Friday, November 18, 2011

www.westerngazette.ca • @uwogazette Etiquette expertise Transitioning from student to professional >> pg. 5 TODAY TOMORROW high high 5 8 low low -3 4 thegazetteHBD Jason since 1906 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011 canada’s only daily student newspaper • founded 1906 VOLUME 105, ISSUE 43 ‘Citizen movement’ created 30 per cent off to facilitate Occupy efforts tuition now a reality Gloria Dickie and in our post-secondary educa- NEWS FEATURES EDITOR tion system,” Murray stated. The program will begin on The Ontario government is rolling January 1, 2012, meaning all stu- back the savings on undergraduate dents currently enrolled in a post- tuition. Yesterday, Premier Dalton secondary institute who meet the McGuinty announced the Liberal above criteria will be affected by government would be cutting uni- the grants. versity and college tuition by 30 In fact, $800 will be given to per cent, fulfilling his campaign university students in January, and promise. $365 to college students. Although technically defined Those already on OSAP will au- as a grant, not a cut, Glen Murray, tomatically be registered to receive minister of training, colleges and the grant cheque, while those who universities, explained for most haven’t qualified for OSAP, but still students it would have the same meet the grant criteria will be able effect. to apply online by mid-December. University undergraduate The application process, ac- students will receive $1,600 per cording to Murray, will be very sim- annum or $800 per semester. Col- ple and consist of four questions. Corey Stanford GAZETTE lege students will receive $730 per “The Ministry is already going annum. If the grant is received for through OSAP applicants and they Alex Carmona now let’s take what they’re trying the people of Earth,” he said. all four years, it will amount to will automatically be sending out NEWS EDITOR to do and put some substance and Pearson acknowledged some $6,400 or comparable to a free year cheques,” Murray explained. some policy into it that the broader occupiers may not appreciate this, of tuition. However, in future years, there After being evicted last week by public can feed into.” and may feel their movement is “During these lean fiscal times, will be automatic deduction from the City of London, the Occupy Among the ranks of the task being sidelined. However, he was our government remains commit- students’ tuition online. London movement seems to have force are a number of eminent unconcerned. ted to helping our youth achieve Since 2003, the Ontario gov- found a cooperative partner. London citizens, such as Kevin “I don’t worry about it at all, but success in school, go on to post- ernment has tripled the number At the behest of the city, Glen Dixon, dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, it will happen. Yes, some are going secondary education and get a of grants available to struggling Pearson, co-director of the London James Shelley, coordinator of the to find it really difficult but […] I’m good job,” McGuinty declared. students. Food Bank, has drawn together a city symposium community ini- not out here so I don’t hurt people’s The discount will be available in Murray observed that both stu- citizens’ task force with the goal tiative, and Eric Sheppard, a local feelings,” he said. “We’ve got real the form of a grant to post-second- dent debt and employment op- of “facilitating efforts between community activist and strong problems in society which I think ary students coming from families portunities were challenges for Occupy London and the broader supporter of Occupy London. we need to deal with and this is a with incomes under $160,000 and students, and hoped the program community.” The task force will “It’s important to remember great way to do it.” will be offered for up to four years. would help. attempt to streamline the Occupy that this initiative is independent The initiative plans to have Part-time students do not qualify “Our government is quite con- protestors into a greater commu- of the city—it’s a citizen move- clear-cut policies by March of next as of yet. strained right now because of the nity-wide movement with clear, ment,” Pearson said. year. With an annual allotment of global situation, and we thought coherent goals. Sheppard also stressed the fact “The plan is to go before coun- roughly $450 million, Murray es- that this was something that was “We’re thankful to Occupy Lon- that the Occupy movement will cil before [next year’s] budget is timated the cuts would affect ap- meaningful to students,” he con- don for raising these issues the way not be the central part of the new passed […] and say ‘Here’s what proximately 320,000 Ontario stu- cluded. “It gets money into their they have, but the broader com- plan, but instead just a part of it. we think about your policies and dents, or 86 per cent of students. pockets quickly and starts to bring munity wants in,” Pearson said. “This isn’t focused on the occu- we think you either need to tweak “It is a very big commitment by the cost down for students, espe- “This would never have happened pation. This is an initiative on the the government of Ontario and a cially for students early in the sys- if Occupy wasn’t in the park. But part of the people of London and >> see OCCUPY pg.3 very major investment in students tem and entering the workforce.” CHRW tuning into students’ interests Cameron Smith It will also help determine how doing a student survey on what GAZETTE STAFF to provide content to meet the de- students would like to listen to,” he mands of the digital age. said. Campus radio station CHRW wants “We decided to focus more on Grant Stein, general manager of to listen to its listeners. programming and student input CHRW, is eagerly awaiting the re- The University Students’ Coun- on podcasting and web content,” sults of the survey. cil has teamed up with CHRW to Hong said. “We want to find out if we’re conduct a survey for early next According to Hong, a full review delivering content people want to year about what students want to of CHRW’s listeners has been pro- listen to, and if possible shift what see from their programming. posed to occur in the next couple we’re doing and take advantage of “We are going to do a survey of of years, although Jeremy San- different styles,” Stein said. students on campus […] to deter- tucci, communications officer for CHRW’s content and audience mine what stuff they like to listen King’s University College Students’ is so varied that these surveys are to so that CHRW can focus on pro- Council, does not think it will be highly unpredictable. viding more content for students,” necessary. “You never know what you’re Eliot Hong, communications offi- “We’re not [necessarily] doing a going to get from a survey like this,” cer for the USC, said. full listener review anymore, we’re Stein said. Corey Stanford GAZETTE 2 • thegazette • Friday, november 18, 2011 Caught on Camera CROSSWORD By Eugene Sheffer Genevieve Moreau GAZETTE you can dance if you want to. the western salsa club and caribbean students’ organization took over the university community centre atrium yesterday evening for “social salsa,” where the salsa club members invite campus clubs and student organizations for a quick dance lesson. News Briefs Homicide number six Colborne Street,” Dennis Rivest, Solution to puzzle on page 8 in London media relations officer for the Lon- London experienced another ho- don Police Service, said. “When we micide Wednesday night, as a arrived we found a male in medi- 56-year-old man was stabbed in cal distress. That male was taken to his home on Simcoe Street. Police London Health Sciences [Centre] identified the victim as Dexter El- where he was pronounced dead at liott of London. about 9:45 p.m. last night.” “At about 9:04 p.m. London Police have arrested 49-year-old Police received a 9-1-1 call to a Gordon Pocock of London who has residence on Simcoe Street near been charged with second-degree murder. Police say the two subjects shared a residence. “They were known to each other, they were tenants in a room- ing house and so they shared a common area,” Rivest said. This is the city’s sixth homicide of 2011, which is the average number of homicides in London per year, according to Rivest. —Jesse Tahirali ‘Tis the season ways to to donate The 22nd annual Season of Cele- bration campaign has begun. The fundraiser for Parkwood Hospi- tal, which is home to veterans and 8 patients with chronic illness, was started to help patients suffering launch from anxiety and depression who YOUR CAREER couldn’t enjoy the holidays. This year’s donation goal of $360,000 will fund various projects, including SMART Board technol- POSTGRADUATE ogy for patients, a new breast can- CERTIFICATES IN: cer centre and exercise equipment for those receiving mental health Event Management care. So far $150,000 in donations have been received. Financial Planning “People who have been donors Global Business Management for decades are aware of the campaign, and as such we have been Human Resources Management able to receive quite a few gifts,” International Development Jennifer Parraga, manager of communications and donor relations International Marketing at St. Joseph’s Hospital, said. “We Marketing Management are really fortunate in London with people who are generous, and we Public Administration are grateful that people take the The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.

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