Category: Sheridan News
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Volunteers needed to help wildflower garden grow
BY OLIVIA PULHAM Sheridan’s Office for Sustainability is looking for volunteers to take care of the wildflower garden, located between the Athletic Centre and the A wing at the Trafalgar campus, where buckthorn ─ an invasive shrub not indigenous to Ontario ─ used to be. Coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, Wai Chu Cheng, says…
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App helps students pre-order and pre-pay for food
BY COLLEEN PODMOROFF Ordering food at Sheridan College just got a little easier. There’s a new tool on the market to help students get their food faster, without standing in long lines. It’s called Boost. “We started Boost with the mission to cut down student wait time while they wait for food. Our goal is…
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Students speak out about pro-life group visit
BY MATTHEW BURDITT When students learned that pro life group, Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform made its way onto Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus for an anti-abortion protest on Sept. 15, many were upset by the tactics used by the group. With the group’s threat to come to Sheridan again unannounced, students and faculty joined the SSU in the Union…
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Colouring Sheridan blue
BY ANDREW SEMKOW First it was Game of Thrones, then it was Vogue, and now Sheridan College has published its own adult colouring book. The book, simply titled, The Sheridan Notebook, was created by Brandon McFarlane, a professor of creativity and creative thinking, and released on Aug 30. McFarlane came up with the idea while…
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New way to pay for food at Trafalgar
BY QUIN VERTOLLI Chartwells has introduced a new centralized payment method at Trafalgar Campus at the beginning of this semester aiming to improve its efficiency. Using the new payment system, students will line up at cash registers in the middle of the cafeteria. In theory this will speed up wait times and free up…
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HonkMobile launches parking payment app
BY COLLEEN PODMOROFF Sheridan students, staff and faculty now have a new way to pay for parking on campus with their smartphone. HonkMobile launched a mobile parking payment app, replacing QPay and Locomobi. “Sheridan made the transition to Honk as it allowed for seamless integration with epark, i.e with no added expenses to the college,”…
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More than just varsity sports at Athletics Centre
BY GRANT JENKINS Sheridan College may be considered an art school, but there are still plenty of ways for students to get active even if they don’t play a varsity sport. Most students come to Sheridan to pursue a career in its many different programs often forgetting that the college offers sports, and has an athletics…
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Sheridan responds to controversial anti-abortion activists
BY TYLER CHOI Over the past week, the Sheridan College community made their voices heard following a visit by a provocative anti-abortion activism group, which staged a protest at Trafalgar Campus on Sept. 15. The group displayed graphic signs with visuals of bloody fetuses and challenged students for their views on abortion. For two days,…
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Planning ahead for the cost of education
BY CASSANDRA KING Planning ahead is critical for students trying to juggle part-time jobs and the cost of college, experts say. In the 1990s, an average tuition was around $1,464 and the minimum was about $7.65 an hour. Today, tuition for university is around $6,500 and tuition for college is around $5,500, and the minimum…
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Budget is key for international students
BY RENATA KHUZINA The beginning of a new school year causes stress and excitement for everyone, but some international students face challenges that local students will never know. Madina Asrorova, 19, emigrated from Russia last year, and is currently studying Business Administration Marketing at HMC Campus. International students can put themselves in a precarious situation…
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Trafalgar aboriginal office gets a new name
BY NATALIA NAHON Sheridan’s Aboriginal Initiatives Office has changed its name in an effort to be more inclusive. Now called Centre for Indigenous Learning & Support Student Affairs, it drops the word “aboriginal” a term used by the federal government and picks up “indigenous”. The centre’s co-ordinator says this recognizes the fact that we are…
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Students concerned about HMC2 delay
BY OLIVIA PULHAM Some Sheridan students in programs moving to Hazel McCallion Campus Phase 2 are stressing out over the construction delay. According to the college’s president, the delay is due to many factors out of Sheridan’s control, including slower than expected construction. The original move-in date of September is now pushed back to January.…