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Architecture students show ideas

Paul Blaser, coordinator of the exhibition, describes the show:

What is the New City? How will we live in this place? What are the possibilities for changing the places that we inhabit? New City is an exhibition of architectural proposals. the work envisions new approaches to dwelling in our world for the 21st century. Issues of history, environment, technology and infrastructure are examined in challenging ways.

Two students star in informatics -- from the UW news bureau

Representing their former high schools they won medals in the prestigious event, held Sept. 23-30, which attracted 274 competitors from 70 countries. The IOI is an algorithmic programming competition for secondary school students who are put to the test in solving a set of tasks using a computer as a tool.

David Arthur, of Upper Canada College in Toronto, tied with David Pritchard, of Woburn Collegiate Institute also in Toronto, for second place overall with scores of 690 out of 700. For their efforts, they won gold medals and laptop computers.

Denis Dmitriev, of Centennial Senior Secondary School in Coquitlam, B.C., placed 64th with a score of 417 to win a silver medal, while Jonathan Gilbert, of Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg, finished 122nd with a score of 270 to earn a bronze medal.

At present, the four are first-year university students. Arthur is at Duke University, Pritchard at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), while Dmitriev and Gilbert are at UW.

"Our students excelled in the competition," says Barry Ferguson of the faculty of mathematics. He is the director of the Canadian Computing Competition, which is organized by UW's Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing. "Their achievement demonstrates the high standard of mathematics teaching in the country."

The IOI competition is made up of two, five-hour sessions held over separate days. In each session, the contestants must solve three tasks.

The Canadian team members were selected based their results in the Canadian Computing Competition. Sybase Inc., of Waterloo, sponsored the team and is a sponsor of the Canadian Computing Competition.

'Virtual university' has 1,500 courses -- a news release from Canadian Virtual University

CVU-UVC is an innovative partnership of six chartered Canadian universities that have aligned their resources and considerable on-line and distance education expertise to offer Canadians more options when choosing what, where, when, and how to complete a recognized university degree or certificate through distance education and the Internet.

Partners Athabasca University, BC Open University, Brandon University, Laurentian University, Royal Roads University, and The University of Manitoba, will offer students a choice of 1,500 university courses, including 160 on-line courses, that can be combined to complete 100 recognized university credentials without ever stepping into a classroom. The University of Victoria is participating as a provider of diploma programs.

Last year, these same universities received over 100,000 distance education course registrations. "The number of people attracted by the flexibility of on-line learning and university programs and courses that meet their career needs continues to soar," says CVU-UVC and Athabasca University president Dr. Dominique Abrioux.

"CVU-UVC grew out of a desire by the member institutions to provide even greater flexibility and more choice in a way that offers economies of scale to students, taxpayers, and governments."

At www.cvu-uvc.ca, Canadians can access university programs, courses, and a wide range of support services. They can register on-line and arrange to transfer credits from one member university to another easily and without hassle and extra cost. There are no CVU-UVC fees; students pay the normal fees set by each university.

CVU-UVC does not grant degrees itself. Each student enrolls in a degree or certificate program from one of the member universities -- which becomes the "home institution" -- and registers for appropriate courses offered by member universities. Upon program completion, the home institution grants the credential.

"Distance education operates internationally in a deregulated marketplace where unknown entities complete with established universities," says Dr. Jean Watters, president of Laurentian University and member of the CVU-UVC board. "CVU- UVC was created to offer Canadians a quality-guaranteed education that results in a recognized credential from a recognized university."

Show you care . . . more ways

Special events continue to raise money. Connie Hutcheson and Joanne Cepaitis in the development office held a silent auction for a pumpkin, made by Pat Cunningham, on Friday morning and raised $38. (Winner of the pumpkin was development officer Alison Boyd.)

Engineering Science Quest, says another memo, "has graciously donated one week of summer camp for a student from grade 1 to OACs. In co-operation with the dean of engineering office, this highly sought after gift will be raffled off on Tuesday, October 31. Tickets are $5. You have 1 in 500 chances to win -- so the more you buy, the better your chances! All proceeds will be donated to the United Way. This opportunity is not limited to parents only! If the winner so chooses, he/she may return the prize back to ESQ, and receive a tax receipt for charitable donation in the amount of $150. Please contact Karen Dubois, dean of engineering office, ext. 2447 or kldubois@engmail, to purchase."

We're back from the long weekend

There's a "Bridging the Gap" lecture for engineering students: Vernon Lobo of Cyberplex and MosaicVP speaks at 11:30 in Carl Pollock Hall room 3385.

The dean of arts hosts a reception at 3:00 this afternoon (Humanities room 378) in honour of new faculty members and recipients of major scholarships in the arts faculty. The reception is followed by this month's meeting of the arts faculty council, at 3:45.

James Butrica of the Memorial University of Newfoundland will speak at 4:00 (Modern Languages room 246) on "Ovid and the Missus" -- the Roman poet Ovid and his wife during his exile.

A WatShad pub, for UW folks who were formerly Shad Valley program participants, starts at 7:00 tonight at the Huether Hotel downtown.

Looking ahead to tomorrow, "The Next Generation of Interactive Health Applications" is the title of a noontime session tomorrow in the Clarica Auditorium, Lyle Hallman Institute (Matthews Hall). Yuri Quintana of the University of Western Ontario is the speaker. The event starts at 11:30.

Brian Rudy and the Architects -- "just a little bit of rock 'n' roll" -- will perform at 12:30 tomorrow in the Conrad Grebel College chapel, as a livelier-than-usual feature in the noon hour concert series.

The student awards office is reporting "a severe backlog" in paperwork: "In order to deliver financial aid programs to students accurately and on time," a memo says, the office will be closed all day tomorrow, October 11, and again Wednesday, October 18.

CAR

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