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Monday, November 11, 1996

Flags lowered, we remember

Canada today mourns its war dead and honours those who, daring to die, survived service in the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War. At 11 a.m. it will be 78 years since the guns fell silent over Flanders, marking the armistice that ended the First World War.

Two ceremonies on campus will mark Remembrance Day. A service begins at 10:45 a.m. at the Chapel of St. Bede at Renison College, with music, prayers and a speaker. A ceremony in the foyer of Carl Pollock Hall ("Engineering IV") begins at 11 a.m., organized by the Engineering Society; it includes presentation of a wreath, and The Last Post and O Canada on the trumpet.
No words can add to their fame,
nor so long as gratitude holds a place in men's hearts
can our forgetfulness be suffered
to detract from their renown.
For as the war dwarfed by its magnitude
all contests of the past,
so the wonder of human resource,
the splendour of human heroism,
reached a height never witnessed before. (-- Arthur Meighen)

Adjudicator stops faculty firing

Here's a statement issued this morning by Martin Van Nierop, UW's director of information and public affairs:

An adjudicator has overruled the University of Waterloo's decision to dismiss a faculty member charged with sexual harassment, concluding instead that the individual be reinstated and undergo counselling.
In January 1995, UW president James Downey upheld a recommendation from a dean and the vice-president, academic and provost, that a tenured faculty member be dismissed on grounds of "inappropriate behavior including sexual harassment."
In accordance with the UW Policy 53 (Faculty Appointments -- Tenure), the faculty member appealed the president's decision to an external adjudicator, whose report has now been received.
However, in the adjudicator's view, the conduct was not "of such a serious nature as to render the faculty member clearly unfit to hold a tenured appointment," and therefore she ordered that the faculty member be reinstated.
The adjudicator's ruling is binding on UW and will be implemented.
Downey expressed support for the women students and staff who brought the faculty member's inappropriate behavior to the attention of the university, and stated that UW remains committed to the provision of a harassment-free study and work environment.
Consistent with the wishes of the individuals involved, UW will not be making the adjudicator's report public.

End of an amazing season

The University of Guelph Gryphons pulled an upset on Saturday afternoon at University Stadium, defeating the football Warriors 23-13 to win the Yates Cup, representing the Ontario Universities Athletic Association championship. They'll go on to host Saskatchewan in the Churchill Bowl game this Saturday. The loss is a sorrow for Waterloo fans and players -- but the Warriors can take pride in their 1996 season, the first time in history that Waterloo has gone as far as a Yates Cup game. The Warriors had a 7-1 record in league play and then defeated Laurier in the semifinals before hitting the wall.

Also on the weekend, the Naismith basketball tournament, a highlight of UW's Homecoming celebrations, saw Western take the championship, defeating Ryerson 75-68 in the final game. The Warriors first fell to the Memorial Sea-Hawks, 80-75, then defeated McGill 74-64, before taking the "consolation final" 73-69 over Winnipeg.

Nominating a provost for UW

The elaborate process of setting up a nominating committee is continuing; here's a notice from the university secretariat:

Nominations of candidates for the election of two faculty-at-large members to the Vice-President, Academic & Provost Nominating Committee closed at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 6, 1996. As a result, the following faculty members were acclaimed: Hannah Fournier, French Studies; Lynne Magnusson, English.

And that's life on Martinmas, about which my handy reference book says, "The period of warm weather often occurring about the time of [this] feast day is sometimes called St. Martin's Summer." Hah!

CAR

Editor of the Daily Bulletin: Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
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