www.TheReflector.ca FREE October 16, 2008 Sensing, thinking, learning, emotion, consciousness, voluntary movement Incoming, outgoing signals Emotion, aggression Information transfer Hunger, thirst, temperature control Learning, memory Movement, balance Simple reflexes Breathing, circulation Sleep, arousal …See pg. 8 Harper wins Calgary Splitting Peas Local boarding another zombies turn ain’t what it company ready Arts News Conservative downtown into used to be to hit the minority ‘dead mile’ Sports slopes Features 2 7 11 17 Photo by Rachel Maclean After winning 143 seats and a minority government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives his victory speech to a crowd at the Telus Convention Centre. Below: Mount Royal College policy studies student Josh Traptow shows his support for the Conservatives. NEWS EDITOR: Alan Mattson [email protected] Same as the old boss October 16, 2008 Calgary students support Harper’s new government by Rachel Maclean now works as a car salesman. He has been a “blue-hearted” The Reflector (The Conservative supporter since As the votes rolled in he started following politics, Conservatives) on election night across and believes they offer good BRIEFS Canada, an anxious group of long-term solutions. encourage you Conservative party supporters “When you’re in your career to get involved, held their breath at the Telus and making money, they are ith just a few Convention Centre on Oct. 14 to the obvious choice,” said and your opin- Wweeks to go in the see if their party would clinch a Jackson. “I work for everything American election, polls majority. that I have and I don’t need the ions are heard. indicate that Barack The night wore on, and as handouts that the other parties the numbers came in it became promise. I like taking care of Josh Traptow Obama has a lock on myself.” apparent that the Conservatives economy so volatile you have the presidency. Several But Jackson is in the working about the economy than tuition would only grab a minority to take cuts somewhere,” said world, and for many students and student education,” said national polls show the government. Conservatives Sallows. “Sometimes you have education was not on the Kerr. Illinois senator with a snagged 143 seats, Liberals to sacrifice for the short-term leader’s campaign radars. Despite ignoring students, 10-point lead, and poll grabbed 78 seats, the NDP have battle for the long-term good.” Mount Royal business Kerr said she still believes in 37 seats, the Bloc 48 seats, and Sallows has been a aggregate websites student Victoria Kerr believes Conservative policies because two seats went to independent Conservative supporter “since project a 90-plus per it is because of the dominating they make economic sense to candidates. he was a baby.” ballot box issue of the economy her. cent chance of victory. A handful of students were “I grew up in a Conservative combined with the fact that “I hope to open my own However, John McCain dotted throughout the excited home,” said Sallows, “and I students represent a minority business one day and I think told a crowd this week crowd to witness the bittersweet completely agree with their of Canadian voters, and they this is good model to set myself victory of the Conservatives. policies, and the other parties I he has the Democrats usually don’t vote. after,” she said. “I was hoping for a majority, just don’t agree with.” “just where we want This year voting was not only Rob Sallows, a third-year but I had my doubts,” said Sallows was at the post- hard for students, but for the commerce student at the them.” recent SAIT graduate Dave election Conservative rally whole country as the election University of Calgary, said he Jackson. “Looks like we will to show his support, working experienced the smallest voter believes the Conservatives idnappers in have a really strong minority, as a volunteer helping turnout ever at 59.1 per cent. do care about youth, but the and that is a good thing.” to seat people. KSomalia are Jackson graduated from SAIT “Unfortunately, a larger economy always comes first. threatening to execute in automotive marketing, and population is more worried “I think right now with the See HARPER pg. 3 an Albertan journalist, Amanda Lindhout, if a $2.5 million ransom isn’t paid in 15 days. Lindhout and an Australian photographer were abducted on Aug. 23 near Mogadishu. In a video, the kidnappers accused Canada of “taking part in the destruction of Somalia.” urnout in the federal Telection was 59.1 per cent, the lowest in history. Only 52.9 per cent of Albertans voted, one of the worst rates in the country. P.E.I. had Photo by Katie Turner the highest turnout at The sun sets on a day of sailing off the coast of the Whitsunday Islands near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. 69.5 per cent. October 16, 2008 • THE REFLECTOR 3 Richardson back for another term MP for Calgary-Centre part of Conservative miniority government After 20 years in federal politics, Conservative The 60-year-old Saskatchewan native attended MP Lee Richardson will once again serve Calgary a debate at the college before the election — Centre—the riding for Mount Royal College. here’s what he said on a few key issues. The root of (The Liberals the problem Canada today will) cut tax- … is (the) is better po- es and shift it cost of sitioned than to pollution. education any country What pollu- and barriers in the west- tion is that? that stu- ern world to Where does dents have to deal with the the money pursue their global con- come from? education. sequences of Where are Over the next an economic you going to four years, a downturn. tax pollution Conservative We will make — in Alberta? government affordable tax They’re sim- will invest reductions ply going to $1.7 billion in (and) reduce pass that in- student the public creased taxa- financial debt. tion onto the assistance. customer. Photo by Dave Bell HARPER from pg. 2 Helping him out was Mount Royal policy studies student Josh Traptow, who usually Plagiarism software rejected volunteers for the Conservative Party at the provincial level, Taking credit for work of others still serious issue but this year helped out at the federal level. by Melissa Welsh possible issues with the Freedom “I think they have a lot of The Reflector of Information and Protection of opportunities for youth to get Privacy Act. involved in the campaign,” said After careful deliberation, But instructors like Todd Traptow. “They encourage Mount Royal College has Nickle, a biology professor at you to get involved, and your decided against administering the college, are going about opinions are heard.” a school-wide anti-plagiarism solving the plagiarism problem Traptow said the rally had a software. in a different way. great atmosphere, and was really The school came close Nickle uses WCopyfind, a fun. He believes it showed the to acquiring a license to program that runs on his local strong Conservative unity, and SafeAssign, software provided computer without using the it was a “blue” unity that swept free of charge by BlackBoard, Internet. To detect copied work, throughout Alberta, except for but decided against it because of it matches text with old essays in Edmonton-Strathcona where possible privacy issues, among on Nickle’s personal computer. Linda Duncan won a seat for the other reasons. “We need to take a stand as a NDP. Software such as Turnitin faculty, and explain the value of But Preston Manning, former (another popular anti- doing your own work,” he said. Reform party leader, said plagiarism program) requires He said this is a problem that at the celebration Alberta that submitted student Photo courtesy istock.com should be identified now, instead still believes in Conservative documents are held on United MRC has opted not to introduce SafeAssign, a renowned of when Mount Royal graduate principles. States soil, in American anti-plagiarism software. students are in the workplace “Alberta has supported, databases, able to viewed by and academic fraud turns into particularly fiscal responsibility, the U.S. government. Mount plagiarism really is. software would allow students fraud in the workplace. under the label of reform, Royal said that was the deciding And when plagiarism does feedback on their essays without “Students can take satisfaction under the label of the Canadian factor against what is otherwise happen, Corbett says it is “not the punishment. in doing their own work, even if Alliance, under the label of the a valuable program. malicious attitude of students, But for the time being, Corbett it was a struggle in completing, new Conservative party,” said “Even with student rather an issue of education.” says that some instructors are because an ‘A’ is not going to be Manning. “I think what is in permission, we don’t want that “We don’t have clear still going about their own way devalued by handing in someone common there is not the name, happening,” said Rod Corbett, a definitions of what plagiarism of detecting plagiarism, by else’s work getting an ‘A’,” Nickle or the personalities, it is the basic faculty development consultant is … there are inconsistencies using Turnitin with individual said. principles of fiscal responsibility for Mount Royal. amongst instructors,” he said. licenses, using other software, Nickle also said he gives his which Albertans seem to attach Talk of acquiring a licence for But the software was not only or just entering text into Google students fair warning, that a lot of importance to.” this type of software resulted to aid instructors in detecting and seeing what results come they know their documents The night was dominated by from instructors approaching plagiarism, but also for student up.