Edgefest Announces Line up Millenium Scholarships to Put 108M In
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LIBRARY RED RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE 0 H L I B182573 II May 25, 1999 — Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, "Fostering a free exchange of ideas." MAY 28 1999 NE SELL MOVIES NEWS Edgefest announces line up Hole, Silverchair, Wide Mouth Mason, Big Wreck, Moist, Edwin, NAUGHTY T-SHIRTS FOR SALE 2 Matthew Good Band, Rascalz scheduled to perform in perrennial fave make appearances. Conspicuous by with the boys from I Mother Earth. QUARK WINS V-BALL By Jamie Care their absence was Our Lady Peace, who Matthew Good Band will perform for CLASSIC 3 jumped ship to start their own festival, the first time on the mainstage after f this summer's plethora of fes- the Summersault Tour. wowing the crowds on the second stage tivals hasn't already over- Now it's 1999, and Edgefest organiz- last year. Also, hip-hop makes its debut whelmed you by July 7, then ers have pulled out all the stops to put when the Rascalz hit the Edgefest stage. ENTERTAINMENT you might want to Of course, what's a check out Edgefest, major festival with- the alternative rock out the rumours? RWB'S "FIESTA" ... 6 fest that's the dar- Remember the rumour back in 1993 FUSION JONZE .. 6 ling of the teenage that the Tragically set. Hip and Lenny STAR WARS This year, Edgefest is Kravitz where going REVIEW 7 making the move from to make a surprise Winnipeg Stadium appearance at FRINGE & (where it was held in Sunfest? Well, this FOLKLORAMA ... 8 '97 and '98) to its new year's big one has digs at Assiniboia mainstream punks FOLK FEST & JAZZ Downs. the Offspring paying FEST PREVIEW .... 9 A short history of a visit to the 'Downs. Edgefest goes like this: Don't get your hopes it began in Toronto in up yet . this is still 1992, finally coming to nothing more than a Winnipeg in 1997. Our rumour. COLUMNS Lady Peace, the Tea At $35 a ticket, Party, and Collective & FEATURES Edgefest '99 is a Soul headlined that first year, but it was on another unforgettable day of rock tempting proposition. And unless The Philosopher Kings who stole the music. Signed to headline on July 7 is you've got something better to do on show with a sexy, inspired set. A mem- Hole and Silverchair, with Wide Mouth STUDENT LOAN July 7 - like checking out The Moffats at orable moment saw I Mother Earth Mason, Big Wreck and Moist also play- NIGHTMARES.... 4-5 the Arena - then get yourself over to make one of their last appearances with ing the main stage. Returning to Assiniboia Downs. You'll be the envy of their lead singer, Edwin. Edgefest is the aforementioned Edwin, TOP TEN 6 all your little sister's 14-year-old 1998 saw Green Day and Foo Fighters who's gone solo since parting ways friends . I promise. RANT 10 CLASSIFIEDS 11 Millenium Scholarships to put 108M in students' pockets By Kimberly Corneillie dents must be in financial need, have year 1999-2000 will automatically be con- successfully completed 60 percent of a sidered for the foundation's General NO MORE year of post-secondary studies, be Awards. PENCILS, NO tarting January 2000, the enrolled as a full time student in an eligi- Along with the General Awards, the Canada Millennium foundation is creating 133 Exceptional MORE BOOKS, SScholarships Foundation has All Manitoba students Merit Awards to be given to Manitoban NO MORE made $108 million dollars in students, starting in the fall of 2000. financial grants available to who apply for These awards, like the General Awards, TEACHERS' are grants, and will vary between $3,000- Manitoba post-secondary stu- financial assistance DIRTY LOOKS. $9,000 for Manitoba students. dents. The $108 million will be under the current The key difference between the two divided up over a period of 10 Canada Student Loans awards is that the Exceptional Merit -ANONYMOUS years into prize amounts between Awards are for those qualifying students $2,000 to $4,000 per recipient. Program for the year entering post-secondary education for the first time. The foundation has yet to "Post-secondary education is becom- 1999-2000 will determine what the qualifying criteria ing more and more essential in today's will be, but will be consulting the rapidly advancing global economy," said automatically be province in order to find an equitable THE PROJECTOR Education and Training Minister Jim considered for the foun and efficient method of identifying recip- WISHES ALL McCrae. "Our government recognizes ients. that students need assistance with the dation's General "The Canada Millennium Scholarships STUDENTS AND escalating costs of education." represent a major step forward for The scholarships are funded by the Awards STAFF OF RRC A Manitoba students,"said Norman Canada Millennium scholarship Riddell, executive director and chief HAPPY AND Foundation, an autonomous organiza- ble post-secondary institution and be in executive officer of the Canada tion created by the Parliament of SAFE SUMMER! good standing at the time of the award. Millennium Scholarship Foundation. Canada, and are co-organized by the All Manitoba students who apply for "For many of them, this help will make a Government of Manitoba. financial assistance under the current big difference." To be eligible for these awards stu- Canada Student Loans Program for the NEWS The Projector May 25, 1999 Business Admin. students sell profane T-shirts Replace the second "p" in "entrepreneurship," and what have you got? By Candice Knol ave you ever Thankiw had to work so H closely with a group of people that Dennis sometimes you feel like • killing them? P That's how a lot of January 29, 1944 — April 26, 1999 Business Administration students taking the Entrepreneurship course feel, said Carl Osato and For your extraordinary contribution to the Graphic Design Mike Boyle, the managers and Advertising industry in Winnipeg and western Canada. of CMOR. Osato and Boyle are both second year Business You will be sadly missed forever. Administration students. They took the Entrepreneurship course this year. It's a two-term course where groups of stu- dents develop a business to the point of conception. To really make it happen, all they need is the money. But over the six month period, Boyle said Entrepenurship students CMOR managers Mike Boyle (left) and Carl Osato show off their "get on each other's T-shirts. For every shirt sold, a dollar goes towards the RRC daycare. nerves." It's a stressful course, said Boyle, because to the Red River daycare initial reaction to the T- there's lots of work and centre. shirts was nonchalant. deadlines to meet. Boyle said they have to "Ha! Boys will be boys," STUDENT WORK So Osato and Boyle sell 37 shirts to break even. she said. decided they'd use the So far, they've sold 26. She said the shirts are "a skills they learned to make They're a great "momento pretty benign way of letting $12.85 To Start some money and express to remind [students] of the off steam." She understood how they, and other stu- fun times they've had that students are stressed dents, feel about the here," said Boyle. Osato with their business pro- • Scholarships awarded • Valuable resume experience course. agreed. jects, but said the real They had to make an Boyle and Osato said the world will be even more • Comprehensive training • Pay increases with investment of about $415, shirts are good quality. "We stressful. incentives which they could lose, but stand by our shirts," said Her only concern was • Advancement opportunities they don't think it's likely. Boyle. how the T-shirt would available • No door to door or They're selling white cot- Lindsay Bohnhardt, the reflect on the student wear- telephone sales ton T-shirts emblazoned outgoing president of the ing it if a potential employ- • Full and part time with the slogan, "I hate Students' Association, had er saw them, even in a • No experience necessary Entrepreneur Sh*t." The only one thing to say about casual environment. • Flexible work hours back reads, "Grad '99 the shirts: "Hey, they say it If you're graduating from (hopefully)." all." Bohnhardt took the Business Administration FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL The T-shirts sell for $13 course last year. and want to buy a shirt, each. Osato and Boyle are Entrepreneurship coordi- Osato and Boyle can usual- donating $1 from each shirt nator Dorothy Doerksen's ly be found around CMOR. 261-6889 10% DISCOUNT RED RIVER has been Red River College's Student Newspaper for over 30 years. 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