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http://www.newsatniagara.com Feb. 10, 2006 Volume 36, Issue 10 Valentine’s Day here. pg. 10 The Best Way To Connect With Niagara Students cooking pg. 3 Faculty strike date Red Roses = L-O-V-E set for March 7 It’s getting closer. strike on the quality of education offered to our There are 25 days remaining. students.” If no settlement is reached, faculty at Ontario’s Faculty throughout the province voted 24 community colleges are set to strike. yesterday in favour of a strike. Niagara College President Dan Patterson says College teachers have been working without a the colleges want a deal with faculty. contract since Aug. 31, 2005. “We are committed to negotiating a settlement Faculty are members of the Ontario Public which ensures that our students receive the Service Employees Union. highest quality of education possible, our In a vote concluded yesterday across the colleges continue to deliver strong programs, and province, OPSEU members voted 80.4 per cent in our faculty members are fully compensated,” favour of strike action. says Patterson in an official statement issued At Niagara College, the vote in favour of strike Tuesday. action was 77.7 per cent. It goes on to say that “despite the fact Ontario The central issues are workload and salary — colleges receive the lowest per-student revenues two key issues from the previous round of in the country … college faculty in Ontario would negotiations. remain the best-paid faculty in Canada.” Colleges have made an offer to faculty that He says the colleges want to avoid a strike raises the maximum salary to $94,277 by 2008 because of fears a strike could disrupt the with no increase to workload. academic year of students. There are 8,900 teachers, counsellors and “The union needs to consider the impact of a librarians at 24 colleges across the province. Glendale campus gets new name By PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ located,” he added. Staff Writer Neufeld explained the new name gives “a more Niagara College’s Glendale campus has a new accurate reflection” of the region’s economic This lovely sweetheart rose arrangement is available at the name. bases and the programs offered at the campus. Niagara College Greenhouse at the Glendale campus in Niagara’s executive team, composed of He cited that programs offered at the campus, Niagara-on-the-Lake until Feb. 14. Store hours are from 9 a.m. to President Dan Patterson, Acting Vice-President for instance those within the Hospitality and 4:30 p.m. The arrangement can be purchased at the Welland cam- Academic and Learner Services Barry Sharpe, Tourism division and The Niagara Culinary pus bookstore from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until Feb. 14. The cost is Vice-President International Martha Casson and Institute, will indeed give a more accurate $11.49 plus tax while supplies last. The greenhouse can be Vice-President Corporate Services Steve Hudson, representation of Niagara-on-the-Lake. reached at 905-641-2252 ext. 4464 or 4082. has decided “after careful consideration” to “The programs are very much in tune with Photo by Sheri Webber rename the college’s Glendale campus as the Niagara-on-the-Lake.” Niagara-on-the-Lake campus, said Hudson in a The campus was established in 1998. The press release. three-storey facility is at the Glendale Avenue and Patterson added the change should not be the Queen Elizabeth Way. Some of the main considered “a big deal,” as it has resulted from a facilities and programs featured at this campus pre-meditated purpose. Patterson said providing include a greenhouse centre, The Niagara College teams playoff bound “consistency” to the campus’s location was the Culinary Institute, with its 100-seat dining room, It was a successful week for the Niagara College women’s and men’s team’s starting motive for the name change. and the Niagara College Teaching Winery. volleyball teams. Both teams have clinched playoff spots in the Ontario Colleges “Having Glendale change to the Niagara-on- Neufeld said it’s “important” to realize the Athletic Association (OCAA). the-Lake campus links the two campuses by their change “will not happen overnight,” adding it The women got their playoff spot with a convincing four-set victory over geographical location,” added Patterson. will certainly be “infused” on a daily basis. Ancaster’s Redeemer Royals 25-16, 19-25, 25-21 and 25-15. He said the time for the decision had coincided At the moment, he acknowledges, the names The 10-3 Niagara Knights sit in first place in the OCAA Western Region with with a “refurbishing,” now to be a replacement, will be used “interchangeably.” 20 points, giving them a one-game lead on division rival London’s Fanshawe of the Glendale Avenue and Taylor Road “It is perfectly acceptable that both names will Falcons 9-3. intersection display sign. be used until the new name comes through in the The men defeated Redeemer College this week three games to two. Third-year Patterson explained the sign replacement had natural cycle of events,” stated Hudson. veteran Kevin Lewis led the way, tallying 20 points in 17 kills. “seemed like a good opportunity to build on that He added the college has no “urgency” to The men remain in second position heading into tonight’s home contest with consistency of geographical location.” replace letterhead, business cards and related col- Etobicoke’s Humber Hawks at 8 p.m. Manager of Corporate Communications at the lege materials, as employees have been asked to The women also play tonight as they face the undefeated Hawks at 6 p.m. Glendale campus Darrel Neufeld agreed a key “exhaust” the existing supplies before restocking. The Niagara men’s and women’s basketball teams are also fighting for playoff reason for the name change was “to keep it con- New external signage, including the Glendale spots. sistent” with the location of the campus. Avenue and Taylor Road sign, will go up at the The men have a record of seven wins and three defeats tied in first place with “Not everyone knows instinctively where it is end of the month, Hudson said. Fanshawe College. The women have a record of eight wins and two losses and are tied for second with Fanshawe. The men play here on Saturday at 1 p.m. against Windsor’s St. Clair College, while the women play against St. Clair at 3 p.m. Page 2, news@niagara, Feb. 10, 2006 Niagara student falls victim to Hamilton gun violence By BAILLIE ADCOCK backyard. He’d done this many times before. Staff Writer A tuque secures the dark curls surrounding If you had to choose between buying a his face. Behind his glasses, Mancini’s eyes joke pen and taking the bus, John Paul signal the coming climax: “We didn’t get to Mancini would tell you to take the bus. this fence.” Mancini, 20, of Grimsby, Ont., is a second- The alley filled with threatening voices of year student in the Computer Programmer unseen assailants from the windows above Analyst program at Niagara College. At 16, them. Mancini “mouthed back and he harshly learned the importance of taking then, bang!” the safe route home. Mancini was shot once on his left side Hamilton’s crime stories have garnered under his ribs. At a loss for words, Mancini much media attention over the last 12 describes the pain as “excruciating.” months, as reports on Jan. 6 from the “Imagine a bunch of needles coming at you Hamilton Mountain News attest. Talk of really fast and piercing everything. I felt like gangs and guns has become a regular occur- I was shot. There’s no other way I can rence in Hamilton and across Canada. describe it.” Senseless acts of gun violence have Unscathed, Mancini’s friend used his caused Hamilton police to form a special- cellphone to call for an ambulance. ized gang unit made up of 15 officers to “I wasn’t cool enough to have a cellphone,” deal with the issue. Police estimate there adds Mancini, shamelessly. are about 230 active members of Bloods, At the hospital, the bullet was pulled out Crips and Little Devils gangs fighting for and the wound was sewn up during a short, their territory on the city streets. overnight stay. It took almost two months for Sitting back in a large armchair, Mancini his physical wound to heal. takes a moment out of an intense game of He says the incident didn’t change his out- Halo 2 on his Xbox 360 to confidently look on life very much, but he now takes retell how he stumbled into a gang-protect- things into consideration before opening ed area. The small bedroom, acting as a TV his mouth. room, becomes still as he travels back four “I think before I speak. I don’t want to get years to a mild, summer day in Hamilton. shot again.” After buying a joke pen at a “Chinese Though Mancini had gone down the convenience store thingy” at the Jackson alley before, he has not since. Square Mall, Mancini was left with no bus “I avoid it. I’m petrified of that alleyway.” fare. Accompanied by a friend, he had no Mancini’s carefree attitude about the situa- option but to walk back to his friend’s tion doesn’t hide the fact that he didn’t house. He was aware of the dangers in deserve to fall victim to this inhumane Hamilton but says, “I always feel that way thoughtlessness that swarms city streets.