MARCH 2, 1983

by Brian Pharez

He was coming down the
slopes doing 90 miles an
hour ’til he caught an
edge of his ski.
Well his clothes they were
fast but the slopes they were
faster and that’s the last of
Super-Skier we shall see.

That was the theme song
of myself and several others
on the recent ski trip to
Silverstar Mountain in
Vernon. anal

Two eager busloads of the

- Douglas College Ski Club left

for Silverstar on the after-
noon of Friday, February 25.
To the delight of all each bus

- was supplied with eight

cases of beer compliments of
Molson and Labbatt’s Brew-
eries. Needless to say we

partied all the way to Ver-:

non.

I was sitting at the back of
the bus quite amused at the
line-up for the washroom. I
met a lot of people who had
previously been just another
face around campus: It’s a
wierd way to meet people.
Each one I met was Friendly
enough, but a painful ex-
pression dominated their
faces as they stood there
with crossed legs waiting for
their turn.

We arrived in Vernon at
The Best Western Motel 7
hours after leaving New
Westminster.That’s fast for
a bus. No one wasted time
uapacsne: The indoor swim-
ming pool was packed within
minutes. Afterwards, some
attempted sleep,
watched T.V., and some....
well, wild whoops of partying
could be heard from several
rooms.

some

Next morning, thanks to
wake-up calls, we left for the
mountain on schedule.

After getting off the bus I
realized my skis were on the
other bus. It was right be-
hind ours the last time I look-
ed. The other bus showed up
many minutes later. I learn-
ed that I almost lost my skis

forever when the bus slid

backwards and would have
gone over the cliff (full of
D.C. Skiers) if another bus
hadn’t gotten in the way.
Our bus, when emptied,
headed for the lower parking
lot and didn’t make the corn-
er. It slid semi-sideways into
the snowbank which knocked
the air out of the air-
comression system. The
driver, Ron, spent the whole
day fixing the bus and wish-
ing he was skiing.

What can I say about :
der snow? We had 10 both
centimetres of powder that
puts our coastal crap to

- shame.

The D.C. Ski Club - scat-

_ tered all over the 32 runs

until 2 p.m. when most of us
gathered at the lodge for a
wine and cheese party. We
sat around pigging out while
telling of great conquests

' over mo

Me? I did as much falling
and rolling as I did skiing.

After a muscle abusing
day up the mountain one
would think we’d all be ex-
hausted. Not for long. Our
bus driver made a stop at the
liquor store on the way back;
half the bus emptied.

Back at the motel I plan-
ned to sit in the jacuzzi for a
while. So did 77 others. The
jacuzzi was only 6 feet

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around and sat a maximum
of 5. I found it surrounded by
cases of beer and other booze
; accompanied by a ghetto-
blaster, and 17% people

were squeezed into it. The

   

pool wasn’t much better so I

gtabbed a 2 hour nap until I

was awakened by wild
whoops of partying echoing
through the parking lot and
some of the rooms. One of
my room-mates was happily
studying calculus and the
other was also awakened so
we went for dinner and then
to one of the local watering
holes.

There is a ‘Molstar Race’
that is co-sponsored by Mol-
son’s and held every Sunday
that some D.C. Ski Clubbers
participated in. Later, some

_were showing off their pins. I

wished I had one, but I had
checked out the slalom run
earlier. It was too hairy for
me.

Another day of skiing slid

by too quickly, followed by a.
trip to Cedar Springs. Aaaah!

 

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A real outdoor jacuzzi and
hot-tub. It was big enough to
accomodate all 78 of us:
although some never went.
there was a self filling pucker Soe”
of ice-water ee in oe

air by a rope that some Ski
Club crazies enjoyed dump-
ing on themselves. Brrrr! I
didn’t bother.

Before unloading our-
selves off the bus we were
told to be packed by morning
because we wouldn’t be
cca after Monday’s
skiing. On Monday mornin:
nobody got a wake-up» nak
and everybody was getting

‘up 5 minutes before depar-

ture and scurrying around
dike ants at a picnic. Ama-
zingly, we managed to be
packed and ready to leave on
time, but without breakfast
or even coffee.

After Monday’s skiing slid
by faster than the day before
, we were on our way home.
Again we told our tales of
mogul jumping and wipe-
outs as the majority of skiiers

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drifted off to sleep.
All those who remained
awake wondered where their

~next meal was coming from.

As we approached Kamloops
we discovered we were stop-
ping off at ‘Rotten Ronnies’
(O dem golden arches). Our

ge! sstoP there was humourous.

This MacDonalds was out in
the middle of nowhere and
was probably used to a rush
hour crowd of 5. I wish I took
a picture of the look on the
faces of the counter workers
and cooks when 78 starving
skiers stormed in.

Few could sleep on our
bus. After stuffing our faces
and getting under way,
partying was back into full
swing. Guitars, beer, sing-
ing, beer, wild whoops, and
more beer. held strong as we
returned to New Westmin-
ster.

I offer my congradulations
to Craig Tennock, Russ
Hooper, Sandy Brown, and
Bill Hamar for a well co-
ordinated weekend, with
special mention to the bus
drivers, Brian and Ron, for
being patient with our row-

-diness.

A day trip to somewhere is
rumoured to be in the plan-
ning stages, so watch for
posters around campus.

zOutsmartin:
Martin

by Martin Hemerik

1.Before Wayne Gretzky who
scored the most points in one
NHL season?

2 Who was Cassius Clay?

3. What is the name of the
stadium where the Calgary

= Flames play?

= 4. Who won the first Triple
= Crown after Secretariat?

5. How many home runs did
Babe Ruth hit in his career?

6. Who was the ‘‘Duke of Flat-

= bush’’? =

= 7. How many yards did Her- =
shell Walker gain in his first
pro game?

8. Who has the longest career
in the CFL?. =
9. In horse racing what is an =
exacta?

10. Who was the NFL player =

= = accused of possession of co-

= caine for trafficking?

; Emm

 

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Softbal

by Martin Hemerik
The Psychepaths blew E.D.
P.’s circuits apart last week-

end 19 to 8 in Douglas Inter-
Departmental softball.

7. The Psychos used Gestalt tac-

 

This is it, the final weekend
=for the Douglas College Men’s
=basketball team. The playoffs
take place at Malaspina Col-
lege.

Friday, March 11, we jump
=off against undefeated V.C.C.
= After we lose that game we

=play the loser between Capi-

o and Malaspina for the
Sbronze medal.

 

What will probably happen is
V.C.C. will take the Totem
Conference championship
with Capilano taking silver
and Douglas the bronze. If the
impossible happens and we
fluke off a win versus V.C.C.,
(the only way that would hap-
pen is if their ferry sinks) the
worst we can do is a silver.

# tics to disintegrate the E.D.P.

squad. The team played well
in the victory with the entire
lineup playing outstandingly
rather than just a few key
members.
The first E.D.P. pitcher had a
rough time with the psycho-
pathic hitters. It seemed bat-
ter after batrer would Skinner
alive. Although the Psychos
had their hitting shoes on they
also continually found the
weak spots in the Electric Data
Processing defense. This can
probably be attributed to E.D.
p.’s failure to debug it and
their general overall poor pro-
gram of duplexing.

In other softball action last

weekend Ze had no
problem Seneteanik the
Phys Ed A hitting index.
The net outcome was a 22
to 8 victory for the Mark-
eteers. Construction Man-—
agement fabricated an
early lead and built on from
there as they got physical
with Phys Ed and beat
them 22 to 15. Finally the
Marketing B team outchart-
ered Accounting 19 to 18.
The Accounting team just
couldn’t add up enough to
pull off the victory.

Construction Mgt
Psychology

_ Accounting
EDP
University Transfer
Marketing A
Marketing B
Criminology
Music
Adult Basic Ed
Phys Ed A
Phys Ed B

Me DO