THE INFORMER PAGE 7 OCTOBER 16, 1991 People Yolanda Olivotto’s portfolio is netting her offers around the world. She is a recent graduate of Cap’s two year Clay & Textile Arts Program. So far, she has been accepted as a student at the French National Gobelin Manufactory of Tapestries in Paris and in the tapestry program at West Dean College in Sussex, England, and is waiting to hear from Goldsmith College University in London. Number 10! Sechelt campus English instructor John Pass has just published his tenth book of poetry. The Hour’s Acropolis is described as a classical meditation rebounding be- tween domesticity and myth. Steve Fonyo appears next to Odysseus; Orpheus listens to Lou Reed. Pass plays with the classical forms as well: a pair of sonnets ad- dress each other over the heads of intervening poems; a haiku sequence performs the western task of narrating a storm. The Hour’s Acropolis is published by Harbour Publishing. It is available for $9.95 in city bookstores. Graham Forst, English instructor, has had an article accepted for the premier issue of a new journal, The Canadian Drama and Theatre Review. His article on Shakespeare and Beckett is titled: “Prophetic Souls: Onstage Ghosts in Hamlet and Waiting for Godot.” Welcome to Tony Lim, Beaver Foods’ new Food Service Manager, who is taking Agnes Campbell’s place while she is on leave. Taking a Historical Swig of Demon Rum After several years of research, history instructor Robert Campbell has written a definitive book on what was once—in the 1920s—the controversial topic of the decade. During 1920, just after the U.S. passed the Volstead Act, the B.C. government took control of liquor sales. However, the province wasn’t merely setting out to make money. Instead, government leaders were trying to provide a compromise that would ease tensions between the “wets” and the “drys.” Campbell explores this situation in his book, Demon Rum or Easy Money: Government Control of Liquor in British Columbia from Prohibition to Privatization. The book takes the reader from the tumultuous days of the ’20s up to the late ’80s and the drive toward privatization of liquor sales. Topics include attitudes and access to alcohol, federal-provincial relations, cartels and patronage, and social reform. Campbell recommends the book for anyone interested in history, business history or the topic itself. “I tried to write the book so that the proverbial gen- eral reader will find it interesting to read,” he said. Next time you're thirsty for a good read, try asking for Demon Rum in your favorite bookstore. The book should be out sometime this month. Capilano College Hosts Language Conference Capilano College was host last Saturday to 250 ESL teachers from high schools and colleges of the Lower Mainland, Victoria, the Okanagan and Kamloops. It was the Fourth Annual B.C. Teachers of English as an Additional Language (TEAL) Mini-Conference and by far the largest ever sponsored by that association. Called “A Cornucopia of Workshops on ESL Ideas and Issues,” the conference featured 30 workshops on topics ranging from “Teaching Vocabulary” to “Commu- nity-Learning Approach to Adult ESL: Creating a Cooperative Environment.” Some workshops were theoretical, but most were practical demonstrations of instructional techniques in writing, drama, music, debate, listening and speaking skills. Dr. Greg Lee, Dean of Career and Vocational Pro- grams, welcomed the delegates to the conference, and invited everyone to walk around the campus before leaving. The site coordinator for the conference, Will Goede of the English Department, noted that most of the delegates knew little about Capilano College. “Many knew it was on the North Shore somewhere,” he said, “but by the time they left, I’m sure they were happy to have discovered it.” slam What's New V1) QR \\, in the Library A new publication, Case Studies in Music Therapy (edited by Ken Bruscia, Temple University, Philadel- phia) will soon be available in the library. Included are case studies by Cap’s Music Therapy faculty: Kerry Burke, Nancy McMaster and Liz Moffitt.