Daily Bulletin, Thursday, July 28, 1994

THE LAST DAY of classes is upon us, and spring term exams start Tuesday,
after the Civic Holiday on Monday.  A few other notes on life today:

     -- Team Canada faces Team Germany at 8 p.m. in the Physical
     Activities Complex, as a special attraction during the national
     junior basketball championships, being held here.  Admission to
     most of the junior tournament games is free; for tonight's exhibition
     of world-class skill, tickets are $8 (students $5).

     -- Library colleagues will hold a farewell coffee party at 10:00
     this morning for Dita Leininger of the Dana Porter Library reference
     department.  She's leaving for a post at Eastern Mennonite College
     in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

     -- "A Photographic Journey Through Time and Space" is promised at
     noontime (12:00 to 1:30, in Needles Hall 3001).  Aubrey Diem
     of the geography department presents the show: a "preview of a video
     movie" of his book First Rains of Autumn, "plus unique slides taken
     from all over the world", from the Swiss Alps to the Yukon.  Feel
     free to bring your lunch, an invitation suggests.

THE O'SULLIVAN REPORT:  People have been asking about the report of the
"O'Sullivan committee", the president's advisory committee on the central
administrative structure, which had been expected weeks ago.  The final
report is now on his desk, UW president James Downey said this morning.  
He said that a "response" from the president and provost, including an
announcement of any changes in top-level structure that are being made,
will be released by August 15.  

Highlights will of course be in the Daily Bulletin, and the full report
will be made available on UWinfo as soon as possible.  And then the
speculation can stop -- especially among people whose departments report
to top administrators whose appointments expire this fall, such as Johnny 
Wong, associate provost (computing and information systems).

UNDER CONSTRUCTION:  Work on the Campus Centre expansion is coming along
nicely, says project coordinator John Leddy, who said yesterday he's
looking for a grand opening celebration in January.  He'll come back to
UW for the event, but he won't be here for the events leading up to it,
as Leddy leaves his job at the end of the summer (law school is the goal).

You can't get into the CC from the doors on the ring road side these days,
as work has started on that area of the expansion.  Entry to the CC is 
either from the double doors facing the Physical Activities courtyard, or 
from the loading dock at the southwest corner of the building.  The 
construction on the "north" (Math and Computer) side is further advanced, 
and the building's distinctive semicircular arcade can now be seen through 
the construction fences.  

The north wing -- containing a good-sized food court, as well as retail
space and an outlet for the library's reserve book service -- should be
ready for use around the beginning of November.  The new Federation of
Students office, along the ring road, will be ready about the same time,
Leddy says.  It'll be winter, however, before the last stage of the project
is finished: the expansion of the Bombshelter pub into the present Wild
Duck Cafe.

The student-funded expansion to the CC has other features as well, including
a link to the Red South entrance of the Physical Activities Complex, and
a "loggia" or covered walkway outside the semicircular patio on the Math
and Computer side of the building, where the earth-moving machinery now
holds sway.

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