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Published by the Centennial College Student Association Inc. l Winter 2016, VOL 20 ISSUE 04

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The Courier has some health and financial tips to start you off.

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Our modern world makes it too easy to fall into the couch potato trap. Binge watching hours of programming, anchored to the couch. Well the Courier and the AWC are here to snap you out of those bad habits in 2016.

Welcome back! We take a look back at one of the Fall Semester events at Ashtonbee and Centennial Welcomes.

This Corporate Communications and Public Relations student gives us her story of leaving Ukraine for the Story Arts Campus.

Can you imagine leaving everything you know to try and get a new start in a faraway land? Here are some who can.

The Great Canadian Sales Competition is the biggest student competition in Canada. See how you can enter for a chance to win.

Money makes the world go round, but it can also cause lots of stress. The Courier wants to give you some tips to manage your finances

Have you ever wanted to get the CN Tower views without the glass? Come with us on an adventure to the top of a condo tower.

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Pamela KissCatalina Zuleta

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JANUARY at a glance

Vintage Video Games are coming to all campuses. So if you want a chance to beat your friends on the old school Sega and Nintendo consoles, now is your chance!

CLUB DAYS

Club DayJanuary 20, 2016

Story Arts Centre, Main Entrance

Hallway11am-2pm

Club DayJan 21, 2016

Progress, Main Events Hall11am-2pm

Club Package Deadline

Friday, Feb. 5, 2016

All Campuses 4 p.m.

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JAN25-28January 25th, 2016 Ashtonbee Student Centre

January 26th, 2016 Progress Student Centre January 27th, 2016 Morningside Campus Commons January 28th, 2016 Story Arts Campus Location TBD

Progress Campus Student CentreMain Events Hall

Variety Nooner Monsters of Schlock

Morningside Campus Commons 7pm-11pm

Casino Night

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Progress CampusMain Events Hall2p.m. Movie TBA

Afternoon Movie

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DJ Battle Progress Campus Student Centre9:30p.m.

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

A warm welcome to all students! Welcome to Canada, to Toronto and to Centennial College!

It gives me immense pleasure to write this message to all of you. My team and I are very excited and look forward to serving all of you this semester. We at the Student Association are here to provide you with support, services, and to enhance your college experience. We have lots of great services and events coming up in the Winter Semester. Please visit ccsai.ca or follow us on Twitter @ccsai or Facebook to stay up-to-date with everything at the Student Association.

Come to any of our CCSAI offices to collect your free TTC Pass holders, Go Transit stickers, and day planner. We want to make your life easier and help you to stay updated in your exams, tests and assignments.

The CCSAI wishes you all the very best for Winter 2016, once again welcome to Centennial and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions.

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Centennial College Athletics hosted the All Star Free Throw Challenge at the Ashtonbee Fitness Centre. First place went to Rammy Tarin in the Automotive Tech Canadian Tire program. Second place went to Jamal Brooks a Social Service Worker student.

Free Throw Contest

Centennial College Athletics and Recreation hosted a free throw contest at the Ashtonbee Fitness Centre on December 11.

Ashtonbee Heating Up

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Free For All

The CCSAI and Centennial College staff came together at all four campuses to welcome new and returning students to the Winter Semester.

Here are some of the events at Morningside and the Story Arts Campus

ABOVE: Kareem Rodney from Athletics joined the CCSAI promoting services and answering questions.

RIGHT: Campus Directors Tyler O'selmo and Tommy Zhang explain the benefits of the health plan.

Photos courtesy// Alexandra Charles

Welcome toCentennial

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W e often hear statistics remarking how every year universities and colleges in Toronto welcome thousands of students from different parts of the world. More particularly, Centennial College is considered to be one

of Canada’s most culturally diverse post-secondary institutions, with a student body representing almost one hundred cultural groups.

International students arrive to our college eager to integrate themselves into the country’s culture. Such is the case of Anastasia Gal, a first-semester student from Ukraine in the Communications-Professional Writing graduate program at the Story Arts Centre.

According to Anastasia, her campus has played a key role in making her feel at home. “My first words of gratitude”, she says, “go to Barry Waite, the Chair of the School of Communications, Media and Design.” Anastasia, who is also an alumna of the Corporate Communications and Public Relations program at the Story Arts Centre, says Waite was the one to make her feel accepted and welcome in her first year at Centennial College. There were points where Anastasia felt anxious about her English not being good enough to be in a communications program, but Waite was always ready to point out to her that she was succeeding.

Jennifer McIlroy, an instructor in the CCPR program, was also an important figure in Anastasia’s first year at Centennial College. McIlroy, who Anastasia describes as “one of a kind”, helped her start building a network in Toronto: “She introduced me to people I’m still friends with.”

In her current program, Anastasia continues to feel welcomed. She only has positive things to say about Kelly McConvey, the coordinator of the Communications- Professional Writing graduate program. “I love Kelly, she’s great. Her personalized approach to teaching tailors to the individual learning needs of every student and that brings the best possible professional opportunities for each of her students”.

Anastasia hasn’t gone back to Ukraine since she left more than two years ago. Although she misses her parents every day, she never ceases to be grateful for the transformative effects the SAC has had on her, both professionally and personally. Professionally, her college has helped her get closer to her dream of becoming a marketing and communications coordinator. And personally, the experience of meeting so many people from different cultures in her classes has helped her become more empathetic: “I’ve learnt to step into the shoes of other people and try to see the world through their eyes,” she concludes.

Around Story Arts Campus

By: Catalina Zuleta

Professional Writing Student

WITH OPEN ARMS

Arriving in a new country and at new school can present many different challenges, but can also be a rewarding experience. Anastasia Gal gives her experience coming from Ukraine to the Story Arts Centre

Photos courtesy// Yvano Antonio


The International Education Center has offices at each Centennial College campus to assist you with all your needs. Drop by your campus office or visit the College website for more information.

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F or many students, starting college life can be stressful enough, but imagine having to start in another country, thousands of miles away from everything you know and love.

If there is one thing all foreign students at Progress campus can agree on, is that the International Centre has the most accessible staff to help them acclimate quickly to the fast-paced rhythm of a Canadian college.

“I remember at first when I got lost, I would go straight to the international Centre and they (would) readily direct me towards all the facilities I needed to get to,” says India native, Harpreet Kaur.

As minimal as that may sound, in an unfamiliar environment, having that type of support system plays a great part in building a student’s confidence.

Out of the four Centennial campuses, Progress is one of the most culturally diverse, and they make sure to provide advisors that speak the most spoken languages on campus.

“The international advisors make sure that we are up to date with every immigration law and counsel us when to start processing official documents and applying for the changing legislations during our stay.” Jialeah Zhu, a native of Guyana, said.

As for their favourite place on campus, the majority agree that the variety of food chains like Tim Horton’s, Second Cup, Subway, have made the cafeteria the most visited place on campus where the food is also great and they can easily find and make new friends there.

Given that Progress is also Centennial's largest property a great advantage these students have found to have a sense of community is the great facilities like the Athletic and Wellness Centre, where they can socialize and have a healthy and active lifestyle at a state-of-the-art venue.

For many of these students, having all these great features and extra-curricular activities at Progress campus makes them feel less homesick and helps them focus on their studies and develop their personal growth that will ultimately shape them to become great professionals in their fields.

A Welcoming Progress Campus for International Students

By: Pamela Kiss

Sports Journalism Student

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GALLERY FEATURE ARTS & LIFE SPORTS HOW-TOCALENDAR INFOGRAPHIC HEALTH

S o the new year has arrived and you see big things happening right? The only problem is that your get up and go has got up and left. If you really want to achieve your goals this year you will need to find the motivation to

get up and make it happen. Luckily we have some great tips to help you defeat your inner couch potato. Are you ready?

The first thing you need to do is create a goal and get excited about it. A great way to do that is to envision yourself when you have reached your goal, how amazing and accomplished you will feel. Okay, do you have a goal? Now write it down, but make sure to be specific. When do you want to reach your goal? How will you get there? Is there anything that’s going to get in your way? This is your time to plan out all the small details so you have a clear path to success.

Alright so you have a goal and you’ve created a plan, how about your reward. You’ll want to acknowledge all of your small successes to help you stay motivated as you progress and keep your eye on the prize. Your reward can big or small, whatever you like; just make sure you treat yourself for all your hard work. Don’t forget to tell others about your goal. Sharing your goals with your friends and family is great way to keep you accountable. Now you’re all ready to go, so what are you waiting for? Get up off the couch and GO!

BREAKING BAD HABITS, NEW YEARS 2016

Defeating theCouch Potato

By: Michelle Murphy

Wellness Coach

New Year New You shouldn't just be an empty cliché, it should be the words that get you moving and get you healthy! Once you start following our path to success, make sure to

reward yourself to keep your morale high and keep the success rolling!

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GALLERY FEATURE ARTS & LIFE SPORTS HOW-TOCALENDAR INFOGRAPHIC HEALTH

H as Netflix become the college student’s number one source of entertainment? Perhaps. Apart from supplying the latest movies and shows, it’s also affordable for almost any college student at only $9.99 a month.

Netflix has grown in popularity in the last few years, however, we can’t ignore all the other sources of entertainment available in our culture: YouTube, Vine, Vimeo, and streaming websites such as Megashare and many more.

It’s not that watching TV is a terrible thing; In fact, it’s a great source of entertainment, especially when spending time with family and friends. Nonetheless, it becomes a real problem when we make it a habit. We can’t diminish the negative effects that lifestyle has on the body. For lack of better words, let’s call it the “couch potato syndrome.”

It almost seems glorious to sit at home with mounds of food at your disposal while enjoying the newest season of “The Walking Dead” or “Blacklist.” But do we really understand what this does to our bodies? I’m sure most of us do, but it doesn’t hurt to restate the obvious: It adds pounds to our thighs, hips and of course, our bellies.

And it’s not that students don’t want to be healthy, it’s just that many don’t know how, or maybe they don’t have the motivation. Besides, it’s the holiday season, which means, more time at home, more food, and more holiday movies to watch. Colossal.

After gaining weight over the holidays, students often make the famous New Year’s resolution: “Gym, all day, everyday”. However, for the average student, this may only last one month, maybe 3 weeks.

The way to approach the “couch potato syndrome” is not to make an outrageous goal to become a health freak or a gym rat overnight, and then feel guilty when it doesn’t happen.

Instead, it starts by being real with yourself. Make realistic goals. Instead of committing to a 5-day workout plan right away, start working out 3 times a week for an hour. Let your body condition itself to physical activity, and once you have a routine, add more time to your workout. At that point, your body will be ready to take on more.

Also, working out doesn’t just happen at the gym. In fact, being healthy is a lifestyle. Although Physical activity maintains a healthy body, it doesn’t do much if

your diet remains unhealthy. Similar to physical activity, improvement starts with being real with yourself in regards to your dietary habits. Take realistic steps. Limit yourself to junk food to 2-3 times a week if your habit is to have it 7 days a week.

If you make outrageous changes right away, chances are you’ll miss it so much that you’ll wake up one day and binge like you haven’t eaten in a week. As your body gets use to it, cut more and more junk food, until it’s no longer a lifestyle habit.

1. Go for walks more often.

2. Jog around the park.

3. Find a jogging or workout buddy (having people with you will motivate you)

4. Go ice skating (great for the winter)

5. Go swimming

6. Join a recreational sport team

1. Cut the fast foods: McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Popeye’s, and the like

2. Eat fruits and vegetables daily

3. Pack your own lunches

4. Be mindful of calories and carbs (read product labels)

5. Buy healthy snacks (nuts, granola bars, baked chips)

6. Drink more water (instead of pop)

7. Treat yourself with junk food on occasion, once a week ideally (don’t deprive yourself)

The Couch Potato Syndrome

Here are some healthy tips for staying fit

Here are some tips for healthy eating

By: Stewart Escalona

Professional Writing Student

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This isn’t just a competition for business or marketing students, it is open to everyone and could benefit students that don’t see their skills traditionally connected to sales. Jamie Scarborough explains that no matter what you want to do with your career, you will still need a strong understanding of how to sell.

“It’s important to learn how to get people to listen to what you have to say and how to sell an idea internally. It’s important to learn how to sell yourself and a product in an interview. It’s important to learn how to do a discovery and ask really good questions... learn how to present, to negotiate and close opportunities and make deals happen.”

How to Enter

Visit the website and submit your video pitch before January 30, 2016.

You can find more information and view the 64 Centennial student pitches and over 1000 others already submitted at http://www.greatcanadiansalescompetition.com Advice for Contestants

“Be brave and don’t over-think it. What’s going to be natural is to procrastinate. I think everyone wants to be a part of it, but then they think that it’s too big or they have to really think of a good topic, or they really have to study how they’re going to do it.

The contestant that won last year was pulled out of a lineup as she was walking down the hallway and was asked to pitch something. She pitched something, got to the second round, and then started to really build some momentum and ended up winning the competition and

What’s in it for me? Get Practice

Learn the sales skill set. Get people to listen to what you have to say and learn how to get people to buy into your idea. Scarborough explains it’s important to learn how to sell yourself and a product in an interview. It’s important to learn how to ask really good questions, how to present, to negotiate, close opportunities and make deals happen. No matter what you want to do with your career, knowing how to sell is an invaluable skill. This competition can give you a chance to apply those skills. Get Noticed

There are 25 sponsors including some of the biggest and fastest growing companies from across Canada. This is an opportunity for those companies to connect with young people. The Millennials in Canada have a 14.5% unemployment rate, in Toronto it’s 15% and this is an opportunity for them to really be able to be successful… as opposed to having to go out into this horrible world of job fairs and interviewing. This is an opportunity for them to actually get noticed by really amazing employers who are actually looking to make hires. Rewards

The top prize is one full year of tuition (on average $7500). There are also lots of little prizes and prizes for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th.

The top 25 will also all get to participate in the competition at the Google head offices in Toronto and a gala at the Corus Entertainment Building at the end of the day.

Take a chance and submit your 30-90 second video pitch by January 30, 2016.

she won $5000. So don’t be finicky, don’t procrastinate, just do it! You can always do another video later and remove the first one, don’t let this time go by,

don’t get to the end of this competition and not have entered just because you didn’t step up for yourself, you weren’t brave enough.

Careers work that way as well. You don’t walk into a company and immediately become the CEO, you walk into a company and you have to be prepared to start at the bottom and work your way up and this is that competition too. Start at the bottom and work your way up.”

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It is the root of all evil, it can’t buy you happiness, and it makes the world go around. It is a central theme in everything that we do but isn’t often something we understand as well as we could. Which is why improving money management is perennially one of the most popular resolutions. If this is one of your resolutions, we want to share a few principles that may help you to succeed this year.

MoneyIf you can do this one thing, you will be in control of your finances. Paying yourself first doesn’t mean rewarding yourself with that new gadget or a great night on the town. Paying yourself first means putting your money to work for you. It means paying down your debt first. It means squirreling away money to pay back student loans. It means investing as much as you can. It means topping up RRSPs and maximizing Tax Free Savings Accounts. And it means doing this once your consumer debt is paid. More interest is built on debt than is given on guaranteed investments and savings. You can certainly be well rewarded for market-based investments like mutual funds, bond indexes and exchange traded funds, but they are a risk. What is guaranteed is the interest due each month on debt. If that interest isn’t being covered off by an appreciation in value of the asset it bought, then you need to pay that debt off before anything else. Money loses enough value each year based on inflation, don’t let money be worth less by giving it away on bad interest.

Pay yourself first OSAP and the Canadian Student Loan

program are great resources when used properly. How do you use them properly? Just use them for what they are intended for: school fees. They are temporary interest free loans that help you invest in your education. They are not sources of free money. They have to be paid back and they do carry interest once you are 6 months out from graduation. Treat them like any other loan. If they are used for tuition and books which lead to a more marketable you that will earn higher wages based on the credentials you are building, then that’s a good investment that will have a positive result. If they are being used to buy dinners out, TVs or other luxuries that will have no value moving forward, then that’s a bad investment. If you still have money left from your student loan after your tuition and course fees (books & materials) are paid, give the rest back. It’s a temptation that won’t do you any good. Either you keep it safe and not spend it, but earn a negligible amount of interest on it, or you’ll spend it on non-performing assets and expenses and add to what can already be a hefty student debt.

Don’t Overextend Student Loans

MoneyMANAGEMENT for

2016With the shaky economy always in the news and almost everything seeming to get more expensive by the month, the Courier has some tips for keep your money in your pocket.

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You will often hear people say: “You need to budget”. Budgeting is great and can be a cornerstone of sound financial management, but it is nothing more than lip service without tracking. Budgeting is stating an intention. Tracking is the start of holding yourself accountable to it. It doesn’t matter if you say you are only going to spend $40 a week on food away from home if you don’t include the daily $3 for coffee. You’re going to continually be over budget. Tracking allows you to see where your money goes and informs your budgeting. It can be eye opening and often isn’t pretty, but it’s the first real step to being more responsible.

Budgeting is good, tracking is better

Some day you will want to buy a car or a house and the likelihood of you being able to do that in cash are pretty remote. When the time comes you will need an established and strong credit record. The only way to build credit is by using it. Get a credit card with a reasonable limit (say $600 - $1,000) and use it responsibly. Charge a lot of your everyday purchases to the card and pay it in full at the end of your billing cycle every month. Responsible use is the key. Credit cards charge ridiculously high interest rates. After all the introductory deals expire you shouldn’t be surprised to be looking at an interest rate of almost 20%. The good news is that rate will never kick in if you make all your payments on time. The bad news is that once you fail to pay a bill in full you will be facing that interest rate from the date of each purchase until you have paid the bill in full for three consecutive billing cycles. TIP: treat credit card spending the same as cash & debit. Only put as much on credit as you will have in the bank or on hand when the bill comes due.

5 Credit is good It sounds funny to say that debt isn’t

necessarily bad, but its true. It’s all about value and interest. As mentioned earlier, interest is a key principal, I won’t mention much more about it. Value is the second key. Debt that is taken on to purchase appreciating assets like real estate can be strong financial decisions. Paying interest and carrying debt for depreciating assets – cell phones, designer clothes, trips and the like – is one of the absolute worst things you can do. They have an immediate convenience value, but are generally worth next to nothing within a very short period of time – What is an iPhone 5 worth now that the 6 and 6s are out now. If you can’t buy it in cash or pay the credit card bill for it in full at the end of the month, save up until you can.

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I n November I went roof topping with some friends.

A friend of mine messaged me one night about going. He said he knows someone that could get us on top of the tallest condo in the city. Told me it was like 80 stories high and that you could see everything from there. The offer was too good not to take, the thrill alone was worth the risk.

Obviously I accepted. He told me to meet him at the condo Saturday night. The plan was to check it out and stay until the morning to catch the sunrise.

1:15 am: Our night began downstairs. At the time there were six of us with a couple more on the way. Initially the plan was to wait until the morning to go upstairs but majority of us didn't want to stay over night. We decided to wait for everyone else to reach, finish eating, and then head upstairs to check things out.

Only two-thirds of the Ice Tower is built.

The condo is livable up until the 36th floor, the rest is still under construction. From the ground we took the elevator and then took the stairs until we met the roof. There were 34 flights to top.

3:50 am: At this point most of us were ready to dip, plus it was too dark to really see anything anyway. After exploring the unfinished suites and surveilling the roof we made our way back down. When we all got back people started going home, our group of 9 turned into 5 including myself.

Sunrise was at 7:20.

7:10 am: Go time. The 5 of us trekked all the way back upstairs again. When we reached the top this time around I was a little lightheaded but there was no turning back.

The roof had a second platform, almost like a helipad. That was what gave us the best view.

From that high the wind was nasty, plus

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it felt like at least -8. There were also these giant holes everywhere on the platform, the only thing to keep us balanced were wires that ran from end to end.

Hanifi wasn’t kidding when he said I’d be able to see everything. The view was incredible. We were so high that I could fill my frame with the financial district. The CN tower looked close enough to touch. Looking east I could even see as far as Pape. But believe me when I say that these photos are nothing compared to the real thing. The feeling of being so high up and on your feet is very intense and electric.

8:01 am: Mission accomplished. Before we left we stopped for a bit to warm up and look at our shots. We left shortly after we reach back downstairs for the last time. It was Sunday morning, the subways hadn't opened yet so we hailed a cab from outside Maple Leaf Square.

By time I got home I was finished. When I walked in my mom was up making coffee so I took a minute to tell her about the night before I KO'd.

I showed her some of my favourites and she almost fainted. If you're wondering why I did it, I'll tell you the same thing I told her; I did it for the thrill.

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