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Tuesday, October 3, 1995

Heard it all on my radio

CBC radio's "Ideas" series turns its attention to universities tonight. "Tales out of School: An Inside Look at Universities" is a three-part series by Seth Feldman, dean of fine arts at York University, to be broadcast tonight, October 10 and October 17, at 9:05 p.m.

Summary, from the "Ideas" brochure:

It was a nice idea, communities of thinkers sharing their knowledge and, in so doing, benefitting the entire nation. But at Canadian universities, the contemplative life is running scared. Chasing it are interest groups waving social agendas, politicians demanding "accountability" and business people insisting on job training. To critics, academic jargon is evasion, sabbaticals are theft and tenure is a scandal. Small classes, well-stocked libraries and generous research grants are becoming only fond memories.

And speaking of jobs . . .

This year's edition of the Graduate Recruitment Fair, sponsored by UW and three other post-secondary institutions (Laurier, Guelph, Conestoga), takes place tomorrow. That's Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium just east of downtown Kitchener. UW's career resource centre has more information.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, job posting #4 goes up today for co-op students in search of winter term jobs. And an interview skills workshop is being held at 2:30 p.m.

A note on staff training

The human resources department advises that there are empty spaces in a few of the staff training sessions scheduled for this fall. In particular: Working, the basic staff training program, has new sessions beginning in early November.

Exertions on the weekend

I haven't actually seen any results yet from the various athletic endeavours last weekend, except the word that the Downey Tennisfest drew some 60 people and a good time was had by all. I'm hoping the organizers of the St. Jerome's Charity Run will (as soon as they catch up on their sleep) be sending out news about how much was raised by how many for the Global Community Centre.

As for the Saturday morning triathlon, Peter Yamamoto of the triathlon club announced on a suitable newsgroup that "Mainly as a place to put a reference to some pics" he has created a triathlon page on the World Wide Web. It's at http://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/~pjyamamo/uwtri.html. "The images are captured off video so the quality isn't great. Also I was shooting the bikes into the sun so that it why some are quite dark; some of the bike pictures I played with to get a better image."

Happening tonight and tomorrow

Randy Harris, UW professor of English, talks tonight about UW's professional writing program and business opportunities in professional communication. His audience: the local chapters of the International Association of Business Communicators and the Society for Technical Communication. Where and when: Davis Centre room 1302, 7 p.m.

The Laurel Room in South Campus Hall isn't open often these days, but the chef will be on hand tomorrow for a Thanksgiving special. Promised are roast Ontario turkey

Would you believe that I first typed "roast Ontario turnkey"? Yep. The folks in the Student Life Centre would not have been amused.
with dressing and cranberry sauce, roast beef with gravy, pasta and vegetables, salads, and so on, winding up with a "festive dessert table", all for $9.95. Reservations: ext. 3198.

Notes on O. J. Simpson verdict day

Greetings to Katrina Maugham in the human resources department, who's marking a rather special birthday, I'm told.

Yom Kippur, the "day of atonement", most solemn day in the Jewish calendar, begins at sunset tonight. Our observant Jewish colleagues will spend most of the day in fasting and prayer. On Yom Kippur it is traditional, obligatory, to ask forgiveness from all those whom one has wronged during the past year -- and surely there isn't one of us who couldn't use forgiveness from some quarter.

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

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