Tag: Trafalgar
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Visual Merchandising students break out the flip-flops
BY COURTNEY BLOK PHOTOS BY COURTNEY BLOK Life is better in flip-flops. When first-year Visual Merchandising students Chelsea Kumar and Laura Katergos were partnered to create a window display in the B-Wing, they knew they wanted to do something that would stand out. Budding flowers and bright skies inspired them. “We wanted to do something…
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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.…
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Magazine founders create a synergy between local artists and fans
Story by Chanelle Fagon-Turner Most students can’t say they’ve started a magazine, but two young Oakville artists are doing just that for local and underground artists and students. Travis Stedmond, a 21-year-old third-year Sheridan Visual and Creative Arts student, and Kelly Crozier, 19, and Stedmond’s roommate, have created an Oakville-based monthly art magazine called Synergy. The print magazine…
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Student’s line up for pawsitive reinforcement
STORY BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES With exams and final projects lurking over the shoulders of students, how are they suppose to relax? A beer? A cigarette? On Tuesday, about 100 students at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus were given a healthier option – therapy dogs. Therapy dogs are used in retirement homes, hospitals and schools to help people…
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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…
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Moment of silence for Montreal massacre victims
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA “Gender-based violence has no room at Sheridan, or anywhere in our society,” said president Jeff Zabudsky to open the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women ceremony last Friday. This year the memorial was held at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus where about 100 faculty and students gathered to listen…
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Sheridan beta-tests new intramural e-sport
VIDEO BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES On Friday Nov 20. students and faculty of Sheridan College gathered at the college’s Davis Campus, to compete in the beta test for the first ever League of Legends Intramural. With League of Legends becoming one of the most popular video games in the world, Sheridan thought it would be a…
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Project Project exhibition brings the best student forward
VIDEO BY KIRAN R. KHAN The Arts and Arts History program at Sheridan College is hosting an exhibition called Project Project for first- and second-year students until Dec. 5. The opening speech was held on Nov. 25 in the Gallery at the Trafalgar Campus, which was led by program coordinator John Armstrong. The display showcased the six sub-disciplines…
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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…
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Emmy-nominated grads share work experience with students
STORY BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES For the first time, Sheridan alumni and Emmy-nominated animators from Guru Studio came to enlighten animation students about the life of an animator. Last week, representatives gave a presentation about their studio and the message they wanted to share with students. “You just have to believe in what you’re creating and…
