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Friday, November 17, 1995

Students still looking for jobs

Bruce Lumsden, director of the department of co-op education, sends word about how placement of students for the winter work term is going:
The first round of coop interviews resulted in just over 60% percent of the 3,500 students confirming employment for the winter '96 work term. This compares with 63% last year when there were approximately 160 fewer students in the system. The three week interview period saw 1,067 employers visit the campus, up about a dozen from last year. There were 10,500 student interviews conducted during this period.

We are now entering the second rounds or "continuous" phase which will carry on until the end of November. Last year at the beginning of the winter term approximately 90% of the students had secured employment and we are confident we will be able to report a similar figure in January '96.

It still means however, that there will be 300-400 students, particularly in the junior years, that will be finalising their employment after the beginning of the work term. The local, provincial and national economies are somewhat healthier than last year but still subject to quickly changing conditions. The financial cutbacks in federal and provincial public service departments and agencies will have a direct impact on coop opportunities in 1996. The same pressure that the University will feel will be felt in all areas of the public sector.

As usual any assistance that the university community can provide in jobs leads is much appreciated. Coordinators are located in the K-W, Toronto and Ottawa regions as well as a full time person now located in Calgary. They or any manager in the CECS can contacted for further information

Looking ahead to exams

It won't be long now: the fall term exam period starts Friday, December 8. The full exam schedule is now available on UWinfo (look under "Calendars, courses, exams").

Statement from faculty association

The UW faculty association has issued a statement touching on the recent case of discipline against a faculty member after charges of sexual harassment. The statement notes that the association "deplores in the strongest possible terms any acts of sexual or other harassment or abuse of authority", but is concerned about the process that was followed:
President Downey's action in making a public report on the current case, given that the parties were not informed of this possibility at the outset of the case or even during the case, probably is a violation of due process, and his action probably constitutes additional discipline imposed on the individual involved.
The full statement is available on UWinfo and we'll be reporting it in next week's Gazette.

The parking lot changeover

Here's the latest from Elaine Koolstra, manager of parking services: Re-registration for users of parking lot A will begin Monday and run through November 28. The lot is being converted from keys to cards; what users should do is bring the present key to the parking office and trade it in for a card. You'll have to fill out a form; forms are being handed out at the parking lot entrance occasionally, and if you don't get one there you can call ext. 3100 and ask for one.

Student parking for the winter term goes on sale December 4, Koolstra also says. Spaces are available in lots A, N, R and W, at $74.40 (including tax and deposit) for the January-to-April period. Parking is sold first-come, first-served, and students who bought parking for the fall term "are not guaranteed the same lot for winter if the lot has sold out before they come in and register". There are also spaces in the Village parking lots -- but only if you live in the Village -- at $56 for the four months. Finally, "card deposits from the fall term are refundable up to January 14."

Christmas time in the city

Well, almost. The local Santa Claus Parade starts tomorrow morning at 10, heading from the corner of King and Erb ("uptown" Waterloo) towards Kitchener. The float produced by UW, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College will be in the parade, just as it was in the Oktoberfest parade a few weeks ago. Following behind it will be the Midnight Sun solar car. Marlene Miles, UW's manager of community relations, reports that "The SAE car and a joint group from UW and WLU 'Bacchus' groups have entered as individual entries."

News is postponed again

An Ontario government announcement about university funding is now expected around November 29 to December 1, sources are saying. So the UW senate finance committee, which keeps postponing its morning-after meeting, has done so again: the meeting is now to be held Wednesday, December 13, according to a notice circulated yesterday.

Islamic week winds up

Islamic Awareness Week comes to a close with tonight's talk: "Beijing and Beyond -- a Muslim Woman's Perspective". The speaker is Khadija Haffajee, an Ottawa resident who attended the recent world conference on women's issues, held in Beijing. "She'll share her thoughts and experiences of the conference," says Rania Lawendy of the Muslim Students' Association. Her talk starts at 7 p.m. in Davis Centre room 1350.

And on Gordon Lightfoot's birthday

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

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