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LAST NUGGET THIS SEMESTER, SEE YOU IN THE FALL! THE Thursday, April 10, 2014 Volume 51, Issue 26 NAIT YOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPERNUGGET FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA NAITSAStudents’ Association TURNS celebrates, page50! 20 Photo by Benjamin Sim James Head, left, VP Student Services, holds the prestigious Golden Torch Award he received April 5 at NAITSA’s annual awards banquet. He dedicated his award to fellow outgoing executives during his acceptance speech. They are Meagan Strachan, VP Academic; Daryn Rainer, VP External and Jonathan Bilodeau, president. 2 The Nugget Thursday, April 10, 2014 NEWS&FEATURES Memories, good and bad I’m almost finished my third semester ticum, I have a strong desire to move free. Being full time students, I wish we in the Radio and Television program and away from Edmonton and try the whole could catch a break. honestly, I’m looking forward for it to living in another city thing, something Walking to the RTA building and end, as it’s the beginning of a whole new that I’m so stoked for. getting my daily dose of second hand journey for me (this is also my second Of course, there are some things that smoke from all the smokers outside the time being in school and I’ve never felt I won’t miss about NAIT. I complain a door – thanks for that, has anyone told more ready to conquer the world). lot about the (old) parkade right next you that smoking is bad for you? In my time at The Nugget, I’ve to our RTA building. I thought it was a I don’t know if it’s just me but what learned a lot about print journalism, good idea when I got my parking pass is it with all the hot rooms on campus? grammar and generally being a better but little did I know how much time I The Nugget office being one – I kid you KRYSTA MARTELL writer that can only benefit me in the would need to budget when parking not, you could do hot yoga in there. The Issues Editor future (especially in television). and retrieving my car. God help you if Naitrium is another place, very nice @tweetsbykrysta I also need to credit my time in it’s a miserable, cold day and it’s icy – spot but hot and a tad humid and all the At the beginning of the semester, I the Radio Television Arts program. I making those turns is enough for your “interesting” smells in there make it a wrote my first editorial that introduced have learned so much from my class- back end to run into the wall or another little less enjoyable. myself and I wrote a few things about mates and instructors that it has helped car. I also never understood why some Anyhow, there you have it! My who I am. I really hope what we have me shoot, write and edit better. It was people have to signal. Every. Single. very last editorial is complete. We are published in this semester of The Nugget a worthwhile experience that holds a Time. Going up the parkade when there all going to leave at some point but has been interesting for everyone to read. ton of memories. I’m excited to begin is only one way to go. Walking down 13 just remember; education is the most Now. here we are last issue and my practicum this summer at City TV flights of stairs is exhausting and seeing powerful weapon, which you can use approaching the end to a long semes- and I’m nervous and overwhelmed at rotten food on the ground is also very to change the world. Good luck to my ter. My time here with The Nugget and the same time, only because it’s the big unappetizing. Just parking in general – fellow Nugget editors; it’s been fun and as a student at NAIT has come to end. leagues now. Once I finish my prac- NAIT has made it impossible to park for good night! Recent disappearance of city woman cause Be careful, be aware for concern By GABRIELLE Hay-BYERS campus for the summer, The Nugget has nizant of what the conditions will be like yourself from this type of crime, choose Issues Editor compiled a list of safety tips to keep as a when you return to your vehicle – it may walking routes that are well lit and popu- @Gee_H_Bee reference. be a nice, bright spot to park now but are lated if you are walking after dark. If Edmonton-area scientist Anina Protective Services recommends there lights nearby for when it becomes you carry personal electronics like, say, Hundsdoerfer has now been missing for that when in a situation regarding your dark? Think ahead. a smartphone, be smart about keeping weeks, prompting safety concerns for vehicle, always be sure to park in well- When considering safety around your it concealed when in unfamiliar situa- area residents as long as questions remain lit areas, refrain from keeping personal home, never hesitate to contact the police tions. Small devices like smartphones about her disappearance. While the search information like your registration in the or building security if there are strangers and iPods are quick cash for offenders or for Anina has been called off, the investi- vehicle when you are not in it and never loitering around your home or apartment. can be easily exchanged for drugs. When gation into her disappearance has not. leave your windows rolled down, even a It’s well advised to trim back any bushes out at events, try to attend with a trusted NAIT Protective Services has been crack. Additionally, always practise situa- on your property so that you can see if friend and if you part ways to head home, sharing advice for how to keep safe in tional awareness and check the back seat there is someone attempting to loiter near check in with each other. Edmonton and on campus all year and of your vehicle and the area around you doorways. The Edmonton Police Service Follow these tips for a safe summer! before the majority of students vacate before you enter the car. Always be cog- recommends keeping your keys ready when walking to your doorway so that you can enter quickly. If you’re planning on tak- ing a holiday this summer, talk to a friend or hire a company to get your mail, mow the lawn and check in on your home. Suspend newspaper subscrip- tions and consider buying tim- ers for lights in your home. Not only is this important for insur- ance purposes it is a deterrent to potential thieves. As the temperature rises, we will all become more eager to head out to events and outdoor areas. Last year, the Edmonton Police Service received over missingpeople.ca edmonton.ctvnews.ca 1,500 calls regarding personal Volunteers put up signs for Anina. robberies. In order to protect Anina Hundsdoerfer Thursday, April 10, 2014 NEWS & FEATURES The Nugget 3 The Nugget Room E-128B 11762–106 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5G 2R1 Production Office 471-8866 www.thenuggetonline.com Editor-in-Chief Carly Robinson [email protected] Issues Editors Krysta Martell Gabrielle Hay-Byers [email protected] Sports Editors Bridgette Tsang Connor Hood [email protected] Entertainment Editors Richard Lukacs Quinton Berger [email protected] Photo Editors Jesse Kushneryk Josie Baerg [email protected] Online Editor Baillie Scheetz online [email protected] Production Manager Frank MacKay [email protected] Submissions encouraged: [email protected] The opinions expressed by contribu- Photo by Nicolas Brown tors to the Nugget are not necessarily shared by NAIT officials, NAITSA or Stephenie Fuhrer, Student Engagement facilitator, says young women should see trades as a viable option. elected school representatives. For advertising, call 780-701-1951 or e-mail: Expanding horizons [email protected] By NICOLAS BROWN female enrollment fall within the mandate including Big Brothers Big Sisters, as part @bruchev of the Women in Technology and Trades of their community outreach. As a polytechnic, NAIT offers a wide program. The program offers support to Although the program is geared variety of hands-on programs ranging women enrolled in certain areas and helps towards supporting women in their stud- Letters from business and information technology, new students adjust to what many would ies, there is no general rule that men We want your views to apprenticeships and trades. Historically, consider a “different” environment. Any cannot get involved either. Monthly Is something bugging you certain programs have attracted different business student will tell you that walking lunches are held to help students talk, about NAIT or the world? Do demographics within the population. The down a hallway in any trades wing is cer- get support and find some friends who you have some praise for the most recognizable example of this would tainly a different experience. can share their experience. All students be, of course, the trades program area. The initiative also works to encourage are welcome to attend these lunches, school or life in general? Traditionally, the trades have been a career potential students to consider these “non- and many go on to make presentations Keep your thoughts short path heavily dominated by men. For the traditional” programs. to encourage young girls to break the and to the point. No more past five years, NAIT has been working on Stephenie Fuhrer, a facilitator in the gender stereotype. than 100 words. Submit an initiative to change that trend. Office of Student Engagement and the pri- The Women in Technology and Trades your letters with your real Dubbed the Women in Technology and mary contact for the program, explains; program is one more extremely valuable name and contact info to: Trades Program and started in 2008, the “showing young girls that trades and tech- service offered to students by NAIT.