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Tuesday, May 16, 1995
Starting to apply for jobs
The first set of postings for fall term co-op jobs went up yesterday --
can you believe it? -- and expires at 8:00 tonight. The second posting will
be up tomorrow at 10 a.m., or earlier in the day for those who use the
"student access" computer system in the
co-op department. Future sets of postings go up this Friday, and May
24, 26 and 30; then employer interviews begin on Wednesday, May 31.
Says the fine print in the
"Co-op Dates and Procedures": "You may apply for a maximum of 50 jobs
posted between May 15
and June 2. . . . With the uncertainty of today's economy, many employers
cannot predict the need for co-op students until the last minute. In past
terms, a significant number of students found jobs in the latter part of
the term. So, don't panic if posted job choices prior to the rank/match
date are limited."
Power shutdown overnight
Electrical power (plus heating, cooling and ventilation) will be turned
off from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. tomorrow in Environmental Studies 1 and 2, and
the Arts Lecture Hall. Advice from the plant operations department:
"Computer equipment should be shut down in an orderly fashion (particularly
Unix systems). For further information or assistance, contact
DCS help desk, ext. 4839 or lycke@watserv1."
Happening on Elizabeth Palmer Peabody's birthday
- Jerry Bolce speaks on "The Beauty of
Orchids",
in the last of four gardening seminars sponsored by the staff
association's social committee.
It starts at 12 noon in Davis Centre room 1350 (juice and coffee provided).
The
staff association, by the way, now has a computer newsgroup for
announcements and discussion: check out uw.staffassoc with your newsreader.
There's some hope of having the recent survey on compensation issues
posted to the newsgroup, so people who can't handle paper, but can handle
a keyboard or a mouse, can make their opinions known.
- "Given last week's rather miserable weather, another ultimate game
has been scheduled," writes math student Max Stevens. The game starts
at 4:30 today on the Village green, and all are welcome. And just what is
Ultimate? "A field sport played on a football field that combines the
aspects of many other sports -- the defensive skills of basketball, the
field movement of soccer, the strategy of football. The object of the game
is to move a disc down the field to the endzone by passing to one's
teammates."
- The
Jewish Students
Association
holds its first faculty, staff and student wine-and-cheese party today,
at 4:30 in the Davis Centre lounge.
- The secret life of
Jane Pak, president of the Federation of Students,
finds her out on the road, training for triathlon competition. She announces
that there will be a Triathlon Club meeting today at 5:30 in the
Campus Centre multi-purpose room ("the room adjoining the new section
of the Campus Centre to the Great Hall, on the side closest to the
Bombshelter"). On the agenda: summer events, training times, plans for
a UW triathlon in September.
Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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