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Volume 44 Issue No. 14 November 28, 2011 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/
Mackensey Phibbs is in her firstyear of Radio Broadcasting. Shesaid: “I’m outgoing, confident,funny, sarcastic, fun, excitingand athletic.”1. Why are you here?
To further my education!
2. What was your life-changingmoment?
When one of my friends from highschool died. It showed me life is precious and short.
3. What music are you currentlylistening to?
“Paradise” by Coldplay.
4. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Take things one day at a time.
5. Who is your role model?
I have many different role modelsand they’re constantly changing.
6. Where in the world have youtravelled?
All over Canada, the United States,Europe, the Caribbean and theBritish Virgin Islands.
7. What was your first job?
East Side Mario’s.
8. What would your last mealbe?
Probably sushi. I am addicted.
9. What makes you uneasy?
Dirty fingernails.
10. What is your passion?
I’m passionate about making peo- ple laugh and just having fun.People need to stop taking life soseriously.
Do you want Fanshawe to know 10Things About You? Just head onover to fsu.ca/interrobang and click on the 10 Things I Know About You link at the top.
10 Things I Know About You...
Phibbs is a traveller
CREDIT: SUBMITTED
Mackensey Phibbs fears dirty fingernails.
CREDIT: ERIKA FAUST
Ian Roden, who owns The WORKS Gourmet Burger Bistro’s London location with Kris Hunt, stands withHarrison Needham, winner of the Fanshawe burger naming contest winner. Needham is in his first year ofFanshawe’s Marketing program, and said he came up with the winning name, The Interroburger, as he was flip-ping through a copy of the newspaper. He said he was very excited to receive the prize of a weekly burger fromThe WORKS each week for the rest of the school year. “It’s a step up from the 60-pack of no-name hamburgersI just bought,” he laughed. After taking his first bite of The Interroburger, which is topped with roasted red pep-pers, fresh avocado, havarti cheese and The WORKS’ own creamy Beechhouse sauce (a vegetable garden mayothey make in-house weekly), he described the burger as “delicious-tastic and amazing-licious.” This 18-year-oldwordsmith added, “It’s a great burger to represent a great school.”
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
WHAT’S YOURFAVOURITECOFFEESHOP INLONDON?
Taylor Dietrich
“I drink Tim Hortons becauseI live on campus and it’sconvenient.”
Derek Gillingham
“Tim Hortons, because it’s onevery street corner. I get acoffee, double-double.”
Candace Lickers
“Tim Hortons, because it’scheap, convenient and italways has fairly fast service.I get a large coffee, triple-triple. I need the sugar.”
Francisco Escobar
“I don’t always drink coffee,but when I do, I get a FrenchVanilla from Tim Hortons.”
Shannen Rodd
“I go to Williams, becausethey have good food. Thereisn’t one drink I always get; Ilike to switch it up.”
UP & COMING
EVENTS
TUESDAY 11-29
FREE Rock, Paper, Scissors
Forwell Hall – 12PM
WEDNESDAY 11-30
Electric Open Mic Night &Off The Cuff Video Jam
OBS – 9PM$2 DOORS
First Run Film:Immortals
Rainbow Cinemas (in Citi Plaza)$3.50 STUDENTS | $5 GUESTS2 Show Times
THURDAY 12-01
UGLY SWEATER PUB
OBS – 9:30PM$3 ADV | $4 DOOR
TICKETS AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE AT THE BIZ BOOTH
K IOSK QUI Z
W H A T DO Y OU C A L L P EOP L E W HO A R E A F R A ID OF S A NT A C L A US?
Dr op by t he W elc ome K iosk w it h y our answ er . Fiv e w inner s w ill be selec t ed f r om c or r ec t ent r ies and w e’ll not if y w inner s by email.
The We lc ome K ios k is op e n8am – 4p m, Monday to F r iday .
P RIZ ES SP ONSORED BY CHA RT W ELLS
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Volume 44 Issue No. 14 November 28, 2011 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/
Over the past few weeks, somestudents in the Child and YouthWorker program at Fanshawehave been hard at work, collect-ing items for students in need as part of their second-ever initia-tive to donate as much as possi- ble to the Sharing Shop.The three-week collection ranthroughout November. Studentssplit into two teams of 20 peoplewho collected food items, schoolsupplies, health and beauty itemsand more. According to Lila-KayCollins, the student who organ-ized both this year’s collectionand the original collection twoyears ago, over 300 items weredonated altogether.“I am very proud of our groupfor taking on this initiative andthat they were willing to donatetheir time, money and supplies tohelp others,” she said. “Just aswhen we did this initiative twoyears ago, the amount brought in by the end has been a pleasantsurprise, with so many items tohelp others in need.”The CYW initiative also had afriendly competition aspect to it:the leader of the team that donat-ed the most items got to smash a pie into the face of the leader of the opposing team. CourtneyPeters, who led her team to victo-ry two years ago, once again gotto pie opposing team leader KellyLarsen in the face this year.Peters, who led her team alongwith Shallis Ryder, collected 172items for the Shop. Larsen’s teamcollected 159 items.The Sharing Shop is an on-campus student-run food bank and clothing exchange located inB1050. The initiative focused ondonations to the Sharing Shop because “there’s a need for thestudents; it’s easy access,”explained Collins.“Certainly there are many wor-thy causes in the city. I believethe focus on the FanshaweCollege student communityallows students to become moreaware of the level of need withintheir peer group,” added JulieCross, a Professor in the CYW program who was involved withthe collection.“People might assume that being able to afford collegemeans being able to afford food,yet the demands of a college edu-cation often make it difficult tofind enough working hours in aweek,” she continued. “TheSharing Shop offers a necessaryand generous support to studentswho are already investing somuch in their own futures.”“It’s a great atmosphere,”added Collins. “You don’t haveto give your name or anything.You can just go in, say you needsomething and walk out, no ques-tions asked.”The Sharing Shop is alwayslooking for donations of items,money or time. To donate items,look for donation boxes in theLibrary (L1003), General StudiesDivision (E2035), HumanServices Division (D3024),Student Success Centre (F2010)and outside the Sharing Shop.For more information about theSharing Shop, visit fsu.ca/shar-ing_shop.asp.
CYW competition benefits Sharing Shop
ERIKA FAUST
INTERROBANG
Fanshawe’s first-ever RelayFor Life may not be happeninguntil March, but organizers arelooking for volunteers now.Relay For Life is a fundraisingevent for the Canadian Cancer Society. According to theCanadian Cancer Society’s web-site, “Relay is fun, fulfilling andyour participation gives strengthto our mission to eradicate can-cer.”“I’ve lost a number of familymembers to cancer, and I’ve hada couple of friends with cancer,”said Adam Gourlay, theFanshawe Student Union’s VP of Athletics and Residence Life.“This is a really great cause. It’simportant for people to supportthe Canadian Cancer Society because it helps so many peo- ple.”Gourlay and his team of organ-izers are currently looking for 10 people to form a committee thatwill oversee volunteers, organizethe event and more. Meetingswill take place every week start-ing as soon as possible to beginorganizing the event. Gourlaysaid the team is looking for can-cer survivors to get involved aswell.To sign up to volunteer for thisamazing event, contact Gourlayat fsuathletics@fanshawec.ca.
HANNAH LECTER
INTERROBANG
It’s a heavy subject to broach,and not a lot of people know howto talk about it, but it is a reality,one that affects us as people, asstudents, as partners and fami-lies. It’s something that everyoneshould be aware of. I’m talkingabout HIV/AIDS. We need anopen forum on our campus where people can learn about prevent-ing the spread of and dealingwith the reality of HIV/AIDS,and with World AIDS Day com-ing up on December 1, this is agreat time for it.World AIDS Day is a day tounite people in the fight againstthis disease, to spread educationand raise awareness, to commem-orate people who have lost their lives to this disease and also togive back to organizations in our community who work every daytowards prevention and educa-tion about HIV/AIDS.What exactly is HIV/AIDS andwhy is it so important for us toknow about it? HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus,a virus that weakens people’simmune system and makes it dif-ficult to fight off infections.AIDS stands for AcquiredImmune Deficiency Syndrome,and is an advanced form of ill-ness caused by HIV. As of 2009,approximately 65,000 people inCanada were living withHIV/AIDS, this number has risenfrom 57,000 in 2005. Over 20 per cent of infections were caused byneedle sharing, and althoughthere is a perception thatHIV/AIDS is a gay disease, it isnot. More heterosexual men andwomen are becoming infected,increasing from 10 per cent to 25 per cent by 2009. Between 2,300and 4,300 infections occur eachyear and of these, about one-quarter of people aren’t aware of the infection. HIV/AIDS caninfect anyone; nobody is immuneto it and there is no cure for thisdisease.So what can we do as students?Spectrum Fanshawe is setting upin Forwell Hall on December 1from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We will behosting a bake sale fundraiser and the monies raised will bedonated to a local organizationthat provides services to peopleliving with and affected byHIV/AIDS, the RegionalHIV/AIDS Connection.Spectrum will be selling bakedgoods and red ribbons as well asaccepting donations and distrib-uting information aboutHIV/AIDS and STIs. By makinga donation or purchasing a cup-cake, students can help make adifference by supporting commu-nity services that combatHIV/AIDS, and every cent weraise will go the organization.Students can also get educationalmaterials to learn more aboutWorld AIDS Day and how toeducate themselves.Help us make a difference inour community and the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS.Please stop by our table and joinus in the fight on World AIDSDay. For more information aboutthe event or Spectrum, emailspectrumfanshawe@gmail.com.
SARAH MANK
PRESIDENT OF SPECTRUM FANSHAWE
The Ontario government ishelping undergraduate studentsget out of debt and focus on sav-ing their money. On November 17, Ontario Premiere DaltonMcGuinty announced that theLiberal government would pro-vide students with a grant thatgives $1,600 to each full-timestudent in university and $730 toeach full-time college student incollege every year for familieswhose annual income is under $160,000.The Liberal government haskept their promise of loweringthe cost of tuition, which was akey part of their election plat-form. On November 17,McGuinty tweeted, “We’re mov-ing forward to keep postsec-ondary (education) within reach by cutting tuition. Skilled work-ers = smart choice for the econo-my.”It is estimated that 86 per centof Ontario students are eligiblefor this grant, which will open onJanuary 1. The grant is currentlynot available for part-time or international students.“My course is very expensiveand (this money) would be veryhelpful for a lot of students,” saidAmber Maginnis, a first-year Dental Hygiene student atFanshawe. “Any money is help-ful.”“We have been working reallyhard to get test scores up in ele-mentary schools, to get the grad-uate rates up and I think we havegone up from 68 to 81 per cent of young people graduating fromhigh school,” McGuinty wasquoted by digitaljournal.com. “Ithink you’ve probably all heardthe stories about how challengingit is in the global economy thesedays. We want to make sure peo- ple will continue to grow our economy and get good jobs andthat’s why we’re going to contin-ue to invest in your education.”
A small financial break forpost-secondary students
SHIVANI DHAMIJA
INTERROBANG
CREDIT: SUBMITTED
Students from Fanshawe’s Child and Youth Worker program worked together to collect items for the SharingShop throughout November. Over 300 items were donated to the on-campus service that helps students inneed.
World AIDS Day:What can we do?
Seeking volunteers for Relay For Life
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Check out the November 28th, 2011 issue of the Interrobang, which contains a feature ranking London's best coffee outlets, a review of the latest Twilight film, and a look at the return of The Tea Party.
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