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[ President's
letter to the UW community, 19 October 1995 ]
Tuesday, October 31, 1995
The whole country knows -- why,
the whole world knows -- that
the "no", or federalist, side won yesterday's Quebec referendum by the
narrowest of margins, collecting 50.6 per cent of the votes cast. Today
come the post-mortems including a
"Day After the Referendum" session at Wilfrid Laurier University,
organized by the chaplains' group and starring Brian Tanguay and
Terry Copp of WLU. It starts at 2 p.m. in WLU's science building, room N-1053.
Ron Servant, president of the student Mathematics Society, writes
that "I was watching the referendum results in the Real-Time lab via a web page
that the SRC put up. There were only a few of us around, but we
felt that the result simply meant more uncertainty for the Quebec and
the rest of Canada --
although we were relieved that Quebec is still a part of Canada today."
So, was everybody at UW following the results with bated breath last night?
Well, almost. "You might say that while Canada burned, we juggled,"
reports Toby Donaldson of the UW juggling club, which was off to Hamilton
last night to match skills with its counterparts at McMaster University.
"We heaped glory upon UW by soundly defeating Mac," Donaldson advises.
Hallowe'en and mathematics
Bob Gillham of the earth sciences department is telling fortunes over
in the B. F. Goodrich Building today, and I've already had scattered
reports of witches and other such beings in UW buildings.
May no goblins visit the mathematics faculty council this afternoon, as
it holds a special meeting (3:30 p.m., Math and Computer room 5158) to
look at the report of the faculty's planning committee. Jack Kalbfleisch,
dean of the faculty, will move that the council "receive" the report,
not necessarily "accept" it. He writes: "The report will form the
basis of much discussion and development as many of the strategies and
suggestions are referred to individuals and committees for further
consideration and action. As I have previously stated, the report
should be viewed as a working paper that will be reviewed and revised
annually with a report to Faculty Council and to other interested groups.
It is envisaged, however, that the broad objectives defined in the Plan
will help define directions in the Faculty for some time."
Also meeting: board of governors
The university's highest governing body holds its quarterly meeting at
the same hour today: 3:30 p.m., in Needles Hall room 3001. The president
and provost will be reporting on budget issues, present and future, and the
1994-95 financial statement is to be presented. Also, the board will be
asked to approve the changes to the faculty and staff health benefits plan
that were
discussed on campus earlier this year.
Just a few things happening
- St. Paul's United College hosts a launch party today for the book A
Million for Peace by Shirley Farlinger -- the story of the Peacemaking
Fund of the United Church of Canada. The reception runs from 3 to 6
p.m. in the college's MacKirdy Hall.
- The
Students
Advising Co-op group meets at 4:30 today in the board room of the
Student Life Centre. SAC, sponsored by the Federation of Students, is
a student panel formed to work with the UW co-op department. All
are welcome.
- "Heritage, Markets and Democracy in a Uniting Europe" is the
topic this afternoon, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., as the European Roundtable
series sponsored by the Heritage Resources Centre and the department
of environment and resource studies continues. Location: Environmental
Studies 1 room 221.
- Electrical power, heating, cooling and ventilation will be
turned off in the Optometry building for half an hour beginning at
7 a.m. tomorrow. "Computer equipment should be shut down in an
orderly fashion" beforehand, the plant operations department advises.
United Way is making progress
Givings from staff and faculty to the United Way campaign are at 67
per cent of the target, or $107,000, campaign chair Helen Kilbride
reports. Today was supposed to be the last day of the campaign, but
it's being extended to 4:30 p.m. next Wednesday, November 8.
Lost your pledge form? Call ext. 3840.
Field hockey team triumphs
The Athena field hockey team made UW
athletics history on the weekend when they captured their first-ever
OWIAA championship. The Athenas upset the Toronto Varsity Blues in
the final game by a score of 2-0, handing U of T their first loss of the
season. Toronto finished first overall in regular OWIAA league play with a
perfect 15-0 record, with Waterloo right behind with a record of
12-2-2.
The Athenas, who have had an outstanding season,
were tied for fifth place with Calgary in the latest
CIAU Coaches' Poll. The talented young team is more than half made up of
rookies, with 8 of the 15 players being in their first year, reports
Jennifer McCormick of the department of athletics and recreational
services.
UW head coach Sharon Creelman was named OWIAA Field Hockey Coach of
the Year following Sunday's victory.
The team will be playing in Lamport Stadium in North York this weekend,
battling it out with a #2-ranked University of
British Columbia squad in their opening match on Friday at 10:15 a.m.,
followed by a 1:45 game versus the #4 ranked University of New Brunswick
team.
Chris Redmond
Information
and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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