Daily Bulletin, Thursday, September 29, 1994

MICHAELMAS doesn't seem to bring much news -- maybe the drizzle has
dampened things.  Clubs Days continue in the Campus Centre; down at 
Wilfrid Laurier University, today sees a one-day symposium on "Constructing
Images", celebrating the 20th anniversary of WLU Press.

BUT IT'S A big day for the department of computing services, with the opening
today of its Customer Support Centre.  Roger Watt of DCS says we shouldn't
use the initials CSC, mentioned in yesterday's Bulletin.  Betcha people
will soon be calling it just "the help desk", although the existing DCS
help desk is just one part of the new Centre, which is in room 1052 of
the Math and Computer building.

The grand opening -- with doughnuts -- is set for 3 p.m. today.  The
Customer Support Centre is "a one-stop shopping facility for delivering
many of the services DCS provides to the UW community".

Also today (scheduled for 10 a.m.) is an upgrade to the terminal-server
software that lets people dial in to DCS computers and the campus network.
It will let people use SLIP and PPP protocols, which are wonderful things
although I don't know what the initials stand for, to connect across the
network in a more powerful way than the existing text-based communication.

DRESS DOWN DAY in support of the United Way is set for tomorrow in UW
offices and workplaces.  "This may work better in some parts of the campus
than others," in the words of Jack Kalbfleisch, the dean of math, telling
mathematics faculty council about the plan last week.  Anyway, the idea
is that a staff or faculty member pays a small fee for the "right" to 
dress informally tomorrow; the money goes to the United Way campaign,
which gets going across campus on Monday.  United Way organizers add:
"If you normally dress down, feel free today to dress up."

TO BERMUDA:  Yesterday I revealed my proposal to move the campus to
Bermuda, in the interest of better weather and a recognizable place-name.
Reaction has been lukewarm, I'm sorry to say.  "Never gonna happen, my
friend," one e-mail correspondent told me.  "No cars in Bermuda.  Too
much lost revenue."  

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