Issue #21: Summer 2008

In this issue...

Editor's Letter

by Christopher Petty

Old classrooms, new hangouts and the things we value

Binocularless in Galapagos

by Chris Harley

From the Galapagos to Galway, UBC’s Alumni Travel program offers a range of trips. This past winter Chris Harley, assistant professor in UBC’s department of Zoology, was a study leader on a UBC alumni trip to the Galapagos. Read his focused account here.

When I Was A Student

From street-cars to the SkyTrain, from bobby socks to nose-piercing, from chaperoned dances to Arts County Fair – how has the student experience changed over the decades? We asked alumni from different eras at UBC to tell us what it was like for them.

The Show Runner

by chris petty

Breaking into the ranks of tv’s Hollywood hit-makers seems an impossible task from above the 49th. The brains behind Bones, Hart Hanson, MFA ’87, makes it look easy.

The Four Pots of Gold: Selling Screenplays in Hollywood

By Michael Hagan

Sarah Dodd Expands Her Borders

by Kristjanna Grimmelt

Corporate Director and Community Volunteer Elected UBC Chancellor

 

Selecting UBC’s Chancellor

 

UBC Generations

by Richard N. Liu, BA’93 Asian Studies

Breaking into the ranks of tv’s Hollywood hit-makers seems an impossible task from above the 49th. The brains behind Bones, Hart Hanson, MFA ’87, makes it look easy.

Artistic Aspirations: Two UBC Okanagan Grads Plan Their Futures

by Bud Mortenson