Lottery winner cont.

way," said Kilian. "He was taking the
course. He has completed the requirements
and I don't expect to see his smiling face
again."

Cameron is a Vancouver policeman who was
on stress leave from the force as the
result of a fatal shooting incident last
October. He phoned in and resigned from
the force after winning the lottery, which
fortuitously happened the same week that
he was due to return to work. We wish him
much luck with his "retirement" and his
writing career.

Chinese delegation cont.

concerns, issues and future directions for
B.C., the delegates lunched in H501 with
representatives from the faculty including
Bob Bagshaw, Dave Jones, Barb Hankin, Ken
Moak, Keith Wade, Wayne Eastcott, and Don
Basham. Acting Dean of Instructional
Services, Patty Groves, described the
lunch as “very animated." "They were a
really keen and interested and highly
knowledgeable group," said Groves.

From 3 to 4:30 pm Bob Bagshaw, Coordinator
of the new International Studies Program,
led the delegates on a tour of the campus,
focusing on the science labs, computer
labs, dynamics lab and library. "They
responded very well to the labs, and were
especially interested inthe audio tutorial
tapes," said Bagshaw.

The Chinese delegates were: Wu Zi-yan;
Vice-Secretary of Guangzhou government and
Chief of the Guangzhou Education Committee;

Liu Zheng-shu, Head of the Guangzhou
Medical College; Zhang Shi-xun, President
of Guangzhou University; Wang Han-zhi,
Deputy Chief, Reception Division, Foreign
Affairs Department; Yu Ken-tang, Head of
Guangzhou Education College; and Wu Zhong-
Yuan, Head of the Higher Education Dept.
of the Guangzhou Education Committee.

Acosta in Washington cont.

flown to Washington to receive a $5,000
prize awarded by the Family Circle
Magazine and the Council of Periodical
Distributors Association. Four "Leaders of
Readers" awards were given out this year
in honour of the American Year of the
Reader. The CPDA is a U.S. and Canadian
organization, so three prizes went to U.S.
groups and one to Canada. There were also
20 smaller prizes; and all of the prizes
had what Acosta described as a "grassroots
emphasis"—the organization is particularly
interested in bringing attention to
programs and publications which can be
emulated in other communities.

Acosta was flown to Washington for the
March 17 awards dinner, and the March 18
presentation of the award by American
Secretary of Education, William Bennett.
The winners also went into the White House
and met Vice President George Bush. Having
travelled all that way, Acosta stayed for
a couple of extra days to sightsee, taking
in the National Gallery, the Smithsonian,
and everything else she could cram in.

For now it's back to work for Joan Acosta,
who has $5,000 US for the Reader and some
interesting souvenirs of Washington,
including a letter from Ronald Reagan
which now hangs on her wall. (It narrowly
escaped an inglorious end, though, when it
came close to being destroyed by a pot of
coffee at the last Board meeting—but
that's another story.) The money will
certainly come in handy for the Westcoast
Reader which is now printing 35,000 copies
which are distributed all over the
province. Their readership is estimated
conservatively at 60,000 to 70,000 as the
paper is used extensively by English as a
Second Language classes, and is passed on
from reader to reader.

Cafe closure impending

The North Cafeteria will be closing as of
Thursday, April 16, and from then until
September Coke addicts will have to make
do with Pepsi (uch!) from the ‘South
Campus, among other inconveniences. The
South Cafe will be open late during exam
week and then resumes its regular summer
hours of 8 am to 3:30; 8 to 1:30 Fridays.