SEE FOftUn : rvices for Students, by Students! (four Students' Association offers more than just lockers and photocopying.... y Rob Mealey you know there are a lot of eat services offered by your CNC tudents' Association? Here's just iw of them: lubs - interested in joining or rung a club? Clubs of all sorts eet throughout the year - check Jour website for a list of officially ognized campus clubs. And pur Students' Association even wides some funding to help organize and hold events -contact us for details! Faxing - Need to send or receive i fax? Your Students' Association iers FULL-SERVICE faxing (we do the work for you!), the rates are cheap and we even provide a free cover page for your convenience! - Health Supplies - Free condoms provided by the Northern Interior Healthllnitandfemininesuppliesfor emergency situations are available in the Students' Association Office. International Student Identity Card (ISIC) - the only internationally recognized student card in the world, it allows you to take advantage of many travel discounts for students. In Canada this includes 25 off travel with Greyhound Bus Lines, 35 to 50 off with VIA Rail, and cheap flights when you book your next trip with Travel CUTS! As members of the Canadian Federation of Students, all CNC students are entitled to receive an ISIC for FREE (non-members such as UNBC students have to pay $16.00 for the card)! Stop by the Students' Association Office to apply for your ISIC today! - StudentSaver Discount Card -This FREE card featuring discounts at participating pubs, restaurants, and shops of all sorts in Prince George and across Canada. You can find a copy of the StudentSaver in the back of your 2005-2006 Members' Handbook - pull it out and start saving money! - Travel CUTS - Did you know that as a member of the Canadian Federation of Students you own a travel company? It's true! Travel CUTS, owned and operated by the Canadian Federation of Students, is the largest student-owned full-service travel company in the world! Travel CUTS provides travel oriented services and products to hundreds of thousands of students each year, offering ISICs discounts on air travel and other great student-priced deals! And there's a lot more services offered! For more information on all the services we offer just stop by your Students' Association Office (Room 1-201 by the Cafeteria), call us at 562-741 5 (1 -800-371 -81 1 1 ext 365 from outside Prince George) or visit www.cncsa.ca. Remember it's services for students, by students! tudents' Association Engages in Epic Knife ight with Government Representatives Mealey Loses Left Eye mew Steele ires Editor Well, okay, maybe it nl quite that dramatic, two representatives of Students' Association, Rob Mealey and Mr. Ane Crawford, did i meet with Government sentatives recently, to i the impacts of recent increases on enrollment at CNC, amoung other As you can see for elf from the graphs provided below, the effects have indeed been staggering, and so I shaketh mine fist at those of you who voted Liberal in the last election. Rob and Val presented a focused and eloquent argumentto the MLA's present at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, including Chairperson Blair Lekstrom and MLA Dave Hayer, amoung others. When asked about a possible correlation between declining numbers of students at CNC and an influx of high paying, out of high school jobs, Rob assured those present that no such influx has occurred in this area. Mr. Hayer then proceeded to state that, while he lives in Surrey, and his children attend Post Secondary institutions on the Lower Mainland, he had spoken to unnamed members of the Prince George business community who had a hard time finding workers, at which time Rob invited Mr. Hayer to Tuition Fee Increases at CNC compared to the Inflation Rate 20022003 20032004 20042005 f academic year I a Rate of Inflation () a actual Tuition Fee Increase () I have them come to CNC and hire students on the spot. Here Mr. Lekstrom intervened. For a complete transcript of the minutes of-this meeting, visit www.legis.gov.bc.cacmt 38thparlsession1 . In other CNCSA news, work has. commenced on the new student lounge, which is to be located by the Cafeteria, where the arcade games are. The lounge will feature a big screen TV, to be installed this month, as well as big comfy couches, eventually. iEfanJ 'I'iiiiiiajJi I wk i &, 1 K'fc2 .J v J J JflF it m M wl mjr JmW The first three clubs of the year have also been, announced, with more to follow. Those up and running now are the Forest Resource Technology club, for first and second year Forestry students, the Crim club, open to all Criminology students, and Playful Minds, a club specifically for students in fields dealing with Early Childhood Education. The CNCSA's Annual General Meeting is to be held, most likely in the Atrium, on November 15th, between 2 and 2:30, pm. This is a great chance to get to know more about your Students' Association, its campaigns and services, and how you can get involved. Volunteers are still being sought for both the Campaign Committee and the Social Events Committee, so be sure to drop by and learn more.