Tidings Summer 2001

Tidings The University of King’s College Alumni Magazine

New Academic Building opens Out-going VP Angus Johnston’s guiding vision yields a structure everyone seems to love

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Inside PROFILE

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A change of pace

ON CAMPUS Dal enrolment decline could affect King’s

VP Angus Johnston has guided King’s through 13 years of rapid growth.

Now he looks forward to returning to the classroom.

Changes in store for Formal Meal

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Fit for King’s Our new academic building has opened to rave reviews. Large windows and a sharp colour scheme lend a bright and distinctive tone to the building’s many unusual rooms.

Few probe university’s previously ‘secret’ affairs

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Journalist Cheney wins Hudson award

Tour this magnificent structure and see how it embraces the future, while paying homage to the past.

COVER: VP Angus Johnston, the guiding vision behind King’s new academic building.

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Welcome from new Assn. president

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s I write these words, it’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I assumed the office of president from Judith. The university community has been busy during these past months. Under the guidance of Jone Mitchell’s office, branches continue to be active with potential new branch interest being expressed in Prince Edward Island, Sydney, Cape Breton and London, England. The capital campaign is well under way with the alumni portion under the leadership of Cynthia Pilichos slowly advancing towards its goal (to date we are at approximately 51 per cent).

Our annual alumni dinner held in May was a tremendous success with a large attendance. Many thanks to Joan Buck and her committee for their organization.

During the dinner this year’s Hudson award was presented to Peter Cheney — this was the first time a journalism grad has won this award. Congratulations Peter! It was also a real pleasure to see so many previous recipients at the annual dinner. It was my pleasure and honour to give the toast to the graduating class at this year’s president’s dinner during Encaenia week — we are all very proud of these newest alumni as they won 10 of

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the 14 major medals / awards in the Dalhousie faculty of Arts and Science.

It is with sadness that I say good-bye to both Jane Spurr and Jone Mitchell.

After serving eleven years as Alumni Association treasurer, Jane has decided to pursue other endeavours. Andy Hare has agreed to take on this responsibility.

Welcome! Also, Jone left as Director of Alumni, Development and Public Relations at the end of June. She has accepted a position at Mount St. Vincent University. I would like to thank both Jane and Jone for their valuable contribution to the Alumni and wish them well in their new endeavours.

I thank the executive members for their hard work and dedication and in closing I urge all of you to be involved and support your association in whatever way possible whether at the branch level or by attendance at one of the local events.

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Managing Editor Tim Currie (BJ ’92)

Editorial Board Frank Beazley (’80) Tim Currie (BJ ’92) Lesley Gaum (BJ ’93) Greg Guy (BJH ‘87), chair Jone Mitchell Dr. Colin Starnes Address letters to: Tidings c/o Alumni Association University of King’s College Halifax, NS B3H 2A1 Director of Alumni Jone Mitchell

King’s Web site: www.ukings.ns.ca

Have a safe and enjoyable summer!

Stuart McPhee President University of Kings College Alumni Association

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OnCampus

Dal enrolment decline could affect King’s

By Jason Smith A decline in enrolment in Dalhousie University’s faculties of arts and sciences is “worrisome” and could have implications for King’s if it’s not corrected, says King’s President Colin Starnes.

Starnes says Dalhousie has not yet recovered from a 10 per cent drop in enrolment recorded two years ago that contributed to an unexpected $200,000 increase in King’s payments to Dalhousie that year.

The problem arose during the 1999-2000 academic year, when it became apparent that Dalhousie’s enrolment had dropped substantially, while the number of King’s students enrolled in Dalhousie’s faculties of Arts and Sciences had remained healthy, at 723.

The two universities agreed over 80 years ago that King’s would pay Dalhousie for each King’s student that Dal teaches, Starnes says. The formula has become complex over the years but the universities compensate each other based on the average cost of teaching a student.

The problem is that King’s students had come to constitute a greater proportion of the combined enrolment in these faculties — and King’s has had to pick up a greater share of the tab.

Starnes says the majority of a university’s operating costs — including faculty salaries, heat, maintenance — are fixed costs that must be paid whether enrolment is up or down.

“Dal doesn’t say, ‘Well, then we’ll lose one-fifth of the history

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department and one-fifth of the all the rest.’ It has to maintain these programs. So the cost per student goes up.”

Starnes says this situation wouldn’t have been so serious if the universities had seen the trend developing. Unfortunately, staggered implementation of new, Y2Kcompliant student information software kept the universities from assessing the situation sooner.

“The old system wasn’t there and the new system wasn’t working well enough to give good numbers. So in a way, [the enrolment decline] happened a few years ago.

But none of us knew it, because we weren’t able to get the figures to see what was going on.”

Students taking fewer credits Starnes speculates on a number of reasons why Dalhousie’s numbers are down. A few years ago, Dalhousie started billing students according to each course they took, instead of the program they were enrolled in. So, a science major no longer pays a single science program fee. Instead, they pay different amounts for each credit.

Starnes says this has prompted some students to take fewer courses per year.

“The move to a per-course fee has had a sociological effect.

Students now seem to be willing to take only three or four courses per year [down from the usual five].

They’re taking the remainder as summer courses at UBC or somewhere else. Therefore, one fifth of the revenue has disappeared.”

Starnes says creation of the fac-

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ulty of computer science also cut into enrolment in arts and sciences.

“When Dalhousie took over what used to be called TUNS (Technical University of Nova Scotia) it started a new faculty. And then, suddenly, students who had counted in arts and sciences now count in the department of computer science — which doesn’t exist in our formula with Dalhousie.”

Starnes says when King’s pointed this out, Dalhousie reduced the bill to reflect that this was not a real loss of students. But he adds that King’s is more concerned with helping Dalhousie increase its numbers than with quibbling over the bill.

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Men’s volleyball team to national finals The 2000-01 men’s volleyball team started with a dedication level that would have been rated five out of 10. They were talented players but collectively they turned in mediocre performances.

The ACAA League had been dominated by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College for the past four seasons and King’s was in fourth spot.

After Christmas, the team made a commitment to take a run at the championship. By the end of January King’s occupied second place. By playoff time King’s was comfortably in third and would play first-place Ste. Anne. In the semi-final King’s was down 2-0 in a best of five match. Just as people were warming up their

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The producers of the made-for-TV movie Phase IV turned the King’s library into the Stroyker Pearson Research Wing of (fictitious) New England University for one day in May. The crew was shooting a Hollywood movie of the week which stars Dean Kane, best known for playing the lead in the TV series Lois and Superman.

cars, King’s came back to tie the match at 2-2. In the final game King’s won the marathon and was off to the final.

The team again stumbled early against Daltech, but after a seesaw battle won the final game to claim the ACAA Men’s Volleyball for the first time in nine years.

This team then travelled to Kelowna, B.C. and performed very well in the CCAA National Volleyball Championships.

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‘King’s needs a healthy Dalhousie’ Continued from page 5 that we will do anything and everything we can to help with this, because King’s can’t be strong if the college of arts and sciences at Dalhousie isn’t strong.”

Starnes points out that more than 53 per cent of King’s students are from outside of Nova Scotia. He says these are students who choose to come here because of the unique learning environment that exists between King’s and Dalhousie. King’s ability to attract these students depends on a strong Dalhousie, he says.

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“The wrong way to go is to dismantle what is really excellent about arts and sciences at Dalhousie. If you go that way you’re taking away what attracts students here in the first place.”

Starnes says King’s will try to help by providing more information to first-year students about Dalhousie’s programs.

Dalhousie, he says, has substantially increased its recruiting efforts this year.

But Starnes says there is no quick fix.

“I am very much hoping that things will improve. But this is a big ship and it takes years to turn these things around.”

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OnCampus

Changes in store for Formal Meal Poor attendance, lack of decorum leads president to revise 22-year tradition

By Chris Harbord By presidential order, the tradition of formal meal at King’s has been discontinued, at least in its present form. The surprise announcement, which ended 22 years of history, came during President Colin Starnes’ opening address at the last meal of the year.

Starnes believes poor attendance, and this year’s casual and often ridiculous themes have contributed to the decline of formal meal.

“It doesn’t seem to be doing what it intended to do,” says Starnes. “Its chief component [lately] is to see how much [they] can humiliate the president — and that’s OK, but it’s not going to go anywhere good.”

The modern formal meal tradition was instated in 1979 by thenpresident John Godfrey, and has been held weekly ever since.

Godfrey, now a Liberal Member of Parliament, offered his thoughts on formal meal during a telephone interview.

“It goes back to a much older tradition,” says Godfrey. “As the Oxford colleges, which are the model for King’s, were founded, most people lived in [the college] and would eat at the same time.

“Not only is there tradition, but there is also a kind of human logic behind it, and it would be a pity to lose that.”

Godfrey believes traditions such as formal meal add to the unique identity of King’s. “The world is basically a rather banal place anyway. If we all tended to the norm and didn’t have these eccentric, oddball, strange things … you [would] lose something of your individuality as a college,” he muses. “You didn’t sign up for boring old Dalhousie.”

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Angela Chang, a second-year journalism student, says students of the residence floor which hosted each meal frequently attempted to involve the president in “humorous” antics. She says host students often used the speech segment of the meal to joke about Starnes, once giving the waitresses costume props to mimic the president’s dress. They even involved him in a mock sheep toss.

Students chose to eat out Attendance at the weekly meal has been declining for a couple of years. Some students say they chose to go to the McDonald’s restaurant on Quinpool Road, rather than eat the meals selected by the host students, which this year included hot dogs and pogo sticks.

Matt Aronson, a fourth-year student and former president of the Students’ Union, believes the administration is partly to blame for the deterioration of formal meal.

“It really wouldn’t be that difficult to pay [food service provider] Marriott a little bit more to improve the possible meals that are available to us, to put down some real tablecloths, [and] to turn the lights off.”

But Aronson also says the dean of residence and the dons must be responsible “for encouraging students to conduct formal meal in a way which is adequate to its tradition.”

Chang, who also works as a part-time waitress for Marriott, agrees.

She says it seemed many firstyear students didn’t know of the formal meal rules, which are spelled out in the General College

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You Regulations. didn’t “I stopped sign up for a couple of boring old people [at the Dalhousie.” door] and told them they John Godfrey weren’t King’s President allowed to 1977-1987 leave the dining hall without permission of the president. They just gave me a rude look and then asked a student at the end of the [nearest] table, who looked just as surprised to be asked.”

She says it was difficult to serve meals once when the host students staged a mock wrestling match between Nietzsche and Hegel on the dining room floor, while waiting actors grabbed dinner rolls from serving trays.

“I guess a lack of decorum is how you would put it,” she says.

President Starnes intends to consult students on other ways to bring the college together at mealtime and is considering an expansion of the popular brunch that was held at Christmas this year.

“I want feedback,” says Starnes.

“People can e-mail me, they can call me, they know where I am.”

Starnes is not concerned that the cancellation of formal meal will lead to the neglect of other King’s traditions, but instead is optimistic about the constant creation of new customs that will continue to differentiate King’s from other universities.

“These traditions come and go,” he says. “Formal meal may go for 10 years, and I have no doubt it will pop up again in some other form at some other time.”

Reprinted from the April 2001 issue of The Watch, with additional files.

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Few probe university’s previously ‘secret’ affairs Universities fell under Nova Scotia’s Freedom of Information act on Nov. 23, 2000 – but King’s has received only five requests

By Jessica Block When the Nova Scotia government added universities to the scope of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOI/POP) for the first time on Nov. 23, 2000, the first thing the media wanted to know was how much money university presidents make in Nova Scotia.

Although most universities gave the information freely and quietly as King’s College did, there was one that didn’t: Acadia University in Wolfville, where students pay almost $6,000 in tuition, the highest in the country. Acadia decided to charge for the information by creating a publication of employee salaries called the Employee Earnings Information Booklet. The price tag was $400.

But King’s public relations director and FOI/POP administrator Jone Mitchell says a better solution for King’s was simply to distribute the information freely.

“It is public information and King’s is a public institution and it was going to come out anyway.”

Acadia President Dr. Kelvin Ogilvie defended Acadia’s decision, saying it would cost the university $100,000 a year to respond to requests and they were only trying to offset some of their costs.

It was Acadia’s student newspaper, The Anthenaeum, that finally negotiated an undisclosed deal with the university for the booklet and published the salary information. Excluding housing and car allowances, Ogilvie earns $173,628, making him the second highest paid president in the province behind Tom Traves, president of Dalhousie University.

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highly paid in Canada. His $223,672 salary along with benefits total $267,000, higher than the Prime Minister of Canada, who earned a little more than $166,000 last year. King’s President Colin Starnes earned $108,390.

Requests concern salaries, benefits Most universities have their salary information posted on their Web sites now, Mitchell says. She says she has received only five requests for information since November and these all concerned salary and benefit levels, or how to apply. She says other larger universities have received more requests — many of them from unions.

King’s staff is not unionized.

Applicants can request any document written by a university employee. Administrators can protect documents only if they compromise a reasonable expectation of privacy. This means memos, minutes, and policies are all now subject to public scrutiny.

Even though Mitchell hasn’t had to face any probing requests so far, she’s been trying to understand the act so she’ll be ready, when and if they come.

“Because we are publicly funded, the public has a right to know how we are managing their funds,” Mitchell says. “But it depends upon the request. Some are unreasonable, although I haven’t been put in the position to have to think that out yet.”

Mitchell says of the five requests she’s had, none of them have been from students.

Chris Harbord, editor of the King’s student newspaper, the Watch, says the inclusion of universities in FOI/POP will make the

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act more useful for student journalists.

He says it’s necessary for students to know if funds are being used properly and whether administrators should be earning sixdigit salaries.

“University administrations are like governments on a smaller scale,” Harbord says. [Students] pay a lot of money to them and expect to receive services in return. As we know with government, universities can also make bad and irresponsible decisions, yet they aren’t subject to nearly as many checks and balances as governments.”

He says it’s the job of the student newspaper to question the administration’s decisions. The act may be able to help them access information such as minutes of meetings of administrators and procedures.

“I am sure that when student media gets more comfortable with the surprisingly easy process, they will take advantage [of the act],” Harbord says. $5 per request Mitchell says anyone who has a request can ask her for a FOI/POP application and pay a $5 fee. If an employee of the university wants to see their own file, they still have to fill out an application, but they won’t have to pay the fee. Her office must respond to the applicant within 30 days.

Mitchell says the biggest hurdle was to learn the act in preparation for Nov. 23.

“I think it created a lot more anxiety and worry before Nov. 23 than it did after,” she says with a smile.

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How they donated Unrestricted Library Scholarships Bursaries/Awards Journalism Building Programmes

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The campaign is at 82.7% of its goal.

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King’sPeople

A change of pace VP Angus Johnston has guided King’s through 13 years of rapid growth Now he looks forward to returning to the classroom

By Jeff Green

Photo: Michael Creagen

It’s early in the work week, but Angus Johnston’s agenda book is already full with meetings and appointments. As the King’s vicepresident, Johnston sits on a number of boards ranging from admissions to the foundation year program (FYP). His large office desk on the second floor of the A&A building is peppered with minutes of meetings and forms to fill out.

There are also file folders of his own research.

Johnston has been VP at King’s since the fall of 1988, but at the end of the 2000-01 academic year, he steps down and Elizabeth Edwards takes over the position.

He says Edwards is the ideal candidate for the job and has already wished her luck with her busy schedule. Johnston is quick to admit though he’s not going to miss the hectic lifestyle of being VP. In fact, he says, he’s anxious about leaving his post because he finally gets to go back to a classroom.

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affect your teaching,” he says leaning in his chair. Johnston’s eyes widen and his face brightens when he talks about being back in the classroom again.

“We have amazing students here at King’s and to bring about a wonderful time of thinking and learning is interesting,” he says.

But Johnston won’t return to teaching right away when his term ends. He will take a year sabbatical and will be back at King’s in July 2002.

He says he’s looking forward to teaching, but says his decision to step down was a tough one.

“I’ll miss being involved with decisions and meeting other representatives of institutions and seeing university life at its best.”

Johnston, who was born in Montreal but grew up in Dartmouth, obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. He later obtained his masters and PhD from Dalhousie University.

He first came to King’s in September 1977.

“I just completed the course work for the doctorate and I was invited to come here. They had an extra tutorial, not a full-time position, but they asked me to come as a teaching fellow from ’77 to ’81.”

He was associate director of FYP from 1981 to 1984 and then director from 1984 to 1988.

During his time, King’s expanded its core programs and Johnston was instrumental in seeing the early modern studies and history of science and technology programs gain strength. He also oversaw the construction of the new academic building.

“When you serve in the office of vice-presidency, you realize the institution really teaches you things. And I’ve learned so much.”

“With Ken Kierans and thenpresident Marion Fry, I feel responsible for the contemporary studies program, which kind of broke the mould of education here at King’s. We had the journalism school from ’78, which was an independent degree, but we really needed an upper-level teaching. So many students would come here for foundation year and then go to

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other universities for the rest of their degree. But we knew if we had more, then they would stay here.”

President Colin Starnes says Johnston’s legacy will be felt in both the classroom and the boardroom.

“The college is the way it is because of him, more than any other person,” says Starnes. “Soon after he came here, he brought FYP to a level of respect in the community and the program became more formal and recognized for intellectual solidness.”

Starnes refers to Johnston as one of the “chief architects” who has overseen the development of King’s as a modern university.

“At heart, I really think the way this college has developed is because of Angus’ vision.”

Students also herald Johnston as a outstanding lecturer and tutor. Kathleen Gallagher remembers Johnston’s particular style of teaching from her first year of FYP. Gallagher, who graduates this May with her journalism honours degree, says Johnston’s insight into topics overflowed in the classroom.

“He just knows so much. It’s

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incredible the amount of knowledge this man has and the way he’s able to share it with students.

He always used to bring in props, like books or a piece of artwork, which he could relate to the readings. So even though it’s dry philosophy, he could make it come alive.”

President Starnes agrees.

“Angus’ legacy is best put by what somebody wrote in a TWAK [This Week at King’s] Newsletter.

It said, ‘This is your last chance to be present at the glory of an Angus lecture,’ and that got it perfectly,” says Starnes. “Angus is bar none the best lecturer I’ve ever seen.”

But Starnes says he knows Johnston’s time has come and he is supportive of his colleague stepping down.

Back in his small office, Johnston picks up a copy of Homer’s Odyssey, which he has used many times over the years in his lectures.

Like Odysseus, Johnston says he has experienced many journeys as VP. But his most challenging — and hopefully most rewarding — will be his return to the classroom.

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Fit for King’s New Academic Building opens to rave reviews Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor The Honourable Myra Freeman (left) and His Honour Lawrence Freeman officially open

the new building on Jan. 19, 2001 to the applause of Mary Barker (BA ’67) and the rest of the King’s community.

Story by Jeff Green

Photos by Michael Creagen

F (Below) The second-floor faculty and student common room offers a comfortable, bright reading and discussion area that King’s has long lacked. Dark brown leather chairs complement the powder-blue walls. The windows overlook the “cloister,” the outdoor common area bounded by Prince Hall and the A&A Building, which will be developed in phase two of construction.

The fireplace at right will keep the room cozy during winter.

The shelves on the far wall will soon host an informal “give-a-book, take-a-book” library.

irst-year student Karen Diepeveen sprawls out on a brown leather couch.

Her white running shoes are unlaced on the floor.

Diepeveen says she feels right at home, tucked away on the second floor of King’s new academic building. The foundation year program (FYP) student came here to study for her final exams and she’s getting plenty of work done.

Diepeveen is alone in the new common room (pictured below) — a brightly lit and spacious area with several long wooden tables, hardwood flooring, fireplace and plenty of window seats. The uni-

versity built this room so faculty and students could have a place to meet and informally chat outside the confines of an office. It’s also a study area for students.

The common room is just one of the features distinguishing the new $5.7 million, 24,000 squarefoot academic building from the other structures on campus.

The King’s community has temporarily dubbed the facility the ‘new academic building,’ but the structure has yet to be officially named.

Students, staff, faculty, capital campaign volunteers and a host of special guests packed the main

foyer for the grand opening on Jan. 19. They witnessed the completion of the first phase of the multi-year project. The second phase will include a hallway link to Prince Memorial Hall and a new student centre.

The building was the brainchild of former vice-president Angus Johnston, who stepped down this past academic year and is currently on sabbatical.

Johnston poured his heart and soul into designing the new building and made sure it fit the architecture of King’s. He had a handson role in its construction and oversaw everything from the selection of light fixtures, doorknobs and the colour of paint.

And students such as Diepeveen couldn’t be happier with the final product. She likes the distinct colours of each room and the bright layout of the building. Her FYP lectures were held in the large, state-of-the-art theatre on the ground floor.

“I really like the colour schemes and the fact that the rooms are different,” says Diepeveen. “It’s bright and open and welcoming.”

Those sentiments bring a smile to Johnston’s face. When King’s decided to build the new building in 1998, Johnston spent endless hours going over blueprints with architect Roy Willwerth of Duffus Romans Kundzins Rounsfell Ltd., who

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designed King’s library, which opened in 1991. Johnston and Willwerth sketched several ideas for the building with one goal in mind — the new facility should themati-

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cally fit with the other buildings on campus. Johnston thinks they achieved that goal. But he says they were faced with an even greater task of building the structure as quickly as possible. The university’s student population had swelled in the preceding years and the campus was bursting at the seams.

Johnston says the university had no other choice but to go ahead with construction of the new building.

“One of the primary reasons is that foundation year had grown rapidly. One year [1997] just about everybody accepted our offers of admission. This was a wonderful thing on one hand, but it was terrifying because we didn’t have the room for them. When that happened, the only solution was to hold FYP lectures in Prince Hall.”

Nearly 250 students crowded into the dining room, but the university quickly realized this arrangement wouldn’t work.

“We needed a bigger place,”

(Above) This thirdfloor seminar room with aqua-marine walls seats 27. It’s a corner room with windows on two sides.

(Left) The office for CSP, EMSP and HOST features a five-foot round window on the exterior wall and a square one of the same size facing the hallway.

An identical office for FYP is on the opposite side of the building. The two rooms bookend the thirdfloor hallway, providing sunlight in the otherwise dark passage, which runs diagonally across the building.

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(Right) Students listen to the first FYP lecture held in the new building.

(Below) This bright yellow, 23-seat second-floor seminar room has an identical twin in the opposite corner of the building. The two are separated by the faculty and student common room pictured on page 14.

Johnston explains.

To alleviate the problem, the university struck a building committee and named Johnston — who calls the new building his “baby” — as chair. The committee heard immediately from faculty and student groups who pleaded for more room for classes, extracurricular activities and societies.

“We were in dire need of space and the only way we could do it was go with a new building,” says Johnston. “Once we had a kind of wish list in regard to academic space, there was a wonderful consultation between the building

committee and [architect] Willwerth.”

Now, he says, the space problem has been solved. In addition to the lecture theatre, which seats 275, there’s a medium-sized class-

room on the second floor — known as the Red Room (pictured on page 18) — which seats 105.

On the third floor there’s a small classroom (pictured on page 18) for about 60 students. The building also houses four seminar rooms and 10 faculty offices, which is a far cry from the old accommodations which sometimes required four faculty members to occupy one office.

Students such as Karen Diepeveen say the main lecture theatre is a vast improvement on the crowded conditions of Prince Hall.

“It’s 100 per cent better. No matter where you sit, you have a good seat. It’s very inclusive,” she says.

Andrew Robb, a second-year contemporary studies student, also enjoys the large, bright lecture theatre, which he describes as “very accessible.”

“I like the way the desks are ringed around a central podium. It helps you concentrate. Some of my other classes are at Dalhousie and are held in classrooms with no windows and a lot of grey walls.”

Johnston says the building committee honoured the advice of students, who will be the main users of the building. He says one of the unanimous pleas was for more common space. Johnston and Willwerth solved that problem by offering a spacious foyer, window seats throughout the build-

ing, and a common room on the second floor.` “People agree there weren’t many public areas where students could sit and talk. The foyer in the A&A building is nice but there’s no seating area. Now people agree this is a very collegial space and just about every window in the new building is a window for sitting.”

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A&A building and to the west of Radical Bay, also meant Johnston and Willwerth had to think aesthetically and functionally.

Johnston says it was a challenge, but worth the long months of planning. He highlights several of the new building’s features: The exterior is unique, but it resembles other buildings on campus. The precast concrete and rough-laid fieldstone with punched windows echoes the

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design of the library. Meanwhile, the Palladian windows are similar to those of the chapel and the gym.

Andrew Gillis, a third-year journalism student, says the architecture of the new building is definitely an eye-catcher.

“The design is consistent with the style and themes of King’s, yet the interior is much more modern,” he says. Gillis, who had a couple of classes in the building this winter, also likes the bright colours of the different rooms.

“The colour schemes are very conducive to learning,” he says.

King’s President Colin Starnes is equally enthusiastic about the new academic building. He admires the facility as much as the next person, but he admits he was a little overwhelmed when the

(Above) The main lecture theatre seats 275. The rear-projection screen displays images from DVD, VCR, the Internet, and a tabletop digital camera. The lecturer controls these inputs — and CD audio — from a remote control built into the podium.

(Left) The secondfloor foyer looks sparsely decorated here, but it will soon be a comfortable gathering area.

The elevator doors are at the right.

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(Above) Already dubbed the “Red Room,� this terraced, 105-seat, second-floor classroom is directly above the main lecture hall. This space can also double as theatre space for the KTS. Washrooms, which can be used as dressing rooms, are located outside the two doors on either side of the blackboard. A projection room is at the rear of the classroom.

(Left) This 60-seat classroom is directly above the red classroom (pictured above) and the first-floor lecture theatre. The windowless corner in all three rooms points away from campus, toward the southwest.

(Below) Students take notes in the main lecture theatre.

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decision to construct the building was made. Starnes says he wasn’t sure if the staggering task could be met.

“Holy Mackerel, I thought we could never get any such thing,” Starnes confesses. “But once the coin was dropped, Angus took over from that point.”

“If the new building should be called anything, it should be called the [Angus] Johnston Building,” Starnes says with a smile. “He held all the meetings necessary to make sure that everybody’s needs were being met and the new building is Kingsy to the core.”

Johnston is flattered by such comments and is pleased with the final product.

“It does solve our problem,” he

says. “It will be home to basically everything. I know there are some journalism classes over there, and it will host most classes in early modern studies, foundation year and history and science of technology.”

Johnston says the new academic building, although obscured from most viewpoints in the quad, will gradually become part of the campus identity.

“Roy Willwerth wanted to make a strong statement so that it would become a part of the whole campus rather than being out back. It is, I think, strong enough so that it defines that part of the corner of the campus.”

And the building will connect with the rest of the campus once

the link is constructed, tying the area of Prince Hall to the new complex. Rooms on two levels will serve as additional seminar rooms, a student pavilion and offices for the students’ union. Johnston says these areas will be centrally located and accessible to all students.

Back in the common room, Karen Diepeveen is packing up her books. She’s finished for now but says she’ll be back later to continue her studying. She says she gets lots of work done and recommends the common room to friends. Though she’s almost finished for this term, Diepeveen says she’ll definitely take advantage of the study area when she returns from summer break, next semester. ■

(Below) The firstfloor entrance foyer is directly behind North Pole Bay. The entrance to Prince Hall is to the left.

This photo is taken from the position of a future hallway that will connect the A&A Building in phase two of construction, expected to begin next summer. The link will also include offices for the KSU.

AlumniNews Journalist Cheney wins Hudson award The alumni association recognized one of Canada’s premier investigative journalists — Peter Cheney (BJH ’84) — at its annual alumni dinner and presented him with the Judge J. Elliott Hudson Distinguished Alumnus/a Award. The award, the alumni association’s highest honour, was the highlight of the dinner held on May 15.

Cheney worked for 14 years at the Toronto Star as a general assignment reporter, feature writer and investigative reporter. He now works as a feature and investigative reporter at the Globe and Mail. His investigative work has included a wide range of topics, corruption on Canada’s native reserves, the Just Desserts murder case, the Toronto taxi industry and the murder of a Somali boy by soldiers from the Canadian Airborne Regiment.

His news and feature stories have taken him around the world. He has reported on everything from the Kurdish crisis to the life of a porn star. His specialty is in-depth feature writing that combines investigative reporting with narrative prose.

The Judge J. Elliott Hudson Distinguished Alumnus/a Award recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions to their profession, their community and to volunteer work. This is the seventh year it has been presented.

Peter Cheney (right) accepts his award from Alumni Association President Stuart McPhee (BA ’69) and Ruth Hudson (BA ’61).

Previous winners are Ruth Hudson (BA ’61) in 2000, Gordon Earle (BA ’63) in 1999, Bruce Archibald (BAH ’70) in 1998, Linda Fraser (BA ’63) in 1997, John Mark DeWolf (BAH ’68) in 1996, and Lois Miller (BA ’65) in 1995.

Judge Elliott Hudson (BA ’24) was a long-standing member of King’s board of governors and past president of the alumni association.

The annual dinner is the alumni association’s foremost social event.

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Executive Committee 2001/02 Position

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President Vice-President Treasurer Past-President Bd. of Gov. Member Bd. of Gov. Member Bd. of Gov. Member Committee Member

Stuart McPhee (BA ’69) [vacant] Andy Hare (BA ’70) Judith McPhee (BA ’72) John Stone (BA ’65) Frank Beazley (BA ’80) Lesley Gaum (BJ ’93) Joan (French) Buck (BA ’70)

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Ginny Clark (BA ’68) Ken MacInnis (BA ’71) Joan (Parsons) Doehler (BA ’70) Jane Bailey (BA ’71) Craig MacKinnon (BA ’91, BJ ’92) Leslie MacLeod (BA ’92, HC ’93) Tim W. Rissesco (BA ’93)

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Joan Clayton (1946-47) has had an award named after her, The Joan D. Clayton Award, for Outstanding Contribution by a Volunteer. Joan helped found Windfall Clothing Service, a registered charity which, in 2000, provided almost 200,000 pieces of new donated clothing to more than 70 social service agencies in Toronto. She also co-founded Second Harvest, an organization that locates and collects surplus, prepared, and perishable food and delivers it to social service agencies in Toronto.

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John W. Alward, Q.C. (BLaws’ 55) has, after more than 45 years with Daley Black in Halifax, N.S., become counsel.

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Richard Cregan, Q.C. (1968-69) has retired following more than 30 years with Daley Black in Halifax, N.S. Dr. Wayne Hankey’s (BAH ’65) book God in Himself: Aquinas’ Doctrine of God as expounded in the Summa Theologiae, which Oxford University Press published in 1987, has now been republished in a series produced as a millennial project, “Oxford Scholarly Classics.”

Stephen Hart (BA ’64) was awarded the Community of Scholars Award of Excellence in Clinical Practice by the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, presented in recognition of physician faculty members who serve as exemplary role models in delivering patient care of exceptionally high quality. Stephen is practising with the Department of Family Medicine in Fredericton, N.B. The Rev. Canon H. Douglas Hergett (BST ’64) retired from active ministry Dec. 31, 2000. He is currently living in Wolfville, N.S. David Jones (BA’ 68, Honorary Fellow ’98) has been appointed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to lead its new office for Knowledge Management. David will be located at RCMP HQ.

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Janet Hamilton (BA ’70) has recently returned from Australia and New Zealand where she travels twice each year to coach riders in the Young Rider Development Program.

Julie Morris (BA ’77) married Michael Mossberger at St. George’s Church in Halifax, N.S. on Oct. 7, 2000. Julie is an archivist at the N.S. Archives and Michael is the Dalhousie University archivist. They reside in Halifax.

Brian Pitcairn (BA ’73) is working as business manager for an oil field construction company owned by the Loon River First Nation in northern Alberta. He is also helping implement a treaty land claim settlement signed in 1999.

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Joan Baxter (BJ ’82) is the winner of the Evelyn Richardson Prize for non-fiction for her new book, A Serious Pair of Shoes: An African Journal (Pottersfield Press). The prize is awarded annually to the best non-fiction book by a Nova Scotia author.

Lawrence Bruce-Robertson (’84-’85) and Jane Reagh Bruce-Robertson (BA ’83) are living in Ithaca, N.Y. with their two daughters, Julia, 3, and Caroline, 1. Lawrence is studying for his PhD at Cornell University. They can be reached at lb94@cornell.edu.

Kevin Covert (’89-’93) is working for Radiant Systems in Alpharetta, Ga., writing software for their movie theatre management system product.

Brad Evenson (BJ ’86), a medical reporter for the National Post, is the winner of this year’s Aventis Pasteur Medal of Excellence in Health Research Journalism for an article he wrote on cancer.

Sara Fraser (BJH ’88) and George Potter welcomed their second child, Cecelia Kristin PotterFraser, a sister for Georgia, 2. Sara and George live in Charlottetown, P.E.I. where Sara has worked for the last 12 years for CBC television.

You can reach Sara at georgep@pei.sympatico.ca.

Gillian (Saunders) Grambo (BSc ’89) and her husband Mark Grambo announce the birth of Emily Joy, born August 7, 2000, a sister for Isaiah, 5, and Sophia, 3. Gillian is a full-time home-based mother and plans to commence home schooling with Isaiah in the fall. She can

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be reached at gillgrambo@home.com.

Darren Greer (’86-’89) published a novel, Tyler’s Cape, with Algonquin Press in February.

Dora Kemp (BAH ’88) is assistant editor for the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge, overseeing the entire publishing program of the institute.

Dan Logan (BAH ’88) and his wife, Jennifer, have an 18-month-old baby boy named James Alexander Roberts Logan (“Alex”). They live in Toronto, Ont. Sine MacKinnon (BJH ’86) moved from her position as senior advisor/director of media relations at York University to director of communications at the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. She will marry Fred Bever of Toronto on August 11, 2001 in Antigonish N.S. Andrew McKee (BScH ’85) married Ching Lai in September 1999 and works at Proteome Inc. in Beverley, Mass.

Veronica Newport (BA ’86) and her husband Mike welcomed a baby, Grace, in October — a little sister for Charlie, 2. They live in Devon, U.K. where Veronica works as a public relations consultant. E-mail: veronica@npr1.co.uk David Robinson (BAH ’86) participated in the inaugural edition of a new public service-wide accelerated management development program called “Career Development.” In May, David was presented with the Veterans Affairs Canada Deputy Minister’s Commendation, for his work as deputy leader of the project team that recently completed the development of a fiveyear strategic plan for his department. He is currently assigned as the chief of benefits processing in Charlottetown.

David Townsend (BA ’88) is attending Master’s College and Seminary in Peterborough Ont., where he will graduate in 2002 with a BTh. This summer he is doing pastoral work in the Pentecostal churches at East Green Harbour and Lockeport N.S. John Paul Westin (BAH ’82) and his family recently returned to Canada from living in Wisconsin and Sweden, where they were last. He is now rector of the historic St. Thomas’ Church in St. John’s Nfld.

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Mark Balodis (BA ’98) is currently the head of Technical Division for Cargo Missions, a company that he founded.

David Bianchi (BA ’94) is living in the Seychelles and can be reached at: djlcbianchi@hotmail.com or bianchi@seychelles.net Natalie Blitt (BJ ’96) married Josh Feigelson on

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AlumNotes Toronto on Oct. 7, 2000. The couple reside in Toronto where Ken works as a civil litigation lawyer with the law firm of Kelly Affleck Greene. Ken and Allison can be reached at AKDekker@aol.com Mark Flemming (BA ’95) is currently director of information services and an editor at Taiwan Ratings Corp. in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan Ratings is a subsidiary of Standard & Poor’s.

Graeme Gillis (BJH ’95) was selected to receive the Raymond Simpson Award for exceptional commitment and potential to become an established artist. Graeme was also awarded a scholarship to assist him with costs to continue studies towards a Masters of Fine Arts in Playwriting at the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City.

Megan Hamilton (BA ’98) is working in Toronto with Historica, which produces the Canadian

The Alumni Association gratefully acknowledges SPONSORS OF THE

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The University of King’s College Chapel Choir 1996 CD Laudamus te

In Memoriam Cdr. Frederick Bancroft Brooks-Hill, RCNVR (’42-’44) passed away Nov. 6, 2000.

Lt. Frederick Earl John Cantrill, RCNVR (’43) passed away Dec. 12, 2000.

James Alexander Doull (DCL ’89) passed away March 16, 2001.

Katherine Louise Halpenny (nee Hebb) (BA ’36) passed away May 2, 2001.

Lcdr. Garth Herbert Rowsome, RCNVR (’42) passed away Nov. 29, 2000.

Cara M. Stumborg (BA ’87) passed away Feb. 11, 2001.

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historical vignettes for TV. Vicki Hayden (BA ’93) is currently doing an MA in English as a Second Language at the Redmond College in London. She is living in Japan where she has been teaching since 1998.

Bernard Hibbitts (BAH ’80), professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, moderated a panel of American legal scholars at a symposium on the lawyer and reform at the Library of Congress, Washington, sponsored by the American Bar Association.

Megan Holsapple Elms (BJH ’99) and Steven Elms are pleased to announce the birth of Michael Gurney Elms, born Jan. 1, 2001 at Inuvik Regional Hospital, N.W.T. Michael was the first baby born in the millennium north of the 60th parallel.

Lisa Jacobsen (BAH ’97) is working toward a PhD in science and technology studies in Cornell, as a ‘Sage’ fellow, while living in Ithaca, N.Y. Richard Levangie (BJ ’90) has launched an online art gallery that celebrates Atlantic Canadian artists and artisans. You can see it at www.gathering-of-artists.ca. You can reach Richard at rlevangie@gathering-of-artists.ca.

Katherine (Kate) Lord (BAH ’99) was in France to work as an English teaching assistant at two technical high schools in the French Alps.

Chris MacNeil (BA ’94) has taken a leave of absence from his company, Online-Exams.com to work with Cisco Systems as an IT analyst in their London, U.K. office. He welcomes e-mail at cmacneil@egroup.ca.

Rob McLaughlin (BJ ’96) is a senior producer with CBC Radio 3. Rob has designed sites and interactive elements for numerous companies including the National Post, The Edmonton Journal, Shift Magazine, and Word. Rob was nominated last year for a Canadian Association of Journalism Award for computer-assisted reporting.

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March 11, 2001 in New York. She works at the Wall Street Journal.

Sherri Borden (BJH ’97) has been selected as the first recipient of the 2001 Dr. Carrie Best Journalist of the Year Award given by the Jongleur Artist Group.

Gordon Cameron (BA ’99 BJ ’00) is working as a reporter with the Morinville Mirror in Morinville, Alta. He welcomes e-mail from former classmates at gmcamero@home.com Jennifer Commins (’94-’95) will marry Mark Zurich on Sept. 2, 2001.

Allison Davis (BA ’93) graduated with an M.Div from Atlantic School of Theology and was ordained by the Maritime Conference of the United Church of Canada in May 2001. She has been settled in the Coboconk Pastoral Charge in Coboconk Ont. Ken Dekker (BAH ’92) married Allison Norum in

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AlumNotes Rod Nickel (BJ ’95) was selected as one of the Canadian Association of Journalists finalists in the small newspaper category for his work at the Brandon Sun. Elizabeth Peirce (BAH ’97) completed her Masters of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto in May 2000. She is teaching part time in the English department at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax.

David Price (1991-92) is a merchant banker at Schroders & Associates Canada. He has lived in Montreal since May 1999.

Edward Rix (BA ’91 HC ’92) married Sierra Katz of Merion, Pa. on Jan. 20, 2001. They were married at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Charlottetown.

Fr. Peter Harris (BAH ’68 MSL ’72) was the officiant and canon, the Rev. Dr. Robert Tuck (BA ’48 DD ’93) was the preacher.

Jill (Stanfield) Sears (BA ’90) and her husband Andrew would like to announce the birth of their son, Rowan Stanfield Sears, born Feb. 19, 2000, a brother for Rachel Beth, 3. E-mail Jill at agbjsears@ns.sympatico.ca Pat Senson (BJ ’99) was part of a CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks team that won a recent Canadian Science Writers’ Association Science in Society Award for the program “Human Genome — Sequence and Consequence.” Pat is a producer with the CBC science program. The other members of the award-winning team that put the program together included Host Bob

MacDonald, Senior Producer Jim Handman and Producer Jim Lebans.

Jennifer Smiley (Mallory) (BAH ’97) was married on Oct. 7, 2000 in Hamilton, Ont. Jennifer left her position of developmental editor at Harcourt Canada to move to Shanghai, China with her husband, Don, in February. E-mail Jennifer at j_smiley@hotmail.com.

Dr. Bruno Neveu (DCnL ’98) was elected to a seat in the Institut de France. ‘Maitre’ (his new title) Neveu is now a Member of the Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, section de ‘Morale et sociologie’.

Sean Sebastien Smith (BA ’90) has recently taken ownership of a Mirage 26 sailboat, named Hale Pau Hana, which is Hawaiian for “when the work is done.” Sean works for Triathlon Ltd., a digital mapping firm based in Vancouver, B.C. Sean maintains a Web site for his boat at www.intergate.ca/personal/wulf99/hana Lisa Stewart (BJH ’93) and her partner, Len Dziama, have opened Pacific Crescent Bed & Breakfast (www.derb.org/pacific-crescent) on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, in Ucluelet, B.C. Miriam Toews (BJH ’91) won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for non-fiction for her memoir ‘Swing Low: A Life.’ Published last year

by Stoddart Publishing, the book focuses on Miriam’s late father.

Lew Turnquist (BSc ’90) has begun a new position, vice-president of business development, at JCommerce Inc., a retail POS software vendor in Calgary, Alta.

Nicole Watt (BJH ’99) is working at a weekly newspaper in Bonnyville, Alta.

Gregor Wilson (BA ’96) along with his partner, Carol Cunningham, and dog, Farley, are starting a sea kayaking company — Atlantic Paddle Explorers — based out of Liscombe Lodge on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. You can contact him at gregor@atlanticpaddleexplorers.com or check out www.atlanticpaddleexplorers.com

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Alistair MacLeod (DCL ’00) has won the Dublin Literary Award, the highest paid literary award in the world.

Bill Robinson (BJ ’01) has been awarded the Barbara Frum Scholarship for Interviewing in a national competition sponsored by the Radio Television News Directors Foundation. It is an award that was established by the RTND to offer financial assistance to journalism students in Canada.

YOU REMEMBERED! Last issue’s photo proved to be a tough one.

We received only one response, from Fred Christie (BSc ’58) who thinks the “cleric”, #4 at the right of the photo, could be Russ Hatton (BA ’56). He guessed the event was a “Theatre in the Round” production in the Haliburton Room.

Take another look at the photo. If you have any suggestions, please mail them in.

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