New “rez” problems are starting to getting fixed
STORY AND PHOTO BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES Residents are still divided on the new residence building at Trafalgar Campus. The new residence has been a hot topic since it opened in the fall, when students found problems including, missing appliances, broken plumbing and the roar of trucks in the dead of night. Back in September the […]
Halton and the Salvation Army give out grocery cards after ice storm
STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH The Municipality of Halton gave out $27,000 worth in grocery store cards to residents on financial aid through Salvation Army locations from Jan. 8 to Jan. 10 in response to the ice storm. “About $450,000 in grocery cards were made available to communities that were the hardest hit,” and, “the remaining […]
Does the bookstore allow students to carry their bags or not?
STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER The signs at the Sheridan bookstore bag drop may be confusing student shoppers. The front of the college’s bookstore is only manned by security the first week of September when the traffic is at its highest. But it is required that all student bags be left at the front door when […]
Tokyo Police Club returns
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ROBERT SGOTTO Tokyo Police Club may have originally been three words in a song, but it didn’t take the four-man indie group from Newmarket long to make it their namesake. “Back when we were in high school, Tokyo Police Club was a lyric in a song,” said guitarist Josh Hook. “I […]
Students ‘Real Talk’ about safe sex
STORY AND PHOTO BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES Conversations and room temperatures got hot during Sheridan’s sex Real Talk hosted by the Trafalgar residences last Thursday. The room got toasty when the presentation drew an outstanding crowd of approximately of 125 students from both residences to the night’s affair. “It was a amazing turn out,” said Cheryl […]
Impress potenital employers with the perfect interview
STORY BY STEF CASERTA Don’t sweat about an upcoming job interview. Practise instead. Every Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., the Career Centre in partnership with Sheridan’s peer mentors offer students a mock interview service, allowing them to come in and practise their interview skills. “We run through an actual interview with them and […]
Autism service dogs visit Sheridan
STORY AND PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT Service dogs aren’t just for the visually impaired. “Service dogs” and “guide dogs” can be synonymous sometimes, but service dogs can do so much more than lead the blind. There are service dogs to help people with visual or hearing impairments, epilepsy, autism or diabetes. Donna Woodstock of Sheridan’s […]
College’s image vs. student freedoms
EDITORIAL On Nov. 25, Sheridan College, in concert with Halton Regional Police, held a lockdown drill and police training exercise in the SCAET building. The drill involved Sheridan theatre students playing victims in special effects makeup to simulate real gunshot wounds for a life like training exercise. Students at the Sheridan Sun were granted access […]
Sheridan and TIFF bring Cronenberg’s evolution to life
STORY BY NICHOLAS OLSEN PHOTOS COURTESY OF GEOFFREY GUNN, TIFF Provocative, horrific, audacious, Freudian and most importantly, Canadian. These are just a few words used to describe the legendary David Cronenberg. Becoming a prominent filmmaker in the 1980s with notorious body-horror films such as The Fly and Videodrome, he ushered in a new era of […]
A pitch perfect performance
PHOTOS AND STORY BY PAIGE GALEA Students continued with Sheridan’s mission to get creative last Saturday in the SCAET auditorium. The Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance program and the Animation Arts and Design students teamed on a collaborative choir and animation performance like no other. Lux Aurumque By Eric Whitacre Lux Aurumque, the choral music […]
Tourism and Travel students receive specialist certificates
STORY BY STEF CASERTA PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT Representatives from the Spain Tourism Board came to Sheridan College on last week to present the students of the Tourism and Travel program with Spain Specialist Certificates. The Spain Specialist Program, which is a part of the course Selling Destinations Europe, was incorporated into the program about […]
Mockdown 2013 – SCAET lockdown drill and police training exercise
STORY, VIDEO & PHOTOS BY THE SHERIDAN SUN TEAM Check back with thesheridansun.ca at 9.am on Monday Nov. 25 for live coverage of the joint Sheridan/Halton Police lockdown drill in SCAET building. The drill will last about 20-30 minutes while police execute a training exercise simulating a school shooting and lockdown situation complete with fake […]
