Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 18, 1988 11

| Women graduates
| form organization

ane

: Northwest Community College instructor Shannon Mark will continue her studies of an-

cient humanity this summer with field work in Kenya, a country rich in discoveries of early
- ‘man. Part of the work will be under the direction of world famous anthropologist Richard

Leakey.

Anthropology teacher

_ Spends summer in Kenya

Shannon Mark, Instructor of

_ Sociology.and Anthropology at

Northwest Community College,
left for Kenya last week to at-

tend an International Summer

Field School, sponsored by Har-

_. vard University and the National
Museums of Kenya.

by Betty Barton

The program emphasizes both
an introduction to the wealth of
paleoanthropological (science of
finding fossils and tools and
piecing together the evolution of
man through time) evidence and
an introduction to field methods
used in early-man research. The

field school will conduct two six-
week training sessions. Two
weeks are used to visit ar-
chaeological sites and to look at
the ecology of savannah

‘environments in which early

hominids (early man) lived.

The other four weeks of the
course will be conducted from
Richard Leakey’s camp in Koobi
Fora. so

Koobi Fora, in the Rift
Valley, is among the richest
study locales as a source of
evidence regarding human
origins. From layers between
one and three million years old,
more than 170 fossil hominid
specimens have been found and
more than 20 early sites ex-

University Society starts
campaign for petitions

- The Interior University Socie-
ty is shifting to high gear as the

month of May launches the cam-~

. -paign to gather support petitions
from the public.
_**The petitions will be a major
segment of the Society’s presen-
- -tation to the Victoria govern-
ment late this year,’’ says
University Society president,
-. ‘Murray Sadler, Q.C.
“In order that’ we prove to
. Victoria that we are serious
about a University in the north
to serve northern residents, we
"are urging every person over 19
to sign and return one of our

-» Support Petitions,” he said. “‘if

we don’t get petitions from peo-
ple in every community in the
northern half of the province,
we may lose the university to a
location in the Okanagan,’’ says
Sadler, oo
The petitions cost $5.00. The
funds raised go to pay the
university public awareness cam-
paign. Also, the Society
acknowledges that a paid peti-
tion carries the weight of public
commitment needed to support
the government presentation.
The goal is 30,000 signed peti-

tions by June 7, University Day.
At the same time as the peti-
tions are being gathered, the

‘Society has commissioned a.

detailed feasibility study which
will look at specific course
studies which relate to our nor-

thern needs and how a university"

will add to education oppor-
tunities for students and faculty
at the existing three colleges at
Prince George, Terrace and
Dawson Creek. The feasibility
study is expected to be com-
pleted by the end of this sum-
mer, -

cavated. The environments and
ecology of early prehistory can
be ascertained from studies of
geology, fossil, fauna, pollen
and other factors, all of which
are preserved at Koobi Fora.
Leakey is Director of the Na-
tional Museums of Kenya and
the foremost physical anthro-
pologist in Africa, who as a
young man followed reluctantly
in the footsteps of his an-

thropologist parents. He took —

up a career as a pilot and
photographic tour guide at an
early age. He discovered the
Koobi Fora area on an aerial
photographic expedition.
Leakey will be one of the guest
lecturers during the course.
Other guest lecturers will in-
clude archaeologists, geologists
and a faunal analyst who have
worked on early man sites in

Eastern Africa and later period

sites in Kenya.

Shannon Mark is one of 20
foreign and 10 Kenyan instruc-
tors chosen to attend the sum-
mer school. As the only instruc-
tor of Sociology and Anthro-

_ pology in the Pacific Northwest,

she said she is thrilled at the op-
portunity to study with promi-
nent instructors of human
origins and pre-history.

_ She applied for the summer |

school program, with little

‘thought of ever being accepted
for it. She wondered if she had

the educational background or
continued on page 21

A number of local women
university graduates met recent-
ly at the Northwest Community
College campus in Terrace, They
gathered to discuss the possible
formation of a branch of the
Canadian Federation of Univer-

sity Women (CFUW) in Terrace. -

by Betty Barton

Linda Souter, president of
CFUW, and Billie Burgess, pro-
vincial director of CFUW,
hosted the meeting. The two
women are travelling through-
out northern B.C. from Prince
Rupert to Fort St. John to en-
courage new branches of
CFUW. Prince George presently
has the only branch of CFUW in
northern B.C.

Canadian Federation of
University Women is part of the
53-nation International Federa-
tion of University Women. It is
a volunteer organization of
women graduates from recog-
nized universities all over the
world, It has 125 member clubs
in Canada. Its goals are to en-
courage advanced study and
research by women; to cultivate
excellence in education; to use
one's education to benefit the
community — local, national
and world-wide; to advance

human rights and to improve the
status of all women. CFUW is
an organization promoting fun,
learning and taking action.

The Federation offers
generous fellowships and awards
for academic and creative
achievement. At all levels,
members present briefs and lob-
by on public issues. CFUW is an
apolitical organization and in-
terested only in bettering the
quality of life for all. Some cur-
rent issues include environmen-
tal concerns, childcare, pensions
and pornography. The Federa-
tion also works towards global
understanding and co-operation
(through the International
Federation of University
Women).

The Canadian Federation of
University Women has worked
towards improving the quality
of life for all since its inception
in 1919, A local branch would
have the opportunity to take
part in the process through
monthly programs of fellowship
and intellectual stimulation.
Members of local branches en-
joy guest speakers, small interest
groups and recreational activ-
ities. Through the network of

provincial and national meet-

ings, they can gather and ex-
change views with other in-

. terested individuals.

studenis In the interior

. INTERIOR UNIVERSITY SOCIETY - ©

STATEMENT OF SUPPORT - My contributlon to tho interior University Society ts
my commitment of support for the establishment of a university In Prince G ,
(believe that this is necessary to ensure equal opportunity through aqual access |

(believe that tha future of our towns and cities will also be strengthened by this fun-

WE NEED A |
UNIVERSITY TO ©
SERVE THE NORTH!

The opportunity is
... Fight now!

The Interior University Society is
- ‘ driving forward to get a “yes”
decision from Victoria. The Socie-
et. ty can do it with your help!
a: All you have to do is get a Support
g. Petition. It will cost you $5.00 but
Victoria knows if you'll pay for a pe-
tition, you mean it! .. . and you'll
help the Society in the cost of this
campaign throughout the northern
‘communities of our province.

Mail to: 2666 S$. Queensway.

Prince George, B.C.
V2L 1N2

DANCE REVUE “88”

The 13th annual performance by the
Vicki Parviainen Dance Students
_ Friday, May 27 at 8 p.m.
at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre
Proceeds go to the R.E.M. Lee Theatre Alive Society

Tickets are available from the Dance Students,
Sight and Sound and by phoning 635-7455
. Adults -$5.00 Children under 12 and Senior Citizens - $3.00.

Come and enjoy a very entertaining evening
for the entire farnily!

$/25¢

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CIVEN NAMES

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