Headlines/October 16, 1996

Faculty file

KPE achievers

Sally Stewart, a faculty member in’
the Kinesiology and Physical
Education department, has recently
presented two papers at scientific

- conferences. The first was entitled The
Effects of Weight Training in Elderly
Women and was presented at the 4th
International Conference on Healthy
Aging, Physical Activity and Aging .
held in Heidleberg, Germany in.
August. The second was entitled
Osteoporosis Prevention: The effects
of an 18 month weight-training and
calcium supplementation program on
the skeleton of adolescent females and
-was presented at the American Society
for Bone and Mineral Research’s
annual meeting held in Seattle in
September.

~ Inrelated KPE news: Proving that

our KPE students can really strut their .

stuff, Jamie Armstrong, a first-year
student in the Fitness and Exercise

| Management program, recently
competed in the Portland International
Marathon. In his first marathon.
experience, Jamie ran the 26.2 mile
distance in 3:09:01, finishing first in
the under-19 division and 232nd out

of 6,004 runners overall. Considering

most marathoners do not mature and
reach their peak untill they are into
their late 20s or early 30s, this is an -
outstanding performance that speaks
well for Jamie’s career as a
competitive marathoner.

Spouse of faculty file
Larry Gillies, the husband of biology

lab instructor Sharon Gillies, has just

published his first novel.

It’s entitled Wraiths, and is a ghost™

story set in an old goldrush town in
northern California. They knew it was
a ghost town; they didn’t know it was
haunted! The publisher is
Commonwealth Publications,
Edmonton, Alberta. It is a paperback
and is available at Anvil Books and
other bookstores:

What’s it like to be the spouse of a -

published author? Sharon says it’s a
big relief after “years of suspense”
waiting to see if it would get
published. “We're very excited now.”

Lecture s series | .
Religious experience - — -B. C.
Style; ce

| Where is religion headed in British Columbia? Is it simply :
- acrutch we should throw away? Can it be the basis for.
‘morality today? Has God died? Has He left the church? .

Speakers from a variety of religious traditions will ”

: address these and other.questions in Religious Experience

— B.C. Style, a series of free talks at the University
College of the Fraser Valley and Trinity Western

- University over the coming seven months. The six

lectures, sponsored by the Leon and Thea Koerner -
Foundation, will examine the various religious traditions |
in B.C., and how tradition is responding to the modern.
world and looking ahead to the future. : are
“There’s a great interest in religion i in the Valley,” says oo

series organizer Dave Wyatt, a UCFV Anthropology » :
instructor. “While some people are turning to the churches

to get back to the basics, others have rejected organized
religion for their own spirituality, or tumed.to Eastern or

feminist faiths. This lecture series is to let people know not:

‘only what’s happening in the Valley, but more widely i in.
_. British Columbia.” The series should interest believers,

sceptics, novices and old- -timers, notes Wyatt.

Vancouver Sun religion writer and author Douglas . :
Todd, recipient of 24 writing awards, will kick off the.
series on October 16 with an overview entitled The =
Variety of B.C. Religious Experiences,

“- “Church attendance is relatively low in British.
Columbia,” says Todd, “but it’s probably the most.
interesting province to be a religion writer in. There is an
incredible amount of searching going on, and spiritual...
book titles are best sellers.” Todd’s own new book Brave ~
Souls, which profiles 28 writers and artists about their _
spiritual journeys, comes out this fall... -

The lecture series continues in November and.
December, with Robert Burkinshaw of Trinity Western: -
University and Ron Dart of UCFV speaking on

~~ evangelical and liberal Christianity. In February, Hugh » _ .

Johnston of Simon Fraser University will speak on
Sikhism, while in March Leonard Angel of Douglas

-. College will look at the attractions of the Eastern religions ~

and mysticism. The series will conclude in April with a =.
talk on Native spirituality by Chief Steven Point of the
Sto:lo Nation. oo

Douglas Todd’s lecture, 7) he , Variety of B.C. Religious -

’ Experiences, will be on October 16 (tonight!) in the .
“Abbotsford lecture theatre. The following lectures will -

alternate between TWU in Langley and UCFV i in

’ Abbotsford, ending with the April talk at the Coqualeetza_

Longhouse in Sardis. All lectures are free to the public, .

~ and will start at7 p.m. ©

For more information on the lectures, contact David

- Wyatt at local 2436.