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By TREVOR KENNEy

His scientific background tells him he should shy away from the spotlight but

Dr. Bruce McNaughton is a smart man – a very smart man – and he can recognize an opportunity to further his field.

Dubbed the “$20-million man” and a science superstar, McNaugh-ton says it’s not easy accepting the accolades and profile that come with the largest award ever granted by the Alberta Heritage Foundation

for Medical Research. He, however, is willing to embrace the limelight and make the most of what prom-ises to be an incredible collaboration within the walls of the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neurosci-ence (CCBN).

“I thought about it a little bit and actually I’m delighted to be called a superstar,” says McNaughton, recipi-ent of the AHFMR Polaris Award, a $10-million grant (matched by the University and the Informatics Circle of Research Excellence over the course of its 10-year duration).

“We have superstars in athlet-ics, in the arts; we have celebrities in many different walks of life that inspire young people. It’s increas-ingly important for young people to get attracted to science as something where they have a future and that will intellectually stimulate them their whole lives.”

A neurophysiologist by trade, McNaughton is an Ottawa-born researcher who is thrilled with the opportunity to bring his work back to Canada after spending the past 17 years at the University of Ari-zona. The reputation of the CCBN, the AHFMR Polaris Award and the University’s burgeoning reputation as a comprehensive research institu-tion all weighed on his decision to return.

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Science superstar sets up shop in CCBN

The future of water research

The University of Lethbridge is excited to open officially the Alberta Water and Environmental Science Building, a 5,300-square-metre facility that houses a variety of laboratories and classrooms. This state-of-the-art building will bring together researchers, graduate students and technicians from a range of fields, and it will increase the University’s applied research capacity in areas such as watersheds, water ecology, water quality and public health, environmental monitoring, hydrologic forecasting and water resource management.

Dr. Bruce McNaughton brings his world-class research to the University of Lethbridge, further enhancing the reputation of the Canadian Centre for Behav-ioural Neuroscience.

G E T T H E FAC T S

• The Alberta Heritage Foun-dation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Polaris Award was established as a means to help Alberta universities recruit outstanding mid-career health researchers of exceptional international calibre to the province.

• McNaughton’s grandfather, General Andrew McNaugh-ton, was named president of the National Research Coun-cil of Canada in 1935.

• McNaughton’s interest in flying may be traced to his aeronautical engineer father (who was also a test pilot and instructor in the Royal Canadian Air Force).

• A Carleton University undergrad and masters graduate, McNaughton com-pleted his PhD in psychology at Dalhousie University.

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October was a very excit-ing month for the University of Lethbridge as we celebrated great leaps forward in a number of areas.

After sitting on our $20-mil-lion secret for what seemed like an eternity, we were finally able to announce the arrival of Dr. Bruce McNaughton to campus as the newest member of the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neurosci-ence research team. The unparal-leled reputation of the CCBN is further enhanced by McNaugh-ton’s appointment and likewise the status of the University as a whole.

An engaging, enthusiastic pioneer in the field of neuro-physiology, Bruce chose to bring his research back to Canada, and the University of Lethbridge in

particular, because he recognized the CCBN’s unequaled reputation of innovative research.

Luring McNaughton away from the University of Arizona was no small feat and speaks to the collaboration of many parties. An Alberta government invest-ment of $10 million, through the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR), was matched by the University of Lethbridge and the Informat-ics Circle of Research Excellence (iCORE) for a total investment of $20 million into McNaughton’s research and the CCBN.

The Alberta government played a big role in another major campus event this past month.

The University was proud to open officially the doors to Tur-cotte Hall, home of the Faculty of

Education, Counselling Services and Physical Plant. The Alberta Water and Environmental Science Building is opening this month and Markin Hall, the future home of the Faculty of Management and the School of Health Sci-ences, continues to take shape. All three facilities received significant support from the Alberta govern-ment.

To that end, a number of U of L officials took part in the re-cent Team Lethbridge diplomatic tour to Edmonton. Representa-tives from a cross-section of local organizations spent three days in our capital city selling the virtues of the southern Alberta area to Premier Ed Stelmach, governmen-tal ministers, deputy ministers and senior staff from 20 different departments. Thank you to Eco-

nomic Development Lethbridge for organizing this initiative. By maintaining these valuable lines of communication, we can continue to work in partnership with the government to achieve our goals.

The winning streak for the University continued to the sporting field as our Pronghorns women’s rugby team successfully defended its Canadian Interuni-versity Sport national title.

What a great weekend it was at the Lethbridge Sports Park as our Horns swept their way to an-other national victory. There’s no doubt the enthusiasm of the home crowd played a part in helping the Horns come from behind in the championship game. Congratula-tions to head coach Neil Langevin and his team; they showed what Pronghorn pride is all about.

It was also a pleasure to participate in a reception for our alumni in Hong Kong last week. This was part of a trip organized by Doug Horner, Minister of Advanced Education and Tech-nology, and also involved senior administration from the U of A and U of C. Minister Horner was the special guest at our reception.

We have more than 400 alum-ni in Hong Kong, the largest num-ber of alumni in one place outside of Canada. Alumni Relations is working with our graduates to form a chapter of the Alumni As-sociation in Hong Kong.

And finally and on a personal note, Elsa and I drank a toast to our fellow American and soon to be President, Barack Obama, as we flew over the Pacific and back home to Canada. GoBama!

CAMPUS kudosDr. Cynthia Chambers

(Education) was instrumental in leading a collaboration between the University of Lethbridge, the NWT Literacy Council, the Inuvialuit Cultural Re-source Centre and the people of Ulukhaktok that created the exhibit, Pihuaqtiuyugut: We are the long distance walkers, which debuted at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife in September.

Sarah Hovind (Manage-ment) will have her article, From Finding an Advisor to Creating Hypotheses: The Dos and Dont’s of Beginning a The-sis, published in the Associa-tion of Psychological Science Observer.

Ashley MacDonald, Brandi Van Eeuwen, Amanda Richardson, Jenna Murray and Kendra Reeves, all of the Pronghorns women’s rugby team, were named Canada West all-stars after the team won its third straight Canada West title.

Dr. Howard E. Tennant, a University of Lethbridge president and professor emeri-tus, has been recognized for his long-term contributions to the Alberta science and technology community by being honoured with the Alberta Science and Technology (ASTech) Leader-ship Foundation 2008 ASTech Outstanding Contribution to the Alberta Science and Tech-nology Community award.

Dr. Janet Youngdahl (Mu-sic) and her Baroque ensemble,

Cecilia’s Circle, performed in Nashville on Nov. 8 at the National Conference for the American Musicological Society and Society for Music Theory. Cecilia’s Circle consists of baroque violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord and Janet, as so-prano. The program highlights

some virtuosic music by women composers and their male con-temporaries.

Gail Hanrahan (Theatre & Dramatic Arts) was recently in Calgary directing a public read-ing of My Name Is by Michele Vance Hehir for Playworks Ink: Rules of Engagement presented by Theatre Alberta and Alberta Playwrights’ Network (APN). Vance Hehir won the Discovery Prize in the 2008 Alberta Play-writing Competition. Hanrahan is also on the Dramaturgical Committee for APN.

Tim Janzen (Biochemis-try) won second place in the Graduate Student Biochemistry

Poster division for the Chinook Symposium, which took place at the U of L on Oct. 3.

Faculty of Education Com-munications Officer Darcy Novakowski, writing under her family name, Tamayose, has received a literary award from the Canada Council for the Arts

for her first novel, Odori. Nova-kowski (Tamayose) is the third Albertan — and the first since 1995 — to win the award, which she will formally receive (along with $10,000) in late November during a ceremony at the Japa-nese Embassy in Ottawa.

Dr. Leslie Dawn’s (Art) book, National Visions, Na-tional Blindness: Canadian Art and Identities in the 1920s, was awarded the Raymond Kliban-sky Prize for best English work in the humanities by the Cana-dian Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences.

You may notice a new face in amongst the free weights, ellipticals and stationary bikes at the University of Lethbridge’s Vita Sana Fitness Centre. It’s new Fitness Centre Supervi-sor Paula McDonald and she’s enthused with the prospect of taking the centre to a new level, all the while broadening her own base of experience.

McDonald took over her role in October after three years as the health and wellness manager at YWCA Lethbridge & District.

“One of the things that drew me here was the experience I’ll get as an individual. The clientele is very different.”

PAULA MCDONALD

“One of the things that drew me here was the experience I’ll get as an individual. The clien-tele is very different,” McDon-ald says. “The chance to work with this staff and individuals like (high-performance coach) Shawn Stead was exciting and gives me a lot of opportunity to learn.”

A Sparwood, B.C. native, McDonald moved to Lethbridge

in 1997 when she enrolled at the U of L. Completing her kine-siology degree in the spring of 2002 she began her professional career in a chiropractic office. While working there, McDonald took fitness training through correspondence from Calgary’s Mount Royal College.

She comes to a facility that is relatively new and thriving but is cognizant of the ever-chang-ing fitness landscape, recogniz-ing the need to be pro-active with change in order to keep up with the demands of the centre’s clientele.

McDonald says she’ll work closely with Fitquest’s Kathy Maier in continuing to provide a variety of programming options for facility users and is excited about expanding some of the current offerings.

“Myself, I’d like to see us expand the mom and baby pro-gramming,” McDonald says.

Married to husband Chris, they have a two-year-old son, Ethan, and McDonald aspires to continue finding ways to bring the greater Lethbridge com-munity into the fitness centre to supplement the campus users.

“I’d also like to see some more senior-focused program-ming. It brings the community into the facility and also reaches our faculty and staff,” she says.

For all the programming options available to fitness cen-tre users, check out the Fall 08/Winter 09 Sport and Recreation Services Programming Guide, or go online at www.ulethbridge.ca/sportrec

THE BILLboardUniversity of Lethbridge President Dr. Bill Cadechats about what’s happening in the University community

MCDONALD KEEN TO FACE NEW CHALLENGE OF FITNESS CENTRE

Faculty of Education Communications Officer Darcy Novakowski and her award winning novel, Odori.

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By TREVOR KENNEy

They might try and hide from the ‘D’ word but there’s no denying, the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s rugby team has established itself as a dynasty.

“I don’t think so, we’ve scraped and scrapped to get here,” says head coach Neil Langevin after the Pronghorns clinched the program’s second consecutive Canadian Interuni-versity Sport national title.

When reminded his crew has made four appearances at nationals and won four med-als (two gold, one silver, one bronze); the Pronghorns have captured three successive Canada West titles; and that only University of Alberta has ever won three straight CIS crowns and his group graduates just one player off the current roster, Langevin is again asked whether the Horns are a lock as the coun-try’s premier rugby program?

“Right now it does, that’s for sure,” he relents. “The other thing I’m really proud of is peo-ple now know where Lethbridge is.”

They know — and that point was driven home through-out the championship weekend at the Lethbridge Sports Park (Oct. 31 to Nov. 2).

Pronghorns entered the tournament with a mountain of expectations. They were the defending champs playing on

their home turf and they were once again carrying a Canada West title into the fray. Everyone expected them to win and not only did they come through, they absolutely dominated.

“The legacy of the girls who started the program, it stays, that heart and determination.”

NEIL LANGEVIN

“The legacy of the girls who started the program, it stays, that heart and determination,” Lan-gevin says of a winning tradition that is now firmly rooted. “We’ve been lucky enough to get a lot of talented players over the last three or four years and you put heart with talent, and these good things happen.”

The Horns steamrolled through the preliminary rounds of the event with three straight wins by an aggregate score of 92-6 (including a 20-3 pasting of University of Western Ontario, the team they beat in last year’s CIS title game).

Then, after spotting St. Francis Xavier (the 2006 CIS champs) a 15-5 lead early in the

second half of the title game, the Pronghorns reeled off 24 unanswered points, punctuat-ing the 29-15 win with a bullish Brandi Van Eeuwen try as the final whistle blew.

“We played really, really well and I’m not that surprised. I knew we’d been building for this tournament so we were ready,” says Horns captain and CIS championship most valuable player Ashley Patzer after the win.

“We all came together and clicked and played our best at this tournament. All the girls had family coming in and were really excited about playing for the home crowd and their families.”

Patzer wasn’t around for last year’s win as she was overseas plying her trade for the Canadi-

an national program. Given the chance, she strutted her stuff this time around.

“She just wants it, you can just see that determination,” Langevin says. “She really does epitomize what a Pronghorn is, lots of heart and super-tal-ented. She’s obviously the best player in the country.”

Patzer had two tries, while rookie Kenzie Ralph also added a pair as the Horns shook off the formidable St. FX challenge and simply dominated like a champion the rest of the way. There’s no reason why it can’t continue.

“I think we have one player who might be graduating so why not next year,” asks centre Katelyn Jonsson. “Watch out.”

Top, Pronghorn captains show off their prizes. Above, the Horns celebrate another national crown.

Pronghorns roll to second straight CIS crown

HORNS RUGBY AWARDS

CIS Rookie of the Year• Brandi Van Eeuwen

CIS All Canadian• Ashley MacDonald

CIS Tournament MVP• Ashley Patzer

R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award• University of Lethbridge

CIS Tournament All-stars• Brandi Van Eeuwen• Amanda Richardson• Ashley MacDonald• Alex Hendricks• Brittany Orr• Ashley Patzer

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By TREVOR KENNEy

Traveling and working abroad has always held a certain allure for students, only to be tempered by the logistical chal-lenges of actually achieving that goal. The International Centre for Students (ICS) strips those obstacles away.

As Canadian International Education Week (Nov. 17-21) approaches, the ICS is intent on bringing the great big world to students’ doorsteps, opening their eyes to all the international travel opportunities that are available.

“I think all students, at one time or another, think it would be a great idea to travel or that it would be very excit-ing to do something abroad, but they often don’t know where to start or how to go about finding the opportunities,” says Laura Ferguson, coordinator of International Programs and Exchange for the ICS.

A series of seminars and information sessions, along with access to a new global website, are a sampling of the services the ICS makes available to students. The theme for this year’s Inter-national Education Week is Promoting Global Citizen-ship, a topic that becomes more prevalent every day.

“Anyone who has had any kind of international experience, whether it be volunteering, education, an exchange program or work-ing abroad, just has a better idea of what it means to be a global citizen,” Ferguson says.

Traveling abroad liter-ally opens the world to stu-dents. That could translate into an international career opportunity or enhance a resumé for all sorts of domestic applications.

“The skills that you learn while you are traveling are really transferable to any job,” says Ferguson. “I think you learn a lot of independence, tolerance for other people, you learn how to express yourself and become more self sufficient and responsible. Those are all skills that are appealing to any kind of employer.”

Providing access to these opportunities is being enhanced thanks to collaboration between ICS and Career and Employ-ment Services (CES). They have partnered to purchase access for students to the BIG Guide Online website. Based on the resource book of the same name, which was previously avail-able through CES, the web-based product offers unlimited access to its databases.

“When it’s online it is something they can log onto and search at their own leisure,” says Ferguson. “They can do it from home or school, anywhere, and we think it’s a great resource for students to find out about all sorts of opportu-nities. As well, it offers information about how to prepare themselves for a career abroad or how to prepare for studying abroad.”

Author of the book and website, Jean-Marc Hachey, offered a pair of seminars Nov. 12 that further discussed how to crack the international market. The International Job Search highlighted selling your skills and writing international resumes, while Global Career Skills offered advice for anyone looking at international travel in all its forms, whether it be as an intern, volunteer, member of a study group or teacher.

With all this information in tow, students can make informed choices about whether or not they want to travel abroad and then how to prepare for such an experience. That’s where ICS really takes over.

“We do all the coordination for exchange programs and we also offer study tours and information about internships,” Fer-guson says. “We really walk the student through the application process and if they are selected, we help them to prepare as well.”

Look for schedules of International Education Week events on the Notice Board, the digital signage network or at the ICS website at www.ulethbridge.ca/ics

By JANA McFARLAND

In 1992, there was a tragic car accident that claimed the lives of three young

people. In that accident, Lynn Arnold, a University of Lethbridge employee of almost 30 years, lost her 18-year-old son, Christopher Neuman.

“He was a very caring individual. His buddies often went to him as a sounding board — kids were constantly at our house. Christopher had a gentle soul, and he always, always had a smile on his face,” Arnold remembers.

While nothing can prepare you for the tragedy of losing a child, Arnold says the Univer-sity community was a haven of support.

“I didn’t have any family that lived here, so if it hadn’t been for the University family, I don’t know how I would have survived,” she says.

It was during those first dif-ficult days that a suggestion was made to set up a student award in honour of Christopher.

“It was a wonderful idea,”

says Arnold. “Establishing the award was a way to acknowledge Christopher’s life in a positive way.”

Arnold explains that after making the decision to create the award, she was able to set it up in a personal way to reflect Christopher. As a single parent herself, Arnold chose to estab-lish a bursary that would be given out based on need rather than academic merit.

“Christopher wasn’t an ‘A’ student by any stretch of the imagination. He had the capabilities, but at the time he was busy being a teenager. I felt

it was important to give those students who weren’t in the ‘A’ categories, or even in the ‘B’ categories, a little bit of help to pursue their dreams,” Arnold says.

Since Christopher was a graduate of Lethbridge Colle-giate Institute (LCI), Arnold also directed the bursary towards LCI graduates. As a result, for the first few years when Arnold received thank-you cards from recipients, she recognized many of the names.

The award has grown exponentially, and today is an endowment as a result of more than 80 individuals who have contributed a total of 434 gifts in memory of Christopher’s life.

“It’s an honour to Christo-pher that the value of the award has increased,” Arnold says. “It feels good to know that the award is something that will live on that is Christopher.”

For more information about contributing to student awards, please visit: www.uleth.ca/giving

GLOBaLconnections

Lynn Arnold is proud to watch the growth of the student award created in her son’s honour.

Arnold’s son, Christopher Neuman

g E t t H E FAC t S

• Some 60 students attended the first Japan Study Tour information session and a second one is planned for Nov. 19, 12 p.m. in TH141.

• The Alberta Smithsonian Internship Program seminar is Nov. 18, 3 p.m. in TH277.

• The International Exchange Opportunities for U of L Students seminar goes Nov. 20, 3 p.m. in TH 201.

• The very popular Interna-tional Dinner and Taste of the World events are still sched-uled for February 2009.

ICS opens doors to travel opportunities

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Bursary keeps memory alive

It’s not too late... It’s hard to believe, but the end of the year is just around the corner. Don’t miss the opportunity to play a part in the success of Supporting Our Students 2008 – the U of L’s annual campaign to raise money for student awards. Not only will you receive a tax receipt that can result in significant savings at tax time, but 100 per cent of your donation will go directly towards the area you designate.

To make your gift, visit:www.uleth.ca/giving/SupportingOurStudents

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By TREVOR KENNEy

Danhue Lawrence is up front with the fact he’s not afraid to die.

Maybe it’s why he’s so intent on making the most of his new life.

The 22-year-old Lawrence, a point guard for the Univer-sity of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s basketball team, isn’t shy about discussing a childhood cloaked in violence, and he doesn’t blanche when he talks about living in shelters and using food banks to survive. Instead, he draws inspira-tion from his single-parent mother, intent on becoming the first in his family to earn a post-secondary degree and then give back to a community from which he had to escape in order to achieve success.

“There were times when I’d think this is the end for us, I don’t know what (my mom) can do now,” Lawrence says of growing up in the Malvern neighbourhood of Scarborough, Ont. “We lived in shelters, we went to food banks and I’m not embar-rassed to say that. That’s what made me what I am today, and the strength comes from my mother because she’s a fighter, a warrior.”

Jamaican born, Lawrence moved to Canada at age 10 with his mother, two broth-ers (one younger, one older) and an older sister. His eldest sister stayed behind, while he has never met his father. His introduction to Canada and assimilation into Canadian life was anything but easy. Malvern is no paradise.

“I’ve seen people get shot right in front of me, I’ve seen people get stabbed, I’ve seen girls slashing each other’s faces with X-Acto knives,” Lawrence says. “I’ve been in drive-bys where I’ve been shot at, where you have to run for your life. It’s a hard life.

“Everybody asks me if I’m scared of death, and I tell them “No”. That’s my honest opinion, I’m not going to sugar coat it.”

The violence that envel-oped the neighbourhood, how-ever, was not a death sentence for Lawrence. Always able to look beyond his circumstance to a better life, he’s using a self-confidence inspired by his mother and the game of bas-ketball as a means of escape.

“I think the thing that separated me from everybody else was that I had a mind of my own, and I wanted to accomplish something for my family and for myself,” Law-rence says of avoiding a gang lifestyle.

“Basketball gave me an escape. It kept me off the streets. It took me away from most of the dumb stuff I saw my friends do.”

“Basketball gave me an escape. It took me away from most of the dumb stuff I saw my friends do.”

DaNHUE LawRENCE

An athletic, highly skilled ball handler, Lawrence is a natural point guard and he was recognized early as a major talent. He’d eventually try out for the National Youth Development Team (he failed to make the roster in 2005) before making his way to the United States, playing briefly at Kansas’ Barton Community

College.Now, in his second year at

the U of L, Lawrence is once again assimilating, although the transition to southern Alberta has been relatively smooth.

“I like it for the simple fact that you get a new beginning, a new start on life, a new out-look on life,” he says.

The distractions of his former home have been removed, and the threat of violence all but eliminated. It has allowed Lawrence to look further ahead than he has ever been able to before. His focus now is completing a bachelor of social work (offered by the University of Calgary on the U of L campus). He plans to put the degree to good use.

“It’s not for my benefit, to be honest with you. I know where I came from, and I know what’s still going on there,” he says of Malvern.

“I stepped out of it, and I know what else is out there. I want to give other kids the opportunity to do that, to be able to look at life from another angle.”

Pronghorns head coach

Mike Connolly sees Lawrence as an agent of change.

“He’s a good kid, he’s a kid who wants to make a difference, and I think that’s important,” Connolly says.

“He’s definitely growing as a person since he came here. He’s becoming more respon-sible; he works very hard on his schooling. He struggles so he has to work hard, but he’s going in for extra help, he’s getting tutors, he’s doing things on his own.”

Lawrence embraces the opportunity to be a role model, knowing full well the mistakes he made will only help him relate to kids of a similar background.

“Just because you’re caught up in doing something bad, that doesn’t mean you’re not a good person,” he says.

Connolly adds it’s exciting to be witness to the start of what he expects will be a very influential future.

“It’s nice to see that he’s making the effort, that he wants to grow and wants to become a better person, I think that’s all we can ask.”

Lawrence embracing opportunityathletics aT T H E U

Pronghorns basketball player Danhue Lawrence is intent on making a difference in society.

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NEw BaNNERS REFLECT pRIDEIN EDUCaTIONBy DARcy NOVAKOWSKI

As the Faculty of Education cel-ebrates a new home in Turcotte Hall and looks toward an ever-changing competitive global future, it’s im-perative the cornerstone of theory and practice methodology remains unshakeable. Programs need to address the education landscape more directly than ever before, and decision-makers are taking a harder look at expressing their core values.

The question is then; how do you profile the essence of a time-honoured program without alter-ing its integrity and slipping into corporate-speak? You can start by revealing teaching foundations that have remained solid to the core, yet fluid enough to address state-of-the-art technology and progressive teaching methods. The Faculty of Education has approached that with a series of banners that decorate Turcotte Hall, each detailing the core values of its philosophy.

“In creating the banners we wanted to come up with designs that would reveal the story, charac-ter and values of the Faculty,” says Jane O’Dea, Dean of the Faculty of Education. “The banners became much more, they became visual representations of what we are all about — a reminder of who we are, and a kind of an inspiration. The banners are a visual exploration for the faculty, students and staff.”

The 12 banners, installed in Turcotte Hall and Turcotte East, in-clude the words: Excellence, Qual-ity, Balance, Community, Inspira-tion, Confidence, and Nurturing the Life of the Mind – each offers a Faculty story.

O’Dea talks about the creation of the Excellence banner.

“The words supporting the Excellence banner are “commitment to learning”. In those three words is the notion to excel, to stand out from the rest,” says O’Dea.

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the new banners decorating turcotte Hall celebrate the foundation principles of the Faculty of Education.

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“This award presents a unique opportunity for univer-sities to choose an area of focus and really build a program that goes into depth and thereby become a world centre in a particular area,” McNaughton says, giving credit to Drs. Bryan Kolb, Ian Whishaw, Robert Sutherland and the many others who have already established the CCBN as a world leader in

neuroscience research. Their studies have been at the fore-front of linking brain regions to specific behavioural functions, something that ties directly into McNaughton’s expertise.

In his research he has created the most advanced technology in the world for studying groups of brain cells, their activity during behaviour and how they interact with one another, helping to gain an understanding of the basis of knowledge. Practically speak-ing, his findings are applied to the treatment of memory disorders, such as Alzheimer’s, and brain injuries, like those suffered during stroke.

It’s heady stuff, so to speak, but it’s just a small part of the

whole of Dr. Bruce McNaugh-ton. Describing himself as an avid cross-country and down-hill skier, he excites about leav-ing the deserts of Arizona for Alberta’s mountains.

“That’s one of the things I’m looking forward to,” he says.

He also flies sailplanes and expects to bring his own glider to Cowley where Alberta’s soar-ing clubs gather.

It was no accident McNaughton found a career path into the biological sci-ences. As a teen he was influ-enced by the writings of Wilder Penfield and Donald Hebb, from books given to him by his father.

“Those two books (Pen-field’s Epilepsy and the Func-

tional Anatomy of the Human Brain and Hebb’s The Organi-zation of Behavior: A Neuropsy-chological Theory) generated an interest in the brain in me,” says McNaughton. “When I was in high school it was either poetry or biology or neurobiology and I guess neurobiology won out.”

In true superstar fashion, McNaughton has been all over the world both studying and then employing his craft. He trained in Norway and England and has taught at both the University of Colorado and University of Ari-zona. Over the years, he has been awarded more than $29 million in research grants. Now he has the AHFMR Polaris Award through which he can assemble a star-studded research team.

“This is the most far-think-ing award that has been devel-oped in North America,” says McNaughton. “It will enable me to put together a team of experts focusing on how the brain com-putes, how the brain generates knowledge.”

So with $20 million and his superstar status intact, McNaughton is more than willing to pitch for the scientific cause.

“I’m delighted to be a superstar and you should go out and look around you because there are lots of superstars and those people need the public recognition for no other reason than young people need to see that this is an exciting thing to do in life.”

Meet Dr. Bruce McNaughton,

Alberta’s $20 million man

— the inaugural recipient of

Alberta’s AHFMR Polaris Award.

But in reality, the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

(AHFMR) Polaris Award is about much more than one person. It’s about

building a comprehensive research effort in Alberta, the outcomes of

which will benefit people all over the world. That’s where Dr. McNaughton

comes in.

The AHFMR Polaris Award was designed to bring a “superstar” researcher to

Alberta. Dr. McNaughton, an internationally renowned scientist in the field of

computational neuroscience, is our inaugural recipient.

His research is the necessary groundwork for developing treatments for

people with age-related and developmental brain disorders and brain

injuries. His work could help make a better world for all of us.

As an effective and globally recognized scientific leader,

Dr. McNaughton’s choice to live and advance his research in Alberta

will draw more top scientists to join him in Lethbridge, and attract

others to the province’s community of researchers and innovators. His

work will complement the ongoing research of an international calibre

at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the University

of Lethbridge, as well as the work of other neuroscientists throughout

the province.

Dr. McNaughton’s work involves the study of learning and memory, and how

the brain stores, processes, and transmits information. He has developed

some of the most advanced technology in the world for studying groups of

brain cells and how they interact. This interaction is called computational

neuroscience: how the brain extracts knowledge from experience.

The inaugural AHFMR Polaris Award has been made possible through the

partnership of the University of Lethbridge and the Informatics Circle of

Research Excellence (iCORE).

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N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 8 | U N I V E R S I T Y O F L E T H B R I D G E the Legend

By RIcHARD WESTLUND

The federal government’s recent changes to its Lobbyist’s Act have

had, and will continue to have, implications on the way the University of Lethbridge approaches government relations at the federal level.

New requirements for disclosing monthly reporting, as well as the requirement to disclose those who speak to the federal government on behalf of the U of L, need to be taken seriously. Breach-ing the legislation can bring consequences ranging from fines and loss of grant money to jail time, not to mention the damage that would be done to a university’s reputation. Uni-versity employees and faculty members, who are dealing with the federal government at any level, need to take the time to understand how this piece of legislation affects the way they do business.

The easiest way to com-prehend the current Lobbyist’s Act structure is to think about

it as two separate registries.The first is an underly-

ing registry. On this regis-try, the University catalogs people who will be lobbying at any level within the federal government. This underlying

registry also contains general information about the Uni-versity, discloses the govern-ment grants it has received in the past year and includes the general subject matters with which the University is plan-

ning to approach the federal government.

The second registry is up-dated monthly. This registry contains information about meetings the University has had with designated public office holders (DPOH). A DPOH is a department person

who is employed at an assis-tant deputy minister (ADM) level or higher, as well as cabinet ministers and their office staff. A meeting with a member of Parliament would not have to be disclosed in this registry. It is also important to point out that only arranged, oral communication needs to be reported. Therefore there is no need to report e-mails or letters in this registry.

The Lobbyist’s Act rec-ognizes academic freedom. Faculty members speaking to a DPOH about their area of specialty do not have to reg-ister that interaction. Faculty members should be careful, however, about lobbying for a financial benefit or changes to policy and legislation that could be perceived as a general benefit for the institution. The Commissioner’s Office would expect this interaction to be captured in both registries. Also exempt from the Act is any interaction with govern-ment with the intent of receiv-ing peer-reviewed funding.

The Government Rela-

tions Office is charged with ensuring the University re-mains in compliance with the Lobbyist’s Act. If you feel that you might be lobbying the fed-eral government at any level as part of your required duties at the university, or if you have any questions regarding the Act, please contact me at 403-332-5251 or by e-mail at richard.westlund@uleth.ca.

If you take part in a meet-ing that you think may need to be reported, please come and see me.

I have made presentations regarding the Act to Dean’s Council, Director’s Council and the ULFA executive. I would be happy to make the same presen-tation to interested groups or individuals in the future.

This information will also be available online in the near future, along with forms that will allow individuals to report to the Government Relations Office their ap-plicable interactions with government, as well as a form to be added to the registry if need be.

Alberta Ingenuity Graduate Scholarship recipient –Evan Mercier, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Alberta Ingenuity is proud

to announce University of

Lethbridge graduate student

Evan Mercier as a recipient of

a graduate student scholarship.

Evan represents the departments of Chemistry and

Biochemistry with work focusing on the dynamics

of the Elongation Factor-Tu. These proteins are

complex nanomachines, which move over time to

perform specific functions in the cell. Evan’s project

is aimed at understanding how different parts of the

protein move together. Understanding this movement

is fundamental to learning how molecules like

antibiotics affect protein function in the cell.

Evan’s work is novel because its focus is two-fold:

he not only studies the behaviour of these proteins

in the lab, he also creates three-dimensional

simulations of the proteins’ behaviour under varying

conditions. These simulations are important because

they enable Evan and his team to see how the

proteins work and move over time.

Evan’s work in the lab is the basis of the 3D

simulations that provide proof of the protein

behaviours and validate the simulations.

The computer simulations on the other hand,

enable researchers to predict protein behaviour

and how it may change in different situations.

Evan chose the University of Lethbridge for the

opportunity to work with Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden,

(HJ) who was recruited to Lethbridge from Germany

and has support through Ingenuity’s New Faculty

program. Evan is part of a team that HJ is relying on

to take protein knowledge further. They hope the

outcomes from their research will bridge the gap

between experimental and theoretical biochemistry.

The Alberta Ingenuity Graduate Student Scholarship

will help Evan invest in both lab materials and

computer hardware and software. He will also be

able to attend conferences that will enable him to

network with others researching similar subjects

and share perspectives.

Congratulations Evan!

albertaingenuity.ca

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WHAt IS LOBBYINg?

Lobbying is communicat-ing with a public office holder, for payment in respect of:

• The development of any legislative proposal • Introduction, defeat or amendment of any bill or resolution • Making or amendment of any policy or program • Awarding of any grant, contribution or other financial benefit

government aT T H E U

Lobbyists must understand new regulations

U of L’s Director of government Relations, Richard Westlund

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N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 8 | U N I V E R S I T Y O F L E T H B R I D G Ethe Legend

By STAcy SEGUIN

For Angela Grier, academic assistant in the Addictions Counselling program at

the University of Lethbridge’s School of Health Sciences, teaching and helping others is more than a career; it is a way of life that has been handed down to her by the wisdom of her ancestors.

Raised in Brocket, Alta., Grier was taught the importance of helping others through the examples of her mother and extended family.

“My mother has been working in the helping field since I was a little girl. I remem-ber her graduating from the University of Calgary when I was six or seven and working as a helper and contributor in the community,” says Grier. “This was very inspirational to me.”

As a child, Grier had an innate interest in dinosaurs and later thought of pursuing jour-nalism. It was when she began taking classes at the University of Lethbridge, however, that Grier found her true passion.

“I took a few psychology courses and loved them. I really enjoyed studying people and behaviours, and trying to understand why people do certain things,” says Grier. “I also had the opportunity at the University to see Native Ameri-can writers and professors, and participate in research, discus-sion and dialogue about Native American issues. This opened up a whole new area in my life.”

Working on her undergrad-uate degree as a young mother with many responsibilities, Grier found a great network of support at the U of L.

“There was an intimate relationship between students and Native American Studies (NAS) professors in particular.

We would go for coffee or go into their homes to work on projects. This helped us make a lot of ties and do a lot of net-working,” says Grier.

Grier graduated in 2003 with a bachelor of arts in psy-chology and began working in Brocket as a suicide and family violence prevention coordinator. In her work she saw the need to really examine addictions and the ties to domestic violence, family and social issues.

Presenting as a guest lecturer on Aboriginal issues at the University, Grier was asked to apply for the position of academic assistant in Addic-tions Counselling. Her work and educational experience, com-bined with a passion for helping people, made Grier the perfect fit and she began working in her current role in July, 2007.

“I am in my second year of a three-year contract, and I love it. Addictions are difficult issues to deal with because nobody wants

to talk about them. The Univer-sity has a nice way of articulating those issues so we can work on them,” explains Grier. “The Addictions Coun-selling program pushes us, as a staff, to be well and aware of our own behaviour.”

“As indigenous people we have a lot to offer medicinally, environmentally, psychologically and spiritually.”

aNGELa GRIER

“It also gives us the oppor-tunity to challenge our students and take them out of their com-fort zones. As counsellors, you hear things that are disturbing and you are often placed in dif-ficult situations, so it is impor-tant for the students to learn how to deal with that.”

This fall, Grier expanded her role at the University to include teaching a course in the Department of Native American Studies. The course, on First Nations family and commu-nity development, focuses on traditional values. Grier is on a mission to remove stereotypes and open minds to the beauty of her culture.

“We are all here as helpers to do what our ancestors wanted us to do and live a clean and ethical life. As indigenous people we have a lot to offer medicinal-ly, environmentally, psychologi-cally and spiritually. Ours is an ancient wisdom. Our stories are still alive and our people are still living the good way.”

As the number of gradu-ate students on the University of Lethbridge campus in-creases, the Library is work-ing to keep pace with both programs and collections.

“Undergraduates can get most of their assistance at the Library’s Information and Research Assistance Desk. Grad students might benefit more from consulting with their subject librarian,” librarian Judy Vogt says.

“The research they do is much more in-depth. It really is much more like faculty research as opposed to under-graduate research.”

To that end, the library is continuing to expand its selection of graduate studies programming.

“We’ve been offering these sessions for a number of years but they were offered mostly to science grad stu-dents,” Vogt says. “Now we’re finding the numbers have grown across the disciplines.”

Workshops geared towards graduate students include database tutorials, sessions on evidence-based resources for Health Sciences research, and workshops on preparing their manuscripts for publication. Next semes-ter’s programming includes: workshops for research in the Arts & Humanities; Find-ing and Using Government Documents and Data; and Cochrane Literature Reviews in the Health Sciences.

Graduate students need to delve much deeper into their area of study and perform more exhaustive literature reviews. Librarians can help in the process by

enhancing search techniques, highlighting new products, and introducing citation management tools.

“It’s important that grad students know that we exist,” says Vogt.

“It’s also important for them to know that they can come to us at any time in their research process.”

She encourages gradu-ate students to consult with a librarian early in their research and then periodi-cally as needed. Each librar-ian specializes in one or more subjects and students can profit from that experience.

“As subject specialist librarians, we understand the process of scholarly com-munication through which scholars share and publish their research findings, as well as how this information is disseminated and indexed through journal article data-bases and library catalogues,” Vogt says.

“The information that grad students need is readily available, it’s just a matter of learning how to best access the resources.”

Vogt adds that they can even help those students whose area of study is some-what obscure.

“Even if I don’t know anything about the topic they are researching, as a librarian, I do know how the informa-tion is indexed and I can steer them to where they can find it,” she says.

For information on upcoming graduate studies programming and workshops offered by the library, see www.uleth.ca/lib

NEw BaNNERSCONtINUED FROM PAgE 5

“In order to stand out you must be open to the pos-sibility of learning and doing more. The words on this ban-ner are integral to the notion of excellence. In order to be excellent you must go beyond the norm and exceed the expected. You must always be open to possibilities of learn-ing more, of being different.

“So the words, “commit-ment to learning”, imply that you’re never satisfied with the status quo. This is what the Excellence banner is about.”

First impressions are that the banners have been well-received.

“The banners really add something majestic to the building. They add a sense of warmth, of familiarity

and of pride,” University of Lethbridge Students’ Union President Adam Vossepoel says. “They show students that the U of L is more than classrooms. It is a place where they can feel comfortable, where they can feel a sense of belonging.”

The procession of ban-ners in Turcotte Hall visually parallel the ethos and culture of the Faculty. The banner stories are a reminder that woven into the technologi-cally-enhanced, progressive building is wisdom in the form of teaching values that have served the Faculty and its students for over 40 years.

“Our founding members created a fabulous teacher education preparation model. Our job is to honour that excellence,” says O’Dea. Darcy Novakowski is the Faculty of Education Commu-nications Officer

Living the good way

LIBRaRY wORkING TO mEET GRaDUaTE STUDENT NEEDSO U R alumni

g E t t H E FAC t S

• Grier was born in Wenatchee, Washington with Blackfoot and Piikani heritage

• She is married and has four children

• Currently enrolled in the Faculty of Education Master’s of Counselling Program

• Has been a presenter at the Aboriginal Sovereignty Series at the Banff Centre since 2002 • Is studying both the Black-foot and Sioux languages

Addictions Counselling academic assistant Angela grier carries on a family tradition of teaching and helping others in need.

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N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 8 | U N I V E R S I T Y O F L E T H B R I D G E the Legend

By TREVOR KENNEy

It seems Dr. Arlene Oishi has a tough time saying “No” to people. That suits

the University of Lethbridge just fine.

Oishi, the Medical Director for the campus Health Centre, began her association with the U of L well over 15 years ago, when she just couldn’t turn down a friend’s request to help out in her home community. The campus has prospered ever since.

“After I graduated from Memorial (University) I had wanted to start a practice in Newfoundland but I had a friend who was going to have a baby who really needed me to fill in for her at the Lacidem Clinic,” Oishi says.

It turns out the friend wanted a career change and a 16-year family practice was spawned. All the while, Oishi became a regular at the U of L as one of the Health Centre’s rotating doctors. So, after a brief stint in Edmonton (where her husband Jeff got a job) the Medical Director role came up at the U of L and Oishi knew she would be a natural fit.

“I really wanted to work here because it’s a great facility, it’s really set up well,” Oishi, who took over her current role in September, 2007, says. “I like the people here so I knew this was where I wanted to be.”

Thrown into the fire almost immediately, Oishi and the Health Centre were forced to

deal with a mumps outbreak that tested the entire organization.

“We learned that we could do it if we had to,” Oishi says of the lessons they took away from the crisis. “We pulled together, all the facilities and staff, and all of it just seemed to come together and work really well.

The students were great, they wanted to be educated.”

The student relationship is one that Oishi treasures. It’s a major influence on her desire to work in a campus setting, and it challenges her daily as a profes-sional health care provider.

“Students have a lot of dif-ferent stressors, many different dynamics because they’re at a unique stage in their lives,” Oishi says. “They, however, still have all the medical problems that anybody else would so I get to deal with the whole gamut, but in a very specific age group.”

Health education is a big part of working on campus and Oishi appreciates how open students are to learning.

“Students are just fun. They are very interesting, very lively people and are at the age where they want to experience life and explore, and they need medical information,” Oishi says. “The top two student con-cerns we deal with are sexual health and mental health. We love to educate them and get them on a good stead for the future.”

The Health Centre has un-dergone numerous changes and expansions since Oishi first set foot on campus (she did one year of undergraduate studies here after high school) and she’s com-fortable with the many services now offered.

“This clinic is set up so well for students,” she says. “You’ve got massage, dietitians, chiro-practors, it’s well fit together and

everybody works together.”The fact the centre has

also been able to open its doors to staff and faculty makes it a full-service facility. The goal for Oishi is to continue getting the message out to the campus com-munity that they are available to all.

“I think staff and faculty know there is an opportunity to see a family physician here and still get a good quality of care.

Hopefully we’re attracting them and they understand they can come and see us whether it’s an acute situation or just a follow-up for a chronic medical condi-tion,” Oishi says.

“For students, we want to make sure that we get out there, make sure they know we exist and they can get health care here rather than trying to flounder out there in the bigger city.”

a N apple a D aY | MONtHLY FOOD FOR tHOUgHt tO KEEP YOU HEALtHY ALL YEAR LONg. |

By DIANE BRITTON

H E a LT H & wellnessHealth Centre benefits from Oishi’s commitment

g E t t H E FAC t S

• Oishi is a third-generation Japanese immigrant whose mother was evacuated to the Lethbridge area from Van-couver during World War II.

• She graduated from Lethbridge Collegiate Insti-tute before taking one year of undergraduate studies at the U of L.

• Oishi earned her BSc at University of British Co-lumbia, completed medi-cal school at University of Alberta and finished family medicine at Memorial Uni-versity.

• Still working part-time at the Namao military base near Edmonton, she commutes there every other week.

• Married to husband Jeff (who is pursuing a master’s degree in Political Science at the University), they have a girl, Kiyomi (7), and a boy, Taiga (3).

tOP tIPS FOR SNACKINg

• Choose a variety of healthy snacks to improve the nutri-tion quality of your diet.

• Lower your risk of cavi-ties by eating sweet or sticky snacks with meals rather than by themselves.

• Limit the number of snacks; two to three healthy snacks per day between meals.

NO tIME tO BRUSH?

Rinse your mouth with water, chew a piece of SUGARLESS gum or eat a piece of cheese.

SMILE AND SAY “CHEESE!”

Did you know that cheese does not cause cavities? Research shows that eating a piece of cheese at the end of a snack or meal can actually prevent cavities! The phos-phorous and calcium in the cheese protect teeth from decay.

DENtAL HEALtH tIPS

The Canadian Dental Asso-ciation recommends brushing your teeth and tongue at least twice per day and flossing daily.

See your dentist regularly for check-ups. Your dentist and dental hygienist can tell you ways to keep your teeth and gums healthy.

Health Centre Medical Director Dr. Arlene Oishi administers a flu shot.

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All foods can fit into a healthy diet, but choos-ing healthier snacks can help protect your teeth from decay. Here’s a line-up of snacks less likely to cause cavities:

• Vegetables and fruit: fresh fruit and raw veg-etables, unsweetened canned or frozen fruit, 100 per cent vegetable or fruit juices (no added sugar).

• Grains: plain cereals, popcorn, whole grain breads, bagels, muffins, buns and crackers.

• Milk and alternatives: milk, soy beverage, dairy or soy yogurt and cheese.

• Meat and alternatives: meat, fish, eggs, nuts, seeds, peanut butter or other nut butters, golden pea butter.

SNACK IDEAS tOKEEP YOUR SMILE HEALtHY

Diane Britton is theUniversity of Lethbridge’son-campus registered dietitian

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S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 8 | U N I V E R S I T Y O F L E T H B R I D G Ethe Legend events C A L E N D A R

PronghornSports Lineup

Men’s HockeyNov. 15 | University of Calgary vs. Pronghorns7 p.m., Nicholas Sheran Arena

Nov. 21-22 | University of Manitoba vs. PronghornsNightly, 7 p.m., Nicholas Sheran Arena

Nov. 28 | University of Calgary vs. Pronghorns7 p.m., Nicholas Sheran Arena

BasketballNov. 21-22 | University of Alberta vs. PronghornsNightly, Women, 6 p.m.; Men, 8:15 p.m., 1st Choice Savings Centre gym

Lectures

Nov. 14 | Changing Conceptions of the ‘Secular’ in Canada TodayIain Benson, Executive Director of the Centre for Cultural Renewal, presents.1 p.m., UHall, D630

Nov. 14 | Art Now: Allyson Clay12 p.m., University Recital Hall, W570

Nov. 17 | Architecture & Design Now: Marc MayerListen to the Director/Curator of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.6 p.m., C610

Nov. 18 | Women Scholars Speaker SeriesLorri Millan and Shawna Dempsey present Piercing the Thin Skin of Normal: Art and ActivismFree admission, 3 p.m., Ballroom A, Students’ Union Building

Nov. 18 | New Strategies for the Synthesis of Unusual Peptides and AlkaloidsDr. Steven L. Castle of Brigham Young University presents. Sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.12 p.m., L1170A

Nov. 19 | Art Now: Marc MayerListen to the Director/Curator of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.12 p.m., Recital Hall

Nov. 21 | Art Now: Jillian and Mariko Tamaki12 p.m., University Recital Hall, W570

Nov. 24 | Art Now: David HoffosA film, video and installation artist, Hoffos (BFA ’94) graduated with Great Distinction from the U of L.12 p.m., University Recital Hall, W570

Nov. 24 | Architecture & Design Now: David BattersbyThe co-founder of BattersbyHowat speaks about his collaborative studio endeavour.6 p.m., C610

Nov. 26 | Art Now: Ray CroninThe director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 12 p.m., University Recital Hall, W570

Nov. 28 | Women ScholarsSpeaker SeriesLesley Brown presents Following Their Footsteps: When Anxiety or Pathology Paves the WayFree admission, 3 p.m., AH100

PerformancesNov. 14-15 | The World of OperettaJoin the Opera Workshop on a trip to London, Paris, Vienna and New York.Nightly, 8 p.m., University Recital Hall, W570

Nov. 14-15 & Nov. 18-22Much Ado About NothingA bright, buoyant William Shakespeare comedy.Nightly, 8 p.m., University Theatre

Nov. 21 | U of L Wind Orchestra ConcertConducted by Dr. Glenn Klassen.8 p.m., Southminster Church

Nov. 22 | Classical Percussion with Adam Mason & Friends8 p.m., University Recital Hall, W570

Nov. 25 | Music at NoonTisha Murvihill (harp) performs.12:15 p.m., University Recital Hall, W570

Nov. 26 | U of L Jazz Ensemble ConcertDirected by Dr. David Renter. 8 p.m., University Theatre

Nov. 27 | Season of JoyThe U of L Singers under new director Dr. Janet Youngdahl. 8 p.m., Southminster Church

Nov. 28 | Chamber Percussion Concert8 p.m., University Recital Hall, W570

Dec. 1-2 | Handel’s MessiahLethbridge Symphony Orchestra, with special guests Vox Musica, presents this perennial favourite.Nightly, 8 p.m., Southminster Church

Dec. 2 | Music at NoonStudio Showcase12:15 p.m., University Recital Hall, W570

Miscellaneous

Nov. 17-19 | Art Show and SalePresented by the U of L Art Society and Trapdoor Arc.10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, U of L Atrium

Nov. 27 | Grant ApplicationInformation SessionAlberta Heritage Foundation for Medical ResearchSummer or graduate students, 12 p.m. to 1p.m.Investigator (Faculty) Award Information, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., L1170A

ZOO A BIG PART OF CAMPUS LIFESTYLEBy BRIANNE ROHOVIE

Few workplaces have the luxury of an on-site restaurant, pub and sports bar for employees to take advantage of during breaks and after work.

The University of Lethbridge is an exception.

The Zoo, which has been in oper-ation as the U of L pub for more than 18 years, offers its patrons a relaxing atmosphere, daily food and drink specials and televised sports matches on six big-screen TVs.

“I like coming here because it’s a great place to get lunch, or to come for a beer after work once in a while,” says Kris Fischer, a chemistry instruc-tor who spends his lunch hour at the Zoo at least twice per week.

The Zoo’s décor was updated this past summer with several framed jerseys added to the walls, along with posters from bands that have played at the venue over the years.

“We wanted to fill the space with something related to the Zoo; I think we did a really great job of that, and patrons seem to enjoy the new addi-

tions,” says Ben Giesbrecht, the Zoo’s food and beverage manager for the past four years.

“People like the relaxed atmo-sphere, and the food is good. The steak sells the best, but the beef dip is a close second. People love beef, that’s southern Alberta for you.”

U of L student Jason Stoltenberg, a religious studies major, would agree. He gets to the Zoo at least twice per week, trying not to miss Monday, when the daily special is a steak sandwich.

“The Zoo is like the places I hang out at outside of school hours, so it’s great to have somewhere like that right on campus to go to between classes,” says Stoltenberg.

Approaching its 20th anniversa-ry, the pub continues to try and meet the changing needs of the University community.

“I see the future of the Zoo as continuing to be, more than anything else, a service to the students, faculty and staff,” says Giesbrecht. “We want to accommodate them as much as possible by keeping prices reasonable, the atmosphere comfortable and by bringing in live entertainment that appeals to a wide audience.”

Brianne Rohovie is the ULSU Communications Coordinator

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albertaingenuity.ca

New Faculty Awards

New Faculty are early career researchers considered to be rising stars.

The Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award provides these newly

independent scientists $300,000 over three years to build their labs

and research teams in Alberta, giving them a meaningful head start

and ensuring early results.

A L B E R T A I N G E N U I T Y F U N D

Leonid BelostotskiU N I V E R S I T Y O F C A L G A R Y

High-performance wideband integrated receiver design for the world's largest radio telescope Theresa BurgU N I V E R S I T Y O F L E T H B R I D G E

Evolution of resident forest birds Jeremy CaplanU N I V E R S I T Y O F A L B E R T A

Interference in human memory: its cognitive and neural origin and mechanisms of resolution Salvatore FedericoU N I V E R S I T Y O F C A L G A R Y

Theoretical modelling of the physico-mechanical behaviour of soft biological tissues Dragan GasevicA T H A B A S C A U N I V E R S I T Y

Model-driven development of families of semantically-enabled service-oriented architectures

Jocelyn HallU N I V E R S I T Y O F A L B E R T A

Elucidating the basis of fruit diversity in the plant family Brassicaceae Paul HayesU N I V E R S I T Y O F L E T H B R I D G E

Catalytic functionalization of hydrocarbons and other small molecules: toward the development of new materials, pharmaceuticals and agricultural compounds from petrochemical byproducts

Hai JiangU N I V E R S I T Y O F A L B E R T A

Exploitation of spectrum agility in broadband wireless communications Hans OsthoffU N I V E R S I T Y O F C A L G A R Y

Laboratory for the study of chemical transformations of trace gases and particles in the atmosphere

Alexander PeninU N I V E R S I T Y O F A L B E R T A

High precision calculations in quantum field theory Mark PetovelloU N I V E R S I T Y O F C A L G A R Y

Collaborative signal tracking for improved satellite navigation Martin SraykoU N I V E R S I T Y O F A L B E R T A

Tracking the activity of nano-motor machines in living cells Philippe TeilletU N I V E R S I T Y O F L E T H B R I D G E

Terrestrial hyperspectral imaging with radiometric scale traceabilty

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S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 8 | U N I V E R S I T Y O F L E T H B R I D G E the Legend

By KATHERINE WASIAK

With two pairs of lovers, spies in the bush, sinister

plots, mistaken intentions and a merry war of wits, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing appears in the University Theatre, Nov. 14, 15, and 18 through 22 at 8 p.m. nightly.

Much Ado About Noth-ing is one of Shakespeare’s most enduring and exhilarating plays, according to director Richard Epp.

“The play’s action is built substantially on characters taking note of others: spying, eavesdropping, gossiping and baiting. Misinformation sets off the action; manipulation and confusion keep it bubbling along.”

The comedy features two contrasting sets of lovers. Hero and Claudio, who fall in love at first sight, must conquer impediments to their happiness brought on by the unmotivated treachery of Don John, the play’s villain. The other pair, Beatrice and Benedick, who

profess they will never marry, are thrown together by good friends contriving to see them together at the altar. Their comic denial of any romantic interest in each other keeps their relationship at a delightful and tethered distance until the inevitable ending.

“Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shake-speare’s most accessible plays and a delight to perform,” says Epp.

The 20 students on stage and the 15 to 20 students con-tributing behind the scenes are working with the skillful staff

and faculty artists to bring this play to life.

“Students in the cast and crew come from Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, and bring all measure of talent and enthusiasm to this effort,” adds Epp. “There is no better way to learn about and appreci-ate the works of the Bard than to work through a play scene by scene, line by line and prepare to serve it well to an audience.

“Our production is set in a contemporary summer landscape of wineries, beaches and evenings that linger. Bright costumes, latticed walkways, cool stone patios and summer songs support the passion of this popular play, its comic intrigue transported with care from Shakespeare’s time to our own.”

Alumna Brenda Matkin

(BFA’98) is designing the cos-tumes.

“I wanted to create a relaxed, fun, summer feeling and outfits that would enhance the cheerful and bright person-alities in the play,” she says.

Matkin, who has her own fashion line, Once, is also using pieces from her spring collec-tion in the production.

Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is in the Univer-sity Theatre with nightly, 8 p.m. shows Nov. 14, 15, 18-22. Tickets are priced at $15 regular and $10 student/senior.

On Nov. 13, the final dress rehearsal will double as a preview performance for a limited number of university students. Contact the box office for details or for tickets, 403-329-2616.

Much Ado About Nothing a timeless comedic rompF I N E A R T S in focus

G A L L E RYnewsShawna Dempsey and Lorri

Millan have a tour-of-duty in Lethbridge, Nov. 17 to 21 as part of the exhibition Land Matters: Reference.

Two of Canada’s best known performance artists, Dempsey and Millan’s Lesbian Rangers patrol parklands, challenging the general public’s ideas of tourism, recreation and the “natural” envi-ronment. Land Matters: Refer-ence shows in the Helen Christou Gallery through Jan. 9, 2009. The Land Matters: Ground exhibition, in the Main Gallery through Jan. 16, 2009, focuses on artworks in which identity is part of the ba-sis for the work and is enmeshed with other artistic concerns such as pattern, scale and colour and includes selections from Patricia Deadman’s ‘blanket’ series.

Culture VultureSaturday Fun

The whole family is invited to the U of L Main Gallery on Saturday, Nov. 15 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to make simple block prints.

MUSICGALORE!

With performances featuring jazz, chamber music, global drums, seasonal songs and more, November is end-ing on a high note.

World of OperettaJoin the Opera Workshop

and director Dr. Blaine Hends-bee on a trip around the World of Operetta on Nov. 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. in the University Re-cital Hall. Savour some of the most heart-rending melodies ever written for the human voice and then relish a variety of rollicking favourites. Ex-cerpts on the program include highlights from The Merry Widow, The Student Prince, The Pirates of Penzance, The Phantom of the Opera and an Offenbach Can-Can.

From Bach to Gershwin Variety is the mainstay of

the U of L Wind Orchestra’s concert on Nov. 21, 8 p.m. at Southminster Church. “We’re performing a varied collection of shorter works that range from Bach to Gershwin,” says conductor Dr. Glenn Klassen. The program includes works by German composers J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn, Russian composers Rimsky-Korsakov and Modest Moussorgsky, British composers Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst, and, of course, American George Gershwin. Music major Barrett Swendsen takes the podium to conduct one of the pieces.

Adam Mason & FriendsUsually stuck at the back

of the orchestra, timpanist Adam Mason is front and centre on Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. in the University Recital Hall for Classical Percussion with Adam Mason & Friends.

Mason is joined by col-leagues Dr. Deanna Oye and Glen Montgomery, Calgary percussionist Rob Maciak and selected percussion students for this unique performance. A highlight of the concert is the Timpani Concerto by Wil-liam Kraft.

Hats off to Count Basie Big band jazz fills the

University Theatre on Nov. 26 starting at 8 p.m., when the U of L Jazz En-semble led by U of L alumni Dr. David Renter takes to the stage. The repertoire includes work by Bob Mintzer, Quincy Jones and Oliver Nelson with a special emphasis on the work of Count Basie and his arranger Sammy Nestico, include basically Blue, Told

You So and Splanky. This con-cert is also the premiere for Renter’s big band arrangement of John Coltrane’s Impres-sions.

Season of Joy!Enjoy a festive and

entertaining evening of choral music on Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. in Southminster Church with the U of L Singers conducted by Dr. Janet Youngdahl and spe-cial guest the LCI Chamber Choir under Frank Gnandt, the Brain on Brass Quintet and Trudi Mason on trumpet.

Chamber Percussionand Beyond

The percussion concert on Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. in the University Recital Hall has something for everyone. There

is Bartok’s Sonata for two pianos and percussion, an acrobatic piece for two 5-oc-tive marimba, Brazilian Samba, Steel Drums, African drums and Taiko drums.

MessiahThe 100 voices in Vox Mu-

sica and the Lethbridge Sym-phony, both under the direction of Dr. Glenn Klassen, join forces on Dec. 1 and 2, 8 p.m. in Southminster Church to present Handel’s Messiah.

Tickets Tickets for all concerts

are available at the U of L Box Office by calling 403-329-2616 and at the door for off-campus events. Get tickets for Han-del’s Messiah from the Ticket Centre, 403-329-7328.

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Join the Opera Workshop on its musical trip around The World of Operetta on Nov. 14 and 15.

Benedick (Jarrett Viczko) and Beatrice (Robyn Jabusch) have sworn off love . . . or have they?

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L A S T I N Gimages

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Allyson Clay, O Orlando: Each Wild Idea (Foun-tain Series), 2005 Photograph transmounted to PlexiglasFrom the University of Lethbridge Art Collection; Purchased with matching funds from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 2008

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Allyson Clay,The Traveller, 1990

Mixed media on boardFrom the University of Lethbridge

Art Collection; Gift of the artist, 1991

Allyson Clay was born in 1953 in Vancouver, where she continues to live and work. She completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of British Columbia in 1985 and received additional train-ing in Rome and at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Clay has exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions across Canada, and her

work is held in numerous private and public collections, including the Canada Council Art Bank, Van-couver Art Gallery and the Univer-sity of Lethbridge Art Gallery.

Clay began her artistic career as a painter, often juxtaposing abstraction with landscape or figu-rative elements. In the 1990s she began incorporating mixed media,

text and faux-veneered surfaces into her painted works, while exploring the urban female as her subject.

The Traveller, held in the University of Lethbridge Art Col-lection, is indicative of her practice at this time.

Clay has moved toward pho-tographic techniques in the last decade, and her most recent work

once again incorporates text as it depicts books placed in various man-made and natural environ-ments.

Clay’s O Orlando is the most recent acquisition to the University of Lethbridge Art Collection and will be shown in the upcoming exhibition Ground (Main Gallery, Nov. 7 through Jan. 9, 2009).

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