INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / February 18, 1992 The Inside Zone by Carillon Pink blossoms are already budding by the 8th Street entrance while people-in points east dig out of heavy winter storms, and some people around campus are feeling a little bit smug (“I can’t wait to call my relatives in the Maritimes!”). It’s almost spring outside, and for a glimpse of what’s happening on the inside, sit back and read on... Still making music... Former Accounts Payable Clerk Diane Thompson is beginning another recording project, a solo album for adults. She’s funding the project, which will be called | Could Dance With A Tiger. Heavy metal fans may not be interested. “It’s mel- low stuff,” says Thompson, who also co-wrote the music. Her pre- vious project was a recording of songs for children. No strings attached... The Bookstore’s Josie Lagroix and her husband Leigh are into hand puppetry, and do shows for local schools and churches. A couple of weeks ago surprised Bookstore customers witnessed ari impromptu Muppet performance for an auxiliary worker’s birthday. English Instructor Susan Mc- Caslin picked up a cool $218.40 in the DC Foundation’s January 60/40 draw. She keeps $145.60, and her department gets $72.80. Cherry trees are blooming... can spring be far away? Josie directed, and the Bookstore people were cast in the production, which received rave reviews...speak- ing of the Muppets, look for Janice Jickles of the Visual Language Inter- preter Training program in upcoming filmed-in-Canada seg- ments of Sesame Street. The spots feature Jickles, who is deaf, and daughter Jennifer, and show how they communicate during activities such as shopping and skiing together. Surf city, here she comes... Corrie Stewart has booked out of the Library, and is hanging out in Waikiki for 10 days. Testing the alternatives... Therapeutic Recreation Instruc- tor Julie Roper has a 10-acre hideaway on Pender Island. She and her co-owner brother are con- ducting an experiment in alternative lifestyles. The cabin has solar panels, a composting toilet and no electricity, although they now get hot water through a propane heater, which she considers “pretty sophisticated”. But it’s not entirely rustic; Roper is currently on sabbati- cal conducting research into College health and wellness, and she’s doing much of the work in a school bus/office parked among the arbutus trees covering the property. The bus is equipped with a gener- ator that provides juice for a FAX and computer...Meanwhile, Media Maintenance Technician Glen James plans to conduct his own ex- periments in recreation therapy with a trailer on a newly purchased lot near Harrison Mills. Voices from Central America... Early Childhood Education In- structor Cathleen Smith is an author’s mother. Emilie Smith-Ayala has written a book called The Granddaughters of Ixmucane - Guatemalan Women Speak. It’s a compilation of testimonies of more than 25 women who have survived violence and terror in the struggle for liberation in Guatemala. Smith- Ayala was heard on the CBC’s Vickie Gabereau show on Jan. 20. Documenting human rights abuses by death squads in Central America is extremely unpopular with govern- ments in those nations; Smith-Ayala now cannot enter Guatemala. Congratulations! Jean Hammer of the Library has become a first-time grandmother and says it is “quite thrilling.” Her grandson Brandon Alexander was born to daughter Linda and hus- band Jack Fraser on Jan. 12. A See you soon!