Every year, the Douglas College creative writing department releases the newest edition of the student anthology Pearls. Filled with students’ non-fiction, poetry, fiction, and scripts, each edition offers something new that represents the variety of creative writing at the college. This year, Pearls 34 will be released on March 27 at the anthology’s launch event, featuring readings from eight of the book’s contributors.
Sam Simon, 59, a prolific television producer, director, writer, philanthropist, and animal rights activist, passed away on March 8, after a three-year battle with cancer. He was diagnosed as terminally ill in 2012 and given three to six months to live. He proved those estimates wrong and showed the world how much one person can truly give back to society.
I’ve always had a soft spot for literature that captures life through the eyes of a child, because children are weird. Childhood is a framework that offers so many opportunities—life to a child is simultaneously light, surreal, frightening, and important in ways that adults so easily forget.
The gulf between script and performance is invariably wide, and seeing something played before your eyes is very different than just reading about it. Like the circus, perhaps you have to experience it in order to fully appreciate it.
An increase to BC’s minimum wage from $10.25 to $10.45 was announced on March 12.
On March 27 and 31, Douglas College will be hosting several events under the title Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability: Energy and Agriculture. The events are funded in part by FortisBC, and will focus on how students can contribute to a healthier environment.
Preparations for the 2015 Douglas College Student Engagement Awards are underway, and are being organized by Campus Life.
BC Business Magazine associate editor Kristen Hilderman caught attention on social media the week of March 9 after one of her Twitter post went viral.
Student elections took place the week of March 9, when students were eligible to vote for their next Douglas Students’ Union representatives.
On November 2, 2014, Air Canada introduced a $25 baggage fee for any piece of checked luggage by passengers flying domestically, to the Caribbean, or Mexico on low-fare tickets.
