The Informer Page 2

February 28, 1989

Window on the World

Hi, I’m Hanna, an international student from the
Netherlands.

I don’t wear wooden shoes, live in a windmill or grow
tulips. Instead, I am spending a year in Vancouver
taking courses at Cap.

Some of the faculty and staff members have come up
with a neat idea: an International Day. This day,
Tuesday, March 7, is designed to give us an impression
of the College’s new international programs and
projects. There will be a panel of foreign and Canadian
students, who have participated in some of the
programs.

Don’t miss this if you want to open your window on
the world. It’s really an interesting experience!

Guest speakers will tell us about foreign countries
and there will be international films to see. If you’re not
excited about this because you can’t get any credits for
it, you can still benefit from the ethnic food available in
the cafeterias. I bet you don’t eat “bubble and squeak”,
“knackworst and sauerkraut” or “sang sun joon” very
often! You can also enjoy music and dance while having
your lunch. And for fortune seekers, there will be a
raffle, and there are many more neat events!

— Hannelot Dekker

Some of the other “neat” events Hannelot refers to
include a visit from The Honourable David C. Lam,
Lieutenant Governor of B.C., a talk by Dr. Louise May
on “Getting Ready for the Global Century”, a Thai
cooking demonstration, African percussionist Themba
Tana, and the Strathcona Chinese Dance Company. For
more information on this mind-opening experience, look
for brochures distributed around campus.

Reach for the Top Cap-style

Watch your toes March 16. There’s going to be a
rush of eager high school students taking part in the
first Club Optima, a competition designed to pit high
school teams against each other in their favourite
subjects, while exposing them to Cap and its myriad
attractions. Schools from far and wide have responded to
the call, so we'll have over 100 visitors from North
Shore, Vancouver Island, Howe Sound, Sechelt and
Vancouver schools (including several private
institutions). Teams of two each will test their creative
and intellectual faculties in Geography, Computing,
French, Spanish, Theatre, English, Music, or Marketing.

Competitions include English students performing a
Lizzie Borden skit for a second year Canadian
Literature class; Computer students comparing
spreadsheet dexterity, and future Geographers playing a
trivial pursuit of terrain while testing their orienteering
skills in our campus rainforest.

Interested observers are invited to drop by R105
between 10 a.m. and noon to see the Theatre
competition. Those who want to see who our next
musical stars will be can attend the Classical
competition in H113 between 10:30 a.m. and noon or
Jazz/Pop in the Northeast Caf. between 10 and noon.

To Russia With Love

Crawford Kilian’s freelance Magazine Article
Writing course (CMNS 190) has reached a far wider
audience than even a SF world inventor like him could
have imagined. Soviet students in the prestigious
Moscow Bauman Technical College will be exchanging
articles and questions with Crawford’s students
(presently communicating through audio-conferencing
and FAX) in a pilot project exploring the first
collaborative journalism exchange network of its kind.
Watch the local newspapers and the next Informer for
more on this exciting project.

Mock U.N. in New York

15 Political Studies students will be representing
Cap at the prestigious Mock U.N. in New York next
month. This is the first time Cap students will attend
this high-level event which attracts graduate students
from colleges and universities across North America and
parts of Europe.

Much like actual United Nations sittings (in the
official UN General Assembly), students will have to
lobby for a place on the agenda and an opportunity to
speak. This, said group leaders Todd Wong and Denise
Fickling, will be the bulk of their work.

As representatives of the South West African
People’s Organization (SWAPO), the group's current
topic of concern is the upcoming elections in Namibia.
These elections represent an important moment in
history, says Todd, because Namibiam is the last colony
in the world.

"The tripwill give us valuable insight into the
dynamics of international politics”, says Todd. It is
important for a group representing Canada's "future
Stephen Lewises and Joe Clarks".

Students are learning another essential part of
politics with this trip: fundraising. Although the College
is providing $7,000 for the trip, students need every
penny they can raise at their March 2 “Tacky Tourist
Party” at the Systems Discotheque. College employees
can help by joining the camera-toting fun and/or buying
raffle tickets for Vancouver Symphony and Playhouse
tickets.

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