Daily Bulletin, Tuesday, March 22, 1994 TEACHING AWARDS: This year's winners of the Distinguished Teacher Award were announced at the UW senate meeting last night, and here they are: Catherine Black, French studies (the special award for a teacher who is not a regular faculty member) Gisela Brude-Firnau, Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures Stanley Laikin, accountancy Alexander Penlidis, chemical engineering The awards will be presented at convocation in May. FUNDING NEWS? Word could come from Queen's Park later this week about university grants and tuition fees for 1994-95, the senate meeting was told. "It's probably best to brace ourselves for something not terribly good," said the president, James Downey. The provost, Jim Kalbfleisch, was a trifle more cheerful: "I'm determined not to get depressed until I hear the news." HOT ISSUES: Kalbfleisch told the senate that he's setting up an "advisory committee on harassment and discrimination", to look at "how the existing policies, procedures and committees might be effectively rationalized". That would probably include a review of Policy 33 on Ethical Behaviour, something Downey told the provincial government recently that UW was planning to carry out. CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE: Kalbfleisch also told the senate that the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, in Toronto, has inquired about becoming affiliated with UW. He said he's set up a special committee, headed by associate provost (academic affairs) Robin Banks, to look at the possibilities. If an affiliation does seem like a practical idea, it would be discussed by senate and other decision-making bodies as usual, he noted. POWER SHUTDOWN: There will be a shutdown of lighting and power supply to the second floor of the B. F. Goodrich Building from 6:30 to 8 tomorrow morning, to install a new electrical panel. FISHY STUFF: Have you seen the sculpture in Laurel Creek, near the bridge from Needles Hall to St. Jerome's? A totem pole, an aquarium, a sacrifice of fish -- the motifs are many. Nobody's actually taken credit for it, but we'll point to the students of Bruce Taylor, who's been teaching "outdoor sculpture" in the fine arts department. FEDERATION MEETING: The Federation of Students is holding its annual general meeting tonight, starting at 7:30 p.m. in Needles Hall 3001. The agenda includes the usual administrative matters, a hike in the Fed fee students pay (to $23.50 per term), and proposed constitutional changes. The main changes involve creating an office of academic affairs, an office of internal affairs and an office of student issues, and deleting the present boards of communications, creative arts, external affairs and gender issues. The office of academic affairs would have three commissions -- co-operative education, education affairs, and external. The office of internal affairs would have three commissions -- arts, liaison, and publicity. And the office of student issues would have commissions on gender, human rights, and public issues. Chris Redmond Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo 888-4567 ext. 3004 credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca