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ONCE MORE INTO sIlf/J11 T H E Jit ABYSS Red River Community College April 14 - April 28, 1998 Volume 30 • Issue 14 Herda 'tilt back in SA Ps photo Politics Jacqie Thachuk DRINK THE TOWN DRY by Jeff Eyamie Prez sez Editor-in-Chief costs will ormer student and SA aPRIL 9174 President Cheryl increase FHerda returned to by Steve Edwards student politics last week as Star Reporter the College's student gov- Photo by Joey Olafson ernment was shaken up last First year Masonry students are constructing a mosaic from randomly broken RRCC President week. tiles set in concrete in front of the bookstore. Jacqie Thachuk says Tickets The outspoken Herda will now private deliverers of sit on the Student Advisory had not attended board meetings. After electing to hold a refer- Cont. Ed students to $2 per applied education - train- Board as a nonvoting member. Geraldine Crate (Aboriginal endum to assess student opinion course and lowering the day stu- ing for jobs - are on the "We did it for continuity rea- Education & Institutional on a donation for Building A ren- dent donation to $4 each. S1 2-00 increase because the sons," SA President Michael Diversity) also resigned, citing a ovations, the board decided it had After the motion was carried, College can't meet the ris- Crowley said. class conflict. run out of time and made a Past President Herda mentioned ing demand. "The past few years we've had VP Student Affairs Ryan motion to assess fees. the SA bylaw stating that the SA "Manitoba has been among the good fortune of having two- Rogers announced he would step Originally, the donation was must give 10 days' public notice at room the lower participation rates term people in office." down if he was hired as a campus proposed to be $5 per day student before voting for fee increases. (number of students attending "This year there are no current sales representative for Coca- and $1 per course for Continuing "We'll just pretend this vote Community Colleges) in executive members running for Cola. Education students. The donation was a bad dream," Crowley said, would run over five years, adding he knew of the by-law, Canada. The number has been reelection," Crowley said. A byelection was held to find a but simply forgot. 131M120 increasing every year, but we'd Although Crowley says he will potential replacement. Tonya totalling a $200,000 donation to the Vision Innovation With all of the changes, there like to get more students and not run for re-election, he will Toews, Steven Bridges, and new- Partnership. are currently four vacant seats on serve the province in a bigger have a seat at next year's SAB comer Peter Dul ran. the SAB. way," Thachuk said. meetings. The SAB elected Toews, who The VIP campaign is looking The Ox to raise $6 million for interior Campaigning for next year's Thachuk's comments came as The board also unanimously has now assumed the role of VP executive begins this week, and she reviewed the implications of fired SAB members Rainy Students Affairs, leaving her seat renovations to Building A. The board decided to ease the Steven Bridges has already this year's provincial budget. Reimer (Applied Sciences) and vacant. announced his intentions to run The province has increased James Boulet (Developmental Herda made her presence felt burden on day students by dou- bling the suggested charge to for SA president. this year's College budget by and Continuing Education), who immediately. CANADIAN MONEY AT PAR two per cent to about $35 mil- lion, but the federal government has cut its funding by the same amount. SA goes its own way "The increase is not enough to PITCHER OF BEER $3.00! * compensate for the federal cuts resulted in an additional $25,000 elate that there may be a feeling by Jeff Solmondson The request was turned down and to meet inflationary costs," Staff Writer by the SA board at a meeting being contributed by the provin- within the SA that it could raise said Thachuk. "The bottom line March 26. cial government. more money than the College. is break-even or a little less. It The Students' According to Peter Dueck, The result would have been an Crowley said it is too soon to costs more year after year to pro- Association has director of Financial Aid and extra $75,000 for RRCC scholar- say how money for a scholarship ** PROFESSIONAL LIGHTS AND SOUND ** vide the same things." turned down an offer Awards at the University of ships and bursaries. and bursary fund would be The result is that students will by the College's adminis- Manitoba, the provincial govern- SA Executive Director Dave raised, or what kind of student face a 10 per cent rise in tuition tration to create a scholar- ment matched 50 cents to every Mayor said that the SA does have fees would be involved. fees in the fall, she said.. dollar raised by eligible scholar- resources it could have spent but If the fund is created it will • ship and bursary fund She said day students only pay together and is planning to ship and bursary funds last year. that it was not allowed for in the seek a matching dollar support 10 per cent of the real costs of create its own. budget. The SA has been losing from the Manitoba Scholarships CANADIAN :I.` their education. Michael Crowley, SA presi- "There may be a money for the last five years and and Bursaries Initiative, Crowley "It's an exceptionally good dent, said that discussions about a is currently on budget for this said. deal," she said. "The fees here SA bursary fund have been going feeling within the year. are among the lowest in on for two or three weeks. The SAB was told at the meet- Canada." "We are in the works of creat- SA it could raise ing that money contributed to a "The cost of education will be ing our own scholarship and bur- fund at a later elate would receive going up -I don't see how we can more money. sary program," he said. a dollar for dollar support rather Diversions 14 avoid it," said Thachuk. "If we than 50 cents for every dollar. 4 The SA was approached by hold it to zero, programs would Linda Truss-Baron, director of One million dollars was spent. Mayor said the SA is dis- Editorials have to be cut." College Relations, and asked to This fiscal year $5 million is cussing a scholarship and bursary Entertainment 9 a She said the province is now contribute $50,000 towards a available and the provincial gov- fund that would be controlled by News 1-5 getting balanced budgets "but it scholarship and bursary fund that ernment is matching funds raised the SA, and would come from Opinions 6 doesn't mean the College has is eligible for the Manitoba dollar for dollar. funds not currently in place more money to work with." Scholarships and Bursaries Under last year's rules the He also said he couldn't speak Initiative. $50,000 from the SA would have for board members, but did spec- Sec Efforts' page 2 i 4 I • • • • the Projector the Projector April 14, 1998 April 14, 1998 Gord Gilmour, News Editor Coll eNews Phone: (204) 632-2479 CollegeNews 3 Student pledge provides kickstart Troubled capital campaign getting back on track By Gord Gilmour and Garbutt. He said that the contri- Jeff Eyamie bution could be just what the campaign needs to kick start it espite protesting a "This is a really important 10 per cent tuition moment for the campaign. What we can do now is go out and say D hike, the SA has that 80 per cent of our 'family' is just passed a rate hike of its New Vice-President Student Affairs Tonya Toews. behind us - that's a really nice own that amounts to more number," said Garbutt. than 6 per cent. The VIP Campaign has been Rogers resigns troubled in the past, including the removal of a management firm - by Gord Gilmour n't come around a lot for stu- SRP Management Consulting News Editor dents," said Rogers - a Business Associates Ltd. - for lack of Administration student specializ- "We're results. tudents' Association ing in marketing. Garbutt says that including the Vice-President of Rogers served as a member of all in SA pledge, the campaign is near S Student Affairs Ryan the Student Advisory Board the $1 million mark, putting them Rogers has resigned to (SAB) last year, and was elected on their way for the total goal. accept a campus marketing VP of student affairs last spring. this The money will be used to position with Coke. Rogers said that some of the cover part of the cost of a $6 mil- Coke will be hiring a student to highlights of his time at the SA lion renovation to Building A. act as their campus liaison every include a project to provide all together." The modifications will include year after being awarded an students with daytimers at the -Barry modifications to create a "smart" exclusive contract to distribute start of next year, and continuing Garbutt building that will be completely their product to students. to work for a student union build- wired for informations technolo- To award the contract to Coke, ing for the campus. Head, VIP Campaign gy, according to Garbutt. fik photo the SA broke an existing contract Aboriginal Education and "This will give the students the The VIP Campaign hopes to raise funds for capital projects across the Red River with Pepsi and had to fork over Institutional Diversity S AB rep- tools of today.

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