Over the Edge + October 26, 2005 News 3 ANDREW KURJATA NEWS EDITOR In a move to create closer ties be- tween UNBC and the Prince George community, a new award has been created to honour students who excel Award Honours Commer ROB VAN ADRICHEM in marketing communications, Spon- sored by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group (PGTV, 101.3 Hits FM, 99.3 ‘The Drive), the award will be given out annually to the student who receives the highest grade in COMM 340, a course ce Student focusing on advertising and communi- cations. Says Jim Sherrit, a professor in the department and one of the people who helped create the award, it“seemed like a good fit.’ It both recognizes the students who do well in their academic studies and forge new links between a local business and the students. This year's award was earned by fourth-year student Nichole Michel. It was presented by Dr. Bob Alice at an event that was covered by local media. Michel is a self-described “Prince “George girl’, who is majoring in Mar- keting and International Business and will be graduating this year. Though she plans on travelling and “figuring out what [she wants] to do” in the im- mediate future, she says that she will probably go into a marketing-related field. She was surprised to learn she was getting the award, and also didn’t realize that receiving it would be such a big deal. “It’s nice,’ she says. “I got a little glass trophy, nothing like the huge thing that I had to carry around in the picture.” The larger trophy will find a perma- nent home in a trophy case that will be built in the Teaching and Learning building, due to be completed in 2007, Sherrit says that there are a few other awards in the works, such as one for the international marketing program. As he says, there are “lots of corporations who tie in quite nicely” to the business program and that “hard work shouldn't go unrewarded.” CUPE Protests in Support of Teachers BELINDA LI PRODUCTION COORDINATOR “Shame!” screamed the crowd of rally participants outside of Prince George MLA Shirley Bond's office to Bill 12. In support of the BC Teachers Feder- _ations (BCTF) strike, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) of Prince George organized one of the many rallies that took place across the province to show solidarity with the BCTFE on October 18. CUPE is the largest labour union in BC and represents workers in the pub- lic sector, including health care, educa- tion, municipalities, emergency servi- ces, and transportation. Nationally and provincially, CUPE has been urging all of their members to support and take action in support of the teachers’ strike in BC. “T believe that it is important for all workers to stand up for free collective bargaining and ensure that the best possible public education is main- tained, and if we have to have to go to the streets to show the ministry that we believe in that, we will,’ stated Carlene Keddie, the President of CUPE Local 1048 and General Vice President for CUPE BC. CUPE workers walked off their jobs on October 18, including those em- ployed at UNBC. Quanji Wu, a CUPE worker at UNBC, attended this rally because he believes “the government is not doing their work well, so I think we need to do something to control the government.” More than 400 supporters ranging in all ages came out on the chilly day. Throughout the day, inspirational speeches, musical interludes of songs tidiculing the provincial government, and other public events occurred. Teachers who attended the rally were gratified by the tremendous amount of support they are receiving from CUPE and other unions. “They understand that our fight is their fight. Bartering rights are a basic issue of human rights in a democracy. If working people don't have bartering rights, then we're less than citizens,’ said Matt Pearce, First Vice President of the Prince George District Teachers’ Association. Members of other unions attended the rally, in addition to members of the CUPE union, to show support. Armed with a large poster-board sign, Bob Pade of the Construction Mainten- ance and Allied Workers stated, “the more the government tries to suppress the people, then the more we're going to have to stand up and fight against that.’ ‘There was a possibility that a CUPE picket line would be set up at UNBC on October 18, similar to the one held at the University of Victoria. As much as such an action would been beneficial for the cause, it would have caused a significant controversy on campus. Pro- fessors would have been required by the UNBC Faculty Association to cross the picket line and continue teaching their classes, regardless of their position on this issue. “Even Shirley Bond, shes a bit of a slow learner, but she's starting to under- stand we're not giving up our human rights no matter what cause they have,’ said Pearce, Take the lead in Canada’s Parliament this summer An unforgettable summer in Ottawa is within your reach! Canada’s Parliament needs English and French bilin- gual full-time university students to work and learn as Parliamentary Guides for summer 2006. From Victoria Day to Labour Day, the Parliamentary Guides welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world, helping them understand and appreciate our country’s national legislature. 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