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C5794 WINTER 2011 EDITION 3 CLEARSIGHT INVESTMENT PROGRAM Get a Second Opinion AlumniGazette CONTENTS 12 WESTERN AND THE BRIER A curriculum of curling BY SCOTT RUSSELL, BA’80, BED’81, MA’85 18 UNCOVERING A RUTHLESS DICTATOR Researcher Joanna Quinn’s search for truth BY DOUGLAS KEDDY, BA’98 22 DRAWN TO HIS CAREER Profile of illustrator Antony Hare BY STUART A. THOMPSON, BA’10 WORDS SHARED 26 AROUND THE WORLD Penn Kemp’s poetry is well travelled In these turbulent investment markets, a Second Opinion BY ROBYN ISRAEL, MA’96 could bring you the stability you’re looking for. 28 JAPAN LANDS ON FEET Why Do You Need a Second Opinion? AFTER BUBBLE BURST A first-person account of life in Japan Uncertain market conditions can leave you trying to balance your own peace-of-mind since the 1980s with your investment needs and goals. 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Beatles rock WESTERN CONNECTION TO WEST CHINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE BY DAVID SCOTT community lecture BY PAUL MAYNE 32 CONSUMER GUIDE WINDEEE DOME BUILDS ON NEARLY 50 YEARS Top five Canadian/Western- OF W IND ENGINEERING AT WESTERN connected books for 2010 CLEARSIGHT INVESTMENT PROGRAM BY HEATHER TRAVIS, BA’05 BY MANINA JONES, BA’84, MA’85 & The Clearsight Investment Program is available through (1) Wellington West Capital Inc., a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of GRAD STUDENTS Canada; and(2) Wellington West Financial Services Inc., a member of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada. Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. C5794 WINTER 2011 EDITION 3 CLEARSIGHT INVESTMENT PROGRAM AlumniGazette EDITOr’S Winter 2011 (ISSN 1189-6272) Editor: David Scott NOTEBOOK Executive Editor: Jason Winders, MES’10 WITH DAVID SCOTT Publisher: Helen Connell Art Director: Terry Rice Staff , Faculty & Volunteer Contributors: Steve Anderson, Diana Cunningham, Jenn Davila, Kris Dundas, Karmen Dowling, Susanna Eayrs, Keri Ferguson, Mathew Hoy, Kathryn Kinahan, Scott May, Paul Mayne, Rob Pott er, Sonia Preszcator, Terry Rice, Angie Wiseman, Marcia Steyaert, Allison Stevenson, FINDING HIDDEN TREASURE Heather Travis, Janis Wallace, Kathy Wallis, Scott Woods Design: Rob Pott er When you’re dealing with roughly 250,000 on the web led me to www.bobmarley.com, Photography/Art: Michael Burns Photography, people in 150 countries, there is a chance you where I discovered Stephanie was one of 10 Canadian Curling Association, Canadian Curling Hall of Fame, occasionally lose track of someone. If the only children of Rita and the late Bob Marley. Karmen Dowling, Galt Museum & Archives, Antony Hare, commonality is att ending the same school, other Th e only contact information I could fi nd Iris Ministries, Clive Limpkin, London Free Press Collection/ than offi cial records, it’s the living memories of online was the general email address for the Western Archives, Paul Mayne, Joanna Morrison, Shawn Simpson classmates, professors you made an impression Marley Resort & Spa in Nassau, Bahamas that (SWS Photography), Louis Templato, Heather Travis on or your impact on the Western community Stephanie helped establish with her mother Advertising Inquiries: Denise Jones, 519-661-2111, and beyond that keep you on the radar of Rita. It was formerly a private vacation home ext. 85460; [email protected] fellow alumni. for the Marley family. Bob and Rita Marley Editorial Advisory Board: Gary Blazak, MA’79, Sometimes it’s generational. A great football discovered this former governor’s mansion on a Chris Makuch, BA’93 (King’s), Helen Connell, MBA’96, coach like John Metras, who is remembered visit to Nassau, while they were recovering from Kris Dundas, BA’94, MA’95, Susanna Eayrs, Jim Etherington, by a certain era of alumni, might be virtually an assassination att empt in Jamaica (1976). BA’61, Terry Rice, BFA’98, MA’00, Marcia Steyaert, BA’96, unknown to today’s students. Great people On January 4, I received a message back Janis Wallace, BMus’75, BEd’76, Jason Winders and stories are sometimes lost – or maybe just from Stephanie and the story began. I can Guest Contributors: Darryl Gibson, BA’73, Robyn Israel, temporarily misfi led. only describe making that connection as “very MA’96, Manina Jones, BA’84, MA’85, Douglas Keddy, BA’98, When doing an inventory of material for this cool” – apparently she felt the same way. “Th at Chris Makuch, BA’93, Alex Newman, Alan Noon, Stuart A. current issue just before Christmas we had one is totally cool, my life at Western and in Canada Th ompson, BA’10, Paul Wells, BA’89 empty page staring at us: the Best Kept Secret. were some of my best times spent thus far… Th e Alumni Gazett e is published three times annually Resident historian Alan Noon had thrown us a I have always been so proud to be a graduate by the Department of Communications & Public Aff airs in curveball. For his Memories page contribution and now very, very happy to share my story partnership with Alumni Western and the Department of Alumni Relations & Development. he off ered this time a selection of ‘secrets’ on with our Alumni family.” campus, sort of a combination of two of our Stephanie Marley’s story appears on page For publication dates or to make submissions, contact one-page features.