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Monday, November 27, 1995
Just another manic Monday
Notes written on a foggy morning, after watching a maniac on a bicycle
go sailing right through a red light at the corner of University
Avenue and Keats Way. Pretty sure it wasn't
Danny Gardiner,
anyway. . . .
President and provost will speak
A memo this morning announces two "town hall meetings" to be held
on Tuesday of next week. "President Downey and I will explain the
implications of the government funding announcement expected on
November 29th," says the university's provost, Jim Kalbfleisch.
He's asking department heads for "your assistance in making it possible
for faculty and staff members in your department to attend".
The meetings will both be held in the Theatre of the Arts, one at
8:30 a.m. and one at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, December 5.
Kalbfleisch's memo notes that two other "important meetings" are
happening next week: the staff association annual meeting at 12 noon
on Tuesday, the faculty association annual meeting at 2 p.m. on
Wednesday.
A reminder about theft
A note went round the faculty of arts a few days ago from Jake Willms,
the faculty's administrative officer. It might be of some interest in
other parts of the university too:
Recently there was a theft of a substantial amount of cash and cheques
from a desk in a Faculty of Arts office. In discussing the matter
with Dean Hendley and Mr. A. Mackenzie, Director of UW Police, it was
felt that it would be advisable to forward a reminder concerning the
need to keep cash and cheques in a secure, non-obvious location within
offices, or in an appropriate locked filing cabinet.
And you might take the same precautions with your purse or wallet.
Blood is wanted today
The Red Cross will hold a blood donor clinic from noon to 4:00 today in
the Student Life Centre -- an opportunity to give, as the ads say,
"the gift of life".
The foods of the world
Cultural Caravan, presented by the Special Events department of the
Federation of Students, happens today at Federation Hall.
A dozen student cultural clubs will participate with displays of artifacts,
handicrafts, literature and more. A popular feature of the day is the
multicultural food fair -- sample such exotic fare as Onigiri (rice ball),
Miso-shiru (miso soup), Pirukaid (meat or carrot stuffed perogies), Moose
Stew, or Blueberry Bannock.
The evening will close with a celebration of the diversity that surrounds
us all
at UW. The International Showcase will feature a variety
of colourful and entertaining group and solo folk dances and musical acts.
Cultural Caravan will be open for lunch service from noon until 2 p.m.,
and dinner service from 5 until 8 p.m. The International Showcase
will begin at 7:30. Admission for all events is free, says Lynne
Sosnowski of the Feds.
Next parking lot to change
Users of parking lot L, up by Matthews Hall and General Services, are the
next ones to trade in their existing plastic cards for new cards and
parking permits. The changeover, which has already been done for the
three largest monthly-paid parking lots, also means you have to fill in
a form, which will be available at the lot entrance (or call ext. 3100
if you don't get one that way). Conversion of lot L begins tomorrow, says
Elaine Koolstra, manager of parking services.
More of the planning reports
The Commission on Institutional Planning has made most of its
"working group" reports
available
on its Web page through UWinfo, says Heather White of the provost's
office. Reports now available: Co-operative Education, Continuing and
Distance Education, International Connections, Quality of Life,
Undergraduate Teaching and Learning. Paper copies are available on reserve
in UW's library. And we'll get summaries of them all into the Gazette, as
time permits.
Computer scientist will speak
"Using Internet as a Parallel Computer" is the topic of a lecture tonight
by Ken Salem of
the computer science department. His general-interest talk is sponsored by
the
Institute for
Computer Research and starts at 8:00 in Davis Centre room 1302.
The spirit of the holidays
I've already heard about several UW departments that are organizing
food drives or other charitable activities for the Christmas (Hanukah,
Kwanzaa) season. It would be good to have a complete list of what's
being done on campus to help those who need help; so if your group or
department has a food, clothing, toy or other project going, please
would you
drop me a note about it?
Chris Redmond
Information
and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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