Daily Bulletin, Friday, July 15, 1994

STARTLED by this morning's rainstorm?  There was a much bigger surprise
awaiting Heike Reimer, a student in UW's French teaching specialization,
who's marking her birthday today.  She woke up to find a ten-foot model
of the Eiffel Tower on her front lawn, made entirely of pop cans.  It's
the work of a group of loving friends who call themselves the Popcan
Terrorist Organization, and who felt sorry for Reimer because she spent
the whole past year at the Universite de Nantes but never got to Paris
to see its best-known landmark.   She's on a co-op work term just now with
the Canadian Bible Society in Kitchener.

Also celebrating a birthday -- but without terrorism -- is Kim Martin of
the Math Faculty Computing Facility.

LAST DAY AT WORK:  Mike Rowe, director of graphic services and a founder
of UW's staff association, finishes his career today after 27 years at
Waterloo.  A reception in his honour starts at 4 p.m. at the University Club.

CO-OP PLACEMENT:  Bruce Lumsden, director of co-op education and career
services, reports that the placement rate for co-op students going out
on a fall work term is 72 per cent at present, "an improvement of about 3
per cent from a similar time last year". Says Lumsden: "Of the
approximately 2700 students who are scheduled to go out to work there are
still about 750 who are seeking employment.  There are signs that the
economy is picking up, but it is too early to tell if will translate into
more job opportunities for co-op students.

"Certainly these days every lead is an important one. I would urge members
of the University community who are aware of job possibilities, however
remote they might seem, to give me or one of the faculty program
administrators a call and we will follow up.  The co-op program and co-op
students are one of the main strengths of the university, and we all need 
to support the program at every level."

FOR KIDS: Some of UW's summer programs for children still have space 
available.  There are plenty of spaces in the Arts Computer Experience, 
which runs in two-week periods through July and August (call ext. 2005).  
The Engineering Science Quest program is full for July 18-22, but has
spaces for all the subsequent weeks (call ext. 5239).  A couple of
spots are left in the summer camp at the Hildegard Marsden Day
Nursery (call ext. 5437). The Heritage Experience Camp in environmental
studies is full.

EYE ON THE HEAVENS: Fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 will smash into
Jupiter on Saturday and Sunday, and UW's observatory atop the Physics
building offers a few of the effects.  The observatory will be open
to the public Saturday from 10:30 to 11:30 p.m., and Sunday from 10
to 11 p.m.  Other viewing times are scheduled next week.

VERY BRIEFLY I'll add these notes:

Cold water will be turned off in the Campus Centre until about 11:30
this morning, to allow water connections for the new student centre.

The mature students group holds its "summer celebration" at noontime
today at the University Club -- reservations, ext. 2429.

Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Bell Labs, creator of the C++ programming
language, will be at Waterloo today to give a talk sponsored by the
Computer Science Club (4:30 p.m., Davis Centre room 1350).

The Bike Tour for Multiple Sclerosis hits Waterloo on Sunday, with some
300 riders stopping off.  A one-day ride starting and ending at UW
covers some 75 kilometres.  Information: 680-7878.

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