NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR NAITSA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CANDIDATES THE Please recycle this Thursday, January 10, 2013 newspaper when you are NAIT Volume 50, Issue 15 finished with it. YOUR STUDENTNUGGET NEWSPAPER FOR 50 YEARS, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA NEW STAFF, NEW YEAR For introductory columns and editorial, see inside Photo by Laura Dettling Your Nugget editors, 2013 The new slate of editors at the Nugget get together to introduce themselves. Left to right, they are: Lauren Fink, Sports Editor; Alison Mullock, Entertainment Editor; Nicole Murphy, Editor-in-Chief; Chad Steeves, Photo Editor; Sarah Stilwell, Issues Editor and Meaghan Willis, Assistant Entertainment Editor. 2 The Nugget Thursday, January 10, 2013 NEWS&FEATURES news.com.au Wrapped up in their phones, these women appear to be oblivious to anything around them. A technology trap hours. At that moment I wondered: when did has marketed itself as a place that encour- my phone become the dominant person in ages people to disconnect from their phones our relationship? and social media. I haven’t been there yet, According to a survey put on by Vision and despite being initially critical of their Critical, a market research and technology “we’re against social media” on social media firm, 40 per cent of smartphone users would tactics, I have to admit it. That’s kind of give up video games, 28 per cent would give cool. And necessary. up alcohol and 23 per cent would part with It’s not that they’re completely against coffee rather than give up their smartphone. social media either, it’s more so encouraging An astounding 17 per cent would give up communication face to face instead of bury- SARAH STILWELL their pets. ing your face in your phone when you’re at Issues Editor What this study has hinted at is that Wing Wednesday with your pals. @Aaardwolf many Canadians, if not already addicted, are As a girl who gets hundreds of e-mails, As I sat alone on New Year’s Eve waiting well on their way to becoming addicted to texts, calls, Facebook messages, and tweets for my friend to grab a pint, it felt like some- their phones. I am not above these kinds of (did I forget any?) in a day, I appreciate hav- thing big was missing. It was an unsettling people. ing the ability to disconnect from my Sam- feeling. That’s when I realized that I had left What I have to say on this recent addic- sung Galaxy every so often. my phone at home. tion trend, is that we need to be able to cut For my New Year’s resolution, it’s not to It seemed like seconds were hours as I ourselves off from smartphone world when text or e-mail less. My New Year’s resolu- tried to find something to do with my hands. necessary. tion, and challenge for Nugget readers, is to It had only been a couple of minutes, how- Central Social Hall, a new bar down- be able to disconnect from our phones appro- ever my hands felt barren for what felt like town, with a hashtag #publicconversation, priately and not use our phones as a crutch. The Nugget, your friendly student newspaper, needs enthusiastic staffers. Pay for part-time work. Contact Nicole Murphy [email protected] Thursday, January 10, 2013 NEWS & features The Nugget 3 Credit where it’s due By TYLER WARREN way to recognize how special they The Nugget Do you know a teacher at NAIT were. Many are impacted by the rec- Room E-128B who goes above the line of their job ognition and gratitude that it brings. 11762–106 Street to make things easier for you? I think Now, you may be wondering; Edmonton, Alberta we all do. But we also know that what does the nominator get out of T5G 2R1 many things and people in life are all this? They get the satisfaction of Production Office 471-8866 taken for granted. knowing that the nominee they have www.thenuggetonline.com If you ever wanted to say thanks chosen is being recognized for their Editor-in-Chief to someone for something that they outstanding dedication both to their have done above and beyond what is students and to NAIT. Nicole Murphy expected of them, you can nominate What qualifies as exceptional or [email protected] them for the Teachers Instructional outstanding is anything. That could Issues Editor Excellence Award. be something as simple as always Sarah Stilwell The Teachers Instructional Excel- giving the class a laugh, often stay- [email protected] lence Awards are an annual event ing late to make sure that you got Assistant Issues Editor where students can nominate their the help that you needed to complete favourite teacher for excellence and that homework, or even just being a Pending exceptionality. friend and listening to you when you [email protected] Nominees will be taken out for just needed to talk to someone. Some- Sports Editor a free dinner and the winners will times, they were that person who Lauren Fink receive an instructional excellence gave you lunch money or bus money [email protected] ring. A free form is available on the when you forgot yours at home. Assistant Sports Editor NAIT portal for students to fill out The list goes on and on and can Pending and it only takes a few minutes to only be defined by what you feel is [email protected] do. A minimum of five students need most important and what makes you Entertainment Editor to provide their signatures as proof grateful. The Instructional Excellence Alison Mullock of nomination for it to be valid, but Awards are a fabulous way to show those signatures will be strictly that you appreciate someone special. [email protected] confidential. Wouldn’t it be nice to put a big Assist. Entertainment Editor Remember, a teacher is a per- smile on someone’s face just by tak- Meaghan Willis son who was once a student just like ing a few moments of your time to [email protected] yourself and was perhaps encouraged fill out a nomination form? And, you Photo Editor to become the person they are today never know, it might just put a smile Chad Steeves because one student went out of their on your face, too! [email protected] Production Manager Frank MacKay [email protected] New medical pot rules For advertising, call 471-8866 or e-mail: [email protected] By JOSH YAWORSKI pain symptoms in sufferers of fibromyalgia, ted to possess, so that they may sell the excess for In response to rising pressures from mayors migraines and Crohn’s disease. profit. Last month in British Columbia, a man per- Submissions encouraged: in regions throughout both British Columbia and Mental disorders have seen positive results, mitted to grow 220 plants was found to be in pos- [email protected] Alberta, federal health minister Leona Aglukkaq including depression, bipolar disorder and post session of more than 1,400. The deadline is noon on the last plans to entirely revamp the system through traumatic stress disorder. Abuse of the system is only part of the school day of the week. (All sub- which chronic pain sufferers are able to procure THC, the main active component in canna- problem, claim fire and police officials. They say missions must include your name non-pharmaceutical relief under a new national bis, has even been seen to help prevent deposits in they have observed many instances of improperly and student ID number.) marijuana supply program. the brain linked to Alzheimer’s, stop the spread- maintained growing operations, overloaded elec- Previously, sufferers had the option of self ing of breast cancer and is believed to cause trical equipment and unsafe circumstances. The opinions expressed by contribu- producing amounts relative to their personal autophagy, or self consumption in cancerous Police claim that the existence of one per- tors to the Nugget are not necessarily shared by NAIT officials, NAITSA or need or to purchase through cells in the brain. son with a prescription in an area can see a elected school representatives. Health Canada’s one Doctors have been spike in crime activity and that they are incap- approved producer, Prai- able to prescribe canna- able of distinguishing legal and illegal grow rie Plant Producers. Aver- bis to patients for anything operations in many circumstances. Their com- age users see costs of self they believe can be helped plaints reached their local mayors, and after producing within the range by it in Canada since 1999, some petitioning, were forwarded to the Fed- Letters of $500 a month, including the though few are actually eration of Canadian Municipalities, who peti- We want your views increased power con- willing to, which tioned Aglukkaq, who now intends to go fur- Is something bugging you sumption and main- some speculate is ther than they requested and take away nearly about NAIT or the rest of the taining growing equip- due to the 28 pages of two-thirds of those currently growing their own world? Do you have some praise ment. Patients purchas- paperwork required to do product legally. to dish out about the school or life ing the same amounts through so. A few abuses of the system has caused the dis- in general? the new system would find If one does get a prescrip- solution of a system otherwise functioning, and Get those thoughts into print. themselves paying that for tion, patients were previ- once again instead of taking steps to punish and Keep them short and to the roughly a two-day supply.