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Friday, September 8, 1995
The chariots race today
Engineers' "chariots" were out in the arts quadrangle yesterday, and
this afternoon it's a campus-wide chariot race around the
Dana Porter Library -- one of the livelier traditional activities of
orientation week. (Verb. sap. from the safety office: make sure your
car isn't parked in the vicinity of Porter or Arts Lecture between 3
and 4 this afternoon.)
The chariot races are preceded by Frosh Olympics, from 1 to 3 p.m. at
Columbia Field. Tonight: a "Bible Belt Bash" at Federation Hall, for
church college students, and other social activities.
Tomorrow, as orientation winds up or winds down, comes Green Spirit Days,
starting at 10 a.m. and centred on East Campus Hall, from which squads
of volunteers will be dispatched to help with environmental projects
around Kitchener-Waterloo. (I'd give more details if I had them.)
And then, a football game
The football Warriors host the University of Western Ontario Mustangs
tomorrow afternoon at University Stadium (formerly Seagram Stadium).
Western is favoured to repeat as OUAA champions this year, but Waterloo
(described by the Star yesterday as "pesky")
is among the teams that are out to surprise them.
The game starts at 2 p.m. But there's more than just football, says
Jennifer McCormick of the
athletics
department:
Be sure to come early and soak up the sights and sounds of the
Pre-Game Kick-Off Party happening from noon to 2 p.m. in the University
Stadium parking lot. The KOOL-FM Star Cruiser will be there with great
rock and roll cranked up, along with our other sponsor, Burger King, to
offer lots of giveaways for our fans. Barbecue burgers, hot dogs, pizza
slices and cold drinks will be available for purchase. There will
be appearances by our UW cheerleaders, the Warrior Band and of course our
own Waterloo Warrior, and other surprises. At the half, the Cambridge
Minor Football League will be playing a mini-game to entertain the
fans, and three lucky fans will be chosen to attempt to catch the
football from the football tossing machine.
Students: admission free. Others: season tickets available from the
athletics department, phone ext. 5869, or tickets at the gate.
Sunday, things wind down
A few final orientation activities are happening Sunday, the schedule
says, and "Atomic Improv" plus "Scared Weird Little Guys" play at
Federation Hall from 7 p.m.
Gotta get some rest before Monday morning at 8:30, folks.
Symposium on a muscle disease
The annual symposium of the Malignant Hyperthermia Association is being
held at UW tomorrow. Valerie Horner of the kinesiology department is
among the organizers of this event, which will air both research findings
and practical information about a little-known muscle abnormality.
Last-minute information and registration: 579-8498.
A note to graduate students
Says the payroll office: "If you are being paid as a teaching or
research assistant in the fall term and you were not on the monthly
payroll in spring 1995, please sign up for payroll." You can do it
on Monday, September 11, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Arts Lecture room
113, or Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Math and Computer room 2065.
"Please bring your Social Insurance Number and bank account
information." First monthly payday for the fall term: September 29.
Sign of the times in higher education
From Academe Today's Daily Report, distributed earlier this week by
the
Chronicle
of Higher Education: "President Clinton said in a speech Monday
at the dedication of California State University at Monterey Bay
that its conversion from an Army base is a good example of the
United States' shift to 'a more information-based, technology-based
economy'. The university's classrooms, dormitories, and offices are
wired with fiber-optic cable, giving access to the university
library and the Internet."
And some final notes
Faculty
Development Days continue today, with sessions on instructional
multimedia. There's also the Instructional Multimedia Fair, open to
all, from 10:15 to 3:00 in Davis Centre room 1301.
And birthday greetings to Don Brodie of the physics department.
Don't want to throw a chill over the party or anything, but the
Environment Canada folks have issued
a frost warning for
tonight.
Chris Redmond
Information
and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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