Mecca articles

  • Conestoga is a foreign student mecca. Is its climb to riches leading it off a cliff?

    The smell of South Asian spices wafts from the "Blends and Curries" food counter.  Conversations in Hindi and Gujurati flood the bustling hallways, which quickly get packed as students pour in and out of classes. Cliques of Indian youth, who appear to make up a majority of the student population, take full advantage of common areas to study, lounge around or wait for class to begin. Everywhere you look at the main campus of Conestoga College, there's ample proof of an explosion of...