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http://www.newsatniagara.com Nov. 10, 2006 Volume 37, Issue 2 See pg. 11 for Remembrance Day insert The Best Way To Connect With Niagara See pg. 24 GenerationsGenerations ofof SacriSacrififi cece Lincoln and Welland Regiment Royal Army Cadet Warrant Offi cer James Joyce stands vigil during the Nov. 5 Remembrance Day wreath- laying ceremony at Centennial Park in Fenwick. See pages 11 to 18 for more Remembrance Day coverage. Photo by Shawn Taylor COMMENTARY Your U>Pass vote needed We remember By NATE LASOVICH be charged for the U>Pass, at a rate campus and the Niagara-on-the- Staff Writer of $15 per month or $60 per term. Lake campus and make inter- By LESLEY SMITH The wheels on the bus go round It can save students up to $750 per regional transportation better. Columnist and round, and now at a lower cost term off regular transportation Implementation will mean a new We live through Nov. 11 every year saying we for students. charges. campus connection route between remember, but do we really? Niagara College’s Student Additional savings come at tax Niagara-on-the-Lake and Welland The reality is few of us have been exposed to Administrative Council (SAC) is time when expired transit passes or during peak hours, as well as 14 war and have no experiences to remember. For asking students to come out and receipts make users eligible for a tax new trips between Niagara Falls me, that has changed. vote during the U>Pass referendum credit on their income tax return. and Niagara-on-the-Lake, eight new In June of 2004 I travelled to France with a from Nov. 13 to Nov. 17. “It would mean dramatic savings trips between Welland and Brock, group of students, parents and teachers from my Voting will take place at polling for students,” says Elsie Vrugteveen, fi ve new trips between Niagara-on- high school to attend the Commemorative Cer- stations at each campus, or online Niagara-on-the-Lake campus SAC the-Lake and Brock, and three new emonies for the 60th Anniversary of D-Day as well as to visit impor- through the student portal. Informa- president. trips between Niagara-on-the-Lake tant sites of war memorials and cemeteries. I could not have guessed tion and referendum terms are avail- “It connects fi ve cities for one and St. Catharines. the impact it would have. able at http://www.ncsac.ca and fare.” The cities are Welland, Nia- Among these new trips will be In Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, a small town of 300 residents, http://www.myspace.com/ncsac. gara Falls, Thorold, St. Catharines evening and weekend trips making Dominion Cemetery is located half a kilometre into a fi eld. Now An information session will also and Niagara-on-the-Lake. residence living easier. an unassuming farmer’s fi eld, this is the area where more than 200 be held on Nov. 13 at 12:30 p.m. Students with classes starting in Students get unlimited ridership Canadians fought and were buried during the First World War. in the Secord Room at the Welland September would be charged the on any transit route throughout Getting off the bus, we saw the vivid red of poppies sprinkled campus and at 1:30 p.m. in the fee for the full academic year, while the three systems: St. Catharines, among the vast fi eld around us. Yerich Auditorium at the Niagara- January start students would only Niagara Falls and Welland. It was fi tting to see the prominent symbol we use for remembrance, on-the-Lake campus. be charged for the second term. For more information regarding since it was what happened next that began to change the way I All students enrolled in classes The U>Pass is a universal bus the U>Pass referendum, please visit viewed Remembrance Day. that include an activity fee will also pass that will connect the Welland www.ncsac.ca. Page 2, news@niagara, Nov. 10, 2006 $3.5 million Tech Centre ‘dream come true’ By MARCUS YOUNGREN M. Flaherty, who recognized Welland, Niagara College Student Staff Writer Niagara College as a leader in the Administrative Council Inc., the Niagara College’s offi cial technology fi eld. Regional Municipality of Niagara opening of the Niagara Technology Boyd De Waard, president of and Walker Industries Holdings Skills Centre at its Welland campus Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp., Ltd. were all honoured was held on Nov. 2. was also in attendance as one as President’s Circle Donors and industry partners of the major contributors to the members, with donations were honoured for the parts they project. De Waard confi rmed how of $100,000 or more. played in the development. this new facility would help the John Deere Foundation of The project represents a total “long-term health of the industry.” Canada and Lincoln Fabrics investment of $3.5 million, of He described how people in Ltd. were also recognized as which $1 million was raised benefactors having invested through the Advanced Technology $50,000 or more. The Royal Campaign, drawing the support Bank of Canada Foundation was of industry, the City of Welland, credited as a patron for donating Region of Niagara and Niagara $25,000 or more. College students. “Niagara College will now The new Technology Centre is be able to have a cutting-edge a 929-square-metre expansion of Chair of the Technology Skills technology building, which the original building that consists Centre Kevin Hewitt (left) and demonstrates the college’s of high-tech classrooms and labs, College President Dan Patterson commitment to technology including laser machining, a unveil a plaque during the offi cial programs,” stated Patterson. “The Programmable Logic Controller, opening of the Technology project allows for the consolidation metrology, engineering materials Centre in recognition of of all of the college’s technology and robotics labs. those whose fi nancial support programs at the Welland campus. On hand to commemorate this made the project possible. This consolidation, combined event was college President Dan Photos by with the equipment and facilities Patterson, who described the new Marcus Youngren upgrades, provides opportunities centre as a “dream come true.” for cross-disciplinary interaction He stated the centre provides our response to this need. It allows will provide the students with the industry will be looking to between programs and the shared the students with the skills and for a collaborative approach to the problem-solving skills they Niagara College students for the use of equipment and technology knowledge they require for the technology that mirrors industry.” need today to become innovators future of their companies. that mirrors industry.” best jobs in the industry. The Dean of Technology Christine tomorrow.” He discussed how businesses Niagara College offers 18 college also recognized support Bradaric-Baus was also present Welland Mayor Damian need to take a more active role in technology post-secondary and from the students themselves, who and described the new centre as Goulbourne declared it to be schools “Businesses need to be apprenticeship programs in the invested $250,000, a testament “an indication of the college’s a “proud moment for Niagara more involved in school projects areas of computers, construction, to the students’ dedication and commitment to engineering College, the City of Welland and and curriculum development.” electrical, electronics, mechanical, commitment to the college. programs.” She also acknowledged the Niagara region.” Goulbourne He also expressed his confi dence motive power, photonics and “With this, students emphasize the level of work that went into discussed how the manufacturing in the college and its ability to welding. that they want to graduate from the completion of the project. industry drives the Niagara produce students who will be “With the quality of the the best college,” said Patterson. She stated the project took 2 1/2 region and how Niagara College able to rise to the challenges the facilities, leading-edge technology “Employers have told us that they years to complete with a team is to be credited for its response industry sets. and a top-notch teaching team, require technology graduates who consisting of all 50 staff members to the industry. The mayor also All of those who invested in we (Niagara College) are well are broadly skilled and who have in the Technology division, reminisced on his recent visit to the project were thanked and positioned to be a leader in been exposed to a diverse range of as well as outside contractors. Ottawa, where he met with the recognized. Bosch Rexroth technology in the college system,” disciplines. This project represents Bradaric-Baus adds, “The centre Minister of Finance James Canada Corp., the City of stated Patterson. Colleges seek more funding By ROBYN HOPPER maintenance because colleges have lacked the Staff Writer resources to keep these buildings in “top-notch Niagara College’s balanced budget won’t last long. shape.” Dan Patterson, Niagara College president, says this “The college system has been lobbying the year the college has a balanced budget, but each year government and asking for private sector contributions it is increasingly diffi cult, given the amount of funding to help address our capital needs.” received from the provincial government. Niagara College is embarking on a master plan for PeerPeer TutorsTutors “The reality is that the level of funding makes most the Welland campus. colleges struggle just to keep pace with the rate of Patterson explains, “Master planning tries to infl ation.” identify all the current and future assets of the college He says the college can make its budget work for and connect them to current and future program now, but it will need additional and signifi cant funding requirements.

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