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Monday, September 22, 1986 Page 12 RED RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE Monday, Oaksin..986 1.74.12.t) 1986 ALS g Resou ces Centre Notice Photo by: Brian Pelletier Police Funds Scholarship of by Annette Martin The Winnipeg Police how they want that distri- Association has granted the buted." college $10,000 to be paid out "In any case, it will be put in scholarships. into the Student Awards Trust Says Ray Newman, vice- Account and the interest will president of student services, support a yearly scholarship," "Stan Miner who is on the says Newman. security staff here, was instru- Newman recommends that mental in getting the money." more students look into the Election Miner, presently head guard at possibilities of being awarded R.R.C.C., is an ex-police offi- a scholarship. "A lot of cer. money from awards and scho- How the money is to be larships is just not picked up. awarded will be determined There are some students that during Newman's next meet- go begging when there are lots ing. "Now certainly they of opportunities to get a 16 Student Council (Police Association) can tell us scholarship." If you want Stan Miner hands Gary Polonsky a cheque for S10,000. Positions available: Free Gym Time to quit, Nets R.R.C.C. Popularity by Bruce Benson all. time, the department of With the elimination of var- "That's why everybody and government services will set 2 members for Applied Arts Division sity athletics one would think his dog wants to get in here," the gym up to meet their you're not both the north and south gyms she says. requirements. would be empty a lot of the Graham says the only "I feel I have excellent rap- time. - individual teams given time in port with the (various sports) 3 members for Health Division Not so, says June Graham, the gyms are alumni teams and associations," says Graham. physical education department provincial teams. "But some people take the ser- alone! head. "They (provincial teams) vant part of civil servant too 2 members for Technology Division "The gyms are booked from are representing the province, seriously. I'm a civil servant, at least eight in the morning and we're government," says but I'm not a servant. I'll try till ten at night every day," Graham. to accomodate people as much 5 members for Industrial and Trades Division by Kristi Darrach "Unless you have the says Graham. To qualify as an alumni as possible, but there's a There's a time and a place money to help somebody, Graham says she has many team, there must be a majority limit." for everything and this seems there's nothing you can do," more requests for gym time of alumni playing on the team. Graham feels the phys ed to be the time and place for she said. than she can satisfy. "Sometimes I get tons of facilities, though used exten- 3 members for Business Division dropping out of school. Hanson said the counselling "Student clubs are given requests from teams that only sively by outside associations, "I would guess in the first service office sees the most first priority," she says. "Any have a few alumni on it, and I are well used by students. month of school we lose ten to students from the business, organized student activity like can't start giving them time, or "We have had basically no 1 member for Teacher Education 15 per cent," said Brian Han- applied arts and health sec- Tae Kwon Do, badminton, I'll have to give them all changes in facilities in 17 son, director of counselling tions of the college. and intramurals fit into that time," she says. years, but there is a lot more services. "It's the nature of the stu- category." Graham says she can't give teams and associations now, Every year the number of dent . they are more inclin- Graham explains the prior- time to individual teams than 17 years ago. But our full-time students enrolled at ed to use support services." ity list as students and staff because every sports associa- kids are well looked after." R.R.C.C. decreases signifi- He added students from first, alumni teams second, tion has several teams who She says giving gym time cantly in the first month of other areas may drop out at and various associations that would then all request time. out is a touchy business. Nomination forms available in classes. the same rate, but aren't not- need help in getting gym time. To eliminate this problem, she "You have to be careful "Over the last three years iced to the same extent She says most gyms charge gives time to the association about who you let in or we've been trying to work on through his area. from $10 to $30 an hour, while rather than a particular team. everybody's going to scream the drop out situations," said "When trade students get Red River doesn't charge at When an association books discrimination." into difficulty they don't come the Students' Association office Vice-President Academic Myr- Photo by: Brian Pelletier tle Nichols. here, they evaporate," he said. She said although the drop He added that in addition to out rate varies from course to the number of students who course she would guess it leave by choice there are those amounted to about ten to 30 who are almost forced out by per cent of the on-campus, academic failure. Deadlines for nomination forms full-time student population. "At university you take "I really thought I would only five courses, here it's all like it . that it was or nothing. If you drop or fail something I would want to do part of your program, you with my life," said an applied really mess yourself up," Han- is September 22 to October 3 arts student who dropped out. son said. Brian Hanson said that is a He added many business major complaint. students go the route of "Sometimes there are counselling before dropping in academic difficulties, financial order to salvage some of the constraints but often it's an program. inappropriate choice of "It's probably better to step NO nomination forms will be course," he said. out than go to a partLtime "They think it's one thing schedule," he said. and it turns out to be nothing Nichols said R.R.C.C. is that they expected." not out of line with other insti- Nichols said many factors tutions' drop out rate. accepted after this date. "I think we compare that affect a student's staying power are beyond the help of favorably . and we've been the college. working on it," she said. Students drop-outs at its peak during first month of school. Monday, October 6, 1986 Page 2 Monday, October 6, 1986 Page 3 ■ Students Underdog vs City Hall Pros News by C. R. Procyk Norm Fontaine — a virtual city councillors treat their con- Mynarski ward where he is A major challenge will be their game, and make it into unknown in city politics — stituents either. He sees them seeking election. the mobilizing of the native city hall? Well if you're Norm hopes to put the boots to both as "arrogant" and insensitive Besides trying to defeat the vote (an estimated 35 per cent Fontaine you get brothers and the established candidate and and cites, as evidence, the present councillor, William of the ward) because native friends on your election, com- the NDP party to win an inde- magnificent pension scheme Chornopyski, and the as yet people have a reputation for mittee and start soliciting sup- pendent seat on Winnipeg city they managed to provide for unnamed NDP candidate, ignoring elections. Fontaine port of the active, moral, and council in the Oct. 22nd civic themselves. It was really this Fontaine knows he will be seen feels this catch 22 is a result of financial variety. And you Award Winner Is as inexperienced. But it's their feeling powerless in their start knocking on doors. You elections. If he can pull it off issue that brought him into Photo by: Brian Pelletier he'll be the only Metis on politics under the tutelage of doubtful if you can be the communities and ignored at tell everyone who will listen council. And, take note that people's politician Joe Zuken. eldest of 11 children who City Hall. He is disgusted with that you care and that you Fontaine is still a student like Fontaine worked for the started work at 15 years of the recent move to increase the plan to "Bring City Hall Back many of yourselves. Zuken-inspired Citizen's Alert age, a family man with five size of the police force. The to the People". And you Fontaine is in his 4th year of Committee that attempted to children, and a former steam money, he feels, should be solicit and listen to the con- Social Work at the Winnipeg get the pension rolled back. press operator-turned- going towards social, educa- cerns of the constituents, for it Education Centre. He says he The committee was unsuccess- messenger-turned-grocery tional, and recreational pro- is they that you hope to serve. went into social work because ful but it is still part of Fon- clerk-turned-store manager- gramming. "More police will And if it doesn't work this An Eyesore just further alienate these peo- time, you'll be a lot better he didn't like the way social taine's election platform.