Daily Bulletin

Residence dons hone support skills

From Saturday evening through next Friday afternoon, 46 dons and four CoLTS (Columbia Lake Townhouse Stewards) -- selected through interviews last winter -- will prepare for the return of village and townhouse residents with sessions on diversity, student services, creative problem solving and coersive sexuality (formerly known as date rape). Mostly third- and fourth-year students, the dons and CoLTS also have their own experience to draw on in helping residents deal with issues such as fitting in socially, stretching their dollars, and managing their time, said Chris Read, residence life coordinator for Village 1, who will co-lead the training week with his counterpart, Chris Dodd in Ron Eydt Village.

New on the agenda is a trip to R.O.O.F. (Reaching Our Outdoor Friends), a Kitchener social service agency for young people living on the street, which has been selected as the recipient of the Villages' charity drive this year.

Single and Sexy seeks mattress

"We need a queen size mattress," says Denise Angove. "It should be in fairly good condition because they do a lot of bouncing around on that thing." "They" can be up to seven or eight actors at one time. "It takes a heavy beating," she adds, noting that the mattress should be considered a donation, not a loaner. A grateful acknowledgement will be given the donor.

A new, updated version of Single and Sexy will premiere on Friday, September 4, at 1:30 p.m. in the Theatre of the Arts in Modern Languages. Four Single and Sexy alumni were hired to work with director Darlene Spencer on the rewrite project, designed to provide a more in-depth treatment of issues.

Although initially focused on sexuality, the vision of the play has expanded over the years to incorporate such issues as responsible drinking and racism. "It's still dealing with the overwhelming mess of being a first-year student," says Angove, and still employs lots of humour.

Other performances of Single and Sexy are being held from September 7 to 10 in the Theatre of the Arts. All are free and open to students, staff and faculty -- not to mention mattress donors. To spring for a mattress and support a good cause, phone Angove at ext. 2981.

Gearing up for the fall term

Now that the Village 1 renovation project is wrapping up, the administration offices will be relocating this afternoon to the main floor of the central complex. Offices of housing administration, off-campus housing and residence life staff will return to the Village 1 rooftop on Monday.

Retail service outlets on campus will be holding an annual staff meeting on Monday to prepare for the new academic year. The Bookstore, UW Shop, Computer Store and Compuscape will be closing early, at 3 p.m. for the meeting.

A new computerized catalogue and booking system is being implemented at the Audio Visual Centre, and set up and training is scheduled for next week. "Although the centre will remain open, immediate service may not always be available," explains Cheryl Petrie at AV. "We ask that users be patient and staff will try to return calls, etc. as soon as time permits. We know it is not a particularly good time to offer reduced services, but that couldn't be helped."

Before the fall schedule gets filled, remember to make time for volunteering. Opportunities currently available in Kitchener-Waterloo include:

• women, age 20 and older, to be Big Sisters
• a handy person to assist St. John Ambulance with odd jobs
• tutors to teach reading, writing or basic math to adults and youth for Core Literacy
• a hairdresser's assistant for a Waterloo seniors residence
• help with cooking, set-up, take-down, maintenance or parking at a wine festival, September 12 and 13
• a driver assistant to help in transporting children of families in crisis to counselling appointments or family visits

UW web site of the day

Reporters, writers and producers from the news media seeking expert advice or commentary at UW can turn to the news bureau in person or on the Web, and one of the things they'll find is this database of "experts" on the faculty and staff. It can be searched by department ("history"), by name ("Kalbfleisch"), or by subject ("painting" or "pollution").

"It's easy to find the expert news people need from our large database of some 750 researchers and interesting folks who call Waterloo home," says Jim Fox, manager of the news bureau. "They can also search through the on-line news releases dating from 1992." He explained that search engines provide a quick-and-easy way to pinpoint a researcher, topic or news release. "Reporters can just type in a name or topic and let the search engines go to work to quickly make the link." The menu also allows searchers to retrieve a listing of all faculty members in any or all of UW's departments, schools and colleges. They will also find general information about the university and a listing of university officials, and often can directly e-mail a message.

The experts database is the News Bureau's most up-to-date listing, as it is regularly revised. A printed UW Experts Guide is also available.

Barbara Elve
bmelve@nh4.adm.uwaterloo.ca

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