The article provides an update on Applied Communication Program (ACP) alumni including career updates, babies, weddings, and alumni membership renewals. It celebrates the realization of a memorial bench for ACP founder Kerm Carlson and thanks those who donated towards its cost.

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Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Fall 2011
40 Years • ACP
ACP class 1 • the Young Building

2. 2 Class 38 Shows Great Talent on Their Majors…
Darin Steinkey • Documentary on paddleboards
Shawn O’Hara • Weekly humour podcast
Max von Kleist • Logo design business
Alli Pickard • Music journalism website
Bryan Kelly • Broadcast games and video production
Alex Haro • Magazine editor & writer
Cherylann Nesbitt, Dustin Brown, Luke Holland • Comedy videos
Liz Jarvis • Beach fire cookbook
Playback 2011• class 38/39
Chapter 1
Award winners: Publishing The night of April 15 continued a tradition that has spanned two
Best: decades. It was 7 pm, and Playback for class 38 was about to be-
Jina Mousseau gin. Soon-to-be grads Shawn O’Hara and Darren Steinkey had been
Most Improved:
elected to host for the evening, so host they did.
Nate Linford
Throughout the nearly two hours that followed, O’Hara and Stein-
Radio
Best: key entertained the crowd that filled the Young building’s Gibson
Darin Steinkey auditorium. Grads of past ACP classes joined class 39 in the upper
Most Improved: balcony to witness class 38’s projects. Websites, demo reels, and
Renee Andor even new businesses were presented as each student commanded
Video a lectern for the final time as an ACP student.
Best:
Applause and laughter punctuated the evening as each unique proj-
Dave Wallace
Most Improved: ect, produced with a combination of humour, ingenuity and in some
Luke Holland cases, sheer brilliance, was presented to the captivated audience.
Golden Coffee Cup (2nd year):
Dustin Brown Chapter 2
Golden Coffee Cup (1st year): The presentations were in full swing. Unbeknownst to the enter-
Phil Moydl
tained guests inside the auditorium, first year students and ACP
staff had been busy preparing for an extended showcase of the pro-
gram and its facilities. The video studio, now adorned with a green
screen backdrop, was home to a large panel of collected student
works. Brochures, newsletters and other products of Rick Caswell’s
publishing classes were on display for the families of class 38 as well
as alumni, guests and fellow students.
Across the hall the Y307 computer lab was unusually quiet, its rows
of computers unused, its back tables covered with portfolios show-
casing the collected works of the graduating class.

3. Marty Taillon • Show produced at Shaw
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Alex Pask, Emily Laing • Audio-visual portfolio
Teleza Shafooli, Jina Mousseau, Amanda Richardson • Magazine
Erin Ball, Renee Andor • Conference organization
Justin Doyle • Electronic music EP
Gabrielle Kind • Podcast on personal growth
Adam Holroyd • Novella
Brett Blair, Nathan Linford • Marketing & branding
Dave Wallace • Videography company
playback
The radio labs also lay in suspended animation, a low
hum rising from the computers that were feeding an
automated shift of Village 900. Soon, after the formal
presentation in the Gibson auditorium ended, people
shoved past each other in the station’s crowded hallway as stu-
dents showed loved ones what they had been doing the previous
two years. After visiting the radio studios, the students opened the
door and exited into the third-floor hallway, not realizing it would
be their last time there.
Chapter 3
Several first year students greeted the night’s guests as they en-
tered the final room on the third floor. Followed by a transaction
of currency for tickets, guests proceeded to the student-operated
bar, where a selection of wine, beer, and soft drinks were available
for consumption, and instructors, students and guests exchanged
tales of ACP.
Eventually, the drinks disappeared, and it was apparent to 25 stu-
dents that a great two years of school had finally come to an end.
Epilogue:
Just like that, it was over. Classes 38 and 39 exited the Young Build-
ing shortly after 11:00 pm. Many of the students headed towards
downtown Victoria—Balmoral Street to be exact—to celebrate the
unlimited opportunities awaiting class 38.
~ James Nielsen

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A lot can change in 40 years, and for the Applied Com-
munication Program that statement rings true in respect
to its graduates and the sophistication of the program it-
self. A Camosun College fixture since 1972 (my own father
was 13 then), ACP has always been focused on the three
main streams: video, audio, print. In the ‘70s, that meant
a closed-circuit radio station, creating PMTs in an offset darkroom,
printing on an offset press, using a photo-typesetter and splicing
up actual film. Now, it means DSLRs, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5,
websites, flash animation, and a full-fledged AM radio station. That
is to say, we have it easier these days—Crtl+z is as bad as it gets a lot
of the time in 2011. What we take for granted every day in year 40
might have meant hours and hours of work for an ACP alum.
The radio station that Kerm Carlson built in 1973—the closed cir-
cuit CAMO which became 103.1FM in 1993 and finally Village
900AM CKMO in 2001—is only months away from yet another
permutation when it shifts over from broadcasting to webstream-
ing only as our lease on the transmitter expires. There are no more
cart machines in the CKMO studios, only CDs uploaded once into
a database. There is no reel-to-reel anymore, no film even. It’s
been replaced by a library of digital video and picture cameras
and recorders. We even have our own green-screen in the TV stu-
dio now, one of the biggest on the island. Things are easier, sure.
first acp class
1972
CAMO radio
1974
TV studio built
1980
first computers
1988
Kerm retires
1991
CKMO radio
1993
reno
co-op introduced
1999
Al retires
2000
Village 900 radio
2001
non-linear editing
2001

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40 years of acp
But they’re also the best. If all good things must come to an end,
what must the great things do?
The third floor of the Young building has always belonged to ACP,
and that floor and the clock tower above have been central to the
collective imagination of the program and its students and staff
for four decades. Through ACP’s changes, great works have been
done, great careers launched from a technical program for media
which has always grown with technology and yielded so much pro-
fessional-quality product. Forty years is a long time—just ask any-
one with a student loan. So it is with a healthy measure of gratitude
and even a greater amount of trepidation that we must dedicate
this issue of Take 5 to the demise of the Applied Communication
Program. Hopefully it will be resurrected, at least in part, by a new
program that will surely share elements with, but be markedly dif-
ferent than, the ACP we know.
But in our dedication lies proof of the greatness of this educational
empire, lost from this world too young thanks to general wrong-
mindedness about the program by those who decide these things.
A picture of a quizzical George W. Bush comes to mind when I think
of the death of ACP, ruined like Rome by Visigoths. But I digress.
These 40 years have been about a lot getting done, and by that
measure, ACP, from Carlson to Bryce, has succeeded entirely.
~ Tyler Rowe
2003
convert to digital
2004
darkrooms die
2005
switch to Adobe
2008
cart machines die
2008
betacam dies
2010
business class
added
2011
video goes hi-def
2011
first greenscreen
dies
2012
radio broadcast
2013
ACP dies

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new equipment
With the start of a new school year in Applied Communication, there
comes a fresh wave of new students, and new gear. This includes 10
Canon T3i cameras and a Canon 7D MK II, a professional shooter’s
choice. Other new additions to the studio include a large green screen, a Force Four el-
lipsoidal light, and an analog to digital converter.
With the addition of the T3i and 7D cameras, and storage devices for the Panasonic HVX
200 cameras which have made these second year cameras HD-capable, using videotape
has become a thing of the past for second year students. The modest price tag of the
T3i made purchasing it a wise decision. “I can run a shooting lab with the T3i, send ev-
erybody out, and get the project shot in two hours,” says video instructor Andy Bryce.
Before the new DSLRs, a video lab would have been parceled out over a few lessons.
The video studio has finally gone green—green screen that is. The investment in a 12x18
foot green screen is something that will benefit the students, and ACP. “It’s probably
the biggest green screen in town right now,” says Bryce. This screen is another tool that
is widely used in broadcasting, and with it comes new rental opportunities. “There’s
enough production around that needs a green screen, and in turn, allows us to defer
some of the cost of running the studio,” says Bryce.
Another big purchase is the new ellipsoidal light, making flats a thing of the past. “You
can shine patterns and designs on the backdrop that will provide a different look and feel
without taking up all the space of flats,” says Bryce.
Last but not least, an analog to digital converter finally gives us the ability to stream
productions live over the internet. The second year students will be working on several
café-style music productions this year and these performances will be streamed live.
So there should be a lot to expect from the second year video students as they enter the
new school year. With new HD capable cameras, cool lights, and screens that are green
there is sure to be some high quality video projects on the horizon.
~ Nate Jones

7. acp bench
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We have finally realized the dream of a But the bench did wind up costing more than the mon-
memorial bench in front of the Young ey we have raised. We had $1,010.35 set aside and the
Building to honour the founder of Ap- total cost (even with free installation) is $1,539.62. We
plied Communication, Kerm Carlson. had enough alumni bank account money to cover the
shortfall, but we still need donations to reach the total
It started back in 2003, just after Kerm died, and class
and pay the account back the difference of $529.27.
13’s Alan Barton came up with the idea of a memorial
bench. Initially the cost was pegged at $650 and people Send your donations c/o Lois in ACP at Camosun Col-
began to donate money towards this cause. Of course lege, 3100 Foul Bay Rd., Victoria BC V8P 5J2. Cheques
the price went up from there over time, but once we should be made out to “ACP Alumni Association” and
realized we had $1,000 in place we started to discuss in the memo area of the cheque please note it’s for the
our options with Camosun’s physical resources depart- bench. Thanks!
ment. We placed our order this spring with RecTec of
~ Lois Fernyhough
Delta, BC for a recycled plastic bench (somehow seems
appropriate for Kerm, the king of recycling and collect-
ing cast-off gear). In fact, the only things missing are an
ashtray and a coffee cup holder!
Special thanks have to go to Denis Humphries, super-
visor of physical resource projects, for taking the lead
on the ordering and installation. The new bench was in
place for September’s intake of ACP class 40.

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lois’ gossip
Ashley O’Neill ACP reunion at Fotoprint: This Victoria business has been very sup-
portive in terms of hiring our grads over the years. Current employ-
Designer • Layout
ees include Galadriel Rodelander (class 25) and Susan Kobley (class
9). Oh, and Connie Low (class 18) is still making it happen at the
competition, Hillside Printing.
Rocking it: Adam Blainey (class 25) has a new company, Rock Bay
Adam Price
Media, specializing in online broadcasting and interactive publish-
Designer • Layout ing, including iPad Apps, eBook conversion, and HTML5 video.
Check it out at rockbaymedia.com
Writing it: Jan Hutchings (class 34) is now a staff writer for SonyRu-
mors.net. And Erin Ball (class 38) is commuting to UVic where she is
James Nielsen the editor-in-chief of the Martlet.
Manager • Writer Learning it: Class 38 grad Jina Mousseau was one of 12 accepted
out of 85 applications to the four-year Graphic Design for Market-
ing and Advertising degree at Vancouver’s Kwantlen Polytechnic
University, on the basis of an interview and her ACP portfolio (which
included this year’s Playback invite and program). Also accepted:
Nate Jones Alisha Charmley (class 37) to Vancouver Island University’s Graphic
Photographer • Writer Design degree program. Congratulations!
Babies! (This should be a regular column): Brendan Strain (class 26)
and Melissa had a son in April, as did Ryan Price (class 31) and Lind-
say Macfarlane. Natalie (Burton) Wagar (class 24) and Lantz Wagar
Dr. Tyler Rowe welcomed a daughter in July, as did Merrilee (Hargrove) Bouchard
(class 27) and husband Derek Bouchard in September.
Writer • Graphics
Weddings! (Yet another regular column!): Ryan Spedding (class 35)
wed Megan this past summer, and Kimberli Persley (class 32) made
it official with Luke Kozlowski in August. Jenny Smith (class 35) be-
came Mrs. Justin Engwer in September.
B&W Photos • ACP Archives
Faithful Few • ACP Alumni membership renewals since last issue:
Playback Photos • S. Swenson
Lois Fernyhough—class 10 (paid to 2012!)
Matt Silver—class 28 (paid to 2013!)
Ed Sum—class 37 (paid to 2013!)
Natasha Vander Wal (aka Tash Post)—class 26 (paid to 2012!)
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