Daily Bulletin, Tuesday, February 22, 1994

QUIET DAY:  There are no classes today, and staff are tottering back to
work after a long weekend (those whose unpaid "Social Contract Day" was
really a day off, anyway).  Especially busy are computing services 
technicians, who "are now out around campus responding to problem calls",
says Roger Watt of DCS.  The root of the problem was a power failure that
hit the campus and surrounding area about 1:40 Sunday morning, when a 
car hit a hydro pole.

Plant operations had to bring in extra staff in the small hours of Sunday
to shut off lights and machinery that normally run 24 hours a day, to
help Waterloo Hydro get its power grid in operation again.  The problem
is puzzling, because the 3 a.m. load on a Sunday is already very light,
says Dave Churchill of plant operations.  UW staff will be working with
Hydro to figure out just what wasn't working right.

The technician in the DCS Hardware and Network Support group who was the
carrier of the group's pager for the weekend was called when the
Sunday-morning shift operator came on duty. The technician was here for
two hours, getting network gear restarted. Various computing-system
support staff came in on Sunday morning to get other DCS-maintained things
up and running again, Watt reports, and there may still be computers that
aren't in operation.

SENATE MEETS:  UW's senate meets at 7:30 tonight (Needles Hall 3001) with
the provincial "framework regarding prevention of harassment and 
discrimination" being the main agenda item.  Also likely to be discussed
is whatever Paul Martin, the federal minister of finance, says in his
budget speech in the House of Commons, set for 5 p.m. today.  The big
questions for the university are what he will do about transfer payments
to the provinces (the main source of grants for post-secondary education)
and whether he'll introduce a tax on employer-paid health benefits.

ANIMAL ACTS:  Here's a memo that went out Friday from the health and safety
office:

	On February 10, 1994, a rabid skunk was caught on campus.
	Although no further rabid animals have been reported on campus,
	the Region of Waterloo is experiencing a high incidence of
	reported rabid animals.

	Members of the University community are advised to take the
	following precautions:

	Do not approach animals.

	Notify UW Police at x4911 if you see any animals acting abnormally.

	Report immediately any contact with an animal (such as a bite or
	scratch) to Health & Safety at x3541 or your physician.  With rabid
	animals treatment must not be delayed.

	For further information contact the Safety Office at x4404.

BANK'S GIFT:  The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce did announce its
Campaign Waterloo gift yesterday, as planned.  It's a $700,000 donation
for "research to assist small business, particularly 'knowledge-based'
enterprises".  The plan is to create a "centre for the management of
technological change and entrepreneurial innovation".  At the heart of the
activity is management sciences professor Paul Guild.  The CIBC money
will allow management sciences to hire a new faculty member for five
years to work on studies of entrepreneurship, investment and business
networking.  The details presented at yesterday's news conference came
too late to appear in this week's Gazette, but we'll have a report next week.

FOOD SERVICES outlets will all be closed from 2 to 4 p.m. today, as the
department holds a general staff meeting.

HOCKEY THRILLER:  The hockey Warriors are in the OUAA playoffs, with a
sudden-death game against Wilfrid Laurier University's Golden Hawks being
scheduled for tonight at 7:30.  The game will be played on neutral ice,
at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.  Admission is $5, students $4.

The basketball Warriors begin their playoff activity next Tuesday with a
home game; the opponent is still to be named.

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