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Believe it or not, winter’s nearly over.
Those flurries and icy temperatures were
just a misstep on the march toward
March, and spring. Blossoms were spotted
on cherry trees in January, and the hours
of daylight are inching toward a
respectable number, which means soon
you won’t be coming to work in the dark
and going home in the dark. And, fora
little more enlightenment, check the
following bits of news from around the
College.

Thanks to Theatre...

Theatre Instructor Chery! Matheson
recently got a couple of thank-you letters
from the B.C. Children’s Hospital. The
Theatre Department donated season’s
tickets to the College’s theatre
productions, which were raffled at the
1995 Children’s Festival Brunch, which at
last count raised over $23,000 toward the
purchase of much-needed equipment in
the hospital’s Special Care Nursery and
the Child Protection Services Unit.

Take the short way home...

On the night before New Year’s Eve this
past December, a fellow who lives in the
apartment building just south of the
College decided to take a short cut home
through the campus...in his truck. He
came off Royal Avenue and down the
concrete steps from the fourth floor by the
Continuing Education offices down to the
patio by the reflecting pond. He waited
there for a moment, but when the security
guard went out to investigate, the fellow
gunned his truck through the shrubs and
launched it off the six-foot concrete wall
down onto Lorne Street, outside the
loading bay at Shipping & Receiving. His
engine stalled with the impact, so he
glided down the hill and turned onto
Victoria Street. The security guard got
not only the license number, but the
whole license plate; it was torn off during
the bumpy ride and left at the scene.

Geoff’s in Systems...

The position of Database Administrator/
Programmer in the Department of
Systems & Computing has been filled by
Geoff Campbell, who many people know
as the former Systems Manager/Analyst.

Mark’s matrimony...

Manager of Computer Support Systems
Mark Coumont will wed his significant
other next September.

It’s twins...

Joyce Hunter in Financial Aid is the proud
grandmother of twins Calvin Alexander
and Thomas Spencer, born January 19.
All are well, including mother and father
Leah and Jeff.

Jean’s jeans full 0’ cash...

The Foundation’s December 60\40 Draw
winner is the Bookstore’s Jean Easton.
She put $814.80 (60%) into her pocket,
while $543.20 (40%) went to student aid.

 

Poosty i¢ Ain

Whoever constructed this
work of snow art outside
the Modern Languages
fieldbase abandoned the
traditional top hat and
carrot nose and came up
with some sort of snow hog
wearing what appears to
be a Russian hat. The snow
hog sure wasn’t Frosty, but
January’s weather sure
was.

 

 

LONE

A brand-new Canuck...

Michael Knight became the new Systems
Analyst in the Registrar’s Office on
January 3, and became a Canadian citizen
a couple of weeks later, on January 16.
He hails from England, and also lived in
Australia for some time.

Officially, Betty Lou...

Betty Lou Hayes is now Director of the
Centre for Sport, Recreation and
Wellness, the former Athletics &
Intramurals Department.

Oahu escape...

Co-operative Education Assistant Susan
Chong skipped most of January’s snow
and cold by spending 12 days in Hawaii
with her family. They went snorkeling,
hiked Diamond Head, and just generally
had a good time.

Goodbye until March! I