Student debt 3 I Stem cell debate 7 I Drive-In theatres 16 OD!CALS ROJECT 111411thIll rrc s u en news a er 9ectb 1antgbe5 ribatr Club NOW CELEBRATING Members & Guests Welcome! • Can apply for membeNhip at the door is YEARS! Thanks for all the support to the students, and staff of Red River College. Look forward to seeing you in Fall 2005! Hours: Monday — Friday 11:30 am —2 am, SaturdayRd Sunday 2,21— 2am 120 KING STREET Ph: 95111 10 2 THE PROJECTOR I MAY 2, 2005 :PROJECTOR College news briefs Editor-in-Chief COMPILED BY PROJECTOR STAFF Automobile Showcase Jillian Brown Princess St. [email protected] Crisis Communications The 2nd annual Motorsports The Print and Graphic Centre at Workshop Show'n Shine will be held on Notre Dame and Princess St. will Thursday, May 26 from 6 p.m. to be open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. News Editor There will be a two-day work- 9 p.m. at the North parking lot at - 4 p.m., with Notre Dame being Mike Uhrich shop for Crisis Communications the Notre Dame Campus. closed July 18 - Aug. 1. [email protected] and Risk Management at the Entry is open to anyone. Come Princess ST. Campus. The work- show off your all-year rods, cus- Notre Dame Entertainment Editor shop is geared toward today's toms, classics, antiques, muscle The AB Copy Centre will be Jen Zoratti dynamic leaders who wish to cars, trucks and motorcycles. open Monday to Friday 8:15 a.m. [email protected] learn from facilitators Eric Turner The major prize is a Kreepster, - 3:45 p.m. until the end of June. and Ron Hill. and a president's choice trophy Turner is a member of the will be presented. Admission is Princess St. Food Services Layout/Photo Editor Canadian Public Relations free. Donations will be accept- As of May 24, Tim Hortons will Grant Burr Society, the National Information ed for the Heart and Stroke be open Monday to Friday 7 a.m. [email protected] Officers Association, and the Foundation of Manitoba. - 4 p.m. and the food court will be Institute of Public Administration open 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Layout/Photo Editor of Canada. Hill is the director of RRC Summer Hours Justen Vogt Notre Dame Communications and Public [email protected] The Buffalo will be open from Relations at the Misericordia The following auxiliary services May 2 - June 17, Monday to Health Centre, the Misericordia have changed their hours: Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m., Advertising and Sales Manager Centre Foiundation's Director Friday 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., and Guy Lussier of Development, and the Vice Notre Dame Saturday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. After [email protected] President membership with The The Bookzone at Notre Dame June 17, the Buffalo will be open Health Care Public Relations will be open May 2 - Aug. 15, Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. - 3 Association of Canada. Monday to Thursday 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Contributing Writers and Photographers The conference takes place on p.m., and Friday 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Otto's and HETC will be Wednesday, May 11 and Thursday, The Bookzone at Princess St. closed as of May 20 at 1 p.m., Kyle Bakx Teresa Murray May 12 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The will be open Monday to Thursday, the Voyageur will be closed as of Ian Calliou fee is $199. 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Friday 8:30 June 17 at 1 p.m. and The Purple Darren Ridgley Brenton Dreidger Avi Saper a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Crater, Java Junction, and Coffee Tara Dunsmore Brake will be closed until classes Krista Simonson resume. Melni Ghattora Breanne Temoshawsky Brook Jones Carly Thompson Alan MacKenzie Letter Contact the Projector at: Phone: 204.949.8475 Fax: 204.949.9150 The Projector to c/o Red River College Students' Association the P 110 - 160 Princess Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1K9 For advertising information, contact Editor Guy Lussier at: 204.632.2070 Got something to say? We want to here from you. Email your letter to [email protected] Back 2 Bakx, Issue 04/18/05 Dear Editor, decision. When someone insults me, I In regards to the social, I think don't take offence. When some- Thanks to all those who have I am astonished at how unin- Kyle needs to just get over it. If one insults the organization formed Kyle Bakx continues to be an event does not go well, we sit dedicated to serving the needs considering the very professional down and ask why. In this case, and interests of students at RRC, 'Letter to the Editor' response the event was cancelled because I take great offense on behalf of contributed to the Pf018Cilli given by the Student Advisory there were almost no ticket sales. every staff and student who is a Board two issues ago. My guess is that students didn't member. It is apparent that Mr. Bakx want to go. Kyle sees it as a fail- I invite any student to meet with See you in the fall! knows absolutely nothing about ure; we see it as a smart move me to address concerns, ideas or the SA and how it operates. The combined with valuable informa- questions. It is to your advantage thing that tickles me the most is tion. As president, my portfolio to understand what you have paid that Kyle has never even met me requires me to be the CEO of the into if you expect some sort of prior to writing his column For a organization, not micromanage value in return. To those students columnist, the guy has never even every single department. who think the SA only offers alco- stepped foot into the SA office to Mr Bakx seems to be intrigued hol events, shame on you for not interview any executive or board as to why the first response came understanding what exactly you member. That is just one example from the entire SAB and not just have invested in. of what the SAB means by not per- me. I applaud them for not only The 2005/2006 elections have forming any due diligence. their support, but their commit- just taken place and any student Corrections Notice: Unfortunately Mr. Bakx has ment to the SA. They were disap- could have run for an executive drawn attention to his lack of pointed that a student who shows position. There is a reason why effort to get the facts and to no understanding in this area Last issue, we misspelled the name of one of our writers. Kyle Bakx's name was not on the conduct some level of research. used the Projector to voice a very Sorry, Heidi Dyck (not Dyke). ballot, he did not apply. There is a time to speak and a skewed idea without performing time to listen. It is definitely time due diligence. Secondly, I would Sincerely, for Kyle and other students who image that it's a good thing when Ryan Mariani, President are equally uninformed to just your constituents go to bat for Red River College Students' listen and then make an informed you. Association THE PROJECTOR I MAY 2, 2005 news No relief for 1 1th Annual student debt Carpentry Competition BY BRENTON DRIEDGER against it, much to the disap- saying what they did in 1998, pointment of many students. by prohibiting bankruptcy for The top 6 Level IV Carpentry Apprentices he debate over how to "Obviously, we were disap- student loans for ten years after of the 2004/2005 school year properly deal with the pointed," said Sarah Amyot, graduation and offering "debt compete in a 2 day event Tproblem of student debt Manitoba representative for management measures" like tax continues, but college and uni- the Canadian Federation of relief for interest payments and versity grads wallowing in stu- Students (CFS) and outgoing Friday May 27th - 3 hr theory test dent loans likely didn't get the debt reduction, was the best news they were hoping for. president of the University of way to provide an alternative to A recent private member's Winnipeg Students' Association. bankruptcy. Saturday May 28th bill (C-236) aimed Lost in the Practical Competition in B1-24 at decreasing the shuffle are students 8:00am — 4:00pm. waiting period with skyrocketing before debt-laden amounts of debt. graduates can The bankruptcy A Statistics Canada Open to the public. declare bankruptcy prohibition is report last year Winner will be announced at the banquet was defeated reported that upon that follows at 6:30 pm in the Prairie Lights. in the House of discriminatory against graduating college Invited guests only. Commons. students from the The proposed students. class of 2000 had amendment to the 11 debts averaging $13,000, while bach- Bankruptcy and - SARAH AMYOT Insolvency Act elor graduates owed was tabled by NDP post-sec- "We had hoped it would pass." $20,000. ondary education critic Alexa "The bankruptcy prohibi- Even more startling, the col- McDonough and suggested tion is discriminatory against lege grads owed 21 per cent Canadian Nursing reducing the wait from ten students," she added. "They more upon graduation than the years to two years after gradua- should at least be treated fairly class of 1995, while the bachelor tion before students could apply under the law." grads owed 30 per cent more Tutorial Services, Inc. for bankruptcy relief.