iNSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 5, 1991

 

 

 

Informal War
Discussions
Planned

mall discussion groups are

being organized to allow
people at Douglas College to talk
about the Gulf War.

The groups are being or-
ganized by the Douglas College
Peace Alliance (DCPA), although
spokesperson Claudette Laberge
stressed the groups will not be
used as platforms for any politi-
cal agendas.

“We run a weekly literature
table on the campus and found a
lot of people really haven’t formu
lated opinions about the war or
are interested in talking about
how they feel about it,” said
Laberge.

“Some people are confused
about definite issues like the role
of Canada or the U.N. The pur-
pose of these groups is just to en-
courage discussion about the
war.

A DCPA member will attend
meetings to facilitate discussion
and to prevent any group or in-
dividual from dominating the
meetings.

All faculty, staff and students
are welcome to participate or
simply to come and listen. Meet-
ings will be organized at times
convenient for those attending.
For information, call 527-5493.

 

 

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Richards "One of Canada’s
Top Ten" (continued from front page)

New Brunswick shoot moose or
drink wine. They want people to
think Canada is strictly an urban
country,” says Richards. “I just
came back from Germany and
nobody there who reads my books
call me a ‘regionalist’. That's just a
term that comes from Central
Canada, but it’s not something
they would call Mordecai Richler
or Margaret Lawrence.”

Richards incredulity at the
‘regionalist’ rap seems under-
standable since the essence of his
work applies in New Brunswick or
Toronto or Berlin: don’t always

worry about what others say,
being true to yourself is ultimately
what matters. The chilling
simplicity of it all is clear when
Richards describes a character’s
grave: “It was quite a famous
marker for a while. And then it
was overgrown and forgotten al-
together.”

Richards appears through the
Writers in Residence program,
sponsored by Douglas College,
Douglas College Foundation and
the Canada Council. The free read-
ing will at be noon in room 1814. @

Itinerary - David Adams Richards

Monday, March 4: ~ 10 a.m., CANADIAN LITERATURE TALK,

Room 3408

- 10 a.m., CREATIVE WRITING DRAMA
WORKSHOP, Room 1222

- 7 p.m., CREATIVE WRITING FICTION
WORKSHOP, Room 2221

Wednesday, March 6: - 12 noon, CANADIAN LITERATURE TALK,
Room 1620

- 12 noon, PUBLIC READING, Room 1814

- 3-5 p.m., OFFICE HOURS, Room 3307, (no
appointment necessary)

Tuesday, March 5:

Thursday, March 7:

Friday, March 8: - 10-12 noon and 1-3 p.m., OFFICE HOURS,
Room 3307, (no appointment necessary)
Saturday, March9: —- 10:30-12:30 p.m., READING AND WORKSHOP,

New Westminster Public Library, 716 - 6th
Avenue, New Westminster.

Did You Used To Be R.D. Laing?

Video and Lecture by Dr. Andrew Feldmar, Psychologist
Wednesday Night, February 27
Lecture Theatre,, 2201

Sponsored by “Contemporary Existentialism” course of the
Philosophy/Humanities Discipline.

Visitors Welcome. @