The Conestoga Condor’s women’s basketball team played their fourth game of the regular season against the Redeemer University Royals last Wednesday. Head Coach Dee Channer says this year’s team is young, made up of as many as 10 first years and only two returning players.
Conestoga College student volunteers went out Oct. 5 for a community clean-up event. With gloves, litter pickers and garbage bags in hand, they fanned out across the Doon campus and near residential neighbourhoods, on a mission to tidy up.
Talks for a universal transit pass have started once again, almost a year after the provincial government cancelled the student-approved program.
An equipment failure last Saturday has forced the college to rent pricey diesel-generators to keep the Doon campus running. And the frigid weather isn’t helping speed the repairs along.
Conestoga students now have a brand new place to go and decompress from the stress of college life with new recharge rooms at Doon Campus.
Every fall Aboriginal Services raise a teepee on the Doon campus.
BY SHARON SAMUEL Is there any better way to contribute to a charity than jumping into cold water on a cold day? Conestoga Students Inc. hosted the 36th annual Polar Plunge on Feb. 17 outside the Doon campus cafeteria. The initiative raises money each year for a charity. “Every year all the proceeds that are raised from our polar plungers, the people who are participating, go to a charity that … Continued
By MATTHEW EVANGELISTA Conestoga College’s Doon campus is full of services and shops such as Tim Hortons, Pita Pit, the library, The Bookstore and even the recreation centre. Finding a part-time job while at school is easier than ever, and the college’s attitude toward their student workers shows they are quite aware of exactly who they’re hiring. “They actually work completely around my school schedule and my sports schedule so … Continued
BY ANDREW BENNEY Intramural sports at Conestoga College’s Doon campus will be expanding to include weekend-scheduled games in the new year. But, with nearly 800 participants recorded during the fall semester, twice the number of players who registered last year, and the student recreation centre receiving a renovation worth over $20 million, it was only a matter of time until the activities hosted within the building got an expansion as … Continued
By: MATTHEW EVANGELISTA Conestoga’s Cultural Diversity Week kicked off Oct. 17 with the beating of a drum. This, according to Myeengun Henry, manager of the college’s Aboriginal Services department, symbolized “the four nations’ relationship existing forever in this land of the creator.” Henry said the four nations are the four people of the land: white, black, yellow and red. Henry and Laura Black, the Student Life programmer of community initiatives, … Continued
BY DEEANNA ROLLINS On Sept. 28 at 11:30 a.m., the students of Conestoga College received an email from President John Tibbits stating that the Canadian Council for Bioethical Reform (CCBR), an anti-abortion advocacy group, would be on campus. In fact, they were at the college … before the email was even received. Mike Dinning, Conestoga’s vice-president of student affairs, confirmed that the CCBR contacted the school late the night before … Continued
By: Matthew Evangelista
BY MARISSA CUDDY SeaWorld is evolving. After years of pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and other activist groups, they are finally changing how the orcas will be treated. They recently announced they will stop breeding orcas and phase out theatrical orca shows at all three U.S. locations. The company seems to be leaning toward more animal-free attractions, such as Mako, a 200-foot-tall roller-coaster that goes 70 … Continued
BY MIKE STROMME Who doesn’t remember their high school prom? To relive it, attend Conestoga in Action’s latest charity event, Prom4Pups. On the evening of April 8, CIA will be holding a prom on campus with all of the proceeds going to Therapy Tails Ontario, a program that has volunteers and therapy dogs that go into the community to teach, listen, visit, mentor and become involved with numerous outreach programs. … Continued
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