Friday, October 29, 1993

BIG DAY IN CO-OP:  Students in most co-op programs will be busy today.
It's the last official day of employer interviews, and students are to
pick up their job ranking forms this morning, then return them by 4:30
with a preference ranking of all the jobs they're being considered for.
"It's a really crazy day around here," says a harried voice from the
co-op departament on the first floor of Needles Hall.

LAST DAY AT WORK:  Retiring October 31 are two well-known and long-time
UW staff members.  Rienzi Crusz has been a librarian in the reference
department of the Dana Porter Library since 1967; he's also a prominent
poet, writing originally out of his experience of coming to Canada from
Sri Lanka.  Library colleagues will fete him at a "break" this morning
in the Dana Porter staff lounge.  Jim Moir retires as a technician in
the school of optometry, a job he's held since 1970.  "When our graduates
come back to visit, the first person they go to see is Jim Moir," says
Marg Kerr-Lawson of the optometry school office.  Moir will be the guest
of honour at a dinner tonight at the Westmount Golf and Country Club.

MAN WAS ROBBED:  UW police report an armed robbery in parking lot B
early on Wednesday evening.  A man was walking to his car when two other
men approached him; one of them held a knife to his stomach and demanded
money.  The victim handed over his wallet.  A Waterloo Regional Police
investigator describes the two wanted men: "Vietnamese, about five feet,
five inches tall and both weighed about 120 pounds".

THIS WEEKEND:  The UW singles group is going bowling tonight (last-minute
information: 725-2068).  St. Paul's College holds its Founders' Day
service on Sunday afternoon (3 p.m., Forest Hill United Church), with
a dinner to follow at the college.  Everyone's welcome at a children's
Hallowe'en party at St. Paul's from 6 to 8 p.m., also on Sunday.

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