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NOVEMBERtwenty2006 uts,r tyronefontaine A job that Are You Eke-Tel-1c, keti,a,He & FREE Parking! FITS your life. Co-mkt/ail-a to Exceaeitce? FREE Coffee! We are seeking SALES PEOPLE with the right attitude. SR&J offers flexible schedules, great hours for students and competitive hourly wages. Nestled in River Heights in a park-like setting, you can feel good about coming to work. Our building was designed with the employees in mind. We have large spacious desks, windows that open for fresh air and lots of FREE PARKING. Don't drive? No worries. We're right on a bus route! If you possess great communication skills, sales ability, and basic computer Customer Care Call Centres Inc. skills - apply today! 611 Academy Road Winnipeg, MB R3N 0E7 • Part-Time Hours • Competitive Hourly Wage P 204.487.4775 F 204.487.3131 • Great Incentives • Advancement Opportunities E [email protected] • Paid Training • Great Work Atmosphere www.srjgroup.com oi NOVEMBER 20 2006 r4 Poe o Brief\ews Mountains and Mexico Calling Want to ski or ride, but NOT in a ditch? Here's your chance, and probably for the cheap- est rates going. The annual ski bunny trip to Fernie put on by the SA is drawing near, and the SA is now taking deposits in CM20 at the Notre Dame campus and P110 at the Princess Street campus. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The trip is scheduled over the Mini Break and be forewarned: it has sold out the consecu- tively for-over a decade — get yer tickets now! James Turner Also, the RRC 2007 trip to Mazatlan, Mexico is filling up and the deadline for sign up is Nov.30. Deposits are due in CM20 at the Notre Dame campus and P110 at the Princess Street [email protected] campus. (204)-990-7490 Ready to Get Scrooged? If you are looking for a way to spend a few pre-Christmas pennies on a few frosty ones, the SA is putting on the Bah Humbug Kegger on Nov. 23 from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the Cave Lounge at the Notre Dame campus. NEWS EDITOR There will be live music by local band Hill and tons of cheer and cheers to go around. Time to get in the spirit — the holidays are coming...fast! Joanna Fultz news@theprojector ca RRC MOOSE HOCKEY NIGHT Looking for something to do on Friday, Nov. 24? Head on down to the MTS Centre where you will find plenty of RRC comrades and a good `ol hockey game. The RRC Moose Hockey Night is a guaranteed fun time and a great excuse to get away from the computer for a night. HEALTH, SPORTS & Discounted tickets are available at the Ox (Notre Dame campus) or the Mercantile (Princess St. campus) for $13, but you.must pick them up by Nov.22. Tickets can also be pur- LIFESTYLES EDITOR chased online at http://ticketmaster.ca/promo/6wbs56 (password: STUDENT). Another great deal available on this night: check out at Earl's on Main pre or post game and Kathryn McBurney you will get 15 per cent off of the bill with student ID and ticket/stub (only on Nov.24). health@theprojector. ca PROJECTOR WANTS YOU! The Projector is looking for writers from all ends of our college. Every program, from each campus is eligible to express themselves in this paper — it's your voice. We welcome any willing participants to join us at our next story meeting on Friday, Oct.6, in room W102 (the newsroom) ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR at the Princess 5t. campus, at noon. Bring some ideas for what you'd like to write about, or listen to some of ours. If you Arnie Lesyk have an idea and just can't wait, email us! arts@theprojector. ca CAMPUS TOURS: Interested in becoming a student at RRC? Tempt yourself further by taking a pre-scheduled tour of the Notre Dame of Princess St. campuses. Tours last around one hour, and you'll find out all about college life, courses, programs, services for students and how to apply. The tour covers All corners of the campuses to give you LAYOUT & DESIGN EDITOR a great idea of what it's like to be a student at RRC and a heads up on how to navigate your way around. Lynsey Sable Groups are limited to 25 and must be booked in advance. If you would like further infor- mation about RRC campus tours call Carolyn Burton at 632-2115 or Lisa Vogt at 632-2402 for photos@theprojectorca booking or general questions. LAYOUT & DESIGN Tyrone Fontaine [email protected] LAYOUT & DESIGN Brook6 Nelson Contributing Writers [email protected] Mike Sherby Chris Gmiterek T Shane Gibson Crystal Greene Tim Phelan Doug McArthur The Projector Simon Fuller Jack Rach Nathan Bueddefeld Nisha Tuli Shannah-Lee Vidal Leslie Caligiuri LAYOUT & DESIGN c/o Red River College John Towns Kara Sofonovs Students' Association Aaron Zeghers Christina McVety Jessica Phillips P110 -160 Princess Melissa Martin Andrea Gagnon Street Winnipeg, MB Matt Wright Dan Verville Matt Cohen R3B 1K9 Meghan Delorme [email protected] Shawn Houde Phone: 204.947.0013 Brant Batters Dana Giesbrecht Fax: 204.949.9150 ADVERTISING CONTACT: aMMINE111.-- Guy Lussier [email protected] Clever witches always gather around firelight, not hot knives. wor Consider this a warning, not a blessing. PROJECTING THINGS SINCE 1968 NOVEMBER 20 2006 RRC Instructor Wields Knife At School Students Fired By Tim PhelaRrebelmusic99©yahoo.ca Photo Tim Phelan Up Over Marks A cutting-edge electronic Mcllraith had an equal Dispute device is hitting the market, amount of praise for the people and Alex Mcllraith, a Red at Shocknife. By Mike [email protected] River College (RRC) electrical/ "I found it exciting, that Second year business administration electronics engineering somebody comes up with an students at Red River College's (RRC) technology department instructor idea that is so good that it takes Notre Dame campus are taking a stand played a key role in getting it off in a year. Normally, you over what they say is unfair treatment by there. have to push your product on the college over their marks. The Shocknife is a new law- people, but I think that this More than half of the students enforcement training tool that product sells itself because it emits a powerful electric current works well and is sort of awe taking a recent exam for their upon contact with the human inspiring." entrepreneurship course either failed body, simulating the feeling of an Mcllraith has been an or got low marks, according to Kim actual knife wound. instructor at RRC for five years Penziwol, a member of the RRC's "It feels exactly like you're and has no stake in the venture. Student Advisory Board. being cut," explains Mcllraith, His contribution was done The angry who designed the product's out of sheer passion for his students started complex circuitry. work, and for the benefit of his a petition that "If it's on low power, it bites, students. Penziwol has similar to the feeling of a paper "I've shared with students presented on their cut. If it's on high power, it a lot of the things I've learned • behalf to the RRC definitely hurts." the company approached RRC for through the process, and Students' Association Inventor Jeff Quail, who has help with the design. Through an showed them the circuitry, what (SA) president, Rex an extensive background in law industry partnership agreement works and what doesn't," Mcllraith Masesar. The petition, enforcement, came up with the says. "The students get quite excited with the college, Mcllraith took which has approximately concept two years ago after seeing about it. Basically, they learn that on the challenge of developing 200 student signatures on it, a need for a realistic training tool the electronics. In just over a year, they have the knowledge...that they asks that the students' marks that would replicate the acute stress Shocknife had evolved from a could design something like this for the exam be given either a 15 per response generated by a real knife basic concept to an internationally themselves." cent curve or that a portion of the marks attack. distributed product used by military, As a reward for Mcllraith's from the exam be redistributed to other "The vast majority of attacks border security and law enforcement work, Shocknife recently donated a on police officers involve edge agencies in 15 different countries. valuable portable digital oscilloscope areas in the course. weapons," he says. "We've been very lucky," says to be used by RRC's electrical/ Penziwol says that students were Quail teamed up with longtime Bochinski. "Without Alex, I don't electronics engineering technology given several case studies of business friend and current Shocknife ' think we would be any closer than students. plans to study before the exam, but the president, Rory Bochinski to a cattle prod with a couple wires case studies presented on the exam were launch the product. Eventually, sticking out." "much harder." Masesar said that the SA has received the petition from the students and that Mike Cochrane, the SA's vice- president (academic), will be taking the The Winnipeg Free Sun matter up with the program chair of the business administration program. By T. Shane [email protected] • He added that the SA's role in these situations is to "facilitate" the matter, and that the students had "taken charge In early October, free copies of down as well," says Matthew Miejers, instrumental in securing a large • for themselves." the Winnipeg Sun magically began retail manager for both the Ox and college subscription to the paper.