FOR R5:ference (CM eRCiM THIS ROOW EiCiblishcd 1971 http://etcetera.humberc.on.ca 'i 9 W/f Et Get Lifestyles Sports What did you do Huntber basketball he's ba-ack/17 in bed last destroys Huskies/19 night?/! 1 Nov. 27 - Dec. 3, 1997 iNSlDi: Shooting NEWS suspect not in the books BY Deborah Pattison News Reporter ~~..^^A. man who claimed to be a Hihipber College student is Humber residence is rolling with weed. Marijuana is readily available if you know where to get it. wanted for attempted murder by Metro Police. Despitejhe suspect's claim, Martha Casson, dean of Registrarial Services, said the college has no record of the man sought by police. ARTS Humber high Warrants are out for the arrest of Agron Shabanaj, 22, and Ylber Berisha, 21, in con- BY Jeff Heatherington the residence, but he doesn't think ate action upon finding somebody nection with the shooting of News Reporter a lot of selling takes place. using non-prescribed drugs on the three men early Sunday morn- of 1 that " Jf "You don't get a lot selling college property. know L - What do students at Humber ing. in college residences, it's mainly police do n\ake regular tours College residence do when they incident place al the just use," he said. "But ifs pretfy through the arboretum and there The took get bored? They drink beer and Cris Club Restaurant at 1720 easy to tell from a management's are various undercover people." smoke marijuana! However, only Queen St. W. about 1 a.m. Police perspective if someone is selling Some students in residence risk of the is legal. one two believe the attack was retalia- because there is an increase in the eviction by smoking in their Marijuana is found just about tion of amount of people that are smok- rooms. One student uses various after one the suspects everywhere in society today, and ing." techniques to keep from getting was thrown out of the club, Humt>er's student residence is no to a in caught while smoking inside. according report The exception. Though it's mainly Toronto Sun. "First I put masking tape all kept hush-hush, marijuana isn't "With 750 students around the cracks in my door, Two bouncers and a too hard to find, or smell for that bystander were shot. One living together in then I open the window and put matter. bounce sheets on the heater and bouncer was in critical condi- I want some buildings there "When weed, two tion at St. Joseph's Hospital turn it on high to neutralize the there's always some around," said is never a shortage smell," said the unidentified stu- Monday. a second-year student at the resi- dent. The suspects are known at dence who requested anonymity. of pot." The residence hallways are the nightclub, which is popular "With 750 students living together anonymous patrolled two to three times a with the Russian and Polish in two buildings there is never a communities. night by residence assistants and HEALTH shortage of pot." There have been a couple of Berisha are security who are always on the Shabanaj and Residence management isn't incidents this year as well as a lookout for smokers. both from the former Yugo- completely to the situation naive few under investigation, but there slavia. "We can't often smell it in the t and realize marijuana does exist hasn't l)een enough concrete evi- . Shabanaj is described as 57"^ residence itself, but we can smell in the buildings. They have a do dence to justify any evictions. 160 lbs, with black hair and it off the people who are coming strict policy that is enforced when Most documented cases of stu- back into the residence after brown eyes. He speaks someone is caught in the act. dents smoking marijuana this smoking outside," said Chris Albanian and English with an "We have a zero tolerance poli- year have involved small quanti- McGarvey, a residence assistant accent, and is believed to fre- cy in which our first decision is to ties, like a single joint. quent 33rd St. in Etobicoke. He who is in the Public Relations cer- evict the student," residence life "If you look at the real world, is believed to drive a 1989 grey tificate program. co-ordinator John Conrad said< if someone gets caught smoking a Ford Probe. Each floor in residence has at "The policy is not all black and joint, the police won't do very Berisha is approximately least one RA (residence assistant) white though, there are exceptions much even though it is illegal," 5'10", with a build in charge of their floor. medium and to every rule." Conrad said. "However 99.9 per "As RAs we report what we short brown hair. He is known "Since it is an educational envi- cent of the time we will evict, but to drive a 1988 black Suzuki believe we smell and find to John ronment, if we were going to there is always that exception." lECH Conrad and Derek Maharaj and Samurai or a 1990 red Nissan cause harm to the student's acade- Most students take their weed they investigate from there," 240. mic success, then that be a may outside and either smoke in the Metro Police have described McGarvey said. Maharaj is the factor in our decision," Conrad parking lot or in the arboretum manager of the residence. the men as armed and danger- said. area beside the residence. ous, and have warned citizens "1 think there is a lot less smok- Though marijuana is available "There are always a few ing inside this year than last from approaching the duo. tturoughout residence, the under- instances every year," said Gary Anyone with information year," said RA Amy Harder, a ground operation is kept low-key, Jeynes, director of Physical second-year Public Relations stu- leading to their arrest, call especially when it comes to sell- Resources and Security. "We do Detective Michael Shanahan, 11 dent. "But 1 think that more peo- ing. have security who make regular Division or Stoppers ple will start smoking inside as CIB Crime Conrad believes drugs exist in checks and will take the appropri- at 222-TlPS. the weather gets colder." An Exclusive Offer to Humber Students! See page 4 Point your ^computer)! browser to shop^ TIPTOP 41M7S«C22aL409B Woodbine Centre I News I Students locked out of educational conference Interest groups say banks are putting their own interests first BY Deborah Pattison Royal Bank to decide on what the News Reporter future of education is supposed to "Education under attack! be. The CEO from Schneiders' is What do we do? Stand up, fight in there, deciding what my future back!" is going to look like, what the That was the chant at the future of my education is going to Metro Toronto Convention look like,"Vance said. Centre last Wednesday as nine "I am the spokesperson of the students from York and Guelph University of Guelph student universities, stormed the Summit government, and I am not on the Future of Ontario allowed to be in there and as Universities. someone who represents 13,000 The summit was organized by students I am not entitled to be Scotiabank on the premise that there." post-secondary institutions need The students were repeatedly help with funding and the cre- asked to leave by the centre's ation of areas of institutional security, and when they refused, excellence to compete in the glob- Metro Police were brought in to al market place. deal with the disturbance. In Premier Mike Harris was giv- response to additional requests ing his speech when the students for the students to vacate the entered the area and attempted to building, the group responded gain admittance into the room. with "Education is a right, we When they were denied entrance, will not give up the fight!" they -sat in front of the door, bar- But Harris was unimpressed. ricaded the room andexpressed He later told reporters. "I don't their disapproval. do protests. I listen to reasoned The protesting students' argu- arguments and debates, but ment was that the government whistling and shouting doesn't was trying to fix their financial contribute much to our decision problems at the expense of post- making. So that's their opportuni- secondary education. ty to get on T.V. I'm interested in "Why can't we talk about the opportunities to improve the fact that the people in there have quality of education," Harris said. investments that they need pro- Wayne Poirier, Ontario tected. So they fought, they Chairperson of the Canadian fought bitterly to keep in place Federation of Students said and choke down and put people "There's a fundamental problem out of work. Now we have these when university presidents are huge deficits and they're asking meeting with the presidents and to gut our education sector to chief executive officers of banks make up for stuff that's their and corporations that sit on the fault!" said one student. Boards of Governors of university Harris said he was unim- bodies which are responsible pressed with the protest and was directly for increasing tuition fees. invited there by Ontario's univer- These individuals have a direct sities. benefit from privatizing universi- Sarah Vance, an International ties, from deregulating tuition Development student at Guelph fees and from increasing students' University, and spokesperson for tuition fees," he said. the Central Student Association, Harris defended his govern- said the meeting is supposed to ment and the universities.