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Feds launch interactive website

"The website is a great tool for disseminating information about the Feds and what we do, a tool we were underusing," she explains. The Feds' executive rolled up its collective sleeves to tackle the problem with the help of web master and science student Reg Tang. The result: a host of new features including news updates, events listings for arts, Feds venues, and clubs (as well as a weekly club highlight), Councillor Rant -- an editorial page for members of the Feds council to have their say -- and Fed Up, a page where students can sound off on issues.

Future plans include the installation of a live camera outside the Bombshelter (like the Highway 401 cams) so students can check the line-ups. To make it all happen, the Feds welcome volunteers -- "journalists, artists, photographers and other talented people to keep the site hot with up-to-the-second content." To lend a hand, give Shelley a call at ext. 3780 or drop by the Feds' office in the Student Life Centre.

And in other Feds news...

• UW's Federation of Students has rejoined the fold of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) after seven months of expressing dissatisfaction with OUSA's representation of UW students. The Feds have resumed full membership in OUSA, citing improvements in five key areas of concern: finances, policy production, communication, membership commitment and decision making.
• Co-op student John Workman has been given a four-month placement as the Feds' programmer to coordinate events at Federation Hall and the Bombshelter. The position has been vacant since early in the fall term.
• A host of volunteer positions are available with the Feds this winter, including Students' Advising Co-op members, internal commissioner, volunteer centre coordinator, academic commissioner, clubs commissioner, human rights commissioner, environment commissioner, academic/financial counselling services coordinator, helpers for a variety of services offered by the Feds, and office assistants.
• Nomination forms for Feds executive elections must be returned to the Feds office in the Student Life Centre no later than 4:30 p.m. this Friday. Positions available include president, VP administration & finance, VP internal, VP student issues and VP education. Nomination forms are also available for students' council representatives and student senators.

Survey assesses high-tech skills trends

"This is just one of the partnerships we hope to form with Laurier, and with other area universities and colleges, as we work to ensure the CTT can meet the HR need of current companies and of any that want to locate in the area," said Communitech president Vince Schiralli in announcing the project.

A random sample will be conducted of companies engaged in research and development, manufacture of high-tech products and/or incorporation of technology in their production process. They will be asked to provide information on current number of employees, number of employees per occupation, wage range per occupation, professional qualifications and other factors, as well as future trends in human resources.

Data from the survey will be analyzed by the Laurier Institute, which provides management development training, research and consulting to industry. The results will help post-secondary institutions in the CTT "to nurture a workforce that will allow high-tech companies to flourish." Results of the survey are expected in February.

Crimes and critiques on campus today

Students who would like to have their resumes vetted can arrive, resume in hand, at co-operative education and career services in Needles Hall today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. As part of the resume blitz which began on Friday and ends today, staff will provide critiques. Students can sign up for the service at the main floor paging desk.

At 2:30 p.m. today, Dr. Greg Lopinski, of the National Research Council's Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, and a candidate for a physics faculty position at UW, will speak on Imaging Organic Molecules on Silicon Surfaces. The talk, in Physics room P-308, will explore the use of the scanning tunneling microscope "to investigate the interaction of several different organic molecules with silicon surfaces."

Builders: On Jewish Education and the Tower of Babel is the focus of a talk today at 4 p.m. in Hagey Hall room 373 by Oona Ajzenstat of the University of Toronto, and a candidate for UW's Jewish studies chair. The lecture will examine "Franz Rosenzweig's conception of Jewish education in a pluralist society."

An information session will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. today for prospective Big Sister volunteers. Big Sisters of Kitchener-Waterloo welcomes anyone interested to the meeting at 37 Allen Street West in Waterloo. Volunteer training sesssions are scheduled for January 25 and 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. Phone 743-5206 to register.

And tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., Leo McAvoy, head of recreation, park, and leisure studies at the University of Minnesota, will speak on Conducting Research with Communities of Colour. The talk takes place in Burt Matthews Hall room 1040.

Barbara Elve
bmelve@uwaterloo.ca

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