July 17, 2002

Wednesday, July 17, 2002

Summer Games play at UW
Architect speaks about Cambridge project
A pitch for women's fastpitch
Wednesday events and notes

Editor:
Chris Redmond
credmond@uwaterloo.ca

Today in history: a war, a university

Summer Games play at UW

The 2002 Ontario Summer Games get underway with opening ceremonies on Thursday, July 18, at 6:30 p.m. at University Stadium on Seagram Drive in Waterloo.

The games, which run through July 21, are hosted this year by Kitchener-Waterloo, with UW billeting more than 2,500 of the young athletes at Ron Eydt Village, Columbia Lake Townshouses, Village I, and at Renison and St. Paul's Colleges.

As well, the university is providing venues for many of the games. Columbia Sports Fields will be the site of archery competitions on Friday and Saturday, and both men's and women's basketball games will be held on campus at the Physical Activities Complex and Columbia Icefield on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Rugby and women's field lacrosse teams will play on the Columbia Sports Fields on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets for opening ceremonies are available at the Ontario Summer Games office in the former Waterloo-St. Jacobs Train Station at Father David Bauer Drive and Erb Street, or by phoning 880-9247.

Architect speaks about Cambridge project

Architect Stanley Saitowitz, who has been selected to design the UW school of architecture in Cambridge, will speak about the project on Thursday, July 18, at 7 p.m. in Environmental Studies 2, room 286.

Saitowitz, principal in Natoma Architects of San Francisco, will discuss his work and approach to the design of the school in Cambridge. The public is invited to attend the talk.

Saitowitz is a professor of architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, who has been in architectural practice for 25 years. His firm works in residential, commercial and institutional architecture and has executed projects including houses, schools, churches, museums, urban promenades, memorials and a winery.

His buildings have been published in journals around the world and he has been honoured with distinguished visiting professorships at the leading schools of architecture in the United States.

A pitch for women's fastpitch

UW could become the newest member of the recently organized Ontario Intercollegiate Women's Fastpitch Association (OIWFA) if there are enough women on campus who want to play ball.

Adopt a cell
It may not be as warm and fuzzy as adopting a peregrine falcon, but adopting a solar cell can give the Midnight Sun VII solar car team a real charge.
"Individuals and organizations can now adopt one or more solar cells at $50 each through either monetary or in-kind donations," a recent copy of the team's newsletter reported. "Replacing the Friends level sponsorship, the Adopt-A-Cell program intends to further build our relationship with those who contribute up to $1,000 to the team.
"Like always, the Midnight Sun team appreciates all support and those who adopt cells will receive personalised adoption certificates, including their cells' serial numbers. Additionally, all Adopt-A-Cell participants will have their names appear on the official Midnight Sun VII website."
Adoptions can be arranged through Elita Yue at mail@midsun.uwaterloo.ca or ext. 2978.
Vicki Ferguson, a computer science student, will make a pitch for the sport at an organizational meeting tomorrow at 5 p.m. in SLC room 1115 (beside the turnkey desk). She invites any full-time female students "who would like to play high-calibre university-level ball" to contact her at vpfergus@uwaterloo.ca or to attend the meeting.

Formed in November 2001 with the goal of playing competitive varsity ball, the OIWFA already has eight university teams in its league: Ottawa, Toronto, Brock, Wilfrid Laurier, McMaster, Western, York and Guelph.

"Our goal is to add the University of Waterloo to that list," says Ferguson. "The convenor of the league, Doug Parry, has agreed to poll the members of the OIWFA for UW's entrance into the league for September 2002, provided that we obtain club status from the university. To do this, we must prove that there is enough interest in fastpitch at the University of Waterloo to field a competitive team."

More information about women's fastpitch at Waterloo is available on the fastpitch website.

Wednesday events and notes

The student awards office is closed today, and will reopen at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

Faculty level debates conclude today for the Sandford Fleming Foundation's technical speaker competition. Debates take place from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in E2 3324. Finalists from this round will compete on July 19.

A blood donor clinic continues through the rest of the week in the SLC from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. There is a high demand for O-negative and A-negative blood. Donors can make an appointment at the turnkey desk to give blood.

At 7 p.m. tonight Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo will host a discussion group on the topic of queer media. The discussion will take place in HH 373, and will be followed at 8:30 p.m. by a social event. More details are available on the GLOW website.

And looking ahead to tomorrow, the Political Science Students' Association will host an end of term pub night at Philthy McNasty's in Westmount Plaza. The event begins at 8:30 p.m. and is a chance for political science students and professors to mingle.

Avvey Peters

TODAY IN UW HISTORY
July 17, 1996: UW, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and Research in Motion Ltd. announce a four-year project aimed at "developing the next generation of microchips for wireless communications."