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[ President's letter to the UW community, 19 October 1995 ]

Tuesday, October 31, 1995

Notre Canada . . . Quebec y compris

The whole country knows -- why, the whole world knows -- that the "no", or federalist, side won yesterday's Quebec referendum by the narrowest of margins, collecting 50.6 per cent of the votes cast. Today come the post-mortems including a "Day After the Referendum" session at Wilfrid Laurier University, organized by the chaplains' group and starring Brian Tanguay and Terry Copp of WLU. It starts at 2 p.m. in WLU's science building, room N-1053.

Ron Servant, president of the student Mathematics Society, writes that "I was watching the referendum results in the Real-Time lab via a web page that the SRC put up. There were only a few of us around, but we felt that the result simply meant more uncertainty for the Quebec and the rest of Canada -- although we were relieved that Quebec is still a part of Canada today."

So, was everybody at UW following the results with bated breath last night? Well, almost. "You might say that while Canada burned, we juggled," reports Toby Donaldson of the UW juggling club, which was off to Hamilton last night to match skills with its counterparts at McMaster University. "We heaped glory upon UW by soundly defeating Mac," Donaldson advises.

Hallowe'en and mathematics

Bob Gillham of the earth sciences department is telling fortunes over in the B. F. Goodrich Building today, and I've already had scattered reports of witches and other such beings in UW buildings.

May no goblins visit the mathematics faculty council this afternoon, as it holds a special meeting (3:30 p.m., Math and Computer room 5158) to look at the report of the faculty's planning committee. Jack Kalbfleisch, dean of the faculty, will move that the council "receive" the report, not necessarily "accept" it. He writes: "The report will form the basis of much discussion and development as many of the strategies and suggestions are referred to individuals and committees for further consideration and action. As I have previously stated, the report should be viewed as a working paper that will be reviewed and revised annually with a report to Faculty Council and to other interested groups. It is envisaged, however, that the broad objectives defined in the Plan will help define directions in the Faculty for some time."

Also meeting: board of governors

The university's highest governing body holds its quarterly meeting at the same hour today: 3:30 p.m., in Needles Hall room 3001. The president and provost will be reporting on budget issues, present and future, and the 1994-95 financial statement is to be presented. Also, the board will be asked to approve the changes to the faculty and staff health benefits plan that were discussed on campus earlier this year.

Just a few things happening

United Way is making progress

Givings from staff and faculty to the United Way campaign are at 67 per cent of the target, or $107,000, campaign chair Helen Kilbride reports. Today was supposed to be the last day of the campaign, but it's being extended to 4:30 p.m. next Wednesday, November 8. Lost your pledge form? Call ext. 3840.

Field hockey team triumphs

The Athena field hockey team made UW athletics history on the weekend when they captured their first-ever OWIAA championship. The Athenas upset the Toronto Varsity Blues in the final game by a score of 2-0, handing U of T their first loss of the season. Toronto finished first overall in regular OWIAA league play with a perfect 15-0 record, with Waterloo right behind with a record of 12-2-2.

The Athenas, who have had an outstanding season, were tied for fifth place with Calgary in the latest CIAU Coaches' Poll. The talented young team is more than half made up of rookies, with 8 of the 15 players being in their first year, reports Jennifer McCormick of the department of athletics and recreational services.

UW head coach Sharon Creelman was named OWIAA Field Hockey Coach of the Year following Sunday's victory.

The team will be playing in Lamport Stadium in North York this weekend, battling it out with a #2-ranked University of British Columbia squad in their opening match on Friday at 10:15 a.m., followed by a 1:45 game versus the #4 ranked University of New Brunswick team.

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

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