Student Newspaper of The University of Lethbridge • Volume 37 Issue 26 • www.themeliorist.com • Thursday, 1 April, 2004 "We were hop- pin'and boppin' to the crocodile rock" Chock out eome Of this weeks mein feature* New Form of Rodent Overrunning Student Population Pg6 Ferrell Hired to Teach Senior Drama Courses at U of L Pg10 Free Money Come & Get it! Pg15 Baseball Season post­ 1st Annual Pride Week Hits U of L poned due to turf mowers' strike See related article on page 4 Pg20 Index News - Pg 4 nightclub\ightclubP Entertainment - Pg 9 A Revolution in Nlghttif#. Sports • Pg 20 "Our House, Your forty" fi Marijuana - Pg 6 Fur Owl«ll» Chuck Imttmr Pag* Nickelback • Pg 10 NEW Dance Platforms NBA Action - Pg 22 t» m n Q t* 1016 1st Ave South www.theroadhouse.ca Careers & Opportune >- The Meliorist I Thursday, 1 /pri.1 2004 I Page 02 i • •: •, careers and opportunities 29i Jinu fioqqo bns 219916D - Marksmen Vegetation Management Inc., Lloydminster, SK - counts at local restaurants. (May 27th) JOBS JOBS JOBS!!! Pesticide Applicators, and Assistants (ASAP) - Manpower, Edmonton - Collection Representatives (Mar. - Fort Whop-Up Interpretive Centre - Summer Interpreter (Apr. Only THREE more weeks of classes left! If you still 30th) 1st) haven't found that summer joh, don't despair! There - Independent Counselling Enterprises (I.C.E.), southern Alberta are still plenty of GOOD summer and full-time jobs - Bow Waters Canoe Club, Calgary - Canoe Camp Instructor, - Residential and relief staff (ASAP) Canoe Guides/Instructors, Lessons Program Coordinator (ASAP) coming in. To access them, register with - Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, Regina - Nursery - Town of Strathmore - Parks Dept. summer positions (Apr. WorkopolisCampus.com! All of our jobs are online. You'll need Technician from May - October (Apr. 5th) 23rd) to obtain the ACCESS CODE from our office (B610). Check it - - U of L - Education Strategist for Students with Disabilities if you don't, you might miss deadlines. We update the - FireFox Marketing - Special Event Staff (ASAP) (Apr. 30th) WorkopolisCampus positions DAILY. - Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, Regina - Nursery SUMMER Technician; Range Technicians, both from May - Oct. (Apr. 5th) VOLUNTEER - Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP) - Jobs - Canadian Red Cross Society, Lethbridge - Program support - Field Assistant positions for Pronghorn Antelope Research with the federal government for the summer. Positions are still Assistant (Apr. 15th) (Apr. 9th) being advertised for agriculture students!!! - Scotia Personnel Ltd., USA and Italy - Summer Camp posi­ - Canadian Red Cross Society, Lethbridge - Canvassers (ASAP) - Chinook Health Region, Lethbridge - STEP Positions: Clerical tions (May 31st) - Child Find Alberta - Volunteer Educators. (ASAP) Assistant; Special Project Office Assistant: Inventory Assistant - Mosaic Sales Solutions, various positions in promotions, mar­ - Volunteer Web site Designers (ASAP) (Apr. 4th) keting, sales and merchandising. (ASAP) - Lethbridge People for Animal Welfare - various positions - Dow AgroSciences, Edmonton - Sales Assistant (Apr. 9th) - Gov't of Saskatchewan Summer Jobs, www.gov.sk.ca/psc/stu- including marketing, advertising, and fundraising. (ASAP) - The Fort Museum of the NWMP, Fort Macleod - Seasonal dent Interpreters (Apr. 16th) - Trojan One - Field Marketing Positions (ASAP) PART TIME - The Empress Theatre, Fort Macleod - Summer Theatre - Camp Okonoki and Canyon Church Camp - Camp Counsellor, - U of L Max Bell Regional Aquatic Centre - Lifeguards (Apr. Performer/Interpreter (Apr. 13th) Assistant Cook, Camp Custodian, Head Cook, Assistant Director 2nd) - Student Works Painting, Lethbridge - Interior and Exterior (ASAP) - U of L Sport & Recreation Services - Fitness Centre Consultant Painters (ASAP) - RCMP Summer Student Program (ASAP) (Apr. 13th) - Carma Developers Ltd., Calgary - Seasonal Labourer (Apr. - The Mountain Restaurant, Lake Louise - Wait Staff, Kitchen - Dollar Store, Lethbridge - Cashier/Merchandisers (ASAP) 15th) Staff (ASAP) - Clean air foundation - Field Reps at Home Depot (Apr. 2nd) - Grasslands Public Schools, Brooks - School Maintenance - Sundance Lodges Campground, Kananaskis - Inside and out­ - John Talerico Financial Services Ltd., Lethbridge - Marketing Workers (Apr. 16th) side work. (ASAP) Assistant. (ASAP) - Horse Groom, Lethbridge and Barons. (ASAP) - Tim Horton Children's Foundation - Many different positions - Peak Vocational and Support Services, Lethbridge - Vehicle - Alberta Conservation Association, Rocky Mountain available! (ASAP) Maintenance (ASAP) House/Cochrane - Resource Technicians I (Apr. 10th) - Northwest Territories Recreation and Parks Assoc. - Pool and - Student needed to do some financial research for a Lethbridge - Lethbridge HIV Connection Society, Public Relations and Waterfront Supervisors (ASAP) resident. (ASAP) Marketing Assistant (Apr. 26th) - Kilmorey Lodge, Waterton - Summer employment in various - Tutor for Grade 5 student - reading and comprehension - ENMAX, Calgary - Land/Survey Summer Student (Apr. 5th) areas. (ASAP) (ASAP) - Maple Leaf Pork, Lethbridge - Various summer positions in - Truguard Pest Control, various U.S. cities - Sales Program. - Naftac Commodities - MS Access System Maintainer (ASAP) the plant. (ASAP) (ASAP) - U of L Health Sciences - Research Assistant (ASAP) - Armin Preiksaitis & Associates Ltd., Edmonton - Planning - Elite Swine Inc. - Pork Production Assistants in AB, SK., MB, - TranSearch Group Inc. - Traffic Surveyors to conduct head Assistant (Apr. 16th) and ON. (ASAP) - Berry Ridge Orchard, Edmonton - Market Garden/Orchard - 5th on 5th Youth Services - Casual Labour Program. workers (ASAP) - AB Sustainable Resource Development: Various positions and - Olds College - Human Resources Clerk (Apr. 2nd) various deadlines! - Okanagan Hockey School, Penticton - Hockey Camp - Young Canada Works - in both Official Languages; in Heritage Counsellors (ASAP) Organizations; National Parks and National Historic Sites. Must - Pronghorn Athletics Summer Sport and Activity Camp Leader be returning to school in the fall of 2004. (ASAP) Student Newspaper of the University of Lethbridge (Apr. 8th) An autcnenrjus bed/, separate fron the U of L Studaits' Lhion - University First Class Painters, Calgary - Painters (Apr. 30th) FULL TIME SU-166, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4 - Potato Growers of Alberta, Taber area - Plot Assistant (Apr. - Grasslands Group - Construction Equipment Sales 5th) Representative in southeast Alberta; Crop Input Sales in south­ - Alberta Conservation Association, Rocky Mountain west Sask. (ASAP) met'• to • ristn (meel'ye riz'm, me'le e-), n. the doc­ House/Cochrane - Resource Technician I (Apr. 10th) - U of L Senate/GFC and School of Graduate Studies - trine that the world tends to become better or may be - Frito-Lay Canada, Banff and Invermere, B.C. - Route Sales Administrative Support II (Apr. 5th) made better by human effort Representative (Apr. 10th) - Person to work in Lethbridge Financial Services company. - Gorgeous Gardens, Lethbridge - Garden and Yard (ASAP) The Meiorist is the student newspaper of the University of Lethbridge, pubished most Maintenance (Apr. 2nd) - Northern Reflections, Lethbridge, Calgary, Red Deer, Medicine Thursdays throughout the academic year by The Meiorist Pubfching Society, an - U of L Physical Plant - General Maintenance and grounds posi­ Hat - Store Managers (ASAP) autonomous incorporated body. Please address all correspondence to The Meiorist, tions. (Apr. 15th) - The King's University College, Edmonton - Registry Officer 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, or drop it off at room SU-166. - BASEBALL OPERATIONS in Lethbridge - Henderson Stadium (Apr. 6th) Deadine for submissions is Sunday at noon. The phone number is (403) 329-2334 a - three positions, Baseball 2000 Inc. - Shastri- Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgary - Communications fax us at 329-2333. The Meiorist appreciates and encourages the writing of thought­ - Two positions, Bulls Baseball 2000 Ltd. - seven positions, Little and Fund Development (Apr. 9th) ful, concise, timety letters. However, The Meiorist wl only consider for pubication those League District #1 - two positions, WCABF - two positions, - McMan Edson - Supports for People with disabilities - letters which are signed by the author (special arrangements may be made for those LDIBF - two positions, Little League Alberta - one position, Residential Services Coordinator, the Palace Residence (Apr. wishing anonymity, but absolutely no pseudonyms), contain the authors legible name, AABC - one position. 19th) address, telephone number and student identification number (address, I.D. and - Leduc County Agricultural Services, Nisku - Weed Inspector, - Canadian Sport Leadership Corps - Commonwealth Games phone number not for publcation). Letters may be ealted for brevity, clarity and legal­ Light Equipment Operator, Pesticide Applicator (Apr. 2nd) Canada Interns. Eight month overseas positions (ASAP) ity. The Melorisf reserves the right to edit submissions and wil not print ibelous material. - Fort McMurray Public Library - Summer Programmer (Apr. - Blood Tribe Administration, Standoff - Blood Band Housing 8th) Director; Senior Executive Officer (Apr. 22nd) Editor-in-Chief | David Green - The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise - Various resort positions - ID Biomedical of Quebec - Research Associcate II and [email protected] (ASAP!) Research Associate IV (ASAP) - Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area,