Daily Bulletin, Thursday, August 18, 1994 ENROLMENT FIGURES: UW is close to reaching its enrolment target for first-year students this fall. Already, 3,594 full-time first-year students have pre-registered for fall term. That's pretty close to the university's target of 3,641 students by November 1, when final enrolment figures are reported to the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training. "With several weeks to go before the beginning of classes more pre-registrations will be submitted," said Ken Lavigne, associate registrar, admissions and student awards. "I am confident that the university's overall Year 1 enrolment goal will be met." Of the six faculties, Applied Health Sciences, Arts and Environmental Studies are slightly exceeding their individual targets, while Engineering and Mathematics are close to meeting theirs. Science is within striking distance of its target. ORGANIC LAWNS: Brian Detzler, turf supervisor at the City of Waterloo, will discuss "Organic Lawn Care" tonight on campus. Detzler will present a how-to program for the homeowner on organic lawn care. He will also explain his "Plant Health Care Program" to reduce pesticide spraying on city turf by 99.5 per cent. His two-hour talk, beginning at 7 p.m. in Environmental Studies 1, Room 350, is part of the continuing Rethinking Urban Landscapes public lecture series organized by two Environmental Studies students, Cheryl Evans and Katherine Dale. The series is intended to educate people about the significant resource and natural habitat drains caused by the cultivation of chemically treated lawns. The lectures will also provide practical how-to tips on alternative landscaping. Alternative options to be discussed include organically maintained lawns, edible landscapes, drought- resistant landscapes (xeriscapes), low-maintenance landscapes and native ecosystem landscapes. POWER LOSS: A construction vehicle struck a cable supplying the Health Services building yesterday, causing a temporary loss of electrical power. Horst Beyerle, supervisor of electrical distribution and controls at plant operations, said the back hoe damaged the cable at noon and that an alternate supply of power was soon provided by a generator operating at the Campus Centre. Regular service is expected to be in place by tomorrow. "This is only the second time in about 15 years that a major cable has been cut. The last time it happened it put out the whole campus," Beyerle said. NO UPS OR DOWNS: The passenger elevator in the Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology building will be out of operation from tomorrow through September 2 for maintenance work. "We are doing a major repair and it's the best time of the year to do it," said Horst Beyerle, of plant operations. MUSLIM FESTIVAL: Maulud-un-Nabi, anniversary of the birth of the prophet Mohammed, begins this evening. John Morris, UW News Bureau, (519) 888-4567, ext. 6047 jmorris@mc1adm.uwaterloo.ca