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RED RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE Monday, November 21, 1988 1, 1 A NOV 21 1988 - NE DRUG 1 STUDENTS' JOURNAL. DIVERSIONS SPORTS PhtliUDICALS AWARENESS Lear-' Resources Centre Unites SA By Anthony Connolly cure poster-blindness. Posters WEEK A conference in the States of fake fur, vinyl, and weather has made the RRCC Students' balloons as posters are seen as Association more united. remedies to a lack of "We're glad we were away awareness in college activities, 110 • 00 • • • • • • • IMO • • IMO • • 00 IMO • • • • • 0110 • • • • from the college environment. the executive said. We needed the time to get The visibility issue has together," Colette always stalked the SA, this Odowichuk, SA president, year being no different. When said. asked if the SA was beating a The SA got together at the dead horse and that visibility is District 10 Association of Col- always a problem, Ballance lege Unions conference, held waffled slightly. Nov. 3-6 in Storm Lake, Iowa. "We're trying to kick the November 13 • 19 The executive members all `We sit behind the desk' feel that it was an excellent op- idea," he said. portunity to "get out from "We got a handle on what's behind the desks" and become lacking—if any," he added. Photo by Kim Van Bruggen "more of a team." Colette Odowichuk said "What I enjoyed the most that timing was the handle of •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 000 • • IP 00 • 0411 • • • • • IP (about the conference) was the Iowa conference. • lb • • • • • getting to know the people I Odowichuk was impressed The Student Directory came in last week - after a two week delay. work with on SA a lot better," with the conference's content The Directory is an excellent guide for all RRCC departments and Anne Courtney, SA public and said if timing could have Student Administration offices. It also includes the addresses and relations director said. been even better she would phone numbers of most of the students enrolled in courses at the For SA treasurer, Iqbal have implemented some of the college. Go ahead, check to see if your name is there. Jhass, the conference united ideas July 1, their first day in the association and redefined office. their roles within the student However, the early date of executive. the conference allows the SA "When I came back, I felt to transfer ideas easier to the better. I know more about my current student administration Watch for film and to next year's SA, position," he said. Because of the conference's Odowichuk said. impression, Jhass says he will Odowichuk said the SA will be able to do his job better, move toward holding a mini- in the Tower Lounge ENativesOpposeat which, he said, student club conference with councillors organization and SA accoun- and other arms of the SA to ting ranks as paramount. relay the conference informa- Jhass said he went to the tion. conference more for the pro- The president said next 1 gramming and club organiza- year's executive would be en- By Michelle Bailey students attending post- Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, tion sessions than for the stu- couraged to attend the Inter- Approximately 40 students secondary institutions were en- said that the students who go dent association accounting national Association of Col- from RRCC joined in a march titled to receive funding for to school up north are not as procedures for one reason— lege Unions conference held in that began the University of tuition, registration, books, educated as those who attend American student unions have Colombus, Ohio in March Nov. 15 & 16 Winnipeg and led to the living allowances and school in Winnipeg because of no access to money. 1989. legislative grounds Nov. 2, Courtney said the con- transportation. the limited amount of The conference reinforced protesting cutbacks in native "Right after making this Iqbal's mandate to sell the SA ference has made more of a post-secondary education. resources in libraries and the team of RRCC's SA, one that decision, they (the guidelines) quality of teaching. to clubs. According to Virgil Moar, are changed," said Moar. For SA vice-president Darcy is ready to face students one- 11 am to 1 pm the members of the protest on-one for a better all around If Indian and Northern Af- "They are a year behind, so Ballance, the conference rein- were not all native, but show- fairs continue to make am- when they graduate up there, forced the SA's need to sell unity. ed just as much hostility mendments in the guidelines, they have completed grade themselves to students of the The Iowa conference bill toward the Department of In- Moar said that the students twelve, but once they come college. came to $1,170 in total; dian and Northern Affairs. will not only be affected finan- down here to continue their Getting out from behind the $510 for double-occupancy Moar, a native Business Ad- cially, but in other areas as education, they are only given desk and fleeing the ivory hotel rooms, $600 food •• • • lb • • • • • • • Oa 41 ministration student at the col- well. credit for grade eleven," he tower are a top priority, accor- allowance, $100 for gas and • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 41 • II lege, said that the event was "The services that are pro- said. ding to Ballance. $560 in conference fees at $80 organized because of the pro- vided to students in the "We have to be visible and per student, Anne Courtney posed E-12 guidelines by the guidelines, such as counselling "It then makes it hard on get people going," he said. said. department. and tutoring, will alter if they the high school students and One way of getting more All four executive members "These guidelines cover all keep limiting the amount of they get discouraged." visible and to get people going, of the SA attended the con- funding during the amount of funding," he said. Ballance said, is to cure , ference as did SA executive time it takes to complete the He also said that there is a Moar said that this protest poster-blindness. director Don Hillman, pro- course, but this is not fair lot of different criteria that a will not be the last one, and "By varying the way we use gram director Kathy Bortoluz- Information will be because the money given to us person must have before being that the students will continue poster material (we may at- zi and assistant program direc- depends on what course you accepted into a college or the battle until they gain more tract more attention)," he tor Blair Enns. are going to take," he said. university and that each In- progress. said. The guidelines, before the dian band has varied educa- "The protest proved that we The conference had on recent change in June of this tion authorities. are ready to stand up and fight display posters which seem to More SA / 2 made available year, stated that native Moar, once a teachers aid at for what we believe in. throughout the college. Amnesty Chicken Fergie Letters International Journalism E.T.Lands Revisited 5 11 14 Page 3 Page 2 Monday, November 21, 1988 Monday, November 21, 1988 new What Do Youth Get? The Rest Of International "Young people today are The issue on, all quotes will be Newsstand concerned about environmen- tal issues like acid rain, water attributed to the horse's pollution, and reforestation," mouth. he said. Story In this case, however, the The pillars of democracy re- because they have been The electorate college votes Grits Dawley said his government horse demanded his/her ly on the power of the people monitored by international determine the winner. has been "on-stream" with anonymity, and we obliged. to select local, provincial or organizations. Although the electoral college young people during their That was our mistake! national leaders through a fair Today, Salvadorean voters vote usually goes in the same By Joanne Faryon four-year term. As for the charge that the and just election process. The find themselves in constant direction as the popular vote, Enough already. "We've spent $720 million paper had enough time to right to vote is not only a fear. The leftist guerrilla For the last eight weeks, on youth summer employment speak to Kathy Bortoluzzi privilege but also the duty of threatens to kill anyone who there was one occasion where it didn't. In the Nixon- Canadians have been flooded over four years, and establish- before she left for Iowa, every citizen. However, votes. Right wing leaders like by a stream of murky promises here is my response. democracy and the election Roberto D'abuisson have an Kennedy presidential battle, ed the National Centre of Co- Nixon won the popular vote from three wanna-be prime operative Education to train The story idea we were process vary a great deal in the election promise to exter- ministers. following was the educa- so called "free" world. minate anyone with leftist but Kennedy became presi- kids for the workplace," he dent. And just when you thought said. tional discussion Peter Recently in Chile, close to tendencies. Middle of the road it was safe—the Projector br- Warren drummed up with 65 per cent of the electorate parties are not financed by in- In Canada, elections may ings you more. his radio show. On Nov. 2, said NO to Augusto Pinochet. ternational organizations but seem rather dull and unex- Here's what the Liberal Par- the Projector used informa- The military dictator accepted they have the support of the citing. There are no street car- ty said they would do for Talk about being put on tion from the CJOB tapes defeat with dignity but refused electorate.

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