see MARATHON pAge 3 see WFCU pAge 6 see sTAR WARs pAge 10 VOlUMe X I ssUe VI WWW .T He MedIA pleX .COM NOVeMbeR 6, 2012 e H T CONVERGED CITIZEN Success Centre opens in downtown uing education is absolutely Maciejka Gorzelnik dent Keri Bagley said the one of the pillars of TD,” said Citizen Staff Reporter building is a welcome addition Griggs. “But the main thing is to college life. that it's now your building to St. Clair College students “To have this new building use how you see best and have a new place to call their for students to come and share we're thrilled that our name is own in the downtown sector in their college experience and going to be tied into it as that has been made possible for us to be able to be a part of well.” because of a partnership enhancing their college expe - Windsor West MPP Teresa between the college and TD rience, it really means a lot to Piruzza attended the opening Canada Trust. us,” said Bagley. and said she is excited to see The former TD Canada Trust St. Clair began expanding the collaboration between the branch located at the corner of into downtown in 2007 with college, the bank and the city. University Avenue West and the addition St. Clair College “It's really about giving the Victoria Avenue was donated Centre for the Arts and the students a place to gather, to to St. Clair College by TD. MediaPlex in 2010. According be together, to have resources After four months and approx - to St. Clair College president available for them and some - imately $700,000 in renova - John Strasser a student suc - where to relax,” said Piruzza. tions the TD Centre for cess centre was needed right Photo by Maciejka Gorzelnik “To have this centre here in Student Success opened to the from the start. St. Clair College president Dr. John Strasser is interviewed by the middle of (downtown), it public Nov. 2. The building “(We needed) some place the media at the grand opening of the TD Centre for Student really provides a good has kept much of former TD that the students could gather Success Nov. 2. resource for students and it's branding with wood paneling that were not classrooms,” really a great space.” and glass walls in the offices. said Strasser. “This will help The Success Centre will and budgets according to TD The Success Centre will be With state of the art comput - us be able to support student soon have ATMs installed by Canada Trust Windsor District open Monday to Friday from ers, lounge areas, study rooms success in one area quite apart TD and there are also plans to Vice President Eric Griggs. 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., and a club room, Student from the day to day class - put programs in place to help “We're really eager to be part Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5 Representative Council presi - room.” students with financial literacy of the community and contin - p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Trick or treat, or trick or eat? MediaPlex Clair’s SRC’s annual food bank fundraiser. People in the community have an opportu - wins award nity to give to students in need by donating canned goods. On Oct. 22 and 23, 1,000 brown paper bags were delivered to the doorsteps of homes in dif - ferent neighborhoods by members of the council and volunteers. On Oct. 29 and 30, members and volunteers returned and collected the canned goods which neigh - Photo by Sandee Nho bors were instructed to leave Volunteers and members of the St. Clair College Student on their door step in the brown Representative Council sort through the donated canned goods bags. The cans were donated at St. Clair College in Windsor Oct. 29. to the campus food bank Photo by James Zimmerman which is available to full-time Crime Stoppers presented an award to the MediaPlex for the Sandee Nho Council is giving to those in production of a video that Crime Stoppers submitted for spe - Citizen Staff Reporter need while helping to raise students at St. Clair. The organizer of the cam - cialized training at the CSI Conference in Las Vegas this students’ awareness of pover - October. (Left) OPP Constable Ryan Burney, and WPS The St. Clair College ty. paign was Keri Bagley, presi - dent of the SRC. Detective Tim Murphy, present the award to David Harrison, Student Representative “Trick or Eat” is the St. centre, at MediaPlex in downtown Windsor. see sRC pAge 11 CONVERGED CITIZEN NOVeMbeR 6, 2012 NEWS pAge 2 .. Business owners divided on World Series banners Chris Richards $3,000.” “Being in the hospitality Citizen Staff Reporter Like the Red Bull Air Race industry and particularly the banners, the city plans to sell sports bar industry, I see the Downtown Windsor busi - the World Series banners after amount of support for those ness owners are having mixed the series is over to recoup teams here in Windsor,” he opinions about the city’s most or all of the cost. Kim said. “So do I think it’s a bad recent decision to invest thou - said regardless it is money idea? No, I think it’s a great sands of dollars in decorating “not at all” well spent. idea. Why not capitalize.” for the World Series. “I think it’d be great if it was While agreeing $10,000 is a Windsor City Council presale, but I don’t think any - lot of money, Farrugia said approved the purchase of 50 one’s going to buy them. I the amount is a “paltry sum” World Series banners Oct. 22. think it’ll be busy downtown compared to what the city has The banners will be hung whether they spend that from streetlights in the down - money or not,” he said. spent before. While he appre - town area and cost $200 each, Owner and operator of The ciates the hype and excite - meaning it will cost the city a Dugout Sports Lounge Derek ment in the downtown core, total $10,000. Farrugia said banners are a he doesn’t feel the buyback Patrick Kim, executive con - great idea. Being in the sports option will be as popular as sultant and partner at Blue bar industry and a restaura - the city hopes. Apple print shop on Ouellette teur, Farrugia said he feels “We might buy something Avenue, prints major event Windsor shares a sense of like that to see where cost banners. Kim said the amount ownership with Detroit goes,” said Farrugia. “If it paid by the city is far too towards their sports teams. was something that ends up much. “I directly am one of the going towards (charity), like “I know for Labatt’s, we people that are going to bene - we’re going to sell these off printed over 100 banners for fit from that, so I’m for it,” and donate (the money) to a Canada Day for Ottawa,” Kim said Farrugia. “It’s something local fundraising program, said. “That $10,000 value is that’s in lieu of the Detroit then for sure we’d be right on Photo by Chris Richards not even close to what they teams. All of their profession - board with that. Other than paid. It was a fraction of that al franchises are kind of like World Series banners hang from lampposts on Riverside Drive if anything. So $10,000 for our pseudo local professional that, I don’t know if it would Oct. 26 in downtown Windsor. Windsor City Council purchased 50 banners? In my opinion, franchise teams here in be in our interest to buy a 50 banners at a cost of $10,000 to celebrate the Detroit Tigers that shouldn’t cost more than Windsor as well.” World Series banner.” playing in the World Series. Free Press Marathon runs through Windsor Windsor tunnel. the women’s race with a With a wave start, smaller time of two hours, 24 min - groups of participants were utes and 33 seconds. Each sent off at two-minute inter - winner received a $3,000 vals beginning at 7 a.m. to USprize. avoid congestion. First time marathon partic - Registrants had the option of ipant Adriana Forest from participating in the 26.2 mile LaSalle said the experience course, 13.1 mile course, was “simply amazing.” five kilometre run/walk or “Running over the bridge the five-person relay. It also was the best part because included wheelchair racers you could see the sun rising and hand-cyclists. where the tunnel was more According to the Detroit hot and eerie. Even though Free Press website, the event we didn’t run in Windsor is considered competitive. A long, it was really nice to run right by the University of “last chance pacer” bus fol - Windsor because it’s like my lowed all racers, giving them home away from home and a fair warning to pick up that’s where I trained the their pace. If walkers could - most,” said Forest, 21. “I n’t keep pace they were was thinking about my loved required to board the bus ones who were there to sup - Photo by Melissa Iarusso that would transport them to port me the whole time but Sue Flanagon, left, runs with her father George Freeman, 81, in the Detroit Free Press/Talmer the start-finish area. All rac - also really focusing on my Bank marathon Oct.