College alumni aid victims

of Bali bombing

Alumni from the McRae Institute

of International Management at
Capilano College have raised

$6,500 for Balinese people trying

to recuperate after the October 12
bombing. “About 45 per cent of the
people killed in the bombing were
Indonesian,” says Dr. Scott MacLeod,
instructor of the Asia Pacific
Management program at Capilano
College and organizer of the

alumni fundraiser. “It was really bad
immediately after the incident
because the hospital wasn’t equipped
to deal with the seriousness

of people’s injuries. Most of the
international visitors were airlifted
out right away, but the Balinese

Poet in our midst
Submitted by Barb Smith

English instructor, Crystal Hurdle,
was recently featured as a speaker
at the Sylvia Plath Symposium at
the University of Indiana in
Bloomington, Indiana. As part of
the event, Crystal read excerpts
from her book of poetry The Heart's
Shivered Core: Unchained Letters
from Sylvia Plath to Ted Hughes.
After returning home, she received
the exciting news that her book
was going to be published by
Ronsdale Press. Sylvia Plath was
one of the most significant modern
American poets of the 20" century

In the swim of things

This mural was painted last summer in Thompson, Manitoba by first year
Capilano College Studio Art student, Jasyn Lucas. The artist used industrial

people were left to fend for
themselves. The money we raised
will help families with grief
counselling, supplies, medicine,
rebuilding, that sort of thing.”
Capilano College alumni are working
with Bali Hati, a non-profit
foundation established in 1997

to promote the educational and
social welfare of the people of
Bali. “People are doing nice things
around the world for the people

in Bali,” Scott says. “For once,

I look forward to opening my
e-mail and reading my messages
because they contain news about
compassion and generosity.”

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and is the topic of much poetic
discussion. Her posthumous

collection, Ariel, is still widely read.

Congratulations, Crystal!

Crystal Hurdle

paint and completed the project in just one week. Commissioned by
the Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation, the colourful wall is dubbed

An Afternoon Swim.

News from
Studio Art

she took the ECCE program to
build on her previous educational
experience with children, —
youth and adults. “I also heard
the program had an excellent
reputation,” said the busy —
volunteer who works with
Grassroots Women, a local
non-profit organization for —
marginalized women. “I try to
implement educational processes

abilities, build skills for advocacy,
and promote the concepts of
human. rights and equality.”

‘The annual award is presented
to a student for scholastic
achievement and contributions

informer