Daily Bulletin, Monday, April 11, 1994

AS EXAMS continue, and as Shesha Jayaram of electrical and computer
engineering celebrates a birthday, there's a talk in the psychology
department this afternoon that's a bit out of the ordinary.  The speaker:
Doug Crowne, retired faculty member.  His topic: "A Neglectful Old Man 
Reminisces about Neglect".  The talk starts at 1:30 in PAS building room 3026.

FORE WARNED:  The Matthews Golf Classic committee invites faculty and staff
to mark June 23 on the calendar as a golfing day.  The classic "scramble"
event is being held at Rockway Golf Course again this year -- "but with a
twist", says Dianne Keller of graphic services, one of the organizers.
"A crossover format will be used this year.  That is, we will be teeing off
at holes 1 and 10 to minimize delays.  More details and registration
information will be mailed to you in early May."

PRE-RETIREMENT SEMINARS:  The human resources department is running a series
of three evening seminars to provide information about finance, health
and leisure for faculty and staff who are looking ahead to retirement.
(Those over 45, and their spouses, are invited.  Registration is limited;
you can call Wanda Speek at ext. 3573 to reserve seats.)  Here's the
outline:

     Monday, April 18: health issues (John Hirdes of the gerontology
     department) and lifestyle and leisure in retirement (Lloyd
     Heywood of recreation and leisure studies).

     Tuesday, April 26: Canada Pension and Old Age Security (Robert
     Brown of statistics and actuarial science); pension plan design
     (Michael Bennett, also of statistics); the UW pension plan
     (Linda Bluhm and David Dietrich of human resources).

     Tuesday, May 3: financial planning and tax issues (David Gillian
     of Royal Trust).

RECYCLING AWARDS:  It's a good two weeks since the winners of the UW
recycling contest were announced, and we haven't managed to report them
in the Gazette yet, but here's the word.

Individual staff award: Redina Caracaz, secretary to the dean of math,
who is described as the "environmental watchdog" for mathematics, known for
her "lug a mug but lug it back" table, her reuse of envelopes, and her
occasional glances into Math building garbage bins to rescue objects that
should have been recycled.

Group staff award: Mary Ferguson and her colleagues in the "zero waste pilot
project" on the fifth floor of the Dana Porter Library, where total waste
has been cut by 30 per cent so far, and recyclable paper ending up in the
garbage has been reduced by 95 per cent.

Individual student awards: Melissa Clarke, environmental awareness
coordinator in the Notre Dame College residence (where she's started 
several new recycling and collection programs this year); Michael Torreiter
of environment and resource studies, who organized No Disposable Cup Day
last fall and is involved in such other programs as Recycle Cycles to
fix up old bikes and find users for them.

Group student award: the turnkey desk staff in the Campus Centre, where,
for example, "log books at the desk are made out of reused paper, and the 
entries are done in pencil, so they can be erased, prolonging the life of
the log books."

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
888-4567 ext. 3004      credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca