ampus hews EDITOR ASHLEY LEGASSIC THE VOICE, THURSDAY, NOV. 20,2014 3 SANDY POWLIK photo Newland signs purchased copies of his book The Scallywag Solution. Ahoy, ya scallywags Langara teacher launches new children’s book By SANDY POWLIK | ave you ever met a pirate...’ be- gins The Scallywag Solution, H Trevor Newland’s new, and first, children’s book he’s had published. Newland, who teaches creative writ- ing and literature at Langara, launched the book last Thursday in the college’s faculty lounge. With pages full of peculiar and co- lourful illustrations, Newland dives into a unique world of scallywag pi- rates. Inspired by Asterix and Alice in Wonderland, Newland honours the lat- ter with a checkerboard floor on the book’s front cover. The book is a “rebellion against the cult of beauty in our society” Newland told the audience, with four physical misfits as the protagonists: Roger the Tailor, Gassy Jack the Cook, Lazy Eyed Liam and Peggy Legs. “T think kids like to be a bit scared sometimes,” Newland said, winking to his son. “T think that’s something missing in our Disneyfied age.” For years, Newland was a songwrit- er and musician. One night, while re- cording in L.A., his producer called him to say he was dropping Newland’s proj- ect to produce a Disney project with Hilary Duff. Rattled, Newland hung up the phone and instantly drew the first picture of Roger’s character. “Hilary Duff stepped in and gave me the knockout punch, and Jolly Roger stepped into the ring and picked me up,” he told the audience. The author admitted Roger and Gas- sy Jack’s characters are essentially himself and his brother Mike. “Jack doesn’t need the spotlight too much, but he’s always around offering Roger good advice,” Newland said. The room was filled with friends, family, colleagues, a former student and former band mates. Also present were Elio Rota, Newland’s friend and music composer for the film version of The Scallywag Solution, and Langara health sciences professor, Paul Sunga. The Scallywag Solution is the first in a series of three books. Newland is con- tracted to do two more books, in this series and a different one. “T think the series will get better and better, having looked at the direction he is taking his art and stories,” said Sunga. BOOK reviews 1 “Great story, extraordinary illustrations!” 2 “Well written and superbly illustrated story.” 3 “Full of excitement and informative at the same time.” 4 “Beautifully illustrat- ed book. Looking forward to more from this Trevor Newland.” Source: amazon.ca Targeting foreign money Langara’s plan to lower deficits over the next few years includes more inter- national students By NICH JOHANSEN deficits over the next several years, Langara is looking to increase its number of full-time international stu- dents. Ata Nov. 12 staff meeting held to dis- cuss the upcoming budget, Roy Daykin, vice-president, administration and fi- nance and chief financial officer at Lan- gara, explained the need for more in- ternational students as domestic enrolment decreases. To achieve this, Langara will look to attract students from new markets like South America, Daykin said. He also discussed how world events affect international enrolment at Lan- gara, saying the recent protests in Hong Kong could have a negative im- pact on international students enroll- ing abroad, as students are more con- cerned with domestic issues. After the World Trade Center terror- ist attacks in 2001, the United States tightened their borders, resulting in increased international students study- ing in Canada, Daykin said. He called the 9/11 attacks a “god- send” because of the increased reve- nue for Canadian institutions. Daykin, who is leaving Langara to go to Okanagan College, was not available for comment by print time. According to the 2014/15 budget, pro- n an effort to reduce projected budget INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK AT LANGARA jections for the next school year show a deficit of almost $3 million, growing to a $7.5-million deficit by 2017/18. Ajay Patel, dean of international ed- ucation, said that decreasing domestic enrolment can be attributed to the low- er numbers of high school graduates in recent years, as well as the post-reces- sion economy. “As the economy rises, post-second- ary enrolment declines,” Patel said. According to an internal budget doc- ument from March 2014, approximately 70 per cent of international revenue comes from “Chinese speaking coun- tries (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan).” “We have about 68 countries that are represented based on the fall semes- ter,” Patel said. “Our top four being China, India, Saudi Arabia and Japan.” International students pay substan- tially larger tuition fees than domestic students. The March 2014 document says in- ternational students make up 13 per cent of the student body, but contribute 45 per cent of tuition revenue. Patel said that this is due to govern- ment subsidies for domestic students and support services offered to inter- national students. International stu- dents in the LEAP program spend nearly $3,000 per seven-week session on top of their tuition. Patel said Langara is selective about international recruitment, and ensures that the school will be a good fit for po- tential students. “Tf the student wants to do some- thing that we can’t offer them... it'd be very disingenuous of us to try and re- cruit a student,” Patel said. TIMOTHY LEE submitted photo Langara student Timothy Lee with friends he made from all over the world in Disney’s program. Degrees that Hook’ you The six-month program allows students to work at Disney World and com- plete a hospitality degree By ALICE D’EON provides Langara students with the opportunity to live and work at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. while obtaining college credits in their chosen area of study. Sean Padley, a co-operative educa- tion instructor at Langara, runs the program. He said it incorporates both academic and work experience. “There is no hard number of stu- dents that they will accept per year, it’s flexible,” Padley said. In the first two weeks of the pro- gram, which accepts roughly 7,000 stu- dents from all over the world each year, students attend a hospitality course at the University of California, Riverside, whom Langara has an academic part- nership. The students then fly to Orlando, T:: Disney Field School program where they live in apartments, work at Walt Disney World, and take courses through the Disney College Program, which can range from $10,000 to $11,500. Timothy Lee, a fourth-year market- ing student, was one of two Langara students to complete the Disney pro- gram in 2013. “T would definitely recommend it, as long as students know what they are in for. It is not a trip to make money on,” Lee said. Ryan Punn, a first-year general stud- ies student who is in the process of writing an application essay for the Disney Field School program. He said he doesn’t care what kind of job he gets, as long as he gets to interact with guests. For Punn, the being accepted to the program would be a dream come true. He said that to work for Disney has been a goal of his since he was three years old. “To be able to do this now, basically I’m peaking at 19,” Punn said, “I can do this and just enjoy the rest of my life.” An information session for students interested will take place in The Hub at Langara on Nov. 26. RYAN PUNN 2015 Disney pro- gram hopeful 66 To be able to do this now, basi- cally ’m peaking at 19. Tcan do this and just enjoy the rest of my life