AMPUS NEWS nror:ov001 THE DAILY VOICE, FRIDAY, NOV. 28, 2014 3 meg f aa New’ Inst : ua bun Te il AN 10) Ri uy) ek Wn iemeg VANCOUVER.ca/JEANNETTE SIROIS i image A portrait piece produced by Jeannette Sirois for the Year of Reconciliation. Artist will join the continuing studies arts department By JAMES GOLDIE Orange Is The New Black may also enjoy the artwork of Jeanette Sirois. Not because she paints female pris- oners, but rather because her interest in drawing faces has created a body of work reminiscent of the TV show’s opening sequence. “Tve only been doing portraits for a- year-and-a-half now,” she said in a phone interview. “I wasn’t inspired by Orange Is The New Black but I did kind of equate it to what I was doing. So it brought a smile to my face.” Sirois’s portraits will be featured in a solo exhibition called Beyond Real: Overexposed Underexposed at the Leigh Square Community Arts Village in Port Coquitlam. “The pieces are representational, but what I tried to do was go beyond the representational, beyond the real of what we actually see, and I delve into the personality of people,” she said. Sirois said the stories behind her portrait subjects, even those who are hired models, is critical to the work she will have on display at Leigh Square. F:: of the hit Netflix original series “She has a very strong social con- scious, political sense to her drawings, which gives it a very interesting sort of edge to it as well. They’re not just realistic drawings, they also have good content in them as well,” said Jeff Burgess, visual arts and commercial illustration coordinator of Langara College’s continuing studies department. Burgess said Sirois’s attention to so- cial issues was one of the reasons he accepted her proposal to teach a realist drawing with coloured pencils course at Langara beginning in January 2015. “What she was proposing was some- thing really quite fascinating and inter- esting,” he said. “She’ll bring a fresh- ness for sure... it’s always nice to bring in new people, and offer fresh and new courses.” Sirois said her class would offer a “very contemporary take” on portrait art and address ways of using portrai- ture to explore social messages. “What does that actually look like? How can we use faces to discuss really important issues?” she said. Beyond Real: Overexposed Underex- posed opens Dec. 4 and runs until Jan. 11. Executive dance Langara staff boogie on campus in charity dance event for United Way By LENA ALSAYEGH ome of Langara’s most familiar faces tripped the light fantastic on Thursday when they took part in the first annual Dancing With Our Stars event in the cafeteria. Langara president Lane Trotter and vice president of academics and stu- dents Brad O’Hara, were among the 14 participants who put their best foot for- ward for the United Way. The event brought professional dancers from the Vancouver dance community together with Langara ex- ecutives from different departments in a one-hour showdown, with the winner earning a trophy. Winner Reba Noel, coordinator of student engagement programs, said of her prize: “It was amazing to win, it was amazing to participate for such a great cause, for all of my colleagues to see, all the effort, the dancers do this gracefully and they do it well.” dancer make, so it was really nice to do this in front of my friends and in front of my colleagues, and then to win was even better. And I had an amazing teacher.” Her partner Eddie Henrick, a Brazil- lian Samba teacher, called Noel a great person. “We had some arguments, we got some bruises, she hit my face, but at the end of the day, everything came together,” Henrick said. Money was raised by charging ad- mission to the show. Spectators were asked to pay at least $5 by donation. Organizer Andrea Gutierrez said she thought about $1000 was raised. “T think it went great. I think all the participants and competitors did really, really well, ’'m really proud of them be- cause I know they put in a lot of re- hearsal time,” Gutierrez said. President Trotter said of his partici- pation, “I wanted to be here, I had a chance to practice with an amazing professional dancer — so patient - and LENA ALSAYEGH photo Langara president Lane Trotter performs a “dip” with his professional dance partner. She went on to say, “Two weeks of practice does not always a professional this supports our broader United Way efforts and strategy.” EDMOND LU photo The new Langara Cafe menu includes traditional Japanese fare such as sashimi and donburi. Roll down to the new cafe for sushi New management brings new menu options, years of experience from local Japanese restaurant By NICH JOHANSEN pre-packaged cafeteria food to satisfy your sushi craving on cam- pus. The Langara Café, otherwise known as the one place on campus you can ac- tually get alcohol from, is under new management and re-opened with a radically changed menu on Monday. Sean Sung and Peter Lee now run the business. Lee owns Kimura Sushi, located on Rupert Street and E 23nd Ave, and has brought his sushi skills along with his chefs to Langara. Kimura received an award for best casual Japanese cuisine from Vancouver Magazine in 2013. The new menu offers a wide variety of sushi, including nigiri, sashimi and special rolls. Breakfast options, rice bowls, salads and soups are also avail- able. Of course, there’s still beer, and it’s $3 cheaper now at $14.30 for a pitch- N: longer do you need to settle for er. Sung was interested in bringing healthy food options to Langara that students could afford. “Tm a personal trainer and a profes- sional boxer so I wanted to bring more healthier food to the school and the staff,” he said. Sung said that he plans to bring in a much wider selection of alcohol choic- es as well. “lm going to bring in other liquor, different brands of beer bottles, and we're going to do sake because we’re [a Japanese restaurant],” Sung said. “I’m thinking of bringing wine too.” The new menu was popular among students. “It’s way better,” said Langara stu- dent Daya Grewall while trying out the cheaper pitchers. “The sushi’s amazing and the rice bowls are good too.” “The quality of food is pretty good, especially for the price,” said another Langara student, Arbind Bhangu. “The price is really good.” Sung said that while business has been a little slower than he had hoped this week, he is getting good feedback from customers. “Everyone is going out with smiling faces,” he said. 66 I’m going to bring in other liquor, different brands of beer bottles, and we’re going to do sake because we're [a Japanese restau- rant] Sean Sung Management, Langara Cafe