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"Grimm Tales" is continuing in Studio 180 in the Humanities building -- the drama department's first production of the year. School matinees began yesterday, and public performances are Friday night, Saturday afternoon and Saturday night (tickets from the Humanities box office). Erin Kell is Gretel and Matt Borch is the witch.

No more Dollars for Scholars raffle

There won't be a Dollars for Scholars in 2000-01, says Bonnie Oberle of the UW development office, who says the original idea was to do it for three years, and that's that.

Since the raffle was launched in the fall of 1997, as suggested by the Keystone Fund advisory council, 35 draws have been held, she says, "and proceeds of approximately $14,000 have been designated to support undergraduate and graduate scholarship funds."

Over the three years, 1,032 raffle tickets have been sold, and there have been "exactly 50" winners, since eight of the 35 winning tickets belonged to groups of people. The most recent winner: Lynda Connolly of the department of environment and resource studies, who won $1,000 in the October 18 draw.

Oberle sends her "special thanks" to the many volunteers who sold raffle tickets, as well as staff in the development and alumni office who processed the ticket orders, "and especially to all those who purchased raffle tickets and supported University of Waterloo undergraduate and graduate scholarship funds. Your support is making a difference!"

John Thompson of the Centre for Learning Through Teaching and Technology turned 50 yesterday, and a few of his colleagues thought his office should reflect the joy of the occasion.

Howard Pawley speaks tonight

Says Bob Needham, director of Canadian studies: "You will recall that Professor Pawley (right) is a former Premier of the Province of Manitoba. More recently, at the University of Windsor, he has served as Paul Martin Chair in International Relations and Law, Chair of the Political Science Program, and President of the Faculty Association. Howard is an engaging speaker.

"Since 1998, the annual Knowles and Kerr-Saltsman public lectures in Canadian Studies have enlivened intellectual debate at the University of Waterloo. The list of speakers to date is impressive: Stephen Lewis, Olive Dickason, Tony Clarke, Mel Watkins and Dalton Camp. Howard Pawley's intellectual and public accomplishments make him a worthy addition to this series."

He notes that the next speaker will be Linda McQuaig, who will speak March 8, 2001, on "The Challenge Ahead in the Post-Deficit Era: Reviving the Notion of the Common Good".

Says Needham: "The annual Knowles and Kerr-Saltsman public lectures are made possible by supporters, who wish to encourage innovative thinking about the critical social issues affecting all Canadians."

Free tickets for tonight's lecture -- which starts at 7:30 in the Humanities Theatre -- are available from St. Paul's United College, 885-1465 ext. 201.

Pixels in the big picture

The "Knowledge Interaction Day" sponsored by Nortel Networks runs from 10:00 to 4:30 today in Davis Centre room 1304, with a series of talks by Nortel experts.

A note from Jason MacIntyre of Retail Services: "The Computer Store's Lunch Series continues this week with a presentation from Apple Canada on Thursday. This session promises to be fun, engaging and interactive; the folks from Apple will demonstrate how to produce digital video using iMovie 2, then publish it to the web. Use of a QuickTime Streaming server will also be covered." The event will be held in Davis Centre room 1302 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., with free boxed lunches provided by Apple. A final word of advice from MacIntyre: "We've ordered enough lunches for the room's capacity, but attendees should arrive early to avoid disappointment."

Today's the final day for the blood donor clinic in the Student Life Centre -- Canadian Blood Services will be doing its work from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The career development workshop series continues. Today brings "Letter Writing" at 1:30 and "Resume Writing" at 2:30; the career resource centre in Needles Hall has more information.

In the department of physics, Aephraim Steinberg of the University of Toronto speaks today (3:30, Physics room 145) on "Photons: Correlations, Conundra, and Causality".

The department of statistics and actuarial science presents a talk today by Jon Rao of Carleton University, at 2:30 in Math and Computer room 5158: "Variance Estimation in the Presence of Imputation for Missing Survey Data".

Alumni of Canadian universities, including UW, are invited to a reception in New York this evening. The gathering starts at 6:30 at the Penn Club, 30 West 44 Street.

Usually WatPubs are for Waterloo students spending a work term in other cities, but why not have one here as well? "I am holding a WatPub for all the co-op students working right now in the K-W area," writes organizer Carolyn Bentley. "It is informal," she adds. When? Tonight starting at 9. Where? The Weaver's Arms on Phillip Street. (There's also a WatPub in Toronto tonight, at The Peel Pub downtown.)

"Keeping Tom Nice", described as "an intense character study in an intimate atmosphere", opens tonight in the Studio Theatre at Wilfrid Laurier University, and runs through November 4. It's presented by the University Players; tickets are available from the WLU box office, 884-0710 ext. 4882.

Tomorrow morning, the tourism lecture series continues with a talk by Judith Cukier of UW's faculty of environmental studies, on "Tourism Entrepreneurship in Thailand and Vietnam". She'll speak at 9:30 in Environmental Studies I room 350.

And a note from Judie Lankowski in the department of information systems and technology: "IST is preparing to reprint the yellow telephone directory. A department telephone report has been sent to administrative staff on campus requesting updates and changes. This report should be returned to me by Tuesday, October 31. Printing and distribution of the directory should be completed by late November or early December."

CAR

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