Daily Bulletin

Wednesday, November 19, 1997

Sharratt named dean of AHS

Says the president's memo: "Dr. Sharratt joined the University of Waterloo Department of Kinesiology in 1974 and was promoted to Professor in 1994. He has served as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies & Research (1991-95), Chair of Kinesiology (1980-86) and Director of the Centre for Applied Health Research (1989-). . . .

"Dr. Sharratt has an impressive record of teaching and of service to his profession and the community. He has been instrumental in bringing the Centre for Applied Health Research (CAHR) to the visible position it now holds in government policy and research circles. He is President of two national associations: the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (of which he is a founding member).

"Dr. Sharratt's appointment has very strong support within the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, and I look forward to working with him."

New fee could save Grad House

"This budget includes new sales projections, given by the GSA Manager Hospitality Affairs, based on an increase in sales over the first two months of this term," a news release says. "It also takes into account a substantial reduction in expenses and stipends implemented by the Executive." So how do things stand now?

With increased sales, and decreased expenditures due to changes in operating procedures, the budget indicates a bar operating deficit of $8,626. This is after a subsidy of $15,354 from the GSA fee, or $3.17 per term for each graduate student. The Association budget indicates a surplus of $1,392. This results in a projected deficit of $7,234 for the corporation.

This new deficit is substantially reduced from the September projection of $23,000. With its current capital position, the GSA Board indicates that the House will remain open for the next term.

However, due to several years of operating deficits, the GSA capital reserves have been substantially reduced. Thus, subsequent to a series of meetings, the Board proposed to Council the implementation of a Graduate House fee. This fee would be separate from the current GSA fee, and be used to subsidize the House. The fee would also provide much needed investment into the House for renovations and future projects, such as increased food services.

Since any GSA fee which is mandatory for registration, must be approved by a referendum, the Board has opted for the creation of a strikeable fee. This fee could be adopted at the March AGM, and be implemented as soon as May 1998. Such a fee could be removed at registration by any student, and would allow the graduate student population a chance to decide whether or not they wish to maintain the Graduate House.

The Hagey Lecture, and more

Cayley's topic will be prisons and the alternatives to them: "It is widely recognized that imprisonment is more likely to further de-socialize offenders than correct them. Could society respond to criminal behaviour in other ways? Looked at historically, public prosecution of crime is a novelty. Before the modern era of Western expansion, many societies knew different conceptions of justice and practised different forms of peace-making and conflict resolution. Some of these forms are recurring today in a movement towards restorative, rather than repressive criminal justice."

Tomorrow morning -- that's Thursday, at 10:30 a.m. -- Cayley will give a student seminar in the reading room on the second floor of the Student Life Centre. All students are welcome.

Committee supervises staff affairs

It comes from David Dietrich of the human resources department, this year's chair of the staff relations committee, who itemizes things the committee has worked on in recent months. Among them:

• Reviews of policies on maternity leaves and staff grievances. The report says a proposed revision of Policy 36, on staff grievances, will be placed "on view" for general comments.
• A review of the sick leave and long-term disability plans: "Before recommendations are made to the Board of Governors, SRC will be discussing proposed changes and public meetings will be held to obtain feedback from staff and faculty."
• "Agreement was reached on a document describing the working relationship between the University and the Staff Association. In the near future, this document will be made available to both the Gazette and Staff News; it will also be available under Documents on UW's home page. A booklet will be distributed to all staff members later in 1998."

What's what on a Wednesday

Folk singer and song-writer Cate Friesen is on campus today, for a concert at 12:30 (Conrad Grebel College chapel) and an evening event that's part of the Mennonite Authors reading series. Di Brandt will read, at 7:00 in the chapel, and Friesen will perform along with Carol Ann Weaver of the college's music faculty.

Tomorrow has been designated Black Thursday as part of the "Week without Violence" campaign. "We are asking students, staff and faculty to wear black on Thursday," says Heather Calder of the Federation of Students. The day will commemorate "all people who have suffered from violence", and protest "violence in general. Watch for displays and information about violence in the Student Life Centre."

Here's a note from Helen Kilbride, the volunteer chair of the United Way campaign on campus this year: "We'd like to reassure you that although the campaign officially closed on Friday, November 14, we are still here awaiting your pledge. So far, we've collected 75% of our $145,000 target. The latest number of donors is 476, down from 607 last year and from 747 in 1995. This statistic is puzzling Helen (chair) and Carolyn (campaign assistant). They ask what can they do to help? If you haven't sent in your pledge or donation, please do it now, so that they can come up with a good total for the needy of K-W and area."

Jane Urquhart, who received an honorary degree from UW last month, has won the Governor-General's Award for English-language fiction for her novel The Underpainter. She is the wife of UW fine arts professor Tony Urquhart.

It should be a lively day today at the University of Toronto. Former American president George Bush is receiving an honorary degree today -- not at the regular convocation ceremony, which starts at 6:00 in Convocation Hall, but at a more private event at 4 p.m. in Hart House. Watch for news of protests by people who don't think Bush is the sort of figure U of T should be honouring.

Finally . . . I said yesterday that Stephen Sempson, who's behind a survey of staff opinion about pay and benefits, was chair of the staff association communications committee. Wrong (and today's Gazette repeats the error). That would be William Rowe; Sempson is head of the compensation subcommittee.

CAR

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