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[email protected] Duties: the projector campus deliveries, maintain- ing 40+ campus bulletin boards, and cleaning Building H, Room HM08. microwaves. • 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (M-F) Entertainment Editor • 632-2238 (Tel.) 931-9390 (Pager) Jen Zoratti Qualifications: RRC student, able to work unsu- • 632-2323 (after hours, Security - 24 hrs) [email protected] pervised, and familiarity with the campus. Princess Street Campus Wage: $100/mth Closing: Jan. 27, 2006 Services include: Layout/Photo Editor Short term care for illnesses or injury. Grant Burr Apply in writing to: Personal health teaching and counseling. [email protected] Owen Desnoyers, executive director Medical referrals. Red River College Students' Association On campus emergency care. Room CM20, 2055 Notre Dame Ave. Blood pressure and blood sugar monitoring. Layout/Photo Editor Winnipeg, MB R3H OV9 STD education and prevention. Justen Vogt Free condoms, and birth control information. [email protected] RRCSA STUDENT BENEFITS PLAN Wellness programs. Where do I go for help? Student Service co-ordi- Room P105 Advertising and Sales Manager nator, RRCSA Student Benefits Plan office. • 949-8478 Guy Lussier •949-8305 (after hours, Security - 24 hrs) [email protected] Room FM66 2055 Notre Dame Avenue A TRAVEL NIGHTS SLIDESHOW Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0J9 632-2503 The Basque Region of France & Spain [email protected] presented by: www.gallivan.ca/studentnetworks • Hostelling International — Manitoba Editor-in-Chief Rudy Zacharias - Kathryn McBurney • The Great Canadian Travel Company RRC HEALTH SERVICE Wed. Feb. 8, 2006 News Editor James Turner - Joanna Fultz Notre Dame Campus 7:30 — 9:00 p.m. The Health Services are staffed by professional Sport Manitoba - 200 Main St. nurses. No appointments are necessary although 200 Main Street Entertainment Editor Cam Lytwyn - Arnie Lesyk clients will be seen on a priority basis. Services are personal and confidential. Any informa- INTERNATIONAL STAND-UP COMEDIAN tion provided do not become part of permanent Russell Peters Layout/Photo Editor records. Carmen Barnett - Lynsey Sable Sat., Feb. 18, 2006 Scope of Service 8:00 p.m. • Weight and blood pressure monitoring. Centennial Concert Hall - 555 Main St. contributing writers & photographers • Blood sugar clinics. 780 - 3333 (ticketmasterca) • STD education and prevention. Paul Adair Alan MacKenzie • Emergency response, advanced cardiac care RRC Technology "Kids Kamp" Seid Ahmed Mark Merkoske • Short-term care for illnesses Kyle Bakx Ross Prusakowski • Referral service Grade seven students are learning about technol- Craig Becker Jack Rach • Treatment for injuries on ogy courtesy of the instructors in the Electrical/ Tim Bigelow Chris Reid campus. Electronic Engineering Technology dep. at RRC. Erin Carter Darren Ridgely • Required immunizations and tuberculosis test The "Kids Kamp" raises awareness of technology Samantha Charran Kelly Rybach uk ing. and engineering programs among young people, Helen Cholakis Carly Thompson • Critical incident stress-debriefing. particularly females. Classes are fun and informa- Brook Jones Matey Tuhtar • Over-the-counter medications. tive, and kids develop hands-on skills. Jennifer Jularbal Laura Power • Suture removal. Julia Masser) Carle Willson • Smoking cessation. Jan. 14 - March 4 (each weekend) • Hearing conservation programs. three-hour sessions 0 • Personal health teaching and counseling. Princess Street Campus • Occupational health and safety issues. studentshare. rrc. mb.ca • Medical and physical assistance to students and meeting staff with disabilities. Funded through the Technical Vocational • Promotion of on-campus community health Initiative (TVI). the next story meeting for the projector is: programs/initiatives. 12:00 p.m., Friday, February 3rd, in W102 Newsroom. 0 corrections Jan. 9/06 (Issue #9) the projector: RE: 'pumped about blood donations' (Kyle Bakx) Phone: 204.947.0013 In an editorial error, a column neglected to include Health Services as a contributer to organizing Fax: 204.949.9150 blood donor clinics. The clinics are a joint effort between Health Services and the SA. Health Services The Projector books the clinics with Canadian Blood Services, arranges space with facilities departments, and sup- ports each clinic on campus. do Red River College Students' Association . P 110 - 160 Princess Street RE: 'Your Health Matters' (Jack Rach) Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1K9 In an editorial error, it was noted that the RRC Health Office can give lengthy advice as to what is covered on the Student Health Plan. Unfortunately, the RRC Health Office is unable to assist, as it is For advertising information, contact the RRC Student Benefits Plan Office that provides this information. Guy Lussier at: 204.632.2070 the projector apologizes for the error(s). [email protected] Got something to say? We want to hear from you. Email your letter to [email protected] 103 january 23 2006 theprojector-- winnipeg writer rewarded rrc grad one of canada's best what is the giller prize? BY KATHRYN MCBURNEY gram, adding, "It forced me to write He is certainly one of Canada's more." best writers now. The Ciller prize The Giller Prize is a literary award i ong overdue recognition was Jeff Zabudsky, president of RRC, carries the largest monetary award celebrating the best in Canadian fiction paid to David Bergen, winner spoke at the event saying, "We'll be for literature in Canada: $40,000. (long format or short stories) annually. T of the prestigious Scotiabank churning out Giller prize winners by It is highly competitive, with the top The Giller also aims to enhance market- Giller Prize for literature. Bergen, the dozen in the years to come." writers in the country all pursuing ing efforts of Canadian writers to the who won the award in Nov. '05 for Other attendees showing appre- the yearly title. Some of the previous Canadian public. his novel The Time In Between, was winners have been Michael Ondaatje, The prize was founded in '94 by Jack honoured at a reception held at the "I learned how to Mordechai Richler, and Margaret Red River College (RRC) Princess Atwood. Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Street Campus on Jan. 9. tell a story in a The Time in Between, published Doris Giller. Doris Gillet was a literary A graduate of the RRC Creative very quick way. It by McClelland & Stewart, is packed journalist who became the editor of Communications program in '80, forced me write with imagery captured while journal- three of Canada's major daily newspa- Bergen has since published four ing his visit to Vietnam with his fam- pers, the Montreal Star, the Montreal novels, several other literary works, more. " ily in '96. Gazette, and the Toronto Gazette. She and is no stranger to literary acclaim. DAVID BERGEN "Writers always keep notes," says was instrumental in establishing new After receiving the John Hirsh award Bergen, even though he didn't have ciation to Manitoba's first Giller standards for writing book reviews. for Most Promising New Writer in a clear intention at the time to write The Giller Prize offers the largest mon- `93, he went on to win several other winner were MB Premier Gary this novel. He adds that his advice for etary award for literature in the country. highly sought after awards. His novel, Doer, Winnipeg Free Press writer aspiring writers is always the same- In '05 it teamed up with Scotiabank A Year of Lesser was named New York Morley Walker, outgoing RRC dean "read, read, read." to create the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Times Notable Book of the Year in of Business and Applied Arts Dave Premier Doer, who hasn't read The `97, in 2006- lie received the CBC Williamson, and several of Bergen's Time In Between, but says it's on his The partnership brought the purse to Literary Prize for Short Fiction, and RRC classmates. summer reading list, commented that $50,000, with $40,000 going to the his third novel, The Case of Lena One former peer of Bergen's, Bergen's win is good for culture and winner and $2,500 going to each of the S., won the Carol Shields Winnipeg Michael Balagus, now executive literacy in the province. four finalists. Book Award in '03. council in the office of the Premier, As for why no other ceremonies The Giller has so far endowed over "I learned how to tell a story in a says that while in college, Bergen had celebrated Bergen's achievement, $250,000 to Canadian writers. very quick way," says Bergen about was "one of the better writers, even Doer says, "I sent letters. I'm here as the Creative Communications pro- then." a first chance to pay tribute." rrc says no reading week required support for week off, weak argument BY KELLY RYBACHUK trimester system, there was a natural affect the college as a whole. "The reason they give a break is break that fell around spring time," he "Red River College is regarded as a because students were starting to com- s students, we are all familiar says, "but when the college moved to a premier college in Canada because of mit suicide," he says.