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September 19, 2012 Volume 48 • Issue 2 ) ) September 19, 2012 the Volume 48 • Issue 2 STUDENT PUBLICATIONL OF iTHE nkBRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 THE LINK ) ) The Link PHOTO of the WEEK Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Volume 48, Issue 2 Next issue: October 3, 2012 ABOUT THE LINK The Link is the British Columbia Insti- tute of Technology’s student newspa- per. Published bi-weekly by the BCIT Student Association (BCITSA), The Link circulates 3,000 copies to over 46,000 students, faculty, and staff. THE LINK Room 281 - Building SE2 3700 Willingdon Ave. Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3H2 PHONE 604.456.1167 FAX 604.431.7619 PUBLICATIONS MANAGER John Morrison III [email protected] 604.456.1167 ADVERTISING SALES Andrea Lekei [email protected] 604.453.4072 EDITOR Vacant Froshfest? More like sunglassesfest! Seriously though, include a caption with your photo so this doesn’t happen again. Angie Theilmann [email protected] NEWS EDITOR Vacant [email protected] H ey shutterbugs! Want to make some extra cash? CULTURE EDITOR Vacant The Link is seeking photos related to BCIT campus life for page two of each issue. We’ll pay you for each [email protected] photo we publish. Send your shot to [email protected], but make sure it’s less than three megabytes in size. THIS WEEK’S CONTRIBUTOrs Please include your name and a description of what you shot. JJ Brewis, Micki Cowan, Zac Dér, Jenn Fedyk, Melissa Dex Guzman, Dan Johnson, Robert Murray, Carmen Sagadore, Nicolas Sassoon, Missy Shana, Olsy Sorkina, Max Sussman, Angie Theilmann, Kevin Willemse, Eric CAMPUS QUERY Wilkins Cover art: Ion Oprea and Angie Theilmann How do you feel about Froshfest, the welcome back beer garden? Want to see your name here? Write, photograph, or illustrate for The Link! E-mail link@bcitsa. ca for more information on how to get involved. Please share or recycle this newspaper. Thank you. The views expressed in The Link are not necessarily those of BCIT, the BCIT Student Association,The Link editorial staff, or the publications manager. As a member of Canadian University Press (CUP), The Link adheres to the CUP code of ethics and will not publish ASHKON MOHammaDI MAC GRANT CHASE MULLINS IAN NOVAK any material deemed by the editors to Architecture Architecture Marketing Mechanical Engineering be sexist, racist, homo/heterophobic, or in poor taste. “It’s cool, but I`d like to see more “It’s awesome – creativity at its “It’s a great way to get people “The bands are a bit posey, but stuff that intertwines programs, finest.” together and lower inhibitions.” two beers and a burger for 10 The Link is proud to be associated with like a sports day of engineers bucks is great.” these organizations: versus marketers.” The Link NEWS 3 TransLink cracking down on fines New enforcement techniques up, though the locations of cal to reducing theft,” said TARRANSLINK F E EVASION FINE introduced include increased the checks will be announced TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis in through various media sites relation to the new measures. fines for late payment, fare- shortly before, so as to give rid- “The provincial government $300 gates, and more fare checks ers an opportunity to purchase has given us an important new a ticket. Snider continued that tool to safeguard a significant $273 ERIC WILKINS the intent of the checks is pri- source of revenue.” $250 The Other Press, Douglas College marily to remind people to pur- Previously, when tickets chase a ticket. were ignored, there was nothing $200 $213 As of Tuesday last week, the TransLink could do about it. Due $173 provincial legislation set to give to this, many people did just that, $150 TransLink further means to en- and ignored TransLink fines. Ac- force fare evasion is in effect. Previously, when cording to ICBC, between Janu- $100 From now on, should a fare tickets were ignored, ary 1, 2011 and March 1, 2012, evader fail to pay their ticket, there were over 64,000 cases of $50 ICBC can refuse to issue or re- there was nothing fare evasion. Of these tickets, ap- new the person’s driver’s li- TransLink could do proximately 11,000 were voided, cence and/or vehicle insurance. 7,500 were paid, and the rest (up- Initial fine Fine if paid F ine if paid TransLink can now also bring about it. wards of 45,500) were unpaid. after six months after one year in collection agencies to further “ Those tickets added up to more crack down on unpaid tickets. In terms of the actual tick- than $7.7 million in lost revenue SOURCE: TransLink TransLink Security and Police ets, ticket fines now increase for the company. will be patrolling SkyTrain sta- the longer they go unpaid. If TransLink COO, Doug Kelsey people who pay should not be to have the entire system (245 tions in increased numbers and unpaid after six months, the had this to say about the new subsidizing the small group gates) in place sometime next the security teams now have amount rises from the standard enforcement methods, “The who don’t pay.” summer or fall. The system the power to issue tickets. $173 to $213. Should the fine vast majority do pay their fares. On a related note, Trans- will use a Compass card (pre- TransLink spokesperson, still be outstanding after a year, This is really targeted [to] help Link installed the first fare- paid smart card) to proceed Drew Snider, said that there the total will top out at $273. shape behaviour on the system gates at the Marine Drive Sta- through the gates, similar to will be more fare checks set “The new regulation is criti- so that everybody pays. The tion over the summer and plan London’s Oyster card. B.C. planning ahead for aboriginal post-secondary education Aboriginal students in B.C. goes towards creating partner- just bring the culture here.” As a Shxwhá:y village band a new long house at UFV’s Chilli- are receiving growing post- ships between post-secondary While her pow-wow was a suc- member, Hardman said that the wack campus three years ago, as institutions and aboriginal insti- cess, she said that’s not always the drive to work with the aboriginal part of a province-wide initiative secondary support, but there tutes and communities, as well case for those looking to organize community to discover what ab- to create First Nations gathering is still much to do as implementing programs and First Nations events. original post-secondary educa- spaces. activities as part of Aboriginal “My university was very sup- tion should look like has been a Other numbers show more MICKI COWAN Service Plans. Some also goes to- portive. It took a lot, but I know of crucial step in the last ten years, First Nations have been seeking Canadian University Press wards emergency financial assis- people that have tried to put on rather than institutions making post-secondary education as well. tance and award funding. other cultural celebrations and curriculum decision without in- According to a ministry ser- VANCOUVER (CUP) — The Dolly Reno, First Nations li- then been told ‘No, sorry, you can’t put. vice plan report, the number of B.C. provincial government an- aison of the Capilano University do that,’” said Reno. “We can only But part of the challenge facing Aboriginal students enrolled in nounced in June its plans for in- Students Association, thinks it’s go so far and then we hit a wall.” both grassroots movements and post-secondary institutions rose creasing aboriginal involvement great the government is doing According to Shirley Hard- the province’s initiatives is get- from around 24,000 in 2009-10 to in post-secondary institutions — more, but that it shouldn’t re- man, the senior advisor on Indig- ting people to accept new ways of 24,862 in 2011-12. Looking further a move which is greatly needed, quire so much red tape to get enous Affairs at the University of approaching First Nations educa- back, those who were awarded according to one First Nations things done. the Fraser Valley in Chilliwack, tion. university credentials rose from post-secondary liaison and stu- Though she is from Mi’kmaq alternative ways of offering First “The initiatives have really 2,100 students in 2005-06 to 2,634 dent. First Nations band in Nova Scotia, Nations post-secondary educa- been gung-ho in the past 15 years. in 2009-10. On June 12, the Province re- she is most familiar with coastal tion is imperative. But anyone who was educated Reno hopes others will get in- leased its Aboriginal Post-Sec- traditions. She organized a pow- That was part of the reason prior to that wasn’t education volved and the trend continues, ondary Action Plan, outlining wow at Capilano on September why she got involved in organiz- in the same way; the initiatives due to the increased opportuni- goals and objectives to increase 13 as a way to expose the commu- ing an event held this September aren’t fully embraced by all seg- ties for post-secondary aboriginal aboriginal involvement at higher nity to First Nations culture. called “Indigenizing the Acad- ments of society,” said Hardman. graduates. education institutes across B.C. “Originally I was planning a emy.” The event gathered teams “That’s probably one of the big- “For aboriginal people, a lot of until 2020. typical speakers’ series and have from 33 colleges and universi- gest challenges.” the doors have been closed before Plans include funding a num- people speak about the culture ties across the province, and dis- While there is still a lot of work or how to navigate post-second- ber of initiatives, according to the and have some artists come in,” cussed how to make sure that to do according to Hardman, the ary is not immediately clear when Ministry of Advanced Education, said Reno.
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