Nakita Makan
Courier Staff
“Oh, this is just plain silly!”
That was exactly what the CCC’s fine arts co-ordinator, David McClyment, thought when he initially heard he had been nominated for TVO’s 2010 Best Lecturer Competition. The award honours the most captivating and motivating lecturers in all of Ontario.
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Laura Godfrey
Arts & Lifestyle Editor
Ted Barris has spent the better part of his life tracking down living history.
He has interviewed and befriended Canadian veterans from WWI and onward, and over several decades this author, broadcaster and Centennial College journalism professor has written 16 books on our country’s history. But in his latest book, Breaking the Silence: Veterans’ Untold Stories From the Great War to Afghanistan, Barris, 60, offers more than just another account of the great military battles.
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Tanis Reynolds
Courier Staff
With the 200-year anniversary of the War of 1812 fast approaching, Centennial College is doing its part to keep the war’s significance alive through culture and tourism.
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Brad Pritchard
Courier Staff
Every student enrolled in classes at the CCC has two things in common: They are storytellers and they aim to communicate their message in the most creative way possible. Because of this, it’s no wonder almost everyone at this campus (even the dean!) is using Twitter as a means of keeping in touch with each other.
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Brad Pritchard
Courier Staff
Centennial College’s CCC campus was evacuated on Tues. Oct. 13 and classes were cancelled for the day after police became aware of a potential bomb threat.
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Katrina Rozal
HP Editor
HP students who get their shot each flu season will have to wait longer for the free vaccine.
Last year’s immunizations were held at the campus on Oct. 30. This year the free flu shots at HP will be held Thursday, Nov. 5 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Katrina Rozal
HP Editor
HP has 1,357 lockers. The second and third floors contain the full-size lockers, while the half-size ones are on the first and fourth. But it doesn’t really matter what size locker you buy because they both cost $24. This pricing is one of the locker issues students complain about each year.
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Mallory Hendry
Ashtonbee Editor
Thinking ahead to searching for a job after completing your program can be a daunting prospect. But graduates of the social work programs at Ashtonbee Campus should have no fear (or less, anyway!)
According to the numbers from last year’s KPI (key performance indicator) that the provincial government gathers annually six months after a class graduates, 80 per cent of grads were employed, 59 per cent in their field.
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Arthur Poppington
Courier Staff
Nearly 2,000 more domestic and international students began post-graduate studies this September at Centennial according to the college’s president.
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Mathieu Yuill
Courier Staff
Canada’s most inexpensive car is the Hyundai Accent with a base price of $13,595. For those dollars you get power nothing, no air conditioning and steel wheels.
But if you’re looking for a value option to put yourself in then it would be a much better option to spend a bit more cash and move up into the GL four door model that comes with an automatic transmission, power windows and locks, keyless entry, tinted glass and the all important air conditioning.
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