Daily Bulletin, Tuesday, July 5, 1994 RETIRING SOON: Retirement parties are set next week for four prominent people on campus. Namely: David Winter, gait expert in the kinesiology department -- a reception Thursday, July 14, University Club, 4 to 7 p.m., and a colloquium (details to follow) and dinner (New Dundee Golf and Country Club) on Saturday, July 16. RSVP's and information: Betty Bax, ext. 2610. Mike Rowe, director of graphic services and three-time president of the staff association, which paid him lavish tribute in the latest issue of its newsletter -- a reception Friday, July 15, University Club, 4 p.m. RSVP's and information: Betty Martin, ext. 2029. Wes Graham and John Vellinga, both veterans of the computer science department -- a reception (6:30) and dinner (7 p.m.) at South Campus Hall, Tuesday, July 19. RSVP's and information: Brenda McBay, ext. 6468, blmcbay@math. MUSIC TO HIS EARS: A tune is wafting across campus, says somebody in the Math Faculty Computing Facility whose name is "System Privileged Account". SPA posted this inquiry to uw.general this morning: "It's 9:00, and there is some bird singing: three short trills and then one long deeper `whoop.' You can hear it near the MC! Does anybody know what type it is?" NSERC MEETING: Joan Hadley of the research office passes along a notice from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council about a meeting that describes itself as "important". It's a regional information session for people who might want to get in on the next round of Networks of Centres of Excellence funding. "A large contingent of representatives from industry and government as well as universities are expected to attend. . . .NSERC will be organizing sign-up tables for each of the five target areas. . . . This will help participants to identify the relevant stakeholders and potential collaborators in their area of interest." The meeting is being held this Thursday, starting at 9:30, at the Toronto Airport Sheraton Gateway hotel. Hadley, at ext. 3433, has more information. AN ACHIEVEMENT: Bonnie Neglia of the civil engineering department has another 26.2 miles to add to her road-racing record. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record reports that Neglia was among the winners in the recent Midnight Sun Marathon on Baffin Island, finishing first among women over 40. Chris Redmond Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo 888-4567 ext. 3004 credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca