Daily Bulletin, Friday, March 24, 1995

CONGRATULATIONS are due to two faculty members who have won Killam
Research Fellowships for the coming year -- considered Canada's top
prizes for scholars and scientists to work full-time on pure research.

Ken Davidson of pure mathematics and John Hepburn of chemistry are the
first Killam winners at UW since 1991-92.  The fellowships come from the
Canada Council, for "established scholars who have demonstrated
outstanding ability through substantial publications in their fields
over a period of several years".  The fellows' salaries are paid for up
to two years, to let them work full-time on their research projects.

Hepburn's work for 1995-96 will be in "coherently controlled photochemistry",
techniques for using lasers to control the outcomes of chemical reactions.
Davidson's work is in theoretical algebra: "the similarity problem for
polynomially bounded operators".

DEBATERS in the science faculty are also entitled to congratulations this
morning.  David Williams, director of the Faculty of Science Foundation,
reports that the final debate in the 18th Wm. F. James, Sr. debating 
competition was won by the team from biology, Jorge Figueiredo and Stefan 
Mrozewski.  They also won the immediately preceding contest.  "They were the 
opposition, arguing against the resolution that green beans are better than 
yellow beans.  The government was the team from chemistry, Jeff Sylvestre 
and Omar Rashid.  

"In the opening debate of this series, the optometry team of Dariusz Lenarcik 
and Sinclair Shuit debated the resolution 'that the only way to succeed is 
to make people hate you' with the team from physics, Patrick Dooley and 
Anthony Renaud.  The optometry team advanced to contest the proposal that 
Monday should start at noon with the biology team, who won that round.  
Meanwhile, in another part of the Davis Centre, the earth sciences team of 
Jamey Rosen and Seonaid Lee were discussing the relative merits of 
cauliflower and broccoli with the chemistry team, who won this round.  
Possibly the winning team from biology will have an opportunity to debate 
with the engineering debating team before the term ends."

A WORKSHOP is taking place today in the electrical and computer engineering
department: some 50 hydroelectric experts have come to campus for a day
of talks about "grounding system design".  Y. L. Chow of the department
is the organizer.

ALSO TODAY:  "Mike Something and Friends" play a free noon-hour set at
the Bombshelter pub in the Campus Centre.  At 8 p.m., the Kiwanis Travel
and Adventure series brings "Egypt of Pharaohs and Fables" to the
Humanities Theatre; tickets are $5.50, children $3.50.

The 34th annual Athletics Banquet will be held at Federation Hall tonight,
with a 5:30 reception preceding the meal and awards presentations.
To be honoured are the male and female athletes of the year, and other
achievers associated with the Athena and Warrior teams.  Banquet tickets
have been for sale at the athletics department in the Physical Activities
Complex.

SATURDAY:  "Civic Visions: The Downtown Kitchener Design Workshop" is
presented by graduate students from the school of urban and regional
planning, starting at 9 a.m. at Kitchener city hall and continuing through
the day at various downtown sites.

For most of the day, a "Kung Fu Masters Symposium" takes place in the
Physical Activities Complex, with demonstrations of the Chinese art of
fighting by seven prominent figures.  The Waterloo Kung Fu Academy and
other clubs are sponsoring the day; spectators pay $5 (the charge for
participants is $75 for the day).

Deborah Dunleavy and the Grand Slam Band come to the Humanities Theatre
at 1:30 on Saturday, in a "rockin' and rollin' . . . clowning, dancing
and acting" show for children.  Tickets are $8.50, kids $7.

The Bombshelter promises a toga party Saturday night: "bring your toga,
laurels and Greek dictionaries."  Must be a very intercultural toga party.

VOLUNTEERS:  The local Volunteer Action Centre is looking for face painters
to help at "a self-esteem event" March 29 through April 1 at Stanley
Park Mall.  Wanted: people to paint faces "or interact with children by
colouring or doing puzzles" for a three or four hour period.  Call 742-8610.

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