Daily Bulletin, Friday, February 3, 1995

RETHINKING PARKING:  That'll be the frosty Friday . . . oh.  Well, it's a
frosty Friday, and the word has come down that a five-person committee
is to do "a general review of parking and traffic" and report to the 
provost. 

A memo from the provost, Jim Kalbfleisch, notes several things that have
affected parking and traffic in recent years: building additions and
renovations, moves of services from one place to another, "personal
safety" and increased traffic.  And now, there are plans to put the
Environmental Science and Engineering building on parking lot B1.

The committee is to give its advice after considering the campus master plan,
likely changes to the university and its surroundings over the next
decade, UW's "obligation" -- Kalbfleisch has the word in quotation marks
-- to provide parking for everybody (and "whether some restrictions should
apply"), and "priority of convenient parking for visitors" and co-op
employers.  It's also to consider the price of parking, bearing in mind
that UW is facing a financial pinch and might need to start making a profit
from the parking operation, which has always been run to break even.

Chairing the committee is Bob Elliott, associate provost (general services).
Other members are Dennis Huber of plant operations, Bob Porter of classical
studies, Ric Haldenby of architecture, and Bruce Hutchinson of civil
engineering.  It is to "consult broadly" and produce a preliminary report
by July 1.

PHONE BOOKS:  Not only have the new on-campus phone books arrived, the
1995-96 Waterloo Region books are also starting to come in.  Patti Cook,
the waste management coordinator, reminds everybody that the old books can
be recycled.  Old on-campus phone books count as "coloured" paper; old
Waterloo Region books should be piled beside the white recycling boxes.
(At home, you can put your Waterloo Region phone book in the blue box 
for collection.)

WEEKEND EVENTS:  Grant Brown of the University of Lethbridge visits the
philosophy department today, and will say bad things about "employment
equity" programs at 3:30 p.m. in Humanities 373.  Organizer Jan Narveson
had been having difficulty finding anybody to speak in opposition to him,
but advises yesterday that "my colleague Anne Minas has suddenly volunteered 
to give at least a short response."

Rev. Len Altilia speaks on "Catholic Education: The Next Generation" at
7:30 tonight at Siegfried Hall, St. Jerome's College.

FASS continues with two performances tonight (7 and 10 p.m.) and one on
Saturday (8 p.m.) in the Humanities Theatre.

Ron Mathies of the peace and conflict studies program will give the 15th
annual Benjamin Eby Lecture, Sunday at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Conrad Grebel
College.  His topic: "Service as (Trans)formation -- the Mennonite Central
Committee as Educational Institution".

Cape Breton singing group The Barra MacNeils appear Sunday at 8 p.m. in 
the Humanities Theatre.  The box office (888-4908) has tickets.

And in sports, there are several home events.  The volleyball Athenas
host Guelph at 6:00 tonight, and the hockey Warriors host Guelph at 7:30
at the Icefield.  Tomorrow, there's a basketball doubleheader: the Athenas
hosting the McMaster University women at 12 noon, the Warriors hosting 
the McMaster men at 2:00.  Sunday, the hockey Warriors are at it again,
with Toronto's Varsity Blues playing here at 2 p.m.  Other teams are on
the road, including the volleyball "Black Plague", who spend the weekend
at a tournament at Universite Laval in Quebec City.

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