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Tuesday, August 10, 2004
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca Information and submissions: bulletin@uwaterloo.ca |
Students were lining up at the parking services office on Monday to purchase their parking permits for the fall term, but those queues will soon be history.
Changes are underway “to maximize space available” for parking on campus, says parking manager Elaine Carpenter, who took a few minutes to explain the new system on Monday morning while her phone rang relentlessly with requests for fall term permits.
Starting this month, Lots C, N, W and X will be designated “student/visitor lots,” providing a total of 1,880 unreserved parking spaces. Students will purchase a parking decal to attach to the windshield; part-time students and visitors will use “pay and display machines” with tickets placed on the dash.
Under the new arrangement, student parking permits can be purchased at any time on the web-based reservation system, says Carpenter. “We will never sell out of student parking,” she adds. “Permit sales will be continuous, with no advantage for early purchase. There will always be student permits available.”
The web system offers a secure site for credit card use, and students can fax ownership and insurance information to parking services, if necessary. Parking decals will be mailed to students.
Among the advantages for students, says Carpenter, is the ability to move among the four student lots on the north and south campuses, “with closer parking to their classes, library and the recreational facilities.” There will be less bureaucracy, with no card deposit and no refund at the end of term.
Gates will be removed at Lots C, N, W and X, and parking services expects to save money on gate maintenance, as well as on administration costs for data entry and processing of card deposits and refunds. Enforcement costs are expected to increase with the new parking plans, and parking services plans to hire more co-op students to ticket illegally parked cars.
As well, Carpenter has crunched the numbers and believes students lots can be oversold “by as much as 65 per cent because of different class times and locations.”
Staff and faculty who park in Lots N, W and X “will be moved to the nearest available lot,” with notices being sent out this month.
That’s good news for recently hired faculty and staff, who will no longer be placed in Lot X until spaces become available in a more convenient lot.
Staff and faculty will still access their lots using cards, and will not be allowed to park in student lots without purchasing pay and display tickets.
Another announcement is coming on fees, says Carpenter. “There will be an increase.”
Robert Karpiak of Germanic and Slavic studies will take a six-month sabbatical: "This project is intended to update, amplify and complete the definitive redaction of the book manuscript The Don Juan Myth in Russian Literature. Research to finalize the book will be at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign."
Delbert Russell of French studies has a one-year sabbatical: "Preparation of an electronic edition of a medieval manuscript containing French verse saints' lives, written in England. Supported by a research grant from SSHRC, for 2003-2006."
Christopher Small of statistics and actuarial science will also be on sabbatical for a year, "starting a project to write a new textbook on probability theory; continuing my research, particularly in two areas: multivariate nonparametrics and estimating function theory for random fields."
Ross Willard of pure mathematics has a twelve-month leave: "I plan to spend the year engaged in pure research in my area (universal algebra). Approximately four months will be spent working with colleagues at other institutions: Latrobe University (Australia), University of Hawaii, University of Coloado, Vanderbilt University and SUNY (New Paltz)."
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"Drydock" from Doug Kirton's 2000 exhibition "Times of Uncertainty" |
Ming Li of computer science has a six-month sabbatical: "I will work on book revisions in preparation to publish a third edition in 2005 of An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and Its Applications; theoretical studies of spaced seeds; studying biomarker inference algorithms and theory."
Jonathan Oakman of psychology is on sabbatical for six months: "I will work on analyzing data and writing research reports from a variety of studies; preparing SSHRC and OMHF grant applications; studing more advanced data analyses and dependent software applications; upgrading clinical training to include child clinical work."
David Toman of computer science will be on sabbatical for a year: "I am planning to pursue two broad directions of research: query processing for XML data, in particular efficient execution of XQuery expressions using relational technology; schema languages for database systems based on Description logics and their use in query compilation for development of embedded control programs."
Kitchener mayor Carl Zehr and UW president David Johnston have issued an invitation to the campus community to attend a special announcement tomorrow about the Downtown Kitchener Campus of the University of Waterloo. The event begins at 1:30 at Civic Square in front of Kitchener City Hall. Among those scheduled to speak — The Hon. Mary Anne Chambers, Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities. Light refreshments will be served following the announcement; complimentary parking is available in the City Hall underground parking garage off Young Street.
The Waterloo Engineers in Toronto alumni chapter is planning a pub night this evening at The Docks. For more details, or to register, visit the engineering web site.
Later this week, Conrad Grebel University College will host a Mennonite Bible School Reunion for Ontario Mennonite Bible School and Institute alumni, former students, and faculty members. Beginning on Friday, the weekend-long event will feature class reunions, local tours, a banquet and worship at First Mennonite Church in Kitchener. For more information about the event, visit the website or contact Fred Martin at 885-0220, ext. 381, or by email at fwmartin@uwaterloo.ca.
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