Category: Sheridan News
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Does the bookstore allow students to carry their bags or not?
STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER The signs at the Sheridan bookstore bag drop may be confusing student shoppers. The front of the college’s bookstore is only manned by security the first week of September when the traffic is at its highest. But it is required that all student bags be left at the front door when…
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Sheridan team takes second in ethics contest
STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER Sheridan took part for the first time in the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition and came away with second place earlier this month. Placing second in the Ethics category, Sheridan students, Antoine Sarhan and Erica Forest competed against 12 others in the final five-hour case analysis. “It was based on a real company,”…
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Students learn to FACE IT
STORY BY GREG LOWENTHAL How do you face a challenge? For FACE IT, a group at Sheridan for students with autism, the challenges can seem overwhelming. Friends Accepting Challenges and Endeavouring to Improve Themselves allows them to have a place to come to every Thursday and discuss topics important to them. There are two branches…
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Students help design their program’s first graduation
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ROBERT SGOTTO When people think about interior design, they might only think it’s about colours and materials, but it’s much more than that. You’re wearing more hats than just being creative. This spring will mark Sheridan College’s first graduating class of students to the Bachelor of Interior Design program. It’s been…
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Cisco sold on Sheridan students’ proposal
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS COUTTS Four Sheridan students were awarded a $10,000 prize and declared the winners of the President’s Innovation Challenge for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. The event was held on Saturday at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus. The winning team, going by the name “Fantastic Four,” is comprised of Interactive Multimedia post-grad students…
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University Fair helps students continue their education
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA Figuring out what to do after graduating from Sheridan is a common concern in students. This is why the college has hosted the University Fair for the past nine years. This year the fair will be held at Trafalgar Campus on Jan. 27 and at Davis Campus on Jan. 31, both from…
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Speak up and eat up, FAAD students
STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON Students from 32 different arts programs can have their voices heard by their deans at the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design open mic and pizza event, Tuesday at noon in MacDonald-Heaslip Hall. The event is a first for Ronni Rosenberg, dean of FAAD. “My guess is these things take some…
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Students ‘Real Talk’ about safe sex
STORY AND PHOTO BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES Conversations and room temperatures got hot during Sheridan’s sex Real Talk hosted by the Trafalgar residences last Thursday. The room got toasty when the presentation drew an outstanding crowd of approximately of 125 students from both residences to the night’s affair. “It was a amazing turn out,” said Cheryl…
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Hazel McCallion Campus expansion takes another step forward
STORY BY NAT GILPO The Hazel McCallion Campus expansion took another step forward last week when Sheridan and Infrastructure Ontario shortlisted three teams for the project. Ten firms have been divided into three teams, which are expected to provide proposals to design HMC Phase 2. They have six months to submit these proposals to Infrastructure…
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Peace garden memorial to Montreal massacre victims
STORY BY DEVON GENERAL PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT On Dec. 6, 1989 a gunman stormed Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal shortly after 5 p.m. During his shooting spree he killed 14 women before turning the rifle on himself. Since then, Dec. 6 has become known as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against…
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Impress potenital employers with the perfect interview
STORY BY STEF CASERTA Don’t sweat about an upcoming job interview. Practise instead. Every Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., the Career Centre in partnership with Sheridan’s peer mentors offer students a mock interview service, allowing them to come in and practise their interview skills. “We run through an actual interview with them and…
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College animal adoption program the cat’s meow
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MELISSA GERVAIS Looking to adopt a cat? The Animal Care program at Davis Campus houses up to 15 cats every semester. This term the program has eight cats for adoption, two of which are still available. Nichole Marcotte, an Animal Sciences technologist with the Sheridan program, said the cats are usually…