VERY SCARY! THE P l e a s e r e c y c l e t h i s Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 newspaper when you are Volume 45, Issue 9 fi nished with it. NUGGETYOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPER EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA Men’s soccer team, No. 2 in Canada, off to ACAC playoffs Undefeated! with clean record – page 7 MAKING A BREAK Ooks guard Kriska Reyes takes the ball upcourt with Grande Prairie’s Melanie Patterson in pursuit on Oct. 19 in the NAIT gym. NAIT won the game 74-63. Photo by Brendan Abbott DAILY BREAKFAST SPECIAL - $5.25 JACKED UP FRIDAY'S Includes: 2 eggs, bacon/sausage/ham, $4.50 - Singles $6.75 - Doubles hashbrowns & toast (drinks not included) 7am - 10:30am OILERS GAME OF THE WEEK Thurs. Oct. 25 & Tues. Oct. 30 NEST CEREAL BAR Cheer on the boys in copper & blue NOW OPEN! - watch the game on our 10' screen - Molson jug's drop $1 when Oilers Your Campus Restaurant & Bar LUNCH LOYALTY CARD score Breakfast - Lunch - Nite - buy 6 lunches & the 7th is $10 off. Open 7am - 9pm NEST SOCO VOODOO PARTY Monday thru Friday KARAOKE Thurs. Oct. 31 Located next to the pool, NAIT Main Campus - every Monday & Wednesday from Get in the Halloween spirit with the 3:30pm - 7:30pm SOCO girls! The Nugget Thursday, October 25, 2007 NEWS&FEATURES Student Senate by-election candidates ... School of School of School of School of Ap- ters.I try to maintain a professional detachment, while embracing prin- Health Sciences Arts, Applied Building plied Media and ciples of fairness and compassion. (One to be elected) Science Science Information I believe in teamwork, and have a good basic understanding of group (Two to be elected) and Technology dynamic and structure. I believe in Communication (One to be elected) being of service, so please let me (Two to be elected) know how I can best serve you, my fellow students. Tonia Leske I will be your voice. I will be your Shawn Kozurok eyes and your ears to what is going I am seeking a position on the on around you. I will fight for you NAITSA senate in order to ensure that Lynne Curtiss and represent you at every meeting Patrick Warwaruk there is a strong voice and representation Allow me to start my letter of where we discuss your life at NAIT for the students of Applied Building Sci- introduction by expressing how Michelle Kirkwood and the changes that effect you. My name is Patrick Warwa- ences, a voice that continuously puts for- pleased I am to be making everyone’s I will put in the hours and the ruk. I am class representative ward new ideas on the important issues. acquaintance. I must tell you that devotion in your name and in the for group EF pre-technology and My commitment to the students when touring NAIT, I had what can name of honesty and fairness. I am I want to represent my fellow from Building Sciences is seen with only be called a visceral response to not telling you to vote for me. students. my position as President of the Con- the sights and smells of what for the I’m asking you to think about I am an approachable, kind struction Engineering Student Council. next few months will be the centre of yourself and the power you have to spirited person who can be often As a student in a technologies school, my world. As I consider the different influence the decisions being made. found in the naitrium study- I believe we should not be in the dark aspects of my personality and expe- If these decisions are being made for ing and helping fellow students with areas of the school lacking inter- riences, I feel sure I am in the right you, to help you and make NAIT a with physics, algebra, trig & net access, or chairs that are unsafe to place. better place, you should have a say in chemistry. use. I want to see NAIT and Applied I am honoured to compete for those choices right? I have served as VP of Human Building Sciences in the forefront and the experience of representing you, You can voice your opinions and resources in a micro-corporation have the best learning and partying my fellow students. I would submit thoughts and suggestions through called “FRAMED.” conditions possible. This should be an my quick wit and life experience as me. This experience trained me awesome time in our lives, not one to two of my leading assets. Though I I am here for you. to listen to my peers and see that forget once we graduate. am methodical in my approach to Give me your ideas and I will their concerns are addressed. As the next senator for the my work, I am able to riff on the . y, voice those thoughts as a repre- I understand the bylaws and Applied Building Sciences, I pledge which I do enjoy. I am known for sentative for the School of Health constitution and want to make to be a strong progressive voice on being able to cut to the heart of mat- Joel Detka Sciences. them work for you. issues that matter in the lives of stu- If you agree with having your I can hear both sides of an dents. I will continue to stand up for voice being heard, then just say yes issue and find the middle ground; what’s right and fight for what is on November 1! when decisiveness is required, I important. As always, I encourage will represent what benefits the you to share your ideas and thoughts NAITSA needs you!! School of majority. SHORT-SWEET I’ll with me about what matters to you speak for you! and your fellow students. I look for- Poll Clerks and Ballot Counters Hospitality ward to hearing from you. (One to be elected) needed for NAITSA Senate by-election on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 Poll Clerks required from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Ballot Counters required from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. $10/hour Some training required. For more information: Please e- mail Rita at [email protected] or come by the NAITSA office (E131) to sign up. Katie Berlinguette David Wiens Andrew Latchuk Thursday, October 25, 2007 The Nugget 3 The Nugget Room E-128B 11762–106 Street Edmonton, Alberta Searching for a job T5G 2R1 Production Offi ce I spoke to a representative at PCL Construction without it anyways. So I try to find them jobs 471-8866 Fax: 491-3989 about the job fairs they hold here. Wade Wilson, here ... I also show them how to do it (fi nd jobs) E-mail: [email protected] media relations department, got me up to speed on themselves.” why PCL’s family of companies likes to hold meet- “An average student gets the same – a student Student Editor and-greets here at NAIT. is a student.” Alistair Wilkinson “NAIT is one of the main sources for the talent Catholic Social Services has a number of jobs [email protected] and education that we need in a construction com- listed online, and often fi nds that NAIT students Sports Editor pany. The programs that NAIT are applying. Nahreman Issa GABRIELLE HAY-BYERS has are often very applicable to “(Before the applicants get “NAIT is one of the [email protected] Student Issues Editor the skillset we need here at PCL in the interview) they don’t ... ,” he said. main sources for the really specify where, when or Arts and Culture Editor We can all be honest about it, there’s no shame It’s not just construction talent and educa- why they applied, so it’s hard to Geoff Tate – students are poor. Face it, some of us are appar- workers who benefi t from this tion that we need know right off the bat. But we [email protected] ently living in sheds, so a job would be nice, type of meet-and-greet, though. in a construction do often fi nd that our applicants Student Affairs Editor right? The PCL family of companies have some sort of connection Gabrielle Hay-Byers Thankfully, here at NAIT there are plenty of also hire systems and tech- company.” to NAIT,” says Marie Warinwa [email protected] opportunities to fi nd and be hired for a job. Bulle- nology grads from NAIT. It’s – Wade Wilson, PCL from Catholic Social Services. Photo Editor tin board ads are one way, and so is the online job important to also keep in mind For applicants, it’s impor- Lisi Monro search engine that NAIT student services has set that some companies (just like PCL) hire interns, tant to remember that companies aren’t only adver- [email protected] up only for students. so go to the meet-and-greets even if it’s just to get tising here at NAIT. Wade Wilson put it best: Production Manager Not a lot of corporations want to talk about how your foot in the door! “ ... We do have connections with other post they advertise jobs on campus. For example, Tran- Lorraine Nordstrom, Student Services, says secondary institutes that can provide us with the Frank MacKay sitions, Costco and Roman Pizza all made it clear that students come to her offi ce asking for her help talent we need, like the U of A ... We need all kinds [email protected] that speaking with a Nuggeteer about their job ads in fi nding jobs all the time.