Monday, November 22, 1993

THE WORLD is talking about John F. Kennedy, shot thirty years ago today.

AND KIDS are still talking about Saturday's snowstorm, which arrived just
in time for the Santa Claus parade.  Members of the Warriors Band may
still be talking about it too.  "Everything froze solid," reports Paul
McKone of engineering computing, one of the Band's perennials.  "I don't
know that it affected the musical quality at all," he quickly adds, with
the modesty so characteristic of the whole ensemble.  "We had about six
inches of water in the bell of one of the euphoniums."  After the local
parade, the Band made "a mad dash" for Toronto to appear in the Parade
of Colours before the Vanier Cup game at the SkyDome.

THE FINEST TEACHERS:  Word has gone out that it's time for students and
colleagues to nominate the best teachers they know.  The 1994 Distinguished
Teacher Awards will be presented in the spring; nomination deadline is
February 4.  A phone call to the teaching resources office (ext. 3132)
will get you the necessary information.  A minimum of ten signatures,
including five from present or former students of the nominee, are required,
but successful nominations usually include well-thought-out documentation
of the teacher's style and achievements.  An important criterion, ever
since the DTA's were created fifteen years ago, is the teacher's "lasting
impact" on students.

PLANNING AT GUELPH:  A couple of VIP's (Maurice Strong, Charles Pascal) 
are on the program for a one-day "symposium on strategic planning" at the
University of Guelph tomorrow.  The event begins a university-wide planning
exercise which U of G president Mordechai Rozanski says will be "broadly
consultative and participatory", and everybody at Guelph -- students,
faculty, staff -- is being invited to tomorrow's series of talks.

OFF TO ASIA:  UW president James Downey leaves tomorrow for ten days in the
far east, with two main stops.  First he'll be in Hong Kong to meet with
alumni, potential donors, and business leaders to discuss links with
Waterloo.  Second stop is Shanghai, for a concluding symposium about a
highly successful project (in which Waterloo experts have played a large
role) about introducing Canadian-style co-op programs into China's
universities.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs
credmond@watserv1    ext. 3004