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HOW TO MIXOLOGY , DEC . 8 AT TH E NES T THE P l e a s e r e c y c l e t h i s Thursday, December 2, 2010 newspaper when you are Volume 48, Issue 13 finished with it. NUGGETYOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPER EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA CONSIDER THE BUS STUFFED 33,297 kg of food and $10,000 collected for Food Bank, story page 2 Photo by Laura Dettling DOIN’ THE STUFFIN’ SHUFFLE Volunteers take a moment to have some fun on the weekend during their Stuff a Bus campaign to raise money and gather edibles for the Edmonton Food Bank. 2 The Nugget Thursday, December 2, 2010 NEWS&FEATURES Food, money on the bus By LaCE SENIO NAIT student volunteers were a part of this year’s successful Stuff a Bus cam- paign to raise food and money for the Edmonton Food Bank. NAITSA volunteer co-ordinator Hai- ley Hudson credits volunteer enthusiasm for the event’s success on NAITSA’s end. “There was a lot of enthusiasm. We had such a high energy, I think that is why it was so successful,” Hudson said. She said student volunteers had a lot of fun stuffing the bus on the final day of the week-long event, in which Edmontonians were encouraged to donate food or money Photo by Laura Dettling on a number of Edmonton Transit System Stuff a Bus volunteers Hailey Hudson, left, Sherry Hirsch, right, and Jaswanth Chesukusi, sitting, take a breather during their shift collecting for the Edmonton Food Bank. buses located across the city. “They had the opportunity to see, the years. munity involvement, bringing community members closer hands-on, how good it feels to help out and make a difference,” “The ETS Stuff a Bus event is the beginning of our holiday together for a good cause. Hudson added. campaign that helps us raise 240,000 kg of food and $900,000 Everyone involved and everyone who utilizes the Food The 2010 Stuff a Bus campaign collected 33,297 kg of food to support the Food Bank during the holiday season and into Bank appreciate the kindness and generosity of Edmontonians. and more than $10,000 in donations. the new year,” said Tamisan Bencz-Knight, with the Edmonton This campaign could not be such a success without the partici- “The campaign has exceeded last year’s totals and is still Food Bank. pation of those who donated and volunteered with this year’s going up,” said Denise Kirkpatrick with Edmonton Transit. Since 1995, Edmontonians and ETS have been working campaign. Stuff a Bus kicks off the Food Bank’s holiday fundraising together to “stuff a bus” for the Edmonton Food Bank. More than 15,000 people use the Food Bank’s services each and has been an important part of helping Edmontonians over Organizers say this year was successful because of the com- month. Nanotech expert coming to NAIT By CELESTE DUL “One example is if you wanted to cover a surface in rock, better understand the developments on nanotechnology and how Nanotechnology is a huge buzz word in the media today but rather than taking a rock and using it to cover a table, you can take it will continue to affect our lives. not many people understand what it is. a small portion of rock and grinding it Those hoping to understand exactly what nanotechnology is and into nano powder, you use far less rock what it’s doing for the world can find out Friday, when a speaker and it can save a lot of money.” from the National Institute for Nanotechnology comes to NAIT to Myles says when you get to that speak about how it is impacting small size, properties can everyday life. ‘Nanotechnology is change in a non-linear way as “Nanotechnology is becom- well. ing huge in health and safety, the engineering of By attending the event, stu- schools, medicine and technol- functional systems dents can learn what nanotech- ogy,” said Andrew Myles from at the molecular nology has to offer, what jobs and the National Institute of Nano- products are developing and how technology, who will be speak- scale.’ this technology will affect Alberta, ing at NAIT tomorrow. – Mike Treder at crnano. especially given that NAIT has its “There is a lot of talk about typepad.com very own Nanotechnology Sys- how it interacts with bodies and tems diploma program. it’s important that people understand what the technology is and “NAIT is unique because it trains why they should pay attention.” students in technical expertise. With Myles explains that nanotechnology involves the area of new techniques and new positions developing products based on exploiting nano metre scale NAIT can produce individuals for this dimensions. To put things into perspective, one nanometre com- emerging technology as well as pro- pared to a millimetre is the same as one millimetre compared to mote the benefits of it,” Myles said. a kilometre: 1:1,000,000. It’s extremely tiny. By attending the event on Dec. 3 When the dimensions of a particle are downsized there can in the Shaw Theatre from 12:15 p.m.- be a huge increase in change in properties, Myles explains. 1:15 p.m., students and faculty can deviceguru.com Thursday, December 2, 2010 NEWS AND features The Nugget 3 Building a business The Nugget By STEVEN DYER Room E-128B NAIT is home to students and instructors in a 11762–106 Street variety of professions from chefs to doctors and Edmonton, Alberta even entrepreneurs. T5G 2R1 This past weekend, novaNAIT held a boot- Production Office 471-8866 camp for entrepreneurs to help them take their www.thenuggetonline.com ideas and transform them into a business. Editor-in-Chief At a price of $200, entrepreneurs of all ages Kathy Le attended various sessions taught by investors and people with experience running businesses. [email protected] They learned how to present their ideas to Issues Editor potential investors and clients, how to develop Linda Hoang their sales pitch and even how to define and defeat [email protected] their competition. Assistant Issues Editor “Lots of times people have wonderful ideas, Darylann Hutchings but don’t know what to do with them next. That’s [email protected] where we come in,” said Randy Thompson, NAIT’s first-ever entrepreneur-in-residence. Sports Editor Thompson runs a group called Venture Alberta Ryan Flaherty Forum with 52 investors and it has funded 52 [email protected] companies in the last six months. Assistant Sports Editor These investors put money into promising Photo by Laura Dettling NaIT entrepreneur-in-residence Randy Thompson speaks to interested business Garit Byington startup businesses, helping them get on their feet people at novaNaIT’s bootcamp. [email protected] and starting off new companies with their help. Entertainment Editor “What we’re doing here is helping people who of ideas he and the others would be working with. have potential, some of their ideas just won’t sell Ali Yusuf have come up with an idea and want to turn it into a There were some very interesting ones to be sure and he hopes that this course will help them hone [email protected] company,” Thompson said. “You end up seeing a lot and in many diverse fields. and tweak for better ideas in the future. of new ideas, new products, technologies this way.” Attendee Joel Semeniuk, for example, had the On Monday, two of the entrepreneurs got the Assist. Entertainment Editor During the first session of the bootcamp on idea of a website where people will be able to order chance to present their ideas to investors from Pending Saturday, the entrepreneurs got a chance to pitch custom-style clothes that they design on the site. Venture Alberta. [email protected] their ideas to Thompson and the other entrepre- Another attendee, Donloree Hoffman, had her There will be another Entrepreneur Bootcamp Photo Editor neurial mentors while critiquing each other’s ideas business geared towards the weight loss industry. around March for anyone who is interested in par- Laura Dettling and saying whether or not they thought it would But not all of the ideas that Thompson saw ticipating through NAIT. [email protected] be something they would invest in. have potential. Go to http://www.nait.ca/novanait closer to Production Manager This gave Thompson a chance to see what sort He said he believes that while these people that time for more details. Frank MacKay [email protected] For advertising, call 471-8866 Time to share the warmth or e-mail: [email protected] By NICOLE de CHamPLaIN thought it would be the end of the charity. more involved. Submissions encouraged: For the third year in a row, NAIT students He was wrong. “Even with a toonie you can buy a pair of socks. [email protected] are being given the opportunity of giving the gift “NAIT people approached me and said it was I suspect and I hope that the students will become The deadline is noon on the last of warmth to someone in need right here in our so significant that they would like to carry it on as a more active and make some contributions.” school day of the week. (All sub- community. corporate charity,” said Smith. Students can make donations at the NAITSA missions must include your name But a retired instructor at NAIT, Gordon Smith, Smith is now the celebrity representative of the and NASA office. and student ID number.) has been “Sharing the Warmth” for much longer NAIT’s “Share the Warmth” campaign.