Daily Bulletin

Tuesday, November 5, 1996

Remember, remember . . .

In today's election south of the border, incumbent president Bill Clinton, a Democrat, is generally expected to defeat a challenge by the Republican candidate, Bob Dole. A third candidate, independent Ross Perot, isn't thought to be a major rival. The campaign has most often been described as "lacklustre", with voters unsure whether the issue is personal integrity, foreign policy, or the balance between tax levels and federal spending.

Dole has proposed eliminating the federal department of education and reducing what Washington spends on student grants: "Since 1979, the budget for the Department of Education has grown from $14-billion to $33-billion. Yet, student achievement continues to decline." And from Clinton: "We cannot sacrifice our nation's future by cutting the number of students able to attend college or narrowing eligibility to Pell Grants and student loans. We must make more effective use of fewer available resources."

University students overwhelmingly favour Clinton for re-election, according to a poll conducted in campus bookstores and reported by the news service Academe Today. Clinton received 61.3 per cent of the vote to 27.1 per cent for Dole and 7.1 per cent for Perot. Harry Browne, the Libertarian Party candidate, received 1.5 per cent. They were the only candidates on the ballot. The poll was conducted by Follett College Stores, which operates 500 campus bookstores nationwide.

UW faculty meet today

An invitation for November 26

On Tuesday, November 26, 1996, UW will be holding its first Annual General Meeting, a forum in which we will attempt to demonstrate in yet another way our accountability. The meeting will consist of three presentations: Peter Sims, Chair of the Board of Governors on the work of the Board; Jim Kalbfleisch, Vice-President, Academic & Provost, on UW's financial circumstances; and James Downey, President, on the general state of the University. All members of the University community are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting and Reception which will follow on Tuesday, November 26, 1996 at 3:30 p.m., Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages.

Now, let's talk football

Saturday's game will be played at 1 p.m. at University Stadium on Seagram Drive. Tickets are $7 (students $5) and will be available starting tomorrow, at the stadium and at the athletics department office in the Physical Activities Complex. Winner of the Yates Cup game goes on to play in the Churchill Bowl -- also at University Stadium, regardless of who's in it -- and the winner from there competes for the Vanier Cup in Toronto on November 23.

"It is a year of firsts," says athletics director Judy McCrae. "First time in the championship game, broke the UW all-time scoring record (by Arek Bigos), and 15 All-Stars!" She adds a reminder that football isn't the only game in town: there's hockey (the Warriors play at Laurier Thursday night and host Western on Sunday afternoon) and there's basketball (the Naismith tournament running all weekend), as well as other sports that get less publicity but call for just as much heart.

The talk of the campus

A power outage hit 156 Columbia Street, home of the part-time studies and distance education office, for almost an hour just before noon yesterday. . . .

The Waterloo Advisory Council, representing employers of co-op students and UW graduates, continues its fall meeting all day today.

CAR

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