Daily Bulletin, Friday, September 30, 1994

THIRTY DAYS hath September,
and on this last one we remember
people who have less than ourselves.
(Think of us as September elves.)
We're thinking about the United Way,
which is why today is Casual Day.
A contribution of two bucks lets
a prof or staff member dress in sweats.
Those who dress as they always do?
Their support is welcome too --
pledge forms are going out next week,
and United Way organizers seek
a hundred and fifty thousand smackers
from generous staff and faculty backers.

So how's Casual Day been going, as an early-bird fund-raising event?
"Things are starting off pretty slowly right now," reports one United
Way representative, Irene Haight in the civil engineering department.  "I
only have about $15 collected so far, but several faculty are away for 
various reasons today, so we don't expect much.  We plan to have a draw or 
some type of lottery in the near future, which seems to bring in more 
response."

JOHNNY WONG, associate provost (computing and information systems), has his
last day in office today.  The position is being eliminated as of October 1.
Wong was the first person with that role, appointed in 1989 to establish
the "university computing directions" approach to academic and administrative
computing, and has spent five years seeing to the simplification and
decentralization of computing, especially for the faculties.  For the next
while, computing will report directly to the provost, while a review is
undertaken of what new administrative arrangements there should be.

To honour Wong for his five years in Needles Hall, a cake-and-coffee
reception is being held from 12:30 to 1:30 today in NH room 3001.

BITS AND PIECES:  The staff association has just sent out a call for
nominations, as it looks to fill its executive for 1995.  Nominations
are due by October 28.  Posts open: president-elect (who will be president
in 1996), vice-president, secretary, treasurer, two directors.

Mature students -- love that euphemism for students older than the usual
18-to-24 bracket -- are invited to the annual reception sponsored by
the mature students services office: Wednesday, October 5, from 4 to
6 p.m., Humanities room 373.

The faculty of science has announced an open house for Saturday, October 22,
the day of fall convocation.  Chief organizer Reg Friesen is promising
everything from Phil Eastman's ever-popular "Circus of Physics" to
tours of the waste chemical disposal facility and a demonstration of the
microwave video link among UW, Guelph and McMaster University.

This year's "Pascal Lectures on Christianity and the University" will be
given October 11 and 12 by R. J. Berry of University College, London.  His
topic: "Bioethics -- Rights and Responsibilities".

THIS WEEKEND:  The Engineering Society holds one of its inimitable
scavenger hunts overnight tonight.  

FASS holds its annual organizational meeting at 7:30 tonight in Davis
Centre room 1301.  All are welcome to come "and find out how you can get
involved in the production of UW's longest-running comedy tradition".

The football Warriors are at McMaster on Saturday afternoon.

The Downey Tennisfest, described as a "fun and friendly" doubles round-robin
for staff and faculty members who signed up before the deadline, goes
Sunday at the Waterloo Tennis Club.  It's named for UW's president, whose
other life is as a director of Tennis Canada and a not-badly-ranked player
himself.

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