Going nowhere

Biology Lab Technician
Barry Williamson poses
on a false staircase put
up by the crew filming
"“Airwolfe" on campus in
January. As well as
using the exterior of H
building, the TV crew
brought in all sorts of
equipment and props and
transformed the biology
lab and prep room into a
genetic research lab.
"There were radioactive
stickers everywhere,"
said Williamson with
amusement. The crew also
brought in 200 rats
which, after the crew
had completely sealed & 8

all doors, windows and © —
other cracks, were released to play cameo
roles as escaped rats. One of the more
interesting jobs on the set was that of
"rat wrangler"—two people whose function
it was to catch all the rats again.

The grand finale for our lab involved the
use of flame throwers, fed by huge propane
tanks, to simulate the laboratory blowing
up. Despite having "flames everywhere",
though, our facility emerged unscathed.
"It was amazing," said Williamson. "We
were really surprised at how quickly they
could move out and leave everything the
way it was."

While fame and bright lights are nothing
to sniff at, the best news about this
three day visit from the College's point
of view is that the TV series paid us for
the use of our facilities, and that money
has gone into the Science Scholarship Fund.
As for the fame part, Cap will be
appearing on the tube this fall, and the
Informer will publish the air date if and
when we can discover it. Stay tuned!

Last chance

The last ARC workshops on Writing Exams
are taking place on Tuesday and Thursday
(14th and 16th). That's it for this term,

folks.

Photography cont.

interested persons. This year instructor
Gerry Blitstein broke with tradition by
allowing each student to select and execute
one assignment of their choice as well as
the required work, and the results promise
to be gratifying. The subject matter
ranges from lush, tropical plantlife to
the grim realities of life on the seedy
side of town. Hours of the exhibition will
be 9 am to 9 pm Tuesday to Thursday and 9
to 5 on Friday.

MAILBOX
TO: The Editor of the Informer

There was a case of mistaken identity in
the last issue of the Informer, in which
you described the luncheon given for the
Chinese delegation and listed the college
attendees. Keith Wade was not in
attendance, but it was me! Though he and I
have considerable overlaps in interests
(biology, aviation), shape, and amount of
hair, I'm the one with the moustache! !

- Malcolm Fitz-Earle
Ed: Humble apologies, o moustachioed one.

How we could have overlooked such a
distinguished cookie-duster is a mystery.