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Wednesday, December 13, 1995

Hark! the herald carollers

All faculty, staff and students are invited to sing Christmas carols at noontime today in the lobby of the Modern Languages building. It's the eleventh year for the carolling, which is led by Jake Willms of the dean of arts office. Mostly it'll be the old favourites, but I'd be surprised if time isn't made for "Calypso Noel" and one or two other novelties as well. The event runs from 12:15 to about 1:00, and refreshments are promised.

Finance committee starts talking

The senate finance committee is scheduled to meet this afternoon -- 3 p.m., Needles Hall room 3001. On the agenda: a review of the recent government funding announcement and "preliminary discussion of 1996-97 budget scenarios", including the effects of the current early retirement program.

Architecture exhibitions open today

Two exhibitions of architectural design representing the best work of students and young architects across this country will be displayed by UW's school of architecture from today through December 23.

One exhibition (in the school's lobby) contains representative student work from the 10 schools of architecture in Canada: British Columbia, Calgary, Manitoba, Toronto, Carleton, McGill, Montreal, Laval, Technical of Nova Scotia, and UW. "The exhibition consists of large photographic panels, two per school, containing marvellous images of student drawings and models which bear witness to the variety and the extremely high quality of the design work going on in Canadian schools of architecture," says Eric Haldenby, director of UW's school.

The show was originally assembled earlier this year at the request of a group of architects in the United Kingdom interested in promoting awareness of Canadian design. The exhibit is currently travelling to schools of architecture in the UK, and a duplicate version is being shown across Canada.

Prominent on the Waterloo panels is a project executed by UW graduate Ted Sheridan, which was awarded the Canadian Architect Student Award of Merit as the outstanding graduating project from a Canadian school of architecture in 1994.

The second exhibition displays the results of a national competition for young architects organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal and sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Entitled Reciprocity: Emerging Territories in Canadian Architecture, the contest asked designers to design a pavilion in Venice for the display of architectural work. Of the 16 projects selected, seven were executed by teams involving graduates of UW's school. The exhibition consists of 26 framed panels of drawings and photomontages.

Doctors off duty today

Physicians across Ontario will be meeting this afternoon to watch a satellite broadcast sponsored by the Ontario Medical Association, dealing with the province's proposed Bill 26 and its effect on the regulation of health care. (In the Kitchener-Waterloo area, the broadcast will be piped to a UW lecture hall, where some 200 members of the local Academy of Medicine are expected.)

As a result of the event, "I won't have a doctor available from 1 to 4 p.m. to give allergy injections," says Carole Hea of UW's health services clinic.

Low-vision system shown off

The Centre for Sight Enhancement in UW's school of optometry has an open house today to introduce the Low Vision Enhancing System. Says Pauline Bevers of the centre:
The LVES is a headmounted video display that was invented at the Johns Hopkins University school of medicine in collaboration with NASA and the Department of Veterans Affairs. It can assist persons with low vision by effectively magnifying images and enhancing contrast. The Centre for Sight Enhancement is currently the only site in Canada which is providing assessment for this device.
Anyone interested in dropping in, between 2 and 4 p.m. today, should get in touch with Bevers at ext. 6282.

And under a winter sun

The Humanities Theatre hosts kids' performances of "Rumplestiltskin" at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. today

The UW Computer Store is holding a reception for its friends from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in the Davis Centre lounge.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca

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