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T PAST NAI NUGGET PRESENT Thursday, April 5, 2018 thenuggetonline.com URE Volume 55, Issue 13 @nuggetonline FUT ISSUE Photo by Tim Potter 2 The Nugget Thursday, April 5, 2018 NEWS&FEATURES Trump sure can talk While the art of oration dates back Trump promises to lower unemployment To secure a platform, a successful thousands of years, there are many 20th rates by eradicating illegal immigrants. orator points out what he believes to be century orators who have become well While improvising off-prompter in inaccurate beliefs the audience may hold known for their rhetorical skills. Individ- a July 2017 rally, Trump deemed illegal and establishes arguments that align bet- uals like Martin Luther King, John F. Ken- immigrants “animals,” “predators,” and ter with their own. Since the public has nedy and Adolf Hitler are recognized for “criminal aliens who poison our commun- become aware of Russia’s involvement their powerful orations. Each of these men ities.” He accused immigrants of torturing in the presidential election, Trump has were able to shock, excite, and motivate and murdering young girls, not citing any directed all the blame on the Obama admin- millions to forward their social and polit- specific examples of when such incidents istration, despite the ongoing investigation SHAWNA BANNERMAN ical agendas. had occurred, yet the mainly white crowd into his involvement with the Russians. In a Assistant Editor A great orator presents new and shock- was appeased nevertheless. tweet, he wrote, “I have been much tougher ing ideas that motivate an audience to One third of Trump supporters reported on Russia than Obama, just look at the President Donald J. Trump, arguably believe, as Trump does through strategic an annual household income of more facts. Total Fake News!” the most powerful man alive today, is oration skills. He knows his audience and than $100,000, and Trump has become an At a speech last September at the incredibly insensitive. He lacks empathy approaches it accordingly, sometimes strad- expert at appealing to them. When speak- United Nations, Trump warned about the and basic social skills. Despite his numer- dling the border between truth and fiction. ing in front of wealthy white collar sup- increasing security threat North Korea ous flaws, there is one thing Trump is: a Trump’s infamous border wall, one of porters, Trump follows a teleprompter. His poses, shortly after threatening to “totally powerful and successful orator. his major campaign promises, is one of the speeches are clear, concise, follow a struc- destroy” North Korea if the U.S. is forced Oration is the art and practice of public most well known and outrageous proposals. ture and address specific issues. to defend itself. While blaming the Clintons speaking. Most commonly an orator’s goal While Trump is still attempting to locate Conversely, when Trump speaks at ral- for “allowing” North Korea to increase its is to change perceptions about a political enough funding for the wall, as his plan for lies to the working class, he often goes off nuclear weapons program, Trump called or social issue by using arguments, lines Mexico to fund it fell through, this promise the cuff. It’s evident from his poor English, Kim Jong-un “short and fat,” clearly escal- of reasoning, anecdotes and illustrations to is still popular among his white-dominated exaggerated hand gestures, lack of struc- ating tensions. incite the audience to believe their position. supporters. It is estimated that eight million ture and use of pop culture terms like “fake Trump’s confidence as an orator clearly Often the speaker will appeal to the audi- illegal aliens hold jobs in the U.S. while news.” Trump is aware that different audi- exceeds his presidential skills. Despite his ence’s emotions, instead of using logic to there are 6.7 million U.S. citizens without ences will respond differently to his tactics many faults as the leader of the free world, prove a point. employment. Through building the wall, and he alters his speech accordingly. Trump has mastered the rhetorical art. 49,000-worker shortage seen By JORY PROFT ex-owner of a pipeline locating company. per cent in the coming decade. try’s aging population. An employment shortage of 49,000 Swiredowski believes a skill gap par- In 2017, 15-to-24-year-olds made Despite all the doom and gloom, a com- workers is expected when older Albertans tially exists because older oil field workers up just over five per cent of oil and gas mon sentiment is that this industry may retire in the next 10-15 years, according are often fearful of being made obsolete – employees. And most of them are choosing become more competitive due to oil and to Alberta’s Labour Market Highlights for making them resistant to properly training post-secondary education over immediately gas beginning to downsize and jobs being 2017. Nowhere is this gap being felt more the young Albertans expected to takeover entering the workforce. phased out with many workers. than in oil and gas, where there appears to their roles. Alberta workers with a post-secondary The opportunity for more competition be a shortfall greater than just the number The government has acknowledged certificate or university degree grew from 54 could provide employers a wider variety of workers. these coming skill gaps. per cent in 2007 to 63 per cent in 2017. of highly-qualified candidates. And with This is not news in the province, which The 2009 study also outlines that Kalem Michaud, a second-year electri- fewer available positions, education may published a 2009 report that said that gov- the province will need to “keep people cian, chose a trade that required post-sec- give younger workers an upper hand. ernment, industry and educational institu- in the labour force longer and provide an ondary education and believes many other This can be seen in the 2009 study, tions need to work together to reduce the adequate supply of young workers with young Albertans have as well instead of which said that between 2015 and 2025, problem. needed skill sets.” waiting and working. the quality of labour supply in Alberta is The issue is not just about the amount The report says that just over a third of “A lot of young people work these jobs expected to improve further based on the of bodies available to fill positions, but in workers in 2026 will be 65 and older. until they figure out what they want to do ... forecasted overall level of educational the experience and qualifications younger In 2017, there were just over this may be why there aren’t a lot of people attainment. workers may not have. 140,000 oil and gas workers with about entering the trades,” said Michaud. “I think this will be a good opportunity “You get a person with 25, 30 years 36 per cent aged 45 and older. This fig- However, a recent report on the oil and for Alberta’s oil and gas to fix some of the of experience (in oil and gas), you can’t ure likely contributes to the projections gas industry says the sector ranks in the top issues they have had in the past and for the replace them on a dime – you have to train that Albertan’s working age population three for expected employment growth in next generation to make some much needed these people,” said Victor Swiredowski, an will drop from 72 per cent in 2017 to 64 the next four years – likely from this indus- changes,” said Swiredowski. Thursday, April 5, 2018 NEWS & FEATURES The Nugget 3 Why can’t we talk? male writers, female authors are playing more accurate to real life. The Nugget into the idea that men are always at fault Both genders are guilty in perpetu- Room E-128B and need to consider a woman’s needs first ating these ideas through their total dis- 11762–106 Street and foremost. regard for being open about the issues Edmonton, Alberta I discovered this trend through an arti- men may face in relationships and dating. T5G 2R1 cle in The Atlantic. Although it was written Obviously, women have faced much Production Office 780-471-8866 in 2013, these columns for men still have greater adversity within gender relations www.thenuggetonline.com not developed into much. and I don’t mean to dis- Senior Editor In 2018, the most nota- credit any of the work that JORY PROFT A woman Michael Menzies ble examples of columns proclaiming has been done to promote In 2018, men cannot easily complain for men are GQ and Reddit. equality. These types of [email protected] that men are about women. Of the last 30 articles gender issues have been Assistant Editor Dating can be really tough and frustrat- about relationships in GQ, all are pigs is around forever, but why Shawna Bannerman ing for both men and women, but it seems less than a third were male- not likely to stir have men yet to move for- to be much more acceptable for the latter authored. With titles like: up controversy, ward in the category of [email protected] to comment on annoyances they experience 15 Things You Must Own while a similar relationship guidance? Sports Editors in relationships. A woman proclaiming that Before You Invite a Woman As a single young Tre Lopushinsky men are all are pigs is not likely to stir up Over (female-written), in statement by a man who has not been Conner Toffan controversy, while a similar statement by a which the author berates man would have super successful in the man would have him labelled as a woman- men on all the objects they him labelled as dating game as of late, I [email protected] hater and a sore-loser in the dating world.

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