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Thursday, October 2, 1997


University of Waterloo -- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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UW awaits infrastructure funds

"A major funding announcement" under the Canada-Ontario Infrastructure Works Program has been announced for Wednesday, October 15. Invitations for the event went out yesterday; it will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Environmental Studies I courtyard.

Applications for the "infrastructure" funds were submitted in June. Dennis Huber, UW's associate provost (general services and finance), said then that the university had asked for $675,000 to upgrade the campus computer network, $625,000 for laboratory renewal, and $1,415,947 for maintenance and repairs -- a total of slightly more than $2.7 million.

The principle behind the infrastructure program is that Ottawa provides one-third of the money and the Ontario government one-third, with the remaining third coming from the sponsoring institution's own resources, such as the operating budget or private givings.

Day of apples and honey

[shofar] Today is Rosh Hashanah -- "the head of the year", the beginning of the Jewish year 5758. L'shona tova, a good year, to all. . . .

Other cultures are in the spotlight today also, with the East Asian Autumn Festival, continuing at Renison College. Today brings a series of panels on educational issues, including "East Asian studies in Ontario universities" at 10:30 this morning and "Building academic linkages with East Asia" at 2 this afternoon. Tonight at 7, the Korean film "The Story of Two Women" (1994) will be shown at the Princess Cinema in downtown Waterloo.

Two people from the University of Alberta -- Jane Arscott and Linda Trimble -- will speak at 12:30 today (Humanities room 373) on "Women's Electoral Space: Glass Ceilings, Flying Wages and Revolving Doors".

The architecture school presents the first of this term's Arriscraft Lectures tonight at 8 in the "green room" of Environmental Studies II. The speaker is New York architect Taeg Nashimoto (title: "Two Effects"). Later Arriscraft Lectures are scheduled for October 30, November 6, November 20 and December 4.

Job postings are rolling in

Fresh from a term with almost 100 per cent placement of students in co-op jobs, the co-op department reports that for the winter term they're receiving "a higher than usual number of employer requests to take part in co-op interviews". So, an extra job posting is being added to the October schedule. Job posting #8 will be available on October 7 and will expire at 8 p.m. October 8.

This additional change: "Students may now apply for a maximum of 35 jobs (up from 30)."

Savings bonds not available

It's the season for Canada Savings Bonds, in several new shapes and flavours, available at your bank -- but not, this year, through payroll deduction at UW. Catharine Scott, associate provost (human resources and student services), announced in a memo this week that
Due to the complexities and workload involved in implementing the Human Resources Management System by January 1, 1998, the opportunity for staff to purchase Canada Savings Bonds through payroll deduction will not be available this year. It is our hope that we will be able to resume this practice in 1998. Please contact your bank manager directly to make arrangements for purchasing bonds.

Maclean's judges law schools

The cover story on Maclean's magazine this week is an assessment of law schools across Canada -- the state of legal education general, and a rating of the 16 schools in particular. "Privilege and pressure" are the themes, the magazine says, and it reports "a major debate about the scope and shape of legal education", over what should be taught in law school and how many new lawyers the country needs.

So, cutting to the chase: basing its ratings largely on a survey of "every law school graduate called to the bar in the past three years", Maclean's names as Canada's "best overall" law school the one at the University of Toronto. New Brunswick comes in second, Victoria third.

The country's best-known law school, Osgoode Hall at York University, comes dead last in the magazine's ratings -- although it has the biggest library, at nearly 470,000 volumes of law, and although it was ranked fourth in a separate reputational survey of "judges, lawyers and legal academics" (behind Toronto, Victoria and McGill).

A day to mark the calendar

Looking ahead for a few weeks, here are some of the major events coming at Waterloo:

CAR


TODAY IN UW HISTORY
October 2, 1961: UW agrees to buy 18 acres of land between Seagram Drive and Dearborn Street (now University Avenue) from Bauers Ltd. October 2, 1984: The board of governors approves plans for construction of a "computer research centre" along with a name for it: the Davis Centre.

Editor of the Daily Bulletin: Chris Redmond
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