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got beer? nhi preview humane museum COVER DESIGN I MADE AND CHARLES BONVOYAGE flub Sept. 3o + Oct. i - THE WINDUPS Saturday Osis i-AROWDYNI Friday, Oct. 7 - The FARRELL BROS. TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS ARE Show yf:urzstcutt card with the Switchblade Valentines STUDENT NIGHT - FREE POOL 7pm - midnight 102 september 26 2005 theprojector news briefs Editor-in-Chief Jillian Brown RRC SECURITY SERVICES P1-06 (Main Floor Atrium) article in the next issue of the [email protected] Ph. # 949-8305 projector. The staff at Security Services are on hand 24 hours daily to SURPRISE PAPER COSTS? BUFFALO CAFETERIA assist you with the following: News Editor Mike Uhrich Lost & Found property A new program is being tried Due to the recent opening [email protected] Safe Walk program at both campuses that will of Tim Hortons at the Notre Emergency medical charge students a print-per- Dame campus, the Buffalo assistance page cost starting January Cafeteria seating area will be After hours access assistance 2006. Entertainment Editor closed after 8:30 p.m. Mon. Jen Zoratti Work alone program FROM OCTOBER 1, 2005 to Thurs., 3:00 p.m. Fri., 2:00 [email protected] Crime prevention information TO DECEMBER 31, 2005 p.m. Sat., and all day Sunday. For additional information NO COSTS WILL BE This is a temporary measure contact: ASSIGNED TO PRINT JOBS until news doors sperating the Notre Dame Campus DESPITE THE POP-UP establishments are installed. Layout/Photo Editor C1-15 (Plaza level — 'C' Bldg.) MESSAGE INDICATING A Grant Burr Ph. # 632-2323 or 2555 CHARGE. [email protected] Princess Street Campus Look for a more in-depth Layout/Photo Editor Justen Vogt [email protected] Canadian students hit by increase BY SARA CALNEK national students, second only Association of University to Saskatchewan where fees Teachers (CAUT) says, "CAUT Advertising and Sales Manager anadian students will see increased 38.4 per cent. supports the eventual elimi- Guy Lussier a rise in tuition again Compulsory fees have also nation of tuition fees and an [email protected] C this fall, according to risen. On average, undergradu- increase in public funding for a Sept. 1 release by Statistics ates will see these fees increase universities and colleges." Canada. to $605, up from $585 last year. Ouellette echoes this belief The report states a national Manitoba takes first place in and says, "It is a shared respon- average increase of 1.8 per cent this category with compulsory sibility of provinces and the contributing writers & photographers will be felt by undergraduate fees rising 25 per cent from last federal government to finance students, making the average year. increases in the costs of PSE Paul Adair Jennifer Jularbal tuition $4,214 for the 2005/06 Since 2000, compulsory fees (Post-Secondary Education), Kyle Bakx Cara Lytwyn academic year. rose almost 143 per cent in this not of students." Megan Batchelor Alan MacKenzie Although this is the smallest province. The average Manitoba The small increase this year is Brant Batters Kathryn McBurney increase since 1978, it is close student is now paying $786, up largely blamed on tuition freezes Craig Becker Lara Nesplak to triple the average of $1,464 from $324 in 2000. in place in Newfoundland, Tim Bigelow Sheila North-Wilson in 1990 and 22 per cent higher Phillippe Ouellette, National Quebec, Ontario, and Brenda Boonstra Pamela Roz than 2000. Director of the Canadian Manitoba. Sara Calvek Laura Ruddock Graduate fees have also Alliance of Student Associations Both CASA and CAUT are Mitch Calvert Lynsey Sable increased 4.6 per cent and have (CASA) says, "The dramatic pushing for more federal fund- Erin Carter Nicole Shawnowsky risen 40 per cent since 2000. increases in tuition are caused ing by way of an increase in post Holly Caruk Krista Simonson The highest increase is in British by the inability of university secondary transfers, to ultimate- Samantha Charran Carly Thompson Columbia where graduate fees and college administrators and ly eliminate tuition. Joanna Fultz James Turner rose an astounding 104.3 per provincial and federal govern- Both organizations hold the David Gardner Dan Verville cent in the past five years. ments to work cooperatively and firm belief that any academi- Paul. Grigaitis The average tuition for towards a common end." cally qualified person should be international students has also The highest increase in under- able to obtain a PSE, without increased. Undergraduates in graduate tuition was in New feeling restricted by financial this category will see an increase Brunswick at 6.7 per cent. There boundaries. of 6.7 per cent, making the was no increase in Saskatchewan Provincial premiers agree that average tuition $12,587. At the and Newfoundland. Manitoba's most jobs created in the near the next story mee ng graduate level the fees are over average hike was 1.1 per cent. future will require a PSE. They three times that of Canadian David Robinson, Associate are organizing a meeting with for the projector is: students. Manitoba's fees are Executive Director (Research the prime minister in November 37 per cent higher for inter- and Advocacy) for the Canadian to discuss this issue. 12:00 pm, Friday, October 7th 2005 in W102 Newsroom letters to the editor Got something to say? We want to here from you. Email your letter to [email protected] RE: 'A FAN'S NOTES,' SEPTEMBER 12 contact Dear Editor, then is damaged in the ear? The high frequen- cies go first. I instruct a course in mechanical the projector: I would like to comment on the 'a fan's notes' engineering technology called Noise, Vibration Phone: 204.947.0013 by Jen Zoratti. In her column last issue, she states, & Balancing at the Notre Dame campus. We do Fax: 204.949.9150 "I live for the ringing in my ears the next day". In a lab where students measure their ability to hear The Projector essence what Jen is saying is, I live for the hearing high frequency sounds using a microphone and a c/o Red River College Students' Association damage that my ears have received. Ringing in sound analyzer. An average 22 year old can hear P 110 - 160 Princess Street the ears is the brain responding to hearing dam- sounds as high as 17,000 Hertz ( cycles/sec.). In Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1K9 age that occurs to the sensory hair cells located in a class several years ago a student was quite sur- the inner ear. Once these cells are damaged they prised to learn that he could not hear past 11,000 cannot be repaired. The ringing in the ear usually HZ. He was 21 years old. He had raced snowmo- For advertising information, contact will go away, however it could lead to tinnitus. biles since he was in his early teens. Guy Lussier at: With tinnitus the ringing does not go away. Jeff So what is my point? People should be aware 204.632.2070 Beck, a guitar player is a classic example of this. that ringing in the ears is dangerous. Once dam- [email protected] 0 Jeff has mentioned that it is a "fearful thing" and aged, hearing cannot be replaced. has had to wear a Walkman constantly to handle the mental strain. Erik Luczak Ok, so one does not have tinnitus yet. What RRC Instructor 103 september 26 2005 theprojector news from the safe walk protects downtown students BY PAUL GRIGAITIS The Safe Walk program is each night while he was on "Wake up," warns Patrol Students and staff can access available, free of charge, to stu- duty. Sergeant Kelly Dennison of Safe Walk officers in two ways. en though students' dents and staff of the Princess DiUbaldo hopes that stu- the Winnipeg Police Service to One way is to use one of the 19 ;tysafety could be at risk Street campus from 6 p.m. to dents will start taking advan- those who are too proud to use strategically located Safe Walk F while attending the 12 a.m. from Monday through tage of the program in the the service. "You're always brave phones located on the campus. Princess Street campus, only Thursday. future. He asks students to use until somebody jumps you." The phones contact the security a few students downtown are In the Safe Walk program, good judgement and common He encourages students to desk and security staff commu- protecting themselves from this hired officers are available upon sense in order to protect them- use the program. nicates with Safe Walk officers potential harm. request to walk people from selves. He is also not ashamed "There is always safety in via radio. Another way to use RRC Students' Association the campus to their car or to to admit to using the program numbers," he says. the program is to go directly Vice-President Matt DiUbaldo a bus stop. They offer safety in himself. Dennison states that pro- to the security desk and make a wants students to know that numbers and the service is easy Safe Walk officer, Tapiwa grams like Safe Walk help the request in person. Safe Walk is available, a ser- to use. Nzira, says that after three shifts police. On weekends, the program vice designed to protect them. Last year, DiUbaldo worked he has only walked two people. "We rely on outside secu- still operates, but security staff However, DiUbaldo is con- for the Safe Walk program and He thinks students either feel rity outlets. We don't have the is available in place of Safe cerned that not enough stu- in a six-hour shift only two to safe or believe that nothing bad resources to offer the same Walk officers.