Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 15, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba City Winnipeg free press tuesday August 15, 2006 b3 education Lucky i did to hit anyone else u of a 10 More dump Maclean a Rock victim out of Hospital by Mary Agnes Welch it could have been much worse says a Winnipeg woman injured when a football sized chunk of Limestone crashed through the Windshield of her car sunday afternoon. Bernadette Rafanan says she is in Good spirits despite a broken Collar Bone and a smashed up Ford probe. She a a victim of what a become a dangerous Urban prank in other cities ? tossing rocks or objects off freeway overpasses often injuring motorists below or causing Multi car pile ups. I a Lucky i did to hit anyone else said Rafanan yesterday after being released from Grace Hospital. I a Lucky the Rock did to hit me in the head or hit my police Are looking for any witnesses tool of the convertible momentarily. We thought it was a Bird she said. To sundays incident or anyone who Jade then tried to double Back to a split second later a Rock smashed May know the thrower ? a teenager Portage Avenue to see if he could through the Windshield and hit wearing a Black baseball Cap Sun catch the culprit on the overpass. Rafanan a left shoulder momentarily glasses White Long sleeve shirt and by the time he arrived the teen was sending her reeling. She was Able to Black pants. Gone but Jade soon realized a second pull the car off the Road and her Friend that description comes Courtesy of Stone hit Rafanan a Ford probe. Telephoned for help. Another victim whose Vintage con there was a Melon sized Hole in her the Rock lodged right Between the Verible was hit moments before Windshield and the Stone was still in door and my feet so when the Para Rafanan a. Her car he said. Medics opened the door it fell out she Jade a 31-year-old professional who Rafanan who works at Mcphillips said. Did to want his last name published for Street station and is getting married both Rafanan and Jade said they fear the Stone thrower would Retali next summer was shopping with a never imagined they a be the victims ate was driving southbound when he Girlfriend for a wedding dress before of such a random crime. Saw the teen on the Portage overpass deciding to Stop for lunch at Polo Park. I kind of keep my Eye out for spit or watching traffic below. They were headed northbound on Slurpee but i never this said Jade. Seconds later a chunk of Limestone Kenaston and had just come out from i a really Lucky i did to get landed on his cars front end broke under the overpass when they saw into debris and caused him to lose con something hurtling toward them. by Alexandra Paul t he University of Manitoba and 10 of Canadas major universities including academic heavy hitters such As University of Toronto pulled out in protest from an annual Maclean a Magazine Survey ranking Canadian universities for prospective students. Nine of the 11 universities Are among the nations top universities with med ical and postgraduate doctoral pro Grams. U of is president Emoke Szathmary said the protest was Long overdue. It finally came Down to this. There Are better surveys around that have come on Stream since Maclean a first devised their approach she said yesterday within hours of the University releasing an announcement about the withdrawal and a link to the official protest letter on its internet website. Why should we participate with something we know is statistically invalid its misleading information Szathmary said in an interview from Toronto. The Point of the protest in to just a boy Cott. The pull out is intended to Force Maclean a to redesign its Survey she said. They need to be engaged in a discus Sion with the universities on what sur vey they can construct in terms of proper information she said. U of m has Long complained the sur vey is unfair and once More than 10 years ago it pulled out briefly prompt ing the Magazine to redesign its Survey. The Basic problem remained the universities said yesterday in their letter. Rising student enrolments tuition freezes and years of government fund ing cuts Are cited As driving Low rank Ings. Mac leans docks Manitoba for its Low Entrance requirements. The University counters that As the Only institution of its kind in the province it can to raise its requirements and it should be judged instead on what students achieve As graduation Marks. For the last two years u of m was dead last on a list of 15 universities with medical and doctoral programs. Nine of them pulled out of the Survey in yester Days protest letter. The universities on the list include the University of Toronto Halifax a dal Housie University Hamiltons mamas Ter University and Vancouver a University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University Edmonton a University of Alberta the University of Calgary the University of Lethbridge the University of Montreal and the University of Ottawa. Manitoba a other universities University Winnipeg and Brandon univer sity also rank Low in the Mac leans Survey but they weren to part of the protest. ? with file from can West disgruntled Naper says hell run in fort Rouge by Mia Rabson a disgruntled member of the provincial nip has thrown his name into the fort Rouge nomination Battle in a Clear sign of the growing discontent within the party a grassroots. Shane Nestruck has dubbed the nip the no difference party and says it has surrendered its ethics and values in favour of a hold on Power. I am running on the concept that the nip has abandoned its philosophy said Nestruck. All this party does is emulate the former Federal Liberal government which Means they go where the votes Are and they end up leaving policy Nestruck 59, will be facing off against two establishment nip candidates ? current party president James Allum and former government policy adviser Jennifer Howard. A musician by Trade Nestruck has voted nip his entire adult life and has been a member of the provincial party off and on for the last 15 years. But this year he could to even stomach attending the annual party convention because he was too angry. He is particularly unhappy about the nip governments support for the Waverley West subdivision say ing the party a founding principle was to be of the City Centre not the suburbs. He is also upset about the govern ments support for the oly West hog Plant in Southeast Winnipeg. That Plant has caused the nip a number of headaches in the last year with a very vocal opposition to it coming from a generally environmentally Friendly nip party membership and voters in the nip held Ridings the new Plant will Impact. Premier Gary doers office would to comment on Nestruck a criticisms with spokesman Jonathan Hildebrand saying doer would allow the party membership to comment when it votes in the fort Rouge nomination meeting. ;