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Wednesday, February 26, 1997

UW at forty dot celebrate

The UW 40th anniversary logo is going to be seen a lot more on campus in the next few days, as the UW Shop in South Campus Hall will soon have T-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and other souvenirs showing it off and boasting about our forty-year-old university. And there are other places to see it too:

Big overhead banners that will be used at major events on campus all this year, starting with the March 11 "Campus Day" visit of high schoolers and their parents to find out what Waterloo's all about.
A 40th anniversary Web site, to be unveiled soon.
The souvenir booklet The Waterloo Adventure, produced by my colleagues here in the information and public affairs office, and expected to hit campus within two weeks.
Any mail that arrives from UW: the central stores postage meter is now printing the 40th anniversary logo right next to the date and postage indicator.

Celebrations of the anniversary will focus on the "Friends and Founders" event on May 27, the faculty and staff picnic June 3, Canada Day on July 1, and a few other big occasions. Banners, food, congratulatory speeches, souvenirs -- really, it's enough to make Simon the troll bite somebody in the leg.

Seeking to represent staff

Check out page 2 of this morning's Gazette for statements from four staff members who are seeking election to the UW board of governors. The incumbent, Barry Scott of the office of research, is looking to be re-elected, and has three challengers: Peter McCarthy of food services; John Sellens of information systems and technology (data processing); and Joe Szalai of the library's user services department.

Staff have two seats on the 36-member board of governors; the other representative at present is Helena Hahn of the dean of science office. The current election is for a three-year term on the board beginning May 1, 1997. Ballots will be mailed to staff members next week, the university secretariat says.

On Johnny Cash's birthday

"Java computing changes everything," say the folks from Sun Microsystems, whose "6th annual education tour" hits campus today, sponsored by the Computer Store. Speakers and demonstrations about Java are scheduled in Davis Centre room 1302 from 9 to 11 a.m.

Toronto poet and short-story writer Gil Adamson will give a reading this afternoon at St. Jerome's College (1:30 p.m., St. Jerome's room 221).

What's described as "a show about art for art's sake" is scheduled for the Student Life Centre today and tomorrow, under the title "Fed Up! An Art Show". It can be seen from 10:30 to 5 today, 10:30 to 6 tomorrow, in the multi-purpose room.

The Economics Society is co-sponsor (with its counterpart at Wilfrid Laurier University) of a talk on the recent federal budget, to be given at 5:30 today in room 1003 of the Peters Building at WLU. The two speakers are Anna Guthrie of the Toronto-Dominion Bank and John Hoicka of the Ontario ministry of finance.

Merrill Hunsberger, who teaches history at UW and Renison College and who's taking a tour to China this summer under the sponsorship of TourMagination ("Mennonite Tour Specialists"), will give a preview of the trip, with slides, at 7:30 this evening at Erb Street Mennonnite Church, 131 Erb Street West.

Local volunteers are wanted

The Volunteer Action Centre is looking for people to take these roles:

Public speakers, "to make presentations to groups interested in setting up a Neighbourhood Watch program". Listing 050-1193.
Recording secretary for "a municipal committee whose role is to increase the awareness of issues faced by people with physical disabilities". Listing 101-1850.
English tutors to work one-on-one with new Canadians: "Curriculum varies from basic conversation to advanced writing." Listing 051-270.
Special project volunteer for a local library, someone "who has a knowledge of libraries and computer catalogues", to "list names of local history vertical file and prepare them for data entry". Listing 119-1867.

More information? Other volunteer opportunities? The VAC can be reached at 742-8610.

And finally, this correction

I said in yesterday's Bulletin that Ken Hull was a faculty member at Renison College. In fact he's on the faculty at Conrad Grebel College, although the talk he was giving yesterday was indeed at Renison.

CAR

TODAY IN UW HISTORY
February 26, 1971: Presidents of UW and the faculty association sign the "Matthews-Dubinski" agreement, defining salary procedures and the relationship between the university and its professors.

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