Daily Bulletin, Friday, May 6, 1994

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS today, first of all, to Denis Higgs of the pure
mathematics department.  

AND CONDOLENCES to students who wake up and discover that they've forgotten
to pay their spring term fees on time.  You've just incurred a $10 late
fee -- and it'll be higher on Monday if you still don't do the deed.

STUDENTS EVERYWHERE:  Tomorrow is the winter term examination day for UW's
distance education students.  Says Meredith McGinnis of the distance and
continuing education office: "We have approximately 4,300 exams scheduled 
at 114 examination centres across Canada, and with individual proctors across
Canada, the United States, and on every continent, except Antarctica! I
don't believe we have any students in any other galaxy this term, although
so many of our students have such exciting and diverse careers (from the
Toronto Maple Leaf player who has to reschedule his exam because of the
hockey playoffs, to the pilot in the Sahara Desert) that anything is
possible!"

MAP EXHIBITION: During the month of May the Geological Survey of Canada 
exhibition "Geological Maps of Canada: History and Evolution" will be on
display in the Davis Centre Library.  This exhibit was created to mark the 
150th anniversary of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1992, says the 
librarian in charge of earth sciences, Johanna Cooper.  The evolution of 
knowledge on Canadian geology as interpreted in geological maps is traced in 
10 panels that cover the world, North America, and Canada; quaternary 
geology; Canadian marine geology; Newfoundland; the St. Lawrence Lowlands 
and the Appalachians of Nova Scotia; the Canadian Shield in Labrador; the
Canadian Shield in Ontario and Quebec; the Canadian Arctic Archipelago; the 
Interior Plains, Foothills, and Rocky Mountains; and the Canadian Cordillera.

ACADEMIC FREEFALL:  That's the title of a talk tomorrow as the Society for
Academic Freedom and Scholarship holds its annual conference at the 
University of Toronto.  SAFS lists its purposes as "Maintaining freedom in
teaching, research and scholarship" and "Maintaining standards of excellence
in hiring and promotion of university faculty" -- in other words, opposition
to "employment equity", "affirmative action" and the like.  The conference
luncheon is open to the public ($20) and the "Academic Freefall" speaker
is Jack Granatstein of York University's department of history.

THE WEEKEND:  Ontario Hockey Association coaches, trainers and players are
attending a cluster of workshops at the Village 2 conference centre.  The
Carousel Dance Centre presents a concert by its Children's Company, Saturday
at 2 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
888-4567 ext. 3004      credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca