Quack-a-Thon United Way Kickoff

Quack-a-Thon
United Way
Kickoff
A Newsletter for the BCIT Community
October 13.
1992
Issue 4
Science & Technology
Week
October
17-25,
1992
October 16
DiSCdVezy Day Panel Discussion
^f30 am - 1 pi»
Broadcast Centre
October 19
Women's Information Session
7 - 9 pm
Administration Boardroom
October 20
Official Opening Cardiology Lab
3-30 pm
SW35S0
October 22
Celebration Breakfast
7:30 a m
(Alumni & President's Entrance
Awards)
The fleet-footed Super Ducks may j
have crossed the finish Une first but |
it was the superior sales skills of
j
Kent Yakel and the Quackademics
that won top marks at the third
smnual Quack-a-thon.
With only three tesun members,
the Super Ducks (Val Karpinslq^,
J i m Mitchell and Paula Pick) were
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the smallest team on the field i n this I
yeeu-'s United Way fund-redser, but !
they proved to be the most efficient
as D u c k #18 w£is first under the
bridge at the south-ceunpus oval for
the second year i n a row.
Despite the heroics of the Super
Ducks, it was Kent Yakel's team
from Academic Studies that took top ;
honors. The Quackademics signed ;
up 111 sponsors and finished eighth j
in the race for a total dollar
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contribution of $471.75. For their !
efforts, S u s a n Woo, J u d y Beresnak, !
David Hamilton. Psun Curtis, Dave j
Helgesen, Andy Elllngsen and Kent i
Yakel received Quack-a-thon teeshirts, a commemorative duck|
shaped plaque and the traditional j
bottles of Baby Duck Cheunpagne
from Andres Wine L t d .
October 24
Multi-Media Fair
Discovery Park. Burnaby
(sponsored by the School of
Business)
KwaklutI
In hot pursuit of the
Quackademics was the Student
Association's first entry "Kwakiutl." I
led by Karen Psmg. Kwakiutl signed
up one more sponsor than the
Quackademics but finished one
place back i n the race for a total of
$448. Kwakiutl received the Gordon
Farrell Award for most pledges.
Meduckal Services, who were also i
first-time competitors, won the
Quacky Award for best team theme.
Last year's Quacky AwEud winners, i
Count D u c k u l a and the Living
'
Duckettes, also received a n
i
honorable mention.
B u t the biggest wirmers i n the
1992 Quack-a-thon were the
member agencies of the United Way.
A total of $3,698.25 was raised
toward this year's United Way
campaign.
Firom Glenn Millar
Contract Currtcidum Services
United Way 50/50 Dra^
L o m a P e a c o c k is the winner of the
Octolier 2 draw of $140.
Congratulationis Lornal
Next draw: October 30.
From Rae Hlguchl
United Way Campaign
Count Duckuia and tt)e Living Duckettes
Phiotos by Mike GdowskI, A V Sen/ices
BCJtT studmis dim^ft^ maimer eJemmt (Part 2^"^
Elite *93 promises to be the
highlight of this academic year. The
first BCIT education conference will
focus on educating for the future.
A keynote address on the evening of
Thursday. M a r c h 18th will be
followed by a wine and cheese
reception. The morning of Friday.
March 19 will begin with a dyneunic
panel discussion featuring business
and industry leaders. Panel
members will discuss the future of
industry leaders, the future of
business and industry i n B . C . , and
their expectations of future
graduates. Practical, educationoriented workshop sessions will be
offered for the remainder of the day.
Instructors will have a n opportunity
to develop skills i n critical thinking,
managing diversity i n the classroom
and using humour. Instructors from
BCIT and other institutions will lead
the workshops and share their
expertise. Further information
about the conference will appear i n
future editions of Update.
New advanced
nursing specialty
Nephrology Nursing
With a great advisory committee
and support from the Ministry of
Health, the latest advanced nursing
specialty is sure to become a n
excellent program. Nurses
throughout the province will now be
able to study Nephrology Nursing o n
a part-time liasis through Health
Pzirt-time Studies distance learning
format.
The program will be offered to new
and experienced nurses who wish to
begin practice i n nephrology. It will
prepare nurses for roles i n both
acute csire settings and the
community. The advisory committee
hopes to have the c u r r i c u l u m design
complete before Christinas.
Students will be able to enroll i n
electives and non-nursing courses i n
January and A p r i l and will be able to
take the first nephrology nursing
course i n September 1993.
For further information, csdl
Colleen Varcoe, 439-4100.
Many readers have expressed
amazement that BCIT students are
involved i n such outstanding a n d
innovative science. While the first
part of this report dealt with the
discovery of the heaviest element.
Adminisitratium, this part deals
with the lightest element a n d the
interaction between the two.
Administratium is relatively easy
to study as it is always present a n d ,
due to its weight, its movements are
slow and easily observed. The
lightest element, however, is
extremely difficult to get a grip on.
In fact, at certain times of the year,
most noticeably when the ambient
temperature Is above 22 degrees
Celsius and precipitation a n d
humidity are negligible, it floats
away into the atmosphere and is
detectable only on beaches, golf
courses, boats and sundry
mountains, lakes and other remote
areas.
During its active (the term is
relative) periods, Pacultium, £is it
has been tentatively labelled,
requires extremely delicate handling.
The slightest friction with
Administratium can cause it to
react In unpredictable ways. This
sometimes results i n brief but
violent attacks on unsuspecting
administratii. Occasionally, when
the static electricity created by
Motion with other elements is
intense, the Facultii react to stimuli
by Facultites (a particularly up-tight
variety of Facultii) and coagulate i n
a large mass.' After a 72-hour period
when the atmosphere is
electrostaticsdly supercharged, the
Factdtii may evacuate the
ecos3^tem. leaving a large void into
which administratii may fall and
perish. However. Pacultium can be
attracted back into the ecosystem
when the Administratium emits
signals Indicating that the friction
has been reduced and that
conditions conducive to its
continued existence have been reestablished and enriched. The form
of the enrichment is not known
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precisely, but researchers believe it
bears a relationship to gold—though
i n the present economic climate the
relationship appears to be rather
remote. Fortunately, occurrence of
this phenomenon is extremely rare.
BCIT student researchers hope that
they will not have to witness it.
While the Interaction between
Administratium a n d Facultitmi is
potentially dangerous, not to say,
explosive, when the ecosystem is i n
balance they function synergistically.
The mechanics of this synergism are
not yet known but the researchers
believe that the Administratium
builds complex structures w h i c h
provide a n environment where the
Facultii interact with the material
Studentium to produce the
essential ingredient, BCIT
graduatium. As we all know,
without graduatium business and
industry i n B . C . would grind to a
painful halt and planet Instiutium
Technologlcum Uniqueum would
cease to exist. Happily, the byproduct to a l l of this is great funltui
without which we would a l l be
reduced to boardium ad nauseum, a
condition w h i c h Inevitably leads to
mortuarium.
(Next: A report on the role of the
Peons, a primitive element whose
importance is not well understood
and is generally overlooked.
Preliminary research, being
conducted secretly i n the basement
of a large structure relatively close to
the true centre of BCIT, suggests
that the peons produce the glue
which holds the whole ecosystem
together. B u t don't wait up for a
report on this one!)
•See Update, October 5 '92
Editor's Note:
Thankyou to Eugene Shkurhan of Basic
Health Science and Sylvia Raschke of
Prosthetics & Orthotics for their feedback
on the origins of last weeks article.
Eugene believed it to be the work of
Maurice Chazottes, Sylvia seems to think it
is apocryphal.
he trouble with our times is that the
future
is not what it used to he."
Paul Valery (1871-1945)
Bruce Sandy leaves BCIT
Stormy start,
or a Blown Away
Bride
It all began with a beautiful
wedding on September 5 between
Mary Sparling (Purchasing) a n d
Peter Tiljerghien (Stores).
After a hectic wedding schedule a l l
they could think about was their
honeymoon on the island of Hawaii relaxation. Mai-Tai's. a warm wind
and quiet. Little did they know that
this was not to he.
They arrived at Honolulu on
September 9. After spending a day
at Walkiki Beach, they flew off to
Kauai for a relaxing and quiet
escape.
The following morning, they were
awakened by the wall of air raid
sirens (who reads the papers or
watches the news on a honeymoon
anjnvay!). They soon discovered that
hurricane Iniki was coming!
They grabbed their belongings a n d
headed for the shelter only to find
300 tourists and locals, 2,000
mosquitos and a n abundant number
of fieas. Needless to say they spent
most of the time outside of the
shelter, under a n overhang.
"We found it exciting and scary,
the adrenalin kept us pumped" Mary
said. "We watched large sheets of
metal fly by our shelter."
Iniki lasted five devastating hours.
The sleepless night was followed by a
calm a n d eerie morning. Iniki h a d
demolished houses, snapped 50-foot
rubber trees and left thousands
homeless with no electricity, food or
water. "After having their homes
demolished, the HawaUans did not
lose their aloha spirit!" Mary said.
After spending two days living i n
their rented car they were told a n
evacuation plan would liegin and
that emergency military flights were
waiting at the airport to take them
back to Honolulu.
We regret that economic pressures
on BCIT have unfortunately resulted
i n the reduction of administrative
positions, including that of Associate
Dean, Health Technologies, which
has been ably filled by Bruce Sandy
for the past two years.
D u r i n g that time a number of
milestones were reached, s u c h as
the start-up of the Cardiology
program and significant
developments i n program plarmtng
for Envirorunental Health and
Occupational Health & Safety.
Bruce Sandy
Calendar of Even ts
Jmumy to June 1993
I^ease i » t c t f w l ^ Full-tune
Caksadar
"Calendar of
Events'* lor i^93 is incorrect and
should read as follows:
The newlyweds got to the airport
and discovered that military planes
were not waiting. Without a car a n d
with a n armload of suitcases, they
were herded to yet another shelter.
The military warned the large crowds
not to go to the airport as the shelter
and food supply were inadequate.
Mary a n d Peter decided to go
anyway. A half-mile long line was
ahead of them, but after W2dting
3 1/2 hours, they were on the plane
to Honolulu!
"We'd Uke to go back a n d do it
right some day" Mary said.
From Sandra Jett6
Corporate and Media Relations
Printed as:
Good Friday, April 2
Easter Monday. AprU 5
Spdet^Break, MarS-12
^t<WSa Day. May 17
E m n Week, May 18-21
Should be:
April 9
April 12
Mar
May 24
May 2 5 28
Winter 1993 start date
BlectronicB Technology (pg 22)
While quantities last, the flu shot
provided by the Ministry of Health
will be available beginning October
13 at Medical Services to:
A . People at high risk:
1. Adults with chronic cardiac or
pulmonary disorders (including
bronchopulmonary dysplasia,
C 3 ^ t i c fibrosis, and asthma)
severe enough to require regular
medical follow-up or hospital
care.
2. People aged 6 5 years or more.
3. Adults with chronic conditions
s u c h as diabetes, other
metaboUc diseases, cancer,
immunodeficiency (including
HIV), immunosuppression
(including transplant
recipients), renal disease,
anemia, and hemoglobinopathy.
B. Care Providers:
Individuals who may transmit
Influenza to those at risk. Health
care and other primary care givers
who have extensive contact with
people i n high-risk groups;
personnel i n long term care facilities,
seniors' homes, and extended care
facilities.
If you do not qualify under these
guidelines, you may get the vaccine
at your doctor's office or purchase it
i n 10 dose vials (about $45) from a
pharmacy. If you wish to get a
group together. Medical Services will
administer it for you.
Recommended time for
administration offluvaccine is m i d October to mid-November. This wiU
aUow maximum immune response to
coincide with maximum influenza
activity (estimated to be late
December 1992 to early M a r c h
1993). As antibody levels tend to
decline within a few months of
Immunization, it is important not to
administer the vaccine too early.
Information: Medical Services,
432-8608, i n the S A C .
From Jan Poersch R.N.
Medical Services
CIASSIIUJ)
For rent: Unique one-bedroom condo
in Clilnatown heritage buiidlng.
Avaiiabie January 1 to Aprii 30. $690/
month. Cail 263-6105.
IMvefor 500 Lottmf
winner,.,
Mardle Corea, Administrative
Services Assistant, won the first
$500 prize draw i n the 1992-93
Drive for 500 Lottery. "Great!" she
exclaimed. "I'm going shopping."
Congratulations Mardle.
Tickets are available at the BCIT
Development Office. CaU Kelly
Beatty at local 8643 for your chance
to w i n and support BCIT
scholarships and bursaries.
Bookmark
OH i k e Referendum
The Ubrary has mounted a display
of materials relating to the u p coming Referendum October 26,
including the final text of the
Charlottetown Agreement.
From Jim Mitchell
Family Campaign Chair
Diapers!
><ky^
Danelda Johnston,
W""^
assistant instructor i n Diagnostic
Medical Sonography, gave birth to a
91b lOoz boy on September 5. His
name is Macgregor ElUot Johnston.
M u m , Dad and the baby are doing
weU.
first AiSimining
sessions ^^-^^
Anyone who is interested i n First
A i d training on campus please
contact J u d i Wright, BCIT First A i d
Attendant, local 8872. The sessions
wUl be approximately 6 hours long.
We regret,.
The physics department has
lost one of its longest standing
members i n the passing of
Gerry Paulson, Lab Supervisor.
Gerry died peacefuUy on
October 1 i n the hospital, with
his family i n attendance, after
a prolonged Ulness. Gerry was
one of the earUest members of
the BCIT community and has
been a major role player i n our
department for a long time,
having started i n the Physics
Department i n 1966. Gerry
wUl be missed by many.
Dixie Cowl is replacing Danelda
Johnston, assistant instructor, for 5
months. Dixie has been a n
Ultrasound Technologist at B u m a b y
Hospital for the past few years, and
stiU works there 2 days per week.
She is a BCIT graduate from this
program, and has been the chair of
our Clinical Instructors committee
for the past 2 years. Dixie brings
boundless energy and enthusiasm to
her new post and says "everyone
should have the opportunily to work
here!"
Co«mjiuta,ca«i>m Departoaent of
Marketing and Devc^pment.
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