Daily Bulletin, Tuesday, March 14, 1995

WELCOME TO WATERLOO, if you're a Campus Day visitor chancing to read this
Daily Bulletin through one of the UWinfo public terminals, or in a computer
lab, or anywhere else on the most highly wired campus in the country!  The
Bulletin appears every morning by 10:00, with announcements, news and
occasional gossip -- and UW is the only university in Canada that has
anything of the sort.

Campus Day is well under way; by 7:30 the greeters were out at the
University Avenue entrance, the booths were being set up in the South
Campus Hall concourse, and smiles were in place to greet the early-bird
arrivals.  One of the traditions of Campus Day is being tossed aside this
year: usually there's spitting snow and raw wind, but today I hear rumours
of a high of 20 (that's 68, old-style) and sunshine.

Parents' events are being held in the Humanities Theatre at 11 a.m. 
("concerns about the overall university experience"), 1:00 (co-op education),
and 1:30 (ah yes, the ever-popular question of how to pay for it all).
Meanwhile, high schoolers who are considering UW are making the rounds of
the faculties, colleges, residences and service departments, with tours
available everywhere and special events set for many places.  The Science
Spectacular starts at 1:30 (Biology 1 room 271) and the mechanical
engineering department is showing off the SAE Formula-1 racing car.
Also promised: "Enjoy a cup of coffee with the Dean of Engineering."  
How many cups can David Burns drink in a single day, I wonder?

INDUSTRIAL CHAIR:  A news conference is being held at 11:30 this morning
to announce an industrial research chair in polymer chemistry.  The
advance announcement speaks of "a multi-million-dollar research initiative
involving plastics chemistry", and identifies the sponsor as Novacor
Chemicals Ltd. of Calgary -- along with the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council, which already co-sponsors a number of research chairs
at UW.  Details tomorrow, presumably.

ETHICS FORUM:  The Faculty of Science Foundation is holding this year's
Ethics Forum tonight at 5:00 in Davis Centre room 1302.  Speakers are
George Atkinson, retired from UW's chemistry department, on "Integrity
in Research -- Peeling the Onion"; Joan Sanger, on "Ethics in the Workplace";
and Mei-Fei Elrick, on "Linking Teaching and Research -- An Ethical 
Issue".  Everybody's welcome; the talks will be followed by "lasagna,
garlic bread, soft drinks and beer", and a panel discussion.

AND FINALLY, birthday greetings to Murray Moo-Young of the department of
chemical engineering.

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