vIJE COUGLAS COLLEGE / FEBRUARY 19, 1991

 

 

 

Welcome

tudent Services would like to

welcome Leslie McArthur as a
new Academic Advisor. Leslie is
replacing Lorraine Cotter who is
on a one year’s leave of absence.
Most of you will know Leslie from
the Business and Commerce
Department and with her
knowledge of that area she is a
welcome addition to the depart-
ment. @

Group Advising Sessions Schedule

All sessions start promptly at times advertised and are approximately 1 1/2 - 2 hours in
length. Sessions are free and oS istration is not required. All sessions are held at the
less o}

New Westminster campus un erwise stated.
FEBRUARY 18 — 22

Community Support Worker Program ............. Tuesday, February 19
full-time & part-time 1200 hours
Room 4211
Leslie
Health Information Services Program. ........... Wednesday, February 20
Health Record Technician and 1000 hours
Health Record Administrator Room 1630
Linda
Education - University Transfer ............... Wednesday, February 20
Simon Fraser Universi 1400 hours
Elementary and Scented Room 4211
B.Ed. Georgina
Visual Language Interpreter Training Program ....... Thursday, February 21
1000 hours
Room 2802
Linda
Office Administration: 6.07646 soe. 6 ee eh Thursday, February 21
Certificate Programs 1000 hours
Room 4211
Leslie

 

Carrie On, Scoring

he wants to play senior univer-
wJ sity basketball next fall, but
Douglas Royals’ Carrie Carlsen is
the first to admit she’s still got a
lot to learn.

“T have to work on my speed
and defence and I’m not afraid to
say I must build up my strength
and vertical jump,” says Carlsen,
contemplating the UBC training
camp she plans to attend next
season.

It will mean a lot of work, but
that is something at which Carlsen
is proving to be very adept. The
five-foot-11 sophomore currently
is one of the ringleaders in the 9-0
reign of terror the Douglas Royals
women’s basketball team is inflict-
ing on their BCAA conference.

She has already proven she has
learned how to score; the team’s
leading sniper, she netted 34
points against Fraser Valley Col-
lege (shooting 84 percent from the
floor) and collected 33 against
Capilano.

The numbers are clearly
results of a learning process. Play-

ing for the non-contending North
Delta Huskies during her two
years of senior high basketball,
Carlsen generated most of that
team’s points herself. Graduating
to Douglas, as a walk-on playing
behind All-Canadian Crystal
Caldwell, she tried to maintain her
do-it-all role. It’s something most
freshmen do, and it’s rarely a good
idea.

“Carrie tried to do a lot last
year but it would take her 10 shots
in a game just to warm up and we
just can’t afford that,” says Royals
coach Richard Norman.

“T hated not playing that
much last season but I think it
made me a stronger player,”
Carlsen admits. “I had to learn
how to play a role, I had to get
used to working with the team.”

So Carlsen developed
patience. She developed both left-
and right-handed hook shots, a
rare feat, which make her unpre-
dictable. She also developed her
perimeter game — “I didn’t really
start shooting from the outside

until I was in grade 12" — and
now is likely to shoot from
anywhere on the floor with ac-
curacy.

“Her strengths are her offence
and her size,” says Norman. “She
works a lot on her game. She is
usually in the gym shooting an
hour before practice and that’s just
typical of her.”

And even as she concentrates
on her immediate priority of help-
ing the Royals get to the nationals,
Carlsen has developed an art
which many athletes consider es-
sential: mastering the lucky t-shirt.
In her case, the good-luck garment
carries added significance because
it comes from a Thunderbirds
clinic she attended while at high
school.

“T guess my wanting to play
for UBC has something to do with
it,” Carlsen admits, before point-
ing out: “I started wearing it at the
beginning of the year, and we're
still undefeated so it must be pret-
ty lucky.” @

 

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