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ENTER THE NUGGET OSCAR CONTEST FOR PRIZES - SEE PAGE 24 THE Please recycle this Thursday, February 7, 2013 newspaper when you are NAIT Volume 50, Issue 19 finished with it. YOUR STUDENTNUGGET NEWSPAPER FOR 50 YEARS, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA $20K FOR NEW BIZ Company formed by NAIT grads wins award, story Page 3 Photo by Jesse Kushneryk TEAMING UP TO BEAT CANCER NAIT Ook Josephine Peacock fires up her teammates before a game against the MacEwan Griffins at the NAIT gym on Thursday, Jan. 31. The Ooks wore their pink uniforms to show solidarity with efforts to find a cure for breast cancer. See game story, Page 10. 2 The Nugget Thursday, February 7, 2013 NEWS&FEATURES Staying sane in school little bit darker most of the time – and usually hilarious. Again with the apt names, “6 Ways Your Brain is Sabotaging Your Sex-Life” or “5 Terrifying Origin Stories Behind Popular Children’s Songs” are a couple of the articles you can take a look at, the latter being one of my favourites. Who would have thought that “London Bridge Is Falling Down” is actually about children starving to death? It’s not necessarily happy, but it’s really SARAH STILWELL entertaining - and will probably tell you Issues Editor something awesome that you didn’t know @sarah_stilwell about. With NAIT and many other schools in Most articles on Cracked and Buzzfeed the Alberta Students’ Executive Council aren’t too long, so if you can do something (ASEC) fighting for mental health funding, it like treat yourself to an article after every is important for us to recall what we can do chapter you’ve read in your textbook, you’re to calm ourselves down in times of stress or really not wasting too much time. Just don’t anxiety. click another article on the right hand side of Currently, many schools in Alberta are in your screen after you finish one. It’s tempt- need of the $1.5 million that ASEC has made ing, but don’t do it. available for the schools that they represent, 2. Making Something with Cheese in it such as NAIT, SAIT, MacEwan and Olds, Who doesn’t love comfort food? Some among many others representing a total of home-made mac ’n’ cheese or grilled cheese 175,000 students across the province. While with cheese baked into the bread, and I’m NAIT’s Counselling Centre has three help- pretty much in heaven. Perhaps I’ll put that ful and diverse and staff, Olds College only recipe into the Nugget sometime soon. It’s offers about 10 hours of counselling avail- something everyone needs to enjoy. able per week for its 1,200 full-time students. When I’m feeling lazy, cheese and crack- Being in a specialized and hectic program ers does the trick. here at NAIT, like many others here, it can be I must stress, this is not eating because hard just trying to keep up. As soon as I get you’re bored! Cheese is a privilege. Make one assignment done, three more have crept yourself earn that thousand-calorie goodness. up on me. Moral of the story, just make something I spoke with a counsellor at NAIT’s with cheese. You’ll feel better. Counselling Centre last week. After the 3. Putting My Body in Strange appointment, I left wondering what I could Positions do throughout the week to help me feel like It makes me feel better, OK? Doing some my head is still on my shoulders and not downward dog, sitting in child’s pose or even exploding through the atmosphere. So this doing a handstand or a bridge against the wall week, I documented it. – whatever my body feels like, maybe I’ll 1. Wasting Time on the Internet even go for a run. If I’ve been sitting in the Exactly. Go to another place. Plus, going for Another few of my “Study Movie” sug- Do you often read articles on Buzzfeed same position for a long time, I owe it to my walks is awesome. gestions are Superbad, Nick & Norah’s Infin- and Cracked? Well, if you don’t, you should body to move it around. Plus, it cures “Study 5. Watch A Movie You’ve Seen A Thou- ite Playlist, American Beauty and Up. probably start. On Buzzfeed, their articles are Neck” – the neck pain you get from looking sand Times Note: Study Movies vary by personal aptly named things like “19 People Who are down at your computer or a book for too long. I call it my “Study Movie,” and everybody taste and by how many times you’ve seen Having A Worse Day Than You”, or “11 Rea- 4. Trying To Not Stay In The Same needs at least one. If you’re watching a movie them. sons You Should Be Happy It’s Monday”, Place For a Long Time you’ve never seen before, you’re probably And finally, which I just finished reading before I started When I’m on hour four in the same loca- going to be watching more of it than looking 6. Talk to your Friends. this article. tion, something needs to change. My brain at your homework. Don’t do this, just watch a Text them, grab a drink with them, have If I ever need a pick-me-up and don’t feel isn’t working as well anymore and I’m really movie you know pretty well. a coffee. Socializing is so important for me like getting off of my butt, I know exactly just sick of the surroundings. There are so One of my favourites is Marie Antoinette, in order to keep myself in check. Sometimes, where I’m going online. many places to go around NAIT. the 2006 Sophia Coppola interpretation of I really cherish that alone time but I know Well that, and Cracked. Hey, maybe you can check out that build- the doomed Queen of France. It’s eye candy when I need to talk to someone. A good laugh Cracked is better for when I don’t feel ing with the nice elevators. When was the last and I know how it ends. I also know when all or talk about that hilarious panda/sloth/cat like “awwing” at something; the humour is a time you saw leather chairs in your building? of my favourite parts happen. picture I saw can really lighten the mood. Thursday, February 7, 2013 NEWS & features The Nugget 3 The Nugget Room E-128B 11762–106 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5G 2R1 Production Office 471-8866 www.thenuggetonline.com Editor-in-Chief Nicole Murphy [email protected] Issues Editor Sarah Stilwell [email protected] Assistant Issues Editor Photo by Courtney Bergen Josh Yaworski NAIT President Dr. Glenn Feltham, left, awarded HATCH business plan competition winners Andrew Grundler, Housam Jam- [email protected] maz and Nathan Shankoff with a $20,000 prize on Feb. 1. With them is Steve Chattargoon, digital media and IT chair and far Sports Editor right, Edmonton-South West MLA Matt Jeneroux. Absent is the fourth winner on the team, Scott Germain. Lauren Fink [email protected] Assistant Sports Editor Kyle Harris [email protected] Animation biz wins prize Entertainment Editor By STEPHAN SUTCLIFFE and foresight of NAIT students and encouraged by adding emotion. An engaging video demon- Alison Mullock Four teams comprised of current students and the contestants with an inspiring message. stration was shown. recent NAIT alumni competed in the Hatch Busi- “There can only be one winner but your spirit Following their graduation from NAIT in [email protected] ness Plan Competition to move their business will carry you through your career,” he told the spring 2012, the group had difficulty finding jobs Assist. Entertainment Editor ideas forward. contestants. in animation close to home. The majority of ani- Meaghan Willis Contestants pitched ideas to a panel of indus- Then, with a flare and podium drum roll, Dr. mation studios are in Montreal or Vancouver, so [email protected] try judges for $20,000 in seed money to be spent Feltham presented the winners, 8-Bit 3D, the the trio came together to create the 8-Bit 3D Stu- Photo Editor on initiatives directly related to the winner’s busi- award. dio here in Edmonton. Chad Steeves ness plan. The Hatch competition is organized by After 8-Bit 3D accepted the award, their 8-Bit 3D plans to target production com- [email protected] novaNAIT in association with ENACTUS NAIT, instructor took the podium with obvious enthusi- panies, movies and television, but is also well and the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, asm and expressed his emotions about the team of equipped to approach the business community, Production Manager part of the provincial government’s research and three which won the contest. specifically oil and gas industry leaders to pro- Frank MacKay innovation system. “These are three of the hardest working duce 3D animations of concepts and prototypes. [email protected] The contest winner was announced on Fri- people I know. I’m beaming and very happy for Now that they have the prize money, Andrew For advertising, call 471-8866 day Feb. 1, before a group of guests, includ- them.” Grundler of 8-Bit 3D expressed what they want or e-mail: [email protected] ing a representative from the provincial govern- After leaving NAIT, Scott Germain, Andrew to do first. ment. Edmonton-South West MLA Matt Jeneroux Grundler, Housam Jammaz and Nathan Shankoff “Upgrade hardware and hire a sales manager,” Submissions encouraged: spoke about the government’s priority to encour- noticed a lack of digital media animation studios Grundler said.