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Friday, August 4, 1995

Call it a road test

An experimental "raised walkway" is being built today across the service road to the Village 2 loading dock. If things go well, says David Churchill of the plant operations department, "we hope to install raised walkways at strategic locations on the ring road, probably two on each side of the campus."

The raised walkways are a bit like speed bumps, but ten feet wide rather than just a few inches. They're designed to "calm" traffic and make things a little easier for pedestrians who are trying to cross the ring road, after the existing, less-than-standard crosswalks are removed (week after next).

Churchill said other things are also going to be done to the ring road in the near future; there will be stop signs by the University Avenue and Columbia Street entrances, with "rumble strips" to warn drivers that the stop is ahead. Details will be along soon.

International conference being held

Some 250 delegates from more than 50 countries are at the Village 2 conference centre this week for the annual board meeting of Children's International Summer Villages. CISV is a non-profit organization "promoting peace education through children. In more than 60 countries throughout the world, children ages 11 to 18 are involved in various international programmes and activities. . . . Since the organization was founded in 1951 more than 110,000 young people from around the world have participated."

There was a corn roast and barbecue last night (hope the raindrops didn't dampen it too much) and "a final international banquet" in Federation Hall is scheduled for Wednesday. Other social events will break up the board's working sessions. Information: 746-4613.

LSE marks its centenary

It was 100 years ago today that Sidney and Beatrice Webb, George Bernard Shaw, and Graham Wallas had breakfast together to decide what to do with a bequest that had come to their Fabian Society. Their conclusion: to create a "school of economics" to study social affairs. The resulting institution was the London School of Economics and Political Science, recognized as one of the world's most influential (and unusual) universities.

And now, a holiday weekend

Monday, August 7, will be Civic Holiday. UW offices and most services will be closed, and no examinations are scheduled. (The Davis Centre and Dana Porter libraries will, however, be open.)

The Computer Store is taking an especially long weekend, being closed today through Tuesday, back open for business Wednesday. Graphics Express in South Campus Hall will close at 8 tonight and remain closed all weekend, reopening Tuesday morning at 8.

And from the department of computing services, this note:

The University will be CLOSED Sunday Aug. 6 and Monday Aug. 7 to observe Civic Holiday. During that time the Department of Computing Services will operate a reduced service. As a result, request for tape mounts, etc. will NOT be honoured. The Customer Support Centre (mc1052) will be closed Sunday Aug. 6 and Monday Aug. 7, but will be OPEN Saturday Aug. 5 from 09:00 until 20:00.

If you notice an outage of the campus computer network or any major DCS-maintained computing facility during this period, you can report it by telephoning the DCS HelpDesk at 888-4839. If the outage has a severe impact on the university computing environment and the appropriate facility-support personnel can be contacted, the problem will be addressed; otherwise, it will be pursued Tuesday morning.

Hope your August is, well, august

I'm now leaving for a summer vacation. While I'm away, colleagues from the office of information and public affairs will keep the Daily Bulletin going. Announcements and inquiries can be sent to Horacio Oliveira, phone ext. 5719, e-mail hmolivei@nh3adm.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca

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