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Jen Zoratti up to the rule. Red River College of RRC's most well known The projector wishes him all [email protected] announced in mid-December programs. The program, which the best in the future. that Dave Williamson, dean of began with 25 students, has Business and Applied Arts since grown to accommodate 150 Layout/Photo Editor `88 will retire in January. students across four majors. Grant Burr [email protected] Layout/Photo Editor PERSONAL SAFETY you are going and if transfer- CRIME PREVENTION Justen Vogt INFORMATION ring, how to get home. TIPS (AUTO THEFT) [email protected] If alone on the bus, choose a When using Public Transit seat close to the driver. Report make sure you are alert to your any problems to the driver — the Last year, Winnipeg had over Advertising and. Sales Manager surroundings. bus is radio-equipped to call for 13,000 vehicles stolen. 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To Kyle Bakx Sheila North Wilson Erin Carter Jack Rach Ghislain Courcelles Pamela Roz t'klexandra Dodger Kelly Rrbachuk jennifer jularbal Nicole Shanowsky Alan MacKenzie llAivid Smith letter to the editor Mark l'i/icrkoske Carle Willson Jesse Nerenberg Zoratti December 20, 2005 0 Editor-In-Chief The Projector via e-mail Dear Editor: the next story meeting for the projector is: 12:00 p.m., Friday, On behalf of The War Amps, I would like to thank reporter Lizz Bottrell for her excellent article Jan. 20, about The Boys of Kelvin High: Canadians in Bomber Command, the newest release in our Military Heritage Documentary Series. The Boys of Kelvin High is one of the many projects The War Amps in W102 Ne 0 has undertaken to mark the Year of the Veteran. The response to the documentary has been overwhelming and seems to have struck a nerve with the younger generation. Due to demand from the public, a second showing was added recently in Winnipeg, with another full house. 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Email your letter to [email protected] nos I lie January 9 2006 the projector coffee company grinds environmentalists timmys fails to recycle BY HELEN CHOLAKIS fled problem is that customers are frequently given cups are being used and put into landfills each year as double cups, as the company doesn't use sleeves for a result of coffee purchases at this location. hot beverages. Tariq says customers get one free coffee with the nvironmental advocates remind us to reduce, Darryl Hawula, a frequent customer of Tim purchase of a large travel mug ($3.99) or deluxe extra- re-use and recycle, but unless you plan ahead, Hortons at the RRC Princess Street campus, left the large travel mug ($4.99), and they save five cents on Eit's not easy being green when you're a customer kiosk recently with a double cup, although he didn't each large or extra large coffee each time they use of Tim Hortons. ask for one. them. These savings, however, are not advertised at For customers who want to reduce their unneces- the kiosks. sary paper consumption, re-useable china mugs are Natalie Seaba, RRC's environmental affairs coordi- not available Travel mugs are sold as an alternative "...our hands are some- nator, says she is planning to put up signs to inform to paper cups, but Shaban Tariq, who works at Tim what tied because of people about the savings as an incentive to use the Hortons at the Red River College (RRC) Princess travel mugs. Street campus, estimates only five per cent of custom- corprate Tim Hortons "We have identified that cup waste is an issue," says ers use them. NATALIE SEABA Seaba. "Staff have brought it up too, not just students, According to the City of Winnipeg Water and policy." and we are working to resolve the issue, although our Waste Department, Tim Hortons coffee cups are not hands are somewhat tied because of corporate Tim recyclable because of the wax coating on them. Tim Hortons policy." "They just gave it to me," says Hawula. "It's actu- Hortons head office acknowledges the only place in Jacqueline Leung and Loretta Lau, both students Canada where the cups are recyclable is Moncton, ally good in a sense because a lot of times the coffee is of McGill University, are among those calling for really hot, and it burns your hand...but there must be New Brunswick. change. In Nov. '05, they posted an on-line petition, another way that's more environmentally friendly." Public criticism, which has become increasingly at thepetitionsite.com/takeaction asking Tim Hortons One employee estimates 520 cups of coffee are sold vocal, has also focused on the chain's annual "roll up to "put more effort in taking care of the environment each day at the franchise on RRC's downtown cam- the rim to win" promotion. Critics charge the contest by reducing their paper waste...by promoting the pus. That means 494 non-recyclable cups are being promotes unnecessary cup waste because employees usage of travel mugs and ensuring every dine-in cus- used each day for coffee alone. If Tim Hortons is open give customers paper cups even if they drink their tomer is given a china mug for hot drinks." beverage out of china or travel mugs, in order to five days a week for 50 weeks each year, that is, 250 give the customer a chance to win. Another identi- days per year, it means 123,500 non-recyclable paper WELLNESS PROGRAMS phd for peace (Notre Dame Campus Location) BY GHISLAIN COURCELLES Fitness Fix (Late Afternoon) Mondays 4:15pm — 5:15pm, North Gym January 16 — April 10 (10 Classes) en John Lennon wrote his anthem Imagine in Instructor: Eleanor Tsang. `71, he urged the world to operate as though This class combines a blend of muscular strength and endurance work with cardio Wthere were "no countries, no religion, and no activities. possessions." This, he reasoned, would leave us with "noth- Cost: STUDENTS: $40.00 STAFF: $45.00 Minimum of 10 participants. ing to kill or die for," only people "living life in peace." But what is peace? Can it be defined, let alone achieved? What are some of the concrete actions individuals can Fitness Fix (Noon Hour) undertake to help the peace process along? Thursdays 12:00pm — 12:50pm, North Gym January 19 — April 6 (10 Classes) Starting in '06, the University of Manitoba will offer Instructor: Eleanor Tsang. Canada's first doctoral program concerned with peace and This class combines a blend of muscular strength and endurance work with cardio conflict studies.