Daily Bulletin, Monday, November 14, 1994

WATERLOO'S TEAMS triumphed at the regional programming contest sponsored
by the Association for Computing Machinery.  The east central regionals 
were held in UW's Math and Computer building on Saturday.

"Waterloo swept the first two places in a very exciting contest," says
Jo Ebergen of the computer science department.  "In the last hour the 
standings of the top eight places had to be updated many times. The contest 
was characterized by a large number of very competitive teams. Four out of 
the top eight teams were from Canadian universities. 

"Our B-team will go to the Finals.  Since no more than one team from an
institution can go to the Finals, the second team that goes to the Finals 
will be Case Western Reserve. Michigan State University has a very good 
chance of getting a wild card berth."  The finals will be held March 1 in
Nashville.

A total of 78 teams participated.  UW's B team was first with seven
of the eight problems solved, in 767 minutes; the A team followed in
859 minutes.  Also solving seven problems was Case Western Reserve.
Solving six problems were Michigan State, Queen's, Carnegie Mellon,
Notre Dame and Toronto.

THE UNITED WAY campaign on campus has closed, with total contributions
of $137,428, or 92 per cent of the $150,000 target.  "This is up slightly
compared to last year's campaign close of $133,337," says Terry Stewart
of applied health sciences, one of the campaign organizers.

A total of 707 UW employees donated to the United Way this year, he says,
or approximately 22.0 per cent.  Last year 795 (24.0 per cent) contributed.
We'll have fuller results in this week's Gazette.

EMPLOYER representatives gather at UW tonight and tomorrow for a meeting
of the Waterloo Advisory Council.  Tonight's session starts at 6:30;
tomorrow WAC meets from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., says Pam Waechter of the
co-op department.

The Council exists to bring advice from Canadian industry, business and 
government to UW in "the continuing development of its education, research, 
and administrative programs".  The membership represents employers of 
students and alumni consistent with the faculties served.  This fall term 
meeting has co-op education as its focus.

PART-TIME studies is the focus of an information session to be held tonight
(7 to 8:30 p.m.) at 156 Columbia Street West, home of the part-time studies
and distance education office.  "At our informal evening sessions," an ad
explains, "we describe the courses and programs available to part-time
students. Academic advisors and other resource people can discuss your
educational background and goals on a one-to-one basis.  It's also a
convenient way for returning students to pre-register for the new term."
Information: 888-4002.

JOHN CLEESE hits the screen again tomorrow in a noon-hour video sponsored
by the staff training and development committee.  All staff are welcome to
the bring-your-own-lunch showing, which starts at 12 noon in Davis Centre
room 1302.  Tomorrow's title: "If Looks Could Kill -- The Power of Behaviour".

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS take place today in Kitchener-Waterloo and across the
province.  Polls are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.  (By law, anyone who
doesn't have three hours off work during polling hours must be allowed to
arrive late or leave early, but it would be pretty hard not to have three
hours free during that period.)  For last-minute information, the Waterloo
returning office can be reached at 747-8705.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
888-4567 ext. 3004      credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca