Lucky students cruise through Toronto in style
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JESSICA ROVEDA Sheridan students who cruised Lake Ontario until 2 a.m. on Sept. 9 still managed to make it to early classes the next day. As part of the #FROSHONFLEEK series of first-week events put on by the Sheridan Student Union, a River Gambler boat cruise titled Ship Just Got Real […]
Working toward a gentler ‘rise of the machines’
VIDEO BY ADAM BUCK In the spring of 2014, Sheridan students began work on Project Jesse, a partially autonomous robot intended to share workload of home-to-home caregivers. This year’s group is working hard at Davis Campus, 3D printing the individual parts they need. Red Tree Robotics, headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, designed the chipset (or brain) […]
Students get schooled in safe party procedures
STORY BY JESSICA ROVEDA PHOTOS BY ELISE MORTON Participation freebies weren’t the only thing that students took away from Sheridan’s health and counselling services’ Wellness Week. Friday’s Sheridan Parties event encouraged personal safety in a social setting, part of a series of informative events that took place from March 16 to 20 across all campuses. […]
From simple page to digital age
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY From typewriters to desktops and sign-out cards to swipe passes, Sheridan’s library has changed a lot in the past 25 years and Irene Sillius has seen it all. Sillius, in charge of print cataloguing at the Trafalgar Campus library, has been connected to Sheridan for more than a quarter […]
Survey shows students wouldn’t pass up a U-Pass
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA Ninety per cent of Sheridan students who were recently surveyed say they are in favour of a transit discount pass. A survey of 466 students conducted last week by the Sheridan Sun discovered near unanimous support for a transit U-Pass. The survey was posted on various Sheridan-related Facebook groups for […]
We can rebuild it, we have the technology
STORY BY RYAN MARSHALL From torn shirts and drafty winter coats to flickering laptop screens and hotplates gone cold, about a dozen Sheridan staff and students brought their items in need of repair to the college’s second Repair Café, held at Davis last Thursday from 12 to 2. The event was run in conjunction with […]
LIVE COVERAGE: PREP Challenge
LIVE COVERAGE BY RYAN MARSHALL Sheridan’s Police Foundations program will be running its Physical Readiness Evaluation for Police challenge at Davis on Nov. 6. The PREP challenge pits Sheridan students against Police Foundations students from other colleges to see who can run an obstacle course, which includes dragging an 180-pound dummy up a staircase. The […]
SU and college scramble to fix shuttle bus mess
STORY BY CHRIS COUTTS Some arrive late. Some have to leave early. Some even miss their class altogether. The shuttle service to Sheridan’s three campuses has been experiencing delays and backlogs since the first day of fall classes, and the college’s administration and Student Union are unclear on how to effectively resolve the problems. The […]
Self-defence for women at Davis
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA A string of unsolved sex assaults at Sheridan College in recent months has prompted the school’s Judo/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club to encourage female students to learn how to fight back. The club joined forces with the fitness organization, MoveU, and put together a “self-defence for women only” class on March 3, at the […]
Wanted: winter coat donations at Davis Campus
STORY BY ADAM BUCK The Sheridan International Centre and Student Union at Davis Campus are working together to make this winter a little warmer for less fortunate students. Until Dec. 6, donations of adults’ and children’s winter coats can be brought to the international office, in B212g, or the Student Union building in room SC200, […]
