![[University of Waterloo]](/goldbar.gif)
| Yesterday |
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
![[Computers in foreground, bookcases behind]](/images/2004/0915davis.gif)
Library users
have access to the Davis Centre library again, after its summer-long
closing. Books, journals and computers are in place as of this week,
although the new RBC Information Commons isn't in operation yet and
the main entrance is not expected to be open before October. Photo by
Chris Hughes, UW Graphics.
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"The Warrior Nation CD includes 17 UW musical talents and is an eclectic mix of alternative, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass, Dance, Blues Brit Pop and Acoustic sounds," says math student Arca Ocal, a fourth-year math student who's the moving force behind the CD and the scholarship fund that it will help to support.
Ocal calls the project "a celebration of the UW music scene" and says all the groups that can be heard on the CD are affiliated with UW by having at least one member as student, staff or alumni. "The performers' submitted music demos are were panel judged and selected based on quality, commitment and affiliation to UW."
![[Warrior Nation logo]](/images/2004/0914wnation.gif)
The Warrior Nation CD will be available for
sale at the turnkey desk in the Student Life Centre, and
online.
It sells for $5, and all the proceeds
are intended to start a UW undergrad scholarship fund,
Ocal says.
The CD is officially coming out on Friday, and that night from 6 to 9 p.m., the Bombshelter pub in the SLC will host a CD release party -- "a free, all-ages event, perfect for the younger student population", says Ocal.
Several of the bands that appear on the CD will be performing at the release party, including Maple Music's Paintbox. And organizers will be giving away tickets to two live Federation-sponsored concerts: Three Days Grace later that night at Federation Hall, and Sarah Harmer on Saturday night in the Humanities Theatre.
Today's "showcase" in the SLC will run from 11:30 to 1:30.
Warrior Nation is an organization as well as a CD title, says Ocal, "supported by the Federation of Students and CKMS, UW's radio station."
He lists four motivators behind the creation of this CD. "One, to uncover our fantastic music scene at UW; two, to promote CKMS; three, to raise necessary scholarship funds for undergrads and four, to produce an outlet for school spirit." He's envisioning a CD as a yearly project that will continually fund the scholarship Warrior Nation is working to create.
![[McLenaghan]](http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/gwp2/gfac/mclenaghan.gif)
Applied mathematics
professor Ray McLenaghan will officially retire on September 1, winding
up a faculty career that began in September 1970.
Well known on campus for his involvement in the faculty association
-- including a stint as chair of the crucial AF&T (academic freedom
and tenure) committee -- McLenaghan lists his mathematical
specialties as
"General relativity; Properties of relativistic field equations on curved
space-time; Computer algebra applications in general relativity."
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Electrical and computer engineering. Amr Elnady, "Novel Mitigating Control Strategies for Voltage Source Converter Based Mitigating Devices to Improve the Voltage Quality." Supervisor, M. Salama. On display in the faculty of engineering, CPH room 4305. Oral defence Friday, September 17, 10 a.m., CEIT room 3142.
Management sciences. Gongyue Chen, "Sampling Issues in Credit Scoring: Missing Data, Reject Inference and Treatment Effects." Supervisors, T. Astebro and B. Cozzarin. On display in the faculty of engineering, CPH room 4305. Oral defence Monday, September 20, 1:30 p.m., Engineering II room 1307G.
Electrical and computer engineering. Mina Ayatollahi, "An Efficient Multilevel Method for Analyzing Large Scale and Low Frequency Electromagnetic Problems." On display in the faculty of engineering, CPH 4305. Oral defence Monday, September 27, 10 a.m., Davis Centre room 1331.
Computer science. Egidio Terra, "Lexical Affinities and Language Applications." Supervisor, C. L. A. Clarke. On display in the faculty of mathematics, MC 5090. Oral defence Monday, October 4, 10 a.m., Davis Centre room 1304.
Psychology. Alexander Gunz, "Compunction's Beta: The Power of the Motivation to Avoid Prejudice." Supervisor, Steve Spencer. On display in the faculty of arts, HH 317. Oral defence Tuesday, October 5, 3 p.m., PAS room 3026.
Mechanical engineering. Arash Narimani, "Development of Linear and Nonlinear Isolation Techniques for Passive and Semi-Active Applications." Supervisor, F. Golnaraghi. On display in the faculty of engineering, CPH 4305. Oral defence to be announced.
| WHEN AND WHERE |
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Classical guitar by Vincea McClelland, free concert, Conrad Grebel
University College chapel, 12:30.
Graduate scholarships information sessions: engineering and science today (3:30, Davis Centre room 1302), environmental studies Thursday (4:00, ES I courtyard). Health informatics seminar: "Mobile Decision Support in Healthcare", Catherine Burns, systems design engineering, 3:30, Davis Centre room 1304. Karen LeDrew, associate registrar, retirement reception, 3:30 to 6, University Club, information ext. 2264. Warrior team meetings (new players welcome): track and field (men and women), 5 p.m., PAC room 2021; Nordic skiing (men and women), 7 p.m., PAC room 1001. Waterloo Centre for German Studies dinner to honour contributor and community leader Paul Tuerr, tonight, South Campus Hall, information 888-4973. Industrial research chair in health informatics, announcement and celebration, Thursday 11 a.m., Davis Centre lounge. Computer science "distinguished alumni" speaker: Steve Woods of Kinitos on "Startups, Software Infrastructure and Innovation", Thursday 4 p.m., Davis Centre room 1302. Art exhibition opening: "Source/Derivation IX: Vasily Fedosenko", by Allan Harding Mackay, opening Thursday 7 to 9 p.m., UW gallery, East Campus Hall, show continues through October 28. UW Orchestra open rehearsal, Thursday 7 p.m., Humanities Theatre, details online. Alumni career planning workshop all day Friday, Tatham Centre, details online. Centre for International Governance Innovation lecture, Antonia Maioni, McGill University, "Who Decides Who Cares? Why Health Governance Matters", Friday 12 noon, CIGI, 57 Erb Street West. St. Jerome's Centre lecture, Janet Somerville, "The Grace of Mutual Respect", Friday 7:30, Siegfried Hall, St. Jerome's University, free. |
| POSITIONS AVAILABLE |
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On this week's list from the human resources department:
Longer descriptions are available on the HR web site. |
Noted Canadian architect Douglas Haldenby died September 8 in Toronto. He was a partner (since 1964) in the prominent architectural firm of Mathers & Haldenby, which was founded in 1921. Known for such projects as the Toronto Eaton Centre, Mathers & Haldenby is also responsible for UW's University Club (built in 1970) and the Davis Centre (1987). And he was the father of Rick Haldenby, director of UW's school of architecture.
Tony Urquhart, retired from UW's department of fine arts, will be artist-in-residence for the city of Kitchener in 2005, the Record reported yesterday. He was picked by "a jury of local arts professionals". Meanwhile, Urquhart's "Celtic Landscapes" provide the current exhibition in the gallery at Castle Kilbride in Baden, west of Waterloo, as it celebrates its tenth anniversary.
The engineering faculty's electronic newsletter has word of an honour for Keith Hipel, professor in UW's systems design engineering department and a researcher in conflict modelling. Hipel is this year's winner of the Icko Iben Award from the American Water Resources Association, it says. The award is for "persons who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of communications among the various disciplines of water resources."
The UW Recreation Committee for staff and faculty members is planning a Grand River cruise for Sunday, September 26. . . . Makonnen Kassa, a technician in information systems and technology since 1982, will officially retire October 1. . . . A Lyle S. Hallman Foundation, carrying on the charitable work of local real estate developer (and major UW benefactor) Lyle Hallman, is being launched today with a celebration at a school in Cambridge. . . . Here's a final reminder that UW library books borrowed on term loan during the spring and summer are due today. . . .
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