Tag: headline
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Blue Jays tip their caps to Athletic Therapy students
BY ISABELLA KRZYKALA AND HAILEY MONTGOMERY The Toronto Blue Jays honoured Sheridan College Athletic Therapy students Kevin Bryant and Justine Branco, at the Rogers Centre, on Sept. 12 during a pre-game ceremony. Both Bryant and Branco were recognized for their academic excellence and the dedication they show toward the program. Branco was awarded the…
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South Park enters its 20th season
BY QUIN VERTOLLI This past week the hit TV show South Park aired its 20th season and fans of the show were thrilled to see its return. With 285 episodes and counting, it is one of TV’s longest-running shows. But why is this show so successful? Sheridan College is world renowned for its animation programs…
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Sheridan student gets standing ovation at open mic night
BY KELSEY LYONS Not long after Lauren Quiquero could talk, she could sing, with a perfect pitch at that. The 19-year-old Sheridan student sang at the open mic/poetry slam at The Marquee to kick off Black History Month on Feb. 23. She had the crowd going long before the song ended and they gave her…
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Straight from the Heart
BY JASMINE ANTHONY AND BRITTANY PREOCANIN If 100 people were asked to define love, there would likely be 100 different answers. From how we are brought up and the love that we’ve observed, to the relationships that we’ve had ourselves, every moment molds our idea of what love really is, or what it’s supposed to…
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Red dresses honour missing and murdered aboriginal women
BY ELISE MORTON You may have noticed red dresses hanging at Sheridan’s campuses this week. This curious display is part of the first event held by a new club, the Sheridan Indigenous Alliance, during their Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Children (MMAW) Awareness Week from Feb. 8 to 12. According to Kayla Parisien, first-year…
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Beer comes to Oakville grocery stores
BY ERIN QUEENAN Good news for college students. Beside the frozen pizza and dinners, a selection of beer is now for sale at three Oakville grocery stores. Longo’s Cornwall and Burloak locations and Freshco on Third line are among 60 in Ontario that are now allowed to sell beer. They are the first of many.…
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Theatre grads fill Stratford’s main stage
BY OLIVIA LITTLE Sheridan grad Colton Curtis, 22, was ecstatic to get the call, telling him that he was cast in Stratford Festival’s main stage show. “I felt deep down that it would happen, but it’s always surreal when someone is actually saying the words, ‘You got the part!’ ” Just like Curtis, more than…
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Oakville residents creating mural for Canada’s 150th birthday
BY JASMINE ANTHONY Oakville residents have the chance to be a part of a nationwide art project to celebrate Canada’s upcoming 150th birthday. The Canada 150 Mural Mosaic project is a collaboration of artwork from 150 communities across the country. Each will produce a separate train car themed mosaic that represents their community, which is…
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Photographers reach for the rooftops
BY COURTNEY BLOK City skylines, bright blurred lights in the night, and hundreds of feet stretched out below you. Dangling your legs off the edge of a skyscraper to face your fear of heights is not ideal for everyone, but for Alanna Swan it worked. Swan, a third-year Advertising and Marketing Communications student at Sheridan,…
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Bell Let’s Talk day aims to keep mental health conversations going
BY ERIN QUEENAN “For some people, its the ads,” says Mary Deacon, chairman of Bell Let’s Talk Canada, an annual event to raise money for mental health and reduce its stigma. Tomorrow, on Jan. 27, for every tweet with the hashtag #BellLetsTalk, Facebook share of their image, and text and mobile or long distance call…
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Oakville told to learn to live with coyotes
BY COLE WATSON Oakville residents received a howling message from city staff during a Town meeting at St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School that they will have to continue co-existing with wild coyotes. The Jan. 20 meeting had been called because citizens are afraid that the population of coyotes is rising from frequent sightings and that the animals…
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Unemployable Ink
BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN An orange shaded octopus is draped across her shoulder, an anatomical heart rests on the left side of her back and a cursive quote streams down her forearm. They are three of 10 tattoos that cover her body. With four of her tattoos visible when she wears a t-shirt, Tara Koskinen is…