Headlines/May 6, 1993

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of the Student Society, was dunked repeatedly by his constituents in one of his last official
functions on Student Day. He was also honoured and thanked in a more serious way for his
contributions to UCFV life by the Board at its April meeting. lan Fenwick (left) and Bill Cooke also

got wet on dunking day.

UCFV planning
big presence at
Kids’ Fest

Over 60 UCFV faculty, staff & students
will be spending some time at the
Abbotsford Tradex centre from
Thursday to Sunday as part of the UCFV
display at Rotary Kids’ Fest, a giant fair
combining fun and education.

Representatives from Trades, Science,
ECE, Counselling and Advising, CIS,
Info. Services, Aviation, Co-op,
Agriculture and Nursing will all be on
hand at times during the festival to
provide information about their programs
and the university college in general, and
to spark the kids’ interest with special
displays and exhibits.

Fashion Design hosts

elementary kids.

By Judy Hurley

The gifted student class from Sandy Hill
Elementary visited UCFV recently for a
t-shirt screenprinting workshop.
Instructor Yvonne Wakabayashi paired
each student with one of the Fashion
Design students, who showed the
visitors how to custom-print their own
t-shirts. The students mixed colours,
placed designs, and printed their t-shirts

to take home. Everyone had a great time.

Belated April equity

notes

By Lachlan Whatley

On April 5, 1917, women in British
Columbia became entitled to vote. This
right was not attained easily. Several
schools of thought influenced their desire
to vote, including conservative/maternal
feminism (a desire to fix society), equity
feminism (a desire for equal rights),
Marxist feminism (women and the
economy), radical feminism (women and
reproductive issues), or socialist
feminism (concern over the capitalist
philosophy).

The federal government followed suit
and granted women the right to vote soon
after. |

‘On April 14, 1980, Jeanne Sauve
became the first female speaker of the
House of Commons. There were no legal
barriers to women entering federal or
provincial politics, yet public
expectations still discouraged many
women from doing so. Sauve was
instrumental in changing the views of
society. She was also a cabinet minister,
and later the first female governor
general of Canada.

Dinner with the Chief —

featuring Ovide Mercredi, who
will speak on the Aboriginal
Negotiation Process.

6 p.m., Tues., May 11
Harrison Hot Springs Hotel

Tickets: $30
Call Lorne Kay (795-5344),
Pete Hyma (796-2311) or Bert
Van Dalssen (852-2152)
for tickets.

Still time for theme
year input

UCAC members are still interested in
hearing feedback on the proposed UCFV
themes for the 1993/94 academic year.

Thé three themes to be considered by
UCAC on May 12 are “the learning
society”, “the year of the family”, and
“the year of our changing communities:
strengthening the connections.”

If you have strong feelings about any
of these themes, convey them to your
UCAC representative (call Hazel
Lockhart at 4521 to find out who that is).