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LESS SMOKE, MORE COFFEE Learn how to kick the Need a bigger hit? habit and win $1,000. Try 710 ml. Page 2 Page 8 THE COMMUNITY PAPER OF NIAGARA COLLEGE FREE January 27, 2012 Vol 43 • Issue 8 All About Options: Expo ‘one- stop shop’ for grads By DAVE SCHWARTZ Staff Writer If you’re nearing the end of your program but you’re unsure of what to do next, you’ll want to check out the All About Options employment and grad expo on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2. “The goal of the expo is to pres- ent a ‘one-stop shop’ experience for students, where they can consider various options,” says Monique Morin, a graduate consultant with Niagara’s Co-op Education and Graduate Employment Services department. “For some, it will be to work immediately after graduation. For others, it might be to go on to uni- versity or post-grad studies.” “By combining both those things into one, we provide a more com- plete experience for the students.” NHL Alumni Association President and former Montreal Canadien Mark Napier signs a bottle of the association’s new Hat Trick wine. Morin is part of the planning com- Photo by Dennis Faucher mittee for the All About Options event, taking place Feb. 1 at the Welland campus and Feb. 2 at the Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) campus. Both events will run from 10 He shoots, he pours a.m. to 2 p.m. The Welland campus will see 27 educational booths and 22 employ- NHL Alumni and Diamond Estates team up to make wine er booths, while NOTL has one By MATT MCNEVIN in part from the hockey term hat 25 different grape growers, so it’s “Hat Trick? It’s a blend of three association, 30 educational booths Staff Writer trick (indicating a player has scored grapes from here,” Dixon says. different grapes, and Ludzy loves and 35 employer booths. What do you get when you three goals in a game) and from the Niagara Falls resident Steve it. Nectar of the gods right here. It’s This is the first year Niagara has combine a former pro hockey play- fact the wine is made up of three Ludzik, a former NHL player and very good.” run one large combined event. Ac- ers, a local winery and fermented different grape varieties. coach, and one of the alumni mem- The wine, which comes in a red cording to Morin, there is typically grapes? A Hat Trick! “It’s all VQA product, so 100 bers who attended the event, says cabernet and a white chardonnay, a Hospitality Fair, Policing Fair The National Hockey League per cent of the grapes are grown he enjoys the wine and he hopes costs $12.95 a bottle with 50 cents and a Business Networking and (NHL) Alumni Association and in Niagara. We source from about everyone buys it. from each bottle going toward the Technology Networking event. Niagara-on-the-Lake’s (NOTL) association. “We’re running an event at each Diamond Estates have teamed Dixon says the 50 cents from campus so that each event on those up to create a wine appropriately ‘Nectar of the each bottle will help out some of programs and students,” Morin named Hat Trick. the charities the association is in- says. “Otherwise, students would A pre-release event for the wine gods right here. volved with. have to travel to one campus or the was held this past weekend at the “It also supports a lot of players other.” winery in NOTL, which included who played a couple of years in the Morin says they’ve had up to a chance for visitors to skate with It’s very good.’ NHL and are really trying to adjust 1,000 students at events in the past. alumni members, including Steve — Niagara resident and to life after the NHL, especially the There is no cost to students for Ludzik, Mark Napier, Lou France- former NHLer old-times guys who didn’t really attending. To register, visit MyCa- schetti and Dennis Maruk. Steve Ludzik have a great pension back then.” reer.NiagaraCollege.ca. Matt Dixon, the brand manager To see a list of employers at Diamond, says the name comes Continued on Page 9 attending the event, see Page 3. Page 2 NIAGARA NEWS Jan. 27, 2012 NEWS Stay smoke-free and win Ontario-based organization giving students a chance to quit, cut down or stay smoke free and win cash prizes By SYED ALI Staff Writer How hard is it to quit smoking? Is it harder than earning $1,000? For those who don’t know, in On- tario $1,000 means more than 100 hours of work at minimum wage. Quit smoking and win $1,000. Last week was National Non- smoking Week (NNSW) in Can- ada. The purpose of that week is to raise people’s awareness of the health hazards of smoking and to get more people to quit. Introduced about 30 years ago, it is one of the longest-running and most important events in Canada’s ongoing public health education efforts, according to the website. Leave The Pack Behind (LTPB) is an Ontario-based, student-run organization working in universi- ties and colleges. It has the same purpose as NNSW but has activi- ties throughout the year. It is fund- ed by the provincial government and Public Health Department of Region Niagara. Jennifer O’Brien, a graduate of community health from Brock and a dental assistant student at Ni- Krista King, a student in the Personal Support Worker program, signed up to quit for good to win $1,000 during the non-smoking week. agara College, is the co-ordinator Photo by Syed Ali of LTPB here. ery day because it was registration $500. Social smokers can register himself for keep the count. He said to stop smoking so she didn’t reg- “Eighteen to 24 – that’s our tar- week. for the $250 prize by quitting, and he smokes about half a pack a day. ister. get age group … because typically Students could register in four people who don’t smoke can reg- “Money is great but I also want “I am too stressed with school when you come to college you are categories: quit for good, keep the ister with the commitment of not to cut my cigarettes down.” and stuff right now.” within that age.” count, party without the smoke and starting to smoke and win $100. Tests were also being done at the LTPB also provides students re- LTPB has been operating at don’t start and win. “We had people pulled from booth at the Welland campus. The sources to help them quit smoking, Niagara College for almost three These four categories were for Niagara College last year to be test indicates how much someone including books, nicotine gums, years and has been helping stu- people who smoke regularly or just eligible for these prizes,” said smokes. patches and help from experts. dents quit smoking. LTPB staff and socially and even for people who O’Brien. There are also prizes just Krystal Brown, 21, a Pre-Com- According to O’Brien, this pro- volunteers are staffing a booth once don’t smoke. for Niagara College students. munity Services student who has gram has been very effective. a week at various locations on the By quitting smoking, students Ross Wilmen, a first-year Law been smoking since she was 13, “Last year we reached about 50 campus. During this anti-smoking can register for the $1,000 draw and Security student who started took the test. She said her level is per cent of the population on both week, LTPK had its booth out ev- and by cutting down try to win smoking six months ago, registered “really bad” but she doesn’t want campuses.” Second Decadence Gala bringing more treats By MELISSA SMITH in several categories: chocolate wine at 6 p.m. Chef professors Staff Writer showpiece, individual pastries, and students of the Canadian Food Decadence has various defini- cake and chocolates. and Wine Institute will prepare tions around the world. The Oxford The Decadence Chocolate The- food that can be sampled. At the Dictionary defines it as “a luxuri- atre showcases to visitors from 10 college’s Teaching Winery, the ous self-indulgence.” a.m. to 4 p.m. the talents of college Brewmaster program students will Whether you are or aren’t a choc- chefs and chocolate experts across be serving chocolate and icewine olate and icewine lover, students, Canada. There, visitors can enjoy beers. The cost is $70 per person. staff and community members are tastings of food and drinks while Last year being the first year for welcome to join Niagara College’s learning the history of the “food of the Decadence Gala, more than 2012 Decadence Gala on Feb. 18 gods.” The tastings and demonstra- 100 student volunteers from 15 for “a celebration of chocolate and tions cost $5 per learning session different academic programs were icewine.” or $20 per person for a day pass. involved in the planning. The turn- Decadence will be held at the Even if you are not a chocolate out for the sit-down portion was Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) or icewine fanatic, you can partici- about 150 people. campus Benchmark Restaurant, pate in the Family Day weekend’s “It was a great turnout. All of where families and friends are en- Decadence Gala in the Birds of the kids camps were full, and we couraged spend their Family Day Prey showcase, which will offer added more kids classes this year.