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Niagara Students Brave Cold for Homeless Awareness by KAESHA FORAND Food for Those in Need in Welland Gingerbread houses see page 16 Jr. B hockey see pages 24, 25 International students enjoy gingerbread party Professors reject contract By STEVE FRANCIS their offer,” said Rosen. Staff Writer Management did not wish to com- Niagara College’s full-time teachers ment, saying they did not want to rejected management’s latest contract “interfere” with the negotiation offer in a vote Nov. 29. process. Of the college’s 291 eligible vot- The central issues are workload distri- ers, 167 voted, with 92.73 per cent bution and salary, two key issues from of voters rejecting the offer. the previous round of negotiations. College teachers in Ontario have Workload issues include time been working since Aug. 31 without credit for out-of-class assistance for a contract, and if no agreement is students, which Bob Rae’s 2004 reached a strike vote could be held report on post-secondary education as soon as February, but no later says is lacking. than March 7, 2006. Across the Currently, full-time faculty are province, nearly 96 per cent of fac- required to make themselves avail- ulty rejected the offer. able for students three hours a From left, English for Academic Preparation program students Suk Woo Lee, 23, and Sheri Rosen, president of Ontario week, outside of the regular class Sang-Hyun Lee, 25, both from Korea, are enjoying making a gingerbread house at the Public Service Employees Union hours. The union is pushing for four International Christmas party at the college’s Welland campus cafeteria on Dec. 4. Local 242, says she’s “surprised” that hours, and management wants the Photo by Takahide Eguchi number isn’t higher. hours posted and clearly defined. “There was absolutely nothing in Continued on page 2 Niagara students brave cold for homeless awareness By KAESHA FORAND food for those in need in Welland. Staff Writer Scott Hogendoorn, 18, from Jordan, With her handmade orange knitted volunteers at Out of the Cold in St. scarf wrapped around her neck and Catharines. He says he sees people in glowing rosy cheeks, Sarah McCleary need of warm clothes during the winter. was bundled up to spend a frigid night Hogendoorn said the night had a “posi- outside. tive response” and “a good turnout.” On Dec. 6, Police Foundations stu- This initiative was the first of its dents camped outside the Mackenzie kind, and was implemented by a group building at the Niagara College Welland of Police Foundations students who are campus as a part of their Jackets for the part of the Student Initiative Club. The Cold initiative. About 20 students club’s goal is to create awareness and braved frigid 15-degree Fahrenheit tem- raise funds for local charities. Jackets peratures and carefully sipped Tim Hor- for the Cold is organized in collabora- tons coffee. tion with Pastor Robert Bond who As winter approaches, less fortunate works at the Welland County General and homeless people need warm clothes Hospital and has ties to both organiza- to survive. tions. Students spent the night “to gain a Jesse Edsall, 18, a member of the Stu- perspective of those less fortunate who dent Initiative Club and first-year have to do it on a daily basis and to feel Police Foundations student from Pel- what they [homeless people] feel, go ham, said he plans to continue the through, what it takes to be warm,” said fundraiser next year and extend its James Marshello, 23, of Fort Erie. reach to contributing to the wider com- They promoted awareness of people munity. in need during the winter nights in “I think it’s important that awareness Police Foundations students spent the night outside the Mackenzie Building at the Welland. Students collected sleeping is raised because there are so many Welland campus as a part of their Jackets for the Cold fundraiser. Clockwise from front bags and blankets to be donated to Hope homeless people in the world and I House and clothes will be donated to St. think that people can help out by donat- left are James Marshello, Sarah McCleary, Karen Campagiorni, Jesse Edsall, Vanessa Vincent De Paul. ing old clothing and it helps out a lot, Goldfinch, Tara Bolstad and Nicholas McMillan. All hold blankets and coats that will be Hope House provides refuge and St. every little bit helps,” said Tara Bol- donated to local non-profit organizations. Vincent De Paul provides clothes and stad, 21, of Canfield. Photo by Kaesha Forand Page 2, news@niagara, Dec. 9, 2005 After 24 years Raising donations Bartlett leaves library By ANDY BURT her for 24 years. Staff Writer “The students really liked her,” says Kerr. Niagara College said a quiet goodbye to “Everyone was really upset on her last day.” Sue Bartlett on Nov. 3. Irene Masun, a library technician, says she Bartlett, formerly the library services co- misses Bartlett’s presence and enjoyed ordinator at the Welland campus Learning working with her. Resource Centre (LRC), was with the col- “We got along really well on a profession- lege for 24 years. al and personal level. She created a pleasant “The LRC staff will miss Sue’s warm per- working environment,” says Masun, who sonality, her laughter, her practical and worked with Bartlett since 1997. thoughtful approach to building LRC ser- Another of Bartlett’s long time co-work- vices,” says Trish Labonte, director of teach- ers, Laureen Ventnor, a library technician, ing and learning resources at Niagara Col- worked with Bartlett for 24 years. She said it Police Foundations program students display some of the items that were donat- lege, in a recent e-mail. was a “great experience.” Two things she ed for their Jackets for the Cold fundraiser. The students spent Tuesday night out- Sandy Kerr, a library technician at the says she’ll miss about Bartlett are her smil- side the Mackenzie building at the Welland campus. (See page 1 for story.) Welland campus LRC, says students and ing face and her outgoing personality with staff will miss Bartlett. Kerr worked with the staff and students. Photo by Kaesha Forand Union remains hopeful College remembers Continued from page 1 the faculty would “never go for a four-year In other issues, management wants to agreement.” remove the cap on the number of course sec- The union newsletter says management’s tions. The cap is six, and teachers have to proposal will leave college teachers’ salaries John Muggeridge voluntarily agree to teaching more than the at a lower level than high school teachers’ six sections. salaries. He was one of the most distin- defunct The Idler magazine. The faculty negotiation team proposed a The newsletter also states college faculty guished faulty members ever to have Muggeridge was born on the out- deal with 4.5 per cent increases in salary in salaries are $36,000 lower than their univer- taught at Niagara College. skirts of London, England. He studied each of two years. Rosen said the teachers sity counterparts. John Muggeridge, 72, died last week at Jesus College in Cambridge and would like a deal that keeps them ahead of Faculty and management had previously in Toronto. He is survived his by wife after his graduation he came to Cana- the rate of inflation. agreed to use high school and university fac- and four grown children, John, Charles, da in the mid-1950s, starting a new Management countered with a four-year ulty salaries as the key comparator for Matthew and Roslind. career in Corner Brook, N.L. contract offer, which would see salary wages. Muggeridge taught at Niagara Col- He held a master’s degree in Cana- increases of two per cent in each of the first “If you look at the rate of inflation, what lege from Aug. 18, 1969, to Aug. 30, dian history from the University of two years, increasing to 2.25 and 2.5 per cent high school and university teachers have 1995. He taught English literature and Toronto. He taught history and French in the third and fourth year respectively. gotten, it’s not hard to see what it’s going to composition and Canadian Studies at at Ridley College in St. Catharines in The four-year contract proposal was a take to get an agreement.” the college. the early 1960s and then at Earl Haig break from past negotiations, in which two- Still, Rosen says she remains hopeful for He was the son of British journalist Secondary School in Toronto before and three-year contracts have been the norm. an agreement preventing the need for a strike and author Malcolm Muggeridge. coming to Niagara College. Rosen opposed the four-year offer, saying in February or March 2006. A writer himself, Muggeridge His famous father died in 1990. would frequently contribute book Muggeridge’s life was celebrated at reviews to The Globe and Mail in a Latin mass at St. Vincent de Paul Toronto. He wrote regularly for the Church in Toronto last week. David Davies David Davies, who retired as vice- ed Kingdom. president academic at Niagara College The Davies immigrated to Canada in in 1996, died on Friday, Dec. 2, in 1967. David enjoyed an extensive career Welland. He was 66. here. Following retirement, he and his He is survived by his wife of 40 years, wife taught overseas, travelled exten- Joan, who was also a Niagara College sively and sailed their boat down the faculty member; his children, Jenny East Coast. (Reed) and Alun Miles; his son-in-law Friends are invited to an open house on Shane; his grandson Thomas; and his Saturday, Dec. 10, from 2 p.m.
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