Tidings Summer 2002

TidingsTidingsThe University of King’s College Alumni MagazineThe University of King’s College Alumni Magazine Summer 2002Summer 2002

FYP:The nextgenerationAlexandra Societybids farewell

New chancellor Michael Meighen

FYP:The nextgenerationAlexandra Societybids farewell

New chancellor Michael Meighen

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A L U M N I P R O F I L E

C O V E R S T O R Y

COVER: First-year students Eva Holland and Adam Hardiman. Story on page 16. Photo: Michael Creagen

19 Stephen Hart:Family physicianof the yearOrgan donation is only the latest cause for

dynamic N.B. physician.

16 FYP: The nextgenerationTheir parents were in the very first FYP class.

So is it destiny that they’re here 30 years

later? They say no.

5 ON CAMPUS

Florence Yoon is King’snewest Rhodes Scholar

Demographic boom testsuniversity’s resources

Students warm to New Academic Building

Classroom names to get some character

J-school expands offerings

500 students affected bystrike

Construction begins on linkto New Academic Building

22 KING’S PEOPLE

Jone Mitchell missesstudents, but finds newchallenges at MSVU

New EMSP prof enjoyingKings’ intellectually‘ambitious’ students

25 ENCAENIA 2002 Encaenia in photos

Honorary degree recipients

E N C A E N I A 2 0 0 2

27 New chancellorhas strong tiesto King’sThe Hon. Michael Meighen has interests in

fundraising, programme development.


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To the Editor:

I have read, with my usual interest, theWinter 2002 copy of Tidings. However, I wassaddened to read that your new vice-presi-dent’s greatest challenge was “the sheddingsome of the legacy of being an Anglican col-lege.” How very politically correct.

As far as I know, students from differentracial and ethnic backgrounds have alwaysbeen welcome at King’s. Do they not havethe option, if they feel exceptionally out castor anti-religious, of attending Dalhousie butalso taking courses at King’s?

One ought not to infer too much from afew sentences but one senses that the her-itage of the Anglican Church is a drag!

Ms. Edwards does not indicate what part ofthat legacy she deems worthy of preserva-tion. She claims demographics is the biggestproblem facing King’s in the next few yearsbut I suggest procuring a faculty capable ofteaching people to think is the most urgentpriority.

Can we expect to see Saint Mary’s, Mt.Allison, Acadia And Mount St. Vincent allshed their past connections? Perhaps, on theother hand they are able to welcome allcomers, all races and even feel that theyhave something, beyond secular values togive them.

Ursula Vondette West Vancouver

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OnCampus

By Sonja Koenig

Florence Yoon talks with her hands.The entire time she sits at a table inthe Wardroom she keeps gesturingfor emphasis.

But her words need little help.Yoon is direct and articulate. Notunsurprising for a woman, who at 20,is a Rhodes Scholar.

“Everyone at King’s is so happy forme,” she says. “They all said theyknew I would get it. No one is sur-prised.”

No one, it seems, but Yoon her-self.

She still doesn’t understand whatreally distinguished her from the 10other people who made it to the finalinterview. Her pages and pages of aca-demic achievements and extra circu-lar activities are impressive — a fullpage is required to list what shereceived during her King’s days alone.

But, says Yoon, “All the finalists allhave the same stuff. It’s like the com-mittee is looking for some ‘indefin-able’ quality and they just know itwhen they see it.”

Whatever it is, they saw it in Yoon.She was selected from 40 Maritimeapplicants for the award. She is the22nd student to receive the awardwhile at King’s. She will begin study-ing for her Master’s degree in classicsat Oxford in October.

The award is considered a mark ofprestige and viewed as a distinguishedachievement by graduate schools andemployers.

Rhodes Scholarships were createdby British nobleman and statesmanCecil Rhodes upon his death in 1902.They aimed to enable students fromCommonwealth countries and theUnited States to spend two to threeyears studying at Oxford University.

Candidates are judged on intellec-tual ability, character (integrity andcompassion for others), fondness forand success in sports, and instincts tolead.

Yoon had never considered theaward until she was nominated at thebeginning of her third year byDalhousie’s English department.Although she declined at the time,when she was nominated again in herfourth year by the classics depart-ment she felt ready to accept.

It is something she has, unknow-ingly, spent most of her life preparingfor.

Born and raised in Halifax, Yoon isthe youngest of four children of apsychologist/neuroscientist fatherand a violinist mother. She startedplaying the violin when she wasthree.

“Music is a consuming part of mylife,” she says.

After school when the other kidswere playing and going to eachother’s houses, Yoon was going hometo practise and do her homework.

“It was just the way it was,” shesays. “I don’t feel I missed out on any-thing.”

She says her family has been themost influential force in her life.

“We’ve always been close, “ shesays. “They did everything in theirpower to support me.”

Yoon’s older sister was a finalistfor a Rhodes scholarship several yearsago.

But unlike her siblings who haveall pursued careers in medicine andcomputer science, Yoon knew fromthe time she was young that her pas-sion lay elsewhere.

“I heard my first Greek mythwhen I was seven,” she says handsgesturing in excitement. “It was inone of those kids’ storybooks — and Ijust loved the way those stories weretold.”

That passion is the thing Yoonfeels is most important in pursuingany ambition.

“I think that is what a lot of peo-ple miss,” she says. “You can have tal-ent and work hard, but if you don’thave passion for what you are doing,you can’t fake it.”

‘You can’t fake passion,’says King’s newestRhodes ScholarFlorence Yoon will continue studies in classics at Oxford

“Music is aconsuming part ofmy life,” saysFlorence Yoon.

Photo: Sonja Koenig

Continued on next page

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After she started at King’s sherealized the demands of her musicwere competing with the demands ofuniversity. She decided to do musicless and other things more.

“As an instrumentalist you alwayshave this need to protect your fingers.Suddenly that wasn’t there,” she says.“It’s like my fingers were free for thefirst time.”

Yoon took up rowing, fencing,judo and tae kwon do.

She credits the King’s communitywith helping develop her leadershippotential. She has been involved in asmany as 15 different clubs and soci-eties, taking a leadership role in manyof them. She also started a choir. Butthe contribution that excites her themost was through her involvementwith the King’s Theatrical Societypresentation of “Classics in theQuad.” Yoon volunteered to direct aplay. After she began reading it inGreek, she decided to translate it and

act out her translation. “It was amazing,” she says. While she would love to pursue a

career in teaching she also confessesa love for translation. Whatever shedoes, she wants to share her passionfor classics.

“The point is not to preservesomething dead, “ she says. “Thepoint is to keep it alive, keep itbreathing.”

It is hard to imagine anyone whois familiar with six languages feelingbehind about anything. Yoon hasstudied English, Korean, French,Spanish, Russian, German and ofcourse Greek and Latin.

While she recognizes the value ofher award, she says she can’t counton it to carry her through life.

“It’s not a cause,” she says, handsemphatic. “It’s an effect. It is not somuch an accomplishment as theresult of accomplishments. It’s anextra shine on me, but I can’t rest onit. It’s not enough. It will never beenough.”

Students protestrising tuition

About 150 King’s students took part in theDay of Action for affordable education onFeb. 6. The students began the protest in theKing’s quad, eventually joining an estimated2,000 other students at a rally outside theNova Scotia legislature.

Nova Scotia students already pay the highesttuition in Canada, at an average $4,700 peryear — $1,300 higher than the nationalaverage. In May, King’s and Dalhousie raisedtuition eight per cent for the 2002-2003academic year.

Photo: Tim Currie

‘I can’t rest on it. It’s not enough.’Continued from previous page

Aug. 13 King’s Classic Golf Tournament

Granite Springs Golf Club

Aug. 18 Class of ‘72 30-yearReunion

1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Senior Common Room

Sept. 25 Brian FlemmingLecture

FYP Lecture Hall.Speaker to beannounced

Please call the Alumni Officefor further details

(902) 422-1271 ext. 128

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Out-of-provinceenrolment onthe riseBy Jennifer Stewart

Foundation Year’s growing reputa-tion and the allure of studying inNova Scotia seem to be rubbing offon Upper Canadians. Over the lastfew years there has been a steadyrise in the numbers of out-of-province students, especially thosefrom Ontario.

King’s Admissions Liaison OfficerKarl Turner says even though theschool’s recruiters don’t travel outwest very often, student applicationsfrom the rest of Canada are on therise.

Out-of-province students madeup 57.1 per cent of FYP enrolmentthis year, up from 54.7 per cent lastyear. Students from Ontario highschools made up the largest compo-nent of that — 39.2 per cent ofenrolment this year, compared to36.7 per cent last year.

Just this year the FoundationYear Programme increased its classnumber to 270 students — the high-est ever.

“Ontario students are droolingover an East Coast education,”Turner says. “They’re actually in aweof our universities.”

The change prompted the univer-sity to hastily erect new residencerooms in the basement of AlexandraHall last summer. But it still neededto lease 18 residence rooms from aDalhousie residence in Gerard Hallat the corner of Morris and Queenstreets because it couldn’t providerooms on campus. In past years,King’s often opened its residences to

Dalhousie students in an effort to fillrooms.

Kings’ Registrar Elizabeth Yeoanticipates the increase in Ontarioapplications will continue in thenext few years, especially with theso-called “double cohort” expected topeak next year as Ontario phases outits Grade 13. Two grades will gradu-ate together in 2003, potentiallydoubling the number of Ontario stu-dents entering Canadian universi-ties.

Yeo says the university hasformed an enrolment managementcommittee to monitor changes instudent demographics.

Contrary to what many studentsbelieve, there is no university policyguaranteeing out-of-province stu-

dents a room in residence, so manyincoming King’s students may befaced with an unprecedented prob-lem of finding a place to live for firstyear. Yeo hopes the university will beable to help students avoid this set-back. King’s is already busy complet-ing renovations to Alexandra Hall,relocating the alumni office andcompleting the lower level’s transi-tion to a residence-only floor.

Despite any problems the rise inout-of-province students has created,Yeo feels the change is healthy forboth the students and the school.

“Having diversity in the popula-tion is a good thing,” Yeo says. “Itprovides the community with expo-

Nova Scotiauniversities expectan enrolment boomover the next fewyears, due in partto Ontario’sphasing out ofGrade 13 next year.

Photo: Michael Creagen

Demographic boom testsuniversity’s resources

Ontario students are drooling over an East Coast education.”– King’s Admissions Liaison Officer Karl Turner

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sure to different aspects of Canadianculture, and even other parts of theworld. And especially when you lookat Kings’ programs, they’re so dis-cussion-based that the diversitybrings so many new ideas. We’reworking to attract students who

click with these programs, no mat-ter where they’re from.”

“King’s character is strong”

This year’s King’s Students’Union President Dave Hare says hehas noticed the increase in thenumber of out-of-province students,but he doesn’t feel it’s a bad thing.

“Because Kings is such an oldschool, it would be nice to retainthe local population, the historyand the characteristics of King’s,”

he says. “But it’s always nice toattract students from otherprovinces, and other countries aswell.

“Any sort of change will affectKing’s personality, but its characteris so strong, it could never changecompletely:”

Hare himself came from Torontoin 1999 to take the FoundationYear, and is now working toward amajor in philosophy He says King’shas a small community feeling —and that’s what is important to him

By Myra Hyland

It’s early January and Jill McTiernangazes out her window at the quadand smiles. The first-year King’sstudent lives in a crowded, second-floor residence room with a room-mate. Pictures and posters hang offthe walls, every available surface iscovered with clothing and knick-knacks, and the sun shines warmlyin the window onto all the clutter.She couldn’t be happier.

McTiernan was originally one of18 students who didn’t get into resi-dence at King’s this year. Because ofheavy demand for rooms, the uni-versity found them homes in aDalhousie residence — downtownGerard Hall — at Queen and Morrisstreets. Some who ended up theresay it wasn’t an ideal location. Afew, such as McTiernan, even madethe jump from a beautiful, big, sin-gle room with a sink and a greatview of the harbour, to the King’scampus.

“Gerard Hall sounded reallyexciting at first,” McTiernan says.“But you can feel really segregateddown there. It’s kind of far away,and you get almost an isolated feel-ing.”

Matt Gardener, a first-yearKing’s journalism student who alsoended up at Gerard, agrees.

“The reason I came to King’swas to be part of King’s,” he says,“and it was really hard for us to bepart of King’s here. I was one ofthose people who was excited thatwe were going to have things likeformal meals,” he says, laughing.“The whole idea of getting to wearrobes and have sherry with thepresident was intriguing to me.”

But he feels he missed out onmany such things because he livedin Gerard Hall.

Gardener offers a telling exam-ple of how Gerard students feltexcluded: When they were at a daystudents’ party, they had to pay thesame price as residence students.But at the Christmas dinner, theyhad to pay the same price as the daystudents. In essence, he says, theyweren’t really day students or resi-dence students.

Dean of Residence Kelley Castlesays the university did what it couldto include the Gerard Hall studentsin King’s life. She says the fact thatKing’s was able to provide therooms on short notice — eventhough they were off campus —indicates the university’s efforts toaccommodate them.

Gerard Hall was a last resort,taken after other measures to housemore students on campus came upshort, Castle explains. The universi-

‘Lonely’ experience for studentsin downtown residence

Dalhousieresidence Gerard

Hall housed 18King’s students

this year.

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and his friends.

Interdisciplinary programmespromoted

The administration is workinghard to strike a balance betweenaccessibility and diversity within theuniversity. Yeo says King’s has notestablished an optimum mix of stu-dents for the university (King’s doesnot have quotas for students, basedon geography). But the universityclearly believes one of its primary

missions is educating Nova Scotiastudents.

“Locally, King’s is well-recognizedfor FYP and journalism,” says Yeo.“We are now working to increaseawareness of our upper-level interdis-ciplinary programmes and newoptions for journalism students suchas the combined honours and theminor in journalism.”

The registrar’s office has takensteps to encourage Nova Scotia stu-dents to consider King’s in its highschool visits, recruitment materials,

and in promoting journalism scholar-ships for black and Mi’kmaq students.

Both Yeo and Turner agree that atthis point, the university’s main con-cern is providing high schools andstudents with the proper informationfor them to make an informed deci-sion about the university they willattend and the programme they willenrol in.

“This is a time of growth andchange and opportunity,” Yeo says.“We have to make sure we takeadvantage of that.”

ty built 14 more rooms in the base-ment of the women’s residence,Alexandra Hall, increasing the num-ber of beds to 260. This, Castle says,is a fairly big increase for a smallschool — but it wasn’t quite enough.

“We had a lot of people apply thisyear for residence, and more fromoutside Halifax Regional Municipality.Dalhousie kindly offered us some res-idence rooms in Gerard Hall. Weknew it wouldn’t be perfect, but weconsidered it infinitely better to offersomething other than just ‘Find anapartment in Halifax.’”

While Gardener and McTiernanare grateful for having a place to live,they say the drawbacks often out-weighed the benefits. Although Castlefought to get Gerard students lunchat King’s during the week, it didn’tprovide supper, an inconvenience onnights with scheduled play rehearsalsor sports team practices. This made ithard to be part of extra-curricular lifeat King’s. And, while the students liv-ing in Gerard Hall paid less for a sin-gle room, Gardener says they werestuck paying more for Internet accessand a mini fridge.

“We’re always helping each other out”

“It’s just much easier up here aca-demically,” McTiernan says from herroom in Alexandra Hall. “We havemidterm study sessions and oralexam study sessions, and we’re alwayshelping each other out and editingpapers. We’re always exchangingpapers and stuff.”

Gardener agrees. He found the

library and other resources far away.Once, he says, he even had a latepaper because he didn’t get to schoolin time — something he feels neverwould have happened if he lived oncampus.

Although Gardener andMcTiernan complain, they say thatit’s not all as bad as it sounds, andCastle hopes there will be no need forKing’s students to live in Gerard Hallnext year. The university residencesare expanding into the rest ofAlexandra Hall’s basement, and thereshould be about a 10 per centincrease in rooms in total. These 25rooms should help to accommodateeveryone who wants to live on cam-pus and Castle feels the King’s popu-lation likely won’t grow significantlyin the near future.

As for this year’s Gerard Hall stu-dents, Castle says they can’t haveminded living downtown so much.

“The deal I made with them in thebeginning was that if we had peoplewho dropped out of residence (atKing’s), I would go in order of theirapplications to Gerard Hall and askthem if they’d like to move here. Infact, when we had empty rooms,most of them didn’t want to movebecause they were already settled in.So they at least liked it enough thatthey wanted to stay there and notmove.”

Gardener says he hopes to live oncampus, in the Roost, next year.

“I think King’s lost out on 18 stu-dents who could have played a lotmore of an active role at King’s,” hesays. “That’s 18 people who missedcontributing to the community.”

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UNIVERSITY OF KING’S COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES AND SURPLUS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2002

(Unaudited)Budget Actual Actual2002 200 2001

$ $ $RECEIPTS

EndowmentInvestment income 8,100 16,864 9,312

Endowment donations 10,500 4,295 5,305

18,600 21,159 14,617General

Investment income 2,200 4,841 2,481Annual fund 20,000 19,925 19,950Sale of memorabilia 12,500 14,361 12,201Annual dinner 2,000 2,088 1,653Special events 8,500 7,156 8,078Other 100 167 586

45,300 48,538 44,949

TOTAL RECEIPTS 63,900 69,697 59,566

EXPENDITURESEndowment

Awards 9,550 9,550 14,175Bursaries 2,000 2,000 2,000Minority scholarship 6,000 6,000 -

17,550 17,550 16,175General

Scholarships 18,000 16,000 16,000The John Godfrey Prize 100 100 100Professional fees 2,000 2,193 2,115Purchase of memorabilia 11,000 9,920 10,010Annual dinner 1,500 1,705 1,317Special events 5,000 4,655 4,809Bank charges 100 46 48Student activities 1,800 1,550 1,935Receptions and meetings 900 475 711Travel and gifts 3,000 2,099 392Office and newsletter 1,000 222 50Miscellaneous 250 - -

Gifts to endowment from events 4,000 2,885 3,605

48,650 41,850 41,092

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 66,200 59,400 57,267

EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OVER EXPENDITURES (2,300) 10,297 2,299SURPLUS - BEGINNING OF YEAR 267,004 264,705SURPLUS - END OF YEAR 277,301 267,004

The financial statements of the University of King’s College Alumni Association for the year ended March 31, 2002 were audited byRector Colavecchia Roche, Chartered Accountants. A copy of the audited financial statements can be obtained from the AlumniAssociation office, or from the Alumni website at www.ukings.ns.ca.

RECTORCOLAVECCHIAROCHEChartered Accountants


OnCampus

By Sharon Boyd

This time last year students and fac-ulty at King’s had just finished mov-ing into the New AcademicBuilding. Now, one year since itsopening, reaction from students ispositive, but low-key.

Foundation Year ProgrammeAdministrative Secretary Pat Dixonsays the building experienced someinitial growing pains. “We didn’thave heat for awhile,” Dixon says.“There was also problems with thewashrooms because of poor waterpressure.”

These problems have since beendealt with. Aside from a few minorglitches, the building has offered awelcome change. “It’s a lovely newsetting,” Dixon says. “The classroomfacilities are fantastic and I thinkthat students enjoy being in a newfacility. It also gives us the chanceto start over in a new environment.”

Manuela Serpa, a first-year FYPstudent, says she’s glad she has herlectures in the new building even ifshe has to go to class early to makesure she gets a seat. The main lec-ture hall — which, on paper, seats275 students — is filled to overcapacity. There were 274 studentsenrolled in FYP this year but only246 seats at desks in the lecturehall. That left more then 20 stu-dents to sit at temporary seats inthe back of the room.

“There are always a group of stu-dents who come in late and sit inthe windows and write on theirlaps,” Serpa says.

Despite this problem Serpathinks the lecture hall is a greatfacility. “The sound is great, theimages are great,” she says.“Everything is very clear.”

Because Serpa is in her first yearshe has nothing to compare theNew Academic Building to. Dixonsays the new building hasn’t yetacquired the atmosphere of PrinceHall [the former FYP lecture hall].“In Prince Hall students had seatsthat they sat in for the entire year,”Dixon says. “That hasn’t happenedyet in the new building. Studentshaven’t made the connection yetthat this is their room. But I thinkthat will come.”

Day Students’ Loungestill popular

The student common roomlocated on the second-floor of thebuilding has not yet caught on withstudents either. Despite its brightblue colour, working fireplace andinviting leather couches, studentsstill seem to favour the DayStudents’ Lounge in the basementof the A&A Building. Dixon sayspart of the reason may be the due tothe new building’s no smoking poli-cy and the absence of facilities forbuying food or drinks.

“Students don’t seem to want tolinger in the new building,” Dixonsays. “At 10:30 a.m. (the break timein a lecture) they go to theWardroom to get coffee or juice.”

Students themselves agree. “I goto the Wardroom to buy a coffee and

I just stay there — it’s more conve-nient,” third-year student JenniferSheppard says. “I feel like it’s abuilding just for FYP.”

As of yet, there is no indoor linkto the A&A Building, leaving thenew building separate from the restof the university. Construction onthis final phase began in May.

But students say the new build-ing has much better acoustics thanPrince Hall. King’s Vice-PresidentElizabeth Edwards points out thatstudents can now hear other stu-dents asking questions.

“I don’t like to be wired forsound,” Edwards says. “But in thereyou don’t feel like you are.”

“I think it’s about time they gota better lecture hall for FYP,”Sheppard says. “Prince Hall wasvery echoey and when someoneasked a question you couldn’t hear athing.”

Aside from the few glitches thatcome with any new project,Edwards says the New AcademicBuilding has become an importantdraw for the university.

“The building has big, bright,beautiful classrooms,” Edwards says.“It’s a good place to think. We nowhave a proper lecture hall forFoundation Year and lots of designfeatures (like the round windows).”

With time, Dixon says shebelieves students will make thebuilding their own. “Prince Hall wastraditionally King’s,” she says. “Wehad a good program, but not state-of-the-art facilities. We might lookdifferent now, but it’s still us.”

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Students relax in the NewAcademicBuilding’s second-floor studentlounge.



OnCampus

By Angela Chang

The mysterious room known asClassroom 3 might soon lose its mys-tery.

A committee formed last yearfocused its energy on finding namesfor some of the more oddly named —and unnamed — rooms around cam-pus. University President Dr. ColinStarnes says some of the rooms weredue for new names.

“There was a feeling that somethings were inexplicably named,” hesays. ”Like Classroom 3 — there is noClassroom 1 or Classroom 2.

“I asked the committee to look atall the rooms on campus to see if theycould find away to make sense of thenames they had.”

Some of the suggestions by thecommittee include naming the King’sgym after its benefactor, Dr. W. L.Muir and naming the library after theuniversity founder, Bishop CharlesInglis. Seminar Room 6 will be namedafter Frances Mary Woodworth, thefirst female graduate of King’s.Classroom 3 will be named the RitchieRoom after brothers Charles andRoland, both King’s alumni.

At least one of the name changesrecommended has already been car-ried out. The Haliburton Room, for-merly located on the second floor ofthe A&A Building was lost when thebursar’s office moved into that space.A new classroom on the ground floorwhere FYP offices used to be is nowcalled the Haliburton Room.

The university intends to have apicture in each room of its namesake,with a small plaque explaining whythe room was named after the individ-ual.

Starnes says he hopes all therooms will be named eventually.

“I’d certainly like it from a fundraising point of view,” he says. “And

there certainly are families who havegiven a substantial amount of money.I’m still in negotiations with thosefamilies to see how they want theirname to appear.”

In the meantime, some of therooms in the New Academic Buildinghave been given temporary names.CSP, EMSP, HOST and FYP have eachhad rooms named after the respectiveprograms.

Some students say they will con-tinue to use the existing names andmany are already calling rooms in theNew Academic Building by their wallcolours, such as the Red Room.

“Each room breeds its own name,”says journalism/CSP student JenMcCauley. “Classroom 3 will always beClassroom 3.”

However, she says she likes theidea of naming the rooms after King’salumni.

“Naming them after famous alum-ni gives me hope,” she says. “SomedayI may be a famous alumni and they’llname a room after me.”

Rooms will be named and plaquesmade up as the names are approved.Starnes hopes all of the rooms willhave names when the last phase ofconstruction is completed this fall.

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By Angela Chang

New changes to the journalism cur-riculum mean that any King’s andDalhousie student can now take ajournalism course — not just stu-dents registered in the program.

The journalism school has begunoffering a minor program in additionto the current four-year honoursprogram and the one-year post-bac-calaureate degree. The minor doesnot require students to take theFoundation Year Programme, cur-rently a first-year requirement forthe four-year honours program.

Journalism school directorStephen Kimber says the change willopen the school to more students.

“Number one, they’ll understandmore about how journalism worksand what it does,” he says.“Secondly, many students may see itas a career option and come back forthe one-year programme.”

The department requires minorstudents to take the first-yearIntroduction to Journalism class andthe second-year ReportingTechniques class — as well as threeother electives, such as copy editingand feature writing.

However, the change will lead toan unprecedented division amongsecond-year students — those whohave taken FYP and those who havenot.

Laura deCarufel, a third-year stu-dent in the honours programme whotransferred to King’s this year fromCarleton University, says she some-times feels disadvantaged becauseshe didn’t take FYP.

“It inhibits me because everyoneelse has the same foundation,” shesays. “For example, I’ve never readDante’s Inferno. It’s better to havethat general knowledge base. It pro-vides a better understanding of peo-ple.”

The school is considering a pro-posal to remedy the discrepancy bydropping the honours FoundationYear requirement altogether.

Students in the one-year programface no such requirement.

Sandi Lamey, a third-year jour-nalism student who took FYP in herfirst year, says such a move would beunfortunate. She says while it maynot need to be a requirement, FYPprovides an important knowledgebase for future journalists.

“The Foundation YearProgramme challenges you to dowell,” she says. “It is very differentfrom journalism — you have towrite differently, for example.Everything’s not always about jour-nalism.”

The department is positioningitself for considerable growth. Rightnow, about 125 students apply to thejournalism honours program eachyear. The school normally acceptsonly 40 of those who apply. This yearit added an additional 20 seats forpotential journalism minor students.In the end, 56 students enrolled inthe first-year course this year.

The school is further consideringrequiring students to apply to thehonours stream after completingfirst year. King’s currently acceptsstudents before they begin first year.

More electives could be offered

The proposal could lead ultimate-ly to as many as 90 students takingsecond-year classes in both the hon-ours and minor streams.

Teaching more students wouldmean the school could offer third-year elective classes beyond the fea-ture writing and copy editingoptions currently on offer.

Despite the plans, Kimber saysthe school does not expect toincrease its complement of corejournalism faculty members. Part-time instructors will teach many ofthe additional students. In fact, part-time instructors already assist cur-rent first-year course professor,Bruce Wark.

“Changes to the program shouldbe small,” says Kimber. “There

shouldn’t be that many more hon-ours students — the industry can’tabsorb many more. Instead, therewill be an educated group of peopleinterested in journalism that mightcontinue into the one-year pro-gramme, improving the pool of peo-ple who apply.”

Kimber says he doesn’t see muchpotential for competition betweenthe journalism honours students andthe minor students for seats in class-es. Honours students will be guaran-teed places in the classes they needto complete their degree.

The school will reserve thefourth-year workshops exclusivelyfor honours students and the one-year journalism students.

Kimber says the minor pro-gramme will primarily attract stu-dents interested in learning the craftof writing, research and interview-ing. “Students who are interested inthe workshops will likely take theone-year programme,” says Kimber.

The minor programme is expect-ed to be in full swing by 2004.

OnCampus

J-school expands offeringsNew minor program will create two streams of students in BJH

Kimber: “There willbe an educatedgroup of peopleinterested injournalism thatmight continue intothe one yearprogram, improvingthe pool of peoplewho apply.”

Photo: Tim Currie


OnCampus

By Emanuella Grinberg

Despite the rain ushering King’s stu-dents to school on April Fool’s Day, itwasn’t hard for them to see the silverlining behind the clouds on theirfirst day back to school in fourweeks. Most of the more than 500King’s students whose classes werecancelled as a result of the DalhousieFaculty Association’s strike said theywere glad to be back in class.

As classes resumed, students andfaculty began working overtime toensure that all learning and “assess-ment evaluations” were completedby April 29, a few days past the orig-inal exam schedule. But that didn’tmean students weren’t inconve-nienced.

“I would have been done withexams by April 17; now I have to stayaround until the 24,” said second-year Contemporary Studies studentRazielle Aigen. “Whatever! As long asit’s done with.”

The dash to the finish line beganon March 28, when 92 per cent ofDalhousie professors voted in favourof an agreement reached by facultyassociation members and theDalhousie University Board ofGovernors.

On the issue of complement —

the number of full-time professorsthe university employs — the agree-ment mandates the increase of full-time professors by 18 positions overthe next three years; 12 positions lessthan the DFA had originally beenasking. The three-year agreementalso contains a 2.8 per cent raiseeach year, where the DFA had beenasking for a 3.4 per cent increase inthe first two years, followed by a fourper cent increase in the third.

By the third week of the strike,one could feel the tension on theKing’s campus among the few hang-ing about, attempting or pretendingto do work. Anxious students beganasking, ‘Why here at King’s? Ourprofs aren’t part of the DFA.’

“I totally supported a better qual-ity of education at Dal, but what doesthat have to do with King’s?” askedthird-year journalism student EloisaMayers. “I thought King’s was entire-ly separate from Dal.”

This confusion was the primaryreason the two universities decidedto cancel all classes at King’s inContemporary Studies, History ofScience and Technology, EarlyModern Studies, and second- andthird-year journalism for the dura-tion of the strike.

Complex relationship

“People seem to think King’s iswholly independent from Dal, butthat shouldn’t be the case for morethan their first few seconds atKing’s,” King’s President ColinStarnes says.

Courses taught mainly by King’sfaculty — Foundation Year and one-year BJ and fourth-year BJH classesproceeded during the strike. For rea-

sons of consistency, the two universi-ties cancelled classes for all otherstudents who shared learning facili-ties — including the teaching faculty— with Dalhousie, says Starnes.

“As Dal gains experience withstrikes, they’re getting much clearerand sophisticated — they knew whatproblems they ran into before.”

He says one thing King’s and Dallearned from the previous strike wasthat all students had to be offeredthe same conditions in order to fairlyassess grades. That’s why he says thetwo universities cancelled so manyclasses.

It was a difficult situation for theuniversity, he says, and difficult forstudents too.

“If you view the school year as acrescendo, layer upon layer, to stopfor four weeks, it’s hard to pick upagain.”

Most students agreed. “So manypeople have so much work right nowand no inspiration to do it,” said JeffBaggs, a third-year theatre student,in early April.

King’s faculty members were alsofeeling the after-effects of the strike.“We’re very busy now,” saidCSP/HOST professor Daryn Lehouxas classes resumed. “Mostly, it’s notso bad, but in one of my classes Ihave to fit five weeks into two.

“King’s professors are in a funnysituation, because my classes werecancelled, but most of the clauses [inthe faculty association agreement]don’t affect me at all,” he said.

Some do, he said, such as salary,which King’s pays at Dalhousie’sscale. “It’s weird. They were on strikefor my benefit, but I still went towork and got paid.”

While the university may be bet-ter off in the long run, fourth-yearclassics student Matt Wood was stilldisappointed.

“Sure, the strike was a goodthing, but that’s hard for me toremember while I have three papers,two take-home exams and two examsto do in two weeks.”

500 students affected by strikeDal dispute put King’s students, faculty in awkward situation

The DalhousieFaculty Association

maintained apicket line on

Coburg Road forthe duration of thestrike March 4–29.

Photo: Tim Currie

If you view theschool year as acrescendo, it’s hardto pick up again.”

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OnCampus

By Neate Sager

King’s expansion programme willfinally be finished this summer,when the link between the PrinceHall foyer and the New AcademicBuilding is completed.

Excavation for the link, whichwill have twice as much usable spaceas architect Roy Willwerth’s originaldesign called for, began in early May.This is welcome news to the expand-ing university.

Construction was originallyscheduled to begin Oct. 1. However,those plans conflicted with DalhousieUniversity’s building programme.

“It’s not actually a delay,” explainsKing’s President Dr. Colin Starnes.“We might have pushed to begin inthe fall, but Dalhousie needed timewith its new construction. They werestill building the new day-care centreand needed the use of the old build-ing (behind the Arts &Administration Building) and we didnot want to build during winter.”

The link, or “breezeway‚” whichcontains three new classrooms, isthe second building phase of King’s$6.7-million capital campaign, whichbegan in 1999. The first phase, theNew Academic Building, opened inJanuary 2001.

Previously, the university wasseverely overcrowded. FYP studentswere sitting on the dining hall floorfor their lectures and instructorsworked without offices.

Willwerth’s original design for thelink had rooms on only one side ofthe hallway connecting the newbuilding with the A&A Building.When the link is finished, it will haverooms on both sides of the hallways,providing additional seminar roomsand offices.

According to Starnes, the linkhad to be expanded because existing

space in other buildings was beingconverted to residence rooms. Henoted 57 per cent of King’s studentshail from outside the province. Thatfigure is comparable with MountAllison University, which traditional-ly has the highest percentage of out-of-province students in Canada,approximately 60 per cent.

Starnes estimates the cost of dig-ging for the link and the construc-tion to be approximately $1.2 mil-lion.

Twice as much usable space

“We’re looking at a 50 per centincrease in the cost of the link,” hesays. “However, we’re going to havetwice as much usable space.”

For his part, Willwerth says thelarger building won’t have too greatan impact on the inner quad heincluded in his original design.

“We’re only going to lose about12 feet of the inner quad,” he says.“That in and of itself is not too criti-cal. One has to balance design withthe needs of the institution.”

Willwerth, a TUNS (now DalTech)graduate, was made a honorary fellowof King’s for designing the universitylibrary, which opened in 1991.Designing the new building and linkwas no mean feat, because the avail-able parcel of land was small.

“The limited space we had towork with lent itself to creating acorridor tied to the surroundings,”he says. “There were two concepts Iwas trying to adhere to: visually,linking the New Academic Buildingto the institution, and secondly, thecreation of the more intimate court-yard.”

Starnes says he likes the conceptof the inner quad, which will com-plement the main quad that was partof Willwerth’s design.

“It offers a lot of possibilities,” hesays. “I expect our students certainlywill use it for socializing, or for read-ing, as long as it’s still warm enoughoutside. It certainly is a nice spacefor us to have.”

As an architect, Willwerth has todetermine how to get use out ofspace, both indoors and out.

“You’re trying to create buildingswith nice exterior rooms,” he says.“Hopefully the inner quad provides amore contemplative atmospherewere people can sit and chat, or sitand read, rather than throw a ball,which they have the outer quad for.It brings a sense of closure to thecampus.”

Willwerth says he draws inspira-tion for his designs from manysources, but admires Americanarchitect Robert A.M. Stern, dean ofYale’s School of Architecture. Sternhas designed buildings for BrooklynLaw School, Princeton, Stanford, andas well, the Walt Disney Company.

“Essentially, his whole premisewas to show modern technology andtraditional forms can work togethernicely,” he says. “This is fundamentalto King’s.

Construction beginson link to NABNew inner quad ‘offers a lot of possibilities’

Architect RoyWillwerth:“Hopefully theinner quadprovides a morecontemplativeatmosphere werepeople can sit andchat.”

Photo: File/Michael Creagen


FYPThe next generation

FYPThe next generation

C O V E R S T O R Y

By Rhia Perkins

atherine Tate’s experiencewith Foundation Year wasa short, but memorableone.She stumbled into the first

semester of the inauguralFoundation Year Programme amonth late in the autumn of 1972.She had just transferred fromCarleton University at Thanksgivingto attend King’s with other graduatesof her [Ottawa] high school class.

“I was a bit of a lost girl,” she saystoday. “I knew it was a fantastic pro-gramme, but I’d already missed somuch. I was over my head from thestart.”

Catherine never managed tocatch up. She didn’t finish her yearat King’s, and instead moved toToronto to work for several yearsbefore returning to studies in sociol-ogy and political science in her 30s.

But Catherine says FoundationYear instilled in her a love of criticalthought — something she had neverconceived of in high school.

“It confirmed for me that it’s pos-sible to be interested in ideas andbooks and history,” she says.

Twenty-nine years later, she knewthe programme would be perfect forher daughter, Eva Holland.

“Eva’s a real planner, she wasalready thinking about where to goin Grade 9.

“My friends have asked me if I’mliving vicariously through Eva, but itwas all her decision. She was lookingfor a small, liberal arts school andKing’s fit the bill. ”

Eva was born in Toronto, grew upin Saskatoon, and attendedCanterbury High School in Ottawa.Despite the family history, she saysher mother didn’t pressure her at allinto attending King’s.

“I wasn’t really influenced in an ‘Iwant to follow in her footsteps’ kindof way,” she says. “I had never evenheard of King’s until she mentionedit, and she probably wouldn’t havementioned it if she hadn’t gone here.It was an important factor in thatway.”

Eva also shares this “factor” withone of her classmates, AdamHardiman.

Adam’s dad, Tom Hardiman (BA’75), was a classmate of Catherine’sin that first FYP class. Tom had beenseriously considering enrolling at theUniversity of Toronto in 1972 beforehe heard about King’s new pro-gramme from his parish priest.

Instead, he was intrigued by FYP’sambitious curriculum and he wasn’tdisappointed.

“You were never really finishedwith class,” he says today. “You nevergot to escape the day’s topic. It wouldbe nothing to sit up all hours of thenight talking about things we haddiscussed in class.”

FYP is “best kept secret in Canada”

Twenty-nine years later, his sonAdam is also following in his father’sFYP footsteps. Adam, who grew up inPort Hawkesbury and attended theStrait Area Education and RecreationCentre, also had a memorable year.

“My first year was unbelievable,”Adam says. “Foundation Year is prob-ably the best-kept secret in Canada asfar as academics go. I’ve met somany great people and it’s been fun,challenging and interesting.”

Adam says he felt welcomed bythe intimate atmosphere at King’s.

“I basically grew up with thesame class from grade primary toGrade 12,” he says. “But I didn’t findKing’s that much of a change — it’s

pretty similar, a close-knit communi-ty.”

Adam initially had his sights seton Mount Allison University, until helooked at the King’s curriculum.

“I can’t really say my dad directlyinfluenced me or pressured me,” hesays. “Foundation Year was a prettybig drawing card on its own.”

His dad says the academic atmos-phere in 1972 kept him motivated,but he also had fun. He remembershis involvement in sports, theHaliburton Society and the OutreachTutorial Programme — a group thatbrought less-privileged Halifax chil-dren to eat and socialize at the uni-versity.

“You only get out what you put into the programme,” he says. “Let’sput it this way — I tried not to missany parties, and I didn’t miss anybreakfasts either.”

Tom graduated in 1975 with a BAin English. He considered enrollingin a journalism programme afterthat, but he fell into “more gainfulemployment” before continuing hiseducation. Today he is a power engi-neer in Port Hawkesbury.

Both Adam and Eva plan to con-tinue their studies at King’s.

Adam hopes to go on to a com-bined honours degree in political sci-ence and either history or philoso-phy.

“I want to take philosophy but Ilove history so much,” he says. “It’stough to decide what to do. In asense Foundation Year points youtowards what you like.”

Eva couldn’t agree more. Sheenjoyed the first section of the pro-gramme — the ancient world —most, and plans to study classics nextyear.


Their parents were in the very first

FYP class. So is it destiny that they’re

here 30 years later? They say no.

CFirst-year studentsEva Holland andAdam Hardiman



* * *

The idea for Foundation Year wasencouraged by Graham Morgan, whowas, in 1970, the president of King’sand a professor of sociology lectur-ing at Dalhousie.

At the time, the university wasundergoing a crisis, as the rapidexpansion of Dalhousie Universitythreatened to swallow King’s entire-ly. Morgan believed the trend towardspecialization at many universitiesin the 50s and 60s ran contrary tothe traditional, well-rounded univer-sity education. To counter this, heguided the creation of FoundationYear.

At its inception, the founders ofthe programme were divided intotwo camps — a group whichbelieved ideas must be taught in apolitical and social framework, and agroup based in the humanities thatbelieved the ideas could stand ontheir own.

In that first year, the early sec-tions of the programme — taught bythe humanists — and the more con-temporary sections — taught by thesocial scientists — were almostentirely independent and there wascontinuing conflict between thegroups. Morgan left the presidencyat the end of the 1977-78 schoolyear, and the other social scientistsquickly followed.

Over the years, the university hasintegrated more social and politicalstudies into the programme’s cur-riculum. It has also added more con-tent dealing with the status ofwomen and minorities.

Catherine Tate is impressed bythe way the programme has evolvedand was happy her daughter decidedon King’s and Foundation Year.

“I was pretty eager for her to go,”she says. “The programme had reallybecome what it had wanted to be. Ilike the maturity, the reputation andthe high quality of the students.”

‘It’s comforting’

Tom Hardiman was also delightedhis son opted for the FoundationYear over other programmes he con-sidered in Atlantic Canada.

“I was very excited, but I tried tohold it back,” he says. “It’s comfort-ing in a way that I know what he’sgoing through. The Foundation Yeartwigs your interest in so many areas,that you can decide to study in moredepth later if you wish.”

Adam says his decision to attendKing’s has brought him and hisfather closer together.

“After having come here we talkabout it a lot more now, becauseKing’s is very much the same placeit was 30 years ago,” he says. “Thebulk of the curriculum of theFoundation Year Programme is stillthe same, so you can discuss it.”

Tom Hardiman also remembersDr. Colin Starnes, current presidentof the university, but then a graduatestudent in the classics department atDalhousie who was one of the coremembers of the first year’s staff.

Tom says the programme’s teach-ing approach was different fromother introductory university cours-es.

”You got a lot of information inthe lectures and tried to pull it alltogether with your tutors,” he says.“When you took your elective atDalhousie and saw what another100-level course was like, it madeyou consider what it would be like totake five courses like that and makeit a year.”

Both father and son say the mostlasting impression of the programmewas the education in how to think.

“I’m not sure it changed much ofmy views,” says Tom. “But what itdid do was give me a better under-standing of western society. Beingable to adapt is what makes ushuman, and FYP gives you a philo-sophical basis to do that on.”

Adam says it’s hard to judge hiseducation impartially, but he knowshe’s gained a broad perspective andan ability to argue his beliefs.

“Foundation Year opens up somany doors,” he says. “You’re find-ing out what was behind all thethings you already believe. Fromthere you can decide if you still wantto believe them or not.” ■


Theprogramme hasreally become whatit had wanted tobe. I like thematurity, thereputation and thehigh quality of thestudents.”

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Eva Holland withher mom, CatherineTate

Photo: Submitted

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Dr. Stephen Hart (BA ’64), a familyphysician from Fredericton who hasbeen one of New Brunswick’s leadingadvocates for public and health safety,has been named the 2001/2002Canadian Family Physician of theYear by the College of FamilyPhysicians of Canada (CFPC).

Dr. Hart taught history, scienceand mathematics to Grades 6 to 9 atTrinity College School in Port Hope,Ontario, for two years before decidingto go into medicine. He graduatedfrom the Dalhousie Faculty ofMedicine with an MD in 1972.

“I originally began my studies atKing’s as a divinity student,” says Dr.Hart, whose father, Bill Hart, was aCanon in the Anglican Church andwho was awarded the Order ofCanada for his many good works forsocial justice for New Brunswickers.“After a time, however, I realized thatmy real calling was medicine, partic-ularly family medicine. And I knewright from the start I wanted toreturn home to New Brunswick andpractice there.”

A long-time Chairman of the NewBrunswick Medical Society’sCommittee on Preventable Aspects ofMotor Vehicle Death and Injury, Dr.Hart is perhaps best known in NewBrunswick for his tireless advocacy ofseat belt legislation that finallybecame law in 1983. As a result, seatbelt use in the province has risenfrom 5 per cent in 1982 to more than95 per cent today, with a correspond-ing significant drop in highwayinjuries and fatalities.

With seat belt legislation in place,Dr. Hart and his medical society col-leagues turned to drinking and dri-ving as one of the committee’s keyissues.

“There used to be a LicenseSuspension Review Board in NewBrunswick,” he says. “You could actu-ally get caught drinking and drivingand lose your license in the morningand have it reinstated that sameafternoon, after appearing before the

Board, paying a fine and their $10reinstatement fee.”

As well, the group also worked tochange the law under which allimpaired drivers were charged asfirst-time offenders. Today, policehave the resources available to chargedrivers for the appropriate number ofoffenses. They also initiated aRoadside Alert Program that enabledpolice to run roadside checks forimpaired drivers and faulty vehicles.

“It was really a common sensething,” says Dr. Hart, “and the public,legislators and the law enforcementcommunity eventually agreed that itwas a good step. Everyone agreedthat if you can halt someone beforean accident happens, or if you candraw attention to bad driving habitsor faulty vehicles, then that’s going toaffect the accident and injury rate. Asa result, highway fatalities in theprovince are half what they oncewere.”

Organ donation a “vital issue”

At present, Dr. Hart’s newest chal-lenge is serving as Chairman of theNew Brunswick Organ DonorNetwork, in an effort to raise aware-ness of the importance of organdonation. It’s a coalition of threephysicians (himself, a gastroenterolo-gist and an orthopaedic surgeon),administrators, representatives fromorganizations like the Eye Bank andThe Kidney Foundation, as well aspatients who have either had trans-plants or are waiting for one.

“Organ donation is a vital issue,and not just here in Atlantic Canada.It’s a problem across the whole coun-try,” says Dr. Hart. “Even thoughtremendous advances have beenmade in the science of transplanta-tion, we’re still very far short of thenumber of donors we require to meetour needs.”

Dr. Hart emphasizes that it’s notjust enough today to fill out an organdonor card or to have the appropriate

notice affixed to a driver’s license.“It’s vital,” he says, “to discuss theissue with family members so thatthey clearly understand the donor’swishes. It may not be somethingthat’s top of mind in an emergencysituation, but if the family is awarethen it’s much more likely that thedonor’s wishes will be followed.”

Looking to the future, Dr. Hartstill sees a difficult time for health-care in Canada, particularly in theAtlantic provinces, where he’s pre-dicting a continued shortage of physi-cians for the next few years.

Dr. Hart received his certificationin family medicine in 1980. His fami-ly practice in Fredericton has grownin the years since to serve 2,700patients. He is responsible for severalhospital inpatients on a regular basis,does emergency room shifts everymonth and is one of four physiciansproviding care to a 200-bed nursinghome.

He is currently a member of theBoard of Directors of the ChalmersRegional Hospital Foundation, is aPreceptor of the Dalhousie FamilyMedicine Residency Program, and aMember of the Executive of theChristian Medical and DentalSocieties of Canada. He serves on theExecutive of Doctors Opposed toViolence Everywhere (DOVE).

Reprinted courtesy of the College of Family Physicians of Canada

A L U M N I P R O F I L E

Hart named familyphysician of the year

Stephen Hart:“We’re still farshort of thenumber of organdonors we requireto meet ourneeds.”

By Karl Turner

When a group of women alumniformed the Alexandra Society 100years ago, their main objective wasto support the university. So it wasfitting that their successors’ finalgesture before disbanding was togive the university one of their mostcherished worldly possessions, thesilver tea service that marked their50th anniversary.

For decades, the AlexandraSociety was a tireless champion ofthe university. But society member-ship has been declining for years andexecutive members began consider-ing their graceful exit from universi-ty life three years ago.

“In 1999 we knew it was all over,”says Dartmouth society memberLottie McAlpine. “Our majorfundraiser was our annual Valentine’stea. But we weren’t able to musterenough support to get it going. Wedecided to hang on long enough forus to reach our centennial.”

At a service in the King’s chapelon May 14, former King’s professor

Dr. Henry Roper gave a movinghomily that celebrated the society’sachievements.

“The Alexandra Society came intobeing in another world,” he said,“and its work has helped King’sCollege to survive, and bring a newworld — a world of female equality— into being.”

The society’s began in 1902 whenseveral women got together andformed what was then called theWomen’s Auxiliary of King’s College.By 1903, they petitioned theAnglican Bishop and the Board ofGovernors.

“Having a specially deep interestin the welfare of the Church,” theywrote, “and realizing the all-impor-tance of a thorough training inDivinity for the candidates of theHoly Ministry we beg most respect-fully to suggest to the Board theaddition of another Chair of Divinityto be called the Queen AlexandraChair.”

This wasn’t just a pleasant letterof introduction from a newly formedgroup of ingénues. These women

committed themselves to provide theprofessor’s salary up to $1,000 forthe next five years. It’s hard to imag-ine a society in this day and age peti-tioning the university for an extramember of faculty, and then volun-teering to foot the bill. But that’sexactly what they did.

In 1910, members changed thegroup’s name to the AlexandraSociety in honour of QueenAlexandra, wife of King Edward VII.Within 15 years they had more assetsthan the Alumni Association. At itspeak, the society had 29 branches inthe Maritime provinces, mostly inNova Scotia.

Members raised most of themoney through bake sales, churchteas, luncheons, concerts and dona-tions. Simple, yes, but the societyproved to be as resourceful as it wasambitious. Not only were they com-mitted to paying for the AlexandraChair, but, in 1914, they assumedresponsibility for furnishing thewomen’s residence. When the uni-versity was destroyed by fire in 1920,they did it again in Halifax. Then, in


Alexandra Soc. bids farewellUniversity supporters cap 100 years of service

King’s PresidentDr. Colin Starneshelps Alexandra

Society membersVivian Whynacht,centre, and LeslieWalsh (’58), right,plant a forsythiabush in front of Alexandra Hall.

Photo: Karl Turner


1963, they helped raise funds for theconstruction of a larger residence,Alexandra Hall.

Although the society’s mainobjective was to provide support tothe university, they increasingly fos-tered a faith-based commitment towomen and education. King’sAssistant Librarian Patricia Chalmers(BAH ’80) recalls the society’ s unas-suming, but ever-present, work oncampus.

“I remember when I was a stu-dent they supplied all of the ironsand ironing boards in Alex Hall,” shesays. “It wasn’t something I thoughtabout at the time, but there theywere working quietly behind thescene providing us with the thingswe needed.”

By the 1960s they were providingscholarships to the growing numberof women students on campus. Inthe early 1970s, though, they hittheir first major stumbling blockwhen the Atlantic School of Theologyabsorbed King’s faculty of divinity.The society quickly shifted focus andcreated bursaries for full-timeAnglican students, but fewer peoplewere going to church, and that wasthe connection that had always sus-tained them.

By the 1980s membership num-

bers began to stagnate. Branchesclosed as the average age of membersincreased with each passing year.Those who were committed heldtheir breath as they laboured on,waiting for an increase in new mem-bers. But it never happened.

Traditionally, the society held itsannual meeting every Encaenia week.beginning with Holy Eucharist in thechapel.

This year things changed slightly.In recognition of the society’s 100thanniversary, King’s held a ceremonyin the Quad before the service. Attheir request, the university planteda forsythia bush in front of AlexandraHall.

At the reception that followed inPresident’s Lodge, there was a feelingof jubilation in the air as universityPresident Dr. Colin Starnes receivedthe society’s silver tea service onbehalf of the university. He thankedthem for their generous support overthe years and expressed deep regretthat this would be their last meeting.

But if the members were sad, theydidn’t show it.

“The reason we wanted forsythia,”says Joy Smith (BA ’42), former soci-ety president, “was because it’s one ofthe first plants to flower in thespring. It’s such a beautiful, brightflower. It’s always been in bloomwhen we met here each year.”

Globe and Mailinvestigativereporter PeterCheney [BJH ’84)and fellow Globecolleague, featurewriter StephanieNolen (BJH ’93),returned to King’sMarch 22 to tellwar stories —literally.

The pair, with CBCnational radio newsreporter StephenPuddicombe,related theirexperiences inAfghanistan toKing’s journalismstudents.

Photos: Michael Creagen

(Left to right)Society membersLeslie Walsh, VernaMunroe and JoySmith

Photo: Karl Turner

War stories

By Jennifer McCauley

Waiting at a coffee shop on QuinpoolRoad, I hear a voice saying, “I bet youthought I wasn’t coming,” and JoneMitchell appears right behind me.

She settles herself in at the tablefor questioning. “I don’t have anystories, you know,” she says. “I’mreally a boring person.”

This self-effacement is genuineJone. Despite being the university’spublic relations officer for 11 years,the woman-behind-it-all at King’sdoesn’t like being in the spotlight.

In July, 2001, Mount SaintVincent University in Bedford hiredher away to become the university’snew director of university advance-

ment. She left her position as Kings’director of alumni, development andpublic relations on June 30, 2001,and started at MSVU three days later.

She spent her summer learningabout the university and meeting thefaculty. She works with a staff of six,no longer a staff of two or three.

“I’m doing much the same as Idid at King’s,” says Jone. “What I’mnot doing as often is the new studentrecruitment. I miss that part of myjob.”

Another part of the job she willmiss is the interaction with students.At the Mount, there are more stu-dents, more programmes and lesstime to meet them all, as she tried todo at various King’s functions, suchas the annual prospective studentreceptions in Toronto and Ottawa.

Andrew Soren, a fourth-yearContemporary Studies/theatre stu-dent, is one student who got to knowMitchell through these receptions,and also through her work on theKing’s Sexual HarassmentCommittee.

A “wonderful person”

“Jone is a wonderful person,” hesays. “She’s very supportive and car-ing and always interested in howeveryone is doing.

“She is good at taking somethingvery ‘everyday,’ and personalizing it,”continues Soren thoughtfully. “I wonan alumni award one year, and Iremember getting a form letter con-gratulating me, very nicely written,and at the end of it was a couple ofsentences that made the letter verypersonal. She has a habit of doingthat.”

This warmth is extended to every-one — students, alumni and faculty.Almost everyone walks away from a

conversation with Mitchell feelingimportant.

“I remember back in the earlydays when we had one of the only faxmachines at the university,” she says.“The alumni office used to chargestudents for long-distance faxes, so Igot to meet and talk to a lot of stu-dents that way.”

Kings’ director of athletics, NeilHooper, says Mitchell was always verysupportive of the athletic program.

“Not only did we get together todecide awards and allocate funding,but I’d see her year-round at variousgames and functions.”

“She always had a way of makingeverybody feel good,” says PaulaJohnson, administrative secretary inthe alumni office (currently onleave). “I never left the office oncewithout hearing Jone thank me forall the work I did that day, and todrive safe.”

Mitchell was Johnson’s first boss,starting from the time Johnson inher late teens, and working at theCanadian Cancer Society. Theyworked there for two years, thenMitchell moved to King’s to fill anewly created position. Johnsonheard that there was a position avail-able that she qualified for, so sheapplied, and subsequently earned theposition of administrative secretary,working again for Mitchell. Theyworked together for another 11 years.

“We got to the point where wewould finish each others’ sentences,”they both say independently.

“Jone would start to ask mesomething, and I would hand her thefile she was looking for,” addsJohnson.

Such a close relationship didn’tmake the office any less busy,


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Jone Mitchell misses students,but finds new challenges at MSVU


Jone Mitchell:“I still read the

Watch, to find outwhat’s going on”

Photo: Tim Currie


though. “Some days, one of us would put

the kettle on for tea, first thing in themorning,” laughs Johnson, “and we’dhave to push down the button 20times each before we got a chance to

have our cup of tea!”“But we’d always have time for a

laugh,” chorus the two.Mitchell says she still has an

interest in King’s.“I still read the Watch, to find out

what’s going on, and I read it here atPerks,” she says. “And I still keep in

touch with people at King’s.”Mitchell’s former position is being

split into two positions, with new-comer Bev Mahon filling the positionof public relations officer and directorof alumni. A full-time fundraisingposition is expected to be filled thisyear.

King’sPeople

By Emanuella Grinberg

Underneath the many hats KarlTurner wears in the registrar’s officeis his wish that he’d known aboutKing’s as a student.

“Being interested in the sort ofthings I’m into, I think I could havebenefited from what King’s had tooffer,” he says. “But I didn’t knowabout it.”

It is thus fitting that as an admis-sions and liaison officer, it is his jobto show high school students whatKing’s may be able to offer them.Often he is the first and only contactfrom the university that they meet inOctober until they decide to moveinto residence in August.

“Usually they’re all looking for thesame things,” he says of incomingstudents to King’s. “Most want asmall university, close contact withprofessors and friends, but then thenext thing they want is a lot ofoptions, which is difficult for a smalluniversity like King’s.

“That’s where the relationshipwith Dal comes in.”

He describes it as a mutually ben-eficial relationship, one that mostprospective students don’t evenunderstand until they see what theycan do with it.

“It’s great when you can open abrochure and show students all thedegree options and combinationsavailable to them at King’s and Dal.Their eyes just light up,” he says.

“I feel a special connection withthose people, because I was just likethem. I didn’t know what optionswere out there for me.”

He settled for a combined hon-

ours in philosophy and internationaldevelopment studies from Dalhousie,and began working in the registrar’soffice in 1998.

“When I was at Dal, I had friendswho went to King’s and I hung outhere a lot. When I started this job, Ithought there was this certain type,or mould, that was drawn to theschool,” he says.

“Three years later, I realize thestudents are coming from wildly dif-ferent backgrounds, with wildly dif-ferent interests — the only realshared interest is the programmes,”he says.

“Transformation takes place”

“It’s when they get to King’s, espe-cially in their first year, that a trans-formation takes place. Everythingthey experience is in this very smallenvironment so it brings themtogether.

“But once they head into second,third, fourth years, you see thembranching off, exploring all thoseoptions you showed them when youmet them in high school.”

Turner says most students don’teven know about King’s, except formaybe the Foundation YearProgramme. “The question I getasked most at information sessions is‘who are you?’ and ‘what do you guyshave?’ ”

He does say that interest in thejournalism programmes has becomemore popular in the days since Sept.11. “It seems that the profession hascaptured young people’s imagina-tions. In their minds journalism isbecoming regarded as an exciting and

reputable occupation.”He describes his two roles as

admissions and liaison officer as acontinuation of each other. In the fallhe acts a liaison, traveling acrossCanada and New England promotingKing’s. In the winter and spring, hespends most of his time at King’s pro-cessing applications from students hemet in the fall.

Soon, his “first group” of studentsthat he personally recruited as highschoolers, will graduate, somethingof a milestone in an admissions andliaison officer’s career.

It hasn’t happened yet, but whenit does, he says, “it will be very mov-ing to see these people — people youmet when they were much younger,and different in many ways — and tosee how a brief encounter alteredtheir lives to this day.”

Most common question asked of admissions officer Turner: ‘Who are you?’

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Karl Turner:“It’s great whenyou can showstudents all thedegree optionsavailable at King’sand Dal. Their eyesjust light up.”

By Laura deCarufel

John Milton isn’t known for being afunny guy. Of course, it depends onwho you ask.

In a white room in the basementof the Arts & Administration build-ing, Milton’s Paradise Lost comesalive. Over the hum of the furnace,the students murmur in understand-ing, question each other, and yes,even laugh. The class runs five min-utes late and no one seems to notice.

Welcome to Professor SimonKow’s Early Modern Studies seminar.After six years of studying politicalscience at the University of Toronto,Kow moved to Halifax this past sum-mer to begin his first year of teach-ing. In his office after class, Kow(pronounced “Koo”) is relaxed andsmiling. He speaks with a slightBritish accent, having lived inEngland until his family moved toToronto when he was seven. He putshis hands together under his chin

while he answers questions andalways looks you in the eye.

He’s enjoying King’s, he says.Leaving one of Canada’s largest uni-versities for one of its smallest was an“exciting and daunting” change.

“King’s is very different from U ofT, which is enormous and anony-mous,” he says. “King’s is more per-sonal. It has a very collegial atmos-phere which makes me feel comfort-able.”

Then there are the academic ben-efits that come with teaching at asmaller school.

“There’s a greater degree of inde-pendence at King’s,” Kow says. “I’vebeen able to design and create myown classes, whereas at other institu-tions, you’re forced to teach existingcourses.”

“Vitality in the early modern period”

Kow designed both of the classeshe is teaching this year. ChangingConceptions of Morality, Society, andHistory in the Early Modern Period isthe full-year seminar that showed hisstudents a different side of JohnMilton. In the winter semester, hetaught a second-year class calledVirtue, Vice and the CommercialSociety in early modern literature.Kow is also the faculty adviser for theEarly Modern Studies Journal and aFoundation Year tutor.

“I find teaching is a way to learn,“he says. “There’s a vitality about theworks in the early modern period. Itwas a time of turmoil and greatchange and new ways of thinkingdeveloped. The authors saw them-selves as doing something new andtheir texts reflect that.”

Although Kow is particularlyinterested in 17th-century England,he says he’s enthralled with the entireearly modem era. He wants his stu-dents to come away with “a greaterappreciation of the texts and authorsand also to understand the connec-tion with each other. To understand

that this time period is a bridgebetween the old world and the new.”

So far, Kow says, his students aremaking the connections. “They’revery hardworking,” he says. “Theycome to King’s because they want toread these books. They’re ambitiousin the intellectual sense.”

Kow’s students like him too.Fergus O’Connor, a fourth-year semi-nar student, enjoys Kow’s openapproach to the texts.

“He’s different from a lot of otherprofessors I’ve had,” O’Connor says.“We work through the text together,doing close reading. He’s receptive todifferent interpretations and allowsyou to have a personal reaction tothe texts.”

O’Connor grins. “Outside of classhe’s also a great guy. He’ll sit downand have a beer with anybody.”

New EMSP prof enjoying Kings’intellectually ‘ambitious’ students


King’sPeople

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Simon Kow:“Teaching is a way

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Photo: Laura deCarufel

Clockwise from top left: Alumni Office

Administrative Secretary Jen Laurette helps

graduating student Shannon McDunnough

with her alumni pin; the academic

procession leaves the quad; graduates enter

the cathedral; Alison McCabe gives the

valedictory address; President Colin Starnes

presents Florence Yoon with the King’s

Medal; Chancellor Michael Meighen is

welcomed by the audience; President Starnes

presents BJ student Renée Devereaux with

the Governor-General’s Silver Medal.

Photos by Kerry Delorey and Michael Creagen


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Encaenia2002

David Cadogan(Doctor of Civil Law)

As writer/reporter, editor, pub-lisher and industry executive,David Cadogan is a seasonedadvocate for grassroots journal-ism.

Community newspapering isin Cadogan’s blood. He has con-tinued a grassroots journalismtradition that began with hisparents who ran the DurhamChronicle in Ontario, whereDavid grew up.

David began his newspapercareer with Southam BusinessPublications in Toronto andMontreal and ran a commercialprinting business in NewGlasgow, N.S., before acquiringhis first Atlantic regional com-munity newspaper, TheWoodstock, N.B., Bugle, in 1970.He is now president of CadoganPublishing Ltd., publisher ofthree community newspapers,including the flagship, TheMiramichi Leader, headquar-tered in Miramichi, N.B.

Cadogan is a founding mem-ber and past president of theAtlantic Community NewspapersAssociation. He is also past pres-ident of the CanadianCommunity NewspapersAssociation., becoming anHonorary Life Member in 1999,joining his parents who hadbecome the first husband andwife team so honoured.

Hon. J. Trevor Eyton(Doctor of Civil Law)

The Honorable J. Trevor Eyton,O.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.B., LL.D, aneminent leader in Canadianindustry and commerce, hasserved on numerous boards ofnational organizations and helda number of senior executivepositions including Presidentand Chief Executive Officer ofBrascan Limited. SenatorEyton is presently SeniorGroup Chairman, BrascanCorp.

Eyton has strong ties withKing’s and the King’s commu-nity. Former chancellor, parentand grandparent of King’salumni, his commitment to theuniversity contributed greatlyto the success of the Rare FindCampaign and to the currentBuilding on a StrongFoundation campaign.

He was made an Officer ofthe Order of Canada in 1986and was appointed to theSenate in 1990. He received anhonorary LL.D from theUniversity of Waterloo in 1992and served as Chair ofWaterloo’s Board of Governors.

Christos K. Kritikos(Doctor of Civil Law)

Christos K. Kritikos is a pioneerof the modern internationalshipping industry. His visionand entrepreneurial spirithelped change the course ofinternational ship transporta-tion to what it is today.

About 35 years ago, Mr.Kritikos forecast a new era ininternational ocean shipping. Atconsiderable risk to himself andto CERES, his stevedoring com-pany, Kritikos adopted con-tainerization — what hebelieved would be a landmarkdevelopment in the history ofshipping. His vision was a bril-liant one.

Kritikos’ company now hascontainer terminals worldwide,including one at Fairview Covein Halifax Harbour, one of hisearliest investments. Kritikos isan enlightened employer whobelieves that a well-trained andwell-paid workforce, teamedwith state-of-the-art equipment,results in corporate success.

He is a generous supporterof local organizations such asthe Art Gallery of Nova Scotiaand the Atlantic SalmonFederation and has a stronginterest in Nova Scotia’s post-secondary institutions.

Dianne Swinamer(Doctor of Canon Law)

Dianne Swinamer is a leader inthe battle to eliminate chronichunger in her native province,Nova Scotia, and in communi-ties across Canada.

Since 1991 Swinamer hasserved as Executive Director ofthe Metro Food Bank Society,an umbrella organization repre-senting 26 Metro food banksand 40 other agencies servingthe disadvantaged and needy.

The Canadian Association ofFood Banks achieved unprece-dented growth while Swinamerserved as the Association’schairperson from 1994 to 2001.During those years the CAFBintroduced the National FoodSharing System which nowships over 10 million pounds ofindustry food donations to foodbanks across the country.

Swinamer’s commitment toCanada’s hungry goes beyondfood banks. She has given ser-mons at numerous Metro-areachurches on hunger-relatedissues. Prior to joining theMetro Food Bank, Swinamervolunteered and later wasemployed with the HalifaxSchool Board where she helpeddevelop a programme for ele-mentary school children whocame to school hungry.

2002 Honorary degree recipients


Encaenia2002

By Angela Chang

As the father of a King’s student andfirst cousin to the president of theuniversity, new chancellor SenatorMichael Meighen is going to feelright at home.

Although the role of chancellortends to be largely ceremonial,Meighen says he intends to activelyhelp the university in any way he canover his five-year term.

“The role of chancellor as I see itis to represent the university, to pre-side over events like Encaenia and tooffer what advice you can to the pres-ident and board whenever they needit,” he says. “If they ask me to come,I’ll come.”

However, his cousin, King’sPresident Dr. Colin Starnes, says theposition is much more than ceremo-nial. He says the chancellor acts as anadministrator to the alumni in muchthe same way the president of a uni-versity administers to students. Therole of chancellor is important, hesays, because the backbone of a uni-versity is its alumni, and not its cur-rent students.

“The real King’s is the body ofgraduates, and Encaenia is about yougetting into that group,” he says. “I’mthe executive president of the univer-sity. The chancellor is the presidentover that ‘mystical’ university.”

Senator Meighen is looking for-ward to his official duties as chancel-lor.

“I feel very honoured to be askedand I’m looking forward to beingchancellor,” he says. “I’ll have tobrush up on my Latin so I don’t pro-nounce it like French.”

Michael Meighen was born in1939 in Montreal. He holds a BAfrom McGill and a LL.L from Laval,as well as a honorary LL.L. fromMount Allison University. Like hisgrandfather, Canadian prime ministerArthur Meighen, he is a member ofthe Progressive Conservative party. In1990, he was appointed to the Senateby then-prime minister Brian

Mulroney. He is currently the chair ofthe Senate Subcommittee onVeteran’s Affairs and a member ofstanding committees on banking,trade and commerce, and fisheries.The senator currently lives inToronto, where he is counsel toOgilvy Renault.

The Meighen family is a strongsupporter of King’s. The boardroomon the second floor of the A&ABuilding is also endowed by hisfather, Theodore R. Meighen’s foun-dation. The senator’s son, TedMeighen, is chair of the King’sStudents’ Union, and SenatorMeighen himself has been activelyfundraising for the capital campaignfor the New Academic Building.

“It’s not as easy to raise moneyin the Maritimes”

The senator also plans to assist inthe completion of many of the uni-versity’s current projects, includingconstruction of the link between theNew Academic Building and the A&A.That project is expected to be com-pleted in September. The fundingneeded by the building committee tofinish construction has been providedthrough bank loans, but Senator

Meighen says he hopes to find a morepermanent solution throughfundraising. He says he’s impressedby the amount of work done by thebuilding committee, especially byGeorge Cooper, the chair of the boardof governors.

“[Cooper] has done a wonderfuljob,” he says. “It’s not as easy to raisemoney in the Maritimes as it is inOntario, or Quebec or Alberta.”

The senator is also interested inoffering some parts of the FoundationYear Programme to mature studentsoutside of the regular school year, aproject he fondly labels “Elder FYP.”

“FYP is quite a unique pro-gramme of study in Canada,” he says.“It is undoubtedly highly popular andone that even people my age wishthey could enroll in.”

Starnes agrees an interest existsfor a programme such as this, but hesays a number of concerns have pre-vented the programme from takingoff. Mature students interested in theprogramme, such as the parents ofcurrent FYP students, often havefamily and work obligations thatwould prevent them from taking thetime for the programme. Also, itwould be a question of who wouldteach the programme.

“The problem is that the peoplewho put on FYP are so exhausted bythe end of each year, they need thesummer to recover,” he says. Headds that the university would wantto protect the reputation of FYP andwould not consider lending thename to any group wanting to teacha programme.

In the meantime, SenatorMeighen says he plans on sitting inon some FYP lectures the next timehe’s in town. He says he’s interestedin taking in a few of his cousin’s lec-tures as well.

“I’ll have to brush up on myAugustine first,” he says.

Starnes was a little skeptical, how-ever.

“He’s just being nice and humor-ing me,” he says with a smile.

Meighen has strong ties to King’sNew chancellor interested in fundraising, programme development

Hon. MichaelMeighen:“I feel veryhonoured to beasked.”

The new Alumni AssociationPresident is Timothy Rissesco (BA’93), a Senior Commerce Officerwith the Competition Bureau ofIndustry Canada in Halifax.

He says one of his primarygoals is to have more alumniactive in the association.

“A small number of alumni have done a greatjob of organizing events such as the AlumniAnnual Dinner, the King’s Classic Golf

Tournament and branch events in cities acrossthe country. I’d like to see more alumni at moresocial events.”

He says feels a strong connection to the uni-versity and he wants to build on it. “The King’sexperience gives you the opportunity to meet andbuild relationships with amazing people,” he says.

Rissesco will be on educational leave this fallto study French to advance his career in the pub-lic service. He furthered his studies at UniversitéLaval in Quebec City and obtained an MBA fromSaint Mary’s University in Halifax in 1997. Helives in Hillsvale, Nova Scotia with his wife,Genevieve Harvey and their three cats.

Rissesco is new Assn. pres.


AlumniNews

The alumni association awardedJohn Stone (BA ’65) the Judge J.Elliott Hudson DistinguishedAlumnus Award at this year’sannual dinner held Tuesday,May 14, in recognition of hismore than 30 years dedicationand commitment to educatingNova Scotia’s youth and for out-standing contributions he hasmade to the King’s community.

Following in the footsteps ofhis father, the late Canon Stone,a former Associate Professor ofLiturgics at King’s, John pur-sued his passion to teach, takingwith him a philosophy in educa-tion that believes in bringingschool and community togetherto establish a safe and nurturing

learning environment for chil-dren of all ages.

After graduating King’s in’65, he earned a Masters of Artsin Classics from DalhousieUniversity, a Bachelor ofEducation degree from theUniversity of Alberta, and aMaster of Education inCurriculum Studies from theUniversity of British Columbia.

Since 1968, John has helpedshape the lives and minds ofstudents in Nova Scotia’s publicand private school systems. Hehas worked in teaching andadministrative positions at sev-eral high schools. He is current-ly Director of Senior School atArmbrae Academy in Halifax.

The Judge J. Elliott HudsonDistinguished Alumnus/AlumnaAward was established in 1994by the University of King’sCollege Alumni Association torecognize a King’salumnus/alumna who, likeJudge Hudson, has made invalu-able contributions to his or hercommunity, profession, andcharitable or volunteer work.

Past recipients are PeterCheney (BJH ’84) in 2001, RuthHudson (BA ’61) in 2000,Gordon Earle (BA ’63) in 1999,Bruce Archibald (BAH ’70) in1998, Linda Fraser (BA ’63) in1997, John Mark DeWolf (BAH’68) in 1996 and Lois Miller (BA’65) in 1995.

John Stone wins 2002 Hudson Award

Welcome to newAlumni Office staff

Alumni AssociationExecutive Committee 2002/03

Position Name Term

President Tim Rissesco (BA ’93) 2002-2004 Vice-President Doug Hadley (BA ’92) 2002-2004Treasurer Andy Hare (BA ’70)Past-President Stuart McPhee (BA ’69) 2002-2004Bd. of Gov. Member Ken MacInnis (BA ’71) 2002-2004Bd. of Gov. Member John Stone (BA ’65) 2001-2003

Position Name Term

Comm. Mem. Jane Bailey (BA ’71) 2002-2003Comm. Mem. Frank Beazley (BA ’80) 2002-2003Comm. Mem. Joan (French) Buck (BA ’70) 2001-2003Comm. Mem. Ginny Clark (BA ’68) 2001-2003Comm. Mem. Brian Curry (BAH ’92) 2002-2004Comm. Mem. Joan Parsons Doehler (BA ’70) 2001-2003Comm. Mem. Cathy Reardon (’90) 2002-2004Comm. Mem. Charlie Wainwright (BA ’73) 2002-2004

Ruth Hudson presents John Stonewith the 2002 award.

Photo: Bev Mahon

Jen Laurette (BA ’01) is ActingAdministrative Secretary whilePaula Johnson is on maternityleave. Bev Mahon is the newAlumni and Public RelationsOfficer. A BPR graduate fromMSVU, Bev has more than 10years experience in marketingand communications and fouryears experience working in thenewsroom of a Halifax daily.


Robert Tuck (BA, DD ’48) launched his new book“Ned Harris’s Letters From Mahone Bay, 1884-89” at St. James Church, Mahone Bay, on Sept.23, 2001. A copy is available in the King ’sCollege Library. For further information, go to<www.isn.net/friartuck>. Fellow alumni cancontact Robert at: [email protected].

Dr. Stephen Hart (BA ’64) was named Canada’s“Family Doctor of the Year” for 2002. (See storyon page 19.)

Frank Beazley (’79/80) is now buyer for WaverleyEnergy Group. The group includes PaddyExcavations Limited, Qualtech BuildingSolutions, Coverall Building Systems andCanterbury Homes.

Ian Deakin (BA ’70) will be appearing in the 50thanniversary season of the Stratford Festival.

Brian Pitcairn (BA ’73) is assisting the Loon RiverFirst Nation in Northern Alberta conclude anon-reserve oil and gas development deal with amajor oil company. The project will lead toemployment and royalty income for the commu-nity. Brian lives in Slave Lake, Alberta.

Brian Cormier (BJH ’86) was appointed SeniorAnalyst with ShiftCentral in April. The Moncton-based firm specializes in competitive intelligenceand strategic planning. Brian leaves GCP Bristol,where he served as Director of InformationServices. He will continue to work with GCPBristol under contract for writing, editing andmedia analysis services. Brian can be reached at:[email protected].

James Cowan (BAH ’86) recently completed his MBAat the University of Colorado at Denver and isworking for Stein Roe Mutual Funds as anInvestment Advisor in the Private Client Group.He is sitting for the Level 1 Chartered FinancialAnalyst programme in June 2002. James’ e-mailaddress is: [email protected].

Patti Dunn-Grabham (BSc ’87) was married inVancouver in September 2000, and is now livingin Seattle. Patti is owner/operator of a fitnesstraining company she started in 1999. Patti’s e-mail address is: [email protected].

Ian Fairclough (BJH ’89) was recently elected presi-

dent of the PTA at Kings County Academy, a P-8school in Kentville. Ian and his sons, Blake andTodd, live in Kentville where Ian is a reporter forthe Chronicle-Herald. Fellow alumni can con-tact Ian at: [email protected].

Amy (Pugsley) Fraser (BA ’89) and Hugh Fraserannounce the birth of Patrick Ronald on Jan. 30,2001, a brother for Ted. Amy is a reporter for theHalifax Herald.

Andrew Laing (BA ’86) and his wife, Patricia, arepleased to announce the birth of their daughter,Kateryna Jean, born in August. Andrew lives inToronto where he manages his own mediaresearch firm, Cormex Research. Fellow alumnican contact Andrew at: [email protected].

Keith McPhail (BSc ’82, BA ’83), accepted the newly-created position of Cultural Officer with theHalifax Regional Municipality in September.

David Meagher (BJ ’82) is a supply teacher workingin Fredericton, N.B., and a writing tutor at theUniversity of New Brunswick. Prior to receivinghis Bachelor of Education from St. ThomasUniversity in July 2001, he worked as a newspa-per reporter, editor and columnist for 19 years.

Celia (Anderson) Russell (BJ ’82) was promoted toEditor of the Queen’s Gazette, the faculty/staffnewspaper at Queen’s University in Kingston,ON. Fellow alumni can contact Celia at: [email protected]

Natalie Bona (BJ ’98) took the oath to become aCivilian Member of the RCMP in a ceremonyheld Oct. 4, 2001. Natalie’s e-mail address is:

[email protected].

Kelly Bourque (BA ’93) and John Tsiptsis (BA ’92)were married July 14, 2001. They live in Toronto.

Nicole (McBride) Dermoudy (BJH ’93) marriedJulian Dermoudy in 1999. Nicole is working as asenior consultant with a public relations andgovernment lobbying firm in Tasmania,Australia. Fellow alumni can contact Nicole at:[email protected]

Brian Flemming (DCL ’91) has been appointedChairman and Interim CEO of Canadian AirTransport Security Authority (CATSA); a newCrown Corporation created as of April 1, 2002,to take charge of all security at Canadian air-ports and on Canadian airplanes.

Graeme Gunn (BA ’94, BJ ’96) became engaged toCatherine Paterson on Christmas Day 2001. Thewedding will take place in October 2002. Graemeis a partner in the Halifax-based film productioncompany, Chronicle Pictures, which producedthe feature film, “Touch and Go.” Watch for it!Graeme would love to hear from old friends at:[email protected]

Deborah Irvine-Anderson (BJH ’98) has accepted ajob as morning show producer of CBC Radio’sDaybreak North, the morning show in NorthernBritish Columbia.

Eden Kaill-Walker (BA ’99) and Michael Fenrickmarried June 1, 2002, in the King ’s Chapel.Contact Eden at: [email protected].

Michal Kapral (BJ ’95) was the top ranking Canadianrunner, placing 70th in the 2002 BostonMarathon. Michal ’s time was 2:32:07, rankinghim just out of the top 20 for Canada.

Karen (Blackwood) Lawrence (BJ ’94) is workingwith Health Canada, Atlantic Region. Karen is aCommunications Officer with Health Policy andCommunications in Halifax. She encourages herformer classmates to drop her a line [email protected]

Mandy Mayor (BJH ’96) married Ryan Higgins onJuly 15, 2000, in Esterhazy, Sask. They currentlyreside in Meadow Lake, Sask., where Mandy iseditor of the local newspaper and Ryan works asa cost accountant for a forestry company. Theire-mail address is: [email protected]

Kevin MacDonell (BJH ’91) has edited a book,“Getting Rid of Alders,” an anthology of the bestwriting from the past 25 years of Rural Deliverymagazine. Kevin is also Webmaster for a weeklynews site, Oran.ca. He lives in Havre Boucherwith wife, Leslie Smith. Fellow alumni can con-tact Kevin at: [email protected]

John Needham (BA ’94) is employed with Reuters inNew York City. He is currently working on cor-porate strategic partnerships with Investment/Commercial Banks and Reuters. John can bereached at: [email protected]

Katie Orr (BAH ’90) and Troy Myers are pleased toannounce the birth of Tyler Munro Myers onNov. 26, 2001. Troy is a librarian with the HalifaxRegional Library and Katie manages internation-al activities at the Dalhousie Medical School.Katie continues to coach the King’s women’ssoccer team. Her e-mail is: [email protected]

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All in stride

Old friends Bob Hyslop (BA ‘69) and PennyMoody-Corbett (BSc ’71) enjoyed a leisurely runin the Toronto International Marathon inOctober to catch up on their lives. King's peopleinterested in joining their runs can e-mailPenny at: [email protected]. Penny is AssistantDean of Research and Graduate Studies in thefaculty of medicine at Memorial University ofNewfoundland.

R. Scott Parker (BScH ’99) moved from Calgary toHouston in February, 2001, to continue hiscareer as a geologist. In September, he becameengaged to Margaretha Boudens. Fellow alumnican contact R. Scott at: [email protected]

Andrea Pilichos (BA ’94) and Stephen Graham arepleased to announce the birth of NicholasChristos Graham Pilichos on Oct. 20, 2001 inGainesville, Florida. Steve is working on his PhDat the University of Florida.

Lucy Pullen (’90) was recently appointed AssistantProfessor, Visual Arts, at U. of Victoria.

Liz Rigney (BJ ’94) has joined the ATV/ASN news-room as a reporter after years as host ofBreakfast Television.

Theresa (Nowlan) Suart (BJH ’90) received herMaster of Education (Adult Education) from theUniversity of New Brunswick in October 2001.Theresa received her BEd (Adult Education)with distinction from UNB in 1999 and aDiploma in University Teaching in 2000. Theresais a certified Stepfamily Foundation Coach withthe Stepfamily Foundation Inc., a non-profitorganization based in New York. In addition to

facilitating workshops for stepfamilies, Theresais the entertainment & arts correspondent forthe Fredericton Daily Gleaner. Fellow alumnican contact Theresa at: [email protected].

Peter Taylor (BAH ’94) and his wife, Pamela, arepleased to announce the birth of their daughter,Grace Carolyn Taylor, on Sept. 17, 2001. TheTaylor family are living in the south of England.

Nicholas Thorne (BSc ’98, BA ’99) has moved toFrankfurt, Germany, and is working forDeutsche Bank. Fellow alumni can contactNicholas at: [email protected].


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Every year, journalism students made thehumorous observation that the school wasrun, not by the director, but by theschool’s longtime administrative secretary,Pamela Herod. The sizable kernel of truthin that opinion was apparent to everyone,even King’s President Dr. Colin Starnes.

“It seems to me the journalism schoolhas always been like a beehive — with stu-dents flying in and out all the time,” saidDr. Starnes at a retirement celebration inher honour April 3. “The students knew itwas not the faculty or the administrationthat kept it buzzing, but Pamela.”

Pamela, 61, died April 18 after a year-long battle with cancer.

In addition to being a tireless organiz-er, she was the school’s heart and soul.

Trudy MacCormack (BJ ’00), now work-ing at the St. Francis Xavier UniversityWriting Centre, credits Pamela with help-ing her survive her first month.

“On my third day of classes somethingwent terribly wrong with my back,” saysMacCormack. “Immobile in my bed, I stillmustered the strength to panic — Ithought I would have to withdraw. Butalthough she had known me only for threedays, she would not hear of it. She calledme regularly over those 10 days, to checkin and to encourage me. And so it went oneach day, ensuring I was comfortable.”

Jeff Simpson (BJ ’96), now a reporter at

the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, had a simi-lar experience at the very end of his year.

“When I moved out of residence I was

flat broke and had nothing,” he says today.“She gave me a bunch of furniture that Iused for years, including a bed, a table andsome other stuff. I always appreciatedthat.”

Pamela began working at King’s in thespring of 1991. In her 10 years at theschool, she was a key organizer of theannual Atlantic Journalism Awards. Shesaw hundreds of students through the pro-gramme, answering their initial inquiriesabout the school and finally pinning theiracademic hoods at graduation.

Many students credit her with convinc-ing them to enrol. Wary of the profession’sstereotype of ruthlessness, they say Pamelaconvinced them they had what it took tobe a good reporter.

“Pamela Herod was the first person Ispoke to when I called King’s to find outabout taking the one-year programme,”says Bill Robinson (BJ ’01), now an editorat Canadian Press in Toronto. “I was veryintimidated, and I could just as easily havedecided that journalism wasn’t for me. Butafter hearing her friendly voice, I didn’thave any hesitation.”

Many former students were among thehundreds who packed a memorial serviceApril 22 at St. Paul’s Church in downtownHalifax where Pamela was active.

– T. Currie

Pamela Herod was heart and soul of j-school

J-school Director Stephen Kimber presentedPamela with an honorary lifetime GoldenCobden Award at her retirement celebration.Pamela had won many of the student awards.Photo: Michael Creagen

Rev. Theodore Kingwell “Ted” Burton (Lth ‘69) of Aberdeen, N.S. passedaway March 20, 2002 at the age of 85.

Martha Louise Mowbray Elliott (BA ‘74) of Bridgetown, N.S. died April 27,2002 at the age of 49.

Eugene Rathebone Fairweather (DD ‘73) of Hortonville, N.S. passed awayApril 6, 2002 at the age of 81.

The Rev’d Canon Leonard J. Galey (BA ’53, LTh ’54) of Sussex, N.B. passedaway on Dec. 6, 2001. He was ordained deacon in 1954 and priest in1955. He served in numerous parishes throughout New Brunswick. Hewas a member of King’s Board of Governors (1980-89; 1991-92) andserved as president of the New Brunswick Branch of the AlumniAssociation from 1994 until his passing.

Audrey France Ohmen (Hollebone) (BA ‘58) of California and formerly ofHalifax died March 2, 2002 at the age of 64.

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Dan Trivett (BA ’92, MLIS ’96) has accepted a posi-tion as a Senior Youth Services Librarian withthe Ocean County Public Library in OceanCounty, New Jersey. His wife, Vanessa Burns-Trivett (BA ’92, BPR ’94) will be starting a newcareer as a Stay At Home Mom to their three-year-old daughter, Olivia.

Chris White (BAH ’94,BJ ’96) married Janine Fureyon July 14, 2001, in Toronto. The ceremony washeld at Trinity college Chapel at U of T, followedby a dinner reception at The Royal CanadianYacht Club on Toronto Island. Chris and Janinecelebrated with many old friends from King ’sand Dal, making it a great Maritime party!

Stuart Wood (BA ’93) is spending 2002 at INSEAD inSingapore and France as part of the MBA pro-gramme. Fellow alumni can contact Stuart at:[email protected].

We received a healthy seven responses to last month’s photo. Thefollowing guesses garnered at least three votes each.

The identity of #5 remains in question. The following men received onevote each: Dave Lewis (’64), Ernie MacEachern, Donald Williams (’51),the Rev. Canon Bob Crouse (BA ’51). Please let us know if you canconfirm any of these — it’s a difficult identification. Fortunately, mostrespondents placed the event as an Interbay play in 1949 or 1950.

Thanks to Ron Buckley (BSc ’66), the Rev. Keith Mason (LTh ’51), JoanMorrison (BA ’53), The Rev. Canon Donald Neish, Earle Ripley (BSc’53), Bruce Ross (’54), and the Rev. Canon Don Trivett (BA ’50, LTh’52).

Some housekeeping matters from past issues … thanks to Bruce Rossand Bob Winters who wrote to confirm that curler #2 in the Summer2001 issue was Fred Nicholson (’57). And finally, thanks (and apologies)to both Ian MacKenzie (BA ’41) and Ian MacKenzie (BA ’57) forpointing out that we inadvertently mixed you two up. Of course, weshould have noted that it was the latter gentleman who appeared ascurler #1 in last month’s photo.

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2001 Atlantic Journalism AwardsAlumni finalists at this year’s AJAs were:

• Jack Julian (BJ ’98) of CBC Radio Halifax, afinalist in the category Spot News — Radio.His story, “Burnside Fire” was a live, immedi-ate report from the scene of an industrial firein Dartmouth N.S.

• Kelly Ryan (BJ ’84) of CBC Radio Halifax,with colleague Margaret McGee, finalists inthe category Enterprise Reporting — Radio.Their story “Troubled Water” was a series ofinvestigative reports on the quality of drink-ing water in Nova Scotia, which uncovered adisturbing picture of government inactionand bureaucratic bungling.

• Dan O’Connell (BJ ’89) of CBC TV Halifax, afinalist in the category in EnterpriseReporting — Television. His report, “Holdyour breath/Don't hold your breath” was atwo-part series covering the 30-year on-againoff-again cleanup of Halifax Harbour.

• JoAnn Sherwood (BJH ’90) of the Chronicle-Herald, a finalist in the category ContinuingCoverage — Print. Her coverage, “StraitScandal” covered the evolving financial scan-dal involving the Strait Regional SchoolBoard in Cape Breton.

• Rob Antle (BJH ’94) in Atlantic Progress, a

finalist in the category Feature Writing —Print. His story, “Yard Work” looked at theMarystown Shipyard in Newfoundland and itson again-off again offshore fabrication work.

1. Tom Scobie (’52)2. Charles Collis (’53)3. The Rev. George Burchill

(BA ’49, LTh ’52)

4. The Rev. Cecil Hebb (BA ’50)5.6. The Rev. Canon Donald Neish

(BA ’51, LTh ’54, BD ’68)

Claire Roussell-Sullivan, of the DartmouthRefinery of Imperial Oil, presents King’s studentNeeti Tomar (BJ ’02) with the Imperial Oil PrizeFor Excellence. The award is granted annually toa student in King’s journalism programme’s grad-uating class for excellence in student work.Photo: Kevin Devoe

Music option for King’s students

In a new phase of the longstandingcollaboration between King’s and

Dalhousie, King’s students will now beable to enrol in the Bachelor of MusicProgramme at Dalhousie. A modifiedversion of the programme will allow

most students to do FYP and stillcomplete a BMus in four years.

TidingsAlumni AssociationUniversity of King’s CollegeHalifax, NS B3H 2A1(902) 422-1271 ext. 128

Do you have any old calendars, yearbooks, photographs, theatre programmes or literary publications in your basement? King’s archives gratefully accepts King’s material of any kind.

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