Taste the Cabernet at A Class Act Good wine, good food and a very worthy cause. Come attend the Douglas College Foundation’s annual Wine Fest fundraiser, A Class Act. The classy affair takes place Thursday, November 13 from 7 to 9:30pm at the Executive Plaza Hotel in Coquitlam (405 North Road). Tickets are $50. For tickets or more information, contact the Douglas College Foundation at 604-777-6176 or Barb Bessey at 604-527-5380 at the New Westminster Campus. Adopt a family for Christmas Many students, especially students with children, need a little extra help during the holiday season. The Financial Aid Office is organizing Christmas hampers. You will be given general information on the family (ages and sex of children and any gift suggestions that they have made). Hampers should include non-perishable food items as well as small wrapped gifts. For privacy reasons, no names will be given. Quantum Leaps exposes female Please let the Financial Aid Office know how many families you and/or your department will be able to help. Hampers must be delivered to the Financial Aid Office (Room 2710, New Westminster Campus) on December 15. For more information contact: Marie Anweiler, 604-527-5106 or e-mail anweilerm@douglas.bc.ca and Patty Lewis, 604- 527-5105 or e-mail lewisp@douglas.bc.ca. teens to science careers Helicopter pilot Myra Van Otterloo lets Diana Yeung, a Grade 11 student at Burnaby North Secondary School, try her helmet on for size as part of Quantum Leaps. Over 65 female Grade 11 students from the Lower Mainland came to Douglas College for the 13 Annual Quantum Leaps to hear women working in science and technology talk about their careers. Douglas College Math Instructor Susan Oesterle says the event is "designed to expose girls to science careers — to let them know that they should not drop Briefly Wendy Collins was the lucky winner of the Foundation’s 50/50 draw in September. Both Wendy and Financial Aid are $715 richer. * Clean out your closets fora good cause. The Peer Support Worker clothing swap has outgrown itself. Due to a huge influx of their math and science courses because they close doors on themselves.” Several Douglas College Faculty were involved including Jennifer Kirkey (Quantum Leaps Committee Chair), Brenda Addison-Jones (Chemistry), Sarah Stephens (Computer Information Systems), Erin Rozman (Math) and Susan Greffard (CLS). donations, they are not waiting until February for the sale. Instead they will sell off the donated clothes on Wednesday, November 19. They are in great need of men’s and kid’s clothes, particularly winter gear, but still have lots of room for women’s clothing too. Spread the word about the sale and let students know. The advent of Luminis The Luminis campus portal system is coming to Douglas College, bringing e-mail addresses for students and a host of other features. “There’s an opportunity for enhanced communication, from student to student, faculty to faculty, faculty to student, and administration to student,” says Douglas College Registrar Trish Angus, who chaired the Luminis Kickstart Committee. “From my perspective, that’s the biggest plus of Luminis.” And there are all kinds of features in the system designed to enhance communication, she says. “The look and feel of Luminis is determined by the institution that is using it,” says Keith Ellis, Chair of the Education Technology Forum. “You can customize the look, feel and contents of your home page.” Ellis says it’s going to facilitate people getting together. “Students will have official Douglas College e-mail addresses. Say you're taking my Two plays about the aftermath of violence Two deaths, two plays: one very exciting fall season at Douglas College, presented by the Theatre and Stagecraft departments. In The Jury, 12 jurors deliberate on one man’s fate in real- time. The evidence is damning, or is it? The Jury, based on the famous screenplay Tivelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, examines the difference between fact and opinion as jurors deliberate the fate of a young man charged with murder. The Laramie Project is based on the angst of the town of Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the gay-bashing incident that killed young student Matthew Shepard. A group of actors from the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City went to Laramie six times over two years and interviewed 200 local people and created the play with playwright Moisés Kaufman. “The play is about the way the town responded to what happened,” says Director Johnna Wright. “In the play, they say, ‘I can’t believe something like this would happen here. We're not that kind of town,’ and by the end, they are saying, ‘Well, I guess we are.” The Jury rans November 7 to 15 at 7:30pm with two-for- one matinees on Monday and Thursday at 1pm and Saturday at 2pm. No shows on Sunday or Tuesday. It takes place in the Studio Theatre, Room 4140. The Laramie Project runs November 14 to 22 at 7:30pm Please drop off your donations in room 4602 at the New West Campus. All funds raised will go to the Peer Support Team's emergency bursary fund for students in financial crisis. Se Don’ forget the Douglas College Vision Centre, which offers preferred pricing for all College students, staff and their families on all popular brand-name glasses and contact lenses. No appointment is necessary and direct billing to Maritime Life is available. Call Robert or Wendy at 604-777-6124 for more info. course, Chemistry 321, and you want to organize a study group. You would be able to create a group called Chemistry 321 using Luminis. Or let’s say I’m sick and I want to let my students know that there will be no class tomorrow morning. I can send a message to all of my students.” Now that Luminis has been kickstarted, the Implementation Task Force is being established. If people are interested in participating in the development they can volunteer to be on the Task Force or the sub-groups. The sub-groups will examine issues such as policy development, use of channels and groups, and training. They will be organized in November, begin work in December and report to the Implementation Task Force in April. Luminis is planned to launch as a pilot project in September 2004 and go live in January 2005. A part-time position has been created to coordinate the development of the system. Surrey residents Kristal Yee and Craig Messere sweat it out in Douglas College's production of The Jury, running November 7 to 75. with two-for-one matinees on Monday at 1pm and Saturday, November 22 at 2pm. No show on Sunday. Performances take place in the Performing Arts Theatre, Fourth Floor North. For both shows, tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students and seniors. Contact the box office at 604-527-5488. For group bookings, call 604-527-5281. Congratulations to Laurie Drukier of the Communication and Marketing Office, and her husband Randy, on their new baby boy. Brett Albert Martindale was born October 16, weighing nearly eight pounds and with a good head of hair. Baby Brett and mother are healthy and doing well! * Moneca Faircrest moves from sub to regular as an Academic Advisor replacing Gail Johnson, who has moved from sub to regular as Language and Cultural Facilitator. In International Education, Jenny Shin moves from sub to regular as Student Life Co-ordinator. INside Douglas College is published by the Communications & Marketing Office the first Tuesday of each month. Submissions and story ideas are welcome; deadline is 10 working days before publication. Send text-only files to INside editor, CMO, Room 4700, New Westminster Campus; e-mail to fehrk@douglas.be.ca; or call 604-527-5325. Printed by the Douglas College Printshop.