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Monday, November 20, 1995

Presenting . . . Power Play

Nine performances are scheduled this week of a 40-minute drama about sexual harassment. "Power Play" was developed at UW on the model of the orientation week play "Single and Sexy", and this week's revival is being sponsored by half a dozen UW departments and groups with funding from the personal safety committee.

Everybody's welcome, admission is free, and the play is -- according to a flyer that appeared late last week -- "of special interest to anyone who has ever had a job!" That especially includes co-op students. It has a cast of four, and is directed by Mark McGrinder.

Performances: today at noon in the great hall of the Student Life Centre, at 5:15 p.m. in the Renison College cafeteria. Tuesday at 12 noon in the Environmental Studies courtyard, 6:30 p.m. in Siegfried Hall, St. Jerome's College. Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. in the Math and Computer "comfy lounge", 5:30 p.m. in the Village I green cafeteria. Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in Engineering Lecture room 112, 5:30 p.m. in the Village II cafteria. Friday at 12 noon in Needles Hall room 3004.

Winter schedules available

Winter term schedules and timetables will be available beginning today. Students who will be here in the January-to-April term can pick up their papers from the registrar's office in Needles Hall between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. any day.

On-line drop and add will be available for arts and environmental studies students at the drop-add window across from the registrar's office from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Complete course listings, including times offered, enrollment numbers and instructor's name, are available in paper form in undergraduate offices or on UWinfo under "Calendars, courses and examinations".

On the agenda tonight

UW's senate, the senior academic governing body of the university, meets tonight at 7:30 in Needles Hall room 3001 to talk about tenure, course changes, faculty appointments, the 1996-97 calendar, student discipline and all the other things for which senate is responsible.

Some meetings, some sales

Brief notes on Sir Wilfrid Laurier's birthday:

Breast Cancer Awareness Week begins today, and is being marked with displays and some special activities in the Student Life Centre, sponsored by the health services department and the newly-formed Campus Health Initiatives Project.
The University Faculty & Staff (Waterloo) Credit Union Ltd. holds a special general meeting tomorrow at 12 noon in Davis Centre room 1304. Members are being asked to call the credit union office at ext. 3574 to confirm that they can be there to help make up a quorum.
The Hildegard Marsden Co-operative Day Nursery, based on UW's north campus, sponsors a Christmas craft and toy sale that runs today through Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., in the "fishbowl" lounge just off the great hall of the Davis Centre.
The UW bookstore will present a "Professional Trade Reference Bookfair" Tuesday and Wednesday in the South Campus Hall concourse. Several major publishers will have representatives on hand; there will be giveaways and a raffle for prizes, says Hank Ackema of the bookstore staff.
Speaking at the Kitchener Public Library, at noon today, is Eric Haldenby, director of UW's school of architecture. His topic: "Exploring Cultural Sites". It's part of a regular Monday series of talks by UW and Wilfrid Laurier University faculty.

What do you do if . . . ?

"Ethics in the Co-op Workplace" is a one-hour session that starts at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon (in Davis Centre room 1351). Speakers are Sally Gunz of the UW school of accountancy, who recently finished a term as chair of the university's ethics committee, and Matt Erickson, coordinator of ethical behaviour and human rights.

What's it about? "You witness hiring practices by your co-op employer which you think are contrary to the Human Rights Code. What do you do? Your supervisor asks you to sign, as bona fide, test results with artificially inflated figures. What do you do? A colleague asks you to cover for him and tell just a little white lie to your supervisor. What do you do?" Tough questions. Tomorrow: maybe no answers, but some discussion.

The community wants help

The local Volunteer Action Centre continues to have opportunities for people who'd like to make themselves useful. Wanted at present, for example: "volunteers to raise funds for international development" (listing 185-391) and "a visitor for a woman who is recovering from cancer surgery", someone who "can provide nurturing and enjoy discussing spiritual issues" (listing 027-1383). The VAC can be reached at 742-8610.

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

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