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Football victory The football Warriors got the 1998 season off to a good start Saturday with a 33-14 win over Wilfrid Laurier University at University Stadium. Also on the weekend, the men's and women's soccer Warriors both tied Brock University 1-1.

Social work program is launched

Opening ceremonies for the new program, which begins this fall, will start at 11:30 a.m. in the Chapel of St. Bede at Renison College. Guest speaker will be Doris M'Timkulu, executive director of the YWCA of Kitchener-Waterloo, who will talk about "Social Work: Then and Now".

Joanne Turner, director of the new program, says the launch of the new course of study comes at the right time for the province. "A BSW program is particularly timely now because the profession has been involved in a quest for legislation (in Ontario) to limit the title of 'social worker' to graduates of accredited BSW programs." The proposed law, which Turner expects to be passed next year, would require a BSW for all entry-level positions in social work agencies.

She said that while Renison has a strong and well-respected Social Development Studies program, which includes social work courses, it is not a recognized professional degree. Its purpose is to introduce students to the field, helping them to decide if social work is the career for them.

The new BSW program is an extension of the existing undergraduate program in Social Development Studies. It also gives those already working in social services the chance to upgrade their qualifications without taking a long break from their careers.

Unlike most social work programs in the province, such as the program at Wilfrid Laurier University, the Renison BSW is a one-year program requiring for admission an undergraduate degree and some pre-requisite courses. It will give students a beginning level of competence as practitioners and provides them with the qualifications to become members of the Ontario Association of Professional Social Workers or the Ontario College of Certified Social Workers.

Besides required courses, the BSW will include field placements in local agencies. Regional agency directors "have strongly advocated for this new BSW and have indicated their willingness to provide the required practicums," Turner said. "We're designing a curriculum to reflect changing needs of service delivery in areas such as child welfare, mental health, and multiculturalism." Renison's primary focus will be on local needs, especially in providing training for work in a multicultural milieu.

A night for Japanese animation

CTRL-A, in case you didn't know it, is the Club That Really Likes Anime: that is, its members are fans and connoisseurs of Japanese, or Japanese-style, animated films. "Since 1991," says member Karl Zaryski, "we've been entertaining Waterloo audiences with the finest," and who am I to argue?

"The first meeting of the term is always the most important," an announcement to CTRL-A members says, "as we hold the elections for the CTRL-A execs and decide upon the content of the first show (pretty much setting the shows for the rest of the term). If there's an anime title that you really really want to see at a CTRL-A show this term, this is the place you want to be. We've only got a week and a half to go from a standing start to putting on our first show, so we'll need all the help we can get. Frosh are especially welcome. . . . CTRL-A traditionally has its first show of the term on the last Friday and Saturday of the month," which would be September 25-26.

But if anybody can't wait that long, the group is offering another way to "get your anime fix": "CTRL-A has donated several anime titles to the University's A/V library, in E2-1309. You can book the viewing room, grab a few friends, and settle down to watch Bubblegum Crisis, Project A-ko, My Neighbour Totoro, or any of a number of great anime hits, all in crystalline laserdisc quality."

CD for home computer use

It's the first time the IST-produced CD-ROM includes Macintosh software as software for the Macintosh, as well as what's needed for Windows 95/98/NT. The price is the same as last year's, says Carol Vogt of IST, and the CD-ROM is available from the Computing Help and Information Place (CHIP), Math and Computer room 1052.

The CD, says Vogt, contains copies of Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer for both the Mac and PC. ("Along with Internet Explorer you get Outlook Express, Microsoft's mail client.") It also contains the common web plug-ins for both Mac and Windows: Acrobat Reader, Quicktime Viewer, REAL Player, Flash Plug-in. There is a licensed copy of McAfee Antivirus and WinZip for the PC, Eudora Light for both Mac and PC, and a variety of other utilities.

"Of special interest to students are the telnet programs for both Mac and PC. These terminal programs will work properly with Co-op Education's Student Access system. There are also a variety of other utilities for both platforms."

On the first day of classes

Something called "The Embassy" comes to the Humanities Theatre this evening; I'm told it presents a message -- for a student audience and anybody else interested -- sponsored by a local Pentecostal church.

Co-op students should be planning to attend return-to-campus interviews tomorrow through Friday. "Students should check for their assigned interview time with their coordinator on the boards in Needles Hall," the co-op department says. Next week -- September 22 to be precise -- it'll be time to pick up the "master copy co-op record" and start scanning job postings in preparation for winter term job interviews; they start October 7.

A dinner in honour of Raj Pathria, who retires this fall from UW's department of physics, is scheduled for Thursday at the Waterloo Inn. RSVPs should go to the physics office at ext. 2216. Pathria has been a member of faculty at UW since 1969.

The local Volunteer Action Centre has the usual selection of offers you can't refuse. Among them: "Bring your energy and talents to the many volunteer opportunities open at the Canadian Hearing Society. . . . Notre Dame of St. Agatha is celebrating their 140th anniversary on Sunday, September 27. Help with set-up, clean-up and enjoy the festivities in between. . . . K-W Access-Ability needs a volunteer cyclist with tandem experience to ride with a blind backseat rider." More information: 742-8610.

CAR

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