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Tuesday, November 26, 1996

A meeting for us all

Something new is scheduled for 3:30 this afternoon in the Theatre of the Arts: UW's "first annual general meeting".

The official invitation describes it as "a forum in which we will attempt to demonstrate in yet another way our accountability". That's been a powerful word in university affairs for the past year or two, since the Ontario government commissioned a major study on how universities could be more "accountable" -- to the public, directly and through government, and to other groups including staff, students and faculty.

At today's general meeting, three of UW's top leaders will speak:

Peter Sims, the Kitchener lawyer who is the chair of the board of governors, talking about the work of the board.
Jim Kalbfleisch, vice-president (academic) and provost, talking about "UW's financial circumstances".
James Downey, the president, "on the general state of the university".

All members of the university community are invited to attend the meeting, and the reception which will follow it.

Cock an optic at this

The local branch (Southwestern Ontario Section) of the Optical Society of America is holding its monthly meeting tonight, and the executive secretary of the group, Denis Gendron of the UW chemistry department, thinks there are people who don't know about the OSA who might be interested:

The Optical Society of America (OSA) is an organization devoted to the diffusion and promotion of information on optical sciences and technology, for a variety of applications. . . .
Our speaker this month is Dr. Costa Douketis; he will entertain us on: "Near-Field Probe Nanoscopy". . . .
Anyone who is interested in optics and its application, and who would like to network with other members from both academia and corporate worlds should attend.

Tonight's meeting starts at 7:00 in room N1042 of the new science building at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Math students vote today

There's a referendum for undergraduate mathematics students today and tomorrow -- and then again in January, for students who are off on co-op work terms now. The issue: a proposal to raise the per-term fee for the Mathematics Society from $7.50 to $10.50. The reason, according to chief returning officer Stuart Pollock: "The cost of producing mathNEWS has doubled recently, because photocopying is now atrociously expensive. In the new proposed plan, exactly $3.00 of the fee will go to mathNEWS."

Local volunteers are wanted

Current requests from the Volunteer Action Centre downtown:

Board members for "an organization that promotes social and economic justice and provides information about world issues". Listing 083-1794.
A visitor for "a gentleman who is living in a seniors' home . . . a former member of the Canadian Air Force and spent many years stationed in Germany after the war". Listing 065-1795.
A recording secretary for "an association that provides support and information for people dealing with depression . . . an organized volunteer with clerical skills". Listing 095-1793.
A coach for blind curlers -- two hours on Sunday afternoon, for five months. Listing 012-1785.

For more information about these very brief descriptions, the VAC can be reached at 742-8610.

On John Harvard's birthday

The music department has confirmed that there will be, as in past years, a noon-hour Christmas concert in the Davis Centre great hall. It's set for 12:15 p.. on Thursday, December 5.

Waterloo Regional Police have not released the identity of a young man, reported to be a third-year UW student, who died yesterday in a fall from a balcony at the Waterloo Towers apartment building on University Avenue. Alcohol is thought to have been involved in the accident.

The employee assistance program sponsors a noon-hour session today titled "Eat Well! How to Enjoy the Holidays Guilt Free". It starts at 12:00 in Math and Computer room 5158.

The UW spinoff company Research in Motion is holding a wine and cheese reception at the University Club today, from 5:30 to 7, for fourth-year and graduate students in such fields as computer science, applied mathematics and engineering. "Find out," the invitation says, "what that company across from the Davis Centre really does."

And finally . . . well, if you'd like to be part of a really big crowd dancing the macarena, and rub Laurier's nose in it, and help the United Way campaign raise a few dollars, all at the same time: block out noon hour tomorrow. "We need about 300 people from the campus community," says Helen Kilbride of the United Way, "to join in the macarena at the Student Life Centre starting at 12 noon on Wednesday." Participating costs a dollar, and the idea is for UW to bring out more macarenists (macaroonies?) than Wilfrid Laurier University, which issued the challenge. Dale a tu cuerpo alegria!

CAR

Editor of the Daily Bulletin: Chris Redmond
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