Daily Bulletin

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Centres of excellence . . . reborn

The Ontario government has announced budget cuts of 13 per cent to the Ontario Centres of Excellence, with total funding for the next five years set at $161.5 million, down from $186 million for the previous five-year period. The initial five-year financing began in 1988 under a Liberal government which allocated $204 million for the centres.

The reorganization of the seven centres into four will create these new bodies:

• The Information Technology Research Centre and the Telecommunications Research Centre of Ontario will merge into Communications and Information Technology Ontario.
• The Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research and the Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science will form the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Technologies.
• The Ontario Centre for Materials Research and the Manufacturing Research Corporation of Ontario will join as Materials Manufacturing Ontario.
• The Ontario Laser and Lightwave Research Centre will be eclipsed by Photonics Research Ontario.

Events today and tomorrow

Something called Mentortech hits campus tomorrow, with an information session from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Davis Centre lounge. "Mentortech is a network of experts in all aspects of business plan development. We are ready, willing and able to help you vet your ideas, develop a business plan, and help you find financing to get you started. . . . This virtual corporate team is waiting for you to take the first step."

Tomorrow also brings the big career fair at Bingemans Conference Centre in Kitchener, jointly sponsored by UW and several other post-secondary institutions, and running from 10:00 to 3:30. There will be shuttle buses from the Student Life Centre.

The talk of the campus

A note in the latest issue of the Sigma Chi fraternity magazine, from the Theta Psi chapter of Sigma Chi, based at UW: "Theta Psi's 10-year reign as the only fraternity on campus will end this year, as a Pi Kappa Epsilon colony will be having their first formal rush in the fall."

The faculty association's newsletter, out this week, announces that "Canadian writer David Cayley will present the 1997 Hagey Lecture on Wednesday, November 19, in the UW Humanities Theatre. He will also host a student colloquium on Thursday, November 20. . . . His Hagey Lecture, yet untitled, will derive from his forthcoming book The Expanding Prison."

Amphibious landing is reported

Hop on over to the Earth Sciences Museum and see "Nine Frogs and a Toad", an exhibit from the Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal. The exhibit will be open to view from September 29 through November 20. The museum is open 8:30 to 4:30 weekdays. Also open on Saturday, October 25 -- Faculty of Science Open House.

Owing to their special sensitivity and vulnerability, frogs feel the impact of man firsthand. Around the world many frog species are in decline. Their disappearance is as a warning! The Redpath Museum has produced an enlightening and entertaining science exhibition in collaboration with scientists, naturalists, artists, environmentalists and government agencies from Quebec. This educational presentation explores the life and loves of the frog -- focussing on its natural history and its fragile co-existence with man. With the support of scientific research, photo-documents, specimens, the visual arts, interactive games and audio techniques, this exhibition will give the public, particularly the young, an added awareness of the frog as a valued "environmental indicator." The exhibit will familiarize students, educators and families with the fascinating and mysterious world of the frog. Quebec's ten species of frogs will be showcased.

All in a day's work

I am trying to figure out the date of the Downey Tourney as shown in your September 29 Bulletin. I did not manage to get to the Saturday games but did manage to see most of the stuff on Sunday -- at least I thought I did. You have confused me as to when I really went there, as on Friday you said it was to be held on the Sunday and today you said it was Saturday. Please sort this out and let me know what day I watched the Tournament.

CAR

Editor of the Daily Bulletin: Chris Redmond
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