Roller derby Bus fares Art behind girls kick ass to increase bars in new year Aboriginal artist The Projector’s Amie lives her dream Seier rolls with the pros p.09 p.03 p.08 Find us on Facebook ProjectorThe Follow us @RRCProjector RED RIVER COLLEGE’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1967 DECEMBER 06 2010 MONDAY ISSUE 08 WINTER BREAK LOL 10 wonderful things to do this winter p. 07 Time to Curling butt out? season in RRC smoke-free zones full swing still not respected p.03 p.11 Monday 12.06.10 02 NEWS ProjectorThe CAMPUS CHATTER EDITOR IN CHIEF Sandy Klowak [email protected] What is the worst gift you’ve ever NEWS EDITOR Kiran Dhillon given or received? 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EDITORS IN CHIEF Hayley Brigg & Dani Finch - Aime Cot Frequents Princess Campus NEWS EDITORS Palmer Fritschy & Laura Kunzelman ARTS EDITORS Sara Harrison & Krystalle Ramlakhan I definitely got fuzzy pink socks SPORTS EDITORS One time I gave my sister a CD that I one Christmas, it was horrible. My Andrew Parker & Amie Seier wanted to buy… it was Carrie Under- mom gave them to me in front of wood… please don’t take my picture. my entire family. LAYOUT EDITORS Judy Braun & Kevan Hannah - Tyler Routledge - Brenden 1st year Electrical 1st year Business PHOTO EDITORS Engineering Technology Information Technology Rachelle Taylor RED RIVER COLLEGE P110-160 Princess Street Winnipeg, MB R38 1K9 www.rrcsa.ca Lighting up history in Phone: (204) 947-0013 Fax: (204) 949-9150 the Exchange CONTRIBUTORS RRC sets Union Bank Tower aglow with light display Thomas Asselin Paul Lagimodiere Darrin Bauming Allison Marinelli great way to welcome people to the Ex- Brendyn Bialek Evan Matrick balFoods Institute, formerly known as the change District. It’s great to see some new Sean Campbell Alyssa McDonald Union Bank Tower, at the corner of Main St. life in that old building,” said RRC hospital- Mike Choi Daniella Ponticelli and William Ave. ity student Kevin Sawka. Shelley Cook Albertine Watson Palmer Fritschy The lighting display, which features Completed in 1904, the Union Bank Jeremy Giacomin Jeremy Williams INTERN NEWS EDITOR blue and green lights that run along the Tower was western Canada’s first sky- building’s front façade, breathes some scraper and is now a National Historic Site. WHO WE ARE new life into the building and is emblem- Vacant for nearly two decades, the newly As part of its “Lighting Up History” atic of RRC’s efforts to revitalize the heri- renovated building will house a train- The Projector is the official newspaper of Red capital campaign, Red River College has tage building and the Exchange District ing facility for RRC’s culinary, hospital- River College and is published by the Red River Col- installed an LED lighting display on the as a whole. ity, and tourism programs, while serving lege Students’ Association (RRCSA) every second college’s newest addition, the Paterson Glo- “The lighting display seems like a as the location for the college’s first-ever Monday. The Projector is a member of the Canadian student residence. University Press (CUP), a national organization of “I’m jealous of whoever will get to student newspapers. Opinions expressed in The live there. It would be pretty cool to come Projector do not necessarily reflect those of the stu- home to that building every day,” said dents’ association or Red River College. All material Neil Haas, a student at RRC’s Notre Dame is herein copyrighted to The Projector, its contribu- Campus. tors, and the RRCSA. Andrew Paterson, CEO of Paterson GlobalFoods and Vice-President of the Pat- WRITE FOR US erson Foundation, announced at the light- ing ceremony that the capital campaign Anyone can write for The Projector. Red River has already reached over two-thirds of its College students are encouraged to contribute. fundraising goal. Pitch or submit an article to the appropriate section Paterson and RRC President Stephanie editor or join our contributors’ list. Though we will Forsyth highlighted the significance of the consider all submissions, due to space restrictions, new development in expanding the capac- The Projector cannot guarantee that all articles re- ity of the college, creating new opportuni- ceived will be published. If you wish to respond to ties in the food and hospitality sector, and something you’ve read in this issue, letters to the further revitalizing the Exchange District. editor can be emailed to [email protected]. To en- The new display comes at a transition sure your chances of being published, letters should period for the college as the campus at strive to be around 150 to 200 words in length. The 160 Princess Street was recently renamed Projector reserves the right to edit all submissions The Roblin Centre at the Exchange District for length, as well as stylistic, grammatical, and legal Campus, in honour of former Manitoba guidelines. The Projector also reserves the right to Premier Duff Roblin. reprint submissions at any time, in both written and The $27-million Paterson GlobalFoods electronic formats. The Projector will not publish Institute is scheduled to open in Sept. 2011. content that it deems to be racist, sexist, homopho- bic or otherwise hateful or prejudiced. The Projector MONDAY 12/06/10 NEWS 03 InBrief local news Poor kids in Manitoba Manitoba has been ranked the child-poverty capi- tal of Canada for a second year in a row. According to an an- nual report card released by Campaign 2000 and the Social Planning Council of Winni- peg, 68 per cent of the prov- ince’s aboriginal children six and under live in poverty. The report also shows that Mani- toba’s poverty rate of 17 per cent is higher than the Cana- dian rate of 14.2 per cent. Ac- cording to the Winnipeg Free Press, Wayne Helgason, ex- ecutive director of the Social Planning Council, is calling on the province to increase minimum wage and funding for social housing. national news Time to butt out? Bike routes on Google Maps RRC smoke-free zones still not respected Cyclists can now plan their daily commute using Google Maps. According to the Photo by Rachelle Taylor CBC, Google launched its bike disciplinary action. Dame Campus. rule isn’t being respected. Other directions map in the U.S. last According to the College “We are still in educational than the five meter ban, the Prin- March and the service is now Smoking Policy, if a student re- mode. Right now there is lots of cess Street Campus does not have being brought to cities across ceives two formal oral warnings latitude with the warning since smoke free-zones because of its Canada. By entering a start- Alyssa McDonald (meaning their name and stu- there has been such a change unique layout that only allows for ing location and destination CONTRIBUTOR dent number is written down), in implementing the zones,” three main entrances. into the search engine, Google the chair of their program will said Drever. Dave Clarke, emergency pre- will provide users with recom- be notified and disciplinary ac- ‘Smoke Free Zones’ are a re- paredness coordinator for En- mended bike routes. Google The puffs of smoke that fill tion can be taken against the cent addition to the Notre Dame vironmental Health and Safety Maps will also provide users the cold air a few meters from student. The policy lists writ- Campus as of this past August. Services, said that since adding with the estimated time to get doorways are a normal sight for ten reprimands and up to three The Red River College Executive the ‘Smoke Free Zones’ there has to their destination and a map Winnipeggers. But at RRC, do stu- days suspension from classes as Committee decided to implement been “marked improvement.” guiding them through the rec- dents know the risks they are tak- disciplinary action. them after receiving complaints He said a similar system at the ommended route. ing by smoking too close to the Gerbrandt said he normally about exposure to smoke when Exchange District Campus could door or in non-smoking areas? abides by the rules but has been entering and exiting buildings. happen if things get worse, es- “I don’t know Red River’s asked by security to move further The zones include the plaza pecially regarding the William international policy – I don’t think it was ever away from the door. He obliged level courtyard and main en- Street entrance. news really explained in orientation. and security didn’t take his trance awning, as well as areas “The enforcement is main- We know the five meter rule or name. Identification usually isn’t around the Day Care, carpentry tained because we want people else we would be closer to the taken unless the student has been and welding shops at the Notre smoking to respect non-smok- Ocean dead zones grow door,” said Brad Gerbrandt, a warned repeatedly.