Juggling fun-raising with fund-raising is the goal of their second all-night juggle, from 6 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday at the Student Life Centre. The Club has decided to repeat last year's successful marathon juggle, which organizers described as "a great load of fun".

This year, however, Family and Children's Services of Waterloo Region will benefit from the frivolity. Jugglers are raising money through pledge sheets and by accepting donations at the event, with the proceeds handed over to the agency on National Kids' Day, November 20. Both veteran and wannabe jugglers -- as well as spectators -- are welcome at the juggle.

The world that never was

So, what motivates (mostly) guys to sit around for hours pretending to be warriors (not Warriors -- more on that, as I said, in a moment) or wizards, thieves and clerics? Joe Herdman, vice president of WatSFiC and a math student by day, mentions the inspiration of fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien. Like Tolkien's Middle Earth, the world of AD&D is a realm which "is vaguely mediaeval, but never existed on earth". A game in which participants can exercise their creativity in a social setting, AD&D attracts both actors and closet actors who sit around a table during tournaments and imaginatively assume the role of a character assigned by the Dungeon Master.

In a feat of group storytelling, these adventurers inhabit the scenario set by the DM, with prizes awarded on the basis of both individual and group role-playing prowess. The weekend AD&D tournament runs Saturday and Sunday, with a number of other related events scheduled as well. More information is available on the WatSFiC web site, and aspiring adventurers are invited.

Now, about that football game

Conventional wisdom is that the Warriors will play a running game, as they've done all season with enough success to give them seven victories against two defeats. The Gee-Gees prefer to go airborne, so interceptions will be key for the Warriors.

Tomorrow's game starts at 3 p.m. at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa -- more familiar to many as "Lansdowne Park". UW co-op students in Ottawa are organizing a tailgate party in the parking lot outside the stadium before the game, and are inviting all Warrior fans to join them, says UW's athletics director, Judy McCrae, who left for Ottawa herself early this morning. For the benefit of those who can't get to the game, it will be televised live on TSN.

Talking of Catholic education

"Fitzgerald will draw on her wealth of experience to help vision an educational mission in the next millennium," a news release promises. She has variously been a professor of American studies, the founder and director of the Catholic School Leadership Program at Boston College, an administrator of her order (the School Sisters of Notre Dame), and president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States. She has lectured around the world and received many awards, including two honorary degrees.

Villagers paint kids' faces

The event is just one of the activities planned by the Village Community Outreach Campaign this fall to assist the food bank. The students hope to surpass the $28,000 raised last year to benefit another charity, plus collect non-perishable food items. "The food bank is the sole means of getting by for many underprivileged families in the Waterloo Region," said Lana Thompson, a campaign organizer. "We wish to assist this charity to the best of our ability." Among other fund-raising events, the campaign will hold its annual Village Charity Ball on November 21 and a Raffle Draw November 28.

Changes proposed in Australia

The government-appointed West committee, named for its chair, suggests an end to fixed government grants to universities. It also calls for "universal access" to post-secondary education: "A significant public contribution towards postsecondary education is the best and most important investment the community can make in its future. If we are to continue as a prosperous and civilised nation, learning must be at the core of our national life."

Eight subjects, eight sentences

The drama department's "Oh, What a Lovely War!" continues tonight and tomorrow night in the Theatre of the Arts.

The curling club will hold its fall bonspiel tomorrow at the Elora Curling Club.

A "Youth Info Fair" about careers and creativity in the design field is being held today and tomorrow at the Design Exchange in the Toronto-Dominion Centre, downtown Toronto.

The Athena and Warrior volleyball teams host Brock tonight in the Physical Activities Complex -- the women at 6 p.m., the men at 8.

Other home sports events include the West Sectional tournament hosted by the squash Warriors on Saturday, and a varsity swimming meet (Waterloo vs. Brock and Queen's) tonight starting at 5 in the PAC pool.

The UW Shop had an ad in Wednesday's Gazette for something called a Dubwear sale, and managed to say it was happening "September 20", when we all know it's really November 20 -- next Thursday.

The next seminar for the Faculty Computing User Support group is to be held Tuesday at 1:30 in Math and Computer room 2099, in the form of a "Technology/Service Show and Tell".

CAR

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