Daily Bulletin

Friday, August 15, 1997

End of term signals slowdown

Food Services outlets will reduce their hours or close from August 18 to 29, with Brubaker's and Pastry Plus at Needles Hall open from 8 to 3:30, the Davis Centre Tim Horton's from 7:30 to 3:30, and Double U's at South Campus Hall from 8 to 1:30.

Eateries at the Villages will reopen on Labour Day from 10 to 4, and Brubaker's will also be open September 1 from 8 to 3:30. Bon Appetit at the Davis Centre, along with the outlets at Matthews Hall and Modern Languages will reopen on September 2, and the Festival Room at South Campus Hall will open again on September 8.

The Bombshelter Pub closes at 2 a.m. this Sunday -- after a night of end-of-exams revelry -- until September 2.

Library hours are also reduced during the summer doldrums. From August 18 to September 5, Dana Porter and Davis Centre will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and closed Saturday and Sunday. User services will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and information services from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

At Dana Porter, the government publications information service is open from noon to 4 p.m., and hours for special collections are from 9 a.m. to noon, and from 1 to 4 p.m.

The University Map and Design Library will be open August 18 to September 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and closed on weekends. Information services will be available from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.

All libraries will be closed on Labour Day, September 1.

Men in skirts haunt UW heath

Participants may register for the seven-day course, the weekend course, or the non-resident package, with dancing instruction offered, as well as a murder mystery dinner, a ceilidh night, and a grand finale banquet and ball. Classes will be held on the wooden floors of the Physical Activities Complex with live accompaniment, including instruction in Social Scottish Country Dancing, "with emphasis on special interest and fun dances," and Dance with a Difference, featuring "unusual reels, with some highland steps".

After many years at Brock University in St. Catharines, the school is being held for the second time at UW before it moves next year to Vancouver.

Anyone interested in learning more is invited to come and watch, and for information on classes, which begin in Kitchener and Cambridge in September, phone Elizabeth Nurse at 741-8657. The KW Royal Scottish Country Dance Society is planning an open house on Tuesday, September 9, at 8 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Kitchener. "No Scottish background is needed."

Corporate Challenge needs YOU!

In the competition among local companies last year, UW ranked a very respectable 15th out of 104 teams. To ensure UW's stellar reputation is upheld, volunteers are needed to join the team, keep score, and help with registration and the food tent. "You don't have to be in top physical condition, either," says Nancy Elash, UW community relations coordinator.

Aside from the intrinsic rewards, volunteers will receive a uniform -- t-shirt and shorts -- and a barbecue lunch for their efforts. To enlist in this noble cause, phone Nancy at ext. 3276.

Community agencies seek volunteers

• Counsellors -- Extensive training will be provided to enable non-judgmental volunteers with excellent communication skills and pro-choice values to give information on birth control, unplanned pregnancy options, sexually transmitted diseases and other sexuality issues.
• Leisure volunteers -- Volunteers with an understanding of developmental disabilities and good interpersonal skills are needed to assist developmentally disabled adults in exploring leisure options on Friday evenings. Activities could include attending a hockey game, learning crafts, or going swimming.
• Hospice help -- Excellent training and support are provided for volunteers who offer emotional support, companionship and assistance to those facing a life-threatening illness, their families and friends. A commitment of four hours per week for a year is required, and second language skills are an asset.

For information on these and other community volunteer opportunities, phone the Volunteer Action Centre at 742-8610.

Waterloo Web site of the day

The first striking feature of this Web site is the bug crawling back and forth at the top of the page. What kind of bug? You'll know, presumably, after taking Biology 416.

This site is intended for students in that course, but not much of the material is directly related to the course outline. Graduate student Carlson Cabral, who's responsible for the page, explains what it tries to do:

Obviously, the students knew about the World Wide Web but what they did not know was that there was an immense knowledge base posted on the Web regarding the science of Entomology. We tried to accomodate in this page the best Web sites we could find, such as the one from the Colorado State University, as well as some particularities of the Entomology Course offered at the time of the site's creation here at UW. The site is directed to anyone who loves insects and it is our goal to improve it more and more, adding more diagrams and features that will please even the lay person.

We used Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0 for the creation of the site, which facilitates enormously the painstaking job of HTML programming, and I also had the valuable help of Mr. Jeremy Kueneman, a UW student who was taking the Entomology course by the time of the site's creation and to whom I wish to thank for his comments and suggestions.

Another interesting feature of this site is that you can download a freeware to keyout (i.e. name according to the scientific rules) the insects you may eventually collect.

Barbara Elve
bmelve@nh4.adm.uwaterloo.ca

August 17, 1987: Al MacKenzie is appointed UW director of security.

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