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Thursday, September 26, 1996
Assault suspect is wanted
Police forces are looking for a man with "a distinct overbite" and
a heavy accent, says this notice from the UW police:
On Friday, 30 August, 1996, at approximately 10:15 a.m. a woman was
jogging on the north campus Bauer Road pathway toward Bearinger Road.
She observed a male person coming toward her riding his bicycle. As
they approached it appeared as though he fell off his bicycle. As she attempted
to go around the male and his bicycle, the male lunged forward, put his
hands around the jogger's neck and attempted to force her into the
bushes along the pathway. The male said something to the jogger but
she could not understand what was being said, as the male spoke with
an accent. The jogger managed to push the culprit away and run
to the Bauer Warehouse to the assistance of a university staff
person. The staff person brought the woman to the UW Police office. The
suspect fled in the direction of Columbia and Phillip Streets
and the BFG building.
Suspect description: Male, 20-25 years of age, height 5'10" to
6", 160-175 pounds, slim build, dark complexion, short black hair,
distinctive overbite, wearing dark clothing and a baseball hat, speaks
with a heavy accent, riding an older-style blue 10-speed bicycle.
This suspect has been involved in incidents between 14 August and 18
September 1996, in and around the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid
Laurier University and Waterloo Park area. If anyone has information
regarding this occurrence or any other occurrence they are invited to call
the University of Waterloo Police Service at 888-4911 off campus,
ext. 4911 on campus, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-265-2222 (265-TIPS).
Night of the eclipse
A total
eclipse of the moon takes place this evening, and should be
spectacular over eastern North America as long as not too many
clouds move in. UW's
astronomy research group will
hold an open house with an opportunity for people to look through the
big telescope; the event starts at 9 p.m. in Physics room 308.
Totality (the period when the moon is covered by the earth's shadow,
if I have that right) runs from 10:19 to 11:29 p.m.
Union chooses new leader
Canadian Union of Public Employees 793 elected a new president
earlier this week, Neil Stewart, an 11-year staff member in the plant
operations department. Jim Cairney, who had been acting president for
the past few weeks, returns to the post of first vice-president.
There was also a vacancy in the position of second vice-president,
and Cathy Forlippa of the food services department has been elected
to that office.
China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
The
East Asian
Autumn Festival at Renison College is continuing, with a day of
sessions (in the college's chapel lounge and great hall) about "academic
connections" between Canada and the East Asian countries. This
morning there's a panel of university presidents, followed by a panel
on research opportunities; this afternoon it's "student success
stories" and a session on work, study, service and research linkages.
Tonight, a "literary evening" brings authors Jan Wong (Red China
Blues) and Yan Li (Daughters of the Red Land) to the
Theatre of the Arts. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. reading are $2 at
the door. The UW bookstore will be selling copies of Wong's and
Li's books in the theatre foyer before and after the event.
Tomorrow, the festival continues with a day-long seminar on "doing
business in East Asia".
Also today at Waterloo
- The joint health and safety committee meets at 10:30 in Needles
Hall room 3001. On the agenda: bicycles, roller-blades, "students
cooking at Villages", reports on summer fire alarms, building
inspections, and so on.
- The fourth annual paper airplane contest sponsored by the local
branch of the
Canadian Aeronautics and
Space Institute starts at 11:30 in the Davis Centre great hall.
- Math Week continues with a barbecue (11:30 to 1:00) between the
Student Life Centre and the Math and Computer building. People who
bought tickets ahead of time are off on a Math Society trip to
Stratford this afternoon to see "Amadeus". And this evening,
somebody called Weeping Tile will be performing at the Bombshelter
pub.
- The
Waterloo Public Interest
Research Group sponsors two talks today. At 12 noon in the
multi-purpose room of the Student Life Centre, the topic is "The Struggle
for the World's Forests", with Tzeporah Berman of Greenpeace. At
3:30 in Davis Centre room 1302, it's "The Environmental Bill of
Rights: How to Use It", with Manik Duggar of the Environment
Commissioner of Ontario office.
And things to do this evening
- The
fine arts
film society begins its 1996-97 series this evening. The fall
theme is "Spotlight on Taiwan Cinema", and tonight's show is "First Date",
a 1989 film by Peter Wang. It begins at 7 p.m. in the East Campus Hall
auditorium; admission is $4.50, or $3 for society members.
- St. Jerome's College begins its "weekend of theology and the
arts" with a performance at 7:30: "St. Mark's Gospel -- the Message
Comes Alive". The one-man show takes place in the college's brand-new
"Community Centre", linking the men's residence with the building that
was formerly Notre Dame College and is currently just "the women's
residence".
- The one-woman show by Kim Renders, "Motherhood, Madness and the
Shape of the Universe", has its second and last UW performance at
8 p.m. in Humanities room 180. Tickets are $10, students $8.
- Vocalist Liberty Silver, with the Bill King Quartet, performs a
benefit concert in the Humanities Theatre at 8 tonight. The show is a
benefit for the Canadian Foundation for the Children of Haiti; tickets
are $20 at the door.
And these other announcements
As noted yesterday, staff members got a pay increase this summer that
was retroactive to May 1, and three months' worth of retroactive pay
is visible in the September paycheques that are being received this
week. Well, "in almost everybody's paycheque", says Catharine Scott,
associate provost (human resources and student services). She sends word
that there are some 90 staff members who changed jobs during the summer,
moved from part-time to full-time or vice versa, or otherwise baffled
the computerized payroll system; their retroactive increases are being
done manually and might not make it into tomorrow's pay. All such
people should have been individually notified, Scott said.
The registrar's office will be closed tomorrow from 12 noon
to 1:30 p.m. for "staff development issues".
The faculty of environmental studies presents a special lecture
tomorrow by
Eva Ligeti, the environmental commissioner of Ontario,
who has the interesting job of administering the "environmental
registry" created by the 1994 Environmental Bill of Rights. Her talk
about her work is
scheduled for 11:30 a.m. in Environmental Studies 1 room 221.
CAR