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Photo by Barbara Elve Walking Girl is back on her feet, thanks to the orthopedic intervention of millwright Paljo Markus, who arrived at the Modern Languages courtyard Wednesday morning with his brazing tools. The sculpture was discovered lying face down in the pool of water after the holiday weekend. It is believed a combination of high winds and a rusty ankle caused her to topple.

Online course selection is here

In part, the message reads: "Starting with the Winter 2002 term, class enrolment (previously called pre-registration) will be completed entirely online. From now on, you'll use the myUW section of studentQUEST to enroll in your classes....

"Class enrolment for Winter 2002 will take place from July 18-24, 2001, for all undergraduate students currently enrolled in Spring 2001 courses. This new class enrolment process uses an appointment system; upper year students will go first.

"You'll be given an appointment -- a time frame of approximately 4 to 5 hours -- to let you know when you can select your classes. If you miss your appointment, or do not complete your class enrolment within your appointment time, you'll have to wait until open registration (October 1, 2001) to choose your classes.

"Prior to your appointment time you'll need to plan your schedule using the information provided to you in the class enrolment instructions.... Please read these instructions carefully. The instructions will guide you through choosing the classes you're interested in, creating a timetable, and ensuring that your courses do not conflict with each other. You may also need to create alternative timetables in case any courses you've chosen are full.

"To find out when your appointment time is, visit QUEST on July 16 or 17, 2001, and login using your UWuserid and password under the myUW section of studentQUEST. If you don't know your UWuserid or password you'll be able to look it up on the QUEST site...."

General information sessions have been scheduled to acquaint students, faculty and staff with course selection using QUEST. They'll take place in DC 1350 on July 16 and 17 at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.

Injury rate is going down

Altogether there were 240 work-related injuries or "incidents" last year, compared to 249 in 1999, says UW safety director Kevin Stewart in the university's annual injury and fire report for the year 2000. "Lost time injury rates have been trending downward," says the report.

Walking heads the list of risky activities year after year, mostly because of slips on ice or other treacherous surfaces.

The report says that of last year's 240 injuries, 27 resulted in "lost time" -- a staff or faculty member was off work because of an injury -- compared to 39 the previous year. The number of "lost days" was higher, though, reaching 445 compared to 262 in 1999. (There were 517 lost days in 1998 and 725.5 in 1997.)

Photo by Barbara Elve It's official: the new Used Bookstore opened Thursday with a ceremonial ribbon cutting by Federation of Students vice-president (finance) Dawn Phillips, Used Bookstore manager John Jongerius and Feds president Yaacov Iland. The student-owned business boasts a brighter, more spacious facility in its new location on the lower level of the Student Life Centre, between Aussie's and Campus Cove.

Stewart notes that UW consistently has a "lost days severity rate" lower than other employers in UW's category with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, which includes colleges, driving schools, libraries and museums as well as universities. UW paid $681,000 in premiums to the WSIB last year.

Departments reporting injuries were headed by plant operations (a total of eight) and housing (six), but there were injuries in areas as diverse as biology, graphics and the library. Day care centres, which have traditionally been the locale for many accidents (largely because children are heavy and awkward to lift), reported two lost-time injuries this year.

The month with the most injuries was May, with 29.

Stewart's report also includes a summary of fire calls to the campus during the year. "The total number of alarms of 91 was a decrease from the 114 in 1999," he writes. "The Waterloo Fire Department responded to 85 of these alarms. Most of the alarms (21) were at Village I.

"The number of wilful (intentional) false alarms decreased to 15 from 19. There were 11 cases of actual fire, fumes, smoke, which was an increase from three in 1999. Four fires were outside and in four cases the fires were sufficiently small that the Waterloo Fire Department was not required to respond.

"There was one insured claim of $125,000 during 2001 for a fire at the Tutor House, which was attributed to a candle."

The report classifies the false alarms by their cause, which can range from short circuits to lightning, paint fumes, frozen pipes, "excess air movement", and small children pulling alarm boxes. Again last year there were no cases of arson on campus.

A little of this and that

Tune into CKMS FM 100.3 -- Radio Waterloo this afternoon at 3:15 for Visions in Sound. Host Rob Daniels will be joined this week by film music vocalist and composer Lisa Gerrard. She'll be speaking from her home studio in Melbourne, Australia.

Architecture students' production of Marat/Sade continues tonight at the open-air theatre of Galt Collegiate in Cambridge. Tickets are $10 -- the show starts at 7:30 p.m. For more information about the production, visit marat-sade.net.

On Saturday, engineering students will be playing in a Rugby 7's Tourney organized by the engineering society at the Fischer Hallman Fields.

Avvey Peters

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