Sports

 

ee Mien’s Basketball
November 29
UCFV 84
DC 104

November 30
OUC 67
DC 86

Even without three top players, the Royals
overcame an early 29-18 deficit to defeat
UCFV by 20. An excellent second half and key
three-point shooting throughout made the
difference: the Royals shot 59% from the floor
and connected on 15-of-23 three-pointers. The
wins improve the Royal’s record to 8-5 on the
season and 4-3 in BCCAA league play.

Women’s Basketball
November 29

UCFV 57
DC 56

November 30
OUC 84
DC 67

Home court advantage couldn’t overcome the
tough competition as the Royals lost their last
two games before exams and holidays. The
team now sits in a four-way tie for third place
with a 4-3 record.

Women’s Volleyball
November 30

Camosun 0
DC 3

(15-8, 15-6, 15-0)

At the end of the first half of their BCCAA
schedule the Royals sit in second place at 4-1,
just behind Malaspina College.

 

 

Men’s Volleyball
December |

Camosun 0
DC 3

(15-4, 15-7, 15-12)

The Royals remain undefeated in league play
with a record of 5-0.

Wrestling
November 30 Pacific University
Tournament, Forest Grove, Oregon

Douglas College’s Daniel Igali defeated
Chris Perrk of Pacific and Luigi Bianco
of SFU in the finals to win the
championships at 163 Ibs. Other Douglas
College competitors finished second —
Miles Thibault, 1901bs; and fourth —
Mark Udell, 142Ibs.

Douglas College’s fourth campus

There are no sororities and no lavish
grad, but the two classrooms at the
Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women
could be called Douglas College’s fourth
campus.

Berenice Gilmore, one of two full-time
instructors at the facility, is quick to
emphasize that they treat their two-room
area as “part of Douglas College, not part
of the prison.” She says the college
atmosphere helps the students who spend
as much as six hours per day there to
know that for that time, they are in school,
and all that’s expected of them is to do
their best.

With the highest number of
participants of any program in the facility,
“school,” as the inmates call it, is one of
the most gratifying and challenging
teaching jobs Gilmore and fellow teacher
Mary Francis Smith have ever had. “One
of the problems with the number of
women we have coming through here, all
staying anywhere from one month to 25
years, is keeping track of them once they
leave,” Gilmore points out. “The school
experience makes a difference to all of
them, but in a few it 1s especially
noticeable.”

Once signed up for school, each
woman is tested to determine her current
educational level and needs. In a follow-
up meeting, her interests and goals are
discussed before a course of study is
designed. “We're not just teachers,”

Gilmore explains, “we also act as lay
psychologists, facilitators and friends.”

The foundation of the learning process
is the one-hour writing and discussion
session at the beginning of each day.
Next, students continue with individual
programs geared to helping them upgrade
their skills, prepare for high school
equivalency exams or plan for future
college or university study. The day can
also be taken up with videos, computer
work and group discussions.

Students who are eligible for absences
from the prison are sometimes brought to
the College for visits, especially if they
are planning to enrol when released.
“Visiting the Registrar’s Office and the
Women’s Centre helps them feel less like
outsiders,” says Gilmore. “In many cases,
these women have a picture of what they
think students are, and they don’t see
themselves that way.” Seeing the College
environment for themselves helps them

-feel like they belong, and makes it easier

to get on with a new phase in their lives.

Faculty and staff at Douglas College’s
three campuses can get involved in the
prison program by giving a guest lecture
or participating in group discussion. To
talk about how you can participate, call
Berenice Gilmore at the Burnaby
Correctional Centre Monday to Friday,
between 9 am and 12 noon, and | pm to
3:30, at 436-6020. ff