Daily Bulletin, Thursday, April 28, 1994

CRASH!  That was a van smashing into John Cunningham's office in the
Commissary building about 7:15 this morning.  An "inexperienced" driver
was making a left turn from the ring road into the General Services
Complex courtyard, panicked, hit the gas and ran right into the building,
UW police report.  Her air-bag inflated and she wasn't hurt, but there's
a mighty dent in the brick and cinder-block wall.  Cunningham's looking
forward to a day of getting computer equipment and cables moved so that
repairs can be made.  But the computers weren't damaged, and the food
services systems are running as smoothly as ever.

AFTER THE PARTY:  Officials at UW and Wilfrid Laurier University put out
a statement yesterday calling last week's Ezra Street party "regrettable"
and promising to look for "positive solutions" so it won't happen again.

Tuesday, a "town and gown" committee meeting of university and student 
leaders and city hall officials discussed the Thursday night street party 
for more than an hour, their statement said.  "Several members at the joint 
session praised the Waterloo Regional Police Service for their expert 
handling of the difficult situation involving an estimated 400 or more 
young people.  As well, representatives of the student governments at WLU 
and UW have agreed to look into paying the $400 cost of the clean-up for
the event."

"The incident is regrettable, we don't want to see it repeated," said Fred 
Nichols, WLU's dean of students.  This sentiment was echoed by Peter Hopkins, 
UW's associate provost (student affairs), who noted that one such bad
display by a relatively small percentage of students can offset the great 
deal of good done by the majority of students all year long.  Students at 
both local universities and Conestoga College devote countless hours to 
charitable and community work, as well as contributing well over $100,000 
annually to local charities.

"We certainly do not condone illegal or irresponsible behaviour," Hopkins said. 
"We work very hard with our students to encourage responsible consumption of 
alcohol and treating each other with dignity and respect. This is the first 
instance of this magnitude in my 26 years at UW, and collectively we will 
investigate positive solutions to resolve this incident."

AMATEUR RADIO: "So what's new at VE3UOW?" I asked in yesterday's Bulletin --
in Morse code, which may have reduced the readership.  But a response did
come from Roger Sanderson of electrical and computer engineering: "Not much. 
There were no active members this past term; there are a couple of active 
student members coming back this summer. The VE3WWW 2 metre repeater that 
the club runs is still working fine, and the at.ve3uow.ampr.org packet radio
BBS that I operate is still chugging along. It is accessable to licensed 
amateurs via telnet.  Also I had to work a bit at decoding your Morse Code, 
since my license did not require Morse and I have not yet learned all 
the letters!"

EVENTS TODAY:  UW president James Downey is speaking at noon at Westmount
Golf and Country Club, as part of the K-W Executive Luncheon series.  Title
of his remarks: "A Phreudian View of the Physical Phitness Phenomenon".

The executive committee of the faculty of applied health sciences is away
from campus for the day on a "retreat", discussing a major plan for the
faculty.  "What we have to do," says dean Bob Norman, "is figure out how
to rebuild . . . some visioning for the long-term future of the faculty."
He's hoping to end the day with "consensus on the major issues", both goals
and resources.

Engineering alumni get a wine-and-cheese tour of the Waterloo Green Home
this evening, one of the last events at the environmental and energy-
efficient house on Westvale Drive before it passes into private ownership.
Alex McGowan, a 1987 UW graduate who's now an energy conservation engineer,
is host for the event (last-minute information, ext. 6838).

NOBODY'S DAUGHTERS:  In the United States today is "Take Your Daughter
to Work Day", an event designed to expose girls to some of the career
possibilities that lie ahead.  Catharine Scott, UW director of personnel,
reports that "The Ontario Women's Directorate thought they would have such 
a day on April 28th but the idea was dropped because kids were in school 
and the response was poor."

It is, however, officially a national day of mourning for workers killed
or injured on the job, an observation introduced by the Canadian Labour
Congress and first sanctioned by legislation in 1991.

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