VANOC liquidates assets post-

Olympics
VANOC will liquidate thousand

of items leftover from the Winter
Games at fire sale prices. The sale,
open daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the

-VANOC Main Distribution Centre in.

Delta (7530 Hopcott Road), will see _

‘everything from kitchen supplies to

electronics priced to move.

TVs, laptops, merchandise, and
props will be sold, with only 40 of the
more expensive products released daily.

Volunteers and employees will take
the first look, but as of Saturday, the
sale is open to the public.

TransLink reports staggering

shortfall

Despite the noticeable increase in
transit users during and following -
the Winter Games, TransLink is still
reporting a profit shortfall of $68

million.

Last year’s financial report shows
an increase in ridership of five per cent _
and $36 million in belt tightening. _

But it’s still not enough. TransLink is

reporting that it will dip into its reserves |

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Canada shatters previous Paralympics standards

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Tanya Colledge

staff reporter

“One inspires many,” was the theme of the 2010
Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games. Held for the
first time on Canadian soil, Canada not only showed
the world what world-class athletes we have, but what
can be achieved with determination.

In the celebration of the 10" Paralympic Games,
Canada won a record-setting 19 medals, ten of which
were gold, also a new standard. With a goal of
placing in the top three in medal standings, up from
sixth in Turin four years ago, Canada also celebrated
another victory.

Canadian flag bearer Lauren Woolstencroft, a
28-year-old North Vancouver resident, took home five
gold medals—the most by any woman in the Winter

Paralympics, and only the third Canadian Paralympian
to do so.

Cross-country skier Brian McKeever won
Canada’s first gold medal during the games—a
welcomed win less than a month after a last-minute
coaching decision prevented him from becoming the
first winter sports athlete to compete for Canada in
both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. He went on
to win two more gold medals.

There were of course disappointments, as
Canada’s sledge hockey team lost to both Japan and
Norway in their final games, resulting in a fourth
place finish and double medalist and World Cup skier
Chris Williamson failed to reach the podium in any of
his five races.

Regardless of a few unsatisfactory results, it
is hoped that the legacy created by Canada’s elite
athletes will create new awareness amongst both the
able-bodied and those with disabilities, and encourage
more to participate in the Paralympic Winter Games in
Sochi, Russia in 2014.

 

Students show-off their hard work at the 2" Annual

Student Research Day

By Tanya Colledge, Staff Reporter

ouglas College held will hold its 2" Annual
Ds Research Day on Tuesday at the New

Westminster Campus and on Wednesday at
the David Lam campus. Students from a variety of
faculties will gather to present their exhibition posters
and explain their research to fellow students, college
community and the community at large.

The purpose of the event is “to come out and
meet the
students that
have done
research
in their
respective
fields,” says Taylor Weakes, who is charge of
marketing and promotions for the annual event,
explaining that not only does it give the participating
students a chance to explain their research, but to
engage as a viewer and see the different types of work
done by others.

“Tt takes a lot more time than you think it will
and you run into the most unexpected difficulties,”
says first-year Print Futures student Will Stearn,
who experienced difficulty accessing information
needed to complete niche market research for a local
pharmaceutical company, due to restricting privacy
laws. “With a bit of hard nosed perseverance and a
lot of work you can get through it. Spend more time
than you think is necessary on planning. Accurate
and thorough planning and scheduling really helps,”
Stearn advises.

This year’s Research Day is expected to host

“With a bit of hard nosed perseverance and a lot of work : d ae
you can get through it. Spend more time than you think is _¥S Project, explaining
necessary on planning. Accurate and thorough planning and ‘®t depending on the
scheduling really helps” —Will Stearn, on the challenges of ‘¥J&ct of the project,
completing a project for Student Research Day

over 60 exhibitors at the New Westminster campus
from numerous faculties including the Faculty of
Child, Family and Community Services; psychology;
Language, Literature and Performing Arts; Sport
Science; sociology; and Earth and Environmental
Sciences. Nursing and biology students will also
present their research at the David Lam campus.

“It’s difficult working for a client who wants one
thing and balancing the completely different demands
of the class instructor,” says Stearn in regards to
challenges faced with

some students end

up having to produce
two completely different projects. In addition to
extra assignments from other courses, creating a
professional research document is enough to put
anyone in a loony bin says Stern, who highly stresses
the importance of having a good partner.

“Douglas College student participants go
through many hours to put together these research
projects and posters,” says Weakes. “The hope is
that fellow Douglas College students who are viewing
these posters might get a sense of what is going on in
their programs.”

And although Will Stearn may be a little stressed,
he sees the value in sharing his project with the rest
of the Douglas College community in order “to spur
them on to believe that it’s possible for students to
produce professional work.”

Look for his project, and many others this week
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.