-treroj ap r I 1 62007 ector PRED RIVER COLLEGE Cover by Chelsea Gowryluk APRIL 16 2007 Brief N ews EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Projector Nisha Tuli [email protected] wishes you a NEWS EDITOR scrumtrulescent ne,,[email protected] Webb summer! HEALTH, SPORTS & LIFESTYLES EDITOR Andrea Danelak [email protected] ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Sara Atnikov [email protected] LAYOUT & DESIGN EDITOR Doug McArthur [email protected] LAYOUT & DESIGN Chelsea Gowryluk [email protected] ADVERTISING CONTACT: Guy Lussier [email protected] ContributingWriters The Projector Tamara Forlanski Lynsey Sable Jennifer Ryan Derek Jory c/o Red River College Matt Wright Zac Minuk Students' Association Tim Phelan Joanna Fultz P110 -160 Princess Zach Regiec Rhiannon Maskiw- Street Winnipeg, MB Chris Madden Connelly R3B 1K9 Daniel Billinkoff Scott Unger Delly Dyer Kara Pohl Phone: 204.947.0013 Fax: 204.949.9150 I think he let me down wor when he didn't dissapoint me... - fiona apple, "get him back" PROJECTING THINGS SINCE 1968 APRIL 16 2006 NEWS From Addict to Actress By Tamara [email protected] Claire Kelly grew up loving to perform; baggy clothes and wore no makeup. I weighed so naturally she enjoyed theatre. When she was 98 pounds, today I weigh 145 (pounds)." 10, she attended Manitoba Theatre for Young Kelly knew she had a serious problem, but People (MTYP), a group she owes the world to felt stuck. today. "When you're in addiction, you need help "Theatre saved my life" Kelly states boldly. but can't ask. You're afraid to ask." Kelly, who's now 21, was very outgoing dur- Kelly didn't want to leave her job with ing her time at R.B. Russell High School, and it MTYP and tried to keep her addiction as hid- was there she developed her passion for entertain- den as possible. ing. "I didn't want to work as a TA in the "I was big into drama; it was always my classroom, so I asked to work in the office. I highest mark, 98 per cent. I did really well in all thought, 'I'm not a role model."' the arts programs." But the MTYP staff eventually noticed At 16, Kelly became involved with the- Kelly had a problem and intervened. Aboriginal Arts Training and Mentorship "They were so understanding, just having Program as a teaching assistant at MTYP. a heart. It's like an extended family here. They The Aboriginal Arts program is designed to didn't give up on me when other jobs wouldn't give Aboriginal teenagers training classes free of have cared and just fired me." charge, when they otherwise wouldn't be able to MTYP allowed Kelly to keep her afford it. job while she recovered. She still works at Also volunteering with her was her then I should have known, but I didn't know it was addicting, I MTYP as the Aboriginal Arts Training and boyfriend Matt. just got caught up in drugs," Kelly recalled. Mentorship Program coordinator and is finishing her "Getting into that relationship was my biggest regret "I went from using it once a week to every day. I high school courses through correspondence. of high school." couldn't eat or sleep. I had no energy...drugs kept getting "I get paid to play I couldn't ask for better." Kelly was with Matt for less than three years but in the way of school." Kelly is currently writing Claire's Room, a play she describes him as "not the best influence." Kelly dropped out of high school in the middle of will perform at MTYP next year, about her experiences She moved to low-income housing with Matt when Grade 12. with crystal meth. she was 16 and became addicted to crystal methamphet- She used crystal meth for eight months, while con- "Writing this is a fun, but difficult experience. As I'm amine. tinuing her volunteer work at MTYP. writing, old emotions come back and I suffer from writer's "It started with smoking. It was my way of rebelling. "I would come to work high. I was hiding under block when I go back to that place." INTERNATIONAL NEWS BRIEFS Compiled by Christopher Webbnevvspro ector@gmail com INTERWORLD RADIO, DEMOCRACYNOW, as far as the impact of climate change are concerned, and partial or total removal of the external genital organs. I think this certainly requires attention, because people INTERPRESS SERVICE, BBC. • who are poor are least equipped to be able to adapt to the The US admitted openly for the first time Thursday impacts of climate change." that it was actively working to undermine Robert Argentine riot police have clashed with protesting Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president. Although officially teachers in the province of Neuquen for a second day. A report released Mar. 22 by the group Refugees Washington does not support regime change, a U.S. The clashes came as people gathered to protest against International calls the flight of Iraqis from war-torn State Dept. report acknowledged that it was backing earlier police action in which one protester died. The Iraq "the world's fastest growing displacement crisis." opposition politicians and others critical of Mugabe. demonstrator was killed by an exploding tear gas canister Displacement is taking place within Iraq as well. The The State Dept. also admitted sponsoring events aimed thrown by the police to disperse the crowds. The main United Nations estimates there are now 1.9 million at "discrediting" statements made by Mugabe's govern- teachers' union says it will strike on Monday in protest internally displaced Iraqis. The United Nations High ment. Washington has specifically backed opposition of the violence. Teachers are demanding better pay and Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says about 12 leader Morgan Tsvangarai, who government agents beat working conditions. per cent of Iraq's population of about 25 million will be severely last month. displaced by the end of the year. The UNHCR says also The Washington Post is reporting the United that about two million Iraqis have fled the country, mostly Supporters of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor States and China managed to tone down the warnings to Syria, Jordan, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and Yanukovych are keeping up their protest outside par- about global warming in the new report by the U.N. Turkey. More than 1.5 million have fled to Syria alone. liament in Kiev•against his rival, President Viktor Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. U.S. nego- Thus far the Bush administration has issued visas to 466 Yushchenko. The power struggle continued over the tiators eliminated language in one section that called for Iraqis since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Easter holiday, with Mr Yushchenko refusing to revoke his cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The final report warned decision to call a snap election for 27 May. The constitu- that human-generated warming is already making oceans Eritrea's government has banned female circumci- tional court is due to consider his decision later this week. more acidic and parched regions even drier. It estimated sion. The Information Ministry said anybody involved in Mr Yushchenko accuses Mr Yanukovych of undermining 20 to 30 per cent of the world's species may disappear if the practice would be punished with a fine and imprison- democracy by luring deputies to his bloc in parliament. the world keeps warming. The authors of the report also ment. The move follows a campaign against the practice The latest escalation of the long-running power struggle warned that the risk of massive floods will increase signifi- by the National Union of Eritrean Women, which says began on 2' April, when Mr Yushchenko ordered the cantly along the coasts because of rising seas and more more than 90 per cent of Eritrean women are circum- dissolution of parliament and the 27 May election. The intense storms. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the IPCC cised. Female circumcision is practised in 28 countries, rivalry started during the 2004 Orange Revolution, which said "It's the poorest of the poor in the world, who are mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, where some believe it eventually swept Mr Yushchenko into power. going to be the worst hit and who are the most vulnerable maintains a girl's honour. The operation involves the Red River College STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Make Lt1(/otAys! Feel Free to Red River College Students, contact us at: After serving for 2 terms as your President of the Red River College Students' Association, the Executive and I would like to leave you with some recaps of our experiences and some words of Rex wisdom that we hope will help you in your future. Masesar These years that have passed have had many different impacts on your lives. Some students have formed life long friendships, some have formed more intimate ones and many of you will move on President with your respective careers. During those times, we have seen fellow students have some unfortunate turn of events and some who have chosen different paths to follow than us. Such difficult times have shown us how surprising life can be and help us identify some strengths and (204) 632-2474 weaknesses many of us felt we never had. Michael Through it all, I can say with the utmost confidence that it is times like this which will help form us to become the great people we are and that we can be. Now many of you may not feel the same way Cochrane I do but take a moment and look at yourself and your friends and see how much they have grown in these last few years.