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The book is "by
Simon the Troll as
told to Chris Redmond" -- hey,
that's me -- and is a lightly edited collection of a series that
ran in the Gazette in 1997 and early 1998 to mark UW's 40th
anniversary.
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Thursday, November 26, 1998
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If that won't do it, the calendar includes courses (old and new) under such headings as "Creating a Positive Work Environment" (that one's also taught by Wolfe) and "Creativity at Work". They, plus courses on training, project management, and the ISO 9000 quality system, are all under the "Professional Development" heading in the calendar.
Other headings and a sample of what's being offered:
Currently, the university provides facilities for dial-up IP access in the Kitchener-Waterloo area using modem-pool phone lines provided by Bell Canada, for which subscribers pay UW 40 cents per hour of use.
"UW expects to continue to operate this modem-pool facility as the vehicle for slow-speed low-cost IP access from home for as long as sufficient demand within the UW community exists," says Roger Watt, director of systems for IST. "However, a modem-pool facility cannot meet the need for high-speed IP access to/from the campus network for the growing number of UW people who wish to be able to use campus-network facilities from home in the same way that they use them on campus."
IST is hoping to develop a "long-term relationship" with a provider(s) who, ideally, will offer "a range of subscriber transmission-speed offerings...from a low of a hundred kilobits per second up to a high of several megabits per second." In addition, the provider is expected to handle such subscriber services as installation of its equipment at the subscriber's home, billing the subscriber for service, and "helpdesk" trouble reporting and resolution. It is expected that some 100 faculty and staff and several hundred students would make use of such a service within the first year of operation.
Yet to be determined are a number of variables, including whether such service would be available to subscribers outside the K-W area. While IST would prefer "an outsourced solution" to IP home connections, it would be open to a company able to "supply both the necessary technology and the assistance to help UW to be its own 'provider' in some fashion..."
Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of the reputation and the "proven commitment to quality customer service and timely technology upgrades" shown by the provider, as well as such factors as subscriber prices and contractual terms. IST hopes to have the service in operation and available to subscribers no later than April 30, 1999, "but preferably well before that."
The book is "by
Simon the Troll as
told to Chris Redmond" -- hey,
that's me -- and is a lightly edited collection of a series that
ran in the Gazette in 1997 and early 1998 to mark UW's 40th
anniversary.
"The essentials are clear," says Simon in an early chapter. "Bulls gave way to bulldozers, and the next thing you know, the biggest product of the place is bull of a whole new kind." That's the sort of fellow a troll is -- cynical, but observant. Says UW president James Downey in the book's introduction: "Alternately shocked, amused, and touched by human endeavour, Simon serves up an appealing feast of fact, anecdote, vignette, character sketch, observation, and conclusion, all arranged with a fine sense of institutional character, and seasoned with a delicious wit."
The bookstore will have Water Under the Bridge next week at $19.95 a copy.
A note from the plant operations department: "Kitchener Glass will be making some glass repairs on the Engineering Overpass. University Avenue will be partially closed, as well as the ring road, for a short time."
The Student Services Network Group will meet from 2 to 4 this afternoon in Environmental Studies I room 132. Major item: an update on the "Bridges" program of support sessions for first-year students, which ran for the first time this fall.
There are two academic talks scheduled for 3:30. In statistics and actuarial science, James Stafford of the University of Western Ontario speaks on "Smoothing Techniques for Complex Survey Data"(Math and Computer room 5158). In chemical engineering, Jeannette Ho of the University of Toronto speaks on "SMM Technology: Additives for Tailoring the Properties of Polymeric Surfaces" (Doug Wright Building room 2517).
The women's collective will meet at 4:30 in Student Life Centre room 2102.
The Arriscraft Lecture series brings "In Situ" of Montréal to the school of architecture for a presentation at 7 this evening in the Environmental Studies II green room.
J. N. Haas of the Royal Ontario Museum will speak at 7:30 tonight, in an event sponsored by the Quaternary Discussion Group. Location: Chemistry II room 170. Topic: "Holocene Climatic Instabilities in Southern Ontario and Their Impact on the Development of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems".
Merrill Lynch has the Humanities Theatre rented for a seminar this evening.
The drama department production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" continues tonight through Saturday at 8, in the Theatre of the Arts.
Something that's not happening today is a previously announced lecture by Alvin Curling, former federal minister of housing; it has been cancelled.
Co-op students who are still jobless for the winter term are reminded that they must hand in 15 copies of their resume package at Needles Hall tomorrow.
Information systems and technology will hold an open house tomorrow at 10 a.m. (Davis Centre room 1302) about its new directions statement and progress on major projects.
CAR
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