Daily Bulletin, Tuesday, April 19, 1994 CONVOCATION HONOURS: Three retired faculty members will be made "Distinguished Professor Emeritus" at next month's convocation ceremonies. That's the new title for what until now was just "professor emeritus". Joining the distinguished ranks are Douglas Crowne of psychology, Walter Martin of English, and John Schey of mechanical engineering. Their honours were announced at last night's senate meeting. Also at the spring convocation, Jack Brown, former secretary of the university, will be given the rank of "honorary member of the university". And there will be nine honorary degrees awarded. The recipients: Tim Benbow, director of the dictionary department at Oxford University Press. Francis Castellino, biochemist and dean, Univaersity of Notre Dame. Joan Chalmers, vice-president of Harbourfront, prominent figure in cultural activities. Betty Havens, provincial gerontologist in the Manitoba government. Evert Hoek, professor of rock engineering, University of Toronto. Michel Lavalou, president, Univerfsite de Technologie de Compiegne, France. Mike Lin, director, centre for applied stochastics research, Florida Atlantic University. Crispin St.-John Alvah Nash-Williams, professor of pure mathematics, University of Reading, England. George Renison, war hero, former chief executive of W. H. Smith Canada, chancellor of Renison College. STATUS OF WOMEN: Here are more selected recommendations from the recently released report on "The Status of Women at the University of Waterloo": (24j) There should be a central registry for cases of sexual harassment kept by the Office of the Coordinator of Ethical Behaviour and Human Rights or by the Sexual Harassment Officer . . . ; in addition to providing data/statistics for analysis, this would ensure that repeat offenders would be identifiable. (25a) There should be a full-time "Sexual Harassment Officer" at UW, preferably a woman. (27a) Mandatory workshops/seminars should be provided for those officers of the University most likely to become involved in sexual harassment complaints, e.g., Department Chairs, Faculty Deans, Staff Supervisors, Co-op Coordinators, Residence Dons. (29) The University of Waterloo should adopt a Zero Tolerance policy with regard to the use of university resources for the display/ dissemination of pornographic materials that have nothing to do with bona fide academic activities via electronic media on campus. SHE'S RETIRING: As Elaine Reimer of the research office retires from UW, a wine and cheese reception in her honour will be held April 28 (Thursday of next week) from 4 to 6 at the University Club. RSVP's should go to Doreen White at ext. 4704, and gift contributions can be sent to Pauline Clough in Needles Hall 2072. BOOKS FOR KIDS: The Early Childhood Education Centre in the psychology department is holding a book fair today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in PAS building room 1003. It offers books for children of all ages. COMPUTING YEAR-END: Gwen Burgess of the computing services department notes that because of UW's fiscal year-end on April 29, DCS will be doing some things that affect computing users. She writes: "Please note that the changes listed below apply to DCS accounts only. Users who have accounts on departmental computing facilities should check with the people in charge of those systems to find out if they intend to make any changes." Some details: "All Watserv1 userids which have an expiry date on or before April 29, 1994, will be removed at the end of that day. At the end of April 29, 1994 the dollar charges of userids that are being carried forward will be set to zero. Charges for the new fiscal year will accumulate from that date. Dollar limits and expiry dates of these userids will be left unchanged." LIBRARY SURVEY: As the UW library continues its survey of users, questionnaire forms have been delivered to the mailboxes of all graduate students, says Shabiran Rahman of the reference and collections development department in the Dana Porter Library. "This completes the third phase of the Survey of the Information Needs of the Academic Community. . . . The questionnaires should be returned by April 30." A SALUTE TO CANADA: That's the title of an April 30 event at St. Paul's United College -- the fourth annual "dinner and auction" sponsored by the college's Friends. Tickets are $50 (phone 885-1460). Those attending will not only get to eat "Sine Occasu Roast Hip of Beef" and "Notwithstanding Spinach Salad with James Barry Special Dressing" -- now there's an in-joke for Canadianists -- but come home with remarkable trophies from the auction. Chris Redmond Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo 888-4567 ext. 3004 credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca