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Thursday, July 11, 1996

Mistake! Mistake!

Talking about road construction, yesterday's Bulletin claimed that a stretch of Columbia Street, "northward towards Beaver Creek Road", was currently closed. Columbia Street runs east-and-west, or as near to east-west as one can get in this spatially distorted city. The street that's closed is, of course, Fischer-Hallman, from Columbia north to Gatestone.

On page 7 of yesterday's Gazette, two names were mixed up in the caption to a photograph of people retiring from the earth sciences department. Marilyn Bisgould was identified as Nadia Bahar, and Nadia Bahar was identified as Marilyn Bisgould. . . .

How about a new university?

A proposal for a "University of Kitchener" got front-page play in the weekly newspaper Kitchener This Week yesterday. The five sponsors of the plan say they have "support" from the mayor of Kitchener and local MPs and MPPs.

The five are all former faculty members at various universities, including Ron Sawatsky, who was a vice-president for a time at Conrad Grebel College. "What we envision," says one of them, Martin de Groot, "is a small, tuition-driven, privately funded liberal arts college with a diverse student body, a low student to faculty ratio and moderate tuition levels." They're talking about a downtown institution: "Typically, most Canadian universities are suburban enclaves. This would go right to the heart of the community."

They say there could be support for the development of private colleges in the Ontario government's working paper on post-secondary education, due out next week.

Cleaning up the creek

Sandra Di Giantomasso sends this note from the Student WatGreen Network:

We are a campus-wide initiative that examines various issues on campus and are committed to finding solutions for these concerns.
One of the events that SWN planned for this term was a cleanup of Laurel Creek. The scheduled event was originally organized for June 22, 1996. Unfortunately, the cleanup was canceled due to poor weather. But because of its extremely poor water quality, SWN members felt that positive steps were needed in order to improve the Creek. A rescheduled cleanup of Laurel Creek is planned for July 13, 1996. Those interested in helping out are asked to meet by the stairs of the PAC at 10 a.m. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
If you are interested in the SWN but cannot make the cleanup, why not come to one of our meetings? Our next meeting is on Thursday, July 18, at 5:45 in the clubs room. We are always interested in hearing new ideas or concerns. If you would like to reach us electronically, check out our newsgroup at uw.watgreen or email us at watgreen@watserv1.

The talk of the campus

The development and alumni affairs office has new furniture this week, improving efficiency and traffic flow in what was something of a rabbit-warren on the upper floor of South Campus Hall. The department's receptionist now sits under a huge circular skylight that previously shone almost unnoticed into a stairwell. . . .

Chief librarian Murray Shepherd yesterday announced the appointment of an "associate librarian, information services and systems". Mark Haslett, currently at McMaster University, comes to UW August 20 to join "the library's senior management team", which has been pretty attenuated since two associate librarians took early retirement and the previous associate librarian (systems) left for Guelph. . . .

The major event going on this week in the Ron Eydt Village conference centre is a gathering of some 300 people from the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America.

A few things happening today

Quite a lot of things, in fact:

The annual barbecue sponsored by the International Graduate Student Committee runs from 4 to 7 p.m. at Columbia Lake. All graduate students and their families can eat free; other guests are welcome, with donations appreciated.
The Graduate Student Association holds a golf tournament and barbecue at the Maryhill Golf Club starting at 1 p.m.
There's a retirement reception at the University Club from 4 to 6 p.m. for some 14 people who are leaving the department of civil engineering. (Last-minute information: Irene Haight, ext. 2526.) The guests of honour are Richard Cockfield, Grahame Farquhar, Roger Green, Ralph Haas, Vir Handa, Bruce Hutchinson, Elmer Matyas, John Roorda, Archie Sherbourne, John Shortreed, Kenneth Smith, John Thompson, Tim Topper and Sam Yagar.
The Federation of Students BEnt concerts agency presents David Wilcox in "a solo acoustic concert" tonight at the Humanities Theatre. The performance starts at 8:00; tickets are $23 at the door.

Local volunteers are wanted

Opportunities this week from the Volunteer Action Centre: a pamphlet manager for the Community Information Centre (inventory, shelving, talking on the phone, four hours a week); a friendly visitor for "an elderly gentleman in his mid-70s, a stroke survivor" who'd like to go out for coffee or short drives for a couple of hours every two weeks. More information: 742-8610.

CAR

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