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Inside:
The
Free
Press
Volume
11
Issue
12
Friday,
April
20,
1990
Editorial
2
Attention
UT
Students
5
Science
Page
6
Theatre
Spotlight
7
BCIT
gets
$5million
8
Plane
Crash
11
S
A
Corner
14
E
arthd
a
y
1
8
AND
MUCH
MUCH
MORE
SEE
INSIDE
Science
One
Students
Visit
SFU,
UBC
By
Szilvia
Torok
and
Steven
Monai
During
the
recent
study
break
(spring
break,
that
is
),
a
group
of
CNC
students
went
on
a
trip
to
the
Lower
Mainland.
Some
Science
One
students,
some
geography
students
and
a
few
teachers
took
part
in
the
excursion.
The
majority
of
people
traveled
south
in
the
CNC
school
bus,
but
several
people
obtained
their
own
transportation
which
was
markedly
faster
and
more
reliable
than
our
bus.
The
following
Science
One
students
went
on
the
trip:
Luke
Beek,
Nicole
Bock,
Raj
Dhami,
Brad
Firth,
Steven
Monai,
David
Polano,
Gordon
Rowe,
and
myself,
Szilvia
Torok.
The
teachers
who
came
as
a
part
of
Science
One
were
Doug
Birtwhistle,
Conrad
Jarosch
and
Ben
Malcolm;
we
also
met
up
with
Raymond
Lo
in
Vancouver.
We
left
Prince
George
on
Wednesday,
March
7,
and
returned
on
Sunday,
March
1
1
.
We
spent
Wednesday
night
at
the
Alpine
Motel
in
Hope
-
this
is
as
far
as
we
got
in
twelve
hours!
The
remaining
nights
were
spent
at
the
Holiday
Inn
in
Vancouver.
THURSDAY.
MARCH
8
Both
the
Science
One
and
geography
students
arrived
at
Simon
Fraser
University
in
the
morning.
While
the
geography
students
made
their
own
way,
the
Science
One
students
split
up
into
two
groups:
one
group
was
interested
in
biosciences,
and
the
other
group
was
interested
in
engineering.
I
was
a
part
of
the
"biosciences
group."
A
meeting
was
arranged
between
a
professor
and
our
group;
we
were
given
a
short
talk
on
the
pestology
program
at
SFU.
This
program
is
offered
to
graduate
students,
and
it
has
significant
applications
involving
agricultural
research
and
entomology
(the
study
of
insects).
Our
group
was
also
given
a
short
tour
of
the
Gordon
Shrum
Science
Centre;
we
went
into
a
biology
lab,
and
I
found
it
to
be
rather
small.
In
the
afternoon,
we
wandered
the
halls
and
looked
at
anything
that
seemed
interesting:
the
art
gallery,
the
Native
Indian
museum,
a
lecture
theater
and
the
bookstore.
We
had
lunch
in
the
cafeteria
and
discovered
that
university
food
is
actually
edible.
Meanwhile,
Steve
and
Brad
(the
engineering
group)
spoke
with
a
representative
of
the
Faculty
of
Applied
Science
about
admission
requirements
and
program
details.
They
found
out
two
interesting
facts:
to
be
considered
for
entrance
to
engineering
at
SFU,
candidates
must
have
a
GPA
of
3.7
or
higher
(!),
and
all
engineering
programs
offer
co-op
programs
with
work
placements
in
many
exciting
places
such
as
IBM
and
Sony
(in
Japan!).
After
that,
Steve
told
me
that
an
engineering
student
took
them
on
a
tour
of
the
labs
-
they
are
reportedly
very
impressive.
The
labs
have
very
up-to-date
computer
workstations
(namely,
the
acclaimed
Sun
workstations)
which
are
being
used
in
every
facet
of
the
engineering
process"
CAD,
word
processing,
computer
modelling,
high-powered
calculations,
and
the
like.
nology
approached
him
about
using
his
work
on
deep
sea
robots
that
lay
out
cables
so
that
the
robots
can
"see"
things
coming
at
them
and,
hopefully,
avoid
them.
Steve
and
I
both
think
that
the
SFU
campus
is
very
impressive.
He
saw
it
as
having
a
futuristic
look
and
atmosphere
that
makes
one
feel
as
if,
"this
is
the
place
where
it's
all
going
to
happen."
After
seeing
the
engineering
department,
such
feelings
are
definitely
not
unwarranted.
Bar-B-Q
season
is
here.
Good
thing
these
guys
don't
know
about
it.
Photo
by
John
Van
Geloven
Another
student
of
electrical
engineering
showed
them
his
bachelor's
thesis
project;
the
fact
that
it
is
his
bachelor's
thesis
project
is
amazing
because
it
is
complex
and
advanced
enough
to
be
a
master's
thesis.
The
project
involves
an
optical
motion-sensing
device
that
was
built
to
mimic
the
human
eye.
This
clevice
consists
of
a
matrix
of
light
sensors,
each
of
which
is
connected
to
a
separate
processor
to
enable
each
sensor
to
interpret
what
it
is
"seeing",
and
to
communicate
this
information
to
a
central
computer
which
is
programmed
to
receive
data
from
all
of
the
sensors.
The
crux
of
his
thesis
is
to
create
a
motion-sensing
system
that
could
be
mounted
on
a
moving
chassis
so
that
once
motion
is
detected
out
of
the
comer
of
its
"eye",
the
"eye"
can
turn
itself
towards
the
motion
to
get
a
better
look.
The
problem
was
to
build
a
system
that
could
distinguish
between
the
motion
of
the
"eye"
itself
and
the
motion
of
an
external
object
-not
an
easy
task!
This
same
student
told
the
group
that
two
leading
companies
in
submarine
tech-
FRIDAY.MARCH9
We
arrived
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia
before
noon;
a
whole
day
at
UBC
was
waiting
for
us!
The
campus,
at
first,
appeared
extremely
large.
I
found
it
difficult
to
get
a
bearing
on
where
I
actually
was;
since
I
hadn't
previously
been
at
UBC,
my
senses
were
definitely
given
a
shock!
The
"biosciences
group"
was
introduced
to
the
entomology
division
of
zoology.
A
researcher
directed
us
into
a
room
that
had
cabinets,
shelves,
drawers,
bottles
and
boxes
all
full
of
insects;
they
were
either
pinned
or
preserved.
He
told
us
that
the
classification
system
for
insects
is
vague
and
incomplete,
since
there
are
so
many
diverse
and
undiscovered
forms.
We
were
shown
some
of
the
equipment
that
is
used
to
collect
insects:
various
types
of
nets
and
bags
are
used,
as
well
as
different
sheets
of
cloth
onto
which
certain
species
are
attracted
due
to
specific
chemicals
put
on
the
cloth.
These
cloths
are
dragged
along
the
ground
to
collect
the
bugs.
Once
and
insect
is
captured,
it
is
appropriately
labelled
and
pinned
onto
a
sort
of
showcase-drawer;
then,
the
researcher
attempts
to
classify
it.
Sometimes,
a
new
species
or
genus
is
discovered
in
this
way.
Some
of
the
pinned
specimens
have
been
in
that
room
since
the
early
years
of
UBC's
existence.
My
group
visited
the
Instructional
Resources
Centre
which
housed
health
science
displays;
some
of
these
concerned
sight,
hearing,
and
various
diseases.
In
this
building,
there
was
a
booth
set
up
to
test
a
person's
overall
well-being.
I
had
a
Personal
Wellness
Report
issued
to
me;
this
included
a
Coronary
Risk
Profile
(my
chancesofheartdisease).
There
was
a
catch,
though:
I
had
to
be
brave
and
sacrifice
1
ml
of
my
blood
for
testing
purposes.
My
total
cholesterol
level
and
blood
pressure
were
obtained;
both
were
at
acceptable
levels,
to
my
relief!
A
questionnaire
had
to
be
filled
out
and
submitted
so
that
the
computer
program
would
have
the
necessary
information
to
evaluate
my
risk
factors;
this,
I
thought,
was
somewhat
"fake"
even
though
it
was
neat
to
find
out
about
my
health.
While
still
with
the
same
group,
I
took
a
peek
at
the
pharmacy
building.
Here,
we
actually
met
a
former
CNC
student
who
was
in
pharmacy
-
unbelievable!
One
of
the
pharmaceutical
displays
involved
distinguishing
between
candy
and
pills;
another
display
emphasized
the
harmful
effects
of
smoking.
One
of
the
older
buildings
is
the
chem
istry
building;
there
were
brick
walls
every
where
(even
inside).
In
the
morning,
Steve
had
the
mixed
fortune
of
seeing
the
first
chemistry
magic
show
of
its
three-day
run,
He
said
that
it
was
mainly
for
the
younger
children
who
are
more
awed
by
chemical
phenomena
than
we
are
(probably
because
we
understand
it
better).
Nevertheless,
according
to
Steve,
the
show
was
entertain
ing;
the
demonstration
of
chemilumines-
cence
(the
emission
of
light
from
a
chemical
reaction
where
no
flame
is
present)
was
something
that
he
had
never
seen
before
Presumably,
the
many
minor
blunders
were
due
to
the
fact
that
it
was
their
first
show,
and
he
was
somewhat
reassured
to
see
two
firemen
in
the
audience.
One
of
the
lab
displays
that
I
saw
in
the
chemistry
building
involved
Nuclear
Magnetic
Resonance
Spectroscopy;
this
technique
analyzes
nuclei
of
atoms
to
determine
the
composition
of
certain
compounds.
Samples
are
inserted
by
a
robotic
arm
into
a
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