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Tuesday, October 15, 1996
When fall nips the air
Back to work, turkey -- I mean, back to work after communing with
the turkey. It is distinctly cold out there this morning,
and I notice an advertising balloon floating gorgeously on the
clear autumn air. I also notice that somebody has been
smashing pumpkins, quite literally, along University
Avenue, which provides a reminder that Hallowe'en is a couple of weeks away.
The season in progress now is
Oktoberfest.
Many of the main events took place over the weekend, but the festhallen
(what a great euphemism!) are open this week and there are a number of
special events yet to come, including the Women of the Year presentations
on Thursday night. More information about it all: 570-4267. And if you want a
highbrow UW connection to the annual festival, note that the archives of
K-W Oktoberfest
are
among the special collections in the UW library.
To keep my promise that I'll get football scores into the Daily Bulletin,
I hereby report that
the
Warriors beat Windsor 15-13 on Saturday. Quarterback Ryan Wilkinson
threw two touchdown passes and ran for 90 yards.
Students vote for Fed VP
Polls open at 9:30 this morning in the election of a
vice-president (administration and finance) for the
Federation of
Students.
The position has been vacant since mid-summer after Mark Ferrier, who was
elected last March, took a full-time job and resigned.
The vacant post is one of three Federation vice-presidencies. (The other
two are "education" and "internal".) The VP (administration and
finance) is responsible, along with a professional staff and the
rest of the Federation executive, for Fed businesses and activities with an
annual cash flow of about $6 million.
The Federation represents all UW's undergraduate students, and
full-time undergrads who haven't withdrawn from the Federation by
reclaiming their $23.60-per-term Fed fee are eligible to vote today and
tomorrow.
Polls will be open in several campus buildings from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
today and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. tomorrow.
The two candidates in the by-election:
- Tori Harris, fourth-year recreation and leisure studies,
notes her recent involvement in Federation activities, particularly
corporate sponsorship, and calls for greater accountability and
awareness. "The Federation of Students can no longer
afford to blindly run businesses without sound reasoning and
evidence that they are meaningful to you," she writes. "It is
necessary for Feds businesses to formulate an alliance. They are
not separate entities and therefore need a collective strategy."
- Jenn Devall, third-year science and business, says she is "a
firm believer in market research" and would like to apply it in
particular to get Federation Hall out of the red. Fed Hall
lost some $73,000 in the past fiscal year. "Working closely with the
managers of each of the businesses," she says, "I think that the
Federation of Students can reverse the trend of deficit spending."
Staff invited to meeting
The staff association has announced a special open meeting on
Wednesday evening of next week (October 23). The topic: the
proposed "framework agreement"
that would govern relations between UW and its staff members.
Says Pat Martin, office secretary for the
staff
association: "All staff members are encouraged to attend. A formal
meeting is not intended, but we are anxious to hear your suggestions,
comments and concerns about this Staff Association working document."
The October 23 meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in Math and Computer room
5136B. Text of the proposed "framework agreement" is available
on the
staff association's Web pages, or in paper copy from the association's
brand-new office in Davis Centre room 3603.
Board executive meets today
The executive committee of UW's board of governors will meet today
at 2:30 ("note change in time", says the agenda) in Needles Hall
room 3004. Among matters on the agenda: an update on the 1996-97
UW budget, a proposed increase in the Graduate Student Association
fee from $17.60 to $18.60 per term, prospects for development of the
north campus, and some information on UW's pension and benefit plans.
The committee is being told that as of July 1, retired faculty and
staff got a 2.17 per cent increase in their UW pensions -- a cost-of-living
guarantee is one of the unusual features of Waterloo's pension plan.
CAR