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Thursday, September 14, 1995
Bob Farvolden is mourned
Robert Farvolden, retired professor of earth sciences and a former dean
of science, died yesterday after a battle with cancer. He was 67.
Farvolden, a hydrogeologist, came to Waterloo in 1970 and later
served as chair of the earth sciences department and then, from
1977 to 1982, as dean. He
helped to
develop the earth sciences department into one of the university's
most prominent, and was a central figure in the founding and growth
of the
Waterloo
Centre for Groundwater Research. Farvolden was active in
the groundwater centre's work until very recently.
Funeral arrangements are expected to be known later today.
Privacy guidelines are available
UW's recently-approved "Privacy Protection and Freedom of Information
Guidelines" are now available in electronic form. You can
find
them on UWinfo under "Secretariat" or under "Documents". The text
will also be published in next week's Gazette.
From the "general principles" section of the Guidelines:
These guidelines provide
University of Waterloo faculty, staff and students with access to
files/records containing their own personal information, while at the
same time, to the fullest extent possible, they protect against disclosure
of such information to a third party, except with the written consent of
the person concerned.
Similarly, these guidelines make provision to allow UW faculty, staff,
students and members of the general public maximum access to UW
records, which are under the control of University administrative
officers, to the extent that it is possible without compromising the
integrity of the institution or its members, or prejudicing its ability to
operate at optimal level.
University administrative officers are responsible for decisions, on
request, for access to or disclosure of information from records under
their control according to the principles of these general guidelines and
as provided in specific University policies or guidelines and as required
by applicable federal or provincial laws. Decisions to deny a request will
be made in writing.
Athletics holds open house
Today's the day: the
department
of athletics has an open house set, from 4 to 7 p.m., to tell the
world about both varsity and campus recreation programs. Want to find
out about the north campus golf course, the basketball schedule, or
the availability of aerobics classes? Drop by the main gymnasium.
If all the PAC lockers weren't snapped up yesterday, you can rent one
today in the Red South activity area of the building. And registration
for campus recreation programs will be starting Monday.
What else is happening?
- Architecture professor
Mike
Elmitt presents a slide-talk on
the "motives, ideas and concepts" behind his furniture designs, tonight
at 7 p.m. He's speaking at the Homer Watson Gallery in the south end
of Kitchener, in conjunction with the gallery's current exhibition
"Recent Adventures in Wood".
- UW's student-run radio station,
CKMS-FM,
presents "Solid State University" on its weekly "Radio Theatre"
series, tonight at 10 p.m. The half-hour program is a 1993 award winner
for Best Radio Drama, and is a "documentary about the world's first
computerized university administration". Gee, no, that could never
happen. CKMS broadcasts at 100.3 FM (cable 95.5 FM).
Minister's in hot water
News reports this morning say that John Snobelen, the Ontario minister
of education, has been "ordered" by the premier to apologize for
remarks he made to a meeting of senior education ministry staff in
July. The comments, which were videotaped, became public yesterday.
Snobelen is seen on the tape telling his staff that "creating a useful
crisis" will be an important step in making changes to the education
system. "We need to invent a crisis" to draw public support, the
minister said. Yesterday, Snobelen admitted that what he had said
was "dumb", and apparently told premier Mike Harris that he didn't
mean his statements literally.
Chris Redmond
Information
and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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