Daily Bulletin, Thursday, June 16

STUDYING CHANGE:  In recognition of his collaborative research in
several areas, including how people handle economic change, UW
Prof. Melvin Lerner has jointly received a prestigious Max Planck
Research Award.

A member of the psychology department, Lerner, currently on leave
at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., shares the award with
Prof. Leo Montada, of Universitaat Trier in Germany. The award is
supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (named after
the German naturalist) and Max Planck Society (named after the
German physicist).

Lerner and Montada have collaborated to research how people react
to the deprivations and sufferings of others, and how they
justify to themselves several types of victimization, such as
medical, economic, social or accidental.

Now, they are examining how people cope with economic change in
North America and Germany and whether lost employment was due to
a change in the means of production or the use of other labor
forces.

The study also explores the consequences of young people's failed
expectations entering the job market and their growing inability
to achieve a middle-class standard of living.

Lerner, who has authored five books and numerous articles, has
conducted research on people's concept of and belief in a just
world.

RENOVATING SCH:  The construction crews were out in force early
this week at South Campus Hall, starting a major renovation of
the facilities that's expected to be complete by early September.

All the services will continue to operate during the construction
project, says May Yan, manager of the gift shop.  The project is
funded entirely by proceeds from the ancillary enterprises, such
as food services, bookstore and gift shop and so on.

In a report due to appear in next week's Gazette (hey, we got the
scoop), Martin Van Nierop, director of Information and Public
Affairs, writes: "The first renovation of SCH since it was built
in 1967 is already under way and will see significant changes to
the bookstore, gift shop, tunnel passageway, entranceways, a new
elevator stop for the disabled, plus a shift in accommodation for
Marlin Travel and the UW Visitors Centre now at the School of
Optometry."

In brief, the renovations and changes include:  doubling in size
and remodelling of the gift shop;
remodelling of the bookstore; relocation of the Marlin Travel
office to space inside the book store (with its own private
entrance); relocation of the UW Visitor Centre from Optometry to
the space vacated by Marlin Travel; revamping of the Pastry Plus
food outlet: remodelling of the drafty concrete tunnel between
the bookstore and gift shop.

CO-OP INTERVIEWING:  Co-op students seeking fall term work who
were not interviewed this week or who were not ranked should
attend special sessions next Monday at 4:30 p.m., says Olaf
Naese, of Co-Operative Education and Career Services.

The meeting will last one hour, he added, and will include an
explanation of events and procedures in the "continuous" phase of
the co-op interview process which also begins on Monday.

The sessions for students in each faculty will be held in the
following places:  Applied Health Sciences and Arts,
Mathematics and Computer Building, Room 2066;  Engineering,
Engineering Lecture, Room 101;  Environmental Studies,
Environmental Studies 1 Building, Room 350;  Mathematics, Davis
Centre, Room 1350;  Science, Biology 1 Building, Room 271.

By the way, thanks to the ever-observant Lee Kin Ping Stephen, we
learned that the co-op interviews for students seeking fall term
jobs continue today and did not end Wednesday as reported
erroneously by the Daily Bulletin yesterday.

BARBECUING AT HIGH NOON:  The weather is perfect for today's
fifth annual Faculty of Arts staff barbecue to be held between
noon and 2 p.m. at the Laurel Creek fireplace.

"Join us," organizers say,  and bring "your smile and appetite."
Perhaps, you should also take along a lawn chair or blanket

CONCORDIA REPORTING:  Chris Redmond, full-time editor of this
space, sent us this item all the way from Minneapolis, where he
is holidaying after attending a professional conference in
Winnipeg:

The much-publicized reports from Concordia University (one about
integrity in scientific research, the other about the
administrative handling of Prof. Valery Fabrikant) are now
available on UWinfo.

The report texts are copied from versions made available
electronically by Concordia's public relations office.  They can
be found on UWinfo under the heading "News, Events, Weather" and
the sub-heading "Documents FYI."

John Morris, Jim Fox
UW News Bureau, (519) 888-4444
jmorris@mc1adm.uwaterloo.ca
jfox@mc1adm.uwaterloo.ca