Nikalas Kryzanowski, News Editor

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Nikalas
Kryzanowski

news editor

Si. of Canada’s cultural elite will be

in Vancouver next week as part of a 19-day
Western tour that will see the Ottawa-based
National Arts Centre Orchestra, led by Music
Director Pinchas Zukerman, perform in ten
cities in Western Canada including smaller
towns like Prince George and Spruce Grove,
Alberta, and for the first time, the orchestra will

 

be performing in the Yukon.

Here in Vancouver, the orchestra will be performing for two nights— October
25" and 27" at the Orpheum Theatre, both of which are presented by the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra. The repertoire for the evening includes selections from
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and a performance of Vancouver-born composer
Alexina Louie’s Infinite Sky with Birds.

The program also has an educational aspect to it that is aimed for the benefit of
young people in music. These will include instrumental master classes for advanced
students led by Jon Kimura Parker, Zukerman himself and musicians of the NAC
Orchestra. Students will also have the chance to perform in open rehearsals with the
NAC Orchestra and there will be instrumental clinics in high schools.

“It is wonderful to be traveling again to the West Coast with the NAC
Orchestra,” Zukerman said in a press release. “As Music Director, one of
my favourite aspects of going on tour is the pleasure of performing for other
communities and giving them a feel for what we do at home. We also look forward
to our many educational activities.”

 

Pinchas Zuckerman is the orchestra’s director

Candidate hopes to bring Tim Horton’s to NW
campus, New DSU building to David Lam

By Nikalas Kryzanowski, News Editor

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Win elections running this week for the two vacant spots in the Douglas
Students’ Union, one candidate hopes to woo votes by hanging a proverbial
carrot—or doughnut, more accurately —in front of voters.

Sandra Gwardys, who resigned as Women’s Liaison to run for the post of
Internal Relations Co-ordinator, sees the idea of Tim Horton’s at the New West
Campus as well within reach and claims that the union has been working behind the
scenes to attract one.

“We had done some preliminary work while I was still Women’s Liaison, and
I want to continue the discussions,” she said. Currently, the nearest Tim Hortons is
about one and a half kilometres up the hill on 6" St.

Gwardys believes that the lack of a Tim Hortons in the neighbourhood makes
Douglas College a choice location for one and believes that the best available
location for it is within the DSU itself.

“The DSU has an entire floor that is relatively unused and this could benefit
not just Douglas College, but could also serve the courthouse, the businesses on the
other side of seventh and all the local housing in the area as well,” she claimed.

The David Lam Campus which already has a Tim Hortons has not been
forgotten by Gwardys. She claims that since the split in population between the
campuses has now become roughly equal, that the DSU will need to provide more
representation there.

“If elected, I will get passed a motion to dedicate the building fee to a capital
fund for a DSU building at the David Lam campus,” she said. “It may not be built
for a few years, but to get the money accumulating and to begin negotiations with
the school for land is the first step.”

 

Correction

In our October 6" issue, we stated that the Disabled Liaison position at the DSU was vacant (“Help decide how the DSU spends your money”). It has actually been held by
Jamie Waterlow since the last election. This was an oversight, and the newspaper regrets the error.

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