Daily Bulletin, Thursday, February 16, 1995

STUDENT RESULTS:  Jane Pak, a fourth-year math student, has been elected
president of the Federation of Students for 1995-96.  The ballots were
counted last night after two days of voting by undergraduate students.

Elected with Pak was her running-mate for the post of vice-president
(university affairs) of the Feds, Rose Bilicic, a recreation and leisure
studies student.  Both Pak and Bilicic are already playing campus-wide
roles: Pak as an at-large student senator, Bilicic as the student voice
on UW's Commission on Institutional Planning.

The third member of their ticket, Jason Wood, was defeated by Mike Suska, 
a kinesiology student, for the post of vice-president (finance and operations).

In a referendum held at the same time, students voted in favour of keeping
UW's Federation a member of the Ontario University Student Alliance.
Full figures from the balloting haven't reached us yet this morning.

ABOUT PLANNING:  Deans and department heads had a memo this week from the
provost of the university, Jim Kalbfleisch:  "The Commission on Institutional
Planning will be gathering information over the next few months to develop
a comprehensive picture of UW's environment.  We will take account of
planning exercises happening at the faculty and departmental levels, and
we ask for your help in this effort.

"Please provide the Commission with a report of any recent planning 
activities completed or underway in your area.  Where possible, we ask
you to include a concise summary of the planning process and major
recommendations arising from it.  Please submit your report by the end
of February 1995, for review by the Commission in March."

MARDI?  They'll be celebrating Tuesday ("Mardi") on Friday this week.
As the Community Campaign's Mardi Gras party draws nearer, "We are
being asked," says Pat Cunningham of the development office, "what's
to eat at Mardi Gras?  The menu has single item servings as well as 
combination plates for the hungry.  Items include Cajun dishes such as 
blackened chicken and fish, creole jambalaya, shrimp with spicy remolade 
dip, red beans and rice, ratatouille, Po Boy Sandwiches, Bananas Foster,
just to name a few."

She notes that the $5 admission ticket isn't all that you'll need to pay
for the party, which runs from 4:30 to midnight tomorrow night at the north
campus athletic complex. "There will be additional charges for food, drinks, 
and games. Proceeds from all areas will support equipment needs of UW."
Oh, and you should bring along two quarters to let you into parking lot X.

The first 120 guests at Mardi Gras will receive a ticket for a special spin 
of the numbered wheel at 5:30 p.m. The winning number will receive a gift 
certificate for Fastbreaks restaurant.  At last report, there were more
than 150 items available in the evening's "silent auction".

PENSION MEETING:  The pension and benefits committee holds an open meeting
this afternoon to talk about recent changes to the pension plan, which have
the effect of raising the maximum pension that can be paid to a retired
staff or faculty member.  A memo about the changes, circulated on campus
last week, was reproduced on page 3 of yesterday's Gazette.  The meeting
today starts at 3:30 in Needles Hall room 3001.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS:  There was a note in the Gazette yesterday inviting
departments to help sponsor young participants in the Special Olympics,
coming to Kitchener-Waterloo next week.  Marion Murie of graphic services
is challenging other departments to keep up with graphics in this latest
service venture, at $25 apiece.  The Gazette gave the wrong phone number,
confusing what must be the two most often confused phone numbers on campus
-- we noted ext. 3541, which is health services, and we should have said
ext. 3451, which is graphic services.

THE CAFETERIA in Village 1 will be closing after dinner tonight and not
reopening until Monday, February 27.  That's how long it will take to
refinish the terrazzo floor there.  For the next ten days, the number of
hungry students in the Village is expected to be low anyway, as many will
be away for the two-day or week-long study break.  Those who do stick
around will have to trek up to Village 2 or down to the main campus to eat.

HAPPENING TODAY:  The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir plays the Bombshelter at
8:00 tonight.  The drama department's "Oleanna" continues in the Humanities
studio theatre.

And at 4:30 tonight comes the first of five showings of "The Africans: A
Triple Heritage", a nine-part documentary film series. The showing, which
continues March 2, 9, 16 and 23, is sponsored by the Waterloo African
Students Association, in Math and Computer room 4020. All are welcome.

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