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  • Fallout 4: Welcome home vault dwellers

    Fallout 4: Welcome home vault dwellers

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    BY COLE WATSON It has been a long five years since gamers first explored the bustling strip of Fallout New Vegas. Now vault-dwellers everywhere can safely come out of cryo sleep for the latest entry in Bethesda’s critically acclaimed franchise, Fallout 4. Fallout 4 opens with players creating their own character in the commonwealth of…

  • College says community has to want smoke-free campuses

    College says community has to want smoke-free campuses

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    PHOTO AND STORY BY DANIEL MALLETT The policy that was intended to ban smoking on all Sheridan campuses has been edited with considerable changes. The original policy was approved in September 2012 and was updated on Sept. 15, 2015, though it wasn’t posted online until this week. Under the original policy, tobacco smoking was limited…

  • Sheridan ranks high in research in Canada

    Sheridan ranks high in research in Canada

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    STORY AND INFOGRAPHIC BY ELISE MORTON When it comes to research, Sheridan is the tops. Research Infosource Inc.’s annual study, which ranks Canada’s Top 50 research colleges by total income, ranks Sheridan first for total projects completed (225) by a large college in 2013-2014. “The results are a testament to the creativity, talent and quality…

  • Save cheese with new student photography service

    Save cheese with new student photography service

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    STORY BY KAHFEEL BUCHANAN Students can get a professional photograph taken, right on campus. Second-year Photography students Patrick Marcoux and Duncan Foy have launched a photography service at Sheridan. We are offering portraits, family photos, fashion photos or business photos for anyone who wants photos done,” said Marcoux age 20. They will even take pictures…

  • Zabudsky outlines final hurdles for Sheridan U

    Zabudsky outlines final hurdles for Sheridan U

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    STORY BY JASMINE ANTHONY If you were to hop in your DeLorean and take a trip to 2020, you might very well end up at Sheridan University. If all goes as planned, that will be the name that shows up on future diplomas, degrees and certificates of Sheridan grads. In a town hall meeting at…

  • Visit a City of Ashes

    Visit a City of Ashes

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    STORY BY JAVIER CASANOVA PHOTOS BY ELISE MORTON Exploring the culture of an ancient city buried in ashes, the Royal Ontario Museum brings ancient Pompeii to modern Toronto. The volcanic eruption of Vesuvius buried Pompeii and those who couldn’t escape within two days. Death was instantaneous. [View the story “ROMPEII Erupts” on Storify]

  • Lady Bruins clean out Boréal and Cambrian College

    Lady Bruins clean out Boréal and Cambrian College

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    STORY BY NATALIA CAMARENA The Sheridan Bruins women’s volleyball team (OCAA 5-4) heads into the winter break on a three-game win streak. The lady Bruins won back-to-back home games Nov. 28 and 29 against Boréal (OCAA 0-10) and Cambrian College (OCAA 6-4). The Bruins had a tough start against the Boréal Vipers, but managed to…

  • First step taken in ending bus pass vs shuttle debate

    First step taken in ending bus pass vs shuttle debate

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    STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN AND MIKE MELRO Sheridan College and the Student Union are conducting an email survey about student transit, a topic that’s been on the discussion table for eight years. Launched last week, the survey aims to better understand student transit preferences and consider “solutions to the shuttle bus capacity challenges,” according to…

  • Sheridan’s men’s volleyball sweep Cambrian

    Sheridan’s men’s volleyball sweep Cambrian

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    Sheridan’s men’s volleyball team swept the Cambrian Golden Shields 3 sets to 0 at Trafalgar Campus in the last regular season game before the winter break. The Double Blue dominated both the defensive and offensive sides for the entire game, winning all of their sets by at least 10 points. Josh Butler, Jeremy Fantin and…

  • Waxing Poetic in the 905 Region

    Waxing Poetic in the 905 Region

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    STORY BY MARK ELGIE From those up on stage comes poetry, hip-hop, strumming on acoustic guitar. From those in the audience, laughter, or sometimes silence. Every act at the 905 Road Show, however, was followed with applause. The 905 Road Show, a group of artists who travel around the 905 region, stopped at Davis Campus…

  • Holiday Pet Gifting

    Holiday Pet Gifting

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    STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY DONE BY NICOLE CALHAU Animal welfare experts are urging people not to surprise a loved one with a pet under the Christmas tree. “It should be something that people talk about and give it a great deal of thought,” said Brenda Dobranski, Founder of Rescue Dogs Match. “It’s a 10-to-20 year commitment.”…

  • Sheridan takes on OCMC 2015

    Sheridan takes on OCMC 2015

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    STORY AND PHOTOS BY JESSICA ROVEDA Sheridan’s marketing and advertising students can take a well-deserved bow after winning fourth place overall in this year’s Ontario Colleges Marketing Competition. Hosted by George Brown College, the event took place at the Hilton Toronto Nov. 26 and 27. It put the skills of marketing students from 12 Ontario…