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Friday, November 3, 1995

How to beat the bug

For the first time, as far as I can remember, UW's health services clinic is offering flu shots to students this fall. Here's the word:
Free Ministry of Health flu vaccine is available to students in high risk groups. High risk groups include: For healthy students, not in high risk groups but wishing to reduce their chances of acquiring flu, vaccine is available at a fee of $5.
You can make your appointment by calling 888-4096.

Advice from health services for people who aren't students: "Staff and faculty are also encouraged to consider immunization against flu and should contact their family physician to obtain their vaccination."

And speaking of healthy behaviour . . .

The survey forms are out from the Campus Health Initiatives Project, which is surveying some 8,000 people on campus, including all staff and faculty and a large sample of students. Says a covering letter: "From those individuals that respond to the survey, we intend to determine what areas of interest exist in health promotion, and how to make information on health enhancement more accessible. We would like to address those needs and promote programs and activities that interest the UW community."

The survey asks, for example, how familiar you are with various services offered on campus, and what services you use off campus, from fitness clubs to drug abuse programs and naturopaths. And then the toughies: what lifestyle changes would you like to make? What's stopping you? What would help?

That talk about the Web

A text from yesterday's talk by Prabhakar Ragde, "The Web as a Cultural Phenomenon", is now available on (of course) the World Wide Web, at URL http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~plragde/social/web-as-culture.html.

Profs appeal to government

Leaders of Ontario faculty associations have asked politicians "not to jeopardize the province's economic future with funding cuts to universities", says a news release from the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations.

OCUFA, whose constituents include the UW faculty association, says in its release that "Cutting university grants will put at risk Ontario's ability to attract the knowledge intensive industries of the future." Many American states are increasing their spending on higher education while Ontario is cutting back, says OCUFA presidsent Michael Piva. "Dollars spent on univerities insure our economic viability. Investments in universities protect our children's economic future."

His letter was sent to all members of the Ontario legislature.

Events today and this weekend

It's the last day of official preregistration for spring term undergraduate courses.

The band "Bluesynergy" plays the Grad House tonight, starting around 9:30 p.m.

The math faculty holds two student contests tomorrow -- the Special K contest for first-year students and the Big E contest for those in upper years. Both contests run from 9 a.m. to noon in Math and Computer room 4020. You don't have to be registered in mathematics to take part; all UW students can write the test, says Dorothy Chapman of the dean of math office.

"Mr. Dressup and his Rock 'n' Roll Band" play the Humanities Theatre on Saturday, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and I'd hazard a guess that it's a show for kids. Tickets: 888-4908.

Sunday is "Family Day" at Conrad Grebel College, with many students inviting dad and mom and siblings to drop in for food, art, worship, music, and a chance to see what college life is all about. Events run from 2 to 6:30 p.m.

The fourth annual Clothing Exchange will be taking place next Thursday through Saturday in the Environmental Studies courtyard. Good used clothes ("clean and wearable") can be dropped off in that area starting on Monday, says organizer Heidi Freiheit, who can be reached at hmfreihe@cousteau.

Looking ahead by a week

UW's Homecoming festivities will be running November 10 and 11 -- including the Naismith basketball tournament, a kids' skating party, the now traditional Big Tent outside Federation Hall, the applied health sciences fun run, and a Friday night talk by market researcher Michael Adams about how Canadian values are changing and how individual opinions influence government.

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

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