Daily Bulletin, Wednesday, August 13
Chris Redmond
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Wednesday, August 13, 2003
* _Venice art trip set for October_
* _Alzheimer conference drew too few_
* _Virus hits campus; other notes_
Editor: Chris Redmond cred...@uwaterloo.ca
_[6]Something new on the menu in Sweden _
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_Where it goes:_ Almost half of the cost of research is salaries for
staff, graduate students and faculty members, says the annual
statistical report from the [7]office of research. This calculation
includes $88.2 million spent from grant and contract funds during
2002-03. Categories are Salaries and benefits; Scholarships and
bursaries; Equipment, furnishings and buildings; Travel; Supplies and
miscellaneous expenses; Indirect costs. [8]A total of $99.6 million in
grants, contracts and other research funds went through UW's books
last year.
Venice art trip set for October _-- by Kimberly Mackhan_
Like the smooth red wine that accompanies your pasta, fine art suits
everything in Venice. This north-Adriatic Italian city is a showcase
for the world's foremost art exposition, [9]La Biennale di Venezia: "A
summit of state-sanctioned individualism". UW's department of fine
arts [10]is organizing a study trip to Venice this fall to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of the Venice Biennale.
The Venice Biennale is a blend of artistic culture connected with
dance, music, visual arts, theatre and architecture. It acts as a
workshop for artistic education and innovation where countries will
display their artists' creativeness.
Students who would like to explore the canals from the scenic Arsenale
to the momentous Giardini della Biennale and the Museo Correr will be
able to take Fine Arts 394 for credit or just for interest. This
studio or art history course welcomes non-students to become a member
of the expedition. Full-time students in the fall term can take the
class as an extra course and not pay additional tuition. The expense
of the trip to Venice, however, is not included in this fee.
Approximate cost of the tour is $3,050, which includes airfare and
hotel accommodations. There is also a mandatory $89 tax as well as
optional cancellation and medical insurance.
Students will make their journey to the Venice Biennale from October 2
to 12. Colloquium themes will range from the Fagade of the Basilica of
San Marco to the history of the Venetian glass industry on the island
of Murano to Venetian Gothic architecture, with an emphasis on the
exterior of the Doge's Palace.
When students come back to UW they will either do "a suite of finished
works based upon experiences in Italy" or prepare photographs and
labels for the exhibition and write a contribution to the exhibition
catalogue.
Anyone interested can contact one of the faculty members involved:
Jane Buyers (jgbu...@gto.net) or Joan Coutu (jmcoutu@artsmail).
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[11]Proposal for K-W buses to accept WatCard ('uwstudent.org')
[12]New in UW's library: Oxford Reference online
[13]Volleyball Warriors play the beach version (Imprint)
[14]Fees up 7.4 per cent across Canada, Stats Canada says
[15]Conestoga College buys a Cambridge campus
[16]Polytechnics form national association
[17]Intellectual Life and Academic Conditions in Post-War Baghdad
[18]Projects in Britain's Learning and Teaching Support Network
[19]'Degree-trading racket' at Europe's biggest university
[20]Companies and universities (The Economist)
[21]Many students shut out of BC universities this year
[22]History of JSTOR, the electronic archive of scholarly articles
[23]Colorado measures economic impact of university
[24]Helping aboriginal students do better
Alzheimer conference drew too few _-- from the UW media relations office_
A conference involving persons with dementia and their care partners,
which was to be held at UW this week, has been postponed until next
year because of insufficient registrations, organizers say.
The event, [25]originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday, is called
"A Changing Melody: A Conference for Persons with Dementia and their
Partners in Care". It was being organized by the [26]Kenneth G. Murray
Alzheimer Research and Education Program (MAREP), based in the faculty
of applied health sciences, in partnership with the Alzheimer Society
of Canada, the Alzheimer Society of Ontario and the Dementia Advocacy
Support Network International.
"The purpose of this event was to provide a positive environment for
persons with dementia and their partners in care to come together and
learn from one another and this remains a priority for the planning
committee," said Sherry Dupuis, associate director of MAREP. "Due to
the lack of registrations, particularly from persons living with
dementia and their partners in care, it became very clear that we were
not as successful in reaching this target population as we had hoped
to be."
Conference organizers are working working with Alzheimer Society
chapters and other organizations to find more effective ways of
ensuring that persons with dementia and their care partners know about
the conference and how it might benefit them. "A Changing Melody" is
being re-scheduled for sometime in the spring of 2004.
Dementia is a progressive condition characterized by a decline in
mental abilities and changes in personality and behaviour. Usually,
there is a loss of functioning that eventually impedes the ability to
carry out everyday activities. "Recent research, however, suggests
that persons with dementia, particularly in the early stages of the
disease, can continue to grow, learn and contribute to their own
care," Dupuis said. "A Changing Melody will provide an important
opportunity for persons with dementia and their partners in care to
become more informed about dementia so they can become more active and
more effective in their own care."
Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, affects 50 to
60 per cent of those diagnosed with a dementia.
The conference's workshops were to cover topics such as living with
dementia, communication changes, planning ahead, relationships and
community roles, and nutrition and naturopathy in dementia care.
Virus hits campus; other notes
"We are experiencing problems with the [27]Blaster worm," said a memo
yesterday afternoon from Marj Kohli of the information systems and
technology department. She went on: "For most administration systems
which are on the IST update facilities (for both patches and
LiveUpdate from Norton) you should not have to worry. However, _if
your system is behaving in an unusual manner_ please call the Help
Desk at ext. 4357. For systems not controlled by IST, if you are
experiencing trouble the removal tool is [28]available from Symantec.
Also, make sure your Norton Anti-Virus is up to date with the virus
definitions by doing a LiveUpdate. After you clean up your system you
should also make sure your machine has the latest patches from
Microsoft."
It's become clear that the _voicemail system crash_ in late July
deleted not just messages for telephone users all across campus, but
also their recorded greetings. Says Bruce Uttley of information
systems and technology: "Telephone Services has been dealing with the
problems on a one-to-one basis, but we felt it would be a good idea to
let everyone know." In other words, you probably need to record a new
greeting. (The keystrokes, at least if it works the same for you as it
does for me, would be 82-1-5.)
The _student awards office_ will be closed today, reopening tomorrow
at the usual time. . . . All _copy centres_ and the main UW Graphics
outlet will be closed from noon to 1 p.m. today for a staff meeting. . . .
The library advises that _the Trellis computer system_ [29]will be
down from 6 p.m. Friday until midday Monday. . . .
The _English Language Proficiency Exam_ will be offered during
orientation week for thousands of new students, as usual, but there's
also a special sitting of it scheduled for this Saturday at 1 p.m. It
might not be too late to [30]sign up, if you still need to pass the
ELPE requirement.
Also in the "not too late" category: students planning to collect a
degree at fall convocation in October need to fill out an _Intention
to Graduate form_, available from the registrar's office, the graduate
studies office or departmental offices. "If you submitted a form
earlier in the year for Fall 2003," says a registrar's office memo,
"you need not submit a new form. Address to which convocation
information will be mailed is the mailing address recorded in Quest."
Exams end tomorrow, and that also marks a deadline for some _co-op
students_. Those without fall term jobs who have not submitted a
"continuous registration" form by tomorrow will be transferred to the
category of "On own, self-imposed", meaning no more help from the
co-op department in finding a job.
The likelihood of _Ontario budget cuts_ has been [31]much in the news
lately, as an economic pinch collides with an election campaign. The
_Globe and Mail_ reported Monday that provincial ministries are facing
a hiring freeze and a 2 per cent operating budget cut -- but "Transfer
payments to hospitals, colleges, universities, school boards,
municipalities and other agencies will be exempted from the 2-per-cent
spending cut."
And . . . Waterloo is looking forward to the annual late summer
_busker carnival_, scheduled for August 20-24. Volunteers are wanted,
says the city of Waterloo, "for setup and takedown, selling souvenirs,
street decorating, Kidz Day activities. etc." For information, call
885-1339.
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