L S e I x V E S G One Kilt Worth h Looking Up o I NOW OPEN w G 17 Lock St. Port Dalhousie page 12S page 18 beside Library NIAGARA NEWS Niagara News is produced by the Journalism-Print students at Niagara College, Welland Campus Free November 23, 2001 www.niagara-news.com Volume 32 Issue 5 Pioneering applied degrees wed Got milk? expertise, entrepreneurial skills By SUSANNA ECKMIRE together offers for new and dynamic dent living. Should the program be Staff Writer applied degrees after the Ontario gov- approved, it is likely discussions Students wishing to receive ernment gave the green light following would soon be underway to arrange what is equivalent to a uni- many years of college campaigning. residence swapping for students. versity degree may, if The new hospitality program is Practical matters aside, the program approved by the Quality unusual because it is being offered would allow for students to get expe- Assessment Board of Ontario, jointly with George Brown College rience and exposure in both an urban be educated at Niagara in Toronto. market as well as the Niagara region. College starting in 2003. “Our program represents an origi- Responding to recent changes in ‘We’re very excited about nal approach to connecting hands-on legislation, an enthusiastic Board of this proposal.’ technical training and managerial Governors passed a motion to pro- competencies, as well as building the pose new applied degrees in – Bonnie Rose hospitality entrepreneurs and ‘change Hospitality Operations Management agents’ of tomorrow,” says Rose. and Integrated Systems Design. Students enrolled in the new hos- Rose says she thinks the program is “We’re very excited about this pitality program would attend both superior to other programs because it Maria Lorenzo, 20, of Niagara Falls, a second-year proposal,” said Bonnie Rose, the Niagara and George Brown offers the range of markets in a “very Art and Design Fundamentals – Graphic Design college’s vice-president academic, throughout their four years. competitive industry.” Production program student, contributes to the at the Nov. 15 board meeting. Logistically, the dual college con- Student Administrative Council food drive. Ontario colleges are scrambling to put cept could create problems for stu- Continued on page 3 Photo by Tina Lanzillotta $1 million available for needy student scholars By SUSANNA ECKMIRE the funding for at least one student award, cation environment. Considering that there Staff Writer but some target programs will be allocated are more private colleges offering equivalent Scholarship funding in the enough to assist about 10 to 15 students. programs to the ones Niagara College offers, amount of $1 million will be new applied degree programs being prepared offered to eligible Niagara ‘We recognize education at other colleges and lower standards for College students next September. applicants to universities, the college needs to Martha Casson, the college’s enterprise is expensive.’ implement new and varied techniques for and services vice-president, announced the student enrolment and retention. For exam- allocation at the Board of Governors meet- – Martha Casson ple, one of the things the college has done to ing on Nov. 15. meet the challenge is hire a new Web design- Scholarships will be available to stu- Funding will also be set aside for ath- er to make the college Web site more user- dents with a strong academic background letic scholarships. friendly. “as long as the student can demonstrate Depending on the duration of a stu- Other colleges are implementing sim- some financial need,” says Casson. dent’s program, he or she could receive ilar retention schemes. “There are very few students ... who between $500 and $1,500. Casson says Sheridan College, in don’t have situations where their rev- In her presentation to the board, Casson Oakville, will likely be offering about Bonnie Rose, vice-president academic, is enue is lower than their expenses,” says said the scholarship program is part of a mar- $3 million in student awards. delighted that $1 million in scholarships will be Casson. “We can help them with that.” keting and recruiting plan aimed at ensuring “We want to spend the money,” says allocated starting September 2002. Casson announced that each program in the college remains competitive in an Casson. “We recognize education is Photo by Christine Wilde the college will be allocated a portion of increasingly aggressive post-secondary edu- expensive.” Live To Air Freedom Sinful Wednesdays Fridays Saturdays Student Pub Night With Z103.5 R&B/Hip Hop Party Ladies Night With DJ Slim MC Tony Monaco With DJ Nicky “G” All ages A night that won’t break the Club Icon your wallet! Downstairs Downstairs Ladies free admission House music all night Hip Hop in house before 11:30pm www.front54.com • 54 Front Street, Thorold • GET IN FREE WITH STUDENT ID BEFORE 10:30 Page 2, Niagara News, Nov. 23, 2001 Information made easy for students By MIKE VAN KOOTEN Scott Settle, liaison and student success Staff Writer co-ordinator for Centennial College, of The travelling College Scarborough, said the program is “an Information Program was in excellent way” for students “to make a Niagara-on-the-Lake last week at Niagara College’s Glendale cam- ‘It’s making things a lot N pus. more clear.’ The program, which came to the college on Nov. 12, is “basically a collaborative – Christine Ryckman effort of the college system which allows each college to visit other areas,” said I Randy Conlon, Niagara College manager determination about where they want to of student recruitment, enrolment and reg- go and what they want to do.” istration services. He said the compilation of colleges is “It gives students an opportunity to positive because “each college is quite A talk to representatives from other col- different.” leges that they otherwise wouldn’t have Shannon MacDonald, 19, of A.N. a chance to see.” Myer Secondary School in Niagara Conlon said 37 high schools from the Falls, said the college representatives Niagara region were invited to attend the were “very informative.” G Niagara College stop of the program. The Christine Ryckman, 18, of Fonthill’s Niagara region provides the college with E.L. Crossley Secondary School, said 65 per cent of its total student enrolment. the program offered “very helpful repre- Conlon said the college market is sentatives.” A becoming “increasingly competitive,” “I’m kind of undecided on exactly Krista Woodhouse, at right, a Niagara College liaison officer, informs a poten- adding the college is looking to increase where I want to go but it’s making things tial college student of Niagara College’s programs. the application pool by 30 to 40 per cent. a lot more clear.” Photo by Glen Wuttunee R Landmine foundation recognizes college efforts By MITO TOGAWA Niagara College raised the money through contests, she felt the situation was “terrible” and said to O’Dea, Staff Writer games and a skate-a-thon primarily led by committee “Somebody’s got to do something.” Then O’Dea A Niagara College’s efforts will receive an members, including four professors and 12 students. directly pointed to her and said, “Why don’t you?” That honourable recognition from the Canadian About $500 of the total raised was from the Christmas was how she started to take action with Taylor, whom Landmine Foundation (CLF) at the end of this event on all campuses. she happened to meet there, said Chandler. month. Betty Ann Chandler, ESL teacher, was one of the Taylor said he felt “horrible” about children having a From last year’s Christmas to the end of April this first two people to establish the landmine committee hard time in the developing nations. He went to Nepal, year, Niagara College raised $1,253.45 on behalf of the at Niagara College. The other was Sean Taylor, 21, South Korea and Taiwan at the age of 16. He decided to extermination of landmines in war-torn countries such who is now a second-year student in the Journalism- join the committee when he, as one of the participants, as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cambodia, Croatia, Print program. They co-chaired the committee for was encouraged to do some campaigning for the land- IN Herzegovina, Mozambique and Vietnam. about five months. mine foundation at the presentation. Mary Lou Eden, English as a Second Language In November of last year, a landmine-clearing presen- “We’ve been sheltered,” said Eden, as Canadians program (ESL) teacher, was the treasurer of Niagara tation was held at Niagara College by Daniel Livermore, who have never had to worry about children playing College’s landmine fundraising committee and sent ambassador for Landmine Action, and by Frank O’Dea, on the ground during school recesses. She said she the cheque to CLF in the middle of May this year, chair for the Canadian Landmine Foundation and co- thought joining the committee was an “excellent, after the campaign ended. founder of the Second Cup Coffee chain. good thing” in order to do what she could for the Eden said students and faculty at three campuses of Chandler said when she attended the presentation, elimination of minefields. T H E W WINNING WEDNESDAYS O Tune in every Wednesday R for your chance to win L D “Your College, Your Station” Niagara News, Nov. 23, 2001, Page 3 Course evaluation provides student feedback By JASON ROMANIUK for one year, Rose says some faculty has between five and eight surveys, Rose It’s a very important part of the learning Staff Writer made changes to course content because says she has some concern about the atti- process for us,” she says, adding, “I real- Farmers aren’t the only ones that of student responses.