The CNC Free Press January 2000 NEWSETTES The 13th Annual Prince George Citizen ceman will be held February 13. The Iceman consists of an 8 m cross country ski followed by a 10.2 km run, a 5 km skate, another 5 km run and ends off with a 800m swim at the Prince George Aquatic centre. Canada's best women curlers will descend upon Prince George for he Scott Tournament of Hearts February 19-27. The tournament, to be held at the Prince George Multiplex, is the premier Womens curling bon spiel in Canada. f Rebels in Grozny continue to break through Russian lines. Last week the Rebels surprised the Russians when they came up through storm drains behind Russian lines. Over twenty Russian soldiers were killed and one Russian General was captured. Russia has changed it's mandate for w acceptable use of Nuclear Weapons. The Russian Interim President had the laws requarding Nuclear deployment rewitten in ate January. Now Russia may use it's Hi w What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest University of all is all collection of books. Have you got a story to share? A tidbit of local or international news you would like to see published? Well then drop your suggestion off at the Free Press Room (1 -120) or leave a voice message at 562 -7441 or email us at enefp pgonline.com KJEr s ervices "helping students achieve their academic goals Home (250) 564-6156 - Thomas Carlyle Success utoring 'Jennifer Revel CNC Residence 241-3330 22nd Ave. Prince George. BC V2N 1P8 Cell (250) 612-7534 considerable arsenal "enforce the peace" and protect "Russian Interests". Vancouver - On Febuary 2nd, students all across Canada will take action to try and convince the Government to offer free tuition to students. The strike has been organized by the Canadian Federation of Students, of which the College of New Caledonia is a member. At UNBC the Student Council has planned to eat their lunch in the Banks in town. The College of New Caledonia student Association Executive does not have anything currently planned. Full Time Parents Who Are Full By Sherry How many of us stop to think what a challenge it is to be students or parents on a full time basis. Could you imagine being both at the same time. Well for many CNC students this thought is very real. I spoke to Christine at the CNC daycare about what happens there and how many children they have attending. She had the following to say. "We have 43 children currently in the daycare, who range from 6 months to 5 years of age". They offer 3 programs. Infant program that is ages 6 months - 18 months, the toddler program 19-36 months and finally the 3-5 year olds. Each program has their own agenda on what they teach. I myself spent about two hours walking around the halls of CNC to talk to students that are also parents. One mom, Valerie Agecoutay has three children that are 20 months, 5 and 8 years old. Valerie is'a full time CCP student and attends school five days a week. When asked how she managed the responsibilities of each day she had this to say. " It is very difficult to handle the daily needs of school, family and some UBC gets ready to introduce I classes with no teachers ? Source:. The Ubyssey (University of British Columbia) By Nicholas Bradley VANCOUVER (CUP) - Student-led courses will be offered at the University of British Columbia for the first time in January 2000, giving students the chance to take full-credit classes for credit without a professor. "What we're trying to do is to pilot-test some courses just to see whether there's interest among UBC students in this idea," said Neil Guppy, associate dean of Arts. "I like to think of them as directed studies courses, but that are kind of group-directed courses." Student coordinators will organize and lead the actual classes while a faculty advisor will oversee each course. Nicki Magnollo, an Asian studies student, is a coordinator for one of the five pilot classes - her course is entitled Film in Post-Colonial Asia. "It gives me a different kind of appreciation for what it takes to put a good course together," said Magnollo. The other four pilot courses will deal with alternative medicine, artificial intelligence, mathematical patterns found in nature, and resource development on northern Vancouver Island. personal time for my self." Another mom that I spoke with was Judy Lynd, a single mom of an eight year old boy. Kevin goes to school for the day but because of Judy's schedule he must spend about two and a half hours at a day care. Judy had the following to say. " I struggle to keep up with the daily demands of being a parent and student. Judy did give one piece of advice to young parents." Manage your time wisely and plan ahead for your day". I spoke to a young women who is in the business program 5 days a week, who has a ten month old son. Another young women I spoke with has a three and a half year old little girl. Both mothers are here 5 days a week and both said that it is difficult to be both a mother and a student. The last mother that I spoke with is a mother of five children and is taking the Social Services program 5 days a week. When asked if she had any advice for others she replied , " relax and enjoy your day, don't sweat the small stuff." In my opinion any person, man, or women who goes to school and Magnollo believes students will be attracted to these classes. "I think they're going to come away feeling like 'this was really my course,'" she said. Former UBC Alma Mater Society President Vivian Hoffmann started the drive for student-led courses. "I thought it was a really interesting way to diversify the course offerings and let students pursue their own interests," said Hoffmann, who based the project on a program at the University of California at Berkeley. During her term as president, Hoffmann pitched the idea to Barry McBride, UBC vice-president (Academic). After consulting faculty members, the faculty association, department heads and students, Hoffman put together a proposal. An advisory committee of three students and three faculty members met during the summer to evaluate her proposals for courses. The committee had to ensure the classes had "academic merit to them," said Associate Dean Guppy. Neither Guppy nor Magnollo had a clear idea of what a typical class would be like, but both agreed there would be room for different approaches. Page 03 Time Students are full time parents deserve a medal because I am not sure how they manage to do it. In order to find out what it would be like to be a full time student and a full time parent, I personally took on the challenge. For This past week I have had three children to take care of. One boy who is two, a girl that is 6 and a girl that is 10. This has been a very long week and a great challenge. The girls don't leave the house till 8:30 am for school and Philips day care does not open till 9 am. My classes start at 8:30 am everyday. So I had to phone a baby sitter to make sure that the girls got off to school and that Philip got to daycare. On top of all that there is the meals, the homework,, the house work and the pottytraing to be accomplished. So my hats go off to all those parents out there that are going to school and raising a family. Thank you to everyone who had a part in this article. To those of you who are students, and parents I congratulate you on a job well done. One last thing. Can I get some sleep now? Guppy said the structure can vary, "as long as the classes meet a similar academic rigor as the other courses we offer." Initially, the courses will have only pass or fail options. Grades may be assigned in future courses if the class's student coordinator and faculty advisor agree. Magnollo noted that she hopes to see peer evaluation play an important role in student evaluation. "Students will get to set the ground rules for what constitutes a good paper, and then have to adhere to the rules that they make," she said. The Faculty Association has not yet taken a position on the project since it is still an experiment, and since faculty members will be acting as advisors for all courses. Hoffmann did note, however, that she encountered some opposition from faculty and students. Full tuition will be charged for the classes. Although there are no professors or TAs teaching the courses, tuition will pay for development and support costs, and the associated faculty members.