Daily Bulletin, Friday, April 22

EXAMS ARE OVER, and among those feeling the relief must be the Waterloo
Fire Department, which had to rush its trucks to the Math and Computer
building three times last night after somebody deliberately pulled an
alarm.  That makes five deliberate false alarms this exam season, says
Brian Bradley of the UW police, and the university has to pay the fire
department a fee for each one.

(Still, he's a little relieved that it was students from Wilfrid Laurier
University, not UW, playing a central role in that street party on Ezra
Avenue last night, the one that took some 28 regional police officers to
break up.)

EARTH DAY is observed today.  In honour of the occasion, the hazardous
materials handling facility is holding an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
You'll see waste reduction and recycling procedures in the facility, on
the first floor of the Earth Sciences and Chemistry building.  "With these
procedures," says Kevin Stewart of the safety office, "UW has developed
one of the most cost-effective programs in Ontario since the facility was
opened two years ago."

ALSO TODAY:  The "mature student" group holds its spring luncheon at noon
at the Laurel Room, South Campus Hall.  A speaker from the Addiction
Research Foundation, Louis Glicksman, discusses "Trends in Alcohol Use
and Problems Among University Students" at 2:30 in Davis Centre room 1350.

The senate long-range planning committee had been scheduled to meet this
afternoon, but earlier this week the meeting was cancelled.  "With the
membership of the Senate Long Range Planning Committee about to change and
the Institutional Planning Committee yet to be named, the Provost asked
me to cancel this meeting," says a memo from the university secretariat.

AGGIES OKAY:  I might have known that I'd hear from some proud Texas A&M
graduates after the note in yesterday's Bulletin.  It turns out there are 
no fewer than three just in the department of recreation and leisure
studies: Ron McCarville, Steve Smith and Mark Havitz.  

STATUS OF WOMEN:  Here are a few more selections from the recommendations
of the recently-published report on "The Status of Women at the University
of Waterloo".  The full report is available on UWinfo under the "News"
heading and "Documents" subheading.

     (44b) Departments should show flexibility in scheduling courses
     for all faculty members, but especially for those with small children.

     (44d) Voluntary job-sharing for faculty and staff should be
     encouraged, and recognized as a respected "career path".

     (45b) A study should be made of the starting salaries for new male and
     female assistant professors, discipline by discipline, over the last
     ten years.

     (47b) The government agencies should be "lobbied" to show greater
     flexibility in funding part-time academics.

     (48b) The University should . . . set "targets" for the number of
     women in senior administrative positions by the year 2000.

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