Lögberg-Heimskringla - 24.01.2003, Síða 1

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 24.01.2003, Síða 1
Week at a glance Friday, 24 January 2003 • Number 02/ Númer 02* Föstudagur, 24 Janúar 2003 lcelandic Canadian brothers in Mauritius Page 4 Yúkonfarar — lcelanders in the Klondike Gold Rush Page 3 Lögberg Lögberg stofnað 14. janúar 1888 Heimskringla stofnað 9. september 1886 Sameinuð 20. ágúst 1959 Heimskringla The Icelandic Weekly www.logberg.com PAP Registration no. 08000 Agreement no. 1402161 116th year /116. Árgangur ISSN 0047-4967 Icelandic Students Place Fourth PHOTO COURTESY OF ÁSTDIS BJÖRG JÓNSDÓTTIR Members of Team Bifröst which placed in the top four at the Manitoba International Marketing Competition, from left: Þórir Örn Ólafsson; Friðrik Eysteinsson, Faculty Adviser; Ástdís Björg Jónsdóttir; Grímur Bjarnason and Heiðar Hrafn Eiríksson. Fréttir • News Ingibjörg Sólrún biðst formlega lausnar Ingibjörg Sólrún Gives a Formal Resignation Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Mayor of Reykjavík, submitted to the City Council a formal letter of resignation from her position as mayor effective February lst. She also resigned from her position as an elected representative on City Council. The R-list city representatives pro- posed that Þórólfur Árna- son be appointed mayor until the end of the election period. Ingibjörg's letter of resignation and the R-list proposal was referred to City Council. The R-list city repre- sentatives also proposed that Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir become a city representative at the begin- ning of February to replace Ingibjörg Sólrún and that Ingibjörg Sólrún be a stand- in. This proposal was also referred to city council. Informatwnfmm Morgunblaðið, Á. H. We wouldn’t have missed it for the world.” Those were the sentiments of Þórir Örn Ólafsson, one of the par- ticipants in the Manitoba International Marketing Competition (MIMC). He was one of a team of four students from Viðskiptaháskólinn á Bifröst (the Bifröst School of Business) who were in Winnipeg to participate in the last leg of the competition which began last October with online virtual simulations of marketing strategies, and ended up with presentations before academic and industry judges. The competition, which attracted teams from tén Canadian universities, two American, two Mexican, two German and one French along with one Icelandic, focused on the marketing side of running a company. “You get the most profits from the market by doing the right things from a marketing and strategic per- Tricia Signý McKay Reykjavík, Iceland just overheard my cousin Ásta telling Shawn to make sure his windows are closed. "Many houses have burned spective,” the students explained to L-H. Then they had made their first presenta- tion before the judges, but had not yet heard that they made the final cut of four teams. In this first team to cóme to the competition from Iceland were students Grímur Bjarnason from Brautarhóll in Bláskógarbyggð, Ástdís Björg Jónsdóttir from Reykjavík and Heiðar Hrafn Eiríksson from Grindavík, as well as Þórir, also from Reykjavík. Their faculty adviser was Friðrik Eysteinsson, originally from Breiðabólsstaður on the Snæfelsnes Peninsula, but now from Reykjavík. But for one, the students said they were about ten years older than the other participants. Viðskiptaháskólinn á Bifröst is in Borgarfjörður, and is the smallest of the three business schools in Iceland. It is literally out in the country, along the Ring Road, and has a student population of 250 and down this way, rockets can come in through the windows," she explains. It's New Year’s Eve and the over-eager arsonists have been practicing for over a week. thirty faculty members. The students cited the environment, isolation and its uniqueness as benefits of the school and, because of its size, the close relationship of students and faculty. Þórir and Ástdís opted Sounds alike to gun-shots have filled my ears day and night leading me to believe there may be more than one reason for the name “Smoky Bay” (Reykjavík), the fact that there are so few trees in Iceland, and the unusual Icelandic custom of encasing a perfectly good house in sheets of protective corrugat- ed steel. Today’s newspaper con- tained a map depicting loca- tions and times of bonfires and fireworks’ displays. It looked like a diagram charting war tac- tics and strategies. Recently, most of the ads on TV have been urging me to provide my children and pets with protec- tive eyewear for this occasion and I am left wondering, “What is this all about?” Every few minutes I check on the progression of our New to live on a nearby fann with their three children while studying at Bifröst, while Heiðar and his wife and his family of three children and Grímur both live on campus. Please see Icelandic on Page 5 Year’s dinner and involuntarily blurt out “Ásta, I hate your neighbours.” Sadly, I believe Ásta’s neighbours’ children are afflict- ed with sight problems. I reached this conclusion while watching them set off firecrack- ers in broad daylight where, due to their lack of sight and poor aim, most of the buming bits ended up hitting our house or landing in our garden. In the past few hours their only progress has been that they are now wearing suits and accom- panied by an adult. I nai'vely imagine that this is some sort of punishment for them. While watching the fire- works I have been instructed not to wear nylons. One New Year’s Eve a few years ago, Please see Gamlárskvöld on page 4 On the Westman Islands, Óli (left) and Bjartur (right) don their goggles as mother Jóhanna Alfreðsdóttir helps them. Gamlárskvöld í Reykjavík Creating Community • Sköpum Samfélag

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