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October 28, 2002 - Week 107

Looking for a Gift Idea ?

The NSAC Ruminant Animal Centre has developed a distinctive new product - wool blankets. The 100 per cent virgin wool blankets are woven at MacAuslands Woolen Mills in Bloomfield PEI, from selected fleeces of superior quality produced by our College Sheep Flock. They are available in two sizes, Queen and Stadium and a variety of colours: Natural, Heather Blue Tweed and NSAC Royal Blue and Gold. These wool blankets would be a pleasure to own or would make an excellent gift. As well, ten dollars from the sale of each Queen size blanket is donated to a NSAC scholarship fund.

The Stadium (60x48 inches) sells for $65 (HST incl.).
The Queen (78x104 inches) sells for $120 (HST incl.).

Shipping additional. Information and order forms are available from Mary Paquet, in the Haley Institute. 902-893-6644, mpaquet@nsac.ns.ca

CBIE Grants Program
The CBIE International Education Innovation Grants Program provides financial assistance to support the internationalization of CBIE member institutions through the piloting of new and innovative programming.
A successful project should meet one of the following objectives:
-Develops and/or refines a program of activity relating to the internationalization of Canadian educational institutions.
-Enhances programs and/or services for international students in Canada.
The project should serve as an example of excellence in international education activity and allow other institutions to benefit from the experience. Applications are assessed on the basis of impact and innovation as well as the likelihood that they may serve as a model transferable to other institutions. Budget, feasibility and appropriate partnerships will also be considered in the
selection of successful projects.

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
Application is open to professional staff and faculty members of CBIE member institutions and associate and corporate members based in Canada. In general applicants will be full-time employees of the CBIE member organization and will be either Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Supporting members are not eligible.

Club Start-up Meetings
All students are invited to participate in the Life Club, Ambassadors Club and the Music Club. While the Ambassadors and the Life Club are established groups, the Music Club is a new venture.The Ambassadors Club is designed as a club to provide promotional support to student union and college staff in promoting the College to various groups . Typical activities would include assisting the Recruitment staff with High School visitations and on campus programs and Public Relations staff with special events.

The Life Club is a student group that organizes special events for students and staff with a sharing of information of "life and lifestyle issues" such as "wellness, stress management, financial planning, etc. The Life Club also assists community ( non-profit ) groups with projects .

The Music Club is a new venture . The club will be formed so that students will have the opportunity to share their musical gifts with fellow students and staff and possibly receive further musical direction/instruction from a member of the community.

Initial meetings were held Oct. 29. All students are invited to participate in these student-led groups. For more information contact Judy Smith at jsmith@nsac.ns.ca

International Students Association
Like in previous years, members of the International Student's Association on campus have been giving presentations on their country of origin. The main idea is to give students, staff and the public an opportunity to learn about that particular country. This year in cooperation with Chartwell's we decided to incorporate traditional food from the country being presented before the presentation itself. We also wanted to do this on regular basis so this school year we are going to give presentations every last Wednesday of the month. This coming Wednesday we will start with India
presented by four or five graduate students from India.

The menu of Indian dishes to be served at Jenkins Hall are Vegetable Biriyani, Rice Chicken Curry, Mixed Vegetable Stew, and Chilli Gobi (cauliflower), selected and suggested by the Indians. Students who live on campus have a selection of Canadian or a traditional Indian dish, while off-campus students, staff and visitors may purchase an Indian dish for $9.00 (tax included) between the hours of 4:30-6:00 pm. The presentation on India begins at 6:00 pm, so it's ideal to have a little taste of India beforehand.

I strongly encourage everyone to attend.

Orri Páll
President
The International Student's Association

From Pillar to Production -- The APF as Policy in Action !
The Atlantic Agricultural Science and Technology Workshop (AASTW) will explore the future of Agriculture and the Agri-Food Sector at NSAC on November 14–15.
• Be here to consider the implications of the Agricultural Policy Framework for the Atlantic Region.
• Be here to learn how science and technology will make a difference in future agricultural practices and food production. Click here for information and to register. Pass this on to your colleagues!

www.nsac.ns.ca/conferences/aastw2002/index.htm

Update on Athletics
Homecoming
Soccer
Friday October 18
The weekend started on a high note with women's soccer and a 5-1 win over Kings. Scoring for NSAC were Rookie Emily Fraser with two, and Coby van der Gessen , Ashley MacCarthy and Kathryn Bremner with one each. The Rams followed the Friday night win with a tie 1-1 on Sunday against Dal Engineers at Wickwire Field in Halifax.

On the men's side, the Rams played a great game Friday evening, but fell 2-1 to Kings. Richard Jacobs scored the lone tally for AC. On Sunday, the Rams lost to Dal 3-0 to finish the league schedule.

Oktoberfest 5 Km Run
Saturday 19th
106 runners (NSAC students and RNS runners) pounded the sidewalks to complete the 5K on Oct. 19th. Top finishers for NSAC included:

1. Craig Curley ( soccer , basketball) Jenna Tait ( basketball)
2. Brett Carty (basketball) Jill Seymour
3. Ryan Riordon (soccer , volleyball) AJ Vink (rugby)

The top time for the race was 18:06 with Craig finishing 8th overall at 19:59. Jenna was in at 24:04 good for 8th place overall on the women's side.

Rugby
Sat. 19th
The NSAC Rams Men's Rugby Club was on the title hunt homecoming weekend as well. The Rams defeated Acadia in a semi-final on Saturday in a tight and tough contest at Bible Hill Recreation Field.. A score of 36 -31 was the official result for an NSAC win.

Alumni Games
Sat. 19th

Volleyball - The men's volleyball team showed the alumni some tricks on Saturday while working their way to a 2-1 match win. The alumni boasted such veterans as Jason Brothers, Fred Fergus , and NSAC Coach Jeff Morton, but the NSAC team pulled out the victory. The NSAC Rams start their ACAA schedule when they travel to Kings to play in the ACAA Tip-Off tournament

Basketball
Women - NSAC Rams had little difficulty from start to finish on route to a 71-46 win over the Alumni. Carla Shaw , Jill Fitzgerald and Jenna Tait led the Rams with 16, 14 and 10 points respectively. The alumni were led by Sarah Connell , Olivia Harvey and Erin Horne with 18, 9 and 9 points respectively.

Men - The Rams Men's Basketball team did not fair so well as the women losing 82 - 54 to the Alumni. Rams were led by Mike Akerley, Geoff Pearson, and Brett Carty with 14, 11 and 8 points respectively. The alumni guns included Seth Kingsbury, Dan Dunford, Greg Van Oostrum , Brad MacGregor, and Jeff Kay with 17, 14, 14, 10, and 10 points respectively.

It was a good display of past and present talent in both games.

Athletics Oct. 21-27

NSAC soccer teams had good seasons. The men had some great contests , but fell short on the scoring to finish league play in 5th and out of the play-offs, while the women's placing was 4th after a tie with Mount St. Vincent.in the last league game.

ACAA Play-offs were played on Weir Field in Sackville , NS Saturday Oct. 26-27 - women's semis action saw NSAC lose a heart breaker to STU. Although the play was very even with both teams getting great chances to score, STU got the breaks with a first goal after a goal mouth scramble and the second off a good cross. NSAC Rams failed to connect on some great rushes, falling to STU 2-0. A great effort by NSAC in the semi!

MSVU defeated UNBSJ and STU to win the ACAA title for the women , while Dal ( Sexton) captured the men's crown defeating Kings in the semi and UNBSJ in the final.

Exhibition Basketball

The Men's basketball team lost to Mt. Allison in a contest in Oxford while the women travelled to Atlantic Baptist University in Moncton for their first pre-season win.

Rugby

The Women's club travelled to Halifax to face rivals University of Kings College for the NSRU College Championship. NSAC was unsuccessful in defending the title after holding it for two years, as they lost a close match to the Blue Devils on the Commons.

The Men travelled to Antigonish to face the X Men for the NSRU Div. II title. In a wet and muddy field the Rams lost by a try to the X-Men. The X squad will be hosting the Maritime Title Game for 2002.

Tip-Off Volleyball

Results included in next week's bulletin

Upcoming

Men's Basketball
ABU (Atlantic Baptist University) at NSAC Oct.31 7 pm

ACAA Basketball Tip-Off Tournaments

Nov.2-3 Women at NSAC
2nd NSAC vs KIngs 10 am
NSAC vs UNBSJ 6 pm

3rd Play-off Format

Men at Mt. Allison
2nd NSAC vs UdMoncton 2 pm Nov.2
NSAC vs Mt. A 6 pm

3rd Play-Off Format