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Friday, December 1, 1995

Optometry wing opens today

The $3.2 million new wing of the Optometry building -- UW's only academic building north of Columbia Street -- will be opened with ceremonies at 2:00 this afternoon. Andrew Telegdi, Waterloo's Member of Parliament, sent word yesterday that he couldn't attend the event after all, but Ontario minister of labour Elizabeth Witmer is expected to be on hand along with representatives of optometry alumni and the optical industry. The building was funded with a combination of public money (through the Canada-Ontario "infrastructure" program) and private contributions.

Master of ceremonies for this afternoon's event will be John Thompson, dean of science, whose faculty includes the school of optometry.

Company supports work terms

The chief executive of Com Dev Ltd., a high-tech firm based in Cambridge just south of Kitchener, yesterday announced a research award program to support student work terms to study microwave technology and communications systems.

Val O'Donovan made a $250,000 pledge to Campaign Waterloo. The program that will support up to four student work terms for the next 10 years. The work terms created at UW are to support research and development in microwave technology and personal communications systems.

The awards will be for students at the end of their third year of undergraduate study and will cover their final two work terms. The research will be conducted at UW under the supervision of faculty members, said Sujeet Chaudhuri, who chairs UW's electrical and computer engineering department.

"The economic growth and future of this region depends to a large extent upon our ability to exploit the creative minds of students and researchers within our institutes of higher learning," said Roger Downer, UW vice-president, university relations. "This will ensure that, when it is appropriate to do so, their ideas are made available to the private sector. The Com Dev donation enhances our ability to do this."

Major meetings set next week

Just to recap, here's the schedule of when whose behind should be in what seat, as the university plans how to cope with government funding cuts:

This week's ribbon is white

"There are white ribbons available," says Tricia Mumby of the Federation of Students, "at the MathSoc office, Math C&D, and the Fed office. White ribbons are for men to wear at this time of year. They represent men's opposition to the issue of violence against women. Drop by and wear one, and show your support."

Wednesday, December 6, marks the sixth anniversary of the "Montreal massacre" that killed 14 female students at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique. A memorial service will start at 6 p.m. that day at Siegfried Hall, St. Jerome's College.

Library wants its books back

December 14, less than two weeks away, is the due date for UW library books that have been out on "term loan". "Beat the rush," a memo suggests, and return (or renew) your books before the last minute, when there's bound to be a long lineup at the circulation desk. Term loan books renewed now will be due April 10, 1996.

Happening today and on the weekend

Happy December, and here's some of what's happening:

Special note to gopher users

Starting today, Daily Bulletin service on the UWinfo gopher is reduced to the current Bulletin only. Gopher users can select a link that will pop them into UWinfo Webspace if they want to look at back files of the Bulletin. (And, in general, gopher users at UW are being advised to switch to Web browers as fast as possible; the UWinfo gopher is a dying critter.)

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

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