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Promotions Show your sweetie you care and be entered to win dinner Photo by Amy Harris and a movie Guitarist Ryan Peake and lead singer Chad Kroeger perform Sunday at the Enmax Centre to a sold-out crowd. See related story Page14 2 • Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 Campus News Endeavour Money for brain power Studying pays off with student scholarships

Story and Photo By progressing. For example, if a student Sheryl Winczura transfers their courses and continues Endeavour Staff their education at a university they are Around 320 LCC students sighed again eligible,” Sprinkle said. with relief last week, as the long hours Because so many students were eli- of studying paid off and the scholar- gible for the scholarship criteria ship checks began to pour in. changes will be made for next year. The Jason Lang Scholarship awarded “Instead of having a 3.0 GPA a stu- to students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher dent will be required to have a 3.2.” was sent out in the mail last week to The Lang scholarship, however, is all eligible applicants. not the only one available. In March, “The Jason Lang scholarship is by over 300 LCC scholarship applications far the most popular, we don’t give out will be available for students to pick hundreds of anything else,” Linda up. The money ranges from $100 to Sprinkle, LCC Student Awards Officer $1,000 and around $200,000 is given said. out yearly. “I had no idea that I got it until they Students that receive these awards as emailed me. I just received the check well as a few others are honoured dur- last week,” Tyrel Churko, Civil ing the annual awards ceremony in Engineering Technology student said. October. Churko who finished last semester The Louise McKinney from Alberta with a perfect 4.0 average has decided Heritage is one of the larger awards to put the money in savings. presented at the ceremony. It does, however, take more than a “The $2,500 McKinney scholarship high GPA to be eligible for the scholar- is given out to 20 students’, based ship. purely on academic achievements and “Students must be in their second mostly to students with 4.0 GPA’s. year of the program with a full year There are however, a lot of students behind them. They must be full time with perfect averages that don’t receive students with 80 per cent of their pro- anything only because there aren’t gram complete. The award is also only enough scholarships available. I often available for Alberta residents,” receive over 100 applications for just Sprinkle said. one scholarship.” The Lang scholarship, usually only Students and instructors will receive awarded to students once, can be an e-mail informing them of the received twice. upcoming LCC scholarships.There will “A student must be continuing and also be posters around the college.

Linda Sprinkle, LCC Student Awards Officer Deadline forces healthcare payment Canada. The plan fee was added to Story and Photo By tuition costs at the beginning of the Carla Girvin semester. The plan is mandatory in Endeavour Staff order to lower the cost per student. The scholarship bulletin board at LCC. More then $200,000 a year is given out Students could also add their spouse Students at LCC that want to opt in student scholarships. or dependants onto the plan by out of the LCCSA Benefit Plan are obtaining a form at the LCCSA too late. Benefits Plan office and paying the The deadline was Jan. 30. In order family add-on fee. The deadline was to opt out, the student would have also Jan. 30. provided proof of comparable cover- The benefit plan does not replace T H A N K Y O U ! age. No exceptions or extensions T H A N K Y O U ! provincial health care, but is extend- To the following sponsors and individuals, who helped make will be made for students that failed ed health and dental coverage for our January temporary lunch program at LCC a success : to submit their waiver forms. students. It can be combined with “If you missed it, that’s it,” said other benefit plans in order to obtain Chad Runquist, who is located in the 100 per cent coverage. Students are • Fairway Plaza and Westside LCCSA Benefits Plan office. issued a care card that can be used at Safeway Many students who wanted to opt pharmacies or dental offices. • Piikani Board of Education out were unaware of the deadline. Coverage begins at the start of the • College Chaplaincy “I had no idea,” said Mark Toone, fall semester, Sept. 1, and ends Aug. • Deborah Berg, Val a student at LCC, “I haven’t heard 31. Goodrider, Steven Healy, anything about the plan.” The care card can be downloaded Mavis Kearney, Marcia Taylor The number of students that met from www.gallivan.ca/studentnet- and a special thank you to all the deadline could not be released, works/members/lethbridge or picked students who helped set-up according to Runquist. up from the LCCSA Benefits Plan and make sandwiches. You are automatically enrolled if office. you are a member of LCCSA in an The LCCSA Benefits Plan office is applicable program, registered located beside the Cave in room CE From the Piita Pawanii Learning Society in 15 or more credits, and residing in 1312. Endeavour Campus News Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 • 3 Disabilities committee looks to expand

Story By: Anna Weikle Endeavour Staff

The LCC Disabilities Committee is planning to add more students to the group. “We wanted to expand our commit- tee. I’d like a blind student. And one other student with a physical disability. I want some people with non-physical disabilities, ” says Doug Patching, who is chair of the committee. Scott Nishi, broadcasting student, has been the only student on the com- mittee but Patching reports that there are two or three perspective students with learning disabilities looking to join the committee. Despite reports that the committee was to meet twice a month, the group has yet to meet since its first meeting of the semester in December. “We had a meeting in December and we are set for the very first part of February... We want (an) average about four each term.” The main focus of the December meeting was to organize the commit- A disabled student is helped into the Lethbridge Handi-bus, last semester. tee; its agenda and mandate. Photo by Larry Fisher “The result of our December meeting was one of our key people, Julie Students with disabilities also voiced cate instructors. together but what I want to do is to do Deimert, was able to do some research some concern about educating instruc- “That would be more of a luxury if good work, to raise the interest and let and get copies of mandates of other tors in the Endeavour’s Dec. 3 issue. we had lots and lots of resources.” the thing grow with the support of peo- committees right across the province.” Patching agrees that it is an impor- “This thing is growing. I could force ple who really want to be there. I’ve Deimert was able to get action plans tant detail. it and I could say we’re having a com- always found that those are the strong from University of Calgary, Mount “Yah, absolutely. That’s next. That’s mittee and just put the whole meal deal committees.” Royal and University of Alberta which Julie’s department and she does that all have their own Disabilities Access already.” Committee. Patching explains that Julie Deimert “That is probably our main focus at will go to the instructors of students this point. To flush out our committee,” who have a learning disabilities or says Patching. physical disabilities (with their permis- Come to SAIT and discover your “We want to give it wheels. You can sion) and discuss how to deal with meet about thing like, as we have up to their problems and why they may be career in: now, snow clearing, make sure the having difficulties. sidewalks are clear of snow, make sure “One of the things that we specify in Emergency Medical Care there are safe sidewalks across roads, our policy is that we want people with to make sure there is automatic door disabilities, whether it be physical or openers but you can only do that for so whatever kind of disability it is, can be Medical Imaging long... I want to see other things hap- a learning disability. If they want pen,” says Patching and specifically accommodation, that is if they want us Laboratory Technologies refers to disabilities counselor Julie to help them, we want them to let us Deimert. know well in advance of them coming Respiratory Therapy “She’s got some pretty good equip- here... Ideally they would let us know ment, but it’s still not enough to in April or May at the latest if they accommodate some of the people with were coming the following It’s a whole new world in health care. High tech, high touch, disabilities. So we need to look at the September.” high demand programs prepare you for challenging and rewarding kinds of equipment and the kinds of This gives the college time to work services that we offer and are they suf- with the future instructors rather than positions. ficient and adequate? And can we do the alternate which is to blanket edu- more?” Emergency medical personnel programs beginning with Emergency Medical Responder are offered in Red Deer and Lethbridge so you never have to leave home. Other programs such as Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Medical Laboratory Technology and Respiratory Therapy allow study at SAIT in Calgary, then a chance to return to your community to train with local medical minds. Let SAIT provide you with relevant and accessible experience.

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www.sait.ca/health 4Editorial • Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 Endeavour Useful committees - an oxymoron Committee is becoming a four-letter word these days. needs of the people they represent, rather than copying the ideas of To many, the word conjures images of a bunch of people sitting others. around, drinking a lot of coffee, doing a lot of talking and not accom- So what do we do, right? plishing much of anything. If the administration isn’t helping and committees aren’t helping, Perhaps this is because most committees lack an adequate number what’s left? of members in the group or establishment whose interests they repre- Here’s an idea. sent. Let’s stop treating each other like we’re all a bunch of idiots. In other words, there aren’t enough people affected by the commit- If there aren’t enough ramps in the school we don’t need we don’t tee’s decisions that are actually on the committee. need a bunch of people with a bunch of photocopies - we need more In this week’s Endeavour we’ve published a follow-up story on the ramps. College’s disabilities committee, illustrating its progress. If there’s a problem to be solved we don’t need a committee we Basically, after more than year and less than half a dozen meetings, need to solve the problem. it’s photocopied the mandates from the disability committees of other Hey, addressing problems at the College - isn’t that what adminis- colleges and universities and distributed them amongst themselves. tration is paid to do? It seems to us that the purpose of a committee is to address the Entrepreneurs make the grade Starting a business doesn’t always end in the success stories profiled on talk shows

Most of us have seen, heard, or read about have more freedom with their schedules; business there may be ten others that fail. someone who has successfully started his or men and women who want stop watching And although you may take for granted the her own home-based business. the clock eagerly anticipating home time. small pleasures of your job; like office gos- It’s hard not to feel a twinge of envy as LCC has recognized the trend in home sip, compliments on a new shirt, lunch with Oprah introduces a twenty something girl business start-up and offers a series of non- co-workers, or that feeling when you leave who has turned her love of making greeting credit courses designed to meet the needs of your workspace for the day, they may be the cards into a multi million dollar operation- these upcoming entrepreneurs. things you long for when you’re home alone and all from the comfort of her own home. Having to answer to someone for hardly desperately seeking motivation to work and For many of us the words that come to mind any money is not something most of us bar- only have yourself to answer to. are ‘hey I could do that’. gain for, but many people seem to feel like We must remember before making any big It’s true you could do that, but should they’re in that situation. Wouldn’t we rather decision to consider all sides; all options you? What we don’t see, or hear about, as answer to ourselves for hardly any money? and know the facts. It’s easier to be pre- often with these success stories is the diffi- A question that many people seem to be pared if you have an idea of what to expect. cult and frustrating process that got those answering by starting a new venture from Success doesn’t happen overnight and people where they are today. their home. patience and planning are essential. Statistics show that more and more The pros are obvious and can make you Although you will be the one to bask in the Canadians are trading in their suits and ties, feel like you might be holding a winning success of your business, you will also be pumps and pantyhose for the dream of lottery ticket, but we must not forget the the one who must deal with the repercus- being their own boss at home, where every- cons. Less exciting and easy to ignore are sions of its possible failure. day is casual Friday. Mothers who want to the facts. For every successful home-based

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I got the January blues. When I went back to bed he My car is broken. Again. My Life in the Fatlane started yowling again, but I brother is in the hospital. Still. ignored him. An evil computer at school ate By: Delynda Pilon It's easier to fight with my cat my homework. Really. And my than to fight the disease attack- landlord decided to sell the ing my little brother. Or to face house so I got weirdos traipsing Spoiled cat shatters dreams my fears about starting over in a through it checking it out. new town. It's easier to blame The lights of Christmas are standard of beauty is maintained That was it. I was wide- my lack of sleep on the cat than gone, and the New Year's reso- by overweight blondes.... awake, my dreams of an over- on worries over my car. lutions have been broken. Then the yowling started. weight Utopia shattered. But that's life, isn't it? Ups And the next holiday I get to My cat is neutered. He gets a Me: Now I'm gonna kill you and downs. We share them all look forward to is affectionately can of wet food every day. He ya danged noisy @#%$ cat! with the people we love, and known as suicide week. shares my Doritos with me. I jumped out of bed and flew sometimes the burden lightens. My cat seems to get particu- He has his own chair - it was through the house looking for Other times we sit back and larly obnoxious when I’m my chair, but he took it. the cat so I could kill him. wait the storm out. Sometimes depressed. Last night I was just My cat is spoiled. He's got Sorry for the image, but there I the saying, ‘This too shall pass,’ about asleep - you know the nothing to yowl about. was, Naked Fat Broad, cussing is the most we can give our- state I'm talking about. You've Doc (AKA fatass):Yowl. up a storm as I ran around the selves. found the perfect place in the Me: shut up. house at three in the morning. But it’s late now, and I have to bed and you're drifting into a Doc: Yeeowlll My Shiatsu hid under the go. The cat’s yowling again. dream where you're fabulously Me: Shut Up. Doc: couch. I don't know where the And I think I can catch him. wealthy in a world where the MEOWLLLLLL cat went. because a slap on the wrist they are without fear of rejec- isn’t helping things, suspen- tion, humiliation and especially The Bottom LINE> sions aren’t helping things, without fear for their lives. expulsion isn’t helping things. When people take the time to By Shawna Dempsey The bullies and the bullied make a difference, the world both need help. They need to will have a few less tragedies Anti-bullying systems not working know that they can be who to vaguely remember. There it was - a beautiful that Bowling for Columbine cream coloured envelope with told of the problems in North gold lettering. I ripped it open America and it’s old news. and did my own dance of joy Society needs to examine the (similar to that on Perfect cause behind the bullying and Strangers). It was $1,000; the help the children that can’t Jason Lang scholarship. I was help themselves. The reason so excited to deposit it that I children are bringing guns to was already spending it in my school is because they feel mind. they’ve run out of options. But then something occurred People get tired of being to me. I was getting the schol- hurt, tired of being laughed at. arship because a young man, We’ve all felt the awkward- 17 years old, showed up for ness of youth, so why isn’t school one day and never came anyone making a difference? home. I realized we go about Because no one pays atten- our lives and the memories of tion until there’s a kid standing the children that have fallen in the hallway waving a gun. victim to the victimized slowly Schools need to re-examine fade away. It was just last year their boundaries for students, Had your teeth cleaned lately? Dr. Kevin Goth is currently accepting new patients!

Call today for an appointment 329-1616 Located at 514 - 5th Ave. S. 6 • Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 Campus News Endeavour Plenty of parking, says survey Story By: consultant said that currently there is pedestrians on campus.” heavy traffic flow on the east side of Anna Weikle adequate parking for the use that’s in Perry estimates the cost of the raised our campus and move it to either the Endeavour Staff place right now.” crosswalk at $4,000. west side or the south side of our cam- Albert does believe that the survey “So they are not an inexpensive pus but that also involves budgetary The $12,000 traffic study conducted was beneficial to the col- proposition but considerations because we have to in November of last year proved to be lege. “The consultant said that it serves a num- build or renovate.” beneficial but students at LCC may not “It will help us with currently there is adequate ber of purposes It will be a while before college stu- see any of the changes in their post- our budgeting and plan- being as the dents and staff see any of the recom- secondary career. parking for the use that’s in ning for years to come as design works as mendations taking action as the time- “There are all sorts of recommenda- place right now.” well so I think it was a a speed bump . line is indefinite. tions long term. What they’re looking worthwhile endeavour to . . and with the “We’ve been working on implement- at is projecting the college growth up take on.” -Perry Albert, head of colouration and ing some of the stuff that was in there to ten years down the road and what The survey was imple- security the raised por- and we’re taking all sorts of stuff into we may need to do with parking. So mented to look at pedes- tion of it gives consideration. We’re looking at parking they’ve made some recommendations trian traffic as well as vehicle traffic. the pedestrian a sense that that’s their and what we want to do with it for the on, when. . . we need to add more “The main impetus of that (the sur- space to walk in and that sort of next year. We haven’t made any firm parking, suggesting some places to put vey) was looking at traffic flow pat- defines that to the driver.” decisions at this point. Those are rec- new parking lots and I think there was terns as well pedestrian flow patterns Shipping and receiving was also an ommendations that will be taken into one suggestion that said when the time and there were some recommendations issue that the survey was to deal with. consideration along with the other comes to replace our parking meters in there on some safety items such as “That will be part of our long term budget issues at the college. Those that out front,” says Perry Albert, head of aligning sidewalks and making some budget discussion. The recommenda- are deemed to be useful items, as security. more of those raised crosswalks. We’re tions would be to possibly move the budget allows, will be taken into the “I don’t think that there’s any recom- looking at maybe next summer putting shipping and receiving from its current planning stages and be developed.” mendations for the near future. . . the in a raised crosswalks safety walk for location . . . to reduce the amount of Students Association hikes operational fees Story By: association operational fees next fall. “I don’t think a lot of students think fees are very low, some institutions Sheryl Winczura The fee will jump from $2.50 to of it as being a huge fee, because it’s charge a lot more,” Scholz said. Endeavour Staff $2.75 per credit meaning a full-time not,” Student Association President, “We have a very, very small budget student, taking 15 credits a semester Preston Scholz said. for the size of the institution that we LCC students will be forking over an will be paying $41.25 a semester. “Looking at other institutions, these have become.” extra 25 cents a credit for the student The list of operational expenses is a lengthy one, including salaries, bene- fits, contracts, office supplies, printing charges, promo items, awards, bad debts and more. Transfer your credits to a This year the estimated revenue for these fees fell $32,000 short of the expected $400,000 expenses. UNIVERSITY… with a difference “We get no funding from the govern- UCC • The University College of the Cariboo • Kamloops, BC ment and we get no funding from the college itself so we rely on the student fee,” Scholz explained. Currently in the 2003-2004 academic year there are 4,124 full time students paying the $2.50 a credit fee. This brings in $154,650 a semester. If these students were required to pay the $2.75 fee they would be bringing in $15,465 more each semester. And this increase does not include the money that the 2,893 part time students are contribut- ing. Scholz explained how every student Apply now to transfer in September 2004! association sets this fee differently from one another. “Some do it so that a full-time stu- dent pays $40 a semester and part-time Complete your DEGREE at UCC • Arts (B.A) • Applied Computing Science (BTACS) • Natural Resource Science (B.N.R.S.) pays $20. We chose to do it per credit • Fine Arts (B.F.A.) • Business Administration (B.B.A) • Social Work (B.S.W.) because it’s the fairest way. The more • Science (B.Sc.) • Tourism Management (B.T.M) • Nursing (BSN) courses you take the more you pay, but • Education (B.Ed) Elementary • Journalism (B.Jour.) the more you receive.” The main reasoning for the increase Transfer DIPLOMA credits to a UCC DEGREE is in the tight budget that the SA had Most degrees, including BSc, BNRS, BSW, BTM, BTACS, BJOUR, BBA and BFA can award credits to Diploma graduates – in some cases up to two full years. throughout last year and this year. “This fee increase will put us at a Apply to one of our UNIQUE DIPLOMAS spot where we can offer students more. • Respiratory Therapy • Computer Systems Operations & Management Next year will put us in that comfort- • Sports Event Management • Computerized Manufacturing Technology able position where we don’t have to • Events & Conventions Management • Diploma in Management • Computer Automated Systems • Accounting Technician nip and tuck and take more from the (Most of these UCC Diplomas are laddered into a UCC degree) students.” The SA fees are broken down so that Transfer your CERTIFICATE Credits to a UCC Diploma 57 per cent goes towards wages and • Accounting, Management, Tourism, Office Administration, Social Services, Child & Youth. lobbyist fees. 19 per cent goes towards Exceptional facilities • one spectacular campus the capital fund (replacing outdated equipment at D.A. Barn and the school For complete TRANSFER STUDENT information, check out www.cariboo.bc.ca (Click on Future Students) www.cariboo.bc.ca gym). And the remaining 24 per cent is for the campus recreation budget TRANSFER NOW to BC’s DIFFERENT Kind of University APPLY ON-LINE (things like the $40 ski trips). • • UCC (The University College of the Cariboo) in KAMLOOPS • email: [email protected] Although these fees will contribute To get your personal copy of the UCC Program Guide to the budget, cutbacks in such things Call: (250) 828-5006 • Email: [email protected] as SA council wages and conferences (Click on Future Students) Fax: (250) 828-5159 or Visit UCC at: www.cariboo.bc.ca ucc attended are still necessary. ETimendeavour Out 7 • Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004

HE SHE SAID SAID

Should you date your best friend’s ex? Chris Said: whether you are still When you break up dating or not. So for with a lady, she auto- everybody out there in a matically becomes off position of moving in limits to your friends. on a buddies ex-girl- If one of my good friend or boyfriend buddies ever hooked think twice about the up with a chickie that I effects of old feelings had an emotional his- and new adventures. tory with it would irri- Hold on to your friends, tate me without doubt. cause they’ll be there in Chris Phalen and Cydney Schow There is an unwritten the end. code among good Cydney Said: friends that must be fol- room. I for one wouldn’t Why not? Obviously lowed. A code of dating want to hear about my they weren’t compli- ethics that paves the friend getting lovie- mentary, but what if road to everlasting dovie with my ex. you’re his or her colour. friendship, which in my Hanging out together A period of happiness, PHO mind is more important would be out of the whether days in length T than a relationship with question as well. If I or years is worth the O a girl. Dating a friend’s find something special risk. I would however, O ex would only lead to in a girl and she finds advise against pursuit F T immeasurable tension, something special in me amid the breakup mess. HE and imagine participat- then we experience that Be patient enough to see WEEK ing in those story-swap- specialness together in a the battle field cleared ping sessions with your relationship. Friends and the corpses buried. buddies. Tales of inti- should at no time I write to contrast, but in Photo by Shawna Dempsey mate rendezvous and intrude on that special reality I would stay sexual encounters would bond that you have away from the ex and make me leave the formed with a girl keep the best friend. The river that flows into Lundbreck Falls in the Crowsnest Pass. HOROSCOPES

Capricorn: Dec. 22- Jan. 19 Aries: March 21- April 19 Cancer: June 22- July22 opportunities to meet new peo- You need to reward yourself After a long weekend things Make sure that you are aware ple. Be yourself and there are for all your hard work. Take are starting to look up. Now is of all possibilities before you life long friends to be made. some time out to play this week. the time to do something for make a decision. Scorpio:Oct. 23- Nov. 21 Aquarius: Jan. 20- Feb. 18 yourself. Leo: July 23- Aug. 22 Energy spent being angry is You will experience a surprise Taurus: April 20- May 20 You need to sharpen your pred- wasted energy. Turn your frown this week, it will come out of You need to remember to let go ator instincts and move in for around and stop thinking the nowhere so do not go looking of that Taurus bull-headedness the kill. world is out to get you. for it. and allow someone else the Virgo: Aug. 23- Sept. 22 Sagittarius: Nov. 22- Dec.21 Pisces: Feb. 19- March 20 glory. Don’t dwell on your little fail- It’s the worst kind of extrava- There is something-fishy hap- Gemini: May 21- June 21 ures, you are a big picture and gance when you spend your pening so watch where you You will be in two minds about they add colour. chances. Make the most out of place your hook and check water a situation that will come up, go Libra: Sept. 23- Oct. 22 every situation, especially ones depth before diving. with your first instincts. This month will be full of involving a healthy meal. 8Features • Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 Endeavour Editor: Kim Eftoda

LCC instructor Jerry Johnson takes engineering students to ut f remote places in Africa to O o improve life for people living in Third World Upper photo shows some of the existing toilets at the school the students were working at. nations. In the lower photo, children urinate outside because there is nowhere else to go. Photos submitted by JerryJohnson.

Story and photo By: fricaThe students also prepared a detailed report and fund- Johnson maintains contact with all projects he has Regan Crawford ing request, which Johnson then submitted to worked with since day one. He currently has a project A ‘Development and Peace’. He says he will find out in request in Zambia wanting him to get funding. The Endeavour Staff April whether the funding request is approved. benefits are, he says, getting to know the people over Jerry Johnson teaches Civil Engineering at LCC, Money raised to fund the project will be sent to the there. He said he gets an E-mail from South Africa but he also gives perspective on student problems National Committee of Water and Sanitation Institute, every week saying for example, "Jerry we need $2000 when he talks about the struggles he’s seen - like a to implement the construction of the project. for this…" or "We’ve got a sister with AIDS can you continent dying of AIDS and children who have no Johnson, who has a degree get her some medicine." access to clean water. in civil engineering and a Johnson said the things we worry about here do Johnson has spent the equivalent of six years out of post-graduate degree in seem trivial after all the things he has seen overseas. the past 12 overseas. He’s made 11 trips abroad in International studies, and "Students think they’re poor, and 6500 people die the last 10 years. water and sanitation, said his everyday because of AIDS, and we worry about Last year Johnson took two students to Africa as interest in international whether we have enough money to go to the part of the Rural Community Development Project. development came from his Roadhouse." They went to a settlement called Makanye just out- social conscience and a Girls aren’t allowed education after age 12, they side of the town of Polokwane in South Africa. The developed knowledge of have to pay for it, says Johnson. When only 5 to 10 school in Makanye, which has 1000 students from third world conditions and per cent of the population has the benefit of college grade 1 to 9, has no water or sanitation on site, said needs. education, it’s hard to understand why students here Johnson. "Cheryl Fujikawa (an would choose to sleep through class, he said. "Twenty per cent of students don’t show up at instructor at LCC) got me Jerry Johnson, Johnson’s first trip to Africa was in 1994 when he school because of sickness from water borne illness," interested in international LCC instructor. worked with 27 well-educated teachers from the area. says Johnson. work in 1986 just through a series of discussions, and When he returned in 2003 only six of those teachers The two chosen students, Craig Scott, who was a then in 1988 and 1989 we worked on a project to were still alive. 21 had died of AIDS. civil engineering student at LCC, and Katherine assist Canadians working on development projects," "AIDS is killing a continent and we’re doing noth- Checkel, who was a nursing student from Canadore said Johnson. ing about it," he said. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 4000 College in North Bay, Ont. designed a facility to In 1993, Johnson trained three students on a project people die everyday because of unclean water. allow clean water and a functional place to go to the in India called the RAJAD project, and in 1994/95 he Johnson plans to return to Zambia and South Africa bathroom. The existing toilets, similar to an outhouse was asked to go to South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe with his wife in 2005. "This would be a personal trip but with no doors, were not only full with feces, but and Botswana for a 5-year project. He also spent to continue our work with the agencies I have worked also right next to the food preparation area, and the three years working on a sewage project in Nicaragua with in the past, and to visit water and sanitation proj- water was being contaminated, said Johnson. in the early 90’s. Because of his involvement in all of ects we have been involved with to check on progress Johnson is currently approaching groups in this, awareness grew of Johnson in Ottawa and other and sustainability." Lethbridge to fund the construction of the project. projects in South Africa came. Endeavour Features Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 • 9 Nothing cheap about Psychic follows true calling Christine Hurley thanks God for pushing excuses aside seeing the future Story and Photo By: a job in the city and better things to do. Heather Heinrichs I was crying every night, but I had this Story and Photo By: The fifth booth was run by Marlene Endeavour Staff job,” said Hurley. Heather Heinrichs Christiaan, who offered gemstone read- A small crowd gathers in anticipa- It was then that things started to fall Endeavour Staff ings, Egyptian tarot card readings, past tion of the spiritual medium, Christine apart as she lost her job, and her hus- Giving your new career a boost and life enlightenment and business suc- Hurley, who is going to give a demon- band lost his. They lost their child as finding out what your future holds are cess through her work as a gemstone stration of her talent, communicating well as their home. a couple of the things you could have specialist. with the dead. To most people, this chain of done at the alternative health and well- In the next booth, Penny Baumet About 20 people watched in awe events would be devastating, but ness/psychic show last weekend at the reads eyes to assess the health and as she takes the stage and picks a Hurley saw it in a much different Sandman Inn. sickness of people, but it’s not psychic person from the crowd to tell light. Although the prices were nothing a as you might originally think. them about their family with “He (God) took student on a loan could ever afford, the With a chart on the desk, and a pic- amazing accuracy. everything ten booths set up in the conference ture of your eye, Baumet will look at Elizabeth, who appeared that was stop- room all boasted of being able to help the colour and lines of your eye to to be in her early fifties, was ping me from working, all of my you in one way or another, sometimes determine what parts of your body are told that her parents were on excuses got pushed to the side,” for as much as a $200. healthy and which are in need of some either side of her, and that said Hurley passionately. At the first booth, Olha Hnatyshyn, a help. they were there to help her. “I said okay God, you got fourth generation reader of Russian Still further down the line is Irene Hurley went on to tell the me. This hurts too much,” and tarot cards, offered her experience McNabb, another psychic who can woman about her parents, Hurley said in her of 30 years to unfold the mysteries of communicate with the deceased, and and shared some insights, all British accent. your past, present and future. give psychic counsel. of which hit home with “I said, and the deal is She may charge $85 for the Russian She was born in England but now Elizabeth. don’t make me look cards, but you’re guaranteed 90 per travels 30,000 miles a year travelling “She just hit it bang on,” stupid, I can do it all cent accuracy in your reading. to clients, during which she has been to she said. on my own. And if I The next booth displays a company Egypt and even on John Edward’s Hurley discovered her gift in her don’t earn minimum called Herba Life, which sells healthy show (a famous clairvoyant who has a early twenties after being invited by wage, I’m going out there products to help you lose weight and popular television show). another medium to join a group and to get a job.” live healthier. Behind the next booth was the only develop her potential. Six years later, Christine From skin moisturizers to a perform- male psychic at the show, Sage, who It took much more than discover- Hurley is still working as a ance protein powder, there are lots of has a variety of psychic gifts including, ing the talent to be able to put it to medium and has found a true happi- options on how to start living healthier. palmistry, numerology, tea leaf read- use. ness in helping other people find sol- Next in line is psychic Darlene ings, crystal ball readings and a spe- “About six years ago, I knew that ace in knowing that their loved Gunn, who has a camera made special- cialty of his, a heralitus reading. I wanted to do this full-time, but I had ones are still around them. ly for taking the pictures of a person’s He developed the concept himself, aura. and describes it as tarot on steroids, Christine Hurley during a psychic reading. The aura shows up around your thought provoking and analytical. head, each colour having a special Next in line was Viki —- who meaning. offered her extensive knowledge of But not just anyone can use the cam- tarot cards, numerology and astrology era to take the pictures, Gunn uses her mostly gathered from her family. Her psychic sense to be able to select the father had a well-known show called proper plate to take the picture and “Beyond Reason”, and it was not have the aura show up on the printed uncommon for her mother to consult film. the astrological chart to decide if it was One of the most popular booths at the right time to move. the show was Christine Hurley’s, Last, but not least was the gifted where she would communicate with Raven, a woman of many talents people who have passed on and relay including Aura reading and clearing, their messages to their living counter- animal communication, spiritual heal- parts. ing, tea leaf and coffee reading. She Hurley gave a demonstration to a was born in the United States and has crowd of about 20 people on Saturday travelled extensively while helping afternoon, and the results were impres- people with her gifts. sive. Check out the psychic fair in all it’s Many people nodded and confirmed glory next time it’s in town. They’ll be that what Hurley told them about their expecting you. loved ones was true.

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Officers “OK, you can get out of the car but don’t always know when someone may stay behind a little bit and if he has a have a weapon gun or a knife run for it. Just get out of “You don’t always know who you sight,” said the officer. are dealing with.” My heart started to beat faster and I All in a night’s work Things can get even more difficult could feel my adrenaline start to flood when domestic disputes involve more into my system. I began to scan the than just two adults. son who broke into a house and was area around me, looking for an escape “It’s hard to go to a domestic dis- 11:30 p.m. – passed out on the floor and would route if it was needed. pute sometimes because there may be Received a 911 call about an intoxi- not wake up Luckily, it was just a routine stop children that are involved,” cated person who was disturbing a We had to call the paramedics and he and no knives or guns were pulled out. Smallbones explained. pedestrian was brought to emergency. Before that car was pulled over, I There are various ways for the police The cop told me that I could get out You could smell the booze the minute had been sitting patiently in the car to handle intoxicated people. It’s not but to stay behind a little bit. you walked into the house. hoping for something thrilling to hap- always just the drunk tank which is I saw the cop talking to the person and (The person had vomited). pen during the shift. I never thought used rarley. the next thing I see is the intoxicated that my life could be in danger over People are who are brought to the person was being put into handcuffs 3:10 a.m. – something as small as a routine traffic drunk tank have been deemed by the and was put into the police car. Domestic dispute violation. officer as unsafe to the public and We brought him to the drunk tank. Teen has not come home from a party. I only had to deal with these dangers themselves. Officer Smallbones: “There are many for the 12-hour ride-along. For The drunk tank is also used if the 12:16 a.m. – parts to being a police officer. With Constable Mark Smallbones, these intoxicated individual is homeless and Underage drinking party domestic disputes, you sort of have to dangers are a reality he faces every there is no shelter that will take them Lots and lots of 15-17 year olds. do a bit of counseling as well.” shift. in. One of the kids had called the police Teen can be put on Missing People list “My life is in jeopardy at any time “I use it when I’ve got someone who and told them to come and break it up or police can continue to look for him during my shift,” said Smallbones. is intoxicated and can’t be normal in – it was getting out of hand. and hope that he will show up – the “These guys I work with would take a public,” said Smallbones. To me: “A lot of the times with parties mother decides not to put him on the bullet for me and I would take one for Road conditions can add to the dan- like these, the guys [who are underage] missing people list just yet, and for the them.” ger that an officer faces. are just trying to impress the girls.” police to continue looking for the teen. The officers and staff at Lethbbridge Police officers have to concentrate Police Service (LPS), many of whom on the road, watch for driving infrac- 12:29 a.m. – 4:27 a.m. – attended LCC’s Criminal Justice pro- tions, listen to their radio and rush to Officer Smallbones pulls over a car Domestic dispute gram, have special relationships. They calls and they don’t always have the The driver drove through a red light An intoxicated person had gone into a joke around with each other during luxury of ideal driving conditions. To me: “OK, you can get out of the house and claimed that he lived there. slow times in their shift. But when it’s “When we go lights and sirens, it car, but stay behind a little bit and if he Was very mouthy with police. time to get serious, they are. They does give us the authority to speed, but has a gun or a knife, run for it! Get out Brought him to the drunk tank. watch each other’s backs. we’re libel if we crash. I always, no of sight.” “Your safety is my number To me: “When he called me a prick, Constable Smallbones, 30, has a 4- matter what, slow down at intersec- one concern.” that’s when I put him in handcuffs.” year-old and a 12-year-old, both girls. tions to make sure it is clear,” The car had a broken taillight.“If the The intoxicated person was in the back His fiancée is also an officer at LPS. Smallbones said. driver is cooperative with me, I will of the police car and was swearing “When I go home, I’m just a dad,” There is a label on police that they not give him the ticket for the red light non-stop to the cop. He was saying, “I Smallbones said. “I love my job, my are more prominent then average citi- which is quite pricey, but I will just know you can hear me. Please reason family and my fly fishing. My kids are zen. Smallbones disagrees. give him the ticket for the broken tail- with me.” And the cop told me, “I what help bring things back to reality.” “We have no importance over any- light which is much less.” read him his rights and that’s all I have He also said that it’s hard to balance one. We’re just normal citizens doing to say to him. I dont have to say any- work and home life, but at the end of an everyday job.” 2:30a.m. – thing more than that.” the day, his work issues must be left at Received a call of a intoxicated per Lethbridge

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Story By he was fighting. from the Spiderman movie and Denise Nolin Tricsli was later allowed to return. You Remind Me as their encore. Endeavour Staff The floor crowd kept their arms The band, 3 Days Grace was raised in the air through most of the scheduled to open for Nickelback played to a sold out performance. Those arms soon proved Nickelback (along with Trapt) crowd and had fans body surfing all needed to support the crowd surfers but they did not make it to the night at the Enmax Centre last Sunday. perpetually being carried across the show. A note posted up in the The lead singer, Chad Kroeger, won audience. ticket centre cited travel prob- over his audience of about 6,400 peo- Security was constantly grabbing lems due to weather as the rea- ple early in the performance professing people and setting them down to once son for 3 Days Grace’s his love for his home province. again join the flock of fans. absence. “I gotta say, even with the snow, The excitement wasn’t limited to the Both Trapt and even with the cold, it’s still great to be floor audience members, just as many Nickelback gave back in Alberta.” seated fans stood from their chairs to extended performances Despite the cold the band members dance to the band’s tunes. to make up the time. wore T-shirts and jeans and while their At one point, Chad Kroeger, started Trapt gave an outfits were simple, there was nothing filming the crowd with a hand held enthusiastic per- simple about the performance. camera. formance with There were a lot of pyrotechnics, Two Canada flags appeared held up the lead impressive stage lighting and even fire- by a few members of the floor audi- singer, Chris works used to keep the audience enter- ence. Brown jump- tained. The band also got a great response ing into the “@#*$ing awesome,” said audience from the crowd when Kroeger, said: “I crowd and being member Julia Doyle on her second think its beer O’clock!” held up by a couple of Nickelback concert. The stage crew then wheeled out a security officers. They didn’t rely solely on effects, to cooler with cups of beer on top, which Brown’s stunt created add more thrill band members were the band handed out to audience mem- quite a stir, but he wasn’t jumping on top of speakers and danc- bers on the floor. the only one. ing on stage. They didn’t seem to be checking During the Nickelback “I think they’re quite wicked,” said wrist bands though. encore a fan jumped on Brent Tricsli, who remained impressed The band played all the fan favorites stage right in the middle Nickelbcak even after he was removed from the including Someday, Never Again, Hero of some heavy pyrotech- will be Enmax Centre because security thought nics. Security tried to nab returning to the young man but he leapt Lethbridge back into the audience before they March 23rd. could catch him. He didn’t avoid Tickets are on them for long. sale now. Also, there were seven different If you just incidents during the concert includ- can’t wait, ing panic attacks and some fighting, pick up said Ashley Matthews, the Enmax Nickelback’s Centre general manager. All incidents latest album. were resolved though and Matthews The Long said that despite delayed admission to Road, the Centre, he was very pleased with avalible in how the concert went. stores now. Three female members of the audi- ence responded by chucking their bras up on stage where they were proudly displayed on the drummer’s, Ryan Vikedal’s, stand. Photos By By the end of the night, seven bras Amy hung from the drummer’s platform. Harris Endeavour Entertainment Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 • 15 Canadian rock alive in Jersey Story by Nickelback.” Kim Eftoda Jersey is a Canadian punk/rock band Endeavour Staff from Burlington Ontario and has been together since 1996. Opening the Exit to a smoke filled The band includes McNab bar the chilly night air hits your face (guitar/vocals), Greg Taylor like a welcome slap in the face. (vocals/guitar), Johnny Lubera The only things standing between (bass/vocals) and the band’s newest you and your car is a drunken couple member Jordan Hastings (drums). arguing in the parking lot and about 10 Although many of the band’s influ- feet of loose gravel. ences are punk (Rancid, the Clash and The crunch of the gravel beneath Bad Religion) McNab feels that call- your feet is the only sound that you ing Jersey a “punk” band may not be hear while finally letting the smile fitting. show that has been trying to get out all “Everything is punk now,” McNab day. As you un-lock your car door and said. “They call Avril Lavigne punk.” get in, you slip your key into the igni- “Our management said they didn’t tion and turn it forward. want to call us punk and we were like The stereo kicks in and spills out a okay, cool. We’re a rock and roll very familiar tune. The CD you and band.” your band have just finished recording Both rock and punk style music are has not left your mind or your CD clearly displayed on the 14-song disc. player in days. Songs like This Town, Generation You press eject on the CD player but Genocide, and Lessons are super strangely the raspy rock music contin- catchy. Once they get in your head signed. Although the tour may have ues to play. they will be in there for a while. Jersey just wrapped up a two-week wrapped, McNab said rather then Your song is on the radio. Not in the annoying “Hit me Baby cross Canada tour along with two being a headlining act Jersey will That’s what Sean McNab experi- One More Time” way, more along the American bands. California’s probably play some more supporting enced the first time he heard lines of “ Paint it Black”. Yellowcard, and the better-known Eve roles on up-coming tours. Generation Genocide, the title track The Story of ’53, came out of a con- 6. “Alberta is some of our best shows and first single off his bands (Jersey) versation that Taylor had with an older “When I found out we were touring on tour,” McNab said. “Everyone newest CD. guy about his good old days. with Eve 6, I was like Oh my God,” wants to have fun. It’s like that every “Everyone else had heard it except When asked how being Canadian McNab laughed. “Now they’re one of time we are there.” me,” McNab said. “I would turn on the affected the band McNab explained my favourite bands.” If you don’t want to wait until the radio and it would be like “that was that being Canadian may have helped McNab went on to explain that band comes back to Alberta to see Jersey with Generation Genocide. them get attention in the music indus- although Yellowcard is “not really what they’re about, buy their CD (it’s “It was funny because we were on a try and also helped the band get (his) style, they are great at what they well worth it) and check out their web- station with bands like Creed and do.” site at www.Jerseyrock.com. Yellowcard rides new waves with Ocean Avenue

Story by about how much dads mean to their something new, but with the violin on catchy chorus and it is not over- Kim Eftoda sons. every song it does get a bit whelmed by the CD’s mandatory Endeavour Staff The first song on this CD is by far annoying and confusing. violin solos. Just when you think you’ve heard the best. Way Away, talks about people This gimmick is sure to “I can’t stand albums where the last squeaky voice of a t-shirt clad deciding their own future, even though get Yellowcard noticed, every song is about some chick “punk” band sing about girlfriends and others may try to make them scared especially in Canada (we who broke your heart.” Keys said growing up, southern California band about moving forward. love our fiddle), but just in the band’s bio. Yellowcard pokes its spiky blonde hair Lead singer Ryan Keys talked about remember there is a reason Well why did you make one through the barely settled dust, while this song in their bio saying, “ We’re why people don’t “rock-out” then? dragging a violin with them. talking about really owning up to what to classical music. Ocean Avenue is an okay CD, Yellowcard’s newest CD, Ocean you want to do in your life.” The title track, Ocean with a few good songs. The general Avenue, is a catchy 13-song pop-punk The thing that sets this band apart Avenue, is probably the biggest dis- consensus with this band is that you album filled with the standard songs from the thousands of boy pop-punk appointment. It’s a boring song about have to hear them live to really feel about heartache and lost youth, while groups is the bands use of electric vio- girlfriends, that seems like you’ve their energy, at least that’s what the throwing in a not so traditional song lin. It’s refreshing to see a band try heard it hundreds of times before. guy from first year Print Journalism The only other song that really said. stands out is Only One. It is (of course) Well guy, you can have yourself a about girlfriends, but it does have a free CD. You know you want it. 16 • Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 Entertainment Endeavour Good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll Dated Delay mixes it up in southern Alberta; crowds feel the vibe of good chemistry

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Small steps, walking softly, and carrying a big stick, that’s how musician Kelly Klimchuk describes his future plans for his band Dated Delay. The band has been around for nearly a year and a half and has been heard at most of the pubs and sports bars in and around Lethbridge. “We’ve played places in Brooks, Coutts, Vauxhall and of course Taber,” explains the lead guitarist. “We’ve also played several times at the Barn and it’s one of our favorite stages to play at. We’re look- “We’ve also played several times at the Barn and its one of our favorite stages to play at. We’re looking for- ward to playing there again.”

-Kelly Klimchuk, lead guitarist ing forward to playing there again.” Anyone who has seen them live knows their shows are filled with a certain energy which is typically found when there is good chemistry amongst the members. They played a show at Average Joes on Jan. 29 to a photos by amy harris packed crowd that were there hoping to win Nickelback tickets and hear some good ol’ rock and Above: Kelly Klimchuk (left) and Chris Craig Below: Klimchuk plays Craig’s guitar for an enter- roll. Everything from 3 Doors Down, Godsmack, and (right) playing at Average Joes last Thursday. taining show. Sloan were played during the night, along with some “There’s three of us who are all kind of in the same On a more serious note, Klimchuck says that the oldies like the Georgia Satellites and also some of the age category and then the last member is older than band wants to become known as a versatile rock band band’s originals. the rest of us.” Klimchuck chuckles while he is and aspires to write more of their own original music. Klimchuck says that the meaning of the band’s explaining, “The dated is the old guy and the rest of They also note the importance of keeping up a strong name, Dated Delay, is two fold. us are the delay.” connection with the local community and surrounding “Dated has its “There’s three of us who are all kind Chris Craig, vocals and rhythm area. guitar, Jamie Nagy on percussion, Dated Delay will be playing this Friday and place in time and of in the same age category and then delay is like a shift and Jeff Meyher on base guitar and Saturday at Top Ten Pub and Grill. Admission to the in time. It’s a reflec- the last member is older than the rest vocals make of the rest of the band show is free. tion of our style.” of us. The dated is the old guy and but Klimchuck says For future Dated Delay live shows and other events The band plays what the rest of us are the delay.” they are not giv- happening around southern Alberta go to www.alber- can be described as ing up their tamusic.net. ages. classic and current -Kelly Klimchuk, lead guitarist rock. Klimchuck “Dated is the old looks up to rock but then there’s a twist where we like to play anyone who’s ever been in a some of the newer stuff,” he says. band, played live, or written The second possible meaning for the band’s name a song. is more of a joking philosophy. “The good, bad, and the ugly. We appreciate it all.”

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Story By: Evan remembers the abuse he and strength of some past sci-fi thrillers, Denise Nolin his friends endured during their child- such as The Sixth Sense, but the film Endeavour Staff hood and attempts to rectify the scores points for not adding foresee- psychological aftermath through time able twists, just for the sake of having Ashton Kutcher surprises audiences travel. some. with his latest flick, The Butterfly But he finds that every trip creates Kutcher was the executive producer Effect. inadvertent results, hence the film’s of The Butterfly Effect, which should- The film’s plot is not what moviego- tagline: “Change one thing, change n’t surprise viewers, as the film does ers will expect based on seeing the pre- everything.” seem as though it were specifically tai- views. The Butterfly Effect has an interest- lored to heighten his career as a serious Kutcher’s character, Evan, does ing plot and is not just another movie actor. travel through time but not to prevent made for the excuse to use neat effects This movie will not win Kutcher an the reoccurring death of his love (Amy with cinematography. Oscar, but he does give a good per- Smart), as in the plot of 2002’s, Time The film examines psychological formance with no trace of his Kelso Machine. suppression, child abuse and gives character on That 70’s Show. He discovers a way to travel back in much focus to the idea that for every The Butterfly Effect is worth the time and recover lost memories from action there is a reaction. movie fare and at almost seven bucks a several childhood blackouts. The movie lacks the dramatic pop that’s saying something.

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See the Endeavour table infront of the Cafeteria all week! 18 • Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 Sports Endeavour Athlete f the Week College watches wallet Key Stats • Ryan Anderson not hockey • Age 23 • Basketball Story By: In substitution for a college league Derick Thibaudeau team, the college does have a recre- Endeavour Staff ation league which is offered to its stu- dents. Team player on the court Lethbridge Community College "I like the college rec. league," said has succeeded in many of its sports Lowater who plays on the team that are in the college league. "Feelin’ Lucky". Family man off One may note however, that LCC is "Our team doesn’t win a lot but it’s a missing one of the sports that the blast to get together with your buddies, prairies are known for loving, hockey. put on the skates and play some hock- Story By: Lethbridge until his transfer here in the "I think that students would like to ey." Sharon Ulrich fall. Next September he plans to return see a hockey team at LCC," said Scott Just because the college can’t afford Endeavour Staff to the university and complete his Lowater, a Criminal Justice Student. the team now doesn’t mean that future degree in finance. “The team wouldn’t even have to be students won’t ever see a team. Whether he’s dribbling the ball down How does he manage to juggle the that good. Look at the "I’ve had a lot of the court or wiping the dribbles from high demands of belonging to a team, " It costs as much to Hurricanes. They get coaches from other his daughter’s face, 23 year old Ryan coupled with studies and a family? a lot of support from run a men’s hockey schools say that LCC Anderson is a versatile man. "With a very understanding wife," the college and when has the potential to Seen as an impact player for the LCC said Anderson. team for a season as is the last time they have a good team," Kodiaks men’s basketball team, he is With practice underway, there is a it costs to run both had a decent season?" said Tollestrup. also intent in his studies and dedicated sense of seriousness, playfulness and a Despite the poten- the men’s and "Lethbridge is some- to his family. mutual understanding of respect. tial for a hockey team what of a hockey In basketball, Anderson plays hard Team coach, Murray Hanna explains women’s basketball at LCC, it does not town; and with local and he plays to win. strategies and Anderson responds with appear that the col- teams for a season." talent mixed in with "I try to be a team player and I want his own. Perhaps having an open rela- lege will get one any some prospects from to win," he said. " I do what I can to tionship adds to the workings of a - Tollestrup time soon. other places, I think win." team. "Unfortunately a hockey team isn’t that we could put together a good His stats show his ambition. Top five Hanna sees Anderson as an unselfish cheap," said Tim Tollestrup, Athletic team." in scoring and top ten in rebounding in player, who plays not just for the indi- Director at LCC." It costs as much to "If finances ever got better, (hockey) the Alberta College Standings, vidual but for the team, which had a run a men’s hockey team for a season is something that the college could Anderson’s numbers are impressive. slow start but are gaining momentum. as it costs to run both the men’s and seriously consider getting into." said This could be attributed to great rap- women’s basketball teams for a sea- Tollestrup. "I try to be a team port among team members, a good son." Some students may also notice that coach, and the newfound motivation to player and I want to Tollestrup mentioned that last time he there is no curling team in the college try harder. checked, the cost of a hockey team either. win," "Last semester we struggled. This was approximately $75,000 to "The lack of a curling team is for a semester we are a team," said - Anderson $100,000 a year. completely different reason," said Anderson. "The college just can’t afford to put Tollestrup. “Curling comes down to As a forward, he averages 17.2 points An approachable coach, a humble that kind of money up right now." a lack of interest. We had a team at per game and his field goal percentage athlete of the week and team spirit one point but interest just died out." is 52.7. Anderson makes six out of ten seem to be the basis of the Kodiaks’ free throws, and has a 50 per cent aver- practices . This formula should prove age of shots made from the three-point to be a winning combination for future line. Standing 6’4", he has a good ver- victories. tical and averages 4.5 rebounds per Anderson, a well-rounded character, Dawgs prepare for game. will surely be missed next season, but A native of Calgary, Anderson played perhaps his motivation will linger on in for two years at the University of those he leaves behind. summer season

Story By: son. Over the Christmas break Byron Kelsey Snelgrove Dahl, Kevin Stork, Devin Howerth, Endeavour Staff Scott Koughan, and Paul Ulan all left the Dawgs to join U.S. college baseball In the midst of blistering wind chill programs. factors and avoiding frost-bite, base- Returning players for the varsity club ball is the furthest thing from most include pitchers Luis Roberts, Kiel people’s minds. Vertz, David McElroy. While there is still snow on the Some local players including Nick ground, over at the Lloyd Nolan Yard, Tillsly, Kelly Gregus, Ben Paskal, the Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs Craig Paskal, Rob Greeno, Brandon are in full swing preparing for the Magierowski are on the PBA roster upcoming spring season. this spring. Pitcher Mark Bignell, who The team was even enjoying outdoor played with the Lethbridge Bulls last practices until the cold snap last week. summer, will also join the Dawgs. "We were outside, up until last The Dawgs will be getting a break Friday" said coach Blair Kubicek. from the cold when they kick off the Luckily the Prairie Baseball first game on their spring schedule in Association has a world class indoor Las Vegas, Nevada. They are playing training facility equipped with hitting in the Southern Nevada Invitational areas, pitching tunnels, and a weight tournament there February 13. After room to retreat to on snowy days. that, they head to Twin Falls, Idaho. Kubicek said this year saw the The team’s first home game action is biggest number of applicants in the slated for April 3 against U.C.C. team’s history. In September, 74 appli- Demons from Kamloops. cants tried out for 40 positions. Now The Junior Varsity Prairie Dawgs are there are 43 players that make up the also getting into gear with their first varsity and junior varsity teams. home game March 20 when they take There are many changes to the on North Dakota’s Williston State Dawgs’ lineup for the 2004 spring sea- University. 19 • Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 Sports Endeavour Women lose season’s first Mount Royal onslaught crushes Kodiaks; Playoffs still in sight

Story By rebounding into the hands of the waiting Cougars. “Kat played tough and she always does. We Delynda Pilon and Mary-Anne Munro The Cougars shone both defensively and needed a good game out of her and we got it. We Endeavour Staff offensively, controlling the ball through most of the just didn’t get it out of some of the other players,” game. said Karren. The LCC Kodiak women’s basketball team played Even when the Kodiaks managed to make a basket, The Kodiaks were more prepared for Saturday their home game for a full house Friday night, lessening the difference in the scores, Mount Royal night’s game with Mount Royal, played in Calgary. losing for the first time this season to Mount Royal ran the ball down the Micky Folsom made by a final score of 78-55. court and returned the “I kind of knew it was gonna come soon- 20 points and Tara The loss was a big disappointment for fans favour, putting the er or later. You can’t play perfect games Griffith brought in 13 following what had, thus far, been a perfect season Kodiaks down again. points. for Canada’s bronze medal winning champs of last By games end, the every night.” The team’s hard work year. Kodiaks were obviously paid off with a The stands generally fill to about half capacity tired and disheartened. -Brad Karren, Coach 49-47 win for the for the games, but even though the temperature fell “I kind of knew it was Kodiaks. to below –20 degrees Friday night, latecomers were gonna come sooner or “It was nice to kind of looking for seats. later. You can’t play per- redeem ourselves and Mount Royal was all over the Kodiaks, establishing fect games every night. We’ve been playing good beat them in their own gym,” said Karren, of the win. a lead early in the first half, then maintaining it and games up to this point,” said Brad Karren, Kodiak The Kodiaks continue lengthening it in the second half. The Kodiaks got coach. to be ranked fourth nationally with 19 wins and one plenty of shots at the basket, but they were off their Kathryn Bekkering took the Pizza Hut loss, while the Mount Royal Cougars are fifth with aim, catching rim more often than not, with the ball ‘player of the game’ award for the Kodiaks. 15 wins and three losses.

Men defeated at home; Next Basketball Action: prove victorious on road LCC in Red Deer Story By “Things happen. They shouldn’t happen, but they Carla Girvin do,” said Hanna. Feb. 6 and Feb. 7 Endeavour Staff Pizza Hut’s ‘players of the game’ for LCC was team forward, Ryan Anderson, #5, and for Mount The LCC Kodiak men’s basketball team broke even Royal, #42 Jamie Brown. Sterling Hamilton, #16, Portage College at LCC this weekend, winning one had a strong start, finishing the first Feb. 13 and Feb. 14 and losing one in their two “They came at us hard. We half with 12 points. games against the Mount tried to execute; they executed “We were ripped off,” said Royal Cougars. better. It came down to the last Kodiaks manager Ben Christiensen, The Kodiaks played a “We had it and they took it from us. close game Friday night 20 seconds,” The team performed very well here on campus, ending tonight.” in a 97-95 loss. - Murray Hanna, Coach “They came at us hard. The We tried to execute; they Kodiaks executed better. It came down to the last 20 seconds,” traveled to Calgary said Kodiaks coach Murray Hanna. Saturday for a second The LCC team was leading the Cougars throughout attempt to beat the game. With less than a minute left on the clock, the Cougars, and were the Cougars tied the game at 95-95. Foul shots were successful, winning 87-84. called with nine seconds remaining, and the Cougars’ won the game.

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Story By versity team. Trevor Olsen Dave English, the team organizer,is Endeavour Staff “going to try and line that up but it’s kind of in the air (right now).” About four more months are left He expressed that it’s hard for until the golf season gets into swing the team to play currently, but when and the golf management students are the snow melts they get access to keeping their skills on course despite a golf course to keep their skills the sub-par weather. sharp. All of the students get the opportuni- With the golf ty to go to the driving range and usual- students’ classes ly go on a weekly basis. ending in “I’m practicing weekly and working March, it’s on lots of different shots,” said difficult to get Lindsey Orth. some games in LCC’s golf team will be heading to but English Vancouver in March to participate in a explained tournament with the UBC. that next fall things The 11 players are paying for the would be in full trip out of their own pockets and swing again. are doing some fundraising to help with the costs. There is also a chance that the team may go to play in Las Vegas later this year against their uni- 20 • Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 Endeavour Sports Editor: Larry Fisher So close yet so far away ’Canes lose twice to division rivals

Story and photos by: while on the second power play, Larry Fisher Williams put his club up by two and up Endeavour Staff for good. Scoring is generally descending in Redenbach and Williams played the game of hockey but it is really catch with the puck, back and forth becoming a problem for the Lethbridge through the ’Canes fragile box, before Hurricanes. Williams walked into the slot and As of late the ’Canes have lost 3-1 to snapped one top corner. the Medicine Tigers on Friday Jan. 30 The ’Canes appeared to be coming and then dropped a 2-1 decision to the on but undisciplined penalties prevent- Swift Current Broncos the following ed them from mounting any substantial night. In their last five games the pressure. ’Canes have only mustered 7 goals. After one period the ’Canes out-shot However their lack of offence is by the Broncos by a 10-4 margin, yet they no means an indication of a lack of trailed 2-0 on the scoreboard. chances or effort. Special teams were anything but “The guys are coming to play. They “special” for the ’Canes in the opening pressed and pressed and created frame but just over five minutes into opportunities but nothing went in for the second period their power play us,” said ’Canes head coach, Lindsay connected, ending a 0-26 streak. Hofford. Michal Gulasi, a 17-year-old blue- Hofford feels the current scoring liner from of the Czech Republic, drought may be the only thing holding brought the ’Canes to within one when this team back. his low point shot found its way to the “There are tons of positives; unfortu- back of the Broncos goal. nately it is not translating into anything The goal put an end to more than on the scoreboard. We only let in 10 just the power play woes as it was goals in five games and I think we cut Gulasi’s first career WHL goal. our shots against by more than 10 a “I am so happy for my first goal of game,” stated Hofford, who was the season. I wait for this goal for a impressed by his team’s determination. long time,” said Gulasi, whose animat- “A lot of players showed me a lot of ed celebration signified his energy. character. The boys played hard and if Gulasi’s energy seemed to ignite the we keep playing like this it will turn, it troops and they began to take the play The ’Canes celebrate Michal Gulasi’s first WHL goal against the Broncos. is just a matter of time.” to Swift Current but the bounces just captain with the ’Canes, was assessed a In sports, an old cliché states “it’s The ’Canes played a solid road game refused to go their way. five-minute major for boarding and a not all about winning” but for the against the Tigers with Nick Tarnasky “I was going forehand, backhand and game misconduct killing all the Lethbridge Hurricanes that is what this scoring their lone goal. just trying to put it up over him,” said momentum Lethbridge had built up. season is coming down to. “We played a great game in Jake Riddle, looking back at his partial “We had a lot of odd man chances. Lethbridge is down to its last 18 Medicine Hat. I thought it was our breakaway in the third period. “It was We had that five-on-three for probably games in the regular season and best game up to that point but unfortu- wide open I don’t know it just hit a four minutes,” said Redenbach, who everyone knows that, although the nately we weren’t able to get any pile of snow or something on the ice assisted on both Williams’ goals. team continues to improve, winning is points out of it,” detailed Hofford. but it flipped on me.” “Even though we weren’t able to becoming a necessity. The ’Canes were slow getting out of Riddle’s chance put an exclamation generate any goals it gave us the “We are doing the right things and the gates against the Broncos and mark on how it has been going for the momentum and we were able to carry pushing forward so hopefully in time Jeremy Williams, second in WHL ’Canes. it through the third period.” that will turn into some two point scoring behind teammate Tyler “It’s like the hockey gods are taking After killing off the extended five- games for us,” said Hofford. Redenbach, made them pay. it out on us for some reason,” stated on-three the ’Canes appeared destined Despite losing a pair of important With Swift Current on the power Hofford. to tie the game up but Blake Grenier, a games to divisional opponents this play and the referee signaling another “We just aren’t having any luck but 5’10” netminder, stood tall in the weekend, the ‘Canes remain focused Hurricane penalty, Alex Leavitt it will turn, I am pretty positive.” Broncos’ crease. on making a push for the playoffs. dangled his way through the neutral The ’Canes kept the Broncos on their “He (Grenier) came up big for us in The Red Deer Rebels, who are now zone and into ’Canes territory. heels up until a scary moment midway the third,” stated Redenbach. 11 points ahead of the last place Leavitt was held up but the loose through the third. “It is probably tougher for a goalie Hurricanes in the Central Division, will puck found its way to Williams and he Williams, who would later be named when he’s not getting shots all game be in town on Wednesday, Feb. 4. made no mistake going upstairs over a the game’s first star, was hit hard into and then he had a couple breakaways The Kelowna Rockets are here on vulnerable Logan Koopmans. the end boards and was forced to leave there. We got the two points and that Friday and the Broncos make a return One minute and 28 seconds later, the game. Joel Andreson, an assistant is the important thing.” visit on Sunday.