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VISIT QUOT OF THE W K N WS “A newsroom ofOPINION the future is nothing For additional news, videos, without the journalists of the future to photo galleries and more! LIF help fill it.” Lethbridge Campus Media SPORTS Read about Troy Reeb’s contribution on Page 3 LIF OPINIONNovemberSPORTS 1, 2019 Vol. 55, Issue 1 Halloween smiles at Lethbridge College N WSPAP R Taking back the night Movement against gender-based violence held in Lethbridge Oct.18. By Ani Leniczek Page 2 N WSPAP R PHOTO BY TYLER HAY Dara Rivera and Cami Lyons, second year interior design students, laugh with their friends during the Halloween costume contest on the third floor of the Technology building at Lethbridge College. Budget decrease to affect Lethbridge College Rouillet zaps to the top MIKE KAAKE general studies student at Lethbridge business approaches with the hopes Tattoo artist recently achieves lifelong @MichaelKaake1 College, believes the potential rise of to have a balanced budget by June goal of opening her own shop. tuition can be a hassle for students. 2020. By Kelsey O’Donnell Page 5 Lethbridge College is preparing “I feel like as a student my Burns said the college wants to for a reduction of $2.5 million after highest priority is being able maintain quality programs. the Alberta Government released its to afford more post-secondary She believes the budget cuts new budget. education to get to the career that will not affect any programs in Students will be affected by this I’ve chosen. And yeah, with raising particular, as the college will look Basketball is life as the government also removed the Athlete born with a congenital disabilities tuition and everything down to into the demands for all programs. freeze on tuition. getting a student loan is going to be Burns adds the college is works towards a position on the Kodiaks The removal means students are harder. So, it’s just not good for any prepared for the upcoming budget basketball team. no longer protected because the student whatsoever,” Sarazin said. cuts. By Mike Kaake Page 8 price of tuition will likely increase He added the college should not “We’ve been doing this work for the 2020-2021 academic year. be blamed for tuition increases. over the last four or five years and The budget also includes the Sarazin says people should direct particularly over the last two to increase of a student tax credit and their anger at the government make sure that we’re sustainable an increase in interest for student because of the decision to unfreeze no matter what the government loans. tuition costs. funding tends to be. So, we’re in Paula Burns, president and CEO He said this might also force good shape for it. I don’t think you’ll of Lethbridge College, wants to students to get jobs because more see any one program area hit,” Burns help make school funding easier for of their student loans will be going said. students. towards tuition. The president says the budget “What we want to do is make The budget is determined by cuts will not affect the college sure that education is accessible and what is required to operate all immediately. affordable for all students,” Burns aspects of the college. She believes the budget gives the said. Burns said the college is already college a clear path as they try to The CEO said she understands focused on increasing enrolment balance the budget going into the why students may be concerned and retention rates as part of their 2020-2021 school year. about the tuition being increased. Forward Together campaign. Over the next four years the Burns added the college is not Two additional initiatives government is planning a 12.5 per required to follow through with the include increasing revenues through cent decrease in operating expenses tuition increase as it is optional. corporate and continuing education for post- secondary- that’s about Tyler Sarazin, a second-year and developing entrepreneurial $600 million in cuts. Check out Lethbridge Campus Media from November 5-7 for details on the Caption This contest QUOT OF THE W K 2 • Friday, November 1, 2019 N WS OPINION Pertussis outbreak hits southern AlbertaLIF KEVIN FORSYTH ulation being immunized, we know that tions,” said the nursing instructor. @kevinf_1988_ disease can spread and pertussis is highly Alliyah Richards, a fourth-year nurs- SPORTS contagious, so we need a large propor- ing student at U of L, added people con- Alberta Health Services has declared tion of the population to be immunized tinue to mistakenly believe vaccines cause a pertussis outbreak in its south zone for to keep it out,” said Shannon Vandenberg, autism, despite the article being proven the fifth time in a decade. nursing instructor at the University of false and the author’s medical license be- LIF OPINION SPORTS Pertussis, commonly known as Lethbridge. ing taken away. whooping cough, can be prevented by Pertussis is responsible for approxi- childhood immunization, but the region’s mately 400,000 deaths worldwide every vaccination rates are quite low in some “I think that’s one of year and is one of the leading cause of areas. the things we don’t death among non-immunized children. “It’s heterogenous – is probably the The World Health Organization esti- best way to explain our vaccine coverage stress enough, but mated 687,000 deaths were prevented by because in some areas there’s very good vaccinations worldwide. coverage and in other areas not so much,” we do have control “It’s not … necessarily tied to religion, said Dr. Lizette Elumir, medical officer of over an outbreak..” but for some people it’s the belief that if health for the south zone. their child would become sick it would AHS declared the outbreak in mid Oc- DR. LIZETTE ELUMIR be by the hand of God. God allowed their tober when 15 cases were confirmed in a child to get sick, so they take it as it just two-week period. Since then the number “Those are the ones – if they were ever happens because that was God’s will,” has risen to 31 cases in three weeks, with to get pertussis could get extremely sick... said Vandenberg, adding there is nothing the outbreak spreading as far as Taber and we did have a death in the south zone a explicit in those communities’ religious Bow Island. few years ago… of an infant,” said Elumir. beliefs that forbids immunization. According to the Canadian Immuniza- Vandenberg says the reason the south Alberta’s south zone experienced a tion Guide, when a population has a very zone experiences a high number of pertussis outbreak in 2017 which resulted high immunization rate, it benefits from outbreaks is because the immunization in more than 450 cases, but no fatalities. herd immunity. rate is not high enough to create herd “I think that’s one of the things we Herd immunity makes it more difficult immunity. don’t stress enough, but we do have for a virus to spread from person to per- “I think it’s easier to believe stories control over an outbreak. Outbreaks don’t son, so the entire community is less likely about what happened to someone, rather just happen spontaneously. Outbreaks to catch the disease. than look at the science and look at how happen because we spread it amongst “If there’s not enough people in a pop- many cases do we actually see of reac- each other,” said Elumir. Movement against gender-based violence marches on Lethbridge ANI LENICZEK Today, the Take Back the Night Foun- @beardedani dation organizes and participates globally, with thousands of supporters working to Dozens of people marched through provide resources, funding, and healing. the darkness in downtown Lethbridge to The foundation assists in legal avenues, support the end of gender-based violence. with victims’ rights attorneys providing Take Back the Night, a protest for legal assistance to survivors of sexual sexual and domestic violence, was hosted violence. by the Lethbridge YWCA in October. “Violence is something that plagues The name, Take Back the Night, has every community and there’s all sorts of been used in demonstrations for 50 years, different types, so I just wanted to show with 36 countries around the world hold- support and hopefully start to end vio- ing protests. lence and have a conversation about it,” “Grab a poster, do some chants, make said Lethbridge resident Mikala Dalton. some noise. The whole point is to get The YWCA offers programs and shel- people to ask questions about what we’re ter for women attempting to leave abusive doing and why we’re doing it,” said Nancy PHOTO BY ANI LENICZEK and violent situations, including Harbour Leggett, YWCA development and com- Protestors watch as the Raging Grannies perform before the Take Back the Night House and counselling. munications manager. march last month. The event brought dozens to City Hall to protest gender- The Chinook Sexual Assault Centre She said supporting Take Back the based violence. offers similar assistance. Night is as simple as showing up and The march started and ended at Leth- protesters concerned about women not Both organizations offer free services participating. bridge City Hall, where several YWCA being safe walking down the street after for those that require them. According to Leggett, ending violence staff and volunteers handed out signs and dark. If you or someone you know needs starts with everyone and people should glowsticks to protestors. Since then, hundreds of events have help, contact the YWCA crisis hotline at speak up and stand up for people dealing Take Back the Night events started in popped up on college campuses and in 403-320-1881 or toll-free at 1-866-296- with abusive and violent situations.

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