides…