Daily Bulletin, Wednesday, July 13, 1994

DUST AND NOISE prevail, but business goes on in South Campus Hall.  The
alumni affairs and development offices on the second floor are open as 
usual, and the bookstore, the UW Shop and Marlin Travel on the main floor
are all open for customers, even while the construction crews rebuild the
walls and floors around them.

"We apologize to the customers," says May Yan, co-manager of the bookstore
and UW Shop.  "It seems they have a new route every day!"  Boardwalks and
orange fences define narrow routes into the stores -- it's best to 
approach from the north (Graduate House) side rather than from the ring road.

"We're not doing too badly," Yan said.  "Yesterday there was quite a lot 
of noise, but this construction crew have been very good," doing the loudest
jobs after hours and showing consideration for the people who still have to
work in the building as the renovations go on.  Yesterday was made even
livelier when a fire alarm went off just before 12, and a pumper came
roaring up to SCH.  The alarm was set off by "a fluke" when wires got
crossed, the UW police report.

Everything should be in fine shape by September, Yan says.  Oh, and by the
way, where did this "UW Shop" name come from?  It's a successor to the name
"Open Door Gift Shop", which never really caught on.  The shop and the main
UW bookstore continue to be operated as a single department, which is also
responsible for the Village tuck shop and the sports shop in the Physical
Activities Complex.

The food services outlets in South Campus Hall (the Festival Room, Laurel
Room and Pastry Plus) are closed for the rest of the summer.

MEDICAL RESEARCH:  Karl Tibelius, "senior scientist" at the Medical
Research Council, will be at UW on Tuesday, July 26, to meet with interested
researchers.  "This is an excellent opportunity," says Joan Hadley of the
research office, "to become informed about new research funding
opportunities, due to MRC's decision to enlarge the scope of its activities
beyond a biomedical and clinical focus.  This means that support will be
available for a wide range of health research and health researchers, e.g.
social and behavioural scientists."  

Tibelius will speak at an open meeting at 1:30 that day in Davis Centre
room 1304.  Hadley at ext. 3433 can provide more information.

AND FINALLY, James Gillett's "Talking Point" article in yesterday's Toronto
Star is worth a quick look.  One striking comment about the electronic
universe:  "Once you are online, all roads lead further down the highway.
I learned an important lesson: The information available on the Internet
is, for the most part, about the Internet."

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