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DENTAL HYGIENE
LYNN SMITH of the Dental
Hygiene Department reports
that recently she, plus two
second year Dental Hygiene

students, Susan Jones and
Mary-Lou Burleigh, spent a week in Montreal at

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CITY CENTRE DAY CELEBRATION
DICK STRACHAN, in his swan-song
Chairmanship of the City Centre Day Committee
advises that this year's theme will be "Re-charge
Your Batteries" and workshops will concentrate

on upbeat topics. A survey is presently being
prepared for distribution to all faculty and staff
to determine what workshop topics are of

John Abbot College. This being an exchange

interest. This will, hopefully, be distributed by

program, six students and an instructor from

next week.

John Abbot spent the previous week at City
Centre. Lynn and the Department are presently

evaluating the procedure in the hope that future
exchanges with other colleges will take place.

Meanwhile if there is anyone (anyone!!) out
there who would like to volunteer to help the
Committee on that day (Friday, May 04) please
contact Dick (local 280), Roseanne Ashworth

(local 232) or Jackie Gelling (local 237). The
BAKING BEAUTIES

Committee would really appreciate any help you
could give us!

DICK KOK tells us that the Baking Department
now has a full complement of thirty-two students,

including an apprenticeship class, all of whom

MALL MACHINE MANIA

are now ensconced in their new quarters on the
second floor.

DICK STRACHAN tells us (well actually he told

As a special class project the Baking students are
making twelve large (4' x 5' or larger) cakes for

the Administrative Council) that arrangements
are now being finalized to have a Banking
Machine in the Mall. This will be for cash

B.C. Transit's 100th Anniversary. The cakes are

transactions only but, nevertheless, will certainly

decorated with the Transit Anniversary logo, a

be very appreciated at City Centre.

skytrain and flag logo. The first two cakes are
now complete, the rest will be done over the
next few months.

THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENT:

Dick is very proud of the new premises, and we

wait with eager anticipation for the opening of

SANDRA JONES and CHRIS STEVENS have

the new Chocolate, Ice Cream and Candy labs,

asked us to remind all VMREU employees to
make certain that they fill out their
questionnaires and either mail them to the
VMREU offices, or give them back to Chris and

which Dick tells us will be happening soon.
(Perhaps we should start on our diets now!)

Sandra.

VOLUME 1

Number 03
J. Gelling - Editor (Local 237)

March 05, 1990

COUNCIL COUNSEL

will be distributed appropriately to each campus for
financial aid,'

(Highlights from the meetings
of the Academic and
Administrative Councils)

SHARP-EYED LADIES OF THE LOWLANDS

ACADEMIC COUNCIL:

Your Editor is dazzled, astounded, awed and
overwhelmed at the eagle-eyed readers of

Brian Dwyer will submit a strategy for
Program Content Guide development. This
will be discussed at the next Academic
Meeting (March 12).

Centricity! Winners of last issues' "Spot the
Typo" contest were ROSEANNE ASHWORTH
who spotted the capital-less "i". Roseanne will

be treated to coffee by the Editor (I owed her
one anyway). WYNN KEENAN who spotted the
wrong telephone number gets a sincere and warm

handshake from the Dean of Instruction and

Brian Dwyer will also draft up a procedures
manual giving step by step instructions for

BASIL VAN VOLLENHOVEN, a work study

writing PCG's and course outlines.

student in Admissions gets a smile of
appreciation, but no prize as his entry was not

An existing slide show demonstrating the
process of writing up PCGs is to be updated.
Developing a video on PCGs for home use

complete (he spotted part of the flaw in the flow
chart!).

was also discussed.

For future prizes we are hoping to offer free

The Council also moved approval to have
the City Centre Library closed for five days
(one of which would be a Saturday). The
closure will enable the library to bar-code all
its materials for automation.

lessons on how to count to ten in Dutch and
how to count to ten in Australian - we're

presently negotiating with the Dean of
Administrative and Student Services, JOHN
VANDENAKKER for the dutch lessons, and the
Assistant Dean DICK STRACHAN for the
Aussie lessons.

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL:
A new college-wide switchboard system is

being studied, however should the college
decide not to implement a single switchboard
for all three campuses, City Centre has been
allocated funds for a new switchboard.

LETTERS OF APPRECIATION DEPARTMENT
JOHN VANDENAKKER, last year's Chairman
of the United Way Campaign at City Centre has
received grateful letters of appreciation from:

BURSARY BONANZA
DANA FISTER has asked us to remind all
departments that a number of bursaries are

available to students in the final levels of their
programs, selection generally being based on need
and achievement. The application deadline for
all bursaries is March 29, 1990.
Details on these bursaries can be obtained by

reading the four-page pink legal sheets that have
been distributed to all departments (or you can
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Burnaby Family Life Institute
Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland
Boy Scouts of Canada

ALUMNI COMES HOME TO ROOST

Vancouver-Richmond Association for

Mentally Handicapped People

PAT SMITH and DR. GRAHAM BURNS tell
us that MONECA MORLIN, who worked for a

and last, but not least:

VCC Educational Foundation who said, in
part: "A sincere thank you to all VCC faculty and
staff who participated in the United Way Campaign
and designated their gifts and pledges to the
Educational Foundation. We received $3,158 which

number of years at WI then went on to become
a nurse, is now working on a part-time basis as

the Community Health Nurse at VCC's fourth
campus - the KEC North Campus. We join
Graham and Pat in congratulating Moneca and

welcoming her back to the VCC fold!

CONFERENCES, CONFERENCES and yet
MORE CONFERENCES!

JEALOUSY,
IIORS D'OEUVRES,

MONEY and MYTHS
EVA SHARELL of the
Library tells us that the
Library has recently received the following new
books:

CREATIVE LEADERSHIP - March 29 and
30 in Spokane, Washington. A professional
development workshop held for continuing
education officers and staff. Call Judith
Fortune at (206) 281-3503 for more
information.

Art of the Western World
Arthritis
Against our Will: Men, Women and Rape
The Best of the Pacific Coast
Cat's Eye
Divorced Parenting
Exploring the Prairies
Fodor's Canada 1990
Homeopathy
Hong Kong Money
How to be Your own Nutritionist
Jealousy
The Joy of Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres
Kaffir Boy
Myths to Live By

TOTAL LIFESTYLE PLANNING FOR
ADULTS WITH MENTAL HANDICAP Workshop presented by Dr. Roy Brown,
Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation
Studies, University of Calgary. Workshop will
be held at City Centre - March 23, 1990,
Room 237 - 8:30 to 4:00. For information
contact Terry Reid at 324-5509.

WHAT TO DO BEFORE THE LIGHTS GO
OFF - A workshop to improve your

presentation skills with the effective use of
films and videotape. - April 10, 1990 at the
Coast Plaza at Stanley Park from 9:30 to
4:30. Co-sponsored by the B.C. Library

Association and International Telefilm

REFLECTIVE REMINDER

Enterprises. For further information contact

Mary Anne Epp at Langara (324-5459).
The VCC Committee for Services to Special
Needs reminders us that, when non-handicapped

CANADIAN ROCKIES GREAT

person think of parking (illegally) in a
Handicapped zone, they should think instead of
being parked in a wheel chair.

TEACHERS' SEMINAR June 17 -22, 1990
- Sponsored by Grant MacEwan Community
College and held at Nakoda Lodge on Chief
Hector Lake near Banff. For further details

contact the Faculty Development Department

HAVE WE GOT SOME JOBS FOR YOU!

at (403) 441-4872.

The following positions are available at VCC.
For further information contact the Employee

A NOTABLE EVENT

Relations Department.

ASSISTANT DEAN - Administrative Services
- City Centre
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Hospitality Centre - City Centre
Closing Date: March 30, 1990

and

COORDINATOR I (Advanced Level) ESL
King Edward Campus
Closing Date: March 09, 1990

The VCC Educational Foundation is sponsoring
an annual benefit dinner for Scholarships in
Music. This will be held on Thursday, March
OS, st the New World Harboursidc Hotel,
entertainment will be by Ruth Nicol, Jeff Hyslop
and the Music Department's "Soundwave".

Tickets are $100 each (50% tax deductible).
There will also be a draw for a Disklavier piano
(tickets $5.00). Call 875-1131 for further
information.

SPEAKING OF THINGS ENTERTAINING

SMASHING SUCCESS AT PD/IT
DEPARTMENT or a funny happened on the way

Sherri Sadler, the Publicist for Studio 58, writes
to say that Studio 58 will present "A Chorus of

down the chute

Disapproval" and "The Beggar's Opera", a play

KARL GREGG was sitting in his office, minding
his own business, when he was suddenly (and
noisily) visited by a 300 pound rock crashing
through his office window. Seems it broke
through the chute carrying debris from the roof

within a play, in repertory from March 01 to
April 07. According to Sherri these two plays
have never run in repertory in Canada "possibly
even in the world" and they're extremely excited

about the project. For further information and
reservations call 324-5227.

to the dumpster and bounced into Karl's office.
Luckily no-one was hurt and Karl now has a

good coffee break story to tell!

HAVING LISTENED TO ALL THE MUSIC AND
SAT THROUGH THE PLAY - NOW YOU'RE
READY FOR SOME EXERCISE!

WRITE YOUR OWN BY-LINE DEPARTMENT

...and Gillian Akin at KEC has just the ticket!
Gillian is organizing a cross-country skiing
weekend at Lac La Jeune - leaving Friday
evening March 16 and returning Sunday evening,

The Editor has been working on this issue long
enough and has just suffered a major writer's
block attack. So, to fill up the rest of this space
we give you a few headlines so that you can
write your own by-line. All submissions will be
gratefully received (we may even have another

March 18. Package includes transportation, two
nights accommodation, two breakfasts, Saturday
dinner and lessons (rental are extra). Cost

ranges from $149 to $199. For more details
contact Gillian at KEC (local 559).

SO YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT ASKING
FOR A DAY OFF
So you want the day off! Let's take a look at
what you are asking for.

There are 365 days per year available for work.
There are 52 weeks per year in which you
already have two days off per week, leaving 261
days available for work.
Since you spend 16 hours each day away from
work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91
days available. You spend 30 minutes each day
on coffee breaks that accounts for 23 days each
year, leaving only 22 days available for work.
You normally spend two days per year on sick
leave. This leaves you only 20 days available for
work.

We are off for five statutory holidays per year,
so your available working time is down fifteen
days. Management generously gives you fourteen
days vacation per year, which leaves only one day
available for work - and they're darned if they'll

let you take that day off!

contest going here!). Here's a couple of
headlines to get you started...

Ministry Increases VCC Budget 100%
Scientists prove that Chewing Tobacco is
Good for You
MP's have agreed to 75% salary cuts
Instructor discovers cure for (fill in the blank)