Immersion students arrive

In spite of difficulties finding flights
into Vancouver that weren't completely
full of Expo visitors, 48 students have
made it to Capilano College for the
English language immersion program for
French-speaking students. The students, 47
from Quebec and 1 from New Brunswick, are
here until July 5 working on their English
skills under the tutelege of Joan Acosta,
Ramon Kubicek and Crystal Hurdle. There
are also four monitors: Liam Kearns, Kara
Middleton, Alicia Stewart and Jeff
Schermbrucker. The French students this
year are mostly Business and Engineering
students, says coordinator Marlene Fry.
They are playing tourist around town and
-will be taking a weekend trip to Victoria
and Long Beach. Expo has caused other
problems—billets have been very difficult
to find, both for the French students and
for the Japanese students who will be
coming to Cap at the end of July.

Graduation cont.

food on hand, and then dissipated much
earlier than last year, allowing our own
people to finish up the clean-up. A
highlight of the event was the announcement
by MLA Angus Ree of the granting of
$400,000 in lottery money towards Cap's
gymnasium project.

Meanwhile, rumours of former Principal
Paul Gallagher's influence over the gods
of weather refuse to be quashed. Although
Board Chairman Hilda Rizun made public
proclamations to the effect that this year's
clement ceremonies prove that Capilano can
hold rainless graduations without the
intervention of Gallagher, she was later
overheard to admit that Gallagher had made
a phone call on our behalf just hours
before the event. Which leaves the entire
college community seething with
speculation after our third successful
outdoor ceremony. Have we just been lucky?
Or has Gallagher been directing the rain
clouds to part? OR is there an unknown
person out there performing druidic rites
each May to appease the elements and if so
who could it be? Doug Jardine? Hilda Rizun?
Judy Hafey? The students in Karen Ewing's
Weather and Climate classes?

And will we ever know for sure?

Ministry allots $$

The Ministry of Post Secondary Education,
in 5.5 millimeters of press releases,
announced on May 12 various allocations to
Community Colleges from the Fund for
Excellence. Capilano College, as jointly
announced by the Minister and our 3 MLAs
on pages 5 and 6, will receive $329,000,
which is described as "a three per cent
increase to Capilano's operating budget."

World Cup Soccer here

World Cup Soccer has come to Capilano
College! A 9 by 12 foot screen has been
set up in the North Cafeteria, and the
games, live and in colour, will be shown
over the next two weeks. Admission for
each game is $1, and the schedule is as
follows:

May 31, 11 am - Italy vs Bulgaria

June 1, 3 pm - Canada vs France
June 2, 11 am - USSR vs Hungary
June 3, 11 am - Mexico vs Belgium
June 4, 11 am - Germany vs Uruguay
June 5, 11 am - Italy vs Argentina
June 6, 11 am - Canada vs Hungary
June 7, 11 am - Mexico vs Paraguay

3 pm - Poland vs Portugal
June 8, 11 am - Scotland vs Germany
June 9, 11 am - Canada vs USSR
June 10, 11 am - Italy vs Korea
June 11, 1 pm - Belgium vs Paraguay
June 12, 11 am - Brazil vs. N. Ireland
June 13, 11 am - Germany vs Denmark

Sechelt renumbered

The Sechelt campus has a new address, but
not because of a move. The Village of
Sechelt has renumbered our building on
Inlet Avenue, so the new address is 5638
Inlet Ave, Sechelt. Mail should still be
sent to Box 1609, Sechelt, VON 3A0.

Sayre presents paper

Among the 480 papers which will be
presented at the Learned Societies
Conference at the University of Manitoba
this summer is one by John Sayre of the
Economics department. Under the general
topic of Legal Issues in Industrial
Relations he is presenting a paper on "The
Rand Formula: An Emotional Issue That Won't
Go Away."