CEITIC DANCING lessons New West CAmpus Beginners Every Monday and Thursday From 2-3:30 pm Room 1318 Pl from 7-8:30 pm Room 1318 Students: $48 Dropins5 Staff: $60 Dropin $6 General: $72Dropin $7 FREE session in room 1318 Mar.8 2-3:30 pm From March 15 to April 26 Every Tuesday and Thursday From March 16 to April 26 From March 15 to April 19 For more information call 527-5736 From March 16 to April 20 Oavid Lam cAmpus Every Monday From 5:30-7 pm InPinetree Gym 3 Every Tuesday From 4:30-6 pm In Pinetree Gym 3 Cost Students: $24 Dropin $5 Staff: $30 Dropin $6 General: $36 Dropin $7 FREE session in Pinetree Gym (3) Mar.8 5:30-7pm Classifieds Obituaries The balcony is closed Jen Swanston “Until next week the balcony is closed” or similar words always ended another show of movie reviews by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. The phrase “two thumbs up” was also coined by Siskel and Ebert on their television show. The movies that are out now are the last that will ever live in fear of being given two thumbs down: on Saturday February 20 Gene Siskel died in Evanston Hospital just outside of Chicago. He was only 53. Siskel had undergone surgery last May to remove a growth from his brain. Not two weeks after the surgery he was back at work, calling in reviews for Siskel&Ebert and writing them up for the Chicago Tribune and TV Guide. “I'm in a hurry to get well,” Siskel joked, “because I don’t want Roger to get more screen time then I.” As soon as he. was able to he once again took up all his other jobs, including being the film critic for CBS This Morning and a critic for a local Chicago television station. “Although it was obvious sometimes that he walked slowly and was in pain, I never once heard him complain,” said Ebert of his friend. “He carried on with a bravery that is hard to imagine.” Graduating from Yale in 1967, Gene Siskel went to work for the Chicago Tribune in 1969. It was there that he developed a fierce rivalry with another young critic, Roger Ebert, who wrote for the Tribune’s competi- tor the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1975 they were asked to co-host a show called Sneak Preview. “When we were asked to work together on a TV show, we both said we'd rather do it with someone else. Anyone else,” recalls Ebert. For the first five years neither man got along, then they became the best of friends. Together they helped start a new way to review the movies and their stars. Ebert announced earlier this month that he was once again going to take some time off until he was fully recovered. Devoted to his friends and family, Gene Siskel leaves behind his wife Marlene Iglitzen and a son and two daughters. He also had another family, those that brought him into their homes via television or newspapers who will miss the sly sense of humor and the often witty repartee that he had with Ebert. “I can't even imagine what it will be like (without Siskel),” said Ebert from his home in Chicago after he had learned of his friend’s death. “There was a history there, a respect that I’m never going to replace in my life. It’s going to be tough.” Lost Heavy silver and gold bracelet. A gift from my children. please call 936-2073 or turn into the College Security desk. Thank you. Accomodations For Rent: Large modern ground level suite in executive Port Moody home. Private entrance. Ideal for student. Non-smoking, No pets. $600 including utilities and cable. 961-5559. For Sale Snowboard and speakers for sale. K2, fat bob, 149inches w/Oxygen bindings and Aigner UPS hardshell boots, size 11 $200 obo. 2x10 Cerwin-Vega subs, $100 takes them. Jason 515-4049. Iam selling a Raven 24 pin dot matrix printer. It prints in black and white. Book and cables are included. $25 obo. Call Jenn @ 313-4030 leave a message, Large freezer for sale, good working condition. $100 or best offer, removal charges for the purchaser's account. Come see it, Activities Room 317, Centre for Sport, Recreation and Wellness. Volunteer Opportunities Volunteer at the New West Youth Centre and make a difference in the life of a teen. Call 526-1938 or drop-in Wed-Sat 6pm-11pm at 830- Sixth Street. Ask for Izzy. IZ February 24 1999 Canada World Youth Are you looking for a challenge, adventure? travel? Apply now for the Canada World Youth Work Partner Program. Gain solid job skills and enhance your resume through hands-on work experience in community development. Learn about the world and yourself while working and living for 5 months in a remote location of Indonesia with a team of youth from B.C. and the Yukon. Applicants must be: 21-25, healthy, willing to work hard and eager to experience a cross- cultural environment. Info and application forms: 732-5113 in Vancouver, toll free 1-800-889- 6069 or email: be@cwy-jcm.org. Burnaby Volunteer Centre has volunteer opportunities in many areas. Contact the Burnaby Volunteer Centre at 294-5533. Volunteer positions are available to any youth interested in coordinating an international wheelchair tennis festival. Positions are available for PR, food prepara- tions, recruiting volunteers, etc. This festival will take place in August 1999. Call Allegra @ 836.8802 for more details. the Other Press Women volunteers needed for the Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter. Interested in volunteering for our: 24 hour crisis line, transition house for women and their children. Training sessions Tuesday evenings. For more information and for a training interview call 872-8212. Vancouver Crisis Centre urgently needs volunteers to work on 24 hour distress lines. Those interested call 872-1811. Services t Students—VISA/ Mastercard that can pay itself off—even make you $$$. Sound too good to be true? Find out for yourself! Call 450-0416 for more.... ; Need help paying for your education? Learn how you can earn immediate income by becoming a representative for Excel Telecommu- nications Canada. Free seminar lecture hall 1606, Friday 7:30pm, Saturday 9am. 1-888-838-1315. Ace the LSAT! Law school admission test preparation course. 4 Saturdays, Nov 7, 14, 21 & 28, 1998. Only $275. New Westminster campus. For more info call: 527- 5446, to register, call: 527-5472. Offered through Continuing Education, Commerce and Business Administration. IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH CONVERSATION. Experienced and certified ESL Canadian teacher. Learn vocabulary, idioms, phrases and pronunciation. Group Lessons: 1-4 students, 2-3 hours, 2-4 days, 4 weeks $300 each. Private Lessons: $20.00/hr. SATISFACTION GUARAN- TEED. Call Mr. Joe Pelech at 524- 8841. Learn Japanese: Expect results from certified Japanese teachers! Days - Evenings - Week- ends, Shibano Academy, #201-601 W. Broadway, 351-5830/738-1235 Fax: 738-1231. Patient Mandarin tutor available. Able to communicate in English without Mandarin accent and vice versa. Flexible rates. Contact Johnson Tai at OP (room 1020) 525-3542 or home 521-3467. Infant care by ECE mom ft/ pt days/evenings. Near Douglas College. Jan, after 6 pm 524-5933. Personals Hot glkg smooth/athletic GW dude 24 iso kewl guys in their early twenties, glkg, smooth in-shape, athletic, jock types (bi, curious, straight, gay, OK!) to connect for mutual hot safe times. Reply box 1001 c\o the Other Press. Announcements Female clothing needed for charity in Cuba. Please drop off items at the Student Society Business Office in the Student Building. Afraid of speaking in public? Come to Douglas College Toastmas- ters, 7pm Thursdays, Douglas College, New Westminster, call Kathy at 525-6748 for info. The Douglas College Student Society is a great hang-out for students but it needs input from its membership. I am looking for interested parties to help spruce up the Student Building. If you can paint murals or know of a keen way to make the DCSS more fun and inviting, please call Darryl Flasch at 527-5109. Wanted: Students of all ages, origins, genders and sexuali- ties, to join the Pride Collective. Must be queer-friendly! Meetings 4:30 pm Mondays in Room 110 of the Student Society Building. e- mail: e@dcss.douglas.bc.ca confi- dential voicemail: 527-5474 ext 4550. Perpetually in need of qualified volunteers, Douglas College’s student newspaper, the Other Press, welcomes writers, wannabe writers, designers and anarchists. We also accept cash. Donations, however, are not tax deductable. Head to room 1020, let the first person you run into know what you're most capable of doing, we'll teach you the rest.