Task Force looks at
changing needs

The Task Force on Organizational
Restructuring will present its report to
President Bill Day in early April after
seeking input and feedback from all levels
of the College for the past three months.

According to Chair Mark Crozet, the Task
Force was organized in order to enable
Douglas College to adapt to technological
changes, growing partnerships with
outside organizations and educational
agencies, and the changing educational
needs of the community. Crozet said the
Task Force’s recommendations will be
based on the dozens of submissions
provided, which Crozet called "fairly
consistent and generally constructive."

Crozet stressed that the purpose of the
Task Force is not to make final structural
decisions but to examine "broad
organizational concepts." Composed of
faculty, staff, administration and College
Board representatives, the Task Force also
studied background material to provide
foundation for this initiative.

"We're not really coming up with anything
new," said Crozet. "We’re synthesizing a
number of lingering issues for the
College." &

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Program: a designated group of required
and elective courses which a student must
complete to earn credentials in a field of
study.

Coordinators: coordinators are selected
to organize the activities of some instruc-
tional programs.

Convenors: convenors are elected from
faculty for one-year terms to assist in com-
munications and represent faculty views. &

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Environment as a common text.

"We want to ensure there is some real
integration of teaching in this project,"
said Fahrnkopf, who is writing the final
report. "We will use some team teaching,
have some overlapping assignments and
all meet for common debates."

For more information on integrated
studies, call Lorna McCallum, 527-5284.&

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyler Page and Bryn Williams (top, I-r), and Lorraine Wilson and Daniela Vlaskalic
(bottom, I-r) probe the relationships between mothers and sons in Peter Gill’s play
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Royals earn medals
on court and mats

On almost any other night it would have
been a low-percentage basketball play, but at
the CCAA men’s gold-medal game it
seemed a sure thing.

Right at the first half buzzer, Malaspina
Mariners point guard Gary Edgar released a
25-foot three-point attempt. Even before the
referee raised three fingers to count the shot,
you knew it was going to be perfect. It was
that kind of a night. It was the kind of night
that when the Royals’ Frank Urefe clicked
on a three-pointer at the final buzzer, it
wasn’t even counted in the final score.

Playing in their second-consecutive national
championship game, and the first-ever
CCAA game to be nationally televised, the
Douglas College Royals could do little night
in the first half while their Nanaimo rivals
could do little wrong. Chris McLean, a 6-
foot-5 forward from Calgary, collected 16
points with an unerring hook shot and Edgar
scored 12 as the Mariners grabbed a 51-24
halftime lead and then cruised to an 80-62 victory. Nanaimo’s gold-medal performance in
Lethbridge on March 18 marked the first time a B.C. team had ever won the national colle-
giate title, while the Royals earned their second-straight silver medal.

 

 

 

 

Justin Padvaiskas soars for two points
as the Royals defeated Lethbridge
Kodiaks 84-77 in CCAA semifinal cham-
pionship play.

Despite earning silver, the final was disappointing for Royals’ players after back-to-back
wins over Malaspina in the B.C. finals just two weeks earlier. McLean ended the game with
26 points while Scott Walton led Royals scorers with 14 points. The Royals had earlier de-
feated Quebec’s Montmorency Nomads and Lethbridge Kodiaks to advance into the final.

On the mats in March, Douglas College wrestler Yogi Johl (130 kg) earned a bronze medal
at the Cuban Grand Prix while teammate Rob Wellwood placed seventh in his 48 kg class.
In addition, Randeep Sodhi earned a silver medal (90 Kg) at the Canadian Espoir (under 21)
Championships in Moncton, NB on March 19.

In Badminton, Julia Chen won her second national gold medal in women’s singles at CCAA
championships in Nova Scotia. A