Tomorrow's Daily Bulletin -- which will stay in place all through the holiday break, easily reached from the UWinfo home page -- will have a list of services available, and events planned, at UW during the holiday. I've been in touch with many departments to collect information for that purpose. If you have something planned, or something that people should be told, and think I may not know about it yet, please get in touch with me now so I can include it in tomorrow's Bulletin.
Just tried to call the Federation of Students office to get word on New Year's Eve at Federation Hall. A recording says the office is closed, as of yesterday, reopening in January -- but New Year's Eve tickets are available at $9 for dance or $30 for dinner (888-4090).
Already, things are winding down. Several food services outlets (including the Festival Room and the Matthews Hall snack bar) have already closed for the season, and today's the last day for most of the rest. Open tomorrow: Brubaker's in the Student Life Centre, Pastry Plus in Needles Hall, and Tim Horton's in the Davis Centre.
"Come on January 10," says Jeff Shallit, secretary of the association, "to hear speakers on the certification issue, both pro and con, and bring your questions. Each guest will give a brief presentation, and this will be followed by a period for questions and discussion.
"There is no requirement to be a member of the Faculty Association to attend this open meeting. All are invited to attend."
"I am pleased to announce," she wrote, that the changes to the Staff Association Constitution were approved in a vote of the membership. Of those ballots cast, 398 members voted yes and 19 voted no. The ballot scrutineers were Judy Awbury (Registrar's office), Richard Crispin (Psychology), and Anne Kinney (FSO)."
The approval means that future changes to staff association constitution and by-laws can be made at general meetings, rather than through a cumbersome mail-in vote.
One young lad long ago . . . sent his love a partridge in a pear tree on Christmas Day and a bevy of gifts for the 12 days that followed. It must have cost him a pretty penny then. Today it would cost in excess of $87,000.For that partridge alone, the cost is now about $145, according to Dunigan's Taxidermy in Pinkney, and that's for the stuffed one. That cost doesn't linclude the $14 fee for a license to bag the bird. . . .
Eight cows at $1,200 each total $9,600. Those milkmaids, now known as agricultural labourers, are available at $6.50 an hour. . . .
Considering the going costs for a dancer, whether lord or lady, the University of Michigan Dance Department estimates that the current rate for a dancer is $35 an hour. The ninth day will cost $315 and the tenth day $350. . . .
And speaking of weather -- I used the word "revolting" to describe conditions last Thursday, the day of the ice storm, and drew a rebuttal from Dave Hare of the computer science department:
If you don't like winter weather and you live around here, you're going to spend a lot of your life unhappy. With so many other things to bitch about, it makes a lot more sense to marvel at and enjoy the power of Mother Nature.Something to think about.I don't partake of any winter sports other than shovelling my driveway (and that of a fariend who lives across town), but I'd rather be outside in lousy weather than sitting behind a desk in an antiseptic, atmosphere controlled, fluorescently lit office any day.
And birthday greetings today to Roger Downer, UW's vice-president (university relations).
Chris Redmond
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