Tag: Sheridan College
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Sheridan’s Down Right Fight battle royale
STORY BY ROBERT SGOTTO Sheridan’s Marquee was transformed into a battle royale Saturday when Down Right Fight (DRF) hosted its second fighting game tournament of the year. The tournament saw 90 competitors duke it out in Ultra Street Fighter 4, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom, and the most popular title, Super Smash Bros Melee. DRF is…
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Library assists first-year students
STORY AND PHOTO BY CATARINA MUIA When it comes to doing college research, 21st-century college students typically bypass libraries and head straight for the Internet to find facts. After all, poring over stacks of books is something their parents or grandparents did. But according to Jamie Goodfellow, nothing could be further from the truth. Goodfellow,…
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CCAA teams dug deep to travel to championship
STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR Trafalgar Campus played host to the 2014 Men’s National Soccer Championship last weekend. With eight teams from across the country gathering together to battle for the ultimate prize, Sheridan staff and students pulled out all the stops during the four-day event. According to Jim Flack, director of athletics, the event came…
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Changing minds one umbrella at a time
STORY BY VANESSA GILLIS Many Canadian students take democracy for granted. Phebe Leung is trying to change that and make students more aware of the struggles for political freedom in Hong Kong. Leung, a second-year Crafts and Design (Glass) student, has started the Awareness Project for the Umbrella Revolution in the form of an art…
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Bridging the generation gap
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Seniors are boring, inactive, and unable to learn and handle technology. These are some myths that students like Dean Heaton were able to dispel with the help of a community program called Generation of Hearts. “The myths are not true about the older generation. They’re fun and you can joke around…
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Sheridan targets asbestos as part of renovations
STORY BY FILIPE DOS SANTOS Trafalgar Campus’ C-Wing came under quarantine during reading week as crews removed asbestos from the existing ventilation system and ceiling tiles. The project began on Oct. 24 and is scheduled to run until early December. According to Chad Mansell, facilities project manager at Sheridan’s Oakville campus, the school is not…
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Helping the community with the change in your pocket
STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER Sheridan is looking for change . . . loose change that is. Organizers of Sheridan’s annual United Way campaign, which runs for nine days beginning Nov. 17, are hoping the college community will partake in this year’s Toonie Tuesday event. “It’s where all faculty and staff and students will be encouraged…
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From courts to bookshelves, lawyer pens first novel
STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR One of the biggest challenges authors face is keeping the muse alive and finding time to write. Michael Michaud, 38, had to juggle his day job of being an Assistant Crown Attorney in the GTA with writing his very first novel titled Billy Tabbs (& The Glorious Darrow). “I wrote just…
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Sheridan’s LGBT club is back as Gay Straight Alliance
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Sheridan’s LGBT club is back up and running for another year – now if only they could agree on a new name. Despite officially rebranding itself as the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), the club’s own Facebook page is still using the old moniker “Pride.” Liam Dennie, the organizer of the GSA…
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Police investigating sexual assault near Trafalgar Campus woods
STORY BY CHRIS COUTTS A 21-year-old woman was sexually assaulted near Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus on Thursday afternoon, say Halton Police. The woman was walking near the college at around 8:15 a.m. when three men, who appeared to be intoxicated, approached her, police say. One of the men sexually assaulted her before she managed to flee…
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Student Union turns down job poster
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA A disabled Sheridan student is giving the SU a failing grade for its unwillingness to help him hire a personal assistant. Earlier this month, Peter Biec, a second-year Advertising and Marketing Communications – Management student who uses a wheelchair, brought a want-ad poster to hire an assistant to Sheridan’s Student Union.…
