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NEXT NUGGET ON OCTOBER 31 THE Thursday, October 17, 2013 Volume 51, Issue 8 NAIT YOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPERNUGGET FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA CANDIDATES QUIZZED Mayoral hopefuls answer student concerns, Page 2 Photo by Taylor Mah A BEGINNING Construction on the Centre for Applied Technologies (CAT) building has begun with completion expected for the 2016-17 academic year. The $294-million, five-storey building, located north of the HP Centre, will include classrooms, simulation labs, student common areas and a 135-seat lecture theatre. 2 The Nugget Thursday, October 17, 2013 NEWS&FEATURES Questions for the top 3 By CARLY ROBINSON in the soil, which he says is yet to be fully ficulties within the system, as well as its What I suggested is that we put in place With the municipal elections just tested for pollution. benefits. a formula much like we have with the fed- around the corner, many students are won- “We could be in for a surprise and right “So my vision for transit is I would like eral government ... to ensure that we have dering what the candidates think about the now we do not have the kind money to go to see the LRT system completed for 2030. permanent long term sustainable funding issues closest to them. To aid with this, stu- and knock down those buildings and dig up I laid out a road map for how we would do for infrastructure like LRT.” dents’ associations across Edmonton, of those runways, dig up the concrete. It’s got that in partnership with folks in our region She finished be saying she has sup- which NAITSA is one, hosted a mayoral to be placed on the back burner, unfortu- who I have been working with for the past ported smart cards from the beginning. forum at MacEwan University where ques- nately.” He also referred to the project as several years as chair of our regional tran- Diotte asked the crowd how many were tions directly affecting stu- a failed vision, not sit committee and regular transit users, dents were asked of the three knowing how much in partnership with responding simply front runners in the upcoming the operation could Calgary.” “wow” to the number. election. cost. Iveson said that “I think the first Of the topics discussed Iveson followed this partnership order of business is that directly concerned NAIT, by saying, having would make the always to make sure we Karen Leibovici, Don Iveson been on the council issue undeniable. are getting good feed- and Kerry Diotte where able when the decision was He said he does not back on how we can to give their thoughts on the made, that he is fully believe Edmonton improve our bus sys- future of the city centre airport invested in council’s should finance it tems ... I support the lands, transit and its funding vision. alone and wants the LRT as well, but I think and others. “Its actually a city to pay no more we hit a bit of a snag The first official question Kerry Diotte research opportunity,” Don Iveson than 33 cents on the Karen Leibovici on funding and I don’t asked of the candidates was Iveson said. dollar like Toronto. think it is advisable to what was their vision for the municipal “It’s a chance for NAIT and U of A and He said that a smart card U-Pass would also go it alone.” airport land and what will become of the anyone else involved in land reclamation to help the system. Diotte concluded by stressing that his NAIT development plan. In a randomized show what we can do here in Edmonton, Leibovici next said that what transit vision is to work with what we already order, Leibovici started the discussion. show that we are good at cleaning up after needs is “shorter intervals in between the have to make sure we have the right routes “My vision is that it becomes an ourselves.” buses. We need to insure also that there is and schedules. example of how to develop sustainably and He said that he supports NAIT’s plan to better off-peak service, as well as insure The candidates were also asked about how to develop in a fashion that can be rep- consolidate to a single campus and said that that when you have those late night classes residential taxes on student residences and licated world wide,” Leibovici said. it is the right thing to do to turn over some or study session you can get home.” the public asked questions ranging from “What we’re looking for in that is to land for development of residences. She said that we need to make sure we potholes to funding for the arts and what partner with NAIT obviously, in their needs The next topic of importance for NAIT have the most efficient system and to start was their plan for the urban aboriginal and I know that NAIT has a need for a resi- students is that of the candidates’ future the other LRT lines. community, which is the second largest in dence and that would be a very a good vision for transit, as well as how they plan “In order to do that we are going to Canada. opportunity to have residences built at the to pay for it. have to be able to sit down with the prov- The latter was the only one which all same time.” Iveson started off by saying he is a tran- ince because that is where some of our candidates could agree on, that there needs Diotte started by questioning what is sit rider himself and therefore sees the dif- funding is missing,” she said. to be action to stamp out racism. Nexopia making a comeback By BAILLIE SCHEETZ online to chat with friends and build new zine portion has just been added on top of innovative website will bring back pre- You probably remember Nexopia as relationships at the same time. The end it all. The online magazine features mainly vious Nexopia members that have long the social media site that you used a few result became somewhat legendary. Within entertainment and personal interest articles since left their profiles in the dust, and also years ago, possibly in a phase of your a few months, Nexopia was growing by an broken down into four categories; Stu- attract new, young users to the website. teenage years that you are still trying to average of 10 per cent each day before it dent Life, Tattoos, Music, and Sex. There It has yet to be determined if these new forget. finally reached more than a million users. is quite the variety of material and topics additions are enough to lift Nexopia back Nexopia.com was the go to social Originally, Nexopia users were able available. Nexopia now features articles onto the map as a popular Canadian social media website in Canada long before to create and design their own profiles, such as “How To Find a Good Hostel” networking site. That comes down to the Facebook and Twitter gained popularity. friends list, blogs, galleries, articles, and and “Things To Do Before Getting A Tat- whims of a new generation of Canadian Nexopia was created in 2003 by Edmon- forums. The interactive element of Nex- too.” Nexopia is hoping that their new and youth. tonion Timo Ewalds, a then 18-year-old opia was created through an internal per- programming wizard and digital renegade. sonal messaging system and public user Edwalds coded and created the site in his comments on profiles, blogs or through basement, and turned it into Canada’s lar- threads and posts on the forums. Correction gest youth-oriented social networking Nexopia’s community thrived for quite A story, headlined “Khat and brought 34 kg of khat into Canada, was website to date. some time before being overshadowed by mouse” that appeared on Page 2 of the in fact issued by Ontario Court Justice Designed initially as a way to fight international social media sites like Face- Sept. 26 issue of the Nugget, attrib- Elliot Allen. Other similarly attributed back against his high school for banning book. Just recently, Nexopia has revolu- uted a ruling to Justice Beth Allen of quotes and opinions in the story were floppy discs, Ewalds quickly took advan- tionized and completely redesigned it’s the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. also those of Justice Elliot Allen. tage of his programs potential to connect website, now including a very promin- That ruling, which granted an abso- The Nugget regrets the error and any his friends online. Timo’s vision was to ent online magazine element. The original lute discharge to a young woman who confusion this may have caused. create a space where people could meet features of Nexopia still exist, the maga- Thursday, October 17, 2013 NEWS & FEATURES The Nugget 3 LRT line nearly ready By WHITNEY FOX The Nugget The LRT expansion is moving along Room E-128B according to a plan set out by the City of 11762–106 Street Edmonton. This means that the LRT station Edmonton, Alberta at NAIT is due to open in the spring of 2014. T5G 2R1 The Metro Line has an estimated total cost Production Office 471-8866 of $755 million, to be funded by a combination www.thenuggetonline.com of the Government of Canada, the Province of Editor-in-Chief Alberta and the City of Edmonton. It will add Nicole Murphy 13,200 weekday riders to the LRT. [email protected] The line will run from the existing Churchill Station where passengers will Issues Editor change trains from the Capital Line.