Oberndorf in Asia continued ...

Vocational, Jon Jessiman, and Business
Management instructor Doug Loblaw.

“In my opinion, the ASEAN marketplace is not
recognized today for what the value will be for
Canada in the near future,” commented Oberndorf.
“The ASEAN region is a new frontier with a
tremendous untapped potential.”

Although a year in Malaysia will “dislocate” him from
the North American market, and he realizes that it
will take some time to get back into things,
Oberndorf will come back as a specialist in
Southeast Asia, with expertise in Malaysia. “This will
validate the experiences I’ve accumulated in the last
couple of years,” he said.

Capilano students depart for Japan

“lve always wanted to go to Japan,” says Academic
student Colleen Purdie, and she is getting her wish
right now, because she and Christina Campbell,
Studio Art student, left for Toyota last week to begin
their stint as Capilano’s exchange students at Aichi
Gakusen College in Japan.

The two Capilano students will be spending
approximately six months at Aichi Gakusen, studying
Japanese language, history and culture, and tutoring

Japanese students in conversational English. In
addition, as Colleen is a preschool supervisor, she is
hoping to be able to fit in an ECE course, while
Christina would like to take Art.

The Capilano students will both be living with
Japanese families, and although it will undoubtedly
be a bit of a culture shock, they have had the
advantage of being able to talk to our two returned
students from last year, Jillan Valpy and Colette
Hogue, who gave them valuable tips on what to pack
and what sort of weather to expect. After the
semester is over, they have the option of staying a
few months extra to travel and sightsee in Japan.

When they return to Vancouver, Christine plans to
come back to Capilano and finish her program, and
Colleen hopes to work for a year before returning to

school. But that’s a long way ahead, and for the
past few weeks all their thoughts have been focused
on Japan—both the excitement that lies ahead in a
new country, and the friends and family that they will
miss.

College thanked for “pitching in”

The weather and the College community both
cooperated on Sunday, September 20, to make the
United Way slowpitch game between Capilano and

the cast and crew of the TV series Danger Bay a
real success. Food, prizes and fun were had, over
$400 was raised for the United Way, and if the
College lost the game—oh well, there’s always next
year.

Lynne Hamilton, event organizer, would like to thank
the Cap College “Good Guy Teams” and Danger
Bay “Wailers”, everyone who came out to support
the game, and especially those who helped with the
tickets and refreshment sales. Also a special thanks
to those who donated food and prizes:

Beaver Foods, Capilano College
Neptune Food Suppliers Ltd.
Weston Bakeries Ltd.

Gray Beverage Co. Lt.
Canyon Gardens

P.J.’s Allstar Cafe

Cheers Restaurant

Coach House

Hobbit House Restaurant
Entertainment ’87

Beverly Ball and Company
Buns Master Bakery

And still more thanks to Barb Renaud (Beaver
Foods, North Campus), Bruce Baigent
(Maintenance), Cathy Storey (Financial Services),
Norma (Counselling) and kids for doing a great job
with tickets, Greg (A.C.T. student) for cooking the
best hot dogs in town, Joe lacobellis (Athletics) and
Kim “The Skunk”.

Edna Sakata from MPC was on hand with a video
camera recording the event, and is hoping to have
the finished tape ready to be shown at the
Instructional Services party on September 30. Also
coming up in the United Way campaign is a raffle for
parking spaces in the north and south lots—stay
tuned.

Cap Corner open

The student store is up and running for another term,
and among the items being offered for sale is bulk
candy—closet sugar addicts have been spotted
making frequent trips to the bins. Cap Corner is run
by the students in the Retail Management program.