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News Employee says students rude OPSEU Free pizza causes mad dash gets last minute By Sam Toman proposal In a scene more reminiscent of famine relief than a promotions stunt, Kraft Foods gave 7,000 of By Ben Rycroft and Vivian Song their Delissio pizzas away for free last Friday at Humber's North cam- They sweep your halls, they pus. make your food, they even Around 12 p.m. on the rainy after- process your loan and students noon, a transport truck filled with nearly lost them all in an pizzas arrived at the front doors of the school and two promotions rep- OSPEU strike. 6,500 support resentatives began throwing pizzas About Humber staff who maintain the school at a curious group of students. were scheduled to hold a strike Jatin Patel, a first-year physical vote Dec. 10, until members of therapy student, was one of the first people on the scene. the OPSEU bargaining team met with the school union late "I just saw people carrying piz- Tuesday, asking voters to zas saying it was free, so I came," accept the deal. he said. Helen Hrynkiw, president of Fifteen minutes later, word of 563, support the giveaway had spread through- Local Humber's a Kraft truck Friday after it pulled to the college's front staff, said she's "relatively" out the campus. Students were run- Students mobbed Foods up doors and gave away 7,000 boxes of free pizza as part of a promotional drive. with the proposal. ning through the halls desperate to happy not always going to get get a free meal. dent said. through the rain to get them. Some away. They didn't want their pic- "You're Raoul Dhawan, a second-year people took 10 boxes, then ran ture taken," he said. what you ask for." The new deal proposes a Frenzy business administration student, Another Kraft employee was contract with a managed to secure an entire case of not as amused. two-year three 12 pizzas by being aggressive. "I'm exhausted, people at this per cent increase each year, and Students began shoving and parity with faculty and admin- "It was survival of the fittest, school are very rude. Not one per- shouting trying to push their way "I'm exhausted, istration benefits — the biggest you have to surge forward into the son said thank you. That is until I closer to the doors the truck. of people at this for crowd, or you could be a girl," he told them to," said Kraft issue the union, Hrynkiw Sarel Zagov, who did not partic- are said. school very Promotional Representative, Lisa said. ipate in the frenzy, expressed shock John Cvetinovich, the driver of rude. Not one per- Sunshine. "We felt like we were treat- at the ferocity of the students. ed as second-class citizens." the Kraft Foods truck—and a for- son said thank The pizza giveaway was part of "It's crazy, like a food truck in She's not alone. mer Humber student—was amused you." a promotion drive that saw Kraft Russia where people line up and by the greed exhibited by the stu- Foods distribute 21,000 pizzas, "I have to work two jobs, kill each other just for bread," the here one at a hotel. I dents. which retail for $6.99, from three one and first-year film and television stu- "People are just running trucks at three locations. need more cash, just to gel by," When asked what he was going said Orianda Salazar of techni- Tobacco tax hike to do with his case of 12 pizzas, cal support. Dhawan had a pretty good idea. The ratification date has yet to be confirmed. Smokers take a deep breath "I'm going to get a ride home, eat The faculty are scheduled to some pizza. Maybe have a party . hold a strike vote in February. after Liberals increase cig tax a pizza party!" By Peter Armstrong "I think a lot of people will rebel Liberals announced the cancella- against the increase or just realize tion of planned Conservative cor- rez ae are gasping as New Smokers the Liberal that smoking is a bad idea," said porate tax cuts, the senior's proper- government raised tobacco prices Humber Students' Federation ty tax credit as well as the credit by $2.50 a carton of cigarettes this President Valerie Rothlin, an ex- for parents who send their children By Andrew Smith However, when it became week. smoker. to private schools. known that the construction Finance Minister Greg Sorbara, "It's really hard to quit," she The tobacco tax increase might Students planning on starting schedule for the new building a smoker himself, announced the said, but added she hopes the high- be enough to di.scourage underage next semester in a brand new wouldn't be met, residence staff move during Premier Dalton er prices might give people another smokers and even make long-time room will have to put a hold on alerted students to the change, McGuinty's Throne speech. rea.son to consider the health risks smokers consider butting out. that thought, as the new student adding that anyone who had pre- The increase is expected to of smoking. "I think I'm going to quit now," residence will not open in viously applied for the rooms bring the provincial government McGuinty said Ontario's tax- said a second-year Humber pack- January. would still be considered when $800 million this fiscal year, which prices will keep pace with age and graphic design student who The opening of the new "suite the building opened. will be put towards reducing the Quebec's to discourage tobacco wished to remain anonymous style" residence building has First-year Civil Engineering $5.6 billion deficit inherited from smuggling between the neighbour- because her parents don't know been delayed indefinitely, as con- student John Innes had applied to the previous Conservative govern- ing provinces. she smokes. struction is behind schedule. the new residence, but wasn't put ment. "We've got the least expensive She said many underage smok- Residence management had pre- off by the delay. "This is the right increase on cigarettes in Canada now," he said. ers at Humber ask her for ciga- viously announced 181 rooms "I'd still like to move in when tobacco taxes. It's the right way to "We'll start by raising them $2.50 a rettes, but she says it's expensive to were available for students, and it does open," Innes said. He go," Sorbara said. carton and then we'll move on an give them away and she always had begun accepting move-in added that residence staff was The first pha.sc of the increase, incremental basis beyond that, but asks them for identification if they applications at the beginning of doing a good job of handling stu- "which will eventually raise cartons in a responsible way." look young. November. dent questions and conems. by $10, came into effect Nov, 25. Along with this increase, the Et Cetera 2 December 4, 2003 She^s going, going, gone... students were invited to visit the wild, wild west last Thursday at a Bucking Bronco contest at the North campus student centre. Katie Hagan (not shown), Student Athletic Association president, won two tickets to the Leafs game against the Montreal Canadiens Dec. 20. Humber leads province in post-grads 1 have than Japan. ple who are familiar with the pro- Canada ranks first Humber received 5,53 applica- a degree or diploma. tions for fall 2003 post-diploma "University graduates aren't Canadian students also have grams, according to Christa in the world for programs, 88 1 more than last year. finding employment, so they're more computers in their classrooms Lacovino, who decided on education Humber has the largest number of coming to colleges and getting the and twice as much Internet access Humber's Human Resources post-graduate programs in the skills that they need," Woodend compared to other developed Program after receiving a four-year in communications from the By Peter Armstrong province and the public relations, said. nations. degree journalism, design, and human A 400-page report by the Although this country spends University of Ottawa. than education, sister graduated from A global study says Canada has the resources courses are the most pop- Council of Ministers of Education more on health care "My still ranks first among Humber and the reputation preced- highest rate of post-secondary edu- ular, according to Humber's associ- Canada and Statistics Canada Canada G7 countries in ed the school," she said. "It was cation than any other developed ate registrar, Joyce Woodend. reveals that 41 per cent of industrialized educa- according to the actually the only Resources nation and Humber leads the way Currently, there are 1,022 stu- Canadians are college or university tion spending, Human graduates, four per cent than Organization for Economic Co- program that I applied to." in post-graduate enrollment. dents enrolled in programs more designed for students who already the U.S. and seven per cent more operation and Development. Lacovino researched the pro- In 1999-2000, 6.6 per cent of gram online while she was living in the Canadian gross domestic prod- Ireland and received assistance Benefit concert a liuge success uct was put into education, just from Humber's telecouncilling, ahead of the U.S. mostly through e-mails because it The report also shows that in was difficult to use traditional mail By Dawn Farrell Nobodies, idivide, 89 Vision and 2000, 17 per cent of Canadian gov- while overseas.