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  • Beer comes to Oakville grocery stores

    Beer comes to Oakville grocery stores

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    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.…

  • Helping international students cope at college

    Helping international students cope at college

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    BY ROSS ANDERSEN The everyday routine a domestic student experiences, can be quite a challenge for international students. Moving to an unfamiliar country and adjusting to a different culture is something most Canadians have never endured. “The hardest part for me is letting go of my old life, and beginning a new one,” said Nikolina…

  • Home movies offer peek into the past

    Home movies offer peek into the past

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    STORY BY JANA GREGORIO A nostalgic look at the day-to-day life of past decades flickered onscreen at the Mississauga Central Library Nov. 21, as the first Home Movie Day showed amateur films dating as far back as the 1920s. Tucked in a corner of the library, a handful of Sheridan film students and faculty screened 8mm…

  • General meeting talks big money

    General meeting talks big money

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    STORY BY CAIT CARTER Sheridan’s Student Union passed five bylaws and it’s $9 million budget at its annual general meeting last week. A total of 40 students showed up to the meeting’s three locations, HMC, Davis and Trafalgar, which was conducted by video conference. The college has approximately 18,000 full-time students. The SSUI distributed several…

  • ‘We need to become the educated masses’

    ‘We need to become the educated masses’

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    STORY BY CAIT CARTER Although Sheridan has an Aboriginal Initiatives office, much of the college’s community is unaware of its purpose. Sheridan’s Aboriginal Initiatives Office has been created mostly by mandate. Paula Laing heads the Aboriginal Initiatives Office, and helps Aboriginal students transition from their traditional backgrounds into the college’s community. “There are over 100…

  • Assault in Sheridan’s woods

    Assault in Sheridan’s woods

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    STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON An assault last Thursday morning of a 21-year old woman near a wooded path near Trafalgar campus is under investigation by Halton Police. Constable Cindy Sunstrum is heading the investigation along with two other officers, said Detective Sergeant John Mans, a member of the Child Abuse and Sexual Assault unit. The…

  • BARRED

    BARRED

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    SAMANTHA MAICH The drinking age has been raised from 19 to 21 at some bars and restaurants in Oakville, which may be illegal age discrimination, according to a Toronto lawyer. The legal drinking age in Ontario is 19, and while bars are allowed to refuse service for various reasons, it remains unclear whether age is…

  • Glass Gathering 2014

    Glass Gathering 2014

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    VIDEO BY RYAN MARSHALL Sheridans’ 2014 Glass Gathering – Glass Olympic’s. 4 Teams – Pink, Orange, Blue, and Hot – of 6 to 8 members competed in a variety of different glass games at the second annual Glass Gathering.

  • Peer mentors spread the word about healthy living

    Peer mentors spread the word about healthy living

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    STORY BY BRANDON MARTINEZ Eating. Drinking. Sleeping. Safe sex. That is the slogan of a new hall outreach campaign organized by Sheridan’s Health and Wellness Peer Mentors program, which offers lifestyle advice and counseling to struggling students. Cheryl Cnoop-Koopmans, 27, is a counselor at student services and oversees the peer mentor program. “The program has…

  • HPV: Are you protected?

    HPV: Are you protected?

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    STORY BY STEF CASERTA Four out of five women will be infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) at least once in their lifetime, according to Sheridan’s Health Centre, but there are ways to prevent the disease. The simplest and cheapest method is the use of condoms. On the other end of the scale are two…

  • POSSE Project takes to the street for Trick or Eat

    POSSE Project takes to the street for Trick or Eat

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    STORY BY MOLLY MUSSELWHITE Halton’s POSSE Project is taking part in Trick or Eat this evening. The nationwide campaign raises money and collects food items for local food banks across North America. The program is usually done through universities, but the POSSE (Peer Outreach Support Services and Education) Project has organized a collection this year.…