“Hide Away” is the name of this painting done by UWI MPhil accompanied by paintings, drawings and a handbook, “Threads of candidate, Candice Sobers. Candice is presenting a thesis, “The Survival: Sixty Resourceful Techniques for Family Life,” as part of a Aesthetics of the Mundane: Techniques of Resourcefulness and THE PAINTED series of that would represent the body of her work for the MPhil. Survival Among Working Class Trinidadians,” for this Cultural Her three-year research has been a fascinating story of the travails Studies degree. The practice-based research thesis is being WORD and triumphs of six families. Please see Page 18 for more. RESEARCH EXPO – 09 HOMAgE – 12 SAFETY – 20 SPORT – 21 Look at the Future A Tribute to the Bird Security Forum The Power of the Game It will Blow Your Mind Our Doctor When Superman’s Power was Not Enough A Tale of Apartheid and Prison of Calypso SUNDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 – UWI TODAY 3 CAMPUS NEWS FROM THE PRINCIPAL Vice-Chancellor Come See What Research Can Do It is not easy to persuade people of the value of honoured in Scotland research. Research, by its very nature, requires Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor E. time and resources, two commodities that often Nigel Harris was honoured in Scotland at get short shrift because most would prefer to the 600th anniversary of Academia of the invest in projects and measures that bear fruit University of St. Andrews on September 13. quickly. He joined 18 honorees lauded by St. Often, research in fields that seem obscure or Andrews University as “some of the best irrelevant to issues commanding public attention minds of our generation, leading academics is frowned upon as a waste of that same time and from around the globe,” as the university resources. acknowledged “the outstanding achievements Yet, in developing societies, in spaces like ours, where we are blessed of women and men whose thoughtful with many unique circumstances through our history, geography and scholarship and outstanding integrity has economies, we need to create and nurture ways of seeing and doing things changed both our world, and the way we that fit and suit our needs and tastes and do this differently. We need to understand our place in it.” Vice-Chancellor Harris was hailed as imagine a new future for our societies. So we need to better understand “not only an outstanding university leader in 1983 in the field of Systemic Lupus ourselves and our environment before we can fully explore our capacities. but a man whose very distinguished record Erythematosus, as a Welcome Fellow in The research we do here at the St. Augustine Campus, including our in medical research is widely recognized, the Rheumatology Unit at the Royal Post Medical Sciences Faculty at Mt. Hope, spans an extraordinarily large particularly in the field of technology.” The Graduate Medical School at Hammersmith range, but too little of it is visible to the public, though its impact is felt university noted the Vice-Chancellor’s work Hospital in London. at many levels. But our research needs funding and this is why in the lead-up to the national Budget presentation, I had encouraged governmental support for an increase in expenditure in this area. We know in lean economic times, Welcome Home, Jehue! these are areas that commonly get pushed down the ladder. But if The Congratulations are in order again for UWI is to deliver on its mandate of teaching, research and service, then Jehue Gordon who won another gold medal any diminution of the research effort, will result in a poorer country and at the Belgacom Van Damme Memorial region. We must summon the will to create a fertile ground for research, IAAF Diamond League meet in Brussels, innovation and creativity to thrive. Trinidad and Tobago is best poised to Belgium, on Friday September 6, clocking do this but it requires the commitment and collaboration of our private a personal best of 47.69 seconds. Just three and public sectors, our tertiary institutions and civil society. weeks before, on August 15, Jehue had also In the first week of October, we are hosting a Research Expo, to which taken gold at the IAAF World Championships we invite the public. Here, we will offer a sample of some of the outstanding in the 400m hurdles. Jehue was presented research being done at the university, and I promise you, it will be both with the Chaconia Gold Medal at this year’s informative and memorable. Independence Awards. More importantly, it will be a demonstration of local capacity that It has brought what must have been a hectic season to a close for the time being. will surely convince anyone that the time and resources we have so far As he returns to this St. Augustine campus to that with his commitment and discipline, invested in research are worth every cent, and then some. enter his final year in the Sport Management he will find as much success in his pursuits We look forward to seeing you at the UWI Research Expo 2013. Programme, we welcome him back, and trust here as on the athletic stage. CLEMENT K. SANKAT Well Deserved, Pro Vice Chancellor & Principal Professor Deosaran Professor Emeritus Ramesh Deosaran EDITORIAL TEAM was awarded the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for distinguished and CAMPUS PRINCIPAL outstanding service to the nation and his Professor Clement Sankat academic work at the Independence Day ceremony. Prof Deosaran, an Independent DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Mrs. Dawn-Marie De Four-Gill Senator, served as Director of the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice (CCCJ) DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS (Ag.) and the Ansa McAl Psychological Research Mrs. Wynell Gregorio Centre at The UWI, St. Augustine Campus. “Prof Deosaran was instrumental in EDITOR developing several successful programmes in Ms. Vaneisa Baksh psychology and criminology at St Augustine. research. He has given distinguished What set him apart from many was his service to the region and The UWI CONTACT US The UWI Marketing and Communications Office congratulates him on this national award. willingness to make his views known publicly Tel: (868) 662-2002, exts. 82013 / 82014 Or email: [email protected] on matters of crime and its prevention, for Well deserved,” said St Augustine Campus example, but this was always rooted in his Principal, Prof Clement Sankat. 4 UWI TODAY – SUNDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 CAMPUS NEWS A Conversation Whither Our Caribbean Community? with Sir Shridath It is almost paradoxical that in a region re- Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of nowned for its diversity, the strains of insular- the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will deliver a ity still plague efforts at development. In the Distinguished Open Lecture, discussing the status of the past, separate UWI campuses with different regional integration process and his vision for the future of faculties, propelled students to move around CARICOM on Thursday October 3 at 5.30pm at the Daaga in order to study their fields of choice. It pro- Auditorium on the St. Augustine Campus. moted a larger, more profound sense of what it The lecture is part of a new series at The UWI St. means to be West Indian among students, and Augustine, focusing on CARICOM: exploring its usefulness those who have studied and worked outside of to the region and its future on its 40th anniversary their homelands have attested to this broaden- celebrations. In his presentation, Ambassador LaRocque ing of their personal landscapes. will trace the evolution of the integration process (the Federation, CARIFTA, Common Market, West Indian While this is still so, times have changed Commission, CSME) and discuss CARICOM today: what in that students do not move around as much we set out to do; what we have done and where we are. He among our campuses, and technology, even as will also delve into his vision for the regional body, which it has brought everything into the home space, includes active stakeholder involvement in integration, has not encouraged the human contact that across youth, the private sector, media and civil society. physical interaction brings. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, a national of Dominica, The International Office and the Institute is the seventh Secretary-General of CARICOM. He is the of International Relations have been working former Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic together to find ways to open the minds and Integration at the CARICOM Secretariat, a position he hearts of the student populace and came up assumed in September 2005. Prior to that, he served at with the concept of an International Week, senior management levels in the Public Service of Dominica themed, Knowledge Without Borders, that for over 18 years. would bring a spectrum of events to the St. He believes that the CSME cannot succeed without Augustine campus presenting elements of the advancement of the social sector, such as human learning in a global context. resource development and youth. Ambassador LaRocque The IWeek, as it is called, runs from has managed diplomatic negotiations with third countries October 7-11, and features foreign films, and international development partners. He has much international food, a student exchange fair, experience in management, public administration, economic volunteer opportunities, music, and even for- development, trade, foreign affairs and diplomacy. eign language speed dating. The week begins Members of the public are invited to attend at no charge. with a private ceremony at the JFK Quadrangle For more information, contact the Marketing and at 10am and a lecture by the doyen of West Indian integration, Sir Shridath Ramphal at Communications Office, UWI St. Augustine at 662-2002 Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, ext.