News Shorts By Shaylee Pérez, Staff Reporter. Make your skin crawl at Science World “SCREAM! Featuring Goose Bumps!” the new exhibition at Science World opens May 30". Exploring the science of fear, it offers a look at what happens in your body when you're scared. Rane: of the exhibition include: booths where you can face fears of creepy-crawlies, falling and electric shock * a guillotine with a blade that comes crashing down towards your head * ascream measuring booth a green screen to capture your image in scary situations Fulfill your passion for justice Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter is seeking female volunteers to aid in running the 24-hour rape crisis line and transition house for abused women and children. Training is provided free of charge and last for six weeks. Call 604.872.8212 to book an interview. Join the welcoming wagon at penne this summer By Shaylee Pérez, Staff Reporter : his summer will play host to two new student orientation events at Douglas College, taking place at both the David Lam and New West campuses. Roughly 300 people are expected to attend each one. Orientation is a tradition at the College, and has boasted higher attendance in the last couple of years—a good sign as research notes that students who go to orientation accomplish more in their classes, and are more likely to graduate. It isn’t only for the newcomers, as students with a minimum of a semester at the College are encouraged to apply to participate as orientation volunteers. The Office for New Students (ONS) will train around 80 volunteers this summer and is accepting applications for Late Summer Orientation up until training, which will take place the week before the event. Volunteers will be provided with a volunteer reference letter, food, a t-shirt and a lanyard. “Looking back on my own experience, I can see that going to orientation as a first-year student was the best decision I ever made. Not only did it give me a huge advantage in terms of my knowledge of the campus and services, but the friends I made immediately made me feel much more relaxed and ‘at home’ on campus. The second best decision I made was to become an Orientation volunteer, because it’s an incredibly fun and rewarding experience to help other students get a head start in their college life,” said Eric Glanville, student development coordinator at the New West Office for New Students. Early Summer Orientation will take place on June 9" at the New West campus and on June 11" at David Lam campus from 6:30- 9:30 p.m. for both. Door prizes, a campus tour, information about different resources at Douglas such as financial aid and academic advising, and a chance to sign up for the numerous clubs and groups that Douglas College boasts will all be available. The second and larger event is the Late Summer Orientation, which will take place on August 8" from 9 a.m—3:30 p.m. at David Lam, and on the 15" of August at the same time frame at New West. Late Summer Orientation differs from Early Summer Orientation in that the chance to meet some of the instructors, eat a free lunch, buy textbooks and avoid the regular line-ups by getting your student card ahead of time can be had along with all the services that the early bird orientation offers as well. For those interested in taking part as an orientation volunteer, contact Eric Glanville by email at glanvillee@douglas.bc.ca. Coach White shows Everest is no problem By Garth McLennan, Acting News —ditor jor most people, retirement is a period FE: time to slow down, a time to spend more time at home and enjoy the simple things in life. For retired firefighter Eoin White, the exact opposite has proven to be true. White, 54, who is a former captain of the Burnaby fire department, is the creator of Sherpa Encounters, an adventure trekking company that takes people from all walks of life to base camp at Mount Everest in Nepal. He was even able to bring a fully paralyzed man on the tour with him recently. “T had always dreamt of going to Nepal, and when I went there I had something of an epiphany, almost like a _ religious experience. I thought I knew everything about Nepal, I had read all the books, I had seen all the videos but nothing prepared me for when I got there,” White said. “And I wanted to share that incredible experience with my friends. I often joke that I could have come back as a bible salesman or as a preacher, but instead I came back as a Sherpa guide.” White speaks reverently about his adventures to Nepal, which his company conducts to base camp five times per year and the most recent of which finished up at the end of April. He talks very warmly about his unique relationship with the famous Sherpa people native to the region. “With my partners in the trekking business, the people that I deal with feel that I am the reincarnation of their dead father. In Nepal the Sherpa people practice Buddhism, and they have their own special type of Buddhism and an integral part of it is reincarnation. And the reason they feel that I am the reincarnation of their dead father is that both of their fathers died when they were young men. In doing business with them, I had to give them money to invest and they felt that only a father would do for a son what I’ve done for them in that regard.” “My basic relationship with my partners is that my name is ‘papa.’ I can only tell you in words right now, but until you actually see it and witness it, they’re only just words.” White, a Douglas College alumnus who says his number one area of study was rugby, has been passionate about mountain climbing since he was nine years old, and so far he has taken part in 12 different trips to Mount Everest and has been to Nepal 10 times. After all those trips his favourite aspect has become a little-known district called Solokhumba. “There are 53 regions or provinces in Nepal. The world solokumbu literally means ‘where nobody lives’ and when the Tibetans originally fled from Tibet 500 years ago they came to this high pasture area and called it Solokumbu,” he explained. “Every time I’m there I spend 15-18 days. I love learning about the culture of the Sherpa people whenever I’m there.” In addition to Everest trips, Sherpa Encounters also offers rides through the jungle on elephant back. “Nepal is only 160 kilometres wide, and you go from the high regions of Mount Everest into tropical jungles of Northern India which is just above sea level,” he said. “When I first went on the elephant tours I thought they were going to be kind of hokey, but you’re actually walking next to wild rhinos. I’ve never seen a tiger but you see their tracks. There are also crocodiles, up to 20 feet long in the river, and you bathe the elephants, which is really a lot of fun. The thing when you’re on the elephant, you can walk right up to wild animals, because the animal doesn’t see you, it only sees the animal. “T took my daughter with me, who was 20 years old at the time, and the elephant rides became a highlight of her life. Those rides created a lifelong love of elephants for her, and it’s not like she was a little kid when she first went on them.” To say that Eoin White is a modern Jim Peever and Eoin White day renaissance man would be an understatement. He’s a licensed pilot and has coached soccer for years. He’s owned his own drapery business and now frequently drives tour buses across Canada in his spare time. This summer, White is slated to compete in the World Police and Fire Games, which take place right here in B.C. White also is very much involved in the Canadian wrestling world. He travelled with the Canadian Olympic squad to Beijing last summer as the team manager, and has coached numerous international wrestling tournaments at the highest levels that have taken him all around the world. Affectionately known as “Coach White” throughout the city, Eoin White is a true New Westminster legend.