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Dr. Bhoendradatt TewarieCampus Principal-UWI St Augustine

I take this opportunity, through thisforum, to welcome our incoming fresh-men. You have made a very impor-tant decision to pursue higher educa-tion at the University of the WestIndies and I commend you on your am-bition, initiative and drive. I warmlywelcome you all to your home awayfrom home at this St Augustine Cam-pus. Develop your independent spirit,take advantage of the personal spaceand relative autonomy you will enjoyhere, and let this be a time duringwhich you clarify your dreams and as-pirations.

To those of you who are regional orinternational students I extend a spe-cial welcome. Try to learn as much asyou can about Trinidad and Tobago;this is a beautiful and exciting coun-try. Build new bridges and forge friend-ships. It is a small world, gettingsmaller everyday. It is an intercon-nected world becoming more intercon-nected everyday. Paths are certain tocross again. Six degrees of separa-tion is a genuine phenomenon.

To returning students in second yearand third year, make this year a moreenriching year than the last one or thetwo before.

Before you know it, you will be gradu-ating and you will be leaving behind aonce in a lifetime experience which willlive only in your memory. Maybe lastyear or the year before brought somedisappointments or setbacks. Leavethose behind you now. Life is like thatsometimes. This year is a new year andit can be anything you want it to be.

During your time here, seek to liveevery moment so that you get themost out of it. I have no doubt that,consciously or not, you will be design-ing memories for the future so you canlook back on these years with fond-ness and laughter later. I am equallysure that you will use these years asbuilding blocks to the future. If thesethings are true, then your St August-

Moderation and Restraint are Important Virtues

ine years will include some of the mosttreasured moments in your life time.So do not allow these precious yearsto slip through your fingers.

Work diligently and well and stretchyourselves to be the best you can be.Achieve as much as you can. Buildgood relationships, nurture warmfriendships and have fun. But keepyour eye on the future and manageyour life over these few years so thatyou will ultimately achieve the goalsand outcomes that you desire. This isa time for you to grow socially; to leapintellectually; to find your centre interms of personal development, andto evolve as a human being in mindand in spirit. This is a time to learn tomanage freedom with a sense of re-sponsibility. This is a time when youare preparing for full citizenship andyou should be concerned about whatis happening in your society. You canretreat here from the society when itgets to be too much for you; you areentitled to that. But do not disengagefrom the family, community, societythat is yours. You are part of themand they are part of you. And it takesall the parts to make the whole.

To graduate students, make the mostof this opportunity to deepen yourknowledge, to strengthen your intel-lectual capacity and to broaden yourskills base. Don’t stretch out yourgraduate studies so long that you gettired or bored. Establish a time framefor completion and set out to work.Graduate studies requires self disci-pline and focus. It is not a time to belimping along.

Each one of you who is a student here,whether undergraduate or graduate,has been chosen by your Departmentsand Faculties because they feel youcan succeed. One cannot simply walkoff the street and sign up for a courseat the University of the West Indies.Admissions policy is clear, competitiveand tough because Departments andFaculties want the best students. Youmay consider yourselves, therefore,among the chosen. We have you ear-marked for success. Make us proudof you. Make your parents and teach-ers in high school, your sponsors andyour whole supporting cast of familyand friends – make them all proud ofyou by doing well and by being happy.

Take care of your physical health andyour mental health and help one an-other through difficult times. Adopthealthy life styles. Anything in excessis not good. Moderation and restraintare important virtues. But you haveto develop a fair amount of self confi-dence to resist the crowd. Remem-ber, however, that that is why you arehere in the first place – to find your-self, to develop self confidence, to bethe best you can be, to clarify dreamsand aspirations and to set yourself ona path of achievement.

Should you at anytime feel lost, drawon the resources of the University toget the necessary support to get youon track back to the future. Remem-ber that you are a very valuable per-son to the University and that our so-ciety is counting on you to make a sig-nificant contribution.<

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STAN is a publication ofThe Marketing and Communications Office,The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.For more information please contact the Editor,Anna Walcott-Hardy at Phone:662-9387;Fax:662-3858;email:markcom@admin.uwi.tt

Design and layout by Sean Lai Leung

Photography: Abigail Hadeed, Tony Narine, AneelKarim, Arthur Sookbir, Vincent Lopez, Garth Murrell.

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On the Cover:Members of the Executiveof the new UWI Guild ofStudents

Riding The Telecom Wave 5Connect With Justice Ian Benjamin 8Quality Enhancement In Education 10

Re-mapping The Americas 12A Runner’s Paradise 13

The Middle Passage 18UWI Disaster Management Centre Launched 20

Medical Students Graduate With Excellence 20Fallon’s Fate 21

Students and Depression 24Los Paranderos de UWI 28

Bookmark 30Mona Emerges Victorious 42

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THE UWI MISSIONThe St. Augustine campus of The University of the West Indies iscommitted to the development of Caribbean countries. At all times,it will seek to contribute to that development by producing grad-uates and research of high quality, relevance and usefulness insufficient quantity and at minimum cost.

The St. Augustine campus, by the conduct of its own staff andstudents as well as by the content of its academic programmes,will strive towards the inculcation of social values of shared com-munal responsibility, social justice, and respect and tolerance fordifferences in beliefs, philosophy, ethnicity and culture.

The St. Augustine campus aims at being an intellectual bridge tothe wider Caribbean region and the rest of the world, assisting itsmember countries to benefit from the rapidly growing and co-nstantly changing world stock of ideas, knowledge and expertise,and itself contributing to that stock in ways that enhance the in-ternational standing of the Caribbean.

Many thanks for your letters and e-mail on our pre-vious issues, which highlighted the UWI Tele-HealthFacility, highly successful Vice Chancellor’s CricketWeek and the recently upgraded Sir Frank Worrellfield at the modern Sport and Physical EducationCentre. We would like to thank you for your en-thusiasm and for taking the time to give feedbackand complimentary calls, especially those from UWIhighly respected, retired members of staff includingMrs. Marian Fraser and Mrs. Joyce Gibson-Inniss.

I read with interest your recent edition of thepublication STAN (January-March 2005) andwish to congratulate you on␣ an impr essiveand informative magazine!␣Roshene BettonLL.M. Programme CoordinatorCaveHill Campus(via e-mail)

Lasting Impressions

Old School to New

I have just seen …the latest edition of STAN(April-June 2005). May I not only requestthat you send a dozen or so copies for myschool library and to leave around my staffroom but that more generally, suggest thatyour department, as a matter of course sendcopies to my fellow colleague Principals andtheir schools. I imagine this might entail aconsiderable cost but I opine that it will bewell worth it as your very well-produced andattractive publication could be [a]considerable drawing factor influencing theiroption for UWI Upper School audience ofSecondary Schools….

Once again congratulations on an aestheti-cally pleasing and informative as well as lit-erate publication…and apart from the factthat I took some time to find the page num-bers ( I am probably too ‘old school’ in pagedesign and looked originally in the ‘classicalplaces’…my wife found them within ten seconds!),I have no other criticism to make…

Yours in admiration,

WJ (Bill) CarterQRC Principal(via e-mail)

Currently copies of STAN are sent to primary,secondary and tertiay institutions across thecountry as well as to over 60 international Uni-versities with links to UWI.The Editor.

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Ringing cellphones, email, chatrooms and blogs, instant messagesand SMS text messages…integralaspects of our daily existence. Theseand other advances in telecommu-nications have transformed our ev-ery day lives and revolutionized theway we communicate. In this vibrantand increasingly open, competitiveglobal telecommunications environ-ment, The University of the WestIndies (UWI) has pioneered an ap-proach to building the knowledgebase and human resource capacityof the region’s telecommunicationssector.

An Internet connection, a full-fea-tured browser and an email accountare integral, if you want to gain theMaster’s (MRP) and Diploma (DRP)programmes in TelecommunicationsRegulations and Policy offeredthrough the Faculty of Engineering’sDepartment of Electrical and Com-puter Engineering.

Designed with working profession-als in mind, the Telecommunicationsprogramme curriculum is deliveredpredominantly over the Internet, withon-line discussions and e-mail cor-

respondence repre-senting other impor-tant components ofthe programme.

This multi-disciplinaryprogramme whichtargets professionalsfrom diverse disciplin-ary backgrounds withcareer interests in thedevelopment of thetelecommunicationssector, provides theknowledge and in-sight to address na-tional and regionaltelecommunicationchallenges. Through

the MRP and DRP offerings, TheUniversity of the West Indiessupports human resource develop-ment in both the private and publicsectors of the Caribbean telecom-munications industry.

The UWI Telecommunicationsprogramme is embraced byinternational.telecommunicationsorganisations like the InternationalTelecommunication Union (ITU), andhas received initial sponsorship sup-port from Cable and Wirelessthrough its Virtual Academy schol-arships.

Taught by a strong academic teamfrom The UWI and abroad, includingthe Director of the University ofStrathclyde’s LLM in InformationTechnology and TelecommunicationsLaw and the Director of the Univer-sity of Florida’s Public Utilities Re-search Centre, the MRP and DRPTelecommunications programmesdeliver a comprehensive curriculum.Courses recognise the contributionsof the legal, economic, technical,planning and public policy sectors in

RIDING THE TELECOM WAVEUWI pioneers new telecommunications programmes

What is Telecommunications?

Telecommunications is thescience and technology ofcommunicating information,including data, text, pictures,voice and video over long dis-tances. It involves the electronictransmission of impulses viamedia such as the telephone,radio, television, or the Internet.

MRP (Telecommunications)and DRP (Telecommunications)Entry Requirements

Applicants to the Master’sDegree and Diploma inTelecommunications Regula-tion and Policy, MRP (Tel-ecommunications), arerequired to possess thefollowing minimum qualifica-tions:

1. An honours degree in law,economics, policy,engineering, finance,planning, communica-tions, business or anyother relevant field or

2. Suitable experience and/or qualifications deemedequivalent to the above,on the basis of specialapproval

3. A minimum of two yearsrelevant professional workexperience.

a. Note: Applicants who arecurrently pursuing adegree will not be admit-ted to the MRP pro-gramme.

For more information please contact:MRP (Telecommunications)Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering,The University of the West IndiesSt. Augustine,Trinidad and Tobago, West IndiesWebsite: c/o “Direct Link to the MRPwebsite” http://mrp.uwi.tt

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TSTT’s Vice President of Legal, Regulatory and Career Services,Lisa Agard (left) with UWI Senior Lecturer and programme creator,Dr Kim Mallalieu at the signing of the US $26,000 sponsorship forthe Masters programme in Telecommunications Regulation andPolicy.

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InternationalAssociation forCaribbeanArchaeology21st Congress24th – 30th July

After achieving a tremendousnomination during its 2003Conference in the DominicanRepublic, Trinidad and Tobagowas chosen as the site of the

upcoming 21st Congress of The International Association forCaribbean Archaelogy. The Department of History, Faculty ofHumanities and Education, St. Augustine will host this biennialinternational conference, which will be attended byapproximately 250 delegates. Trinidad and Tobago is an ideallocation for the Conference with over 280 sites. The IACA isengaged in the study of Caribbean prehistoric terrestrial andmarine archaeology, as well as developing public education inthis field. <For more information please call 662-2002 ext. 3306

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Walter RodneyConference11th – 13th August

The UWI Faculty of Humanities& Education in association withThe University of Guyana willhost a historic conference com-memorating the life and death ofrenowned scholar and politicalactivist, Walter Rodney. EntitledWalter Rodney 25 Years Later:

Facing the Challenges of History, Poverty, Underdevelopmentand Globalization, this conference will explore the life, schol-arship, activism and interests of this Caribbean icon, as wellas discuss current development issues in the region. WalterRodney 25 Years Later will be held from 11th through 13th Au-gust in Georgetown, Guyana. <For more information please email wrodney25@yahoo.com

Guild Orientation5th – 9th September

The Guild of Students, UWI, St.Augustine will host a week ofactivities which will welcome newstudents to the campus. Theweek promises to be an excitingone, and will introduce studentsto the various on-campus clubs,associations and student activi-ties. The week of celebrationswill be launched with an inter-

faith service on Monday 5th September. Events during the weekinclude the mounting of a UWI City at the Quadrangle (out-side Main Library) from 5th to 9th September, a Chutney Show,Soca Fete and Movie Night. Members of the corporate sectorwill also be on hand to display a variety of products to thefreshman population.<For more information please contactRamon Walcott at 662-2002 ext. 2255/2160/2250

OrientationUWI LifeSeptember 2005

Since its inception in 2002 UWILife has become one of the mostanticipated events at the St. Au-gustine Campus. Through thisinnovative programme, studentsare introduced to the ‘ins andouts’ of Campus life. This year’sevent will take place over an ex-

tended period, from September 1st to mid-September, with afollow-up event midway through the semester. UWI Life 2005has been expanded and enhanced, making it more interactiveand broadening the range of students being educated by theprogramme. Features of this year’s UWI Life include UWI Life– Support Network(Sept. 1st) which incorporates parents,spouses, siblings or other persons who provide critical supportto incoming students, UWI Life for Students(Sept. 2nd.),Check In Programme, UWI Life – An Extension and How-U-Going Students (HUGS). These new and exciting elementsare geared particularly towards helping regional, internationaland mature students adjust to life on Campus. The St Augus-tine Campus anticipates an intake of over 4000 students forthe academic year 2005/6. <

Walter Rodney

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Crime and Justicein the Caribbean19th – 21st February 2006

The 4th International Conferenceon Crime and Justice in the Car-ibbean will be held from Febru-ary 8-11, 2006 at The Universityof the West Indies, St. August-ine Campus. The theme of theconference is New Challenges inCrime and Justice – From Re-

search to Policy. The conference, which is being hosted by theCentre for Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Facultyof Social Sciences at The UWI, St. Augustine Campus, is in-tended to bring together scholars conducting research on crimeand justice in the Caribbean, as well, international colleaguesengaged in current criminological research that might contrib-ute to the development of the discipline. The conference willexamine a number of broad issues in both regional and inter-national contexts, among them, Community Crime Prevention,Juvenile Delinquency and School Violence, and Human Rights.You are invited to visit the Call for Papers on the intranet athttps://intranet.sauwi.uwi.tt <

Professor Ramesh Deosaran

Re-mapping theAmericas:Globalization &The FTAA19th – 21st October

The international conference, Re-mapping the Americas: Glo-balization, Regionalization & the FTAA will serve as a forumfor intellectual debate on the future of regional and hemisphericintegration within the Americas. The conference will be hostedby UWI in association with The University of Alberta, Canada,from 19-21st October 2005 at the Crowne Plaza, Port of Spain,Trinidad. Topics for discussion include: The Americas in theChanging World Order; Hemispheric Trade and Economic Re-lations; Social Political and Cultural Implications of EmergingHemispheric Relations. <For more information please contactMs. Sandra Roopchad-Khan, Faculty of Social SciencesTel: [868] 645-5383; [Direct]; 868-645-3232-9 ext 3048.Fax: [868] 662-6295.E-mail: remappingconference@admin.uwi.tt

West Indian Literature Conference2nd – 4th March 2006

Numerous scholars and writerswill gather to discuss the region’sliterary and cultural expressionsat the 25th Anniversary West In-dian Literature Conference fromMarch 1-4, 2006. In addition toAnglophone literature, nextyear’s conference will focus onthe wider Caribbean and itsdiasporas, as well as music, film,and digital technology. The con-ference is entitled Where isHere: Remapping the Caribbeanand will examine various topics

such as Caribbean Gateways to Future Worlds, PostNationalism and National Literatures; and the Visual and VirtualCaribbean. Interested persons are invited to visit the Call forPapers at PERLINK http://www.sta.uwi.edu. The 25th Anni-versary will be hosted by The UWI, Faculty of Humanities andEducation, St Augustine.<For further information, please contact the Department of Liberal Arts,UWI, St. Augustine at ext 2033.

UWI GRADUATIONOctober 2005

The University of the WestIndies wi l l honour f i fteenpersons during separateGraduation Ceremonies of theSt. Augustine, Cave Hill andMona Campuses. Among thelist of awardees are West In-dian cricketer, Wes Hall, inter-nationally acclaimed journalist

and publisher, Harold Fitz-Herbert Hoyte and formerQueen’s Counsel and Trinity Cross awardee, TajmoolHosein. The St. Augustine Campus will award fourhonorary degrees during double ceremonies on October28 and 29. Cave Hill will grant six honorary doctorates onOctober 22, while the Mona Campus will award fivehonorary degrees on November 5 and 6.<

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In March of this year, Ian Benjamin wasappointed a Justice of the High Courtin Trinidad & Tobago by PresidentGeorge Maxwell Richards. He nowserves in the San Fernando Third CivilCourt. Justice Benjamin recently tooka controversial decision to grant a four-day stay of execution of all death rowinmates who were convicted beforeJuly 7, 2000, pending the hearing of amotion to have their sentences com-muted to life imprisonment.

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out my commitment to comeback…[When I did] at thebeginning…I had to rebuild, to re-connect myself. But it didn’t seemto be an overwhelming challenge.

Given your experience and yourtime as a lecturer at the Univer-sity, what do you think could beincluded in the training of our le-gal professionals that would en-hance their practice?

Well, I want to answer that questionin two ways. I think what would en-hance the academic study of lawbefore they become practitioners,would be more opportunities to doindependent study…because I thinkthe kind of talented young peoplethat come into the Faculty are verykeen to make a connection betweenwhat they are studying and the soci-ety in which they live…

That raises the issue of how thelaw articulates with other aspectsof society such as social servicesdelivery and the Legislature, onany particular issue. Where doesone place oneself in that articula-tion so as not to lose sight of thebroader matrix?

…Young people [need to be] encour-aged to be imaginative – not to ap-proach any problem in a narrowfashion…[because if you ask] thequestions narrowly, the answers willnot be adequate to the living com-plexity that is Caribbean society. Thistime at University is a unique oppor-tunity to get people to use the tal-ent that they clearly have and ap-proach [these questions] imagina-tively, with genuine critical enquiry.That enables them to make a contri-bution. It’s not just about acquiringa professional qualification…

One of the realities that is domi-nating the minds of manyTrinbagonians is rising crime.There is a prevalent view that the

After graduating with a BA in Lawand Land Economy and an LLM fromCambridge University (UK), Ben-jamin went on to pass the Bar inLondon in 1988. In 1990, he returnedto Trinidad & Tobago where heworked as State’s Counsel in theSolicitor General’s Department. Hehas been in private practice in thiscountry since 1993, taking a oneyear hiatus to earn a Master’s de-gree from the University of Sydney,Australia, with a thesis in Libel Law.Prior to his appointment to the judi-ciary, he lectured first-year studentsin tort (civil liability) and contract lawat The University of the West Indies,St. Augustine Campus.

Alake Pilgrim recently spoke withJustice Benjamin.

What were some of your most for-mative experiences while at Uni-versity?

The quality of the teaching…and Ialso had a very good peer group,people of tremendous ability…whoalso had accomplishments outside ofthings that were purely academic.You would meet people who had fiveA’s in A-Levels, but who were alsoaccomplished musicians. So it gaveyou a perspective on what you’ddone, and a healthier attitude tothings outside of the academic field,and having left university, outside ofthe narrow professional pursuit.

For people who’ve studied abroadand then decide to return andbuild a life here, I’m always reallycurious about what propelled thatdecision.

…I went abroad in order to comeback. If that makes sense. Somepeople have a sense of themselves,of where they want to be. Part ofme wanted to be here, live in theWest Indies...You can get a certaindegree of cabin fever out of yoursystem by traveling and living orworking abroad, meeting otherpeople. That was part of my living continued on pg 40>

The Judiciary in Trinidad & To-bago is divided into the Su-preme Court of Judicature(High Court) and the Magis-tracy, which both deal with civiland criminal matters. The Mag-istracy deals with the vast ma-jority of civil and criminal cases.Appeals from decisions in bothCourts go first to the Court ofAppeal, then to the JudicialCommittee of the Privy Coun-cil in the United Kingdom. TheCaribbean Court of Justice,which is intended to replace thePrivy Council as the highestcourt of appeal, has not yetbeen fully implemented inTrinidad & Tobago.

To safeguard the judiciary fromundue external influences, theT&T Constitution outlines pro-visions concerning the appoint-ment of judges and security oftenure. For instance, under theConstitution, a Justice may onlybe removed for inability to per-form the functions of his or heroffice, or for misbehaviour, af-ter adjudication by the PrivyCouncil. The Chief Justice isappointed by the President af-ter consultation with the PrimeMinister and the leader of theopposition. Justices are ap-pointed by the President on theadvice of the Judicial and Le-gal Service Commission, whichis chaired by the Chief Justice,and includes the Chairman ofthe Public Service Commissionand three other members in-cluding one retired or sittingJustice of the Commonwealthand two other persons with le-gal qualifications.

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Senator Hazel Manning, TheHonourable Minister of Education,announced in June at the UWI Qual-ity Enhancement Conference thatthe Ministry of Education of Trinidadand Tobago is currently in “a ReformMode” as a series of radical initia-tives are being implemented.

“The imperative ladies and gentlemenis that we are transforming our op-erations to ensure: That all childrenare provided with a fair opportunityto achieve their full potential…that ev-ery individual regardless of ethnic,socio-economic, psychological orphysical circumstances will be encour-aged to explore his or her potential.These transformations can only be ac-complished in an environment whereeducational quality is assured”, theMinister stated before an interna-tional assembly of over 300 educa-tors, administrators and members ofthe diplomatic community at theOpening Ceremony of the Quality En-hancement Conference on June 8th,.

The Minister went on to expand on otherinitiatives including a comprehensive re-structuring and decentralization of theMinistry of Education and the establish-ment of an independent Quality Assur-ance Sector to monitor the operationsof the education system.

The University of the West Indies,through the Quality Assurance Unit ofthe Board for Undergraduate Studies,hosted the Conference which was pri-marily focused on addressing the issueof quality in education. Entitled QualityEnhancement: Innovation and Change,the two-day Conference provided a fo-rum for Caribbean and internationaleducators to examine and discuss is-sues that are vital to the improvementof the quality of education in the Carib-bean. The Conference featured a rangeof presenters from England, Namibia,Canada and the Caribbean.

Deputy Principal Professor GurmohanKochhar spoke during his brief ad-dress of the commitment of UWI toproviding quality education to stu-dents throughout the region. Greet-ings were also given by UWI gradu-ate and Minister of Science, Technol-ogy and Tertiary Education, TheHonourable Mustapha Abdul Hamid,as well as Dr Roli Degazon-Johnsonof the Commonwealth Secretariat.

In her feature address, former ProVice Chancellor at The University ofPortsmouth, Professor AngelaGlasner, examined Education for the21st Century: Re-engineering forQuality Enhancement. ProfessorGlasner spoke of the strengths and

the challenges facing UWI and ter-tiary institutions across the world.She looked at areas of Teaching, As-sessment, Learning, Skills, Flexibil-ity and Graduate Characteristicsduring her presentation. She en-couraged teachers to review theirmethods and information to “ensureexciting and relevant” courses aredelivered to students to meet theirdiverse needs. She also under-scored the need for critical, timelystudent evaluation and the impor-tance of innovative, qual ityprogrammes and methods of deliv-ery.

The following day, Dr. Claudia Harveyof UNESCO, in Namibia, spoke onQuality Enhancement Across the Cur-riculum. Other conference partici-pants included outstanding educatorsProfessor Errol Miller, Mr. Carol Keller,Dr. June George of the UWI Schoolsof Education at Mona and St. Augus-tine, Dr. Ann Childs of Oxford Univer-sity and Dr. Chris Knapper of QueensUniversity, Canada.

The Quality Enhancement Confer-ence was sponsored by The Univer-sity of the West Indies, the Com-monwealth Secretariat andUNESCO, with support from Ja-maica Money Market Brokers.<

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Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie (left) greets Minister Hazel Manning and MinisterAbdul Hamid at the Opening Ceremony at the UWI Learning Resource Centre.

Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie is committed toinstilling a culture of quality at UWI

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Science teachers from across theregion met recently at UWI, St.Augustine to rethink and redesign theirapproach to teaching and learning inand out of the classroom. The occasionwas a Science Education Workshopfor secondary school teachers andcurriculum officers from the EasternCaribbean, themed, Training theTrainers. The initiative, which was acollaborative venture involving UWI,St. Augustine, CARISCIENCE,NIHERST, Ministry of Education,Trinidad and Tobago and UNESCO,was spearheaded by Professor HaroldRamkissoon, Professor ofMathematics and President ofCARISCIENCE.

Identifying the low levels of investmentin scientific research and the smallnumbers of students opting for sciencesubjects at the secondary school level,as some of the serious challengesfacing the region, Principal of the St.Augustine Campus, Dr. BhoendradattTewarie, commended Prof.Ramkissoon and his collaborators onwhat he termed, “a vital initiative”.

In his address to the gathering, Dr.Tewarie, pointed out that of the70,000 high school students who sitCXC (Caribbean Examination Council)exams annually, the number writingscience subjects comprised just 3000-5000. He pointed out that althoughvery little research had been done to

Leadership in ActionAddressing Principals of SecondarySchools from around the region atthe ‘Twentieth (20th) AnniversaryMeeting of the CaribbeanAssociation of Secondary SchoolPrincipals, held on July 25th at theCascadia Hotel, Trinidad, Principalof The University of the West Indies,St. Augustine Campus, Dr.Bhoendradatt Tewarie, urged thoseattending to provide responsibleleadership for their schools and toconstantly think of the link betweeneducation and development.

“Leadership is the missing ingredientin most things in our society,” hepointed out, “and when vision andinspiration are lacking, then energyis low and spirit becomes weak.”Pro-Vice Chancellor Tewarie went onto elaborate, “Leadership is notpower, title or position but actionwhich can prompt others to supportand follow. So leadership isimportant…and I urge you asprincipals, to take responsibility forleading your respective schools.”

Dr. Tewarie argued that we shouldnot continue to claim thatdevelopment is about people, andthat human resources are acountry’s greatest assets, and “notdeal with education, child by childand school by school.” He pointedout that each citizen and his or herpotential is a vital resource in thedevelopment process and, therefore,schools must be seen “as a strategicopportunity to nurture our vitalhuman resources and assets”.These, he says, will eventuallybecome “fountains of wealth,creation and sources of competitiveadvantage.”

Dr. Tewarie closed by remindingPrincipals that every child hasdreams and aspirations, and thatpart of the purpose of schooling wasto clarify these and to help studentsto realize their dreams andaspirations by discovering anddeveloping themselves.<

Emphasis on ImprovingScience Education

identify the root of the problem, it wasvery likely that exposure to science atprimary school was either minimal orunimaginative. He pointed out thatthere was however, enough anecdotalevidence to suggest that for manystudents in Forms One to Three,“science was boring” and that thishinted that teaching approaches andmethodologies needed to be improved.Dr. Tewarie highlighted the need foreducators to motivate more studentsto pursue science. He suggested thatthis could be done through increasedawareness of the problems andenhancement of the teaching andlearning environment.

Over the last three years, the St.Augustine Campus of UWI has placedgreat emphasis on the quality ofteaching and learning. A recentconference on Quality Enhancementin Education held in June, and aninternational conference on CriticalThinking held at St. Augustine in 2004,are primary examples of St.Augustine’s initiatives in this area.Through workshops conducted overthe last year, over 100 members offaculty have been exposed to criticalthinking.

The St. Augustine Campus has thelargest number of students engagedin science and technology pursuitsamong the three main Campuses ofThe University of the West Indies. <

Left to right: Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Orlando Hall-Rose, Professor Harold Ramkissoon and TheHonourable Hazel Manning, Minister of Education

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Although the modern race is rootedin Greek legend, the famous battlein 490 B.C., when Athenian troopsdefeated a Persian army on the plainof Marathon; today’s marathons andhalf-marathons are global eventsthat focus on competition ratherthan military tactics.

The inaugural UWI half-marathon in2004 was certainly legendary, with400 runners competing for over$110,000 in prizes.The race at-tracted well-known local, regionaland international athletes. In theend, it was Kenyan John MuriethiMuriuki (1:09:41) who crossed the

We are the Champions:from left Tatyana Pozdynakova, Curtis Cox,Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova,Pauline Davis Thompson andJohn Muriethi Muriuki

finish line first, with West IndiansCurtis Cox in second and PamenosBallantyne in third place. For thewomen, Russian Firaya SultanovaZhdanova (1:17:24) emerged victo-rious.

The race’s Technical Advisor,Raffique Shah, has described thepopular event as having an excellentcourse “a runner’s paradise”. Shahwill also offer training sessions andprovide training tips and information

In September, the University willoffer two new swimmingprogrammes. For those who havealways wanted to learn to swim,but never got the chance, that op-portunity is now here. Classes forthe Learn To Swim programme, willbe held on Monday, Wednesdayand Friday from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.The University has acquired theservices of Roger Baptiste, ayoung professional swim coach

who has both local and interna-tional experience. Over the lastfour years, he has been the HeadInstructor at Safe-T-Swim inLong Island and also a SwimCoach at Go ld Meda l SwimSchoo l in Ar i zona , work ingalongside Olympic Gold Medal-list Mike Troy. The hours for theprogramme have been scheduledto enab le a l l par t - t ime andevening students who are un-

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for students and staff who wish tolearn how to run a half-marathon.The traffic-free, 13.1 mile race iscarded to take place once again thisyear on Sunday 6th November, 2005at the UWI Sport and Physical Edu-cation Centre, along the Priority BusRoute, with an earlier start-time.<

For more information on the training sessionsand for registration details please call(868) 645-9239 or visit STAN on-line atwww.sta.uwi.edu.

available in the day, to be af-forded the opportunity to ben-efit. Of course this programmeis also available to all universitystaff.

The second programme is the de-velopment of a UWI Swim Team.Similar to the Learn to Swimprogramme, the UWI Swim Teamwill begin training in Septemberbetween 6:00pm and 8:00pm onMonday, Wednesday and Fridayuntil a more rigorous and regi-mented schedule is developed.By the end of the academic year,those swimmers who have per-severed will not only have gainedfrom the physical exercise, butalso benefited from co-curricularcredits.<For more information on these programmesplease contact Stewart Howard at662-2002 ext 2160.

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“This week was very special for me,”Earl Lovelace said, as he took centrestage at the Queen’s Park Savannah,Port of Spain, under an almost cloud-less night sky.

It had been a very special week foreveryone. On that Monday, twosimultaneous bomb blasts, detonatedin the heart of Trinidad’s capital city,had struck terror in the heart of thenation. Two days later, Tropical StormEmily approached the EasternCaribbean, spreading the spirit ofunease beyond Trinidad to Tobago,Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and theGrenadines. All this, just one weekafter a series of explosions throughoutCentral London had killed dozens andinjured several hundreds. So “veryspecial” seemed something of anunderstatement.

Then again, Lovelace wasn’t talkingabout these things. He’d had a veryspecial week of a different kind. It washis 70th birthday and, regaled withperformances by Mavis John, ErrolJones, Stanley Marshall, Len“Boogsie” Sharpe, Tripolians SteelOrchestra, Shiv Shakti Dancers,Picton Folk Performing Company,Malick Folk Performing Company andNorthwest Laventille CulturalMovement, Lovelace was having thebest week ever.

Monday’s inner city explosions hadn’tkept Port of Spain Mayor, MurchisonBrown, from declaring July 11 to 15Lovelace Week. On Tuesday, hisJestina’s Calypso had been performed

to a standing-room-only audience atthe Learning Resource Centre, UWISt Augustine Campus.

And though Emily put something of adamper on Wednesday’s 70th BirthdayConference, as a storm watchadvisory forced the entire Campus toshut down, Lovelace was in fine spiritswhen proceedings resumed the follow-ing morning. Dr. Ian Robertson, Deanof the Faculty of Humanities and Edu-cation, had noted at the Conference’sopening ceremony that, when the origi-nal cast joined Tuesday night’s per-formers on stage for a heartfelt rendi-tion of the Happy Birthday song, “Itwas the first time that I saw a smilewiped completely off Earl Lovelace’sface.” Robertson, addressing the smallaudience after Campus PrincipalBhoendradatt Tewarie had delivered

formal greetings, was followed by DrLouis Regis, keynote speaker ProfGordon Rohlehr, Head of theDepartment of Liberal Arts, VishnuSingh, and the coordinator of theConference and Celebrations, DrFunso Aiyejina.

“To celebrate Earl Lovelace,” Aiyejinahad said, “is to celebrate the peopleamong whom he has played, danced,loved, and who has challenged to dareto dream and to take their dreams tothe end of the street, and then stretchthe street beyond their dreams so thatthere can be more dreams to bedreamt. Out of his commitment to theCaribbean, in general, and Trinidad andTobago, in particular, Lovelace hascreated astonishing literary works in-spired by the contents and styles of

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Dare to dream: Dr Funso Aiyejina, conferencecoordinator

“This is the reality that we have to make into ahome and a place of delight, ” Lovelace explained.

folk culture. For these reasons, thisproject has brought gown and towntogether to celebrate a writer who isas relevant in the Academy as he ison the streets…”

Lovelace’s own words, when his turncame to speak on Thursday night, un-der the cloudless Savannah sky, didnot fail to evidence this connectednesswith the streets.

“This is the reality that I know,” saidLovelace, “born in colonialism, shapedby reading, educated by the people ofthe countryside, the people at the cor-ners in the rum shops by the wappietable, on the cricket and football fields.This is the reality that we have to makeinto a home and a place of delight, andthese are the people with whom wehave to sup and play and love. If I amwedded to these people, if I am re-spectful of them and celebratory ofthem and defensive of them, it is be-cause they are who I know, indeed theyare who I am.”

Lovelace also took the occasion as anopportunity to publicly thank TrinidadExpress Newspapers Editor-at-LargeKeith Smith, whose decision toserialise The Dragon Can’t Dance,Lovelace said, “effectively placed thenovel in the hands of the everydayreadership.”

The prize-winning novelist did not omitto thank those who had presentedpapers at the Conference. “Dr LouisRegis, Jennifer Rahim, Ken(Ramchand), Gordon (Rohlehr),Carolyn (Cooper) and Carolyn (Allen),Lawrence (Scott), Jim (Armstrong),Eddie Hernandez, Vishnu Singh, MerleHodge and Nadi Edwards...,” saidLovelace, omitting the titles and lastnames of some of the Conference con-tributors, preferring, in typical fashion,to address them as friends.

It surprised no-one, therefore, whenSenator the Honourable Joan Yuille-Williams, Minister of Community De-velopment, Culture and Gender Affairseulogised Lovelace as a “man of thepeople who has taken our local way oflife from the village stage to the arenaof the global village, a man who is sev-

enty years of age, but whose cleanheart, love for the people and dedi-cated service to nation have made himlook much younger.”

Williams was right, and not just aboutLovelace being a man of the people.One could hardly believe the interna-tionally acclaimed novelist had justturned 70. First of all, rumour had itthat the following morning, as part ofWriting Route: A Journey Through EarlLovelace’s Literary Landscape,Lovelace was to walk from Valencia toToco, then back to Matura, for a cul-tural extravaganza. Even if you didn’tbelieve that, Lovelace was there de-fying age before your very eyes. Theman was dancing, stick fighting, andpositively radiating energy as he tookthe stage, escorted to the stage, notby MCs Pearl Eintou Springer and DrJanet Stanley-Marcano, but by ayouthful group of performers whochanted, “Come out in de road! Comeout in de road warrior! Come out inthe road, warrior, come and face yourgreat conqueror!”

Somehow, in the end, when Lovelacesaid that the week had been “veryspecial”, one understood what hemeant.

“I feel,” Lovelace would explain, “as ifI have been pivotal in providing,through my work, the germ of a newbeginning in which the focus is not whowe were, or who we might have been,but in who we are.”< Gerard Best

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Recently, the papers of George JamesChristian, prominent West Indian Pan-Africanist, lawyer and politician, wereofficially donated to The University ofthe West Indies’ Main Library byEstelle Appiah, granddaughter of thehighly respected Pan Africanist.During her visit to the University,Appiah, the head of Legislative Draft-ing in the Attorney-General’s Depart-ment, Ghana, delivered a public lec-ture on Recent and Impending Legis-lation Affecting Women and Childrenin Ghana, an area in which she hasdone significant work. This lecture washosted by the UWI Main Library andthe Centre for Gender & DevelopmentStudies on June 23, 2005.

Speaking on behalf of the CampusPrincipal at the Official Handover Cer-emony, Dr. David Rampersad of theBusiness Development Office identi-fied the need for additional resourcesin order to ensure that the UWI Libraryremains “one of the leading reference

libraries in the region and a significantrepository of material for scholarsworking on the West Indies.” He hopedthat Estelle Appiah’s research and “ex-ample of enlightened philanthropy”would inspire others to preserve olddocuments and make those of histori-cal importance available to the widerpublic through the UWI Library’s Spe-cial Collections.

He also congratulated the University/Campus Librarian, Dr. MargaretRouse-Jones, on the plan to initiate a“Collections and AcquisitionsFund…and a Friends of the LibraryGroup…that will enable the Library toexpand its holdings of significant col-lections.”

Dr. Rouse-Jones’ friendship with Mrs.Appiah, which began in 1974, led to theirresearch into Christian’s life in London,Ghana, and Dominica, and the investiga-tion of his extensive collection of personaland professional documents.

Christian was born in a village inDominica in 1868, and received hisearly education in Dominica and at theMico Training College in Antigua. Hethen studied law at Gray’s Inn, Lon-don, England. While a student inLondon, Christian attended the firstever Pan-African Congress in 1900,where he delivered a highly notedspeech entitled Organized Plunderand Human Progress Have Made OurRace Their Battlefield. Just after be-ing called to the bar in 1902, he mi-grated to the Gold Coast (as Ghanawas then called), West Africa, wherehe was later joined by other West In-dians who formed a small but notablecommunity. One of Christian’s asso-ciates was George Stanley Lewis, wholived in the Gold Coast from 1929 to1999, and was the eldest brother ofNobel Laureate Sir Arthur Lewis of St.Lucia. It is evident that Christian re-mained connected to the West Indies,even building a home in Sekondi called“Dominica House” which was de-stroyed in a fire, and a “SekondiHouse” in Dominica which still standsin Roseau.

During his distinguished career in theGold Coast, Christian became a lead-ing criminal and concessions lawyer,in one case successfully appealing a“death by hanging” sentence to thePrivy Council in England. He servedas consul for the independent WestAfrican state of Liberia for thirty yearsand was also a member of the GoldCoast’s Legislative Council from 1930,until his death in 1940. While a mem-ber of the Council, he lobbied for im-proved educational and health facili-ties in the coastal region of the GoldCoast. He also formed part of the dis-cussions on the building of a railwayline for the Northern territories. TheColonial Secretary, in an address tothe Legislative Council after

From Coast to Gold Coast : from left Dr Maude Christian Meier, Dr Margaret Rouse-Jones and Mrs.Estelle Appiah at the UWI Main Library

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UWI DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE

After the ravages of Ivan in 2004 andwith Emily and over eleven moreTropical Storms carded to hit theCaribbean region in 2005, The Uni-versity of the West Indies has re-mained dedicated to its mission ofdisaster management. In responseto the long recognised need to de-velop in the region multidisciplinarytraining and research in disastermanagement and risk mitigation,The University of the West Indies onJuly 8, 2005, launched the Centrefor Disaster Management and Risk

R e d u c t i o n ,which will pro-vide the requi-site training andtechnical exper-tise to comple-ment the work ofthe CaribbeanDisaster Emer-gency ResponseA g e n c y(CDERA).

One of the firstactions under-taken by UWI

Vice Chancellor, Professor E. NigelHarris when he assumed office onOctober 1, 2004 – two weeks afterthe passage through the Caribbeanof Hurricane Ivan – was to assemblea UWI Hurricane Relief Task Force.All staff throughout the Universitywas canvassed to determine theirarea of expertise, in the context ofdisaster management and mitigationand their willingness to participatein the work of the Task Force. TheUWI was thus able to respond rap-idly and effectively, in lending tech-

nical assistance to the worst af-fected island, Grenada.

The establishment of the Centre willprovide an institutional mechanismfor harnessing this capacity at theUWI and using it to develop andimplement training, research, advi-sory and outreach services to en-hance disaster management andmitigation in the Caribbean region.This development was welcomed bythose present at the launch, includ-ing Dr. David Smith ProgrammeSpecialist for Environmental andDisaster Management, UNDP, Dr.Wayne Henry Liaison for the WorldBank in Jamaica and UWI Pro ViceChancellor for Research, ProfessorWayne Hunte, who spearheaded thecompilation of the technical data-base. Vice Chancellor Harris de-clared that this would become yetanother UWI Centre of Excellencethat responds to specific needs ofits stakeholders and would providethe training and certification neededby the Caribbean Disaster Manage-ment community.<

Vice Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research,Professor Wayne Hunte

Over 76 medical and dental practitio-ners were present at an Oath TakingCeremony on June 15th, whichhonoured the accomplishments ofgraduating students of the Faculty ofMedical Sciences, UWI, St. August-ine. The students, who representedgraduates of the School of Medicineand School of Dentistry, werehonoured for their success at thisyear’s international MBBS and DDSexaminations, as well as for excellencedisplayed during their course of study.

Medical Student, Shiva Seetahal wasamong eight students receiving spe-cial awards for their outstanding per-formance in Medicine. A recipient of

Jurawan, Samantha Mc Kay, SanjivParasram and Keshav Gayan.

A total of four special prizes wereawarded to graduates of the School ofDentistry. Arlana Bissoon received theSt. Augustine Prizes for Highest Scoresin Restorative Dentistry and Child Den-tal Health and Best Overall Perfor-mance. Nafeesah Ali, Kristy Ramlal andKhemanand Maharaj, were also recipi-ents.

The successful candidates will be en-tering their internship programme asmedical and dental practitioners. It isanticipated that the 2006 graduatingclass will have twice as many students.<

Medical Students Graduate with Excellencemultiple awards for brilliance demon-strated in surgery, Seetahal’s awardsincluded the overall UWI ClinicalMedal, the UWI Subject Medal in Sur-gery, the Sir Harry AnnamunthudoPrize in Surgery, the General SurgeryPrize and the prize for the most out-standing student in surgery. Multipleawardee, Reshma Ramlal wasawarded the UWI Subject Medal inMedicine and Therapeutics and the St.Augustine Prizes for the Most Out-standing Performance in CommunityMedicine, the Professor Zulaika AliPrize and the Professor Rolf RichardsMemorial Prize. Other recipients ofspecial awards included RomaBridgelal, Amanda Sookram, Tayla

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Fallon Lutchmansingh, a UWIScience student with a B+, A-average was suddenly throwninto the limelight in 2005 asSecretary of the former Guildof Students. A few months latera snap election was called,Fallon under the Unify Cam-paign won the election and be-came President of the CampusGuild of Students.

Recently, the soft-spoken 22-year-old shared her Vision for theGuild and the students of UWI.There are several initiatives thatshe is in the process of fast-track-ing with her “unify” Guild commit-tee members, including strength-ening the financial reporting andmanagement system, including theprovision of monthly statementsprovided by the treasurer andcouncilors; proposing reformingthe constitution of the guild to en-hance accessibility and transpar-ency. Fallon is also looking intowhat she describes as AcademicReform where students maximizethe opportunities available to themto present to Faculty and Aca-demic Board suggestions for en-hancing course content and modeof delivery. However, she says themost important issue remains Car-ibbean integration through the stu-dent body.

“The fact that we have everyone[from the region and beyond] here– usually there would be a concen-tration on fetes, we would like tohave more of a focus on regionaland international discussions – wetry to model these on the UWI Dis-tinguished Open Lecture Series,so that the students will presentand discuss.”

A graduate of Naparima Girls’High School, Fallon grew up withher close-knit family of one brotherand sister in San Fernando. Herfather, an entrepreneur, who suf-fered with Diabetes, died when

she was just eleven. Fallon saysit was difficult at first, as bothher siblings were quite a bit olderthan she was ; however hermother who owns a bakery andis ver y act ive in the RomanCatholic Church and the commu-nity, helped keep the family to-gether. Years later, Fallon choseto study at UWI for two mainreasons - cost and the need tobe in close proximity to familyand “home”. She hopes to con-tinue her post graduate studiesat UWI and gain an MPhil in Bio-chemistry, as she would like tospecialize in diabetes research.

Her most important memory of herfather was that he wanted her toexcel. Undoubtedly, her tenacityand focus have certainly been ben-eficial to her success at UWI.When asked how she deals with allof the attention and expectationsfrom internal and external sources,she smiles and answers, “I thinkit’s a challenge – I look at it in apositive way because it keeps usfocused. It’s a real opportunity toset a higher standard for theGuild.”

Gideon Ovid, a 21-year-old mem-ber of the Guild Committee, be-lieves the new President will makean integral impact on the Campuscommunity.

“She has a lot of fresh ideas…thefact is that she already has expe-rience and has a thorough under-standing of how the systemworks.” Ovid, the Social Studiesand Law Representative, is study-ing Management Studies with aMinor in International Relations.

For Guild Hall RepresentativeMerissa Finch, who is currentlystudying Government with a Minorin Sociology and International Re-lations, the major goals of the newGuild are “accuracy, transparencyand maintenance”.

“On the perspective of the Halls[the goal] is the same as the Guild– transparency, maintenance, har-mony and long-term develop-ment”, explains Finch.

Some may argue that gaining long-term development with only a one-

year term is highly optimistic.However, for most of the newlyelected members there was a pro-found need to make a difference,and not become ‘apathetic’.

“I wanted to show society in gen-eral a new perspective of studentswith a positive outlook, [to show]that accuracy and transparencycan be achieved and that we can

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OF STUDENTSThe Guild of Students is the officialbody for student representation at TheUniversity of the West Indies. A guild,by definition, is the organization re-sponsible for protecting the interestsof its members. “The Council is en-trusted with promoting, fostering anddeveloping the educational, social, cul-tural and economic interests of Guildmembers to the University communityand on the national as well as the in-ternational level.”

In 1951, the student body establisheditself as the Guild of Undergraduatesas enshrined in the University Charterto answer the call for official studentrepresentation within the structure ofthe institution. To include postgradu-ate students, the Guild of Undergradu-ates changed its name to the Guild ofStudents in 1997. Full membership ex-tends to all registered studentspursuing a course of study at UWI.

The motto of the Guild of Students is“Students serving Students” and assimple as the phrase sounds, it can bevery powerful when put into effect.There were, are and will be many frontsin which ONLY the students can effec-tively represent their interests. Basedon this some primary objectives of theGuild of Students are the “develop-ment of a spirit of unity and fraternityamong its members, the defense andpromotion of our common interests andthe furtherance of the intellectual ideasof the UWI.”

Annually, the student body elects a newGuild Council from among their peers.The structure of the Guild Councilseeks to represent all sects and inter-ests of the students through the nine-teen (19) elected and three (3) ap-pointed posts. The Guild of Students’offices are located in the Students Ac-tivity Centre.

This year, some of our major projectsare structural effects to increase theoffice space for the registered studentclubs and international student asso-ciations, proposed construction of apart-time students’ lounge at Educa-tion, the construction of the best stu-dent website ever, curriculum reviewfrom the students’ perspective andconstitutional reform. In addition theGuild of Students hosts an array of in-tellectual, social and cultural events inthe form of seminars, inter-facultysports, Caribbean week and of coursethe fetes! We hope to see you in thevery first week of semester, Septem-ber 5th to 9th 2005, at the OrientationWeek village in the JFK Quadrangle.Don’t miss it!< Fallon Lutchmansingh

overcome all hurdles no matterwhat – once you believe in your-self,” explains an enthusiasticVarsha Sankar, a student ofMath and Management Studiesand the Representative on theStudent Guild for the Faculty ofScience and Agriculture. Sankar,

“I think definitely coming into UWII expected more activism…this isthe time when we are supposed tohave opinions”, Fallon explains,going on to say that this is one ofthe reasons she decided to get in-volved.

Over the years, there has alsobeen another chal lenge, thespeculation and accusations, attimes, of political affiliation of theGuild of Students.

“Post election we’ve been ap-proached by political groups andwe’ve had to say that we are a-political. I think it’s necessary thatthe Executive at least takes thatstance,” Fallon says.

Vice President Keron Niles, isstudying Government with Mi-nors in History and InternationalRelations at UWI. He is focusedon sharing the views of the stu-dent body. “First of all as a stu-dent it’s very plain for me interms of a voice..there is a voidon campus in terms of studentsbeing mute…it’s not that thevoice isn’t there but studentsfeel there is none – the GuildCouncil has to be that voice,”Niles explained.

In fact, the President and membersof the Guild of Students are ofteninvited and entitled to sit on sev-eral University Committees deal-ing with a range of issues fromOpen Days to AcademicProgrammes and Security Mea-sures.

Niles went on to explain quitefrankly, when asked whether he isworking towards having a ‘good’relationship with the UWI Admin-istration. “I’m working towards anexcellent relationship with the stu-dent body, but I try to maintain ahealthy relationship with the ad-ministration.”< Anna Walcott-Hardy

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who had migrated with her fam-ily to Canada when she was four,returned home eight years laterand saw “little improvement”inthe country. She found there wasa need for radical change nation-ally and says that she has begunthe process with her decision torun for e lect ions. The Gui ldPresident also spoke frequentlyof the need for change.

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STUDENTS & DEPRESSIONThe suicide rate among adolescentshas tripled over the last 60 years,making suicide the third leadingcause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds and the second leadingcause of death among college-agestudents in the USA. In one articleposted on the American CollegeHealth Association (ACHA) website,entitled “Safeguarding Your Stu-dents Against Suicide—Expandingthe Safety Net: A Roundtable onVulnerability, Depressive Symptomsand Suicidal Behavior on CollegeCampuses”, projections estimatethat during this academic year alone,over 1000 US college students maykill themselves.

In contrast, at the UWI St AugustineCampus, two suicides have been re-ported over the last 21 years—the firstin 1997-98 and the second, last aca-demic year, a suicide rate which oneUniversity authority described as “ex-tremely low when compared to univer-sity campuses worldwide.”

Although the UWI suicide rate is rela-tively low, the suicides bring some un-settling questions to the fore. Is theresomething about university life that ac-tually pushes students to suicide? Howdo universities equip themselves todeal with suicidal and/or severely aso-cial behaviour among growing studentpopulations? And what steps shoulduniversities like UWI take in order toprovide social and psychological sup-

port to students who may be contem-plating suicide?

Tackling the first of these questions,one clinical counseling psychologistexplained that the stress factor inher-ent in the higher learning environmentcould be what pushes some studentsto consider suicide. Contemplatingsuicide, he reasoned, is some stu-dents’ response to the basic elementsof life in almost any university set-ting—stress, personal relationship is-sues, peer pressure, academic com-petition.

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fice advises students on everythingfrom off-campus accommodation andcareer placement to bursaries andscholarships, is no stranger to suicidalbehaviour.“I have dealt with students who haveactually attempted suicide,’ she said,“and the problems are wide and var-ied. It’s a combination of things.”

“Nine out of ten times, the problemis money,” revealed one of the HallSupervisor’s, adding factors such astime management issues, separationanxiety, performance anxiety, unreal-istic academic ambitions and over-whelming financial responsibilities tothe list of reasons behind some stu-dents’ attempts at suicide.

Once a resident is identified as ‘high-risk’, the next step would be an infor-mal meeting or conversation betweenthe troubled student and a hall offi-cial, usually followed by an informalreferral to the Campus Counselor. Inaddition, any student considered ‘high-risk’ would be constantly monitored bya support network that included Halladministrators, but consisted mainly oftheir peers.

“The best person to recognise a stu-dent with a problem is a student,” con-firmed Medical Officer and Head of theUWI Health Services Unit, Dr NeilSingh, who reiterated the importanceof peer involvement in any comprehen-sive programme aimed at reducing Curtis Mike

Deputy Principal Professor Gurmohan Kochhar

suicidal ideation and behaviour. Inter-estingly enough, the experts behind“Safeguarding Your Students” list“non-clinical student support net-works” among “essential services foraddressing suicidal behaviours oncampus.”

Another key element in dealing withsuicidal behaviour is trust.“Confidentiality is extremely impor-tant to us .Students sometimes havea fear that their information is sent totheir parents, to Administration, or totheir Faculty. It is not. Medical infor-mation is released only with the ex-press written consent of the student,”said Dr Singh.

Student involvement and confidenti-ality are both indispensable to studenthealth, but aren’t the two incompat-ible? Curtis Mike doesn’t think so.Recently installed as Resident Ser-vices Manager with responsibility forTrinity, Canada, Milner and GibsonHalls, Mike has been working towardsthe introduction of student-basedprogrammes intended to help hall resi-dents to cope with the everyday chal-lenges of university life.

“Halls represent the largest single,stable, student group on campus,

which makes them a good test groupfor the introduction of a Resident Ad-visors programme,” Mike said, con-ceding that any such programmeshould take into account the pre-ex-isting informal structures on the vari-ous halls.

“We hope to have this established byend of August,” Mike said, referringnow to the operational plan for initiat-ing the Programme on the Halls.“There’s a lot of work to be done tomake sure that we offer solid support.”

According to “Safeguarding Your Stu-dents”, one of the first steps a univer-sity can take towards establishing acomprehensive, collaborativeprogramme aimed at the reduction ofsuicidal behaviour is “to take a per-sonal inventory of exactly what men-tal health services your institution of-fers.”

Deputy Principal, Professor GurmohanKochhar described UWI’s mentalhealth support facilities as multi-tiered,involving students, the Campus Coun-selor, Academic Advisors and theHealth Services Unit.

“The recognition of problems normallywould start with peers, which is whywe have the Peer Counselors Asso-ciation,” said Kochhar, as he identifiedvarious phases of the intervention pro-cess. “Secondly, we do encourage stu-dents, if they suspect that there is aproblem, to alert the Campus Coun-selor.”

Thirdly, Kochhar said, students areencouraged to consult with their Aca-demic Advisors and tutors. The biggestproblem that students face, Kochharsaid, is making the transition from thesecondary school scenario to the uni-versity system.

But the pressures of university life arenot restricted to increased academicworkload, noted Dr Farid Youssef, As-sistant Residence Manager at the UWIJoyce Gibson Inniss Hall, Mount Hope.

“Learning to adjust to the university

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HELPING THE DISTRESSED STUDENTEvery year, one out of twenty students at the university seeks help formany psychological illnesses. Some students approach the counseling ser-vices directly, but others are referred by peers and colleagues. So you maybe the first to recognize a student in need of professional resources. Hereare some examples of what to look for:

Marked Behaviour Changes• Excessive absences or tardiness• Exaggerated emotional responses inappropriate to the situation• Depressed lethargic mood• Excessive anxiety

Unusual Appearance• Dramatic weight gain or loss• Change in personal hygiene or dress

Expressions of Distress• Feelings of helplessness or hopelessness• Isolation from friends or family• Verbal or written threats of violence• Overt references to suicide

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environment is more than managingyour academic process. University lifebrings with it increased freedom asyoung men and women transition intofull adulthood. Increased freedom de-mands learning to manage and gov-ern yourself in a new way,” Dr Youssefpointed out, underscoring the fact thatstudents’ study habits are just onefacet of their overall lifestyle manage-ment and a university has the respon-sibility of providing students with toolsto live a holistic life. He gave the ex-ample of students living at the hall ofresidence at the Mt Hope MedicalSciences Faculty.

“The medical programme is an espe-cially intense one, and therefore theworkload can sometimes seem daunt-ing for the students but if you man-age your time properly and if you ap-proach your work conscientiously,

then it should not overwhelm you. Stu-dents need to learn to live balancedlives, as opposed to getting verystressed out around exam time. Stu-dents generally do a lot of crammingaround exam time but that is part ofthe old culture that needs to be bro-ken.”

The final piece of the picture, Kochharsaid, is the Health Services Unit,where students are diagnosed and re-ferred either to the Campus Counse-lor or to a psychiatrist for evaluationand treatment.

All the facilities mentioned by Kochharare integrated in a recently establishedcollaborative initiative between thestudent-based Peer Counsellors As-sociation, the Medical Officer, theCampus Counselor and the Psychia-try Department at the Eric Williams

Medical Sciences Complex in Mt.Hope, through which referred studentsnow have access to psychiatrictherapy.

“We are strengthening the servicesthat we are providing,” said Kochhar.The Campus Principal has already ap-proved a plan to employ an additionalCounselor, a Medical Officer and psy-chiatrist in order to increase the staffat Student Health Services. “My phi-losophy is that one student lost is toomany.”< Gerard Best

Dr Neil Singh,MBBS Dip, Primary Care and Family Medicine,Medical Officer and HeadTel: (868) 662-2002 Ext. 3609Fax: (868) 645-0578E-mail: nsingh@hsu.uwi.tt

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Donette Patterson’s Blue Hue

President - Frederick Bowen; First Vice President - Eng. Jerry Medford;Second Vice President - Eng. Clyde Phillip; Secretary - James Richardson;Assistant Secretaries - (1) Chantelle Pile; (2) Deborah Crichlow;Treasurer - Thomas Nancoo; Public Relations Officer - Jessica James;Chairperson - Education and Development Committee - Eng. Clyde Phillip;Chairperson - Membership Committee - James Richardson;Chairperson - Social Affairs Committee - Eng. Jerry Medford;Chairperson - Finance and Fund raising Committee - Thomas Nancoo;Chairperson - Communications and Public Relations Committee - Chantelle Pile;Executive Members: Matthew Eversley, Nancy Ayoung, Chrishna John and Brendalyn Martin

In 1979, a group of University studentsat the St Augustine Campus who werealso members of the Spanish Society,decided to form a “Parang side” to singat the annual Tertulia. The groupproved to be extremely popular withthe audience and after opening themembership to include the wider Uni-versity community, Los Paranderos deUWI grew from strength to strength.There are few groups that have con-tinued to thrive a quarter of a centurylater, but Los Paranderos de UWI hasincreased its membership and wonawards at several national parang com-petitions across the country.

When the founding members, which in-cluded Ian De Souza , Elizabeth Habib,Tony Gunness, Nadia Farrell andWayne Labistide, graduated, new lead-ers emerged. These group leadershave also gone on to succeed in theperforming arts and in various relatedcareers – names such as Donna MarieBertrand (1982), Judy Rouse (1986),Keith Dalip (1987-90), Miguel Browne(1991, 1999-2000), Gary Ribiero(1992), Joanne Briggs (1993-94),Camille Renwick (1995,’97,’98) andRoberto Persaud (1996). Several of

the members of Los Paranderos deUWI also began to compose music.Fans will recognize the unique melo-dies of some of these popular songsincluding the lyrical aguinaldos andnacimientos - La Maravilla, Si EsVerdad, La Annunciacion, Canta, MilFelicidad and Dios de Santa Maria.

The Group has also produced its lat-est CD, Vamos A Celebrar which willbe launched on Sunday 6th Novem-ber, 2005 at UWI.

Congratulations to a group which hasbeen committed to the holistic devel-opment of UWI students.<

LOS PARANDEROS DE UWI

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The main outreach arm of The Univer-sity of the West Indies in Trinidad andTobago, the School of ContinuingStudies has made significant strides inmeeting the growing educational and

developmen-tal demandsof the society.Since 1949,the SCS hasbeen commit-ted to meet-ing the needsof “adultlearners whorequire a ba-sic educationfor survival”to creating

and sustaining a climate of intellectualinquiry through public lectures and re-search.

The SCS also provides, through itsrange of academic courses, greateraccess to degree programmes offeredby the University. With centres andvarious facilities located throughoutthe country from Signal Hill, Tobago,to Carapachiama and Mayaro inTrinidad, the School offers a wide range

of programmes and courses. Headedby Resident Tutor Dr Lennox Bernard,The SCS offers General Education,Personal Enrichment, Professional En-hancement, Technical/Vocational andSpecial Skills programmes, as well asInformation Technology Courses.Credit Programmes include AssociateDegrees in Admisitrative ProfessionalOffice Management, Business Man-agement, Paralegal Studies and Pub-lic Sector Management, as well as aCertificate in Labour Studies. TheSchool also offers several specialprogrammes which are one year full-time programmes that fulfil matricula-tion requirements for entry into vari-ous faculties at UWI including: the Pre-Health Professional programmemounted in collaboration with the Fac-ulty of Medical Sciences; the Pre Sci-

ence and Agriculture Programme forentry into the Faculty of Science andAgriculture; and the Pre-Engineeringprogramme for entry into the Facultyof Engineering.

The SCS has also been a pioneer inpublishing since the establishment ofthe Publications Unit in the 1950’s withits first issue of the Caribbean Quar-terly. The Unit continues to be a ma-jor publisher of West Indian authors inthe region. The Unit has publishedover 72 plays including: Calabash ofBlood and Belle Fanto by Eric Roach,Wey-Wey and Dance Bongo by ErrolHill and The Charlatan by DerekWalcott. SCS Publications are veryaffordably priced and can be orderedfrom The SCS Head Office at GordonStreet, St Augustine.<

The 2005 UWI/Guardian Life OpenLecture wil l feature Dr. KeithTrigwell, the Director of the OxfordCentre for Excellence in Preparingfor Academic Practice. Dr. Trigwell,a Fellow of Kellogg College, andReader in Higher Education at theInstitute for the Advancement ofUniversity Learning at theUniversity of Oxford, will focus onQuali ty Teaching for the 21st

Century at 5:00pm on September30th at the UWI Learning ResourceCentre. Dr Trigwell has a PhD inChemistry, teaching experience in

Chemistry and Education, and until2000, was Director of a universityacademic development unit inSydney, Australia. He has publishedover 100 journal articles, conferencepapers and books, includingUnderstanding Learning andTeaching: The experience in HigherEducation, which is a summary of 10years of learning/ teachingresearch. Since arriving in Oxfordin 2000, his work has focused oninvestigations into qual itat ivedifferences in teaching and in thestudents’ learning experience at that

university. In the last few years hehas given invited addresses onteaching-learning research inSpain, Finland, USA, Canada,Belgium, Ireland and the UK.

This is the third in the series of themuch anticipated UWI/GuardianLife Open Lecture which began in2001. The Lectures alternate withthe UWI/Guardian Life ‘Premium’Teaching Awards, which has beeninstrumental in recognizing and re-warding the high calibre of teach-ers at the institution.<

Dr. Lennox BernardHead of SCS (T&T)

OXFORD SCHOLAR TO SPEAKU W I / G u a r d i a n L i f e O p e n L e c t u r e 2 0 0 5

Continuing the Tradition of OutreachU W I S c h o o l o f C o n t i n u i n g S t u d i e s

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Cronica de una muerte annunciada(Chronicle of a Death Foretold)by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Volcanic Hazard Atlas of the Lesser AntillesEdited by Jan M. Lindsay, Richard E.A. Robertson,John B. Shepherd & Shahiba Ali

Lucyby Jamaica Kincaid

Thank God It’s Fridayby B.C. Pires

N O W A V A I L A B L E A T T H E U W I B O O K S H O P

Butler – Story of a Heroby Naison Trebor

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Congratulations to DR. RONR SOOKRAM a HistoryGraduate of UWI andcurrently a Teaching AssistantTutor at the Department ofHistory, UWI since 2001 andtemporary administrativeassistant Dean’s OfficeFaculty of Humanities andEducation. Dr Sookram wasawarded the prize in 2005 bythe UWI Grenada Centre andthe Institute for People’sEnlightenment.

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Dr. Trevor AlleyneCongratulations to UWILecturer Dr. Trevor Alleynefor his groundbreaking,recently published researchon the health advantages ofMauby and Coconut water.Visit STAN on-line to learnmore on landmark researchprojects at UWI.

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Photo GalleryVisit the STAN photo gallery and see students and staff celebrating at unforgettable UWIevents, landmark conferences and celebrations. Now Showing : Lovelace @ 70 celebrationsand conference; UWI Life 2004; Matriculation; and looking back at the UWI Half Marathon.

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OF SAINTS & SINNERS

“Everything has a history…as theysay, you have to go back to find outwhere we are going,” explains UWISecurity officer, Augustus Joseph.He recently completed his MastersDegree in History at UWI and willgraduate this year. His thesis fo-cused on the controversial Haitianpriest now dethroned leader, JeanBertrand Aristide. Entitled Sinneror Saint: The Rise and Fall of theRadical Priest, Joseph chose thissubject, partially in commemorationof the Haitian Bicentenary in 2004.

“Haiti has always fascinated me asit’s one of the first countries in theWestern Hemisphere [and theAmericas] able to break the shack-les of slavery.”

Security Officer Augustus Joseph gains Masters Degree

As for Aristide, Joseph describeshim as never being a Saint, “ He lostthat halo [to me], the moment heespoused the idea of liberationtheology”.

Joseph also expressed his fascina-tion with a country, which, althoughsteeped in a tradition of resistanceand independence, remains one ofthe poorest nations in the world. Tohim it is the result of several factorsincluding the impact of socio-eco-nomic and political relations withinthe country and with the superpow-ers of America and France.

The father of two teenagers, Josephhas one daughter who is also study-ing at UWI, while his son is an electri-

“Haiti has always fascinated me,” Augustus Joseph.

cal apprentice. He has been able tobalance his demanding job as a secu-rity officer at UWI, with being a fa-ther and graduate student. Born inSan Juan, Joseph now lives in SantaCruz and spends hours of his sparetime gardening, collecting stamps andcoins, as well as training doves. Hebegan studying at UWI in 1997,graduating four years later with aBachelors Degree in History and aMinor in English Literature.

Now, after the successful comple-tion of what he calls his “jugglingact” - being able to effectively man-age family with work and study- hehas had nothing but praise for hislecturers in the history departmentat the University. Joseph describesthe programme as “a very strongone”. No surprise here, as he wastaught by some of the most re-spected lecturers and researchers inthe field. Joseph describes his the-sis supervisor, Dr Heather Cateauas being “very, very tolerant andhelpful”; Professor Bridget Breretonhe sees as “very astute, very thor-ough”; Professor Brinsley Samaroois best remembered for his humourand style “he’d always have thathumour, he’d give life to history”;while Dr Fegus was praised as be-ing “very good with his facts”.

“History is my first love…after mypassion for agriculture,” says Jo-seph. “ I can tell a good story…but Iwanted to move more into researchand disseminating the knowledge Ihave obtained, I can apply it to lit-erature, history, [to life].”

Congratulations to Augustus Jo-seph, security guard for nine yearsstudent of history for life.<

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For students across the world, com-ing to a new Campus, a new home, istruly a challenge and students needto be mindful of making safe choicesthroughout these years of change; forThe University of the West Indies, St.Augustine, ensuring that the CampusCommunity thrives in a safe, learn-ing- centered environment is a prior-

ity. Here are some ofthe security initia-

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sist students andstaff:

THE STUDENT SHUTTLE SERVICE, which wasestablished in April 2002, provides free24- hour transport to the members ofthe campus community to and from theSt. Augustine Campus and its envi-rons.

EMERGENCY PHONES havebeen installed at stra-tegic points on cam-pus. Users can gaindirect access to theCampus SecurityOffice through this

telephone network.

E999 PATROLS continue around campusand on the outskirts

CANINE PATROLS have also been recentlyintroduced to patrol areas on the out-skirts of the St. Augustine Campus

ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS OF LIGHTINGon and off campus and the re-placement of defective bulbshave been a priority since

January 2002. improve-ments to lighting on the

North and South entrances have beenenhanced and areas identified by theGuild of Students, the Security De-partment and the Estate Managerhave been receiving immediate atten-tion.

Since April 2002 there has been anincrease in round-the-clock MobilePatrols; there are also 24 hour pa-trolled routes/foot-paths for students;as well as designated secure studyareas.

Introduced in February 2002 for thecampus community, the Secu-rity Escort Service is avail-able from 6:00 pm to6:00 am daily.

Campus Security is inthe process of training13 additional SecurityG u a r d s . a n dWatchmen, bringing thenumber of staff in theunit to 91. campus security staff is alsoassisted by contracted, private, secu-rity officers.

The staff has also received training incommunity policing that supports thesuccessful Community Oriented Polic-ing and Problem Solving (COPPS)approach that was introduced in 2000.

The University’s Campus SecurityCommittee is strengthened by theChairmanship of Professor RameshDeosaran ( Head, Centre for Crimi-nology and Criminal Justice), on whichthe Guild of Students is rep-resented. This committeeadvises the Director ofSecurity and campus ad-ministration on security matters andbrings together a full range ofstakeholders.

On- going security meetings/ discus-sions with students and members ofthe Campus Community about secu-rity measures on campus have alsobeen instituted.

The UWI Estate Police continues towork closely with the St. Joseph andTunapuna Police Departments to en-hance security on campus and inneighbouring communities.

We are pleased to state that crimelevels on campus have been relativelylow over the years and relate mostlyto petty theft.

The University of the West Indies,St. Augustine, will continue to bepro- active in implementing its se-curity plan, which includes several

short and long term initia-tives. We also re-emphasizeour commitment to keepingthe lines of communication

open to ensure that we gain timelyfeedback that will inform our plans forthe future. While we work towards cre-ating a crime free environment, we en-courage students and staff to be vigi-lant and responsible both on and offcampus, and to take advantage of thesupport services that are readily avail-able to them.

We understand that cases of assaultare traumatic and victims tend toblame themselves, but we encourageyou to report any form of crime thatoccurs on campus to our Estate Po-lice or to our national police. We

also offer profes-sional, confi-d e n t i a lcounseling serv-ices to students.Help us to helpyou.<

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Increasing Interestin Rabbit Meat

Rabbit meat has been describedas a healthy alternative proteinsource and one of the richestsources of animal protein, withthe possible exception of fish.Since 1983, The University ofthe West Indies has imple-mented a research project onrabbit production with accompa-nying public education trainingcourses. Over the years, withpublic interest in rabbit meat in-creasing, continuous trainingcourses have been conducted.Recently, the “Farm to TableConcept” course which tookplace in January, 2005, for re-gional Project Managers of theCivilian Conservation CorpsProgramme was very well re-ceived.

Dr Rajendra K Rastogi, Presi-dent of the TRBA and SeniorLecturer in Animal Science, fromthe UWI Department of FoodProduction, together with Tech-nicians who are involved in therabbit production project at theUniversity Field Station, havebeen conducting these trainingcourses. The courses, con-ducted by the Trinidad RabbitBreeders Association (TRBA) incollaboration with the Depart-ment of Food Production, Car-ibbean Agribusiness Researchand Training Fund, Civilian Con-servation Corps and the Minis-try of National Security, are heldat the University Field Station.<

For more information, please call DrRastogi at Ext 3329

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONSB u i l d i n g R e l a t i o n s h i p s

Founded three years ago, theMarketing.and Communications(M&C) Office at the St AugustineCampus has a dynamic team that iscommitted to promoting The Univer-sity. Each member of staff is integralto the Office and the success of pro-motional campaigns, events andprojects.

The Office is headed by DirectorDawn-Marie De Four Gill, an honoursgraduate of UWI St. Augustine whereshe gained a Bachelor’s Degree inManagement with a Major in Market-ing and a Minor in Finance, beforegaining a Masters Degree in BusinessAdministration at City University Busi-ness School in the U.K. Communica-tions Coordinator, Anna Walcott-Hardy, is an honours graduate of Bos-ton University where she gained twoBachelor of Arts Degrees in EnglishLiterature (with Distinction) and Ge-ography, as well as a Masters Degreein Literature. Rhonda Jaipaul is thePublications Co-ordinator, she has aBSc (honors) from UWI and recentlygraduated with an MA in Public Com-munications and Public Relations fromthe University of Westminster, UK.The Office’s Marketing and Commu-nication Assistants: Gerard Best, anhonours graduate of UWI, St Augus-tine, Alake Pilgrim, an honoursgraduate of Bates College, Massa-

chusetts and Russell Boodoo an(Hons) from Anglia Polytechnic Uni-versity, UK; all possess expertise inproject management, marketing,strategic planning and copywriting.

M&C can help you:• Create Marketing Plans• Write feature articles, brochures,

advertisements• Layout/Design publications• Organise and promote conferences

and other special events• Promote your message in the

newsletter, website, intranet, UWIOn Stage radio segments

We should be consulted when:• A student function is being held on

campus.• Seeking permission to use campus

grounds or facilities• Promotional materials are being

distributed/posted on campus• The UWI logo is being used• Websites are being designed/

launched• Departments/Units/Clubs are

communicating with the mediaand/or general public.

Marketing is all about building relation-ships and M&C is continually workingtowards creating a unified, profes-sional relationship with stakeholderslocally and internationally.<

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For Professor Balswaroop Bhatt,sitting at the helm seems to bean all too familiar position. Theformer Head of the Mathematics& Computer Science Departmentat the UWI St. Augustine Cam-pus, has much to celebrate. Pro-fessor Bhatt has been recentlyelected a Fellow of the Instituteof Mathematics and its Applica-tions (IMA) in UK; a prestigiousaward from a fine institution,dedicated to the promotion ofmathematics in industry, busi-ness, the public sector, educa-tion and research. With just over5000 qualif ied and practicingmathematicians to its member-ship, in May 2005, ProfessorBhatt joined the number of top-ranking mathematicians, who,through the IMA’s membership,explore the fundamentals anddynamics of the discipline in itsentirety.

With over 68 published papers to hiscredit, and over 29 years of teach-ing experience, Professor Bhatt,through his mathematical expertise,has made significant contributions tothe fields of physics, biology andchemistry. His published papers in-clude Comments on a Model ofOvum Transport, which observesovum velocity and consequential de-ficiencies at the 2nd stage of preg-nancy; and the Switching Effect ofPredation On Large Size Prey Spe-cies Exhibiting Group Defense,which observes one prey species liv-ing in two different habitats, and apredator , where a prey exhibitsgroup defense.

His contributions have not gone un-noticed over the years. He has beenhonoured for his work internationally.His awards include ACU AcademicStaff Fellowship at DAMTP, Cam-bridge, UK, Fellowship of British Pe-troleum of Trinidad & Tobago at Uni-versity College, London. He is cur-rently on the editorial board ofM a t h e m a t i c a s . E n s e a n a

Universitaria and has refereed pa-pers for Indian Journal of Pure andApplied Mathematics, CanadianJournal of Physics and Journal ofLubrication Technology and AppliedMathematical Letters.

For the Professor, his continued workin the field will involve a trip toVenice, Italy and Kharagpur, Indialater this year. He will organize asession on Mathematical Models inBiology at the 2005 WSEAS Inter-national Conference on DynamicalSystems and Control from 2nd to 4th

November in Italy. His visit toKharagpur in December, will involvea presentation to the Golden Jubi-lee Congress of Indian Society of

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics(ISTAM).

“I always try to improve myself.Wherever I went, I tried to collabo-rate with people,” Professor Bhattexplains.

He also praises the industrious, tal-ented staff of the Department ofMathematics & Computer Science.As the Professor explains, with 3Professors, 3 Senior Lecturers anda team of highly experienced aca-demic staff, the Department ofMathematics & Computer Science isone of the strongest departments atUWI. < Nicole Cedeno Semper

• Dr. Kirk Meighoo- Lecturer in Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences,Department of Behavioural Sciences

• Ms. Tamara Brathwaite- Librarian I, Department of the Institute of Interna-tional Relations

• Dr. Shanaz Wahid- Head of Department, Department of Mathematics andComputer Science

• Dr. Cynthia James- Lecturer in Education (Teaching of English LanguageArts), Department of School of Education

• Dr. Samuel Lochan- Lecturer: Teaching of Social Studies/Economics,Management of Business, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business,Department of School of Education

• Dr. Roza Pavlova - Lecturer in Engineering Mathematics,Department of Engineering, Office of the Dean

• Mrs. Rosemarie Mohais - Junior Research Fellow (Geophysicist) SeismicResearch Unit

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St. Augustine Campus will conferhonorary degrees on four distin-guished individuals during doubleceremonies on October 28 and 29,2005. These honourees includeKittitian Queen’s Counsel, JosephSamuel Archibald, British biophysi-cist, Professor Raymond Gosling,former Queen’s Counsel & distin-guished lawyer, Tajmool Hosein, andGuyanese historian Sister MaryNoel Menezes. The Mona and CaveHill Campuses will also award hon-orary doctorates in like fashion atupcoming Graduation ceremonieslater in the year.

The St. Augustine Campus gradua-tion ceremonies will celebrate theconferral of three Honorary Doctorof Laws degrees and one Doctor ofScience degree. Kittitian Queen’sCounsel, Joseph Samuel Archibaldhas served in many capacities andjurisdictions of the Caribbean – asHigh Court Registrar, Magistrate,Senior Crown Counsel, Director ofProsecutions, and Attorney Generalin St Kitts, in Nevis, in Anguilla aswell as in the British Virgin Islands.He has also served as member ofthe London Court of International Ar-bitrators and as a Justice of theCourt of Appeal of the Eastern Car-ibbean Supreme Court, attesting tohis international reach. He will re-ceive the LLD degree.

The degree of Doctor of Science willbe conferred on ProfessorRaymond Gosling, a biophysicist ofBritish nationality. Professor Goslinghas had a distinguished career as aresearcher, administrator, and edu-

the ROAD LESS TRAVELLEDQUEEN’S COUNSEL, CRICKETER AND BIOPHYSICIST AMONG FIFTEEN TO BE AWARDED HONORARY DEGREES

cator. He played a vital role in as-sisting the work of a team of scien-tists in the discovery of the struc-ture of DNA over 50 years ago. Hechaired the Examining Board of In-tercalated Degrees in RadiologicalSciences, University of London,from 1984 to 1991 and served onthe Executive Committee of theNeurosonology Research Group ofthe World Federation of Neurologyfrom 1993 to 1997. Professor Gos-ling was also a member of the UWIstaff from 1955-1965 as a Lecturerin Physics.

Tajmool Hosein, a native of Trinidad,has had a distinguished career in thefield of law, for which he washonoured with the high nationalaward of the Trinity Cross. His otherprofessional honours include that ofQueen’s Counsel in 1964 for the

Trinidad & Tobago jurisdiction andQueen’s Counsel for the AssociatedStates, conferred by the GovernorGeneral of Antigua in 1982. He wasalso associated with the establish-ment of a second newspaper inTrinidad in 1967 and served for 30years on the Board of the ExpressNewspaper. He served as memberof the Judicial & Legal ServicesCommissions from 1973 to 1988.The University of the West Indies hasalso benefited from his expertise ashe served as a member of the Cam-pus Finance and General PurposesCommittee for two years and wasalso a member of the St AugustineCampus Council. Mr Hosein will beconferred with the honorary LLDdegree.

The degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD)will also be conferred on Guyanesehistorian Sister Mary NoelMenezes. Since the age ofseventeen, Sister Mary Noel hasbeen a member of the religious Or-der of Sisters of Mercy. She isfounder and manager of the MercyBoys’ Home in Georgetown, provid-ing care and shelter for boys agedover 16 years. For 35 years until2003, she also was in charge of alarge orphanage for boys inPlaisance, Guyana. Sister Mary be-gan lecturing in History at the Uni-versity of Guyana in 1967 and overthe next 25 years helped to build thatinstitution. She founded the MAProgramme in Guyanese History dur-ing her tenure, while serving on manynational and international bodies. In1978 she became the first womanto hold the post of President of theAssociation of Caribbean Historians.

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less travelled by,

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She has produced extensive publi-cations on the Amerindians inGuyana from the early nineteenthcentury and on the history of the Por-tuguese in Guyana.

The Cave Hill Campus, Barbadoswill grant six honorary doctoratesat its two graduation ceremoniesscheduled for Saturday, October22, 2005. Belgian national, DrPeter Piot will be honoured for hiscontributions to the region will beconferred with the Doctor of Sci-ence (DSc) degree. MaryseCondé, who is best known for herhistorical novel, Ségou, will beconferred with the Doctor of Let-ters (DLitt) degree. Dr A CecilCyrus is not only a surgeon butfounder of a private hospital, theBotanic Hospital at Montrose, anda Museum of which he is the cura-tor, in St Vincent. He will be con-ferred with the Doctor of Science(DSc) degree.

Wes Hall, acclaimed throughout theWest Indies as one of the game’smost outstanding pace bowlers, willbe conferred with the Doctor ofLaws (LLD) degree. Harold Fitz-Herbert Hoyte is a journalist andpublisher of international repute andis currently President and Editor-in-Chief of the Nation Publishing Com-pany Limited. He will be conferredwith the Doctor of Letters (DLitt)degree. Professor Keith Patchettwho was largely responsible for theestablishment of the Faculty of Lawat Cave Hill and the Law Librariesand was the first Dean of the Fac-ulty, will be conferred the Doctor ofLaws (LLD) degree.

At the Mona Campus, Jamaicagraduation ceremonies on November5 and 6, 2005, five eminent personswill receive honorary degrees. Am-bassador the Hon Patricia Durrant– a veteran career diplomat and cur-rently, United Nations Ombudsman.

Welcome to our three new Resi-dent Tutors to head the UWISchool of Continuing Studies inDominica, Grenada andMontserrat, respectively. InDominica, retired Resident TutorEdith Bellot will be succeeded byFrancis Severin, a Dominican na-tional who has, since 1999, servedas Programme Officer in the Of-fice of Administration and SpecialInitiatives of the Vice Chancelleryof the University, based at Mona.Severin has experience as ateacher both at the secondary andtertiary level and is currently a can-didate for the Doctor of Philoso-phy degree in Educational Admin-istration.

In Grenada, Beverley Steele Resi-dent Tutor will be succeeded byTrinidadian national, Dr. CurtisJacobs, currently a teacher atHarrison College in Barbados. Dr.

Jacobs has taught both at the sec-ondary and tertiary levels, hasdone consultancy work and pro-duced a number of publications asa research historian.

Gracelyn Cassell, a Montserratianand qualified librarian, will succeedthe retired Professor Sir HowardFergus as the University’s ResidentRepresentative in Montserrat. Shehas experience in outreach work,having collaborated in the productionof bibliographies for the Non-Campuscountries and assisted in the Schoolof Continuing Studies’ country con-ference series.

The UWI School of ContinuingStudies comprises approximately23 centres in the region. Dr.Lennox Bernard, Resident Tutor,Trinidad & Tobago states, “TheSchool of Continuing Studies ismore than an outreach arm of

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She will be conferred with the Doctorof Laws (LLD) degree. Lawyer/TradeUnionist Richard Hart will also re-ceive the LLD degree. Another recipi-ent of the Honorary LLD degree willbe Jamaican businessman, theHonourable Karl Hendrickson, whohas been Entrepreneur-in-Residenceat the Mona School of Business since2003. Jamaican diplomat and UWIgraduate, Ambassador Stafford O.Neil will also be conferred with theDoctor of Laws (LLD) degree. Am-bassador Neil is a career diplomat,rising to become Permanent Secre-tary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairsand Foreign Trade from 1997-2002.Justice Patrick Robinson, a distin-guished graduate of The Universityof the West Indies, has been a judgeon the International Criminal Tribu-nal for the former Yugoslavia sinceNovember 1998 and is currentlyPresident of the Panel. He will beconferred with the Doctor of Laws(LLD) degree.<

UWI, rather, “ he states emphati-cally, “ it is the social conscienceof The University, interacting di-rectly with the members of thewider society.”

Resident Tutors have variousr e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , i n c l u d i n gdeveloping and implementingprogrammes of self-f inancingcourses in education aimed at theupgrading of professional, para-professional and technical skills inadult learners; undertaking re-search and development activitiesin the field of adult and continuingeducation; planning and imple-menting publ ic educationprogrammes, and collaboratingclosely with relevant local and re-gional institutions, non-govern-mental organisations and otheragencies, as well as with depart-ments, faculties and other bodieswithin UWI.<

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the evolution of the telecommuni-cations industry.

The two-year MRP programmecomprises eight (8) full courses de-livered via the Internet. These arecomplemented by three (3) face-to-face executive seminars and afinal project. At the seminars, stu-dents have the opportunity to net-work with other professionals in theregion as well as around the world.Students also receive topical infor-mation about relevant telecommu-nications issues and trends. An in-tegral and practical element of theprogramme, the seminars providea unique forum for direct interface

with course directors. The first semi-nar takes place at the beginning ofthe programme, the second after thefirst year of course-work and thethird at the end of the two-yearprogramme.

For professionals unable to committo a full degree programme, the DRPis the answer. The syllabus spansthree academic semesters, and cov-ers six (6) of the eight (8) on-linecourses offered through the MRPprogramme.

The.UWI.Telecommunicat ionsprogramme, which is fully GATE-ap-proved, aims to strengthen the ca-

pacity of national regulators andpolicy makers in the telecommuni-cations industry through advancedlevel academic tuition, with an em-phasis on the practical applicationof acquired skills. It provides a re-gional focal point for the sharing ofideas and experiences in the areaof telecommunications regulationand policy.

Through this landamrk Telecom-munications programme, TheUniversity of the West Indies willenable regional professionals tocapitalise on the growing oppor-tunities in the telecommunica-tions industry.< Rhonda Jaipaul

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Christian’s passing, stated that no one“could fail to observe the keen enthu-siasm, the conviction and the deep sin-cerity that marked all his public work.”

Another aspect of Christian’s legacy,shared by his granddaughter in a ra-dio interview in Trinidad on June 21,2005, was “the education of his chil-dren and the roles that they have sub-sequently played wherever they havefound themselves.” Many ofChristian’s children and grandchildrenhave risen to prominence in Dominica,Ghana, and England, and have becomepioneers as persons of African andWest Indian heritage in fields such aslaw, medicine, journalism and publish-ing. This family history is partiallytraced in a BBC documentary onMoira Stuart, Christian’s great-grand-daughter, and the first television news-caster of African descent in the United

Kingdom. Estelle Appiah has also car-ried on the Christian legacy – she wascalled to the English Bar at Gray’s Inn,London in 1974, admitted to theGhanian Bar in 1976 and the LesothoBar in 1980. She also studied for anAdvanced Diploma in LegislativeDrafting at UWI Cave Hill from 1990to 1991. As the Chief Draftspersonin the Attorney-General’s Depart-ment, Ghana, her job involves thedrafting of legislation, advice to Gov-ernment, and assistance to Parlia-ment.

Mrs. Appiah’s recent lecture at UWIwas attended by persons from the le-gal and judicial community, staff andstudents of the University, West Indi-ans who lived and worked in Africaduring and after the 1960’s, and mem-bers of the Ghanian community inTrinidad. In her lecture, she outlinedGhanaian legislation developed in ac-cordance with international conven-tions and agreements, that seeks toaddress issues including domesticabuse, disability, property rightsand inheritance, adoption, street-children, child labour, education ofchildren, human trafficking, sexualabuse and violence, prostitution,female genital cutting, and juveniledelinquency. Such legislation aimsto both protect the rights of womenand children, and “preserve the

family as a key unit of society”, asometimes del icate balance.Throughout the lecture, underlyingfactors promoting several socialabuses in Ghana were revealed,such as unequal access to re-sources.

In light of questions raised by the au-dience, she emphasized the impor-tance of not only drafting appropriatelegislation, but of implementation,which requires not only resources butpolitical will. Several persons pointedto the key role of effective social ser-vices delivery, particularly with regardto poverty alleviation, in achieving leg-islative aims.

The papers of Appiah’s grandfather,George James Christian, include let-ters, legal documents, minutes,pamphlets, financial documents,election manifestos, newspaper clip-pings, and funeral programmes, pri-marily from the period 1890 to 1940.The papers will be housed at theWest Indiana and Special Collec-tions Division of the Main Library,UWI St. Augustine Campus, alongwith the Derek Walcott and the EricWill iams Memorial Collections,which were both identified as beingof world significance, and includedin the UNESCO Memory of theWorld Register.< Alake Pilgrim

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judiciary isn’t always stepping upto that challenge, particularly withregard to impartiality across classand race, and delays in resolvingissues that come before thecourts. What is being done withinthe judiciary to address these is-sues?

I think it’s important that people bearin mind that the system for the ad-ministration of justice is connectedto the country. It is not completelyseparate and apart. There is a sys-tem of Justices, but there are alsomembers of administrative staff andpeople who help run that system,and we are connected to other partsof the system…for instance, the po-lice. So the judiciary of course hasnothing to do with crime detection.It has the function of…determiningguilt or innocence in criminal mat-ters, right or wrong in the case ofcivil matters, and the ability to en-force the outcome…

In terms of the judiciary making ef-forts to reform itself, I suppose it’sfair to say it is an ongoing process. Idon’t know how much of it is visibleon the outside. Because I sit mostlyin the civil side, I am much more fa-miliar with initiatives in that area,although I can comment as an in-formed spectator on the criminalside…I can say [on the criminal side]just to touch on the question of de-lays, that the whole issue of thedeath penalty and the rulings of thePrivy Council going back to Pratt andMorgan, to me demonstrated thesystem’s capacity to perform withdispatch…I can’t say that the com-plaint has disappeared from thecriminal justice system,…but cer-tainly there is no longer anything likethe scale of delay measured in tensof years that was complained aboutin Pratt and Morgan…Most matterswill move through our local judicialsystem, from the High Court andthrough the Court of Appeal to thePrivy Council over the space of twoto three years.…

But at the same time, thereare…more offences beingcommitted…Human resources areimportant, as are technical andinfrastructural resources, but in myopinion they are not as important asthe necessary commitment to keepone’s eye on the ball…There is agrowing need to recognise that thenature of the challenge ischanging…The system needs to beencouraged internally and externallyto respond to those challenges. Thejudiciary is a body that has on-go-ing internal reforms andeducation…There is a Judicial Edu-cation Institute that organizes on-going training not only for all HighCourt judges but also the Magis-tracy.

In the case of the application ofthe death penalty…how do youforesee this issue being re-solved to the satisfaction of thepeople of Trinidad & Tobago?

Well as a judge, I am limited bythe Constitution. Neither I nor myfellow judges can be guided by thevarious opinions of the public orthe political climate at the time[when making our rulings]. Whilepeople’s arguments are affectedby their politics, I still have to limitmyself to considering the legalarguments. I have always had anabiding confidence in the peopleof this country that while agree-ing or disagreeing with various de-cisions [made by the courts], theyrespect the decisions that aremade, as they are now, in accor-dance with the rulings of the PrivyCouncil, and perhaps in the future,the changes that might comethrough the Caribbean Court ofJustice.

How do you think the CaribbeanCourt of Justice will change theway you do your job if it is fullyimplemented?

The issue that every judge wouldhave to face right away is the issue

of precedent. Currently the PrivyCouncil’s rulings are binding…Thereis also the obvious fact that the Car-ibbean Court of Justice based herein T&T, would be much more acces-sible in terms of cost than the PrivyCouncil in England…This could po-tentially mean that more cases wouldbe brought before the CCJ…And Iimagine that having judges sit on afinal court of appeal for the region,who have a real sensitivity and con-sciousness of Caribbean reality,could hardly fail to have an impacton the way justice isadministered…It’s an issue of confi-dence really, and I think that thepeople who believe in the system andin the potential of the system haveto be patient with those who thinkdifferently.

You speak of confidence and re-spect for our systems, but thereseems to be a growing alienationbetween “ordinary” Trinbagoniansand the decision-makers in this so-ciety.

I think that as a people we need torecognise that we are all part of someinstitution or organization. We must dowhat we can where we are and notonly focus on the areas where we haveless influence. It is for us to make themoral choice to do what we do bettereach day, becoming part of the solu-tion, instead of…

giving in to a sense of powerless-ness.

Right. There is too much talent andtoo much ability among Caribbeanpeople for us to just lie down and rollover.

Finally, what would you like toachieve during your tenure as ajudge?

I would like everyone that camethrough my court to feel that they hadbeen treated fairly, and with the re-spect due to every human being. <Interviewed by Alake Pilgrim

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T MONAThe long-awaited Student InterCampus Games were held be-tween May 14th–May 21st atCave Hill, Barbados this year.The Games, initially carded to beheld between March 27th andApril 3rd, had to be postponed.Despite the disappointing set-back, the event was highly com-petitive and exciting, with MonaCampus emerging as overall win-ners.

The Inter-campus games are held bi-ennially with four core sports:cricket, football, netball and athlet-ics and two optional sports whichthis year were basketball andwomen’s volleyball. Seventy-fiveathletes from each campus partici-pated in the games.

Day One of the Games commencedon Sunday 15th May with the foot-ball match between Mona Campusand Cave Hill, the latter winning thegame 2-0.

Day Two was activity-filled, with fourmatches being held – cricket, volley-ball, netball and basketball. Theday’s activities began with thecricket match between Cave Hill andSt. Augustine at the 3 W’s Oval.After a long day of friendly, healthyrivalry, Cave Hill emerged victorious.Women’s Volleyball was next in line.At the game between Cave Hill andMona at the Barbados CommunityCollege, the teams fought for victorybut it was Mona who was destinedto emerge as the winner. Later thatevening, the netball match be-tween Cave Hill and St. August-ine resulted in Cave Hill’s victory.The last event for the day was thebasketball match between Monaand St. Augustine. Once againMona won the game.

Day Three began once again withcricket, this time between Mona andSt. Augustine. Mona topped thegame which placed St. Augustine inthird place with Cave Hill and Monamoving on to battle for top billing.The football match between Monaand St. Augustine kicked-off at theCave Hill campus grounds. St. Au-gustine took control of the game,scoring the first goal early in thematch. Many attempts by Mona’sfootballers could not best the superbgoal-keeping of St. Augustine’s cus-todian Jefferson George. The gameended in a 1-0 win in favour of St.Augustine.

The next day at the Barbados Com-munity College, Mona would win thevolleyball trophy. Later in the day, thefinal football match between CaveHill and St. Augustine ended withCave Hill winning the match and thetrophy. Mona also won the basket-ball trophy.

On the following day, the competi-tion resumed at the Barbados Na-tional Stadium. St. Augustine wasable to capture four gold, four silverand six bronze medals. Among thegold medal winners was ChristenGarnes, who won the 200m men’srace in a time of 22.05 secs. Ted

Jennings (who alsotook part in footballand basketball)was also amongthe gold medalistsin high jump. DaleyHarris won twogold medals in boththe shot put andjavelin; he threw adistance of48.65m. In his thirdand final attempt atthe shot put, he

produced a 13.93m throw whichbroke the 1974 championship recordof 13.34m previously held by AubreyEdwards of the Mona Campus.

Keiron Serrette won silver in thelong jump. He was also a memberof the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teamwhich, with Garnes, Aberdeen andPhilip Brown placed second in bothevents.

In the Women’s Track and Fieldevents, Crystal Ince placed secondin 1500m while Anesha Caruthplaced third in the 400m women.In the women’s f ield events,Josanne Germain placed third inshot put. The team of KeishaDurant, Kervelle Durant, AneshaCuruth and Onika Morgan com-bined for bronze medals in the4x100m women. However, it wasMona who would win the track andfield trophy at the end of the day.

Mona Campus won four of the sixdisciplines, giving them the chal-lenge trophy which was won byCave Hill in 2003. At the end of itall, the games were held in an at-mosphere of friendly rivalry whichpromoted long lasting friendship formany and a feeling of fulfillment forothers.< Shenel Coggins & Handell Thomas

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