Lack of Student Life at Sheridan College

Thursday January 24th 2008


Lack of student life at Sheridan College

How exciting are your weekends? Do you crave for more out of your college experience?
As a former student of the downtown campus of The University of Toronto where there was very little student life, I expected when coming to a relatively small college that the student community would be large and thriving. How wrong was I!
How many of the people that you’ve met since you started here at Sheridan don’t belong to your program? Chances are, not many. If you walk through the halls of Trafalgar campus on a typical Friday afternoon, you’ll see many students walking hastily, looking straight ahead and totally focused on catching the next bus home. It is obvious that many students come to school, go to their classes and go straight home. Rarely do you find a group of students talking excitedly about their plans for the weekend or where they are going to meet later that night.

Your best bet for any form of student camaraderie in Oakville on the weekends is to go to the local sports bar across the street from campus, Monaghan’s. This student hang out spot is in no way affiliated with Sheridan College so you may find an eclectic mix of students combined and older gentlemen drinkers.

There are some students that want to socialize solely with their fellow Sheridan schoolmates. Many believe the Connexion does not offer enough activities for the average college student. There used to be all ages pub nights every Tuesday night and 19+ events on Thursday nights but these nights were cancelled indefinitely by the Student Union. The one common complaint among Sheridan College students such as Pierre Richards, a Business Marketing student, is that “ if they were open on Fridays and Saturdays, it would be sick.”

Unfortunately the only options for a weekend social life if living in Oakville is to attend house parties or leave, heading out to York, downtown Toronto or Mississauga. If you’re trying to meet new people, try your luck at talking to random groups of friendly looking students on campus between your classes because socializing at weekend campus activities is hardly an option.




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