Taking on Toronto Bruce Sweeney (BFA'95) opens the 26th annual Toronto International Film Festival with his film The Last Wedding. Organizers say they occasionally program opening films that are challenging and likely to spark discussion. Sweeney's film looks at three couples and the nature of their disintegrating relationships.

Spencer at Science World Ken Spencer (MBA'81, NEMBA'78) is the new chair of the board of governors of Science World B.C. He is an Outstanding Alumni Award winner and the retired CEO of Creo Products, a world leader in digital solutions for the graphic arts industry with more than 4,000 employees.

Author, Author, Author Former Peak and Province reporter Marc Edge (BA'78) has taken on Pacific Press, publishers of the Vancouver Sun and Province, in a new book called Pacific Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver's Newspaper Monopoly. Canadian journalism legend Pierre Berton has written a foreword. Edge, with a shiny new PhD. from the E.W. Scripps school of journalism at Ohio University, is now assistant professor in the school of communications at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
"Dream Dig" a short story by Margrith Schraner (BA'78), appears in McClelland & Stewart's Journey Prize Anthology, out this fall.
Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco (BA'90, MA'93, PhD'00) has published his debut novel, Flesh Wounds and Purple Flowers: The Cha-Cha Years.

The Inimitable Iona B.C.'s first female Lieutenant-Governor is the Honourable Iona Campagnolo (LLD'95). The former member of parliament from Skeena was founding chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia, director with the Arctic Institute of North America, director with the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, and chair of the Fraser Basin Council.

New Brooms The Liberal government in Victoria, sweeping away vestiges of the NDP, has several SFU alumni in its ranks. Premier Gordon Campbell (NEMBA'75, MBA'78) heads the list, followed by deputy premier Christy Clark (see Who's News, page 28) and finance minister Gary Collins, who both attended the university but didn't graduate. Other ministers include minister of state for deregulation Kevin Falcon (BA'94 ), minister of sustainable resource management Stan Hagen (LLD'98 ), and minister of water, land and air protection Joyce Murray (MBA'92). MLAs include Patrick Wong (BA'78), Rob Nijjar (BGS'92), Dave Hayer (BA'82), Mike Hunter (MA'70), and Barry Penner (BA'89). And Jenny Kwan (BA'90) makes up one-half of the NDP caucus.

Sole Selling on the Lawn's Edge Entrepreneur Michael Baker (BBA'98) is promoting two distinctly different products through his company Edge Marketing. The Sole Orthotic ™ delivers custom-fit footwear for a fraction of the price of custom orthotics. The Proedger ™ is a universal attachment for lawn trimmers that turns a trimmer into a professional lawn edger. Baker developed his own landscaping business in high school, a painting company at university, and got his start as an equity trader through the marketing and finance co-op program. And he's still only 25.

Asian Encounters Alumni in Kuala Lampur, Singapore, and Hong Kong met with president Michael Stevenson during his first visit to Asia in May 2001. The president hosted receptions and met with SFU alumni executive in the three cities; he anticipates regular trips to the region in future years. SFU has more than 2000 alumni in southeast Asia. For information on SFU alumni groups around the world, visit SFU's alumni web site.

The Senator Vancouver lawyer Mobina Jaffer is British Columbia's newest senator. Jaffer, who specializes in immigration law, has taken several courses through continuing studies, including the executive management development program.

The pi Guy After three times breaking the record for calculating pi, Colin Percival (BSc'01) is off to Oxford. The 20-year-old math genius is one of only 35 Canadians to win a Commonwealth Scholarship this year, and one of only five international Commonwealth Scholarship students to get into Oxford. Percival is also a gifted violinist who plays with several local orchestras. He would like to return to SFU to teach and research when he completes his Oxford doctorate.

Next Stop Stanford Stephan McBride (BA'00) is recipient of a $300,000 full fellowship to Stanford University. The Gordon M. Shrum Gold Medal for Excellence winner has spent the last year doing a master's degree at Queen's University.

In the News Again David Usher (BA'92), lead singer for Moist, has a new solo album, Morning Orbit, released in July. Former Washington Redskins defensive lineman Doug Brown (BA'98) is now burning up the turf with the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Eldon Emberly (PhD'00) has been recognized for a second time this year as the recipient of a 2001 distinguished dissertation award from the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies and University Microfilms International. He previously won a Natural Sciences and Engineering Council doctoral award.

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