Tuesday, October 26, 1993

THE RED TIDE:  UW history professor Dr. John English will be among the
majority Liberals in Canada's 35th Parliament; he was elected yesterday
in Kitchener riding, with more than double the vote of the runner-up
Reform Party candidate.  Waterloo riding also sent a Liberal to Ottawa,
city councillor Andrew Telegdi.  English and Telegdi become the first UW
graduates ever to sit in Parliament.

Results of yesterday's vote (according to the CBC this morning): 
Liberals 177, Bloc Quebecois 54, Reform Party 52, New Democrats 9,
Progressive Conservative 2, Independent 1.

DIRECTOR RETIRES:  Jim Wilson, UW's director of co-op education, will
take early retirement as of October 31.  The name of an interim director
will be announced in the next couple of days, says the associate provost
(academic affairs), to whom the co-op department reports. Wilson first
came to UW as a coordinator in 1969, and has been director of the
department since 1983.

RAISING MONEY: Fund-raising for UW's proposed environmental science
and engineering building is to go public tonight, with a "who's who"
of Canadian business leaders attending the Maurice Strong Dinner in Toronto
and contributing about $200,000 for the cause.  The $500-a-plate
event at the Four Seasons Hotel's Regency Ballroom is a sell-out, 
with 540 people scheduled to attend, including Ontario premier Bob Rae  
and business leaders from across Canada.  Strong, known for his
involvement in world environmental issues and the protection of the 
natural environment, is chairman of Ontario Hydro. The proposed building, 
to be used for environmental programs in the engineering and sci
ence faculties, has been among Campaign Waterloo priorities from the
beginning, with the bulk of the money looked for from government sources

UNITED WAY: As of October 21, "day 21" in the on-campus United Way
campaign, 577 staff and faculty members had pledged a total of $94,152
to the cause -- more than halfway to the $183,000 goal.  Another $2,277
in pledges had come from retirees, says Helen Kilbride, co-chair of the
campaign.  The participation rate so far is 17.3 per cent of faculty
and staff, 5.1 per cent of retirees -- about half-way to the participation
target organizers had in mind.

BLUE JAY FOOTNOTE:  I did hear from a student who was in Federation Hall
when the Blue Jays won the World Series on Saturday night.  And this note
arrived from Roger Watt of computing services:  "I wasn't at Fed Hall, 
but I _was_ at the SkyDome ... 50,000 people went nuts in the space of 
1 second, like they had _willed_ that ball up and over that wall! I'll 
never forget it as long as I live."

Chris Redmond
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