rp U " . NEWS November 30, 2006 A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat Baby beavers are called kittens - www.hookedonfacts.com. Contest for safety kicks off Checking out the new security features on Humber 's website will raise awareness for staff and students Margaret Murphy Students will be required to to determine winners. The pages include procedures on News Reporter identify that they attend Humber, Prizes include a semester of free emergencies such as a Students at last year's ski trip and the same goes for staff mem- parking at the campus, a $100 gift shooting/hostage situation, severe Humber's Department of Public bers'. The contest is being held at card to Best Buy, a $100 HBC gift weather and bomb threat. Safety will kick off a one week con- both the North and Lakeshore card, a $100 gift certificate to Ikea Jeynes said the new features only Snow Valley ski test to promote the new security campuses. and a prize cost about $500 and a couple hun- features on their website today. "This is a trial pack from dred more for the graphics needed trip for students The contest involves students to see if this Z 103.5. on the site for the contest. ^^We hope to have a really and staff visiting the public safety (informing The new "It's been fairly inexpensive, but far from home website and answering questions. students of great launch and to have features on we think we can reach a lot of peo- In order to answer the questions security fea- the website, ple through a different way," Jeynes students and employees visit Christine Tesltey correctly, students and staff will tures) works which include said. Security staff will be at main News Repohteb have to review the new security and to see how our website to learn more campus secu- entrances and hallways today page and its procedures. many people aboutpublic safety. rity proce- handing out cards indicating at The International Office Director of public safety Gary we can get to dures, were where to go for the contest and the - Gary jeynes, encourages all interna- Humber Jeynes said, "The contest is about look at our added at the details. The contest winners, three director of public safety tional students to take part in a ski raising awareness of the site," Jeynes beginning of students and three employees, will trip to Barrie on Jan. 19, even if Department of Public Safety and said. November. be announced on Dec. 1 1 they've never skied before. security features and services At the end of the week a list of The security team posted the 15 "We hope to have a really great The International Office plans available, but also to draw students names with the people who security options after students and launch and to have students and trips every said advi- two month, and employees to the site so they answered all of the questions cor- staff made enquiries about certain employees visit our website to Kristina Evans. get the stu- sor "We can learn more about what we do rectly will be printed off Then safety procedures after the learn more about public safety," dents off learning campus and and the services we provide." names will be drawn out of a bowl Dawson College shootings. Jeynes said. about the city or about the differ- ent attractions in the area." The ski trip to Snow Valley in Barrie will be the first trip for international students in the new Thrifty finds help year. They will be given a choice of either skiing, snowboarding or tubing. the United Way The cost is $20 and this includes transportation, equipment rental, lift ticket and a lesson, Evans said. Couches, lanterns and school Friends are welcome, but they will have to pay $30. books net proceeds to charity at "The staff (at Snow Valley) will give each student a quick lesson HSF garage sale last Wednesday which will help determine which hill they should be skiing on," Evans said. "If they have no skiing Liz Balsom new idea. "We have couches, experience, then they learn the News Reporter blenders, school books, food, and of stopping, starting basics and tons of different craft supplies. We turning." Odds and ends and everything do this every year to raise money Transportation will be provided else in between could be found at for charity, and it's a great way to the at 2:30 from Lakeshore campus the Humber Students' Federation get rid of the stuff we don't use p.m. and from the North campus (HSF) garage sale last Wednesday. anymore." Many items were on sale at the annual HSF garage sale. at 3:15 p.m. Students will come The garage sale, which took place HSF is turning the sale into an back around 1 1 p.m. About 70 stu- in the Students' Centre, ran from 9 annual event. Last year was the dents attended the ski trip last didn't a target participate in them," said. a.m. to about 3 p.m. The sale fea- first year they held a garage sale, HSF have amount he year, which was also at Snow that wanted to raise they see stuff like this tured items ranging from food to but instead it was held in April at of money they "When got a Valley, Evans said. "They've furniture. the end of the school year. All for the event, but Miller said any- going on, they should come and small ski chalet where students can is benefit. it out, there are a lot of "It all came from different money from sales goes to the thing they made of check good grab a bite to eat or some hot places," said Aaron Miller, HSF United Way. "[We have] deals that could help them out." chocolate." programming director. Items at the these Chinese The garage sale pulled in almost According to Evans, Snow Valley Miller worked the event along sale started at lanterns that we $500 by the end of the day with all is a good location. "The hill size is bought for last proceeds going to the United Way. with several other HSF assistants. under a dol- These things only really comfortable for the students, the year's gala, and" lot it is supplies that we lar, with the r , , "A of are successful when service is great and they're always purchase for events, and that we've most expen- ^g jon^ really accommodating for a large group." already used and don't have sive item, a students come and have another Jennifer Tracy, information asso- ."-. /i' use for them. So another use for. Some of it's couch, going ^-.-*:^:^-.t^ /A.«.^ participate in them. , a e , ciate for Valley, said there are r r mstead ot just Snow donated to us, and some of its left for only $20. -Aaron Miller, Correction keeping in 19 runs that range from beginner here. We're trying to clear out the The HSF was them programming director for HSF events to advanced. longest run ^^^ ^^^^ ^[^^^^ more The space, so we're selling it every lenient for is 1000 meters. imaginable way," Miller said. taking best hoping one day we'll use them Tracy said they are more geared HSF buys many things for offers on cer- On Nov. 23, the Et Cetera ttiis- towards beginners - get into again, we figure we'll do it this way To events, but afterwards it leaves tain items. News got around fairly spelled the name of Police Const. skiing develop the and make some money for chari- the sport of and them with items they may never quickly and the sale attracted a lot Bill Vollmar on p. 1 and p. 8. skills. use again. The garage sale helps of customers throughout the day. ty," Miller said. "It was just an idea we had last "The tubing facility is the busiest them get rid of clutter in the office "We got a ton of people right at Also in the same issue, Et Cetera are year. had a bunch of stuff that in Ontario," she said. There and raise money for a good cause. the beginning of the day. We saw a We misspelled coach Paul Melnik's things we're not eight runs. Krista Hastings, HSF events lot of staff members too. They was random name in a story on p. 12. sign and going to have another use for. Students can up now assistant and second-year justice heard it from sontebody else, and a "These things only really are suc- pay their fee in the international studies student at the University of bunch came down (to the sale)," office. last to register is cessful when students come and The day Guelph-Hufnber said it's not a Miller said. The Et Cetera regrets the errors. Jan. 17. http://etcetera.humberc.on.ca November 30, 2006 NEWS In ttw movie The Wizard Of Oz, Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Gariand's was $500 a week - www.hookedonfacts.com. GO double-deckers Kevin Da Rosa ing on buses on the 407 route, hav- "Definitely it would be some- News Reporter ing a double-decker bus would be thing new," she said. "It's not more efficient as it would carry 40 something that people are used to In two years' time, GO Transit per cent more passengers than a seeing around here. It would be will become a little more British.