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This year's award for volunteers

The President's Circle Awards for Volunteerism were established in 1997 to recognize the significant contributions of students in volunteer work both within the University and the community at-large. The awards honour the extracurricular contributions of students in a variety of service areas, some of which may not be highly visible but nonetheless important to the community. A Committee will select ten recipients for awards of $250 each.

Any student, staff, faculty or member of the community at-large may nominate a student for a President's Circle award. As well, because volunteer work often has a low profile, a student may directly apply for the award. Nominators are encouraged to work with the student to ensure that the information submitted to the Committee is complete.

Nomination/application and reference forms are available at the Student Awards office, Needles Hall, Room 2001, the Graduate Studies Office, Needles Hall, Room 3021, the Secretariat, Needles Hall, Room 3060, and the Federation of Students, Student Life Centre, Room, 1102.

Nominations or applications must be returned to Dianne Scheifele, Secretariat, Needles Hall, by Friday, October 30, 1998. Questions may be directed to Catharine Scott, Chair of the Selection Committee, at extension 3186. More information, including eligibility requirements, may also be obtained from Dianne Scheifele at ext. 3183, Secretariat, or via e-mail: dscheif@secretariat.

Auditorium named for Mutual Group

The new name recognizes financial support from The Mutual Group, the Waterloo-based financial conglomerate that's still widely known as Mutual Life. Speakers today will include Robert Astley, president of the Mutual Group, as well as UW president James Downey and AHS dean Mike Sharratt.

Michael Rachlis

At 3:30 p.m., following the 3:00 remarks by dignitaries, there will be an inaugural lecture by Michael Rachlis, a Toronto-based health-care consultant. The topic of his address is "A Second Opinion on the Health Care of Canadians".

Rachlis is known for outspoken comments. He told the Toronto Star last fall that the opening of private health clinics -- offering high-priced checkups and other services to those who can afford it -- leads inevitably to a "two-tiered" health care system. "I'm a little concerned," he said, "about the growth of medicine as a boutique instead of being a servant to what we need in society. I don't think health care should be seen primarily as a business opportunity."

Major computer theft is confirmed

"It was a break-in -- the door was forced," he said. "It's still under investigation, so I don't want to say too much at this point." He did say that the theft was "probably the largest in my time here" as director of security, and that the thieves likely had some idea what they were looking for.

MacKenzie said nobody's data or research work likely vanished with the computers, since they were from a teaching laboratory.

Anybody who saw something strange around MC on those days, the weekend just before fall term classes began, is urged to call UW police at 888-4911.

Today's a really busy day

Two art shows are opening today. One is in the Artspace Gallery, East Campus Hall: "Sights of Contention" by Kevin Sonmor. He'll be giving an artist lecture at 1:30 in ECH, and the opening reception for the show starts at 5:30 in the gallery. The other is in the Modern Languages gallery: "Monument" by William Eakin. The reception for that one starts at 4:00.

An "afternoon of friendship and information" for Native students (and others interested) runs from 3 to 5 p.m. today in Davis Centre room 1301. "Speakers from the university and Native communities will discuss services and issues." From a recent issue of the Times Higher Education Supplement: "In ten years, the number of native students enrolled in full- and part-time studies in Canada's post-secondary institutions more than tripled, from 8,000 in 1983-84 to 27,000 in 1994-95. [They come] both from the more than two-thirds who live in urban areas and members of remote northern communities. . . . Canada's 80-plus universities now host 15 undergraduate native studies programmes."

Paul Beeston, president of Major League Baseball, visits campus today, invited by the Accounting Students Education Committee. He'll speak in the Humanities Theatre at 4:00 (on something to do with the business of baseball, presumably) and a reception will follow at the University Club, sponsored by the school of accountancy.

A trip to Casino Niagara tonight is the next event in the series of charity run fund-raisers at St. Jerome's College. The actual run, many times around the ring road, starts at 12:30 tomorrow. This year's charity run program is to benefit the Kitchener-Waterloo Volunteer Action Centre.

The musical highlight of Feds Week is Spirit of the West, playing Federation Hall tonight (tickets $12 for Fed members, $15 for the unwashed masses).

CAR

Editor of the Daily Bulletin: Chris Redmond
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