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NUGGETON THE REBOUNDWant To Run For Student Office? See Page 24.THEPlease recycle thisnewspaper when you arefinished with it.Thursday, January 14, 2010Volume 47, Issue 15YOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPER EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADALosses to Concordia are a wake-up call for the former No. 1 ranked Ooks, story Page 8NAIT forward Chris Neptune, left, and guard RodelGrenaway show some spirit as the men’s basketballteam aims to recover from recent setbacks.Photo by Raymond Ip
2The NuggetThursday, January 14, 2010NEWS&FEATURESNAIT’s Top 10stories of 2009By RYAN FLAHERTYIssues EditorWhat better way to begin a new yearthan with a look back at the big stories ofthe past 12 months? Here then, in no particular order, are the Top 10 stories fromaround NAIT in 2009. Where were youwhen . ?NAIT Techlife magazinewins awardThe magazine, which debuted in2007, was the winner of the Best NewMagazine award at the Western MagazineAwards in June. It was the culmination ofa series of honours and recognition froma number of organizations, including theCanadian Council for the Advancementof Education and the International Association of Business Communicators.Basketball star sets recordsAs a member of the NAIT Ookswomen’s hoops squad, Dale-Marie Cumberbatch set new standards in a numberof statistical categories. In the seasonfinale against Grant MacEwan, Cumberbatch netted 36 points to set a newAlberta Collegiate Athletic Conferencerecord for points in a single season, with651. She also achieved a new high-watermark with 196 free throws in a season,adding to her records for most two-pointfield goals and most blocked shots in aseason.Spiffy new classroommakes its debutIn September, NAIT and Nexen partnered to open the Nexen Theatre, its newest tricked-out classroom. The theatre features a 19-foot by 7.7-foot screen, a 103inch plasma screen, a high definition camera with remote capabilities, Dolby soundand five computer stations connected tothe screen to allow for group work and itpromises to enhance the learning experience for many students.Chef in Residence programis introducedThanks to a 1 million donation fromJohn and Susan Hokanson, the NAITschool of Hospitality and Culinary Artswas able to implement a Chef in Residence program. Celebrity chef RobFeenie, a Food Network host and cookbook author was the first chef broughtto the school in February to share hisknowledge and wisdom with CulinaryArts students.NAIT awarded 2010 CCAASoccer NationalsThe school announced in August thatit had been given the opportunity to hostthe best college soccer teams from acrossCanada in November 2010. The tournament will take place at a new facility inSpruce Grove. The NAIT Ooks men’sand women’s teams will be guaranteeda spot in the championships as the hostteam.Instructor feedback systemoverhauledNAIT made the decision to stopusing the I Am Outstanding systemwhich allowed students to providetheir instructors with feedback on anumber of aspects of teaching. A committee was formed to investigate possible replacement systems, with theintention of recommending a newfeedback system in the new year.Two badminton players chalkup national titlesDan Kai won a second consecutive men’s singles title, defeatingShawn Zhang of B.C.’s Douglas College in two sets at the national championships in Toronto back in March. Asecond gold medal was earned by themixed doubles team of Joey Vandervetand Sinead Cheah, who beat Douglas’s Andy Cheung and Amy Leungand earned the first such title in theschool’s history.Governor General paysus a visitThe Right Honourable MichaelleJean, Governor General of Canada,spoke to participants in the GlobalYouth Assembly, which was held inEdmonton this past summer. The youthdialogue activity, which took place inthe NAIT gymnasium, was part of anevent which brought together youthfrom all around the world.Montreal Canadienspractise at NAITDespite Edmonton being home toan NHL franchise of its own, the staffand students at NAIT still couldn’tresist the allure of the most decoratedteam in league history. The squad, intown a couple days ahead of their datewith the Oilers, decided to hold a practice at the former home of assistantcoach Perry Pearn, who used to coachthe men’s Ooks hockey team.Nugget editors strip downTongues were wagging all overcampus with the publication of The Nugget’s final issue of 2009. This special parody issue featured a series of joke articles on a wide variety of subjects ranging from Michael Jackson to Victoria’sSecret models to the NAIT Ooks mascot. The highlight of the issue, however,was a story about NAIT’s new clothingoptional “undress code,” which was promoted on the front page by a whimsicalphoto of the Nugget editorial staff wearing nothing but their birthday suits. Theissue and photo were the talk of NAIT.Photo by Raymond IpThe Nugget staff bared it all in 2009.
Thursday, January 14, 2010The Nuggetnews and features3The NuggetRoom E-128B11762–106 StreetEdmonton, AlbertaT5G 2R1Production Office s Carmichael-Powellstudenteditor@nait.caIssues EditorRyan Flahertyissues@nait.caAssistant Issues EditorLinda Hoangissues@nait.caSports EditorTaylor Pollmannsports@nait.caAssistant Sports EditorGarit Byingtonsports@nait.caEntertainment EditorColleen Nucentertain@nait.caAssist. Entertainment EditorKathy Leentertain@nait.caPhoto by Linda HoangSteve Parent-Korbie, a NAIT systems analyst, lived a long-held dream this past week when he got to carry the Olympic torchduring its stopover in Edmonton.300 metres of heavenBy Linda HoangAssistant Issues Editorin my brain.”“What I’ve had to go through in my life tokeepmy mobility and independence, I relateWhen Steve Parent-Korbie was born withthat to the dedication that the athletes havecerebral palsy, doctors said he only had awithin their own sports,” Parent-Korbie said,five per cent chance of living past the first 24explaining how he views his connection tohours, and if he did, he’d either become parathe Olympics. “The torch bearer from beforelyzed or mentally challenged.inspired me and if I inspire others, than that’sParent-Korbie, now 36 years old and workgreat.”ing as a NAIT systems analyst, has not onlyParent-Korbie, who says he will keep and treadefied those odds, but bore the Olympic flamesure his Olympic torch forever, had been countfor 300 metres this week as it came through theing down the days leading up his turn to carry thecity on Day 76 of the Olympic Torch Relay.flame and continues to countdown now to the start“This is something I’ve always wanted toof the 2010 WinterOlympics.“I love everything about theOlympics,” he said.“It doesn’t matterwho you are, whereThe opt out deadline for the NEW students starting in the winter 2010 term is Jan. 29, 2010you come from, orNO LATER THAN 4 P.M. NO EXCEPTIONS AFTER THIS DATE.your background,the world comesFor students who started in the fall 2009 term and missed that deadline to opt out:together during theYou cannot opt out until the fall 2010 term.Olympics.”By Feb. 12,The family add on deadline is also Jan. 29, 2010, no later than 4 p.m.theOlympic flameStudents may add their spouse and/or children to the medical and/or dental plan for an additional fee.willcomplete itsFor the family add on price list, visit the Student Benefit Office.journey, and willhave travelled aFor any questions please contact the Student Benefit Office:total of 45,000Room E-125 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (unless indicated otherwise on the office door)km over 106 daysPhone: 780-471-7730from coast-toFax: 780-491-3058coast-to-coast of(Please make sure you call our office after faxing something to make sure we have received the documents)the country.try and do. I get to say for the rest of my lifethat I actually ran with the Olympic flame,”Parent-Korbie said with a bright smile.Though he normally uses forearm crutches,for safety reasons Parent-Korbie carried theOlympic flame using a wheelchair.He had been dreaming about being a part ofthe Olympic Torch Relay ever since the age of14, when he watched the 1988 relay in Calgaryand one particular figure caught his eye.“There was a torch bearer in a wheelchair,”he said with a smile, seated in his own wheelchair. “When I got to see that, it kind of stuckFOR ALL FULL TIME STUDENTS:Important Health and Dental InformationPhoto EditorRaymond Ipphoto@nait.caProduction ManagerFrank MacKayfmackay@nait.caFor advertising, call 471-8866or e-mail: fmackay@nait.caSubmissions encouraged:studenteditor@nait.caThe deadline is noon on the lastschool day of the week. (All submissions must include your nameand student ID number.)The opinions expressed by contributors to the Nugget are not necessarilyshared by NAIT officials, NAITSA orelected school representatives.LettersWe want your viewsIs something bugging youabout NAIT or the rest of theworld? Do you have some praiseto dish out about the school or lifein general?Get those thoughts into print.Keep them short and to thepoint. No more than 100 words.Hell, we’re a newspaper not anencyclopedia. Give us a break!Submit your letters with yourreal name and phone number to:studenteditor@nait.ca.Don’t sweat it. We won’t publishyour phone number, but we doneed to list your real name.It’s all good. Getting somethingoff your chest is downright therapeutic. Write us.
4The NuggetNEWS & featuresNAIT’s gotthe recipe!Thursday, January 14, 2010Culinary Arts graduateDaniel Labutes showsoff his milk creationthat was one of threesubmissions from theNAIT program to bechosen in an AlbertaMilk recipe contest.By Linda HoangAssistant Issues EditorCulinary Arts graduate Daniel Labutes has been confidently cooking and baking for years, and his culinary confidence grew even strongerwhen he won the Alberta Milk recipe contest just before Christmas.Alberta Milk and NAIT teamed up this winter to launch a milk recipecontest for Culinary Arts students.“The prize was 200 and a quick recipe is no problem for 200,” said28-year-old Labutes, who has just graduated from the program.“I thought I had a good chance.”Students were asked to submit a simple, affordable, and nutritious recipe that could be put together in a short amount of time and featured certain food groups. Labutes created a Brazilian pie.“Alberta Milk felt that this [contest] would showcase the talent atNAIT and also provide some real work experience to the students,” saidAlberta Milk marketing co-ordinator Melinda Falkenberg-Poetz.Culinary Arts students Alexei Boldireff and Joelle Sparvier werealso selected along with Labutes to form the group of top three recipewinners.About 20,000 recipe cards with the names and recipes of the winners,including Labutes, will be distributed at various Alberta Milk trade showsand events over the next two years.“It will be good for me to have to my name distributed that much,”Labutes said.Labutes, who has had years of experience working in various restaurants in the city, is now a teaching assistant in the Culinary Arts program.“Culinary is where I want my career to be,” he said. “Someday I’d liketo own my own restaurant.”NAIT photo
Thursday, January 14, 2010The NuggetNEWS & features5Linda’s TechTalkFive game changersBy Linda HoangAssistant Issues EditorThe technologies that emerged or wererefined during the past decade have had a hugeimpact on our day-to-day lives. Here are fivetechnologies of the 21st century that havechanged our world.1. iPhone: The most revolutionary phoneever invented, the iPhone has set the standard for smartphones everywhere. The phrase“there’s an app for that” exists because of thismulti-functional all-in-one computer, cameraand phone that seems to be able to do anything.2. TiVo (PVR): One of the very first digital video recorders (DVR), TiVo has changedthe way we watch television. No longer do weneed to be at home at a specific time for a specific show, with a DVR remote, we’re able topause, rewind and later fast-forward throughany broadcast. Talk about power and control.3. YouTube (Social Networking): It’s hardto believe YouTube has only been around forfive years when it feels like forever. YouTube hasmade it possible for one person to reach a worldwide audience, turning average Joes into Internet superstars and giving rise to video blogging.It’s easily one of the most important social networks in existence, though many social networksincluding Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, allof which launched in the past decade, have alsohad significant impacts on society.4. HDTV: Put a standard definition television broadcast up next to a high def. broadcastand you can’t help but wonder how you everwatched TV and movies before. The crisp, clearand bright images are awe-inspiring, no exaggeration. HDTVs have already led to the invention of Blu-Ray discs and in the increasing jour-ney for better quality, who knows what’s next.5. High Speed and Wireless Internet:Gone are the days of that god-awful dial tone.High speed Internet means instant access towebsites, streaming videos, downloading andwell, basically anything done online that I’dotherwise give up on if it took too long to load.Thanks to wireless Internet, take what was justmentioned and add mobility to it. Instantaneousaccess on the go, wherever you go. The web isalways available to us now. Plus, Wi-Fi has certainly made hanging out at coffee shops morefun.Not only have these technologies revolutionized the way we live, but they have alsoset the stage for more world-changing tech tocome.I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the restof this decade.No. 1: The iPhoneA primer on proroguingmost people, the fact is that Canada’s Parliament has been prorogued over 100 times in its history.Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, for example, requesteda prorogation of Parliament on four separate occasions during histime as Canada’s head of state. In fact, just one short year ago, Parliament was prorogued by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in aneffort to squash a potential no-confidence vote being encouragedby a coalition of the Bloc Québecois,Liberal and New Democratic parties.Politically SpeakingAt the time, opinions were mixed overBy RYAN FLAHERTYwhether the PM did the right thing forWith the new semester comes a new feature to the Nugget. the country or simply used a legislaEach week I will take some time to summarize what has been tive loophole to save his and his pargoing on in the political world, with an emphasis on examining ty’s collective bacon. This time aroundthe finer points of civic and provincial government. From time though, there seems to be an evento time, however, I will focus my attention on the national level, higher volume of criticism directedat Harper for what many feel to be anand that is where I’m starting this week.Many people have probably by now heard the term ‘prorogue,’ attempt to subvert the democratic proeither on the news, in the paper or even on their Facebook page, where cess in order to preserve the Conservative Party’s hold on power. Aftergroups such as “CanadiansAgainst Proroguing Parliament,”Though the con- all, one of the elements of prorogais that many pieces of legislaor the appropriately-namedcept of prorogation tiontion, which are still being debated inopposing collective “Canadiseems relatively the House of Commons simply dieans For Proroguing Parliament”before they are completed.have been recruiting members.novel to mostHarper’s response to the critBut there is a lot of confusionpeople, the fact is icism has had two main points:over the term, and what exactlyit means to the average Cana- that Canada’s Par- first, that prorogues are a routinefact of life in the Canadian pardian. Here then, is a quick sumliament has been liamentary system; and second,mary of the key facts where prothat he is actually trying to helprogues are concerned.prorogued overthe process along by requestingFirst, the most obvious100 times in itsa prorogue, arguing that it is thequestion. What exactly is prohistory.Liberal-majority Senate that isrogation? Basically, it is theholding up many bills in its chamformal termination of the current legislative session. The prime minister has to ask the Gover- bers. Harper has said that althoughnor General for permission to end the session of Parliament pre- he once stated that he would not bematurely. There are a number of reasons for a prime minister to a prime minister who would appointrequest a prorogue. The primary reason is so that the sitting gov- Senators, he has decided that theernment can re-calibrate its agenda, so to speak. The objective time has come to re-evaluate thatin this case is to ensure that previously approved budgets can stance and fill the current vacanbe wrapped up alongside the pieces of legislation that required cies with Conservatives who will,them. In other words, the government wants to create a new bud- according to him, help move keypieces of legislation along.get to accompany new legislative targets.Whatever your opinion, it is clearThough the concept of prorogation seems relatively novel tothat this “new” term, ‘prorogue,’ is here to stay. How the nextcouple of months play out in the House of Commons will go along way to helping people decide whether they are supportiveof this parliamentary postponement or not. Stay tuned to this column for updates in the coming weeks.Next week: The Wild Rose Alliance – Alberta’s got a newparty, and everyone wants in.
6The NuggetThursday, January 14, 2010opinion— Editorial —Tuition, NAIT and you“Chris Carmichael-POWELLEditor-in-ChiefPaying tuition is never an experience I welcome, even if ourtuition is the lowest in Alberta. The good news is, unlike the tuitionincrease proposed in the four-year 2009/10 business plan approvedby the Board of Governors on May 4, 2009, it doesn’t look liketuition is going to be raised 40 per cent over the next three-yearperiod. That’s welcome news. Being a starving student myself, Iappreciate any additional money I have at the end of the semester.Regardless, I still feel there are some unanswered questions.I find it concerning that NAIT even proposed such a substantial increase in the first place. It’s not like they were discussing a mild six per cent, which still exceeds the 1.5 per cent capimposed by government legislation. There must have been someserious mismanagement of funds somewhere for NAIT to requirea 40 per cent tuition increase over three years. What’s even moreabsurd than the increase is the justification, aside from balancing their obviously poorly managed budget, that NAIT states onPage 5 of the approved proposal, and I quote:earned money to the tune of an additional 8 million. Realistically, I can’t imagine that all of the money is going to theadministration, but if any of it is, there’sa problem. Let me remind you they proposed a 40-per-cent tuition increase tobalance their budget. Not only that, lastsemester I had a class where there weremore students than workstations. Whatgenius planned that out? I would haveno problem with the additional spendingif NAIT continued to deliver the quality educational experience I was promised. Standing in a classroom waiting foranother student to finish an exam beforeI get the chance to start is not qualityinstruction, nor what I signed up for.Now what should concern us students is this. Now that NAIT is only imposing a 1.5 per centtuition increase, how else are they going to make up this capital for balancing their books? My guess is that next year thereis going to be a line on our tuition statement disclosing a new”mandatory fee. I don’t know what thefee will be called, but I bet they’re goingto sneak it in somewhere. From what Ihave heard it is not the first time a bogusfee has been implemented **coughe-learning fee cough**. Either that orthey’re going to take a page out of theEuropean handbook and start charging us to use the washrooms that theymaintain oh so well. Regardless of whatavenue they choose to pursue, I encourage students to take a stand against anyundue fees they believe they’re paying.Bottom
2 The Nugget Thursday, January 14, 2010 What better way to begin a new year . NAIT Techlife magazine wins award The magazine, which debuted in 2007, was the winner of the Best New Magazine award at the Western Magazine Awards in June. It was the culmination of . Shawn Zhang of B.C.’s Douglas
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