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the projector march 6 200 6 highlights get lucky dumpster divin' visit us online @ www.rrcsa.com Rittg'5rab 1antgOr5 dub Private Club NOW CELEBRATING Members & Guests Welcome! • Can apply for membership at the door 6Y Fri., March io - JODI KING Fri., March q - ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!! TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS ARE: Sat., March ii - THE ATTICS Sat., March i8 - RUBBER SOUL STUDENT NIGHT - FREE POOL Show your student card for discount EVERY SUNDAY - ALL THE KING'S 7pm - midnight Hours: Monday — Friday 11:30 am—? am, Saturday and Sunday fpm — 2am 120 KING STREET Ph: 957-7710 102 march'"E"'''''s h 6 2006 theprojector Editor-in-Chief news briefs Jillian Brown [email protected] Security Update the college's new Centre for Applied Research in Sustainable Infrastructure (CARSI), which When using Automated Teller Machines, con- is currently being constructed on Notre Dame News Editor sider these safety tips: Campus. Mike Ulrich Whenever possible, use ATMs in visible and The building will be saving on energy costs newsgtheprojector.ca active areas. If you must use an ATM during inac- thanks to the wall's ability to prevent air infiltra- tive periods, consider using a drive-thru machine. tion, its high thermal performance and its exten- Avoid using ATM's after hours where you will sive passive solar gains. Plus, it makes full use of all Entertainment Editor not be visible when looking into the bank. Be that natural light from outside the building. :Jen Zoratti prepared to do your banking quickly, and always The wall will make up the building's entertainment@thepro ector.C'el guard the view when entering your PIN number. east side and will be monitored on a year- round basis. CARSI is set to open in the fall and will Layout/Photo Editor RRC to test for Manitoba Hydro research four areas of construction material and Grant Burr building systems. Those areas include asphalt photosgtheprojector.ca Manitoba Hydro's new downtown office will be concrete pavement, advanced composite materi- getting a little assistance from Red River College. als, large light frame wood structures, and the RRC will test Hydro's new energy efficient wall building envelopes. Layout/Photo Editor system. The wall system will be incorporated into Justen Vogt photos cp,theprojector.ca Advertising- and Sales Manager Guy Lussier glussier(4%,rre.mh.ca O contributing writers & photographers TUITION AND EDUCATION CREDIT CERTIFICATES Paul Adair Cara Lytwyn Michelle Dobrovolny Alan MacKenzie (T2202A TAX RECEIPTS) Brenton Driedger Renata Marsden Joanna Fultz Darren Ridgely Simone Gilles Pamela Roz Cara Hill. Laura Ruddock Brook Jones Krista Simonson Jenn Jularbal Carly Thompson Sheri Lamb James Turner Arnie Lesyk Marshall Wiebe For income tax purposes, T2202A tax receipts will be available through 0 Me@RRC on the College website (www.rrc.mb.ca) at the end of February for the 2005 calendar year. T2202A's are only available on-line at Me@RRC and are no longer mailed out by the College. the next story meeting You must have activated your College web account to enable you to access Me@RRC. If you require assistance accessing your Me@RRC account or have or the projector is : questions about your T2202A, please contact one of the College's Student 12:00 p.m., Friday, Service Centres: P104, Princess Street Campus or D101, Notre Dame Campus. Mar. 17 2006 in XX 102 Newsroom letters to the editor contact Got something to say? We want to hear from you. Email your letter to [email protected] the projector: Phone: 2(14.947.0013 Fax: 204.949.9150 RE: "Speak Out" by Brook Jones, Feb. 20 RE: "The Great Spring Break Debate" The Projector Dear Editor, Editor's Note, c/o Red River College Students' Association P 110 - 160 Princess Street Dear Editor: While the projector realizes that some Red River Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1K9 Boy...what a bunch of whiners you found for programs, such as municipal engineering tech- your article in the Feb. 20 issue. nology, do receive a five-day reading break, the For advertising in) )rmation, contact I can hardly wait until they get into the real majority of the semester-based programs at the Guy Lussier at: world and their bosses have them working college do not. 204.632.2070 six days a week, ten hours a day. glussier &rrc.mh.ca They will wish that they had two days off to "read". George Morris, Winnipeg 103 march 6 2006 theprojector • Posters • Memorabilia networking at Rockin • T-Shirts • Records • Books & Mags Richard's (45's, 78's, LP's) • Photos • CD's & DVD's • Sound • Tapes Equipment RRC career fair RECORD & CD • Videos & Supplies BY MARSHALL WIEBE to land a job from his experi- the business," he said. SHOW n' SALE 50,000 RECORDSents avai OVER 50 ence at the career fair last year. Although Holmes was not efresh DEALER nother school year Holmes, who was in the com- aware of any other students ROCK • HEAVY METAL • COUNTRY & CDs TABLES will soon be over and merce industry sales and mar- who acquired jobs through R & B • FOLK • Ac eimi tE ot Astudents and graduates keting program, was hired on the career fair, he recommends JAll/NEWHIP-HOP AGE • PUNK• • ALTERNPOgTroP still will be on the lookout for jobs at Manitoba Public Insurance that students attend. RAP • in their prospective field. two weeks after graduating, a "It's definitely the most IMPORTS • RARITIES • GARAGE • PSYCH Guy Lussier, advertising .•• Admission $3.00, ilki dftlifriivulfIsunder efiBl isE 1 12 FREE! feat he directly attributes to important networking event March 19, 2006 FRE E PARKING director for the Red River attending the fair. they will attend all year." Sunday R m available inside hotel College Students' Association, "I went to the MPI booth Princess Street campus vice- 4:00 p.m, • the Victoria Inn for the 1000 greatestae s elselection ection of music that you hopes those students will check and used all of my selling president Matt Diubaldo said VICTORIA INN will ever see! out the Career Fair being held tools that I obtained from Red that there is no excuse for Centennial Rooms 1, 2, 3, 4 Mar. 15 in the Notre Dame River to sell myself," he said. downtown students not to 1808 Wellington Avenue 101.5-TM Campus North Gym. "Within two days I had a job attend. Winnipeg, Manitoba ka.hinektig "Last year over 2,500 stu- interview." "Princess Street is provid- FOR MORE INF I o INFORMATION/TABLE RENTALS, CALL: dents came through the doors Holmes started in a clerical ing free shuttles every hour to WI NNI: The HARMS for the fair," he says. Lussier position and has been trained Notre Dame on March 15," RICHARD or ALEX @ MUSIC INC added that the gym will be on mail, switchboard and reg- he said, stressing the impor- Bring a Tin For The Bin to the show for a Chance to "filled to the rafters" as there istration, as well as working tance of making contacts in Win a $100.00 Gift Certificate at Into The Music 204-338-3655 will be nearly 75 exhibitors in the Hit and Run depart- the industry. "The career fair from a variety of different ment. Holmes is also currently provides valuable networking fields at this years' event, try- enrolled in evening classes to and career opportunities for ing to lure new talent to their further his career. students." companies. "I am taking the Chartered The Career Fair is being held Some of the exhibitors are Insurance Professional courses Mar. 15 from 9a.m.to 3p.m. Manitoba Hydro, New Flyer and will be writing the associ- at the Notre Dame Campus Industries and the St. Amant ate adjuster exam in the next North Gym. Centre. several months. With these Kelly Holmes is one of the courses, I am planning on lucky graduates who was able going into the adjuster end of CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT LTD. TAXES DONE YET? Starting February 20, 2006 we will be in the Atrium at the Reading Week Princess Campus, Monday - Wednesday - Friday from 12-3 pm,, and at the Notre Dame Carnpus, Monday timugh Friday, (Libmq Hallway) 9 - 3 pm. Saga Continues After Hours Please Call 885-5280 for appt. BY JAMES TURNER demic year, there's going to be be continually updating the Basic Student & Staff Return Only some compromise." college administration on the $30.00 t a recent meeting of Webb pointed to the issue and that those updates Including Taxes the Red River College spring break system in British will show the college that Sce Nv.)u soon! Astudents' Association's Columbia, where colleges like an increase in spring break -, Advisory Board, one of the the British Columbia Institute time will, in Webb's words, college's top administrators of Technology use the same "demonstrate that teach- laid out the rationale behind mini-break model. ing and learning (will) be • Posters the college's contentious read- "It's very common in the improved." • Memorabilia ing week policy. institutions and it seems to Members of the council Rockin' • T-Shirts The lack of a five-day reading work," he said. were given time to question • Records • Books & Mags week for the majority of RRC's Webb says that looking Webb on the College's posi- Richard's (45's, 78's, LP's) • Photos semester programs has become to the week-long university tion. • CD's & DVD's • Sound a hot-button issue on campus model is not in the best inter- Steve Penner, a civil • Tapes Equipment as of late, with the RRCSA and ests of the students at RRC.