Features March 19, 2003 http://otherpress.douglas.be.ca the other press ( Celebrating Excellence In the Feb 12 issue of the OP, T. Billau wrote a won- derful piece on Professor Darryl Plecas. As I read the article I was reminded of other awesome students, staff members, administrators and faculty here at Douglas College. The problem is, I'm on the Excellence Committee, so I can’t nominate anyone for an excel- lence award. However, YOU can! The Excellence Awards were designed so we'd devel- op a culture of recognition for excellence throughout the DC community. Teaching and learning happens here, and there are people who make vital contributions to that experience. There is a special category for acknowledging stu- committees, the communities that DC serves and have still maintained good academic standing. As well, there are awards given to staff (for example, those helpful people in the cafeterias, libraries, registrar’s office, department offices, systems and computing, student development, international education, DLS, etc.), administrators (directors, deans, VPs, the Prez) and faculty. The deadline for nominations is March 28th, so there is still time to make the effort to get a form from the library, and get 2 others to help you set up the package. Be sure to look at the nomination form, so you are providing information that supports the crite- ria. Providing supporting documents like letters, eval- uations and other materials is really helpful to us on the Excellence Committee when we sit down together and make the difficult decisions. Of course, there is a student representative on the selection committee. Fran Johnson, from General Nursing is also able to answer any logistical questions you may have. She can be reached at johnsonf@douglas.bc.ca or 604-527-5062. Dont’ delay any longer in doing your part to recog- nize the excellence here at Douglas College! The Excellence Committee is hoping to be SWAMPED with nominations. By Janice Penner \_ dents who have had an impact in classes, internal ( Female prisoners lose themselves in Electra They’re deviant, they're violent, and they are losing track of reality. This is one pro- duction where the audience will appreciate that the buffer zone between the stage and the theatre seats is sealed off by prison bars. These twisted, loopy women are disturbing. Presented by Douglas College’s Theatre and Stagecraft Departments, this adapt- ed adaptation of Electra depicts five violent female offenders re-enacting the ancient Greek story of Electra, in which Electra and her brother Orestes kill their mother in an act of revenge for their father’s murder. As the prisoners take on their roles in Electra, they forget who they are as the lines between themselves and their characters blur. “It’s a dark satire done by clowns gone bad,” says Director Denise Kenney, who has an MFA in Film Directing from UBC and has worked in theatre, film and tel- evision. The original adaptation by Jonathan Christenson and Joey Tremblay ae the prisoner's stories on crimes ripped from the headlines, demonstrating that the cycle of violence and revenge is just as relevant today as it was when Electra was first written 2,400 years ago. Kenney further adapted the play to suit her cast of five Douglas College Theatre students. “The play explores how we tend to polarize good and evil,” says Kenney. “It asks the question, “What is revenge and what is justice?’ It’s looking the monster in the eye and seeing some of your own reflection. We all like to point the finger but in doing so do we become the very monster we are seeking to slay?” Electra, an ONstage! presentation by Douglas College’s Theatre and Stagecraft departments, runs March 14 to 22, evenings at 7:30pm with a matinee on Saturday, March 22 and no Sunday performance. Performances take place in Douglas College’s Studio Theatre, room 4140, 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster (one block north of the SkyTrain station). Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students and seniors. To order tickets, contact the box office at 604- 527-5488. For group bookings, call 604-527-5279. To Poets Against the War for Adnan Hamideh Israeli incursions over his grandmother's house, over the theatre where he watched American movies, over the streets where he once threw rocks, not at tanks or soldiers in anger or hatred, only at chickens scratching circles in dust. Bethlehem surrounded his childhood; now surrounded by death his memories change: with each message from home another loss, not from old age in bed, nor with loved ones, not from natural causes sudden or predictable. Resolutions of condemnation mark his life; decade after decade calls for peace, decade after decade broken promises, non-compliance: in the year of his birth cease-fire violations; year after year excessive force, deportation, death. Alarmed at the reoccupation of Palestinian cities, the severe restrition on freedom of movement, the humanitarian crisis faced by his people, he reads UN proclamations that have no force against terrorist fears and one democratic voice. Around Rahmallah, Jenin, Hebron, and Gaza a ghostly green line draws tighter, draws nearer; around refugee camps will wires stretch taunt, will fences turn gardens into ghettoes? who will speak out against this war, this genocide? By Gerard Donnelly Smith days of summer learning See oe zo Start up. 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