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byJolene
Brisbois
Editor-in-Chief
I
Semester
endings
are
synonymous
with
exams,
Sprucing
up
resumes
for
summer
jobs,
and
preparing
for
some
hard
post-semester
partying.
For
me,
the
end
of
this
semester
is
the
end
of
an
era.
I
will
be
leaving
the
clutches
of
the
College
of
New
Caledonia
(going
on
six
years
here,
four
with
Free
Forum),
and
moving
to
the
BIG
CITY.
No,
not
Vancouver
but
Calgary.
I
Some
of
you
may
not
Associate
Calgary
with
big
'citv
status
beinq
the
Texas
of
Canada,
and
home
to
the
Calgary
Stampede,
but
I
have
been
reading
upon
the
cowboy
town,
and
it
is
definitely
more
that
what
it
seems.
With
an
exploding
population
of
over
one
million
residents
with
an
average
age
of
just
34,
Calgary
boasts
having
the
youngest
urbanites
in
Canada.
They
are
also
the
most
ethnically
diverse
and
have
the
highest
use
of
computers
and
cell
phones.
Those
are
some
pretty
impressive
statistics
for
a
cow
town.
To
me,
moving
is
a
big
thing.
I
moved
a
lot
as
a
child
and
had
the
fortunate
personality
trait
of
adaptability;
therefore
I
byJolene
Brisbois
For
nearly
ten
years
the
College
of
New
Caledonia
has
offered
a
two-year
diploma
program
featuring
new
media
technology.
In
September
2006,
the
New
Media
Diploma
is
being
reintroduced
as
the
New
Media
Communications
and
Design
program
(NMCD).
Whereas
the
old
diploma
combined
UT
courses
with
new
media
training,
the
NMCD
is
a
full-time
program
and
features
a
broad
range
of
courses
designed
to
give
graduates
the
most
integrated
skill-set
ever.
Community,
Industry
and
Business
Initiatives
Director,
enjoyed
packing
up
my
things.
Unwrapping
everything
in
a
new
place
was
like
Christmas
with
a
new
house
thrown
in.
Now,
however,
I
am
settled.
I
am
married,
have
a
child,
friends
and
family
here.
Most
frighteningly,
I
have
stuff.
A
whole
lot
of
shit
that
I
don't
know
how
I
accumulated
(my
husbands
helped
me
with
this).
I
have
moved
this
stuff
before,
across
town,
but
this
time
I
am
moving
out
of
town
and
I
have
to
pay
for
it.
YIKES.
Suddenly,
the
stuff
I
have
diligently
purchased
over
the
years
seems
like
junk.
The
worst
thing
about
this
move
is
that
I
have
to
go
through
everything:
organize,
pack,
clean,
pay,
travel,
unpack,
etc.
I
seem
to
recall
having
parents
Cathe
Wishart
examined
more
than
two
hundred
documents
regarding
the
needs
of
new
media
industry
employers
and
from
that
research
the
NMCD
was
reborn.
The
entire
NMCD
program
was
re-examiried
and
improved,
beginning
with
a
more
competitive
application
process
including
the
submission
of
a
digital
portfolio.
Every
course
was
developed
to
ensure
that
students
receive
the
most
up-to-date
information
about
the
ever-expanding
new
media
industry,
and
that
students
are
able
to
use
the
latest
software
in
new
media
and
design.
Many
of
the
program
courses
focus
on
desktop
publishing,
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that
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this
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now
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am
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THIS
SUCKS!
All
that
aside,
when
considering
the
actual
location
of
my
move
I
am
both
apprehensive
and
excited.
I
have
travelled
to
Vancouver
and
had
a
brief
bout
of
living
there.
If
Calgary
is
anything
like
Vancouver
I
am
already
panicking
about
things
like
traffic,
crowds,
line-ups
for
everything,
and
mostly
the
sense
of
isolation
people
develop
to
protect
themselves
from
being
mentally
squished.
Then
again,
Calgary
is
fairly
new
to
the
BIG
CITY
scene
and
they
have
that
whole
white
hat
welcome
thing
going
for
them,
so
they
just
might
be
friendly
still.
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This
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supported
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several
courses
in
creativity,
illustration,
design
history,
and
animation,
video
and
sound.
Not
only
do
students
learn
to
use
the
software,
they
also
develop
a
strong
sense
of
design
and
style
to
compliment
their
technical
skills.
Besides
learning
publication
software
and
web
design,
students
also
learn
to
develop
writing
skills
that
focus
on
corporate,
advertising,
web
and
technical
writing
techniques.
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skills
include
recognizing
audiences
and
markets
for
new
media,
forms
and
styles
of
writing
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find
enough
things
to
do
to
keep
myself
busy
for
a
good
long
while.
For
example,
I
am
looking
forward
to
going
to
the
zoo
(my
son
will
be
two
when
we
move
and
he
thinks
that
animals
are
these
tiny
things
on
the
television,
so
it
will
be
very
amusing
to
see
the
look
on
his
face
upon
seeing
his
first
elephant).
There
are
also
fabulous
restaurants,
outdoor
markets
and
parks
to
explore.
And
don't
forget
the
Calgary
Stampede.
Although
I
am
not
a
cow-person,
I
will
most
likely
get
caught
up
in
the
frenzy
and
do
something
crazy,
like
buy
a
cowboy
hat.
So,
until
I
become
a
bonified
Calgarian,
I
wish
everyone
at
CNC
the
best
of
luck
and
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media,
developing
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storytelling,
and
editing
written
material.
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of
these
skills
lead
up
to
the
completion
of
a
portfolio
of
hard
copy
and
digital
projects
and
an
internship
in
the
local
new
media
industry,
both
of
which
can
be
invaluable
additions
to
a
new
media
resume.
The
New
Media
Communications
and
Design
program
is
intended
to
provide
graduates
of
the
program
with
an
understanding
of
the
new
media
industry
and
strong
skills
that
will
enable
them
to
work
in
a
broad
range
of
careers.
The
new
media
career
possibilities
from
this
program
are
only
limited
by
the
graduate's
imagination.
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