Red River College’s Student Newspaper March 9, 2015 A smashing good time Page 13 Laugh lessons for ladies Hard pass Local comedy scene veteran looks to lead U-Pass referendum skips over RRC aspiring female comedians Page 8 Page 3 That’s right…no fees! Simply the…BEST! Contact us for details. pg.2 NEWS March 9, 2015 THEPROJECTOR.CA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael Obendoerfer Events The Projector Online [email protected] Aboriginal Student Support & Community VIMEO VIDEO STORIES NEWS EDITOR INTERN EDITORS Relations is offering a 7-week series titled Amber McGuckin Traditional Teachings, facilitated by Elder, [email protected] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Visit our Vimeo page at Samantha Samson Jules Lavallee. vimeo.com/theprojector for exclusive vid- ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR NEWS EDITOR eo stories shot, directed and produced by Ashley Field All staff and students are welcome to attend. video beat reporter Jade Markus. 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Opinions expressed in The Projector do not necessarily reflect those of the students’ association or Red River College. All material is herein copyrighted to The Projector, its contributors, and the RRCSA. Ashley McLauchlan looks through her bills while on a study break. PHOTO BY CHLOE ROSS-ROGERSON WRITE FOR US Anyone can write for The Projector, and Red River College students are encouraged to contribute. Simply pitch or submit an article Balancing bills and books to the appropriate section editor or join our contributors’ list. Though we will consider all Manitoba student loans are giving students a break submissions, due to space restrictions, The Projector cannot guarantee that all articles By Chloe Ross-Rogerson, Intern Layout Editor received will be published. If you wish to respond to something you’ve read in this issue, Students with Manitoba student groceries. for new grads. letters to the editor can be emailed to editor@ loans will experience a lighter “I make a payment and it just goes “We’re just leaving school,” said theprojector.ca. To ensure your chances of being financial load after the province’s toward the interest, not the princi- Saunderson. “Some of us won’t get published, letters should strive to be around decision to remove the interest in ple,” said McLauchlan. a job we’re hoping for and it can 150 to 200 words in length. The Projector 2015. Removing the compound interest take time to get the funds together reserves the right to edit all submissions for length, as well as stylistic, grammatical, and “My loan has accrued over $1000 will ease the financial burden of to pay back the government.” legal guidelines. The Projector also reserves in interest over the past two years,” roughly 27,000 students in Man- The province estimates the removal the right to reprint submissions at any time, said Ashley McLauchlan, an educa- itoba who currently have student of interest from a $10,000 student in both written and electronic formats. The tional assistant student at Red River loans through the province. Many loan would equate to $1,500 saved Projector will not publish content that it deems College. would be unable to access post- over the lifespan of the loan. to be racist, sexist, or otherwise prejudiced. McLauchlan applied for a loan secondary education without the Premier Greg Selinger announced to study business administration student loan program. the development during his throne before switching fields. She said it “I just moved to Canada, so with- speech in Nov. 2014. Further was her only option at the time if out a loan, I would not be able to go details are to be announced in the she wanted to go to school. to school,” said Jamaican Sashanna provincial spring budget, which is McLauchlan said it’s stressful to Saunderson who is studying digital released in March. balance work and her studies while media design. Manitoba is the first province in managing her loan payments on The burden of paying back stu- Western Canada to remove interest top of regular expenses, like her dent loans even without the extra from provincial student loans. rent, car payments, phone bill and interest payments can be difficult THEPROJECTOR.CA March 9, 2015 NEWS pg.3 No chance for U-Pass RRCSA not including bus pass referendum this year as planned News Briefs By Vic Savino, Contributor COMPILED BY The Red River College Students’ to the Exchange District Campus amount of students who come in ADRIANA MINGO Association has made a hard pass on (EDC) daily. here and ask questions or bring the U-Pass, at least for a couple of One issue some students had with it concerns to the SA,” said McDonald. EP Trade Show and years. is that the cost would be mandatory “Unless more students come up to us The next RRCSA election was sup- for all students attending Winnipeg and tell us what they want, we can’t after-party posed to be the last time the U-Pass campuses, even including those who go through with things.” The future entrepreneurs of Red Riv- was up for a vote to the students, but don’t take the bus. The U-Pass will only run through a er College will show off what they’ve the students’ association put a brake Some students were against it, such referendum if more students come been learning at the Entrepreneurial on the bus pass plan until at least as Jarrett Kustra, a business adminis- out and say they want it, said Mc- Program Trade Show on March 19. 2017. tration student. Donald. Last year saw the biggest turn out in “I already pay enough for car insur- “if somebody came in here right As part of their program, RRC years with 16.5 per cent of Red River ance, gas—I understand it, but why now with a petition signed by at least business administration students College (RRC) students voting. But would I pay for everyone else to have 300 students before the next board will pitch their business ideas at the that wasn’t enough for the referen- a bus pass when I pay enough?” meeting on March 10, [the SA] will trade show. In groups, students are dum to be valid. A quorum of 20 The RRC website claims the U-Pass consider running the referendum required to complete a comprehen- per cent is required. The University will benefit drivers as well as stu- again,” McDonald said. sive business plan, then carry out of Manitoba and the University of dents living outside the perimeter, as Until that day comes, there will be portions of that plan. The trade show Winnipeg both have ap- takes place in the South Gym at the Notre Dame Campus from 1:30 p.m. proved the passes. It’s esti- to 4:30 p.m. After the EP Trade Show, mated they will be available the Red River College Students’ As- by 2016. sociation is holding an after party at “The board decided to wait Greenroom from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and see how the U-Pass pans out at the universi- Urban reserve gas ties before going forward with it at the college,” said station RRCSA president Lauren MacLean. “That way we Long Plain First Nation opened a can see the real data and new gas station and smoke shop on practical solutions before Winnipeg’s first urban reserve. The implanting it ourselves.” new Madison Petro-Canada Gas Station and Convenience Store allows A U-Pass is a universal bus aboriginal people with treaty status pass, granting unlimited to buy items like tobacco products transit access during the and gas exempt from provincial sales eight months of each aca- tax (PST). By presenting their treaty demic school year. card, they get a full PST rebate. This comes as a disappoint- ment to students who bus 2,729 Red River College students on average purchase a monthly student bus pass. Parking can be very Long Plain First Nation negotiated hard to find and costly for students. with Ottawa for years to convert the to school on a regular basis. PHOTO BY VIC SAVINO The U-Pass would cost about $260 Winnipeg property to reserve status per academic year. Monthly student and had to sign a municipal services they would be able to park at one 12 no pass on the U-Pass for now. agreement with the city where fees passes currently cost $69.35, and on Park and Ride locations throughout There are over 7,000 students from average the students’ association sells are paid in lieu of taxes and conclude Winnipeg and bus to school.