Daily Bulletin, Friday, November 14
Chris Redmond
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Friday, November 14, 2003
* _Drug firm funds stats scholarships_
* _Terrorism tonight, peace tomorrow_
* _Events are blowing in the wind_
* _Once upon a time, FASS returns_
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[White bike, red jacket]
_The winter's_ first snowfall brought slippery walkways and roads, and
apparently meant that somebody didn't make it home, at least not by
pedal power. Barbara Elve of communications and public affairs caught
this scene yesterday in front of the Modern Languages building.
Drug firm funds stats scholarships
The department of statistics and actuarial science celebrated a
"strategic alliance" recently with the pharmaceutical company
[8]GlaxoSmithKline, which will support scholarships for graduate
students in statistics over the next three years.
As [9]a web page explains, "at least two" GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceutical Industry Scholarships will be awarded to "full-time
students pursuing a Master's or PhD degree specializing in statistics
within the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. Selection
and award amounts will be determined by the department. Preference
will be given to students with a demonstrated interest in the
application of statistics in the pharmaceutical industry." The first
two award winners are both doctoral students: Yan Yuan and Denise
Babineau.
[Holding plaque] Department chair David Matthews (left) poses with
Reid Robson, an MMath graduate of UW's stats department (in 1990)
and now GSK Canada's manager, Therapy Areas, Biomedical Data Sciences.
They're admiring the plaque that will list recipients of the new GSK
Pharmaceutical Industry Scholarships; it will be displayed on the
sixth floor of the Math and Computer building.
"There are a couple of other aspects to the alliance," adds David
Matthews, chair of the department. "Each year, GSK holds a
Biostatistics Advisory Board (BAB) meeting which biostatisticians from
across the company attend. The BAB meeting this year was held in
Philadelphia, and two doctoral students from this Department, the
first two scholarship recipients, were able to attend under the
auspices of the alliance. We expect the same thing to happen for the
next couple of years.
"An MMath co-op student, David Doray, is currently spending an 8-month
work term at the GSK site in Mississauga, and there likely will be
similar opportunities in the future for other MMath Biostatistics
students pursuing a graduate co-op degree to find a co-op position at
the same location.
"A few graduate students have accompanied Professor Richard Cook
during monthly technical sessions that he attends at the Biomedical
Data Sciences division of GSK Canada."
_ONE CLICK AWAY_
[10]Manitoba getting ready for Congress of Social Sciences and
Humanities
[11]How much time do students get with faculty members?
[12]Former UW prof heads project that will 'revolutionize ocean
science'
[13]Western creates an R&D outpost in Sarnia
[14]285 kinds of trees at U of T
[15]"Wake-up call" on teaching quality at Alberta
[16]RIM's financing and patent difficulties (Globe and Mail)
[17]Time to degree: thoughts from Toronto on PhD completion time
[18]New music technology lab at U of Guelph
[19]Strike shuts Kenya's universities
Terrorism tonight, peace tomorrow
_-- a news release from St. Jerome's University_
"Understanding 'Terrorists' and 'Martyrs': Personal Encounters with
Religious Militants" is the title of the 2003-2004 Teresa Dease
Lecture, to be given by [20]Cynthia Mahmood tonight at 7:30 in
Siegfried Hall at St. Jerome's. Admission is free.
People have a lot to say about "terrorists" but few people talk to
them. In her studies, Mahmood has interviewed Muslim combatants in
Pakistan and Afghanistan, Sikh militants in India, and "freedom
fighters" in Kashmir. In this talk, she explores some of the reasons
people choose to take up arms in the name of religion. She also
examines the US-led "war on terror" and explains why it may swell the
ranks of such groups.
Social anthropologist at Notre Dame University, and Senior Fellow at
the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Cynthia
Mahmood has served as a consultant to the American, Canadian, and
British governments on religious conflict. She is the author of three
books, the best known being _Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues
With Sikh Militants_. She is frequently featured on American
television as a commentator on the aftermath of 9/11 and the war on
terrorism.
Mahmood's talk will be followed on Saturday by the 2003 Challenge for
Change event, "Pursuing a Culture of Peace", a one-day ecumenical
forum featuring Mary Jo Leddy, director of Romero House for refugees
in Toronto. She is author of numerous books, including _At the Border
Called Hope: Where Refugees are Neighbours_ and _Say to the Darkness:
We Beg to Differ_; her latest book is [21]Radical Gratitude.
Workshops and discussion groups will follow Leddy's talk. Challenge
for Change takes place at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in downtown
Kitchener, and is sponsored by the [22]Eastern Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and several other Christian
churches and groups, including St. Jerome's University and the Social
Awareness Office of the Diocese of Hamilton. [23]Registration
information: 743-1461.
Events are blowing in the wind
It's the last day of the _flu shot clinic_ in the Student Life Centre
(10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). . . . _General Motors_ is holding a lunch in the
Tatham Centre today for co-op students who are going to work for the
company in the winter term. . . . It's _"beef and chicken night"_ at
the University Club, $19.95, reservations ext. 3801. . . . The drama
department's production of _"As You Like It"_ has its final performances
tonight and tomorrow at 8:00 in the Theatre of the Arts. . . .
Under new head coach Karl Taylor, the _Warrior men's hockey team_ "has
begun a new era to get back to be one of the elite hockey programs in
the CIS", says a note from the athletics department. "The new
excitement and energy is beginning to build, and this weekend all
alumni and parents will get have an opportunity to come together at
the annual Warriors Alumni-Parent weekend." Last night the Warriors
played at Laurier, falling to the Golden Hawks 7-1. Saturday, The
annual alumni game will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. (at the
Columbia Icefield), and at 2 p.m. they'll host the Guelph Gryphons,
also at the Icefield. The weekend winds up with a dinner reception.
"We are very excited about building support from our alumni and
parents," says Taylor. "It is important for our alumni and parents to
be part of our program and connect with each other and the current
Warriors players."
_Other sports this weekend:_ The volleyball teams host Laurier
tomorrow (women at 1 p.m., men at 3 p.m., PAC main gym). The women's
hockey Warriors host Queen's tonight and Brock tomorrow, both at 7:30
p.m. at the Icefield. The basketball teams, both men's and women's,
are at Toronto tonight and Ryerson tomorrow night. Squash competition
begins with a weekend tournament at McMaster. The badminton team is in
the OUA championships at Western, and the swimmers are in their
divisional championships, also at Western.
I said yesterday that "Denude", a show by a group of _fourth-year fine
arts students_, was opening on Sunday in East Campus Hall. That was
what they originally announced, but in fact the show's opening will be
not Sunday but Monday, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Front Gallery at ECH.
The show runs for a week, and features the work of Ricki Oltean-Lepp,
Tamiae Squibb, Y.shirely Guo, Erika Kottelenberg and Ivana Perija.
Electrical power will be _shut down in Carl Pollock Hall_ for an hour
beginning at 6 a.m. Monday -- which means that people in that building
should shut down their computers before they leave today, or over the
weekend. The plant operations department says the shutdown is
necessary so repairs can be made to an electrical breaker.
Monday brings the annual "Visionary Seminar" sponsored by the Office
for Partnerships for Advanced Skills of the Council of Ontario
Universities. It's run as a satellite broadcast, this year originating
from Carleton University, with food and conversation locally. Speaker
this year is David Dodge, _governor of the Bank of Canada_; his topic
is "Global Challenges, Canadian Opportunities". The UW gathering will
be in the Davis Centre, running from 11:30 to 2:00. RSVPs go to Linda
Howe at ext. 3580.
Le cafe-rencontre du departement d'etudes francaises presente
Frederique Arroyas (mardi 18 novembre) a 13h00 a la
salle Tatham Centre 2218A. Arroyas, qui enseigne la litterature
francaise a l'Universite de Guelph, parlera des liens entre _le roman
francais du vingtieme siecle_ et la musique. Ces cafes-rencontres sont
ouverts a tous a la communaute universitaire.
And a quick list of things coming up in the final weeks of the fall
term:
November 19 -- annual Faculty of Arts Lecture, by Geoffrey Fong,
psychology, on behavioural research and smoking, 4 p.m.
November 19 -- TalEng, Engineering Society variety night.
November 20 -- annual Engineering Awards Dinner.
November 21 -- fourth annual Trivia Challenge at St. Jerome's
University.
November 26 -- grand opening of the new Office for Persons with
Disabilities, Needles Hall, 3 p.m.
November 26 -- Michael Oren lecture, "The Six Day War and
Understanding the Contemporary Middle East".
November 26-28 -- fine arts department's miniature art sale and
silent auction.
November 27 -- last Arriscraft Lecture of the season, by architect
Ed Burtynsky.
November 27-28 -- staff association craft sale.
December 3 -- music department noon-hour concert in the Davis Centre
great hall.
December 7 -- staff association Winterfest at the Icefield. Finally,
here's advance word that the audio-visual centre will hold a _"Better
Recordings Seminar"_ on December 10, aimed particularly at faculty and
graduate students. "Want better looking and better sounding clips for
your PowerPoint presentation or Web application?" a flyer asks.
"Having difficulty getting good results on your research recordings?"
The event runs for an hour and promises "many helpful tips on
achieving better audio and video recordings". RSVPs go to
jscharle@admmail.
_WHEN AND WHERE_
_Chinese Christian Fellowship_ variety night, Humanities Theatre, 7:00.
_Open Mic Night_ with Matt Osborne at the Graduate House, from 9:00.
_Waterloo Potters' Workshop_ sale, Friday 1:00 to 9:30, Saturday 10 to
5, Sunday 12 to 4, Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex.
_"Swing on My Mind"_, presented by the Swing and Social Dance Club,
live music and hardwood dance floor, Huether Hotel, Saturday 8:30 p.m.
_Da Capo Chamber Choir_, based at Conrad Grebel University College,
"The Poetry Is in the Pity", poetry of Wilfrid Owen, music of Benjamin
Britten and others, Saturday 8 p.m., St. John the Evangelist Church,
Kitchener. Tickets $15.
_Renaissance Singers_ (involving several UW people) perform Saturday
at 8 p.m., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kitchener. Tickets $15.
_Toy fair_ hosted by Hildegard Marsden day nursery, November 19-21 in
the Davis Centre.
_Information session_ about the Master of Business, Entrepreneurship
and Technology program, Wednesday, 4 p.m., Davis Centre 1302.
_Switzerland, New Zealand and Australia_ slides by UW's Heather
Hergott and John Motz after their year of travel, Wednesday, 6:30
p.m., Davis Centre. RSVP john...@aol.com.
Once upon a time, FASS returns _-- by Barbara Elve, from last week's Gazette_
Participation in the [24]FASS Theatre Company may be addictive. That's
the message from Jennifer Murray, who started working on sets for the
annual Faculty, Alumni, Staff and Students (FASS) production as a
student in 2000. Never having set foot on a stage, she tried her hand
as a grip, in sound, and in various technical fields.
Now, returning as an alumna, she finds herself cast as producer for
the 2004 show. "Once you're in, you tend to get hooked," she laughs.
UW's longest-running amateur theatre group -- which describes itself
as "a live cartoon on stage" -- has lampooned university life for more
than 40 years, writing a fresh script and original lyrics for each
year's production. The troupe has done take-offs on the Arthurian
legend, Superman, and the X-Files. This year, they're setting their
satiric sights on fairy tales. The scriptwriters -- volunteers, like
all FASS members -- have been busy since last summer, developing a
concept and creating a musical that has scores of parts and taps into
current issues on campus.
[A man and two women] FASS 2002, a [25]film noir murder mystery
comedy under the title "Dial F for FASS"
Loosely based on fairy tales, this year's show is guaranteed to "have
UW at the centre of the plot, incorporating satire, physical comedy
and university-based jokes," says Murray. She hints at scenarios that
involve taverns being shut down, and a portal to another dimension
appearing in Math and Computer. Expect lots of inside jokes "that
parents never grasp," she adds.
As producer, Murray invites staff, faculty and students on campus to
"give all positions a try. There are always people around who have
done the job in the past and are happy to help, give advice, be
supportive. "Depending on what you choose to do, the time commitment
varies," she adds. "For those who have only weekends to spend, there
is work in the technical aspects -- set, makeup, costumes, etc. -- or
minor stage roles." And the producer can always use a hand with
selling tickets or posting flyers. Right now, anyone with editing or
proofreading skills would be welcome. Work on the script is still
underway, and in fact, "the ending has yet to be determined."
As well, musicians are still needed to provide accompaniment to the
songs, which "are parodies of existing songs. We write our own lyrics
and adapt the music to suit the instruments on hand." And
choreographers, singing coaches and a music director are on the
most-wanted list.
For those who answer the call, FASS offers a chance to flex creative
muscles and be part of a community built over the past 40 years. Plus,
life in the FASS lane is not all work and no play: the parties are
legendary.
Auditions take place January 5, 6 and 7, and performances run February
7, 8 and 9.
CAR
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