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This popular play is the brainchild of a UBC Fine Arts grad. 14 On The Cover The Administration Building on a sunny autumn day in the late 1940s. Men in coats and ties and women in dresses lounge on the grass waiting for classes. Ah, the good old days. Come see it all again (although the garb is different) on Alumni Day, October 2. Booming Ground, the UBC Writers' Community, kicked off its annual writers' conference this summer, to Sir James Mitchell has presided ,, . v excellent reviews. over his own tropical paradise for more than 20 years. He learned his agi ropes right here. 22 chronicle The University of British Columbia Alumni Association Editor Chris Petty, MFA'86 Assistant Editor Shari Ackerman Contributors Don Wells, BA'89, Janell Hilton, Laurie Townsend, BA'88 Advertising Oord SmanVThe Keegan Croup Board of Directors President Linda Thorstad, BSc'77, MSc'84 Senior VP Gregory Clark, BCom'86, LLB'89; Past President Haig Farris, BA'60, LLD'97 Treasurer Thomas Hasker, BA'86 Members at Large '98-'00 Jean Forrest, BPE'83 Thomas Hobley, MBA'83 Members at Large '99-'01 Edward John, LLB'79 Peter Ladner, BA'70 Don Wells, BA'89 Executive Director Agnes Papke, BSc(Agr)'66 Editorial Committee Don Wells, BA'89, Chair Ron Burke, BA'82 Paula Martin Sue Watts, MF'75, PhD'81 Printed in Canada by Mitchell Press ISSN 0824-1279 Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement No. 1463357 4 It's Yours Again The Library, that is. Now you can get no-cost borrowing privileges to Western Canada's largest research library. 6 umni News From division gatherings to reunions and Alumni Day events, here's all the information you need to stay in touch. 16 Alumni Day Here's the schedule for this year's Alumni Day. Cinnamon buns, computers and vintage And more Research News Arts Books Wesbrook Society. Class Acts _ 6 15 21 25 28 20 Women's Network It all started at UBC. A group of women formed a group to challenge the 'old boys' network. It's still making a difference, 20 years later. 30 Back Page The ofd tuning fork that stood in front of the Music Building disappeared one day. Now it's back in full song. (^ Visit our website: www.alumni.ubc.ca The UBC Library: It's Yours Again We can all remember the hours we spent studying in carrels down in the bunkers of Main Library. Who hasn't walked searching for a book through those maze-like, low-ceilinged stacks without feeling the walls close in? How often did you exit the doors of Main gasping for breath after an afternoon sucking in dust, book glue and bad air that hadn't been exchanged since Leonard Klinck first put his feet up on the President's desk? Don't you miss it? Ain't nostalgia grand? Well, it's all yours again. UBC's Librarian, Catherine Quinlan (our cover woman a few issues ago), is offering UBC alumni library borrowing privileges through our Alumni Acard at no cost—at least at no addition to the regular cost of our Acard. Here's how it works: buy an alumni Bottom: Down, ever down. The cause of sudden-onset claustrophobia: Main stacks. Top: Main, lovely from the outside, from Koerner top floor. Bottom right: Koerner from Main's balcony. CP photos. Chronicle Acard for $25 (plus GST, of course), take the card to the library on campus and a friendly librarian will affix a bar code on the Acard, turning it instantly into a thing useable for book-borrowing privileges. What's an Acard, you might ask? A few years ago we struck on the idea of offering a membership card to alumni. The card offers discounts on various products and services, costs a nominal amount, and helps us identify those of you who are interested in university and Association activities. We add benefits to the card all the time. As well as discounts on campus services (MOA, the campus internet service provider, workout facilities), the Acard offers discounts on car rentals, hotel accommodations, copy services and many others. See page 18-19 for information on the other services offered. Now, it gives you access to the largest research library in Western Canada at no additional charge. How good is that? You can buy the Acard by sending in the form attached to this issue's cover, or call us at the numbers listed. You can also drop into our offices where our friendly staff will gladly unburden you of $26.75; then you can go directly to the library to take out a copy of the latest Keith Maillard novel or William New treatise on Canadian literature. They're waiting for you at Koerner right now. Perhaps the best day to get your new Acard is Saturday, October 2, this year's Alumni Day. We'll have a kiosk on campus handing out information and directions, with Acards on sale. The library's also open that day. What better time to come up? See all the special displays and activities of Alumni Day, browse through the library and go home with a good book. And be happy that you don't have to spend five hours studying in one of Main's bunker carrels. 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The Graduate Liberal Studies Program Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver V6B 5K3 Telephone (604) 291-5152 Fax (604) 291-5159 E-mail glsp@sfu.ca HUMAN VALUES ♦ RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR WORLD VIEWS ♦ LIBERTY ANI Chronicle chroniclenews Researcher Gets $3 Million to Study Vanishing Fish A UBC researcher received a $3 million grant recently to study the impact of excessive fishing. "Fisheries is a major factor that impacts on marine ecosystems even more strongly than pollution or climate changes," says Fisheries Centre Prof. Daniel Pau- iy- Pauly and US-based Pew Charitable Trusts, which provided the funding, will lead researchers to analyze the ecological and economic effects of industrial fishing on the marine ecosystems on both the eastern and western sides of the North Atlantic. As part of the 24-month pilot project, researchers will develop and test a method for reconstructing historic catch time series (including misreported catches) and past ecosystems as a baseline for assessing the health of present ecosystems. "With this project, our goal is to affect policy in Europe and North America to stop over-fishing," says Pauly. "We will amass compelling evidence out of existing fisheries data to show the impact of non- sustainable fisheries." The project is extended from a study released last year in which Pauly and colleagues used nearly 50 years of United Nations fisheries data to show how fish stocks are being wiped out on a global scale by over-fishing. The researchers showed how in one ocean after another, fishers first caught big, valuable stock and then worked their way down the food web to the smaller species. UBC's Fisheries Centre is a world leader in developing practical approaches to ecosystem-based fisheries management. Easy Rider for Hire A new enterprise on campus will put you in the passenger's seat. Ken Butler (front left), and employee at UBC Hospital, leases three pedi-cabs to students who want extra cash and exercise. They will take you to your destination for a donation. Taking a break are fourth- year Commerce students Lydia (left) and Linda Teh. At the handlebars (front right) is third- year Arts student Chris Padgett. To try it out, call Easy Rider at (604) 506-8525. Fisheries Centre Prof. Daniel Pauly Continuing Studies Lecture Series on Arts, Humanities and Public Affairs Continuing Studies offers a range of stimulating lectures this fall. Courses are held at a variety of venues, including the downtown Vancouver Public Library, Hycroft House, and the UBC campus. Please call for locations and times. Below is a selection from the many courses offered, with starting dates: •Oct. 2 Drawing the Garden •Oct. 5 Canterbury Tales Understanding Islam •Oct. 6 Writing your Autobiography Dostoyevsky Where has Love Gone? •Oct. 7 Comparative Realities: A Tour of World Views Literature of the Great War Shakespeare: Man of the Millennium •Oct. 14 International Scene • Nov. 2 Music of the late Middle Ages •Nov. 3 Impressionism: Its Birth •Nov. 17 Home in Canada For more information or for a copy of the calendar, call 822-1420. Chronicle The Liu Centre is modelled after the CK Choi Building's (above) use of resources. Liu Centre Model of Sustainability While the C.K. Choi Building is a model for sustainable design and construction, the university's newest project promises to be a suitable encore. The proposed Liu Building will soon house the new Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues. It will replace the Pan-Hellenic House, using the former building's beams and other major components. "The building is going to be as sustainable as we can make it," says Freda Pagani, Director, Sustainability for Land and Building Services. Pagani wants UBC to emerge as a leader in sustainable development with the help of the campus community. "We have extremely talented academics and researchers on this campus, and that positions the university to make great strides with respect to sustainability. The confluence of events and individuals has been extremely encouraging." Pagani credits Joanne Perdue, development manager of the Liu Centre, with the idea of deconstructing Pan-Hellenic House. Practically everything that isn't used in the Liu Building will be sold to other builders and contractors or recycled. In total, almost 90 per cent of the beams, two-by-fours, flooring, roofing, electrical outlets, glass, insulation, plywood, fixtures, concrete, plaster and scrap metal will be reused or recycled — the reverse of a typical demolition where 90 per cent would go to landfill. If this sounds expensive, it isn't. Second-year Landscape Architecture student Derek Masselink documented the demolition along with Architecture student Lisa Kwan, and will prepare a comparative financial analysis. The theory is savings on landfill fees outweigh the cost of «|«™n5 and recycling. The Liu Centre will also use '' • [ k i •. 111 less energy for heat and light thai i i m I in structureof similar size, because 11 I In mm I natural light. The centre is scheduled to o[ 111111 V | tember 2000. Faculty of Science The University of British Columbia Call for Nominations Killam Prizes for Excellence in Teaching The University of British Columbia established Awards for Excellence in Teaching in 1999. Awards are made by the faculty of Science to UBC Science faculty members, including full-time (sessional) lecturers and laboratory instructors who are selected as outstanding teachers. We are seeking input from UBC alumni, current and former students. Nomination deadlines: First term - October 15, 1999 Second term - February 4, 2000 Nominations should be accompanied by supporting statements and the nominator's name, address and telephone number. Please send nominations to: Chair, Killam Prizes for Excellence in Teaching c/o Office of the Dean of Science Rm. 1505, 6270 University Blvd. University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 FAX (604) 822-5558 Crisl«f**0>all!l Vaneo«iW^t|!pintr« UBC off Athletics Recreation <*l Chronicle chronicle news Interpreting Aid for Hard-of-Hearing You're at the hospital, desperately waiting for word on the condition of a loved one who's just been in an accident. But as a deaf person, you have to wait until someone can either write down the news or find someone who can sign. Frustration and anxiety result. This may have been the typical scenario for deaf and hard of hearing persons in BC until recently. Last October, the Supreme Court of Canada guaranteed access to free confidential medical interpreting services. UBC's Institute for Hearing Accessibility Research (IHEAR) and a research team made up of students and faculty were selected to evaluate BC's program, the Medical Interpreting Service (MIS). "This is an exciting project for us because it is community-based and deals with a landmark innovation," says Assoc. Prof. Kathleen Pichora-Fuller, IHEAR's director and head of the research team. Launched by the Ministry of Health as a one-year pilot, the MIS is the first provincially funded program of its kind in Canada. Twenty-four part-time interpreters responded to almost 300 requests for service across BC in the first three months of the program. Before the program came along, most deaf and some hard of hearing persons relied on family members or written notes to receive information. "The court's decision demonstrates that communication is considered to be a right, not a frill," says Pichora-Fuller. Researchers will look at MIS from the perspective of deaf and hard of hearing persons, health-care providers, interpreters and staff at MIS and hospital diversity offices. FACULTY OF ARTS UBC KILLAM TEACHING PRIZES Once again the University is recognizing excellence in teaching through the awarding of prizes to faculty members. Five (5) prize winners will be selected in the Faculty of Arts for 2000. Eligibility: Eligibility is open to faculty who have three or more years of teaching at UBC. The three years include 1999-2000. Criteria: The awards will recognize distinguished teaching at all levels: introductory, advanced, graduate courses, graduate supervision, and any combination of levels. Nomination Process: Members of faculty, students or alumni may suggest candidates to the Head of the Department, the Director of the School, or Chair of the Program in which the nominee teaches. These suggestions should be in writing and signed by one or more students, alumni or faculty, and they should include a very brief statement of the basis for the nomination. You may write a letter of nomination or pick up a form from the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts in Buchanan B130. Deadline: 4:00 pm on January 24, 2000. Submit nominations to the Department, School or Program Office in which the nominee teaches. Winners will be announced in the Spring, and they will be identified as well during Spring convocation in May. For further information about these awards contact either your Department, School or Program office, or Dr. Errol Durbach, Associate Dean of Arts at (604) 822-6703. The team will try to find out if MIS users gain a better understanding of the immediate health problem. They will also look at the long-term effect of being able to communicate on health issues and whether it encourages deaf and hard of hearing persons to use health services. Health Research Benefits From MRC UBC health researchers have received more than $16.5 million in grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada (MRC). "Were very pleased at this level of support," says Bernie Bressler, former vice- president, Research. Most of the funding came from operating and equipment grants that support the efforts of researchers for periods of up to five years. Researchers come from psychology, medical genetics and pharmaceutical sciences, to name a few. Their studies include investigations into heart disease, juvenile cancer and asthma. MRC funds are granted on the basis of peer review of applications in various programs, carried out by leading scientists from Canada and other countries. UBC research has created 77 spin-off companies during the last 12 years, attracting more than $660 million in private investment. define . university Join us for the 2nd Annual University of British Columbia Annual General Meeting Thursday, October 14, 1999 11:00 am ~ noon Waterfront Centre Hotel, October 19, 1999 UBC Campus: The Chan Centre 12:30- 1:30 pm Chronicle Message from the President UBC Presents.... UBC! Come to our 2nd Annual AGM Innovation. Community involvement. Accountability. These are the key elements of a successful relationship between a university and the community it serves. UBC is a world renowned university and as such, possesses all the attributes of such an institution: world class students, outstanding faculty, dedicated staff, leading research and innovative scholarship. But our main thrust is right here in our own community where our efforts are most effective and most visible. "... our main thrust is right here in our own community where our efforts are most effective and most visible." Last year we presented our first Annual Report to the community. At our AGM, held both downtown and here on campus, we outlined our accomplishments and our challenges, and invited the public to become involved with UBC. This year, at our second Annual General Meeting, we want to share with you information on some of our innovative academic programs, and provide you with some examples of our community projects. As well, we'll give you a financial snapshot of UBC to demonstrate how we manage your tax dollars, and how we raise money through competitive research, spin-off companies, fundraising and other activities. This has been an exciting year for UBC. TREK 2000, our vision for UBC in the 21st century, identifies community development as one of five major focus areas. Here are a few examples of our current community outreach projects. Humanities 101 offers residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside an opportunity to study humanities-related courses free of charge, and a chance to be part of the UBC campus experience. Many of these students face barriers to attending university in the traditional system but possess a passion for learning. Let's Talk Science involves grad students in a year-long partnership with teachers and classrooms around the Lower Mainland. They help young students understand the importance of science in today's world, and bring some of their excitement for research into the classroom. Abreast in a Boat is the first-ever Dragon Boat team composed entirely of breast cancer survivors. This program has developed a graduated exercise program that allows these women to do heavy Dr. Martha Piper upper-body work without fear of developing chronic lymphedema. This condition often develops in women who do heavy upper-body exercise after breast cancer surgery. Programs such as these bring UBC to the community in ways that touch the lives of many people. At our AGM, you will have a chance to review these programs and others, and see how UBC affects your day to day life. Please join us. Your best conference venue is right at home. Let the UBC Conference Centre work behind the scenes on your next convention. We'll register delegates, plan meetings, manage abstracts, and attend to every nuance of your event. Show your colleagues how UBC's scenic settings and first-rate facilities create a uniquely satisfying convention experience. And the perfect venue for sharing your views. Call the UBC Conference Centre today. UBC COjNFERENCE CENTRE The University of British Columbia 5961 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2C9 Tel (6041 822-1060 Fax: (604) 822-1069 Web site: www conferences ubc ca Chronicle chronicle news Special Mentions UBC Alumni Named to Order of Canada This year's winner, Eileen Hertzman (right), a volunteer for Crane Resources Centre at UBC, gets help from Alumni Association president Linda Thorstad (middle) and committee chair Louanne Twaites (left) with planting her flower. UBC AA Honours Volunteers and Wins Silver UBC's Alumni Association won the 1999 Prix D'Excellence silver award from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE). The award was given in the category Best New Idea: Creativity on a Shoestring for the 1998 volunteer recognition event, Volunteers are Blooming. A budget of less than $500 provided a commemorative garden, a recognition tea for volunteers and garden seeds for each volunteer. A garden was established at Cecil Green Park to recognize the more than 100,000 hours that volunteers give to UBC every year. A volunteer is chosen to participate in a ceremonial planting of a special UBC Botanical Garden plant selection, which is then commemorated with a permanent marker. CASE is an international organization providing education professionals in alumni relations, communications and fund raising with professional development opportunities. Student Researchers Get the Gold UBC student researchers swept the recent BC Health Research Foundation awards, earning 21 of the 28 studentships granted. Students from Geography to Human Kinetics received awards totalling more than $350,000. They will study topics such as pain behaviour, pesticide exposure and cardiac rehabilitation programs. UBC researchers receive more than $134 million annually in research funding from government, industry and foundations. Former UBC Chancellor and real estate entrepreneur Robert Lee BCom'56, LLD'96, Ben Heppner BMus'79, LLD'97, one of the world's leading operatic tenors, and international award-winning choral director Diane Loomer BMus'82 are now Order of Canada members. The Order of Canada was established in 1967 to recognize outstanding achievement and service by Canadians in fields of human endeavour. Ben Heppner 10 Chronicle Wood Products Processing Grads Get Industry Attention and Job Offers Companies are clamouring to hire the first graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Wood Products Processing Degree Program. There are enough opportunities that grads can pick and choose: some are deciding between jobs around the world, while others are looking at private consulting. The ten students, who graduated last Spring, have the skills to be innovative managers as well as wood engineering and processing specialists. In the meantime, companies are lining up with proposals for co-operative education programs for future graduates. "We have placed our students in work-study programs in BC, across Canada, in the United States, Japan and Germany," says Christine Forget, co-op education co-ordinator for the program. "They are gaining first-hand experience in everything from quality control of sawmill chips to fine furniture finishing, researching resins and foreign technology, as well as conducting marketing and product development." One student studied defects in 11,000 pieces of wood and made recommendations which saved the company $60,000 a year, says Forget. The program is an initiative of the Faculty of Forestry and is linked to the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP). Eighty-five students are currently enrolled. CAWP also provides workshops, seminars and training in advanced manufacturing, conducts industry supported applied research projects, and provides consulting services, technical support and customized training programs. Housed in the university's new $47.5 million Forest Sciences Centre, CAWP has a state-of-the-art secondary manufacturing pilot plant and complete industry education centre. "Technology, environmental concerns and globalization brought the industry to a crossroads," says Tom Maness, director of CAWP. "Future prosperity depends increasingly on knowledge, new technologies, and a highly skilled workforce which is prepared to innovate on an international scale." $6.8 Million for Degenerative Disorders Research into Parkinson's Disease Researchers at UBC's Neurodegenerative Disorders Centre were awarded $6.8 million from the Medical Research Council of Canada (MRC) to investigate Parkinson's disease. "This is a significant investment that will help us improve the lives of people who suffer from Parkinson's," says Dr. Donald Calne, the centre's director. A five-year operating grant and a $1.4 million equipment grant will be used to buy a new positron emission topography (PET) scanner to provide high resolution images of the brain. The operating grant lets Calne and a team of 13 researchers continue a collaboration called Degenerative Disorders of the Motor Pathways, six projects aimed at finding better and more specific means of treating the disease. The projects will look at the history of Parkinson's disease using brain imaging and other techniques. Researchers will focus on the role of dopamine and the long-term effects on the brain of stimulating the dopamine system. More than 80,000 Canadians suffer from Parkinson's. a-tm&d/ ■■'■" ■■'-■y:yryMW^y"; Chronicle 11 chronicle news People Correction: Bob Carkner (from last lifii^r* i4^fc issue's awards spread): During his 21 years as a principal in several Richmond high . schools, Bob was the driving force behind K many unique initiatives including a Space m Studies program, the Steveston Salmon Hatchery and the Casa Guatemala ^^^BPI^^^'iyii*1': Orphanage and Vietnam projects. Fine Arts Prof. Ken Lum MFA'85 is one of A Stanley Hamilton MBA'65 former Acting Dean, Commerce and Business Administration, is one of three faculty members to receive the President's Service Award for Excellence. Hamilton helped develop the faculty's programs and brought in fundraising opportunities through his involvement in the BC business community. former Ubyssey reporter Chris Nuttall- Smith BA'98 has won the Canadian Association of Journalists/Canada Newswire Student Award of Journalistic Excellence. Nuttall-Smith received a plaque and a $1,000 prize for He Said, She Said, a report on sexual harassment published in The Ubyssey. Civil Engineering Prof. Nemkumar Banthia PhD'87 has been chosen for the position of Visiting Scientist of the Japan Science and Technology Agency for 1999. Banthia recently earned the Wason Medal of the American Concrete Institute. Amit Chakma MASc'84, PhD'87 Dean of Engineering at the University of Regina has won the Top 20 Under 40 Award for his innovative work in chemical engineering. mon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships for 1999. Lum has achieved international critical acclaim for his work. Judy Chapman BEd'71 and Peter Sol BA'71 both won a Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence for their development of integrated studies for disadvantaged kids. Physics Prof. Walter Hardy V BSc'61, PhD'65 is one of three 1999 recipients of a $50,000 Killam Prize. Among Hardy's breakthroughs is the nature of superconductivity in copper oxides, which have wide-ranging applications in telephone and satellite communications, high-speed computer elements, ultra-sensitive magnetic sensors and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. A Gail Bellward BScP'60, MSP'63, PhD'66 Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been appointed to the Science Management Committee of the new federal Toxic Substances Research Initiative (TSR1). The committee will decide how to invest $40 million over four years to research the effects of persistent organic pollutants. Richard Spratley BSc'61 has been named acting associate vice-president, Research. Spratley, who will continue as the director of Research Services, was a founding member and past president of the Canadian Association of University Research Administrators. Linda Svendsen BA'77 Associate Professor and Chair of the Creative Writing program, received a Top Ten Award from the Writer's Guild of Canada and a Leo Award for Best Screenplay - Picture for At the End ofthe Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story. Michael Smith DSc'94 received the 1999 Royal bank Award in recognition of his contribution to science and for encouraging youth to pursue careers in science. He will receive $125,000 and a gold medal at a ceremony later this year. 12 Chronicle Helicopter Delivers in Time Picture this: you live in a small town in Northern BC. You're nine months pregnant and it's late at night when the contractions begin. Something doesn't feel right. The nearest fully equipped hospital is a four-hour drive away. In comes Infant Transportation Team (ITT) — an ambulance helicopter service. In conjunction with the BC Ambulance Service, ITT picks up and stabilizes infants and mothers in early labour and takes them to care facility such as BC Children's Hospital. It also reduces critical transportation time by hours. ITT is the project of second-year UBC medical student Kyle Stevens, and is part of the summer program in Pediatrics, offered to first and second-year students through the faculty of Medicine. "Although the primary purpose of the program is to expose students to different areas of research, it is also an opportunity for clinicians to share their enthusiasm," says Dr. Andrew McNab, Stevens' supervisor and a professor of Pediatrics. As fast as ITT is, it cannot transport patients until they have been deemed sta- Avid cyclists pose in front of an old sign, now removed from UBC's front gates. The previously four narrow traffic lanes on the popular route has been converted into two lanes for vehicles and two lanes for bikes. Pictured (l-r): Jesse Sims, TREK Program Centre marketing co-ordinator: Jesse Jackson, AMS external commissioner on transportation and Bike Co-op treasurer: Computer Science student Kevin O'Neill: TREK Program Centre secretary Shirley Mahood: and Cord Lovegrove, Director, Transportation Planning. ble. Regular monitors take approximately 15 minutes to stabilize a patient. To cut down on this time, Stevens is proposing the use of an iStat monitor, which can reduce stabilization time to two minutes. Stevens and other students participating in the summer program will receive a small remuneration. UBC Shines at XIII Pan Am Games Canada walked away with 196 medals at the XIII Pan American Games in Winnipeg, and UBC athletes played a part, earning 15 medals. Nineteen-year- old swimming sensation Jessica Deglau earned six medals, including a Canadian record of four gold (200-metre butterfly in Pan Am record time, 200-metre freestyle, 4x200-metre freestyle relay and 4xl00-metre freestyle relay) and two silver (100-metre butterfly and 4x100-metre medley relay). UBC teammate Marianne Limpert had four: two gold medals as a member of relay teams (4x200-metre freestyle and 4xl00-metre freestyle) and two bronze in the 100-metre freestyle and 200-metre individual medley. Swimmer Mark Johnston won two bronze (200-metre freestyle and in the 4x200- metre freestyle relay), and Mark Versfeld, who was a member of the 4xl00-metre relay team which finished with a bronze medal. The UBC swimming contingent was made up of seven athletes from the Canadian university championship (CIAU) team and Coach Tom Johnson. UBC field hockey athletes helped earn Canada's medals in that sport, including Mike Mahood, a member of Canada's gold medal team, and Ann Harada and her teammates, who earned a bronze medal in women's field hockey. UBC Swimmer Jessica Deglau Chronicle 13 Tony 'n' Tina Get Married Again . Ufld CIgCliYI . . . and again . . . and again by Don Wells In 1995, UBC Fine Arts graduate Tanja Dixon-Warren BFA'87 and Michael Fera called upon family and friends, including former UBC classmates, to help stage a theatre performance called Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding. Originally scheduled for a three- week run, the show is now in its fourth year and is still going strong. Or to put it another way, Tony Nunzio and Tina Vitale, the delightfully cheesy Italian couple, have been married well over a thousand times. The show is unique and interactive, with the audience attending the wedding at St. Andrew's Wesley United Church on Burrard Street, going through the receiving line, and then joining the feuding families for a dinner reception at Chardonnay's Restaurant. Although the restaurant can only accommodate 140 people for the reception, the show has now played to just over 100,000 wedding guests. "We hope it will run for at least a couple more years," says Dixon-Warren. "We've taken it on the road to places like Whistler where we recently did the show for a Microsoft convention of about 600 people." Dixon-Warren and Fera met at UBC in 1983 and were married (just once) in 1987. They formed Hoarse Raven Theatre in 1993 and have staged five successful runs of other shows, however, TNT has earned them legitimacy and the respect of not only the Vancouver arts community, but also of the city's Board of Trade, which honoured the company with its Business and the Arts Award in the category ol joint Venture in 1997. "We were typical starving theatre people," recalls Dixon-Warren of the couple. "We were living on six hundred bucks a month with an 18-month-old child and another on the way. We raised $300 by having a garage sale and used the money to put up the show." Neither anticipated how successful 77vT would be. "We were naive," said Dixon- Warren. "Ten years of putting on shows finally paid off with the right project." From the moment audience members are escorted to their pews by swarthy ushers in cheap tuxedos to the throwing of the bouquet by an intoxicated bride, Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding is a hysterical experience that challenges the audience to remember that none of it is real. A cast member is seated at each table, at which guests dine on antipasto, Caesar salad, and a choice of chicken cacciatore or lasagna ("There's no prosciutto in the lasagna," screams Tina from the head table to fly-by-night caterer Vinnie Black). Audience members dance with the wedding party, witness the unexpected imbibing of a young priest, and are shocked by Sister Albert Maria, Tina's cousin from the convent, who sings Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and then is caught making out on the dance floor with philandering usher Dominic Fabrizzi. Like-minded wedding photographer Sal Antonucci also chats up anything in a skirt, while Tina's brother, Joey Vitale, decides to emerge from the closet and does so in a grandiose display of exhibitionism with the flagrantly gay video-camera operator. The play spills onto Hastings Street as Tina's old boyfriend is roughed up and subsequently tossed out onto the The current Tony 'n' Tina, actors Marco Soriano and Sabrina DiFonzo. sidewalk by the best man. Even the men's washroom is transformed into a part of the set, where the very pregnant maid-of-honour, Connie Mocogni, invites guests to smoke marijuana (it's actually sage). According to Dixon- Warren, the washroom scene is so convincing that one of the audience members, an off-duty policeman, flashed his badge and told the actor to put it out. But perhaps the most amusing aspect of audience reaction is the accumulation of presents, with a particularly enthusiastic patron registering the couple at the Bay. Dixon-Warren and Fera decided to have another garage sale, only this time they donated the proceeds to Theatre Cares, which raises money for AIDS research and palliative care. Gifts are piling up again, however, and the number of weddings and garage sales yet remaining is anyone's guess, c/k 14 Chronicle on the UN M II. M arts UBC Scho Sept.22&29 Wed Conce Music Chan Centre for the Performing Arts upcoming exhibitions & events: UBC Museum of Anthropology •Exhibit A: Objects of Intrigue, through Dec. 31. •Lamps from the Greek and Roman World. Explores terracotta and bronze oil lamps from the 5th century BC to the 6th and 7th centuries AD. Through Dec.5. 50th Anniversary Celebrations: September 25: "Swing Central." October 26: Northwest Coast First Nations Exhibit. November 13/14: Symposium of the life and work of Bill Reid. Explore issues surrounding the work of the well known— 30-1 Oct.l UBCS; Ensem 8pm(l Friday Main* 6,13,20,27 Wednesday Noon Hour Sept. 19 24 .> 30 & 1 3 9 15 16 (J^aid^arti^ Held at the First Nations House of Learning. 18&19 TO; -VI •( I L December 1: World Aids Day. setcc 19&20 Ongoing/BKhjbjt*oas:^^« o*c-*»>7'*?">** , VIA PCI FAtNfil, j ■ fllOO l-AKMA (>TAt,Y) itA^triteute^tQ-jEttensijaw: Identifying the 21 22 Hand®f t^j/Vrtirt. lmture&ba^tryyami,,, it,'iy» MY .vveRH s CBC Rijdio Avison Series 2pm Alan Parsons LIVE Project 8pm UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble * 12:30pm (30th) & 8pm (1st) Vancouver Recital Society 3pm Vancouver Chamber Choir 8pm VSO & UBC SO 8pm Clam Chowder for the Soul The 3rd Helping! 8:30-4:30pm CBC Vancouver Orchestra 2pm Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra & Doug Spence Memorial Concert 8pm ings* is. ayers 8pm Centre rd) & 13&14 -« T&$£te ^mdspfl^ti]ifiie afld wttoffcaVvirigs' by" Haida artists Charles and Isabella Edenshaw. Gallery 10 Display Case, through Feb. 2000. 13, Belkin Art Gallery RayfoVn^ol T 70 HNS Up AgainsTthe Wall, Mother 1 NOTHING Mike Kelley/John Miller Jan 15 - Mar 5 Poster! Tonel nM$[ Hs-t^Wk^ilNI, TO MAIL AUr SPAtl 4&6 UBC Ensem 8pm(6^ UBC J, 12:30pj Artson Small 12:30p UBCC 12:30pi UBC Uto 12:30p " Debut concert 3pm UBC Student Composers* 12:30pm UBC Contemporary Players* 12:30pm UBC Collegium Musicum Ensembles 8pm(25th), 12:30pm(26th) UBC Percussion Ensemble* 12:30pm Wednesday Noon Hour Concerts 12:30pm UBC Jazz Ensemble* 12:30pm Friday Noon Hour @ Main* 12:30pm School of Music Gala Concert 8pm Hansel & Gretel, Opera in three acts, 8pm(llth), 3pm(12th) *Free. Call 822-5574 for more info. 25 25&26 29 Dec. 1 Society.. 1# yc UBC Choral Urfjpn* 12-< " 2^p^S',UBCfy|j)|ic at |fe Cha«Nsgpi-: 1h|j||u*ron Carole-^ BC Chamber Music Oah. 8pm I ,^^«*^iifc CBC Avison Series,2pm 18-27 Theatre at UBC 7:30pm Nov. 20-Dec.5 European Union Film Festival 3 UBC School of Music Gala Concert 8pm 7 Vancouver Recital Society 7:30pm 11 UBC School of Music 8pm 12 UBC School of Music 3pm 17&18 VSO 8pm 11&12 *Free. Times and dates are subject to change. Call 822-1815. Bottom left: Ray Johnson Untitled (RAY JOHNS NOTHING) 1978 mail art 8.5" X 11" photocopy. Collection of Morris/Trasov Archive Courtesy of Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Top right: the Chan Centre on a summer's day. UBC Bookstore open 11:00-5:00 25 % off all alumni items Call 822-2665 for more info Chan Centre Delights 9:00 Deans, Cinnamon Buns & Great Music 9:45-11:15 Welcome Concert A warm welcome from the Right Honourable John Turner, Honorary Chair, Class of'49 and^ the UBC Opera Ensemble. Museum of Anthropology 11:30-5:00 Free admission for all alumni upon presentation of alumni card or signing of our guest book. Check out our new shop! Current Exhibits: Exhibit A: Objects of Intrigue, A Tribute to Nunavut & the Koerner Ceramics Gallery. Alumni Day Oct. 2 Aggie Sci Opens its Doors 10:00 Open house with displays, current research, BBQ lunch and tours. At MacMillan Bldg. For more info, call Cathleen Nichols at 822-4613. Ball Noon-3: ^Come out & from 1 R« Class of '4 Univers Commei Applied Sci Geology & Ge Agrici Science: Cla: Lunch with Alumni & Friends Noon-l:30 Michael Goldberg on Changing ofthe Guard: BC's Economy in the 21st Century w$15 per person. By reservation only:^ 822-3313. At Green College. Nursing 8C Reunion in Alui Swim to Shore UBC Swimming Alumni Swim Meet & Social Shall We Dance? 11:30-3:30 Ballroom Dancing demos & open dancing presented by the UBC Dance Club. At the Flagpole Plaza. 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'49 & Civil Eng '69 tural Sciences '49 ; of '49, Biology '49 & '89 Arts '49 ducation '49 Forestry '49 id Studies '49 :h Anniversary: Noon-4 ormation: 822-8918, on ni Day 822-3313 From UBC's Finest Teachers Lectures are held at Buchanan Building, Block A 2:00-2:45: Stanley Coren on Sleep Thieves Neil Guppy on Reinventing the University. ■3:45: Sian Echard on The Future of Books in the New t Digital World Dietmar Neufeld on The Millenium Apocalypse and Armageddon •own Memory Pharmacy Displays, tea an Have a Little Something^ Welcome Back BBQ 11:30-3:00 Flagpole Plaza, $6 for a burger j (or veggie burger), chips & pop package^ SUB: Various outlets first time "m 00C 5th Annual UBC Alumni Recognition a Sports Hall of Fame Dinner Presented by HSBG-O Thursday, Oct. 14,1999 5:3C> pm No Host Reception 7:00 pm Dinner Hyatt Regency Hotel Sis Burrard^St., Vawcoo^er, SC Tieteets $125 each, $1,000 table of 8. GST Included. Tax receipt issued. Call 822-0438 to book. Be A Winner.... 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Business in Vancouver savings ... and savings from more than 50 other businesses from auto parts to golf equipment and copying services. All for $2675/year! Incl. tax Rhine Mose) June I0fc2(&00 Travel Line Up Journey Through Spain August 7, 2000 UK, Wales a Scotland August 2000 . Exploring South East Asia August 8.2000 ....-rV < Provence and Southern France -. September 11,: Ireland October 22,2000 '-,. 1-'. '-■■ :-w*f^y * it ,1} lr\ •Check out our website to see what's happening at UBC and in the workplace •Develop your job search skills by attending one of our Career Workshops •Prepare a professional resume with our Resume Consultation •See our Career Consultant and learn how to develop new contacts in the marketplace Chronicle Westcoast Women's Network Marks 20 Years byjanell Hilton n October 1979, the first women's networking program in Canada opened in Vancouver. Formal and informal 'old boys' networks for len had been in existence for years, and many men used those networks to get ahead. The new Westcoast Eileen Hendry, former director ofthe Vancouver Women's Network. Women's Network (WWN) does the same for women as well as promote information and idea exchange, feedback, referrals, guidance, role models and mentors. These have been the objectives of the network for 20 years. As part of the Women in Management and Career Development Program at the UBC Centre for Continuing Education, the network provided an opportunity for women, often isolated in their places of work, to plug into a support system. With the growth of the women's movement and so few business courses and programs available, there was a real need to share information. Founder and director of the program at UBC", Eileen Hendry, knew the time was ripe for a support network. The first meeting of Vancouver Women's Network attracted "staggering crowds of 1,400 women," as Hendry described it. "We were the very first of our kind, and from that spawned the Westcoast Women's Network. It was a raging success with a cast of thousands." The overwhelming success attracted national media attention, and requests came to set up similar groups across Canada. Other assistants included Catherine Racine, Candice M. Crossen, and Ethel Jones. Being so novel, membership was close to 1,500 the first year. The Vancouver Women's Network was unique from other groups because it included women of all ages from all walks of life. It was a dynamic group of women whose careers and interests were as diverse as the women themselves. Issues at meetings dealt with sexual harassment and discrimination, wrongful dismissal, affirmative action, and inequity of wages in the workplace. It also supported women in non-traditional jobs. High profile speakers such as Maureen McTeer, Lisa Hobbs and Iona Campagnola were outstanding role models and examples of achievement. In time, sub-groups formed to provide more specific career support. Hendry left the organization in 1982 when she was appointed VP, Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, and was succeeded by Janet Fraser. In 1983, WWN emerged as a nonprofit society when UBC turned the group over to the community. The first president was Judy Lindsey, then a reporter, and now senior editor of the Vancouver Sun. From a 1983 newsletter she said, "the society is indeed an egalitarian society, not an elitist one." Representation included Revenue Canada, Greenpeace Society, journalists, homemakers and angora goat farmers to name a few. With a change in status and the withdrawal of founder Hendry and other significant leaders, WWN membership dropped significantly to 515 in June 1983, then to about 340 in 1985. Lindsey worked very hard to hold and strengthen the declining membership. It was time to narrow the focus to become more powerful as career-directed women. Economics and changing attitudes affected the organization's evolution. The network still meets monthly. Some of the members from the early 80s include Kit Davison, Melba Sinclair, Mary Nichols, and Mobina Jaffer, who succeeded Judy Lindsey as president from 1885-87. Most are still active and feel a real connection with other women as "women helping women." WWN is holding their 20th Anniversary event at the site of their inaugural meeting, the Four Season's Hotel, on Oct. 27, 1999. The gala event will begin at 6 pm with a dinner meeting, followed by guest speaker Margaret F. Hope, President of Lion's Gate Training. The MC will be Erin Davis from CFOX/CKLG. For more information, call 731-4998 or visit www.wwnvan.org. s/r Some ofthe 'old girls' (the names ofthe front six are the only ones available). Left from front: Iona Campagno- lo, Anne Ironside, Diana Hutchinson. Right, from front: Janet Fraser, Monique Begin, Eileen Hendry. 20 Chronicle books received UBC's Writers Comfort Me With Apples, by Sara O'Leary MFA'98. Thistledown Press, $14.95. Ten short stories combine with a novella to evoke and explore life after the "nuclear family". The characters in these stories display a kind of muddled bravery as they reflect without judgement on the failures of their parents' generation, and face the task of creating rules from scratch: for themselves, their friends, their lovers and their children. Spirit Wrestlers' Voices, compiled and edited by Koozma J. Tarasoff SI'IRIT-W'RPSTl.rRS' VOICES MA'63. Legas, $39.95. In 1899, the historic forces of human settlement brought to Canada's shores some 7,500 Russian dissidents known as Doukhobors or Spirit Wrestlers. These hardworking newcomers cultivated the soil, help build a railway, constructed mills and factories. Today their 30,000 descendants constitute an important facet of Canada's multicultural mosaic. u-n- Words Where Words Like Monarchs Fly, edited by George McWhirter MA'70. Anvil Press, $14.95. A cross-generational anthology of Mexican poets in translation. This book brings Mexican poetry to the fullness of its senses in English with all the music, humour and richness of metaphor. It introduces Jose Emilio Pacheco, Gabriel Zaid, Homero Aridjis, Elsa Cross-born in the 30s and 40s-along with the generation they have inspired: Carmen Boullo- sa, Victor Manuel Mendiola, Myriam Moscona, and more. Romantic Days and Nights in Vancouver, by Barbara Braidwood and Richard Cropp BA'77, MBA'81. The Globe Pequot Press, $15.95. Vancouver, a suave city perched on the edge of Canadian wilderness, offers romantics fantastic extremes. Whatever your taste, mood, or budget, you will find festivities to enhance your love in these carefully chosen itineraries. You and your special person can do it all and more, embraced by the majestic beauty of this city of invigorating contrasts. Tell You All, by E. David Brown MFA'78. Plateau Press, $15.95. A modern conflict set in ancient times, this book is a black humour variation on an age-old theme: the crucifixion of Jesus. The story unfolds when Lazarus is resurrected from the grave. A miracle, maybe, but clearly a miracle gone wrong. In the end, the true miracle presented to the reader is not the raising of the dead or turning water into wine, it is the survival of a people and the continuity of a culture in the face of adversity. Destination Cortez Island ►'ii'^tlniltt by June "■'•■"■■•'1' Cameron I BEd'71. Heritage House & Fine Edge, !£^^B^2l $17.95. ■Rr 1 For nearly two decades, beginning in the 1930s, June and her family made the annual summer trek aboard the Loumar, a 26-foot wooden boat, from Vancouver's False Creek to her grandparent's homestead on Cortez Island. A story of the early years in Cortez when the Union Steamship and small gas boats served the settlers and the handloggers. Diaries, interviews with pioneers and the author's memories with more than 100 black and white photographs make this a delightful read. Inside the Torii Gate, by Jonathan Jiiri Buchanan BA'97. The Beresford Press, $19.95. The journal of a 16-year- old exchange student in Japan. It is about a boy's passion to experience a country and a culture very different from ours and connect with a mysterious past that continues to influence the people of Japan today. This book allows the reader to share his incredible experiences in a country still dominated by the samurai code of conduct. X. Inside X' W the ■ I Torii I I Gate I Tht jourml of «n E»ch»nf Studtm In )*p»n Chronicle 21 Profile: The Tropical PM Sir James F. Mitchell, BSA(Agr)'55 ^F^\ ^ Vincent and the Grenadines is a small and ^^^ o&v stunningly beautiful string of islands in the ^^^k I southeastern Caribbean, located about 60 ■ ^B I kilometres southeast of Barbados. This is ^^r^r ^*» £ where the Rt.-Hon. Sir James 1. Mitchell, BSA(Agr)'SS, has served as Prime Minister for the past 15 years. Sir James, recently knighted, is still known to friends, colleagues and long-time tourists as 'Son.' He was born in Bequia, the first of the Grenadines islands, a favourite port among sailing enthusiasts from around the world. When Son reached his teens, he left Bequia for the first time to attend secondary school in Kingstown, the capital city on the main island of St. Vincent nine miles away. He then spent three years of study at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad, the forerunner of the University of thfe West Indies. In 1954, long before large numbers of West Indians immigrated to Canada, mostly to Ontario, he chose to come to UBC for a degree in agronomy. "I studied Canadian geography and chose UBC because of the scenery. I wanted to see the place. I was also attracted to the aspects of a broader campus life at UBC," he says. He made ends meet with extra jobs. He earned $28 a month getting up at dawn to deliver campus mail twice a week. He did a little better working as a gardener at homes in Pt. Grey and in the city. "I remember a lady once asked me to prune her apple tree. I knew nothing about apple trees—only tropical fruit trees like mango and papaya," he says with a chuckle. "But I figured out what to do somehow and she said she liked the results." He regrets he was never able to try skiing but says he couldn't afford to break any bones. "I became popular with a number of my male friends for a useful ability to remember the telephone numbers of the girls we met," he recalls fondly. After he finished his BSA, he spent another year in Graduate Studies, where the academic discipline served him well. "My studies in soil microbiology made me very sensitive to the changes and evolution of the environment." "Professor Brink, my Plant Science tutor, told me that if I wanted people to respect my profession I would have to respect theirs," he says. Living in Vancouver also taught him a great lesson about tourism. "I had no idea what other countries were lames FitzAllen Mitchell also belonged to the Soils Club while at UBC. Here he is in his grad picture. the competition in tourism. There are other beautiful places to see in the world." After graduation, he returned to the West Indies and worked as an agricultural officer in nearby St. Lucia and St. Vincent for a while, then went to London, where he was a scientific information officer. He met and married his Canadian wife, Pat, there. Back in Bequia they had three daughters, all of whom later went to school in Toronto. Son entered politics while Pat transformed the old family home on the waterfront into the Frangipani Hotel, the island's social centre for locals and visitors. In 1972 he became premier for two years, then in 1975 formed the New Democratic Party and served as leader of the opposition for the next nine years. He became Prime Minister again in 1984 and won three consecutive elections after that. He began his fourth term as Prime Minister in 1998. The country follows the British education system and has just opened an A-level college. "My priority in education is to get more international exposure for students from St. Vincent and the Grenadines," he says. "I also support any initiatives taken to broaden the international scope of activities of UBC." He says one research initiative he would welcome is the use of inert gases in food preparation. "We'd like to find a way to export tropical fruits using inert gases to keep it like. After living in Vancouver, I came to understand by SuSein Stem fresh, rather than packaging it in cans," he says. \ i *.? j ftj,^ ^^A-£ "I studied Canadian geography and chose UBC because of the scenery. I wanted to see the place. I was also attracted to the aspects of a broader campus life at UBC." "High transportation costs to North America and Europe have been a constant barrier to Caribbean business development." Son has made road building a priority during his tenure. Roads have been critical in developing the tourism industry, which only recently has overtaken bananas as the country's leading industry. Sir James was overjoyed to return to Vancouver in 1987, where he addressed the Commonwealth Heads of Government conference. "I left this city and the University of British Columbia some thirty years ago," he told the Commonwealth Prime Ministers at UBC. "And I certainly never dreamed then that I would one day return as Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to this magnificent city and this beautiful province which nurtured me so kindly in the wandering days of my youth." In 1988, the UBC Alumni Association recognized his accomplishments when he was honoured with the Annual Award of Distinction "in celebration of his distinguished career." The Venezuelan government awarded him with its "Order of Liberator." Sir James says his days as Prime Minister are numbered. He says it's time to relinquish the reins of power to a younger person before his current term is up early in the new millennium. After retirement, he plans to continue his involvement in the family hotel. Throughout the years, Sir James has maintained his interest and pleasure in gardening. He's kept the Prime Minister's residence full of tropical plants, flowers and trees, ranging from hibiscus to the brilliant yellow poi tree and majestic, towering royal palms. He plans to keep his garden blooming in the hot tropical sun from his new cliff-top home high in the rolling hills of Bequia, where he can look down the Grenadine chain to the island of Grenada on a clear day. Paradise does have its rewards, cfc Susan Stern is a former news reporter for UBC's public affairs office. She spends as much time as possible every year in Son's island paradise. lS?*^M®!f*CSL Save 20% on tickets — call Ticketmaster at 280-3311 and identify yourself as a UBC Chronicle reader. SONGS OF HEAVEN & EARTH 8pm, Saturday, October gth, 1999 UBC Empr^Jario,. 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It took place on campus during the week of July 10-17. Booming Ground was the brainchild of many people in the Creative Writing department, including George McWhirter and current head, Linda Svendsen. Alma Lee, who organizes the Vancouver Writers' Festival was also a key animator/advisor. But the real workhorse was MFA grad Andrew Grey, MFA'96, who spent the better part of a year gathering together the writers, organizing venues and producing promotional material. Says Grey, "Yeah, it took up my life for a while." The purpose of Booming Ground is to expose beginning and advanced writers to the work and teachings of published writers. Each of the invited writers conducts a week-long, intensive workshop in his or her area, gives public readings of his or her work and lectures on the craft and business of writing. Workshops are divided into Standard and Master Classes. Master Class participants must be either published or have a portfolio of work of publishable quality. The emphasis of Booming Ground is to create a community of writers. Participants were encouraged to stay on- Booming Ground writers and some of their works. From top counter clockwise: Silver Donald Cameron, non-fiction, The Living Beach: Dionne Brand, poetry, essays, Land to Light (GG Award); Paula Meehan, poetry, Pillow Talk; Diane Ackerman, poetry, essays, A Natural History of the Senses; Anita Rau Badami, journalism, fiction, Tamariind Men; Guy Vanderhaeghe, fiction, Englishman's Boy; Thomson Highway (not pictured), plays, novels, Kiss of the Fur. Bottom right: Guy Vanderhaeghe's workshop at Green College. 24 Chronicle Booming Ground may K±g± well become one of the mi$.&x major highlights of summer at UBC, att&racting writers and students from around the English speaking se&xdi world. site at Green College, where interaction with teacher/writers and participants could be carried on at any time. As is the case with gatherings of this kind, many stories could be told of the carryings on, but none were officially reported. One woman, however, did request to be moved to another room in Green College after she discovered that her room was haunted. Organizers found no presence in her rooms, but moved her anyway. Perhaps Ida Green was back checking out the College. Andrew Grey says the event was a great success. "We had great responses from people in the workshops, and the writers themselves thought the whole experience was incredible." Will there be a Booming Ground next year? As Grey says, "I'm working on it right now." As awareness of Booming Ground grows, it could well become one of the major highlights of summer at UBC, attracting writers and students from around the English speaking world. <fc » ne of the facts of life of the modern university is fundraising. As an alumni publication, we don't do much of that: the university's Development Office handles all the fun draising on campus. But it's a major activity at UBC, and it makes a huge difference in the quality of education available here. Without a successful fundraising program, we wouldn't have new facilities such as the Chan Centre, the David Lam Management Research Centre, Green College or the Koerner Library. New programs from the First Nation's House of Learning or Social Work or Forest their donations are being used is through giving clubs. The Wesbrook Society is one such club, and is chaired by longtime supporters George (BASc'50) and Mary (BA'52) Plant. Named after UBC's founder and first president, Frank Fairchild Wesbrook, the Wesbrook Society honours its members with a wide variety of privileges, including complimentary admission to the Museum of Anthropology, the Botanical Garden, all UBC athletic events and the Aquatic Centre, as well as with a complimentary UBC Library card. Wesbrook Society members have an annual giving record of "May ours be a provincial university without provincialism. May our sympathies be so broadened and our service so extended to all the people of the province that we may indeed be the people's university, whose motto is tuum est" Frank Fairchild Wesbrook, UBC President, 1913-18 Sciences would also be impossible. Most importantly, many students who would otherwise excel at university wouldn't be given the chance because of limited scholarship and bursary opportunities. Fundraising supports every aspect of the modern university and, in many cases, determines the difference between a good university and an excellent one. So it is with UBC. A few years ago, the university completed the largest (at that time) fundraising campaign ever launched by a Canadian university, raising $260 million. Since then, UBC has conducted ongoing fundraising for every faculty on campus. Our success depends, to a large extent, on your willingness to support the various projects we have identified that aren't funded by core funding supplied by your tax dollars. Donors to UBC are well-valued. One way of showing our appreciation of support and to let donors know just how between $1,000 and $25,000. Another important function of the Society is the annual recognition of top undergraduate students. This honorary distinction is awarded to students who stand in the top ten per cent of their class, and who have exhibited leadership abilities. This designation appears on the student's permanent record. Members of the Wesbrook Society gave more than $1 million to UBC in the 1998-99 fiscal year. The Wesbrook Society is one of four giving clubs at UBC. The Chancellor's Circle includes donors whose lifetime giving ranges between $25,000 and $250,000; the President's Circle includes donors with lifetime giving above that. The Heritage Circle includes donors who pledge through estates or bequests of $5,000 and above. For more information about the Wesbrook Society or about UBC's fund- raising, call Leanne Bernaerdt, 822-8904. Chronicle 25 a umni news President's Message Building Connections One of the purposes of our associ ation as defined by our mission statement is "fostering communications, networking and access to resources." Throughout the year, we deliver programs and services to you, our members. At the same time, we connect you with each other and your university, supporting UBC in its aspiration of becoming Canada's best university. One of our challenges as an organization is to reach and serve as many of you as possible. With more than 130,000 alumni with active contact addresses, we are constantly working to develop ways to involve more members. In particular, we are seeking ways to enhance our branch and division activities, therefore reaching more of our members. A groundswell of alumni activity is also being fostered by individual faculties within the university. We intend to support and build upon these important initiatives. Your Board and staff are realigning both fiscal and human resources in order to develop a more integrated approach to connecting with you. This should translate into increased activity in branches and divisions around the globe. Your innovative ideas are always appreciated! Our library is the largest of its kind in western Canada. You used the library countless times during your years as a student, so you know how extensive it is. Those of you who have not been to UBC for a while will be impressed with the gains our library has made, and especially with the new Koerner Library. Please see page 4 of this issue for details on how to secure your free UBC Library card. Later this fall, UBC will be holding its 2nd Annual General Meeting. This event represents a great opportunity for you as alumni to get a sense of where our alma mater is going in terms of programs, re- Linda Thorstad, President search and direction. I urge as many of you as possible to attend. The AGM will be held in two sessions, the first on October 14 at the Waterfront Hotel in downtown Vancouver, and the second at the Chan Centre on October 19 at UBC. Our Alumni Recognition and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner is scheduled for October 14. This dinner is a wonderful opportunity to network and celebrate the success of our alumni and athletes. As you are noting these events in your calendars, please make a note to attend Alumni Day at the university on October 2. It will be an event-filled day and a great opportunity to visit the campus. I intend to be at all of these events and hope to see you there. Past Events Nine branches hosted successful student send offs for new students in Kamloops, Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Alumni and current students shared their UBC experiences and tips with the newcomers. Martha Piper and Linda Thorstad were hosts at a splendid reception in Calgary on June 7 with 235 alumni and friends. Pictured below is Martha Piper with Peter Valentine, BCom'58. Branch Out! For information about branch activities, contact Catherine Newlands at: 822- 8917 or newlands@alumni.ubc.ca. Upcoming Events Toronto: Reception, Nov. 15, Martha Piper and Linda Thorstad, hosts. Sunday Brunch, Sept. 26, 11 am. Contact Ed Ng nge3@tdbank.ca. Ottawa: 7th Annual Alumni Business Networking Luncheon, Oct. 15, 11:30- 1:30 pm, RMOC-Rotunda. Contact Murray Kronick (613) 940-4434, murray_kronick@dmr.ca. Reception, Dec. 6, Martha Piper ft Linda Thorstad, hosts. Hawaii: Ronald Plumb invites alumni to a meeting at the Oahu Country Club, Oct. 22, 6:30 pm. Washington: All Canada University Association dinner, April 29, 2000. Contact Jane Battle (202)625-1024, Battlejhb@aol.com, Linda Mint (410)964- 1477, lindan@concepsys.com Indonesia: 2nd Annual Indonesia Alumni Branch, Nov. 11. Contact Chris Bendl 62- 21-391-1584, bendl@uninet.net.id Taiwan: A Committee Meeting for Oct. and a Seasonal Celebration in Dec. are pending. Contact Joanne Tsai ubcalumni@bcrotaiwan.org Hong Kong: Alumni Sports Day, Hong Kong Sports Institute, Sha Tin, Sunday. Oct. 24. Interested volunteers can contact Jeannie Lo at: jeannielo@economist.com. New Branch Reps India: Nitin Jain: 91-11-708-2326 or jainitiin66@hotmail.com London: Hisham Hassan: Hisham.Hassan@chase.com Visit Our Website We've given if ajfacelift! www.alumni.ubc.ca 26 Chronicle For information on how to start a division or on the following events, call Jane Merling at 822-8918 or merling@alumni.ubc.ca. Professors Emeriti General Meeting, Sept. 15 ft Nov. 17, CGP. ram Family & Nutritional Sciences FNS Social, Sept. 16, CGP. Creative Writing Division Reception, Sept. 18, CGP. School of Nursing 80th Anniversary Open House, Oct. 2, 12-4 pm, 3rd Floor UBC Hospital. Marion Woodward Lecture ft Reception, Oct. 21, IRC Building. 80 Years of Knowledge, April. Presentations by members ofthe nursing community at Cecil Green Park House. Geography Alumni Division Annual General Meeting October 14, 7:30 pm, Cecil Green Park House. Special guests will be announced in the Geogramme newsletter or on line at: http://www.geog.ubc.ca/alumni. Social Work AGM, Oct. 28, CGP. Panel discussion on the new Adult Guardianship legislation. Panel will include Alison Leaney of the Public Trustee of BC, Carol Ward Hall, Debra O'Connor and Kimberly Azyan. Counselling Psychology The division is currently being revitalized. All interested, please contact Jane Merling. Agricultural Sciences Community Lecture Series: Sept.30- Nov.4 •Perspectives on Biotechnology •Threats to Global Marine Ecosystems •Ecological Restoration All lectures are free and open to the public. For dates ft times, call 822-1219. UBC Alumni Association AGM September 8 Main Floor 6251 Cecil Green Park Road 6:30 for 7:00 Everyone Welcome Call for Mentors We need UBC grads to join our mentor program. Mentors get together with UBC students and discuss the opportunities and pitfalls of the world of work. It's a great way to give something back. If you would like to be a part of this dynamic and growing program, call Catherine Newlands at 822-8917. Upcoming Et Past Events Class of '49 50th Alumni Reunion Reception, Oct. 2, 3-4:30 pm, Leon and Thea Koerner University Centre. Martha Piper and Linda Thorstad hosts. Phone 822-3313 for more info. Dept. of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine invites all grads to our 50th Anniversary celebrations and class reunions in the summer of 2000. For further info, call 822-9235 or visit: www.physiology.ubc.ca. Science '31-'35 Reunion Is 1999 Your Reunion Year? Reunion Weekend Oct. 2-3 For information on reunions, please contact Jane Merling at 822-8918 or merling@alumni. ubc.ca. These reunions have also been scheduled for 1999: •Civil Eng '49, Sept. 29, Tsawwassen •Commerce '49, Sept. 30, Dean's Reception. Commerce '74, Oct. 1ft2, POITS ft Dinner, University Centre. •Biology '89, Oct. 2, Grand Centre Penthouse BBQ, 5-9 pm. Call Fred Swindells, 581-1392 or swindell@intergate.bc.ca. •Civil Eng '69, Oct. 2, Dinner, Wall Institute, 2nd Fl., University Centre . •Mech ft Elec Eng '49, Oct. 2, Lunch at Green College Coach House. •Geo Eng '49, Oct. 2-4, UBC Campus. •Elec. Eng '69, Oct. 8, Dinner at University Golf Club. •Law '69, Oct. 15/17, Las Vegas. •Med'64, Oct. 19-21. •Ap Sci '39, Nov. 26, Brock House Tea/Dinner. •Class of '39, Nov. 26, Tea at Cecil Green Park. 2000: •Forestry '50, April 25/26, Harrison Hot Springs. Contact Robin L Caesar at 987-0997. •Pharmacy '90, Mother's day weekend, Kelowna. •Architecture '60/1, May 20, Coach House. •Mech Eng '55, Oct. 14, CGP Dinner. • Medicine 50 Years, Nov. 2-4, Chan Centre/ Vancouver Trade ft Convention Centre. •Class of '40, Nov. 24, Tea at Cecil Green Park. Details to follow. June 2, 1999, University Centre, (l-r): Micky Thomas, Miriam Moorhead, Florence Graham, Olive Rossiter, Howard Wright, Margaret Smith, Don Smith & Lillian Wright (seated). Pride UBC's OUT IN THE MILLENIUM Celebrating 20 Years of Outweek! (1980-2000) Contact Pride UBC co-chair at 604-222-3542 for tickets Et info This event is for our members, friends and allies of the GLBT community. Chronicle 27 class acts Paul Lum Paul Lum BCom'92 specialized in Finance while at UBC. After graduation, he chose the entrepreneurial path to success and is the president, co-founder and co-principal of Internet Gateway, one of the largest service providers in Western Canada. He was recently nominated by Ernst ft Young for Entrepreneur of the Year Award, as is the recipient of the 1999 Consumers Choice Award for Business Excellence. Internet Gateway has been ranked by Canadian Business magazine as one of the top 2000 companies in Canada. 50s The Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies for 1999-2001 is Economics Professor John Helliwell j9Com'59. John has enjoyed a number of visiting appointments: recently he held the Hong Kong Bank Fulbright Fellowship at Harvard University and the Brookings Institution ... 60s Ann McAfee BA'62, MA'67, PhD'75 has been elected as the new chair of the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre board of trustees. Ann has been with the City of Vancouver since 1974, and in the planning department since 1988. She was a past president of the UBC Alumni Association. 70s A.F. (Tony) Bensted BSF'70 has recently completed an MBA at the University of Victoria and has returned to Quesnel to continue as a partner at Cariboo Forest Consultants Cathleen (Sturgess) Nichol BA'70, MLS'73 and Alex Nichol MA'70 own Nichol Vineyard & Farm Winery, located in Naramata, BC. Their wines are available at Green College Dining Society, Sage Bistro in the University Centre, and Vancouver, Whistler, and Vancouver Island's finest restaurants. 80s Robert Cameron BA'89 is a journalist based in Tokyo. He is married and has one child ... Andrea Carnier BA(Hon)'84 is happily taking time out to enjoy her family, Zack (3) and Kira (1) along with her partner Bill Plettl. Andrea was an archivist at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary for 11 years, and active in CUPE and the NDP ... Kris (Cholnyk) Gustavson BSN'86 and Steve Gustavson BASc'87, MBA'95 are proud to announce the birth of their third son, Paul Andrew, born August 6, 1999. Kris continues her work as patient Join A Cliffhanger Mystery! "Quick Watson. The game's afoot!" Nana, Molly & Atom, Jane Plain, Fanny Flapper and Doug Manure to solve a mishap at the house on the cliff. Saturday, November 13, 1999, 7:30 pm 6251 Cecil Green Park House $20 per person, desserts & no-host bar Call 822-3313 to RSVP by Oct. 31 or e-mail alumni@alumni.ubc.ca. Special thanks to Roger Haskett BA'86, BFA'91, MA'92 and Murder Unlimited for staging and sponsoring the murder mystery for the past five years 0TD services director for BC's Children's Hospital while completing her Masters at UBC. Steve is a project engineer at Sandwell Inc ... Peter Guy BCom'86 was appointed head of Asia for Cybersettle.com, a US- based, e-commerce company. He had previously been involved in venture capital in Asia and the US ... Cecelia (McArthur) Lee Temple BEd'79, Dip(Deaf)'83 has been awarded fees, transportation expense and one year's salary at 70 per cent by the Yukon Education Ministry to complete a Master's degree in Special Education (Sensory) at the University of Newcastle in Sydney, Australia ... Vikki Lalari BScD'87 is the 199 recipient of the $2,000 DC Graduate Award sponsored by Sodexho Marriott Services Canada Ltd. She has been a clinical pediatric dietitian at BC's Children's Hospital for the last nine years ... Paul Mclntyre BASc'88 and his wife Angela have lived in the San Francisco Bay area since late 1996. Paul is an assistant professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University and Angela is a manager at Intel Corp ... Michael Meszaros BASc'88, MEng'97 married Cynthia on May 24, 1999 ... Som Sen BCom'84 and wife Maya (Liang) Sen BCom'86 were transferred by Sara Lee from North Carolina to Singapore. Som is now VP Business Development of the Bakery Division for Sara Lee Asia Pacific. They have a son, Kiron, born in Nov. 1996, a brother for Katya ... John Warrington BSc'87 married Claire Adams in Vancouver on July 10, 1999. John is now a sales and marketing manager for the Orthopaedic Division of Bristol-Myers Squibb in BC ... Francis Yee MA'83, PhD'92 has been teaching Geography and Pacific Rim Studies at Camosun College in Victoria for the past ten years. He was recently appointed chair of the Social Sciences Dept. for a three-year term. You can reach him at: yee@camosun.bc.ca. 90s Reporter Doug Alexander BA'90 has been chosen by Ottawa's International Development Research Centre to undertake a one-year internship with the UK-based Gemini News Service. The journalism award involves six months work with Gemini in England and a six-month reporting assignment in Egypt... GKN Sinter Metal named Scott Fleck MBA'95 Operations Project Manager. He earned a BASc degree from the University of Waterloo ... Jamie Furlong BA'91 married his UBC Film Society sweetheart Maja Pesalj BSc(Pharm)'89 in beautiful Seward, Alaska on May 13, 1999 ... Lesley Maclnnis BEd'90 and Michael Maclnnis are pleased to announce the birth of their second child Luke Frederick Mounce, born April 4, 1999, a sister for Jenna Clair... Correction: Lynn Morel BEd'98 and Lauritz Mamen's son's name is Braden Douglas Mamen ... Brian Taylor BA'94 is now finance director at New York's Internet Trading Technologies, Inc. ... James Onley BA'93 is now in his third year as a history DPhil student at St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford. In 1998 he received a scholarship from the Bahrain-British Foundation, which pays for a year's fieldwork in Bahrain. 28 Chronicle class acts I n Memoriam Lloyd John Guichon 1921-1999 Lloyd Guichon BASc'45 was born in Merritt, BC, the grandson of a pioneer ranching family. After graduation and several years of engineering in Montreal, Lloyd returned to Vancouver where he met his future wife, Peggy McDougall. They were married in 1953 and lived in Kamloops for five years, during which time their daughter Joanne was born. Lloyd and family emigrated to the United States and had a son, Jeffrey. They settled in the Costa Mesa, Newport Beach area in southern California. There, Lloyd worked in the aerospace industry and later in real estate until the late 1980s. He is survived by his wife Peggy, daughter Joanne Kitt, son-in-law Harry and grandson Danny, and son Jeffrey. In Memoriam James L. Barrett LLB'64 or Vancouver, February, 1999 ... Jean Margaret (McLeod) Beaty BA'38 of Vancouver, March 19, 1999 ... Donald Edwin Bunyan BA'40, MA'42 of Vancouver, July 10, 1999 ... Margaret Dyson BSc(Agr)'37 of Victoria, July 27, 1999 ... Victor James Edwards fiASc'57 of North Vancouver, June, 1999 .... Gordon J. Ellis BEd(S)'76 of Vancouver, June 20, 1999 ... Kathleen Mary Godwin BA(Hon)'25 was a Great Trekker and graduated at the age of 19. She married Sidney Godwin the year after, and together they raised their family in Burns Lake and the Comox Valley. She returned to UBC and received her teaching diploma in 1934. For many years she played the violin and the viola, and was active in the Women's Institute in Courtenay and Nanaimo. She delivered Meals on Wheels for several years and was a long time member of the Voice of Women... Richard Grahame 1920-1999 Richard Grahame BSciAgr)'42, BCom'46, MSA'48 served in the Medical Corps in Italy during World War II. He worked for 15 years at Carnation Company in ftorttand, OR, and then moved to Vancouver where he worked at Dairyland until Ms retirement He was on the Board of Directors of the West Vancouver Band Association. Richard loved tennis, travelling, and hiking, and was active in the North Shore Unitarian Church and the Hollyburn Country Club. He gave to his community through Seniors Special Services and volunteering with ESL students at the Lucas Centre. Dick was a dedicated alumni volunteer for many years. Colonel Alfred Geoffrey Hoyt BASc"50 of Nanaimo, BC, May 17, 1998 ... Pierre Jolicoeur MA'58 of Montreal, Que., March 20, 1999 ... Elizabeth Kendall BA'28, March 12, 1999 ... Gordon Macintosh Letson BA'24, BSc'26 of Vancouver, July 12,1999 ... Dr. Craig Miller, Prof. Emeritus, Dept. of English, June 22, 1999 ... Joell Mohan BSW'64, MSW'76 of Edmonton, AB, Nov. 11, 1998 ... EG Peter Rowe MSc'59. Dec. 29, 1998 ... Mac Porteous BPE'49 BEdE'58 of Vancouver, July 13, 1999 ... George Charles Walsh BA'38 ot Vancouver, Apr. 15, 1999 ... David Ricardo Williams BA'48, LLB'49 of Kamloops, BC, Jan 29, 1999 ... Mollie (Little) Wilson fiSc'37, of Ottawa, May 1999 ... Evelyn EM Wright BA'44 ot Salmon Arm, BC, April 19, 1999. Class Acts Notices Please send notices to: The Chronide 6251 Cecil Green Park Road Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 Notices will be edited for length. Ivan Niven 1925-1999 Ivan Niven BA'34, MA'36 passed away May 9, 1999 in Eugene, OR, after a series of illnesses. He received his PhD in 1938 from the University of Chicago and held a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania from 1938-39. He was then on the faculty of the University of Illinois for three years and Purdue University for five years. In 1947 he returned to the Northwest and joined the faculty of the University of Oregon, where he became professor Emeritus in 1982. He also had visiting appointments at UBC, Stanford University and the University of California. Ivan published more than sixty papers and wrote seven books, five of which are still in print and collectively have been published in 11 different languages. He was a member-at-large of the Council of the American Mathematical Society from 1966-1968, and served on at least eight other AMS committees, and thirty Mathematical Association of America committees. In 1989, he was presented the MAA's highest award for achievement, the Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics. Ivan was a complete mathematician who was noted for outstanding teaching, popular books, a lifelong research program and generous service to the mathematics community. Chronicle 29 chronicle back page Landmark Hits the Right Key, Again by Laurie Townsend, BA'88 Twenty years ago this spring I first visited the UBC campus to audition for the music school. The campus is huge and beautiful. Long corridors of mature trees, views of the ocean and mountains stretch over a rose garden and buildings in all shapes, sizes and styles. Wandering amongst the buildings and trees, violin case in hand, I got lost. Asking for directions, I was told to look out for a giant tuning fork. On I went, found the fork, survived the audition and in September moved onto campus for the start of classes. The tuning fork was an important part of being a music student at UBC. A 20 foot or so metal sculpture by Gerhard Class, the fork stood tall in front of the music building. It was always there, a gathering place on nice days, a constant reminder for us to play in tune, an icon used in school brochures, and the Oftty clue that you were near the music building. You couldn't hear anyone practicing because the building was soundproof, with no open windows (or fresh air inside for all those young lungs singing and blowing horns for long hours each day). I guess the architect figured no one else wanted to hear music wafting about on campus, but I digress. It's 20 years later. This spring I started a new job at UBC, for the School of Music. I arrived back on campus expecting all to be as it once was. The campus is still beautiful and the corridors of trees have continued to mature. When I approached the music building, I saw a big empty space where the tuning fork should be. It was gone. Someone told me it was too rusty and had become a danger. So a few years ago the university had it removed. I was stunned. The place just was not the same. The campus is quiet now that final exams are over. But last week something was happening outside the school. Several men put up yellow caution tape around the plaza and were unwrapping blue tarp paper from a large object. Word spread throughout the building: "the tuning fork is back!" We all ran out to see. The tuning fork was being raised. But how? We asked one of them. Ken James, one Of the men raising the sculpture, had been a neighbour and friend of the creator, Gerhard Class. When Class died a couple of years ago, Ken, along with other neighbours and friends, got together to have the sculpture reinforced and reinstalled. Paul Slipper, a former student of the original sculptor, was also part of the crew. He was responsible for reconditioning the piece so it could live again safely in front of the music building. The other day as I was wondering the campus I overheard someone giving directions to the music building. "Go that way down Main Mall, turn left at the intersection and then you'll see a huge tuning fork. That's the music building!" Now I feel at home again. Laurie Townsend is Communications and Concerts Manager at the School of Music. Middle & bottom right: students fmmfb%70s play the old tuning fork. Bottom left & top right: the fork gets reinstalled in the summer of 1999. 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Notes | Titled "[The] Graduate Chronicle" from April 1931 - October 1948; "[The] UBC Alumni Chronicle" from December 1948 - December 1982 and September 1989 - September 2000; "[The] Alumni UBC Chronicle" from March 1983 - March 1989; and "Trek" from March 2001 onwards. |
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