UNIVERSITY V/QUELPH At Gue lph Volume 32 Number 31 Oct. 12, 1988 Cover: His doctor of philosophy degree less than an hour old, Philip Thanuvelil Thomas, Zoology, shares the excitement with his wife, Annie Philip, and daughter, Apju Mary Philip, outside War Memorial Hall following fall convocation and the installation of Dr. Brian Segal as U of G's fifth president last Friday. (See story, page 1.) Inside: Where decisions will be made 1 OMB hearing set for November 1 Segal’s installation address 3 Free trade tops greenhouse agenda .... 4 United Wat / UNIVERSITY VTt UELPH Collective responsibilities The mantle of president and vice-chancellor of the University of Guelph was donned by Dr. Brian Segal last Friday in an installation cere- mony rich in pomp and pageantry. The installation address of U of G’s fifth president (see page 3) contained no promises. Rather, Segal outlined the University's collective responsiblities for the future. Guelph has a unique opportunity — in fact, a responsibility — to pursue public policy and funding initiatives that will improve the teaching and research conditions for all universities and their students, he said, referring to last year’s national forum on postsecondary education, which he chaired. The University must also magnify its response to the call to deal with global issues — agri- cultural, ecological, economical and social — and to do so in a way that allows its contributions to be seen and felt, he said. The University will also want to be sure that it is fostering imagination, creativity, curiosity and the urge to discover in students, said Segal. “At the same time, society will expect our graduates to have the values and motivation to participate as active citizens.” Basic and applied research at Guelph in all disciplines should continue to push the frontiers of knowledge, and become more transparent and more widely disseminated to the broadest possible constituencies, he said. “As we collectively establish ways of enriching our undergraduate and graduate programs and of strengthening our teaching, so must we explore the means through which our research enterprise will grow and become stronger.” Guelph will have to aggressively pursue ways of generating more funds, he said, and it will also debate its academic and fiscal priorities. The roles of Board of Governors and Senate must be brought into sharper focus so that the wisdom, skill and experience of its members can be better used to invigorate the University’s aspirations, he added. “As Guelph sets sights on the opportunities which lie ahead, we must do so with a heightened awareness of our responsibilities to each other and with a firm expression of our commitment to social justice and equity for all individuals and groups in the University,” said Segal. He urged the University not to demur from addressing the gender imbalances that exist. “Let us become more aggressive in ensuring that equal access to our University is felt by all groups in society,” he said, “and that our student body reflects the ethnic mix of Ontario’s population.” Get an academic hat! At afternoon convocation, British scientist Dr. Roger Short received an honorary doctor of science degree and addressed the graduating class. Retired Family Studies professor Jean Sabry was named professor emeritus. Learning is one of the most important pursuits in life, said Short, and one should never forsake education. Quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, he said: “Be not chilled, nor flattered . . . neither dogmatized, nor accept another’s dogmatism. Why should you renounce your right to traverse the starlit deserts of truth for the primitive comforts of nature, a house and a bam? Truth also has its roof, and bed and board. Make yourself necessary to the world, and mankind will give you bread.” Short told the graduates their education will serve them well. “If you want to get ahead, get a hat. And make it an academic hat!" O Top from left: Chancellor William Stewart, Board of Governors chair Ian Murray, President Brian Segal and Guelph's second president. MP Bill Winegard. Bottom from left: Dr. Roger Short, Segal and professor emeritus Jean Sabry. Photos by Jack Harrison, Photographic Services COU visit Segal forms executive group and two VP councils The presidents of U of G and Wilfrid Laurier University will meet with senior students at Paris District High School Oct. 1 8 to find out what they want from universities. President Brian Segal and WLU president John Weir are co-hosting the visit on behalf of the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), which is sponsoring a series of secondary school visits across the province. The COU tour involves eight communities and is a response to the unprecedented demand for university studies and record-high first-year enrolments. Province-wide applications to universities were up nine per cent this year. At Guelph, the increase was 23 per cent. Unlike the information programs that uni- versities have traditionally directed to students, these meetings are intended to gather infor- mation from students, their parents, teachers and counsellors. Their comments will add to the existing dialogue between universities and government on the issues of the quality of, demand for and accessibility to university programs. Universities are interested in learning about students’ aspirations and worries, the programs they hope to enrol in and what they expect — in terms of quality — from the university experi- ence. They are also interested in students’ feelings about the heightened competition for places at Ontario universities. O An executive group and two vice-presidents’ councils have been established to work with President Brian Segal on University-wide aca- demic and administrative decision-making matters. The executive group — consisting of Prof. Jack MacDonald, vice-president, academic; Charles Ferguson, vice-president, administra- tion; Prof. Len Conolly, associate vice-president, academic; Brian Sullivan, associate vice-presi- dent, student affairs; Derek Jamieson, director of Institutional Analysis and Planning; and Gerry Quinn, director of Public Relations and Information and Alumni Affairs and Develop- ment, with University secretary Barbara Aber- crombie as recording secretary — will meet biweekly with Segal. The academic vice-president’s council, of which the president is also a member, will hold biweekly meetings chaired by MacDonald. The council consists of chief librarian John Black, Conolly, Sullivan, Jamieson, OAC Dean Free- man McEwen, Dean of Research Larry Milligan, College of Arts Dean David Murray, OVC Dean Ole Neilsen, Graduate Studies Dean Doug Ormrod, acting FACS Dean Bruce Ryan, CBS Dean Bruce Sells and CSS Dean John Vanderkamp. The council of the vice-president, administra- tion, chaired by Ferguson, will also meet bi- weekly. This group consists of A1 Brown, director of Physical Resources; John Freeman, director of Financial Services; John Mason, director of Administrative Services; and Roy Pella, director of Personnel, with Dale Lockie, assistant University secretary, as recording secretary. Andy Barnard, Institutional Analysis and Planning, internal auditor Scott Brown. Carl Gorman, director of Communications Services, and Ron Elmslie, director of Computing Ser- vices, will join this council once a month. The meetings of the President’s Advisory Council (PAC) have been moved from once a week to once a month. PAC will provide advice and be a place for the exchange of information, says Segal. Both vice-presidents should have under them their senior people and should meet regularly to review academic and administrative matters, says Segal. PAC is too large a forum to get into the more technical discussions that are required, he says. “My style is to have a group of senior colleagues who participate actively in the most senior decision-making process and who have a sense of ownership in University-wide deci- sions," he says. “I like to see as many decisions that are in the jurisdiction of the president made through a collective process.” Decisions that must be made should come up from the vice-presidents’ councils to the execu- tive group for review and to obtain some kind of consensus, says Segal. Of course, the president reserves the right to make the decision in those areas where there is no consensus. But because of the “kind of chemistry that is positive” between the senior group and himself, he says, it’s unlikely (hat there will many decisions that will have to be made separate from the con- sensus process. O OMB gravel hearing set for Nov. 16 Puslinch Township’s proposed official plan, which includes several contentious new regulations that would limit aggregate ex- traction, goes before a hearing of the Ontario Municipal Board Nov. 16. The University, TCG Materials and several other companies requesting ap- proval for aggregate operations will make presentations at the hearing, which is expected to last two months. The proposed plan changed the original land designation from gravel extraction to agriculture, and contains a clause pro- hibiting extraction below the water table. About 80 per cent of the University’s deposit is below the water table. Extensive environmental studies of the site commissioned by the University show that the operation would not affect ground- water levels or quality. (See At Guelph Nov. 7, 1987.) In conjunction with the aggregate pro- ducers, St. Lawrence Cement, the University also intends to use the 464-acre site at Highway 401 and the Hanlon Expressway to research and demonstrate how aggregate can be extracted with minimal environ- mental affects. For more information or a brochure concerning the University’s real estate plans, call the Real Estate Office at Ext. 6113.0 AT GUELPH/Oct. 12, 1988 I Coming events WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12 Sexual Assault Awareness Week - Film “Pro- ceed with Caution” and display, all day, OVC; Film "A Scream from Silence" and discussion, 8 p.m.,UC 441. Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OEP Seminar - "Course and Lab Manuals," noon, Blackwood Hall 211. lecture - Human Rights," Ines Murillo, noon, UC 103. Computing Seminar - "PC/MARKS," noon. Computing Services seminar room. Concert - Paul Langille, noon, UC courtyard. Biochemistry Seminar - "Oxygen Free Radical Damage to DNA,” Robert Floyd, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. OVC Seminar - “Respiratory Sero-Epidemio- logic Studies," Wayne Martin, John McDermott, Tim Lesnick and Ken Bateman, 12:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. Cycling Club - Fife Road (novice ride), 15 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Lecture - “Zoo Medicine,” Graham Crawshaw, 7 p.m.. The Arboretum. Continuing Education - "More Great Books,” 7 p.m., eight weeks; register at Ext. 3956/7. THURSDAY, Oct. 13 Pathology Seminar - "The Lymphocyte-Calcium Test for Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibil- ity,” Barbara Kalow, 11:10 a.m.. Pathology 220 . Concert - Alice Artzt and Wolfgang Weigel, guitar, noon, MacKinnon 107. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m,, UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5: 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. Continuing Education - “Heart of the Country: Past, Present and Future of Ontario Towns and Villages," 7 p.m., four weeks, register at Ext. 3956/7. At Guelph At Guelph is published by the University of (iuelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a reduced schedule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy approved by the president of the University. A copy is available on request. Views and opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. Letters to the editor, opinions, news items, speeches, faculty and staff activities, and other submissions are wel- come. Deadline is seven days before date of issue unless otherwise specified. Stories may be reprinted with acknow- ledgment of source. Editorial office: Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre, 519-824-4120, Ext. 3864. Executive editor: Sandra Webster. As- sistant editor: Barbara Chance. 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FRIDAY, Oct. 14 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Sexual Assault Awareness Week - Self-Defence Demonstration, noon, UC courtyard. Systematics Seminar - “Why Manton’s Poly- phyletic Interpretation of Arthropods is Wrong: Uniramia Does Not Exist!” Jarmilla Kukalova- Peck, 3 p.m.. Animal Science 141. Schofield Memorial Lecture - "Wildlife Di- seases: So What? Who Cares?” Thomas Yuill, 4 p.m.. War Memorial Hall, tickets at Ext. 4401 SATURDAY, Oct. 15 Continuing Education - “Managing People at Work," 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., four weeks, register at Ext. 3956/7. Art Exhibition - “Arthur Hughes: The Lady with the Lilacs” and “One Hundred Years of Alice," continues to Nov. 13, noon to 5 p.m., Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. SUNDAY, Oct. 16 Sexual Assault Awareness Week - Wen-Do Course, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., UC 442, preregister in UC 234. Cycling Club - Everton, 29 miles, 10 a.m., UC south doors; Bike Workshop, 2 to 4 p.m., 61 Tiffany St. W. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 10:10a. m.,PeterClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Autumn in the Arboretum: Guided Walks at 1 and 3:30 p.m.. Arboretum Nature Centre; Concert, Zephyr Wind Quintet, 2:30 p.m., Arboretum Centre. Briefly Bulimia group forms The Counselling and Student Resource Centre is starting a group for U of G students struggling with the binging-purging syndrome, bulimia nervosa. Anyone interested in joining should call Anne Billings at Ext. 3245 by Oct. 13. Satellite conference The Division of Continuing Education is pre- senting a live satellite conference Oct. 13 featuring internationally known management consultant Peter Drucker. The three-part tele- conference, which runs from 11:15 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., originates from San Diego, California. The sessions will be followed by a phone-in question-and-answer period, during which mem- bers of the Guelph audience will be invited to submit questions to Drucker. Prof. Michael Haywood, Consumer Studies, will moderate the proceedings. For more information, call Ext. 3956. Focus on technology The Guelph Chamber of Commerce presents a forum on "Canada’s Technology Triangle in Action" Oct. 1 8 at the Guelph Holiday Inn. Cost is $30 per person, $1 0 for students. Registration deadline is Oct. 14. Call 822-8081 for more information. A touch of dance The Department of Athletics will hold its annual dance workshop Oct. 15 from 10:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jazz and modern dance classes will be offered at the beginner level and ad- vanced beginner level. There are also classes in jazz choreography and improvisation/composi- tion. Cost is $10 for one class or $24 for the complete workshop ($7 and $18 for students). For more details, call co-ordinator Cathy O’Brien at Ext. 2 1 52 or 22 1 6. WatercoJors on display An exhibition of new watercolors by Prof. Allan Austin, English Language and Literature, opens Oct, 1 6 at 2 p.m. at the Framing Experience, 35 Harvard Rd. Entitled "Cumbria and Yorkshire," the show continues until Oct. 29. Learn to listen The Self-Help Centre and the Counselling and Student Resource Centre will hold a workshop on the "Art of Listening” Oct. 20 from noon to 1 :30 p.m. in Room 3 1 8, University Centre. The session is open to students, faculty and staff. For more information, call Ext. 3245. MONDAY, Oct. 17 Seminar - “Changes in the Time Concept: Irreversibility and Periodicity,” Peter Erdi, 3 p.m., MacKinnon 224. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. Drama - Beyond Mozambique, 8 p.m.. Inner Stage, continues to Oct. 22, tickets $4.50 and $5.50. TUESDAY, Oct. 18 OEP Discussion - "Tales of Tricks and Tech- niques to Help Students Improve Their Writing,” noon, MacNaughton 222. Our World - “Initiative in North American Forestry: Third World Routes?” 1 2: 1 0 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m. UC 335. Physics Colloquium - “Toward the Canadian KAON Factory,” Erich Vogt, 4 p.m., Mac- Naughton 1 13. Continuing Education - “No Longer Together,” 7 p.m., six weeks, register at Ext. 3956/7. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Concert - Marty Putz, noon, UC courtyard. OEP Seminar - "Electronic Grading,” noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - “UNIX vs DOS vs OS/2," noon, Computing Services seminar room. Seminar - “Self-Organization in the Nervous System: General Remarks,” Peter Erdi, 2 p.m., MacKinnon 224. Cycling Club - Puslinch Lake, 29 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre - Annual General Meeting, 7:30 p.m.; “Lawren Harris and Lake Superior,” Megan Bice, 8:30 p.m., lecture room, second floor. THURSDAY, Oct. 20 Pathology Seminar - “Morphometric Analysis of the Canine Colon: An Approach to Objective Criteria for the Diagnosis of Colitis,” M. Spinato, 11:10 a.m.. Pathology 220. Concert - Robert Silverman, piano, noon, MacKinnon 107, free. Workshop - “The Art of Listening,” noon to 1:30 p.m., UC 318. Seminar - “Self-Organization in the Nervous System: Some Models,” Peter Erdi, 3 p.m., MacKinnon 224. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5: 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Oct. 21 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - “Membrane and Myofibril Function in Furazolidone-Induced Cardiomy- opathy,” Sami Qureshi, 1 1:50 a.m., Pathology 145. Art centre open house The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre will hold its annual open house Oct. 23 from 1 to 5 p.m. Coinciding with the event is the opening week- end of the exhibition “Guerilla Tactics.” Two artists represented in the show, David Rokey and Juan Geuer, will be on hand at 2 p.m. to discuss their work. For children aged 5 to 12, workshops will run every half hour from 1:30 to 4 p.m. exploring the world of Alice in Wonder- land. A time slot should be reserved in advance. Opening Oct. 1 5 at the centre are the exhibitions “Arthur Hughes: The Lady with the Lilacs" and “One Hundred Years of Alice.” Walk, run, ride The Sunrise Equestrian Centre is holding a ride- a-thon/run-a-thon/walk-a-thon Oct. 15 to raise funds for its therapeutic riding program. Reg- istration is at 9 a.m. for walkers and runners and 1 0 a.m. for riders at The Arboretum parking lot. Sponsor forms are available at the Central Student Association office, Level 2, University Centre. Fashion a la carte The Whippletree restaurant will present a fall and winter fashion show Oct. 24 at noon. Call for reservations at Ext. 3500. Letters to the Maimed bird offensive I wish to express my distaste for the front cover of the Sept. 28 issue of At Guelph, which featured the photograph of the amputee loon. On the surface, the picture may have appeared harmless enough, but the caption cast a different perspective on the whole. Why, I ask, is the preservation of this now sadly maimed animal an achieve- ment worthy of front-page attention? The loon is a superbly adapted water bird. The placement of its legs at the rear of the body and the size of its webbed feet make it a powerful and highly manoeuv- rable swimmer. In addition, its feet are essential to its diving capability, its pursuit of prey and its intricate breeding and territorial displays. What, then, is the future of a one-legged loon? Clearly, rehabilitation cannot be contem- plated. Thus, the animal must be relegated What’s on at The Arboretum "Autumn Day in The Arboretum” Oct. 16 features guided walks at I and 3:30 p.m. and a concert with the Zephyr Wind Quartet at 2:30 p.m. The quartet’s program will include “Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 88" by Anton Reicha, "Trois pieces breves" by Jacques Ibert, “Ancient Hungarian Dances” by Ferenc Farkas, music from “Fiddler on the Roof’ and “Roaring ‘20s Suite.” Admission is free. Guitarists perform Featured performers in the Department of Music’s Thursday noon-hour concert Oct. 13 are guitarists Alice Artzt and Wolfgang Weigel. They will perform "French Suite III” by Bach and “Les Deux Amis” by Fernando Sor at 12:10 p.m. and “Am Grabe der Geliebten” by Johann Kaspar Mertz, “Vaises Poeticos” by Enrique Granados and "Sonatina Canonica” by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco at 1 : 1 0 p.m. The concerts are in Room 107, MacKinnon building. Ad- mission is free. Theatre ticket notice If you have purchased tickets for the Nov. 18 performance of Theatre in The Trees, please call the University Centre box office at Ext. 3940. Editor to life in captivity. Loons are not adapted to life on land (in nature, loons seldom come ashore except to nest), which makes life for a caged loon a difficult, stressful and, to my mind, unrealistic option. As someone with concern for the well- being of birds, I suggest that most efforts to save the lives of permanently crippled birds are misguided. We must ask the basic question as to whose interests are being served when such action is taken? The animal has been effectively removed from the population, as would have been the case had it died naturally from its injuries or with the humane assistance of a veter- inarian. Instead, it has been “saved” for membership in a menagerie of biological anomalies whose maintenance is question- able and, to me, offensive. Prof. Sandy Middleton Zoology 2 AT GUELPH/Oct. 12, 1988 Installation address “If we conduct our affairs with a sense of openness, if we share our knowledge, information, ideas and differences in a context of tolerance, mutual concern and trust, no burden will be too heavy and no challenge will be too great.” The following is Dr. Brian Segal’s instal- lation address as president of the University of Guelph, given Oct. 7, 1988, at War Memorial Hall. ‘Madam Minister, Mr. Minister, your Worship, Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Chairman of the Board of Governors, Dr. Matthews, colleagues, friends and family, thank you for being here today and for being a part of this most joyous occasion. To our graduates and to your families and friends, thank you for allowing me to share this important day with you and to be part of the celebration of your achieve- ments and the years of dedicated work which enabled you to be here. Thank you, also, to our faculty and staff, who through their outstanding work and commitment provided you with a quality of education second to none. Graduates, the University both salutes and congratulates you. Let me assure you that ours is a world where ambition is encouraged and where you can still dream dreams. Nowhere on earth will you find the opportunity greater for dreams and goals to become reality. And as you pursue your careers, I hope you will never forget that your willingness from time to time to temper private wants in the service of public needs will be both noble and central to your future and to that of our country. You are here today with those who are so close to you, and they, too, should be congratulated as undoubtedly they were of great support during the ups and downs of your student career — sharing with you the anxiety, fear, frustration, exhilaration and joy that accompanies the learning process. I know how much having that support means, since I experience it on a very regular basis from my closest family, who are all here today. My wife. Bunny, who at this very moment is totally embarrassed that I have included her in my remarks, is the person with whom I can be most human, is my dearest companion and closest friend. She has that magical talent and boundless energy that somehow allows her to combine her very demanding professional responsibilities with being a dedicated and caring mother, wife and spouse of a university president. Bunny, now that I have unwittingly caused you to blush, thank you for your under- standing, tolerance, encouragement, advice and love. Our three wonderful children and team- mates are also here. To Jill, Scott and Matthew, who have honored me with the privilege of being their father and who are most generous of their love, time and support — the latter for me as well as for our interuniversity squads, except for Jill, who was traded to Queen’s — thanks. You really are the best. I am also delighted that my brothers, Hugh and Seymour, and my sister-in-law, Donna, and my charming and always beaming niece, Jacqueline, could be here today. We are all so very much a part of each other’s lives, sharing our frustrations, hopes, achievements and the occasional late-night pastrami sandwich. I am especially pleased that Bunny’s parents, Becky and Morris Marcovitch, could be here to join us in this celebration. They are true friends and great supporters of our family. Mr. Chancellor, may I express to you, to our Board of Governors and to the Uni- versity community my tribute of gratitude for the honor of having been chosen as the University’s fifth president and vice- chancellor. My family and 1 have been deeply moved by the sincerity and warmth of the welcome we have received and the kindnesses that have been bestowed on us by so many faculty, staff, students and alumni. Mr. Chancellor, I look forward with great enthusiasm to the opportunity to serve the University and to serve the individuals who contribute so much to its vitality and progress. I pledge myself to do all that is possible to facilitate the Uni- versity’s continued development, to encour- age its aspirations, to promote its achieve- ments and to support its people. In the five weeks since I arrived and in the period before I took office, it has been my pleasure to visit with many individuals and departments on campus. These visits, while by no means complete, have provided me with a beginning insight into the culture of the University, the commitment and loyalty of its staff and alumni and the quality of its students. One quickly dis- covers the excitement and enthusiasm which permeate its people and which bear witness to the towering accomplishments and high level of confidence embodied in the University’s success. The University of Guelph owes much to individuals whose talent, commitment and achievement continuously result in suc- cesses for the University — success which also derives from the purposes and values which bind its faculty, staff, students, alumni and governing bodies. The University’s progress over the years also owes much to my predecessors, Dr. J.D. Maclachlan, Dr. William Winegard, Prof. Donald Forster and Dr. Burton Matthews. Their enormous contribution to the growth and development of the Uni- versity will long be admired and remem- bered. Each during his tenure, responding to different challenges and opportunities, helped the University further its mission, achieve its goals and enhance its reputation nationally and internationally. To Burt Matthews, whose contribution to the University of Guelph and to the University of Waterloo are transcended only by his leadership in the enhancement of higher education in Ontario and in Canada, I extend on behalf of the University community our deep expression of gratitude and a fond farewell. The changes and expansion during the last five years have generated a momentum of performance that will carry us vigorously into the future. The University of Guelph is proud to be a member of the City of Guelph, Wellington County and the technology triangle, and grateful for the support given to the Uni- versity by our city and by so many citizens within our city and region. We will strive to strengthen what are already sound relationships with our city government and will continue to play an aggressive role as a major partner in the technology triangle, at the same time as we seek ways of reinforcing the mutual bene- fits the city and the University bestow on each other. But the University of Guelph is much more than a university serving regional needs. Our programs of teaching and re- search, our students and alumni have a provincial, national and international dimension. We stand as a leader in the Canadian university system and have a unique oppor- tunity — in fact, a responsibility — to actively pursue public policy and funding initiatives that will improve the teaching and research conditions for all universities and their students. The national forum on postsecondary education, held almost a year ago, laid the foundation for what may be, indeed, what most think must be, the dawn of a new era in postsecondary education in Canada. I put to you the proposition that the forum was only a beginning instrument in stimu- lating public debate. Questions of funding, federal-provincial relations, accessibility, quality and accountability cannot be sepa- rated from the broader realities of our political culture and from public percep- tions about universities that make up this culture. Never has it been more necessary, never has the sense of urgency been greater than now, to transform from rhetoric into tangible reality, words and ideas that pro- claim the importance of higher education to our economy and society. To do this, we in the universities will need to demonstrate that we can adapt even more quickly to a planet characterized by an increasing rate of change and internationalization. Maurice Strong speaking at the forum stated that ‘as the application of know- ledge becomes the principal source of comparative advantage in virtually every area of our economic life, we must look to our educational system to ensure that Canadians are provided with the know- ledge, the skills, the attitudes and the disciplines required to keep us in the front ranks of the world economy.’ As 1 pointed out in my introductory remarks to the same forum: ‘We need not accept a future that arrives on its own, but rather one which we shape, take hold of and strive to form in the interests of all Canadians.’ Ours is a university which is rich in human resources and progressive in out- look. With achievement as our tradition and goal, we should approach the unfin- ished challenges of the future with a com- bination of satisfaction and impatience. Never has it been more acknowledged by Canadians and by so many throughout the world that urgent action is needed to address global agricultural, ecological, economic and social problems. Whether it is the billions of dollars being spent on agricultural subsidies resulting in an ever-escalating trade war and massive damage to our farmers, their families and our rural communities, or global degrada- tion of our environment and ecological systems, or intense competition for world markets and even more intense competi- tion for scientific advantage, the call for action is loud and clear. And the expectations of the public and of our governments is that universities will pull their weight and do their share through the application, development and dissemi- nation of knowledge. Our University, with its enormous capac- ities in teaching, scholarship, research and extension, must magnify our response to this call and do so in a manner that allows our contributions to be seen and felt. Our students, who are so central to everything we do, expect that when they graduate they should be capable of critical thinking, be adaptable and have the ana- lytic, substantive and communication capacities required to perform in complex environments. We will also want to be sure that through our approaches to teaching and learning, imagination, creativity, curi- osity and the urge to discover will be fostered in all of our students. At the same time, society will expect our graduates to have the values and motivation to participate as active citizens in our voluntary, community and political insti- tutions. Lise Bissonette put it simply when she said that ‘we must henceforth produce people whose minds are sound before they are filled.’ There are very few sectors of society that can afford the luxury of isolation. And vestiges of academic seclusion , where appro- priate, should be removed if we are to respond effectively and more systemically to the interdependent nature of our world. But, of course, we have been talking about the need for more interdisciplinary work for many years. And while our call for change has been aggressive and eloquent, our actions have been quite timid. Nevertheless, gradualism with perceptible speed is a modest victory awaiting further action — action which should arrive at the University of Guelph more quickly because of the exciting proposals currently before us. Our basic and applied research, in all disciplines, should continue to push the frontiers of knowledge and become more transparent and more widely disseminated to the widest possible constituency. As we collectively establish ways of enriching our undergraduate and graduate programs and of strengthening our teaching, so must we explore the means through which our research enterprise will grow and become stronger. Ours is a university of great diversity — diversity of programs, diversity of teaching, diversity of research and diversity of views. Diversity is a reason to rejoice as it expands our horizons, reinforces our democratic values and offers our students a variety of choices and perspectives so that we mirror the complexity and differentiation of our world. As the University of Guelph moves ahead, we will never forget the certificate of our birth nor the commitment to perpetuate its legacy. The Ontario Veter- inary College has regained full accredi- tation, for which many are to be congrat- ulated, and the Ontario Agricultural College, with the support of other colleges within the University, is aggressively moving ahead to implement many of the recom- mendations of the task force on agriculture. As institutions mature, like individuals, they continue to change and develop, shedding past behaviors, but not their genetic form. And so we will plan, not through blind acceptance of history and past practices, but through the interaction of alternative and exciting possibilities. As we mobilize our collective wisdom and energy to shape the future, we must not allow the power and reach of our diversity to degenerate into the weakness of polar- ization and narrowness. If we are to better succeed in matching our accomplishments with our abilities, we will have to aggressively pursue ways of generating more resource funds. Our alumni, our friends in the business, assoc- iations and foundation world have already contributed a great deal to the University. And while we will not be afraid to ask for more, and while we must continue to pressure our provincial government to provide more realistic operating funds, we must also leave no stone unturned in finding more resources within those ele- ments of the University which support the academic enterprise. This may indeed call for changes in attitudes and in the way we run the Uni- versity in the future. This means that we may need to abandon some of the practices of the past, though not the principles and ideals. Our Board of Governors and our Senate are repositories of much wisdom and exper- ience and provide the University with the infrastructure through which we can and will debate and shape our academic and fiscal priorities. The role of our two governing bodies must be brought into sharper focus so that the wisdom, skill and experience of these bodies can be better called upon to invigorate the University’s aspirations. As we set our sights on the opportunities which lie ahead, we must do so with a heightened awareness of our responsibil- ities to each other and with a firm expression of our commitment to social justice and equity for all individuals and groups in the University and in the larger society. Let us not demur from addressing the gender imbalances which exist in our midst and let us become more aggressive in ensuring that equal access to our Uni- versity is felt by all groups in society and that our student body reflects the ethnic mix of Ontario’s population. What strikes me so forcibly is that if we conduct our affairs with a sense of openness, if we share our knowledge, information, ideas and differences in a context of tolerance, mutual concern and trust, no burden will be too heavy and no challenge will be too great.” O AT GUELPH/Oct. 12, 1988 3 Personals Personnel report For Sale: Goalie trapper, child’s Judo suit, cone and nut wreaths, Ext. 3044 or 822- 2089 evenings. Avocado fridge and stove, Ext. 6262. Wooden shutters, two 12” x 32" and eight 7" x 32”; kitchen garbage disposal; ultrasonic humidifier, large room humidifier. Ext. 3551 or 836-2868. 1986 Renault Alliance, low mileage, 823-2159 after 5 p.m. Chesterfield, three years old, 658- 9267. Large collection N-Guage model rail- road equipment and accessories; Inglis elec- tric dryer; table saw and radial arm saw, Ext. 3676 or 62 1 -4779 evenings. For Rent: Large back split in Orangeville, furniture and appliances negotiable, avail- able November to May, non-smokers, no pets, rent negotiable, 1-941-7193 evenings. Furnished three-bedroom house in quiet Novia Scotia village, ideal for professor on sabbatical, one hour from agriculture college, two hours from Halifax, available on monthly or annual basis, 837-0685 after 6 p.m. Four- bedroom Alberta split home in prime loca- tion, includes appliances and drapes, avail- able Dec. 1, references required, $960 a month plus utilities, Jim Chung, 822-6730, Ext. 226, days or 1-664-2461 evenings. Wanted: House to rent in Fergus for family of four, Ext. 33 1 7 or 843-2095 after 5 p.m. Four-drawer filing cabinet, Bauer 1 00/ 1 000 Supreme boy’s used skates, sizes 5 and 5 1/2, in good condition, Ext. 3044 or 822- 2089 evenings. Compact hatchback such as Honda, Mazda or Cavalier, 1985 or newer. Ext. 2125 or 821-4984. Available: Full-day child-care program with trained, experienced day-care provider, crafts and outdoor play, near University, ages 2 to 5, 763-5462 or write OVC Box 131. Word processing using WordPerfect, quick and reliable, Lisa, 822-1438 after 5:30 p.m. Typing, data entry, word pro- cessing, WordPerfect, quick turnaround, pickup and delivery, 824-2426. As of At Guelph deadline Oct. 7, the following opportunities were available: Part-Time Assistant, Off-Campus Housing, Department of Residences. Salary rate: $8.34 per hour. Research Associate, Sulawesi Regional Development Project. Salary range: $23,670 minimum; $29,587 midpoint; $35,505 maximum. The following positions were available to on-campus employees only: Clerk II, Horticultural Science. Salary range: $320.1 1 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Secretary II, Environmental Health and Safety Department. Salary range: $320.1 1 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Library Assistant I, track 2, Circu- In touch Campus tours are in full swing for the fall semester. To date, about 450 students, parents and guests from Orillia, Lindsay, Oshawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Baden and Georgetown have visited the campus. Last week. Chuck Cunningham, assistant registrar, liaison, met with 250 prospective students and many of their teachers from 1 3 high schools in Nova Scotia, and Keith Alnwick, associate registrar, admissions, met with a number of students at CEGEPS in Montreal. U of G liaison officers also visited schools in Woodstock, Ingersoll, Norwich, Listowel, Galt, Brantford and Orangeville. Next week, presentations will be made at schools in Chatham, Blenheim, Ridgetown, Wallace- burg. North Bay, Mattawa, Kanata and Ottawa. lation/Reserve, Library. Salary range: $29 1 .86 minimum; $338.48 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Secretary II, Employment Services and Training, Personnel Department. Salary range: $320. 1 I minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. It is the University’s policy to give prior consideration to on-campus applicants. To determine the availability of University employment opportunities, contact Employment Services and Training, Level 5, University Centre, or telephone 836-4900. Visitors Prof. Y.D.A. Senanayake, director of the postgraduate institute of agriculture at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, will visit U of G from Oct. 21 to 25 under the sponsorship of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. While here, Senanayake will work with faculty to develop general criteria and protocol statements for split programs and links between universities for graduate studies. Specific relationships between his institution and Guelph will be explored. Senanayake will tour the University all day Oct. 21 and work with faculty Oct. 24. This will culminate in a meeting at 3: 1 0 p.m. in Room 427, University Centre, to which all interested parties are invited. On Oct. 25, he will visit some departments and schools to discuss specific proposals for split pro- grams. • • Dr. Peter Erdi of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Central Research Institute for Physics will visit the University from Oct. 1 6 to 29. Erdi has wide professional and research interests that encompass reaction kinetics, brain modelling and mathematics, fine art, perception and biology. His most recent research is in the area of self-organization in the nervous system and the "borderline" between art and science. He has just pub- lished “Mathematical Models of Chemical Reactions” in Nonlinear Science: Theory and Applications. During the first week of his visit, Erdi will be located in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, in Room 433B of the Mac- Naughton building, at Ext. 6557. During the second week, he will be located in the Department of Psychology, in Room 536 of the MacKinnon building, at Ext. 3512. While on campus, Erdi will deliver a series of lectures, beginning Oct. 1 7 at 3 p.m. with “Changes in the Time Concept: Irre- versibility and Periodicity” in Room 224, MacKinnon building. Following the lecture, there will be a wine and cheese party in the Faculty Club, Level 5, University Centre, from 4 to 6 p.m. O Greenhouse growers meet The impact of free trade on Canadian greenhouse growers will be the subject of the opening address at the 10th annual Canadian Greenhouse Conference Oct. 21 and 22 on campus. Specially designed for greenhouse growers and their employees, the conference thrives on its non-profit, no-frills approach to providing practical information for the industry. Vic Ball, vice-president of the George J. Ball Co. of Chicago, and Ray van Staalduinen, general manager of the Ontario Flower Growers Co-op, will open the conference at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 2 1 with a discussion of the future of greenhouse operations and the effects of free trade. More than 1 ,500 growers are expected to attend this year’s conference, which will include a large trade show and seminars on bedding plant plug production and biological pest control. An 1 8-foot by 30-foot greenhouse donated by Frank Jonkman and Sons Ltd. will help accommodate the 110 exhibitors. The Jonkman structure is the fourth greenhouse donated by the industry to support the annual greenhouse conference and the University’s horticultural research program. The Canadian Greenhouse Conference is a joint effort of the Department of Horticultural Science, Flowers Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers Marketing Board, Canadian Region Bedding Plants Inc. and Allied Trades. O UNIVERSITY ^Q UELPH Gue lph Volume 32 Number 32 Oct. 19, 1988 Cover: The Department of Chemistry and Biochem- istry has taken delivery of a $500,000 mass spectrometer. Negotiations for the purchase were handled by Alternatives, an Ottawa consulting firm, represented here by Pierre Coulombe, right. From left are Prof. Nick Westwood, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Dean of Research Larry Milligan; Prof. Nigel Bunce, back, acting chair of the department during the negotiations; and spectrometer operator Stewart McKinnon. (See story, page 1.) Photo by Owen Roberts. Office of Research Inside: Supplement: Financial statements Bidding for centres of excellence 1 Campaign trail rules 2 Can animals count? 3 First UW prize winners 4 Meet the Botany people 6 United W in/ UNIVERSITY VH UELPH Audrey Coates and Keith Hart enact a scene from the Department of Drama’s first pro- duction of the semester, Beyond Mozambique. Directed by Prof. Ann Wilson and designed by Allan Watts and Susan Mavor, the play is running nightly at 8 p.m. at the Inner Stage in the MacKinnon building until Oct. 22. Tickets are $4.50 and $5.50 at the UC box office. Photo by Barbara Chance, PRI U of G active in centres of excellence proposals Almost a dozen disciplines within U of G are involved in proposals for the federal govern- ment’s Networks of Centres of Excellence in research program. The $240-million program is designed to advance Canadian scientific research by supporting the development of research “networks.” These are to link groups of the top scientists from across the country, working from their own institutions towards common and specific goals of strategic importance to Canada. President Brian Segal says the federal program underscores the need for collaborative efforts among Canadian scientists. "These networks will be a positive step towards ensuring that researchers in the various disciplines are working interactively, avoiding unnecessary duplication and strengthening the expertise within their own institutions,” he says. “It’s clear that Canada can’t afford to have a central locale for its entire research effort, nor can the federal government repetitiously fund great numbers of regional capital projects to bring research expertise together." U of G researchers have been involved in collaborative research with scientists from other institutions for years, says Segal. As a result, much of the infrastructure needed to participate in the federal program is already firmly in place. This infrastructure has helped spark network proposal activity at the University in advanced food processing, toxicology, plant biotechnology, animal biotechnology, bacterial disease, gerontology, landscape architecture, biopro- cessing, aquaculture, non-linear mathematics and neutron scattering. “This amount of activity reflects the University of Guelph's breadth of research expertise," says Dean of Research Larry Milligan. “Our scientists are being very careful to shape networks across the country that are so significant that they will continue to develop . . . whether or not they receive funding through this program." Letters of intent for the networks program are now being finalized and submitted. The successful applicants are expected to be announced early next year. O Colleges to host Board of Governors In a break from tradition. Board of Governors’ meetings are to move out of the University Centre and into the colleges and other locations on campus. Board members will meet monthly this academic year — except for December, July and August — with the first meeting to be hosted by the dean of the College of Biological Science Oct. 27. in the Branion Room of the Animal Science/Nutrition building. University secretary Barbara Abercrombie says the aim of the change is to help board members become more familiar with campus facilities, achievements and problems. Each meeting will be preceded by a one-hour presentation and tour by the host. President Brian Segal has also let board members know that they are welcome to attend events on campus that are held between board meetings. University officers are providing Abercrombie with lists of events that they think board members may like to attend. These will be forwarded to board members, she says. B of G meetings, except for in-camera sessions, are open to members of the University community. Visitors are asked to obtain a ticket from the office of the secretariat. Level 4, University Centre. O Financial statements go public $307,000 cumulative deficit Audited financial statements and an auditors’ report, showing U of G’s financial position for the year ending April 30, 1988, are a supplement to this issue of At Guelph. This is the first time the University has released for public infor- mation the complete package of its financial statements. The statements were accepted by the Board of Governors last month and are reprinted in At Guelph at the request of President Brian Segal — a practice that Segal says he wants to see continued on an annual basis. The supplement is going out to all At Guelph readers — internal and external. Anyone requiring extra copies should call Public Relations and Information at Ext. 6582. Prepared by chartered accountants Clarkson Gordon of Kitchener, the financial statements and auditor’s report show the University ending the 1988 fiscal year with a cumulative deficit of $307,000. Charles Ferguson, vice-president, adminis- tration, says this is because the University has made provisions for advances to Guelph International Development Consultants (GIDC) and the Centre for Toxicology. B of G has given Segal authority to wind down the activities of GIDC, which was formed in 1986 to develop, promote and market the University internationally. This month, Segal cited GIDC’s deficit and slight prospects as reasons for the decision to wind it down. He says the University will continue its international interests and commitments through the Centre for International Programs. Ferguson says the University would have ended the year with an unappropriated balance if not for the provisions for GIDC and the toxicology centre. Guelph has had operating deficits in previous years, says John Freeman, director of Financial by Owen Roberts, Office of Research The University has taken delivery of a $500,000 mass spectrometer, an analytical instrument designed for separating ions according to their masses. Located in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the mass spectrometer will serve some 50 professors and their research groups in the Guelph- Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry, as well as other researchers in the University and in area industries. Services, but the cumulative surplus at the beginning of each year has been sufficient to absorb them. “This time, we have an operating deficit that is larger than our opening surplus," he says. The University is financially responsible in its management, adds Ferguson. "From time to time, new ventures are undertaken, and occasionally one doesn't work out as well as anticipated." Freeman says the deficit will be recovered The mass spectrometer, a Kratos model MS890, was purchased with a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. The University negotiated the purchase jointly with the University of New Brunswick, which had similarly received NSERC funding for mass spectrometry equipment. The two universities hired the Ottawa consulting firm Alternatives to negotiate on their behalf. “The company’s technical know-how was invaluable in reaching a contract that gave us the required research capability within the limits of the funds available,” says Prof. Nigel from future operating funds by spending less than revenue and will not involve capital campaign or any other funds. “In setting the 1989/90 budget, the administration will be cognizant of the deficit and make provisions for it,” says Ferguson. Anyone with questions about the financial material should call Freeman at Ext. 2202 or Bill Moore in Financial Services at Ext. 3313. 0 Bunce, acting chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Although the mass spectrometer is valued at $500,000. the department actually purchased it for $325,000, through the negotiating efforts of Alternatives. "I am convinced that Alternatives saved us far more than we spent on their fees,” says Bunce. Mass spectrometry was recently used to investigate the incidence of PC B contamination in soil at St. Basile-le-Grand, following a ware- house fire that caused widespread evacuation. Continued on page 2. AT GUELPH/Oct. 19, 1988 1 Mass spectrometer acquired Headline humor Election campaigning ? Here are campus guidelines. If you are a candidate in the upcoming election or a member of a committee helping to elect a candidate, here are the University’s guidelines on election campaigning on campus for municipal, provincial and federal elections. The policy defines the campus as all the buildings and grounds forming a part of U of G. • Candidates may arrange through the Central Reservations and Conferences Office for the use of a meeting room at no charge for one on-campus presentation to faculty, staff and students. Further bookings may be made, but there will be a rental charge for space and equipment. • Candidates may arrange through the director of Administrative Services for one distribution of their campaign literature through the campus postal system. • Candidates may arrange through InterHall Council for one visit to a designated area to meet the students living in each hall. This does not allow candidates access to individual residence rooms. • Candidates may arrange with the management of individual University buildings to place posters and bulletins on boards in designated areas. The posters must conform to existing policy. If they do not, they may be removed by the building manager. The guidelines have been forwarded in a letter to local candidates from Gary Nadalin, assistant director. Central Reservations and Conferences. Anyone wishing to discuss these guidelines further should call Wayne Michalski, Administrative Services, Ext. 3084. O Look for the keyboard that says ‘search me’ Next Monday, staff in the U of G Library will be wearing white T-shirts with a keyboard emblem on the front to call attention to changes to the CD-ROM catalogue system. Before opening, the library will be converting its CD-ROM workstations to new software that will make it easier for people to find what they’re looking for in the library’s collection. Working with library staff from all sections, the library systems group — Sue Wi-Afedzi, Bill Halahan, Don Hamilton and George Loney — developed the software. The program has reduced the cost of producing the CD-ROM catalogue about 80 per cent, while also improv- ing a number of features of the system. In addition, the software will enable the library to introduce the capability of updating the catalogue without reproducing the entire disk. As new materials are received, they can be added to the catalogue disk as supplementary information without altering user procedures. These “seamless updates" will ensure that the catalogue remains current, says Loney. At Guelph is published by me University of Guelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a reduced schedule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy approved by the president of the University. A copy is available on request. Views and opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. Letters to the editor, opinions, news items, speeches, faculty and staff activities, and other submissions are wel- come. Deadline is seven days before date of issue unless otherwise specified. Stories may be reprinted with acknow- ledgment of source. Editorial office: Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre, 519-824-4120, Ext. 3864. Executive editor: Sandra Webster. As- sistant editor: Barbara Chance. Editorial advisory board: Katherine Elliott, Counselling and Student Resource Centre; Fred Evers, Sociology and Anthro- pology; Martin Hodgson, Physical Re- sources; Walter Kehm, School of Land- scape Architecture; Susan Mclver, Envi- ronmental Biology; Francois Par6, Lan- guages and Literatures; Vic Reimer, Per- sonnel; Craig Sanderson, Central Student Association; Frances Sharom, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Roselynn Stevenson, Microbiology; Barbara Stewart, Family Studies Lab Schools; Joseph Woods, Grad- uate Student Association; Trish Walker, University Secretariat; and Sandra Web- ster and Gerry Quinn, Public Relations and Information. Electronic mail — NETN ORTH:DOIS W at UoGuelph; CoSy:swebster ISSN 0836-4478 Member: International Association of Business Communicators, Public Affairs Council for Education and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Postage paid in cash at first-class rates, Permit 1149, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1. Within a year, the system will also permit users to search for the title of a book and then check its status — whether it’s in the stacks, on loan to faculty or checked out to another student — without leaving the CD-ROM workstation. The new CD-ROM catalogue will contain records for the University’s complete 2.4-million volume collection, which grows at the rate of 80,000 items per year. Users will be able to complete a simple search by title or author in about a second and a half, says Loney. The new catalogue will contain more indexes than the current system and will quickly conduct a complex search — when all you know is the general subject area — to provide a complete listing of library resources on the subject. The new catalogue will be available for home use and for other libraries through the library business office. Ext. 2305. The cost is $25 for faculty and students. $249 for first-time off- campus buyers and $149 for off-campus purchasers of the earlier edition. O In touch— Some 270 students and teachers from Georgetown District Secondary School visited the campus last week to participate in a variety of activities ranging from tours to introductory lectures. The Admissions Office would like to thank Prof. Harry Lane, Prof. Ann Wilson and Allan Watts of the Department of Drama, Bob Logan of the library, Shelly Bimie- Lefcovitch of the Counselling and Student Resource Centre and all faculty who had guests in their lectures. Visiting the campus this week are students from Fergus, Walkerton, Midland, Wiarton, Oakville, Mississauga, Toronto, Douglas and Hamilton. University liaison officers are visiting schools in Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Port Colborne, Ripley, Welland, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, London, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Langton, Flesherton, Hanover, Meaford, Beamsville, Grimsby, Rexdale, Mississauga, Belleville, Toronto, Islington, Etobicoke, Port Credit, Arthur, Palmerston, Bowmanville, Lakefield, Campbellford, Pickering, Ajax, Fenelon Falls and Lindsay. Next week, presentations will be made at schools in Dundas, Etobicoke, Richmond Hill, Oakville, Toronto, Weston, London, Downsview, Iroquois Falls, Kapuskasing, Mississauga, St. Thomas, Sault Ste. Marie, Islington, Rexdale, Brampton, Aurora, Thornhill, Georgetown, Timmins, Burlington, Westhill, Wawa, Waterloo, Newmarket and Chapleau. O Correction — College of Physical Science Dean Iain Campbell was inadvertently omitted from the list of people who are members of the academic vice- president’s council. (See At Guelph Oct. 12, “Segal Forms Executive Group and Two VP Council.”) Our apologies to Campbell and all members of CPS. O Theatre in the Trees The Arboretum's dinner theatre, Theatre in the Trees, is offering the comedy Look, No Hanslby John Chapman and Michael Pertwee. Performances are scheduled for Oct. 22 and 29, Nov. 5, 12, 18, 19 and 26, and Dec. 3,9, 10 and 17. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.; the play begins at 8 p.m. Cost is $29.50. Tickets are available at the University Centre box office. Ext. 3940. A fashionable fall The Whippletree Restaurant presents its semi- annual luncheon fashion show, Fall Fashion- ation, Oct. 24 at noon. This year’s show is produced and choreographed by Mary Cassidy of Gemini Modelling of Kitchener with models from Gemini. The three-course luncheon will include poached champagne chicken. Cost of lunch and the show is $9.95. For reservations, call Ext. 3500. Scholarships available The Development Education Program has received information about the Commonwealth scholarship and fellowship plan, as well as foreign government awards, from the Asso- ciation of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Application deadline for most of the scholarships and awards is Oct. 3 1 . For more information, call Susan James at Ext. 6915. UGMUG meets Tired of life in the blue DOS world? Come out to the meeting of the University of Guelph Macintosh Users’ Group (UGMUG) Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 204, Computing Services, to see what Mac is all about. The meeting will include a demonstration of Apple’s new full- page scanner and Mac software. For more information, call Dave Bruce, Ext. 6352. Letters to the editor Comment on faculty positions The interest shown in our strategic planning process by 2 1 faculty members who recently took the time to write to At Guelph is welcome. There are, however, several inaccuracies in the letter on which I would like to comment. First of all, the 9.3 faculty positions that were discussed in the letter of Oct. 5 were eliminated as a result of last year’s plan, not this year’s. The plan to convert other faculty positions into badly needed oper- ating funds was also a recommendation that Senate approved last year. This year’s strategic planning discussion paper points out that perhaps 15 positions may well be converted in this fashion. On the other hand, the paper also lists the 16 faculty renewal positions that will be filled in the next few years. To these positions must be added the five new faculty positions that have been established in the past year, as well as the eight research chairs that have been established. Thus, we plan to have more faculty positions in the 1 989/90 budget year than in either of the last two years. Finally, one of the major proposals of this year's strategic plan is to create a number of faculty bridging positions. These positions will enable us to plan sensibly in anticipation of the large number of faculty retirements in the next decade. One of the many benefits of the proposal is to increase, in the short term, the size of our faculty complement. I hope this clarification of these important issues is helpful to the University community. Prof. Jack MacDonald Chair, Strategic Planning Group Obituary Victor Lotter Prof. Victor Lotter, Department of Psycho- logy, died in Guelph Oct. 14. A member of Guelph’s faculty since 1967, he is survived by his wife, Ann, and three children: Kirstin, Lisa and Johann. 2 AT GUELPH/Oct. 19. 1988 Research Computers help open up the 18 th century Computer magic can eliminate much of the tedium of editing scholarly works and can drastically reduce the cost of publication. Prof. Leonard Adams, Department of Languages and Literatures, published a book this summer that gives testimony to that fact. Adams edited the first two volumes of William Wake’s Gallican Correspondence and Related Documents 1716-1731 on a word processor and sent the material “camera ready” to the pub- lisher. The 800 pages of letters were formatted and reduced to the exact size of the finished book pages. The computer eliminated the possibility of errors or omissions during typesetting and saved both time and money in publication, says Adams. “1 wanted to make the material available to scholars as soon as possible, so it could be used.” Wake, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the early 18th century, corresponded fre- quently with Pierre-Frangois Le Courayer, a French priest and dissident. Their letters circumvented the French government’s attempts at censorship for 16 years, while discussing the possibility of a relationship between the Anglican by Owen Roberts, Office of Research U of G researchers have received a patent for triazine-resistant cole crops that offer new opportunities to farmers and an additional source of domestically grown produce to con- sumers. Profs. Vince Souza Machado and Patricia Harney, Department of Horticultural Science, and PhD graduate Renald Ayotte have created cole crops bearing genetic traits that make them invulnerable to the triazine family of herbicides. Although these herbicides are the most popularly used chemicals for broadleaf weed control, they are also toxic to commercially valuable broadleaf cole crops like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and brussels sprouts. Cole crops, acclaimed for their high vitamin and fibre content, are gaining increasing popu- larity with health-conscious consumers. Cauli- flower sales in Canada, for example, have doubled over the last five years to about $24 million. And broccoli sales have soared to almost $40 million. But only $7 million worth of that broccoli is grown domestically (in Ontario, the biggest Canadian producer). The development of triazine-resistant cole crops is advantageous to Canadian producers for several reasons, says Souza Machado. First, it eliminates the need for tiresome and time- consuming hand hoeing of the plants, a labor- intensive exercise that discourages some farmers from growing them. In addition, controlling broadleaf weed species like wild mustard and shepherd’s purse will both reduce weed competition with the cole crop plants and eradicate alternative hosts of pests and disease. The mechanical harvesting of cole crops will be made easier by the absence of tall weeds, which can clog harvesting equipment. In broccoli, in particular, high-density culti- vation will be possible, because producers won’t have to leave space between the plants for weeding. This “bunching” offers an added advantage — the closeness of the plants results in the growth of smaller heads. “People who cook for themselves or just one or two other people want more manageable portions of broccoli," says Souza Machado. Besides eliminating hand hoeing, the plants will offer farmers new alternatives in crop rotation. “The resistance factor will allow cole crops to grow in rotation with com on land treated with the triazine herbicide atrazine,” says Souza Machado. “It should open some new doors.” The scientific secret behind these plants is the development of a seed with triazine-resistant cytoplasm. By crossbreeding and backcrossing cole crops with spring rapeseed (an established triazine-resistant plant) and using in vitro biotechnology techniques, the researchers creat- ed new plants bearing the genes of the cole crops and the cytoplasm of the rapeseed. The result is a triazine-resistant cole crop. Developing herbicide-resistant plants is a relatively new method of dealing with bother- some weeds in horticultural crops. The tradi- tional chemical approach has been to develop new compounds or merely extend the use of and Catholic churches in France. Adams undertook the project of editing Wake’s correspondence as a prelude to a planned book on Le Courayer and clerical and philoso- phical dissent during the French Enlightenment. Wake’s other correspondents included three Sorbonne doctors, three Anglican chaplains and businessmen in Paris. Their letters provide useful information for theologians, historians and scholars interested in the history of medicine, economics and 1 8th-century social values, says Adams. Although primarily an ecumenical dialogue. Wake’s correspondence solicited medical advice for a kidney ailment, maintained his hobby of collecting medals and passed on gossip. The writers discussed the 1720 stock market crash, the plague that took many lives in the south of France the following year and a 1 725 miracle in Paris when a crippled woman was healed. The correspondence is a running commentary on 18th-century society, says Adams. It con- tinued until Le Courayer was forced to leave France over a dispute on the validity of Anglican orders. • The development of cole crops that resist the popular triazene family of herbicides opens new doors for farmers who were previously discouraged by the crops high labor intensity. Pictured here with the patent for the develop- established herbicides to horticultural crops. But with the increasing costs of research and development, the unattractive economics of herbicides for low-acreage crops, the stringent controls over registration standards and the move towards less chemical control in farmers’ fields, few new horticultural herbicides have been brought onstream. Such factors led to this cole crop project Chris Ostrovski, technology development Mass spectrometer Continued from page l. Typically, small samples of substances are fed into the mass spectrometer and ionized by electron impact, often with subsequent fragment ions being formed. The pattern of this frag- mentation is unique to the molecule; when the pattern is scanned according to the mass, it can be identified with specific substances. Bunce says the new equipment is capable of the latest in mass spectrometry techniques. First, it can routinely run chemical ionization experiments, scan either positive or negative ions and examine the exact chemical compo- sition of ions by working at high resolution. High-resolution capability also permits the study of large molecules, including synthetic polymers and biopolymers such as peptides and Adams’s research in England and France was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The letters were found in libraries at Oxford and in London, in archives in Paris, including a library where Le Courayer was librarian, and at Lambeth Palace, the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. They were written in English, French and Latin. The Latin letters were translated into English by Prof. Padraig O’Cleirigh, Department of Languages and Literatures. The word processor was invaluable in helping to organize the correspondence, says Adams. Letters found several years after the work began could be edited and inserted in sequence with a few strokes of the keyboard. The technology has reduced the need for clerical assistance. Adams will input the remaining four volumes as each document is edited. Volume 3 will be published next spring, to be followed by an additional volume each year over the next four years. Without the aid of the computer, says Adams, it would take close to 20 years to edit and index the nearly 1,200 letters. O ment is Prof. Vince Souza Machado, Depart- ment of Horticultural Science, one of the three patent holders. Pholo by Owen Roberts, Office of Research officer with Industrial and Innovation Services, expects the response by seed companies to heighten now that the patent has been granted. “The technology is here, needed by the industry and available for licensing,” he says. Ostrovski believes the plants will be popular with cole croD,producers throughout North America and Europe, and he foresees new opportunities in China, where cole crop pro- duction is popular. O carbohydrates, by the use of a new ionization technique called ‘Tast atom bombardment." The spectrometer’s high-speed laminated magnet allows the instrument to be used for capillary gas chromatography/mass spectro- metry at both low and high resolution, a capa- bility that is invaluable for the study of complex environmental samples. Finally, because it is computer controlled, spectra can be acquired and stored at the rate of one per second, then later retrieved for detailed examination by the researcher. Computer control also permits “linked scan” spectra to be obtained. Linked scans, which were largely developed by former U of G professor Bob Boyd, allow detailed investigations of the events influencing a molecule inside a mass spec- trometer. O Counting with the animals Can animals count? That’s something many psychologists have been trying to find out Psychology professor Hank Davis says ani- mals may not be natural mathematicians, but if they’re put in the right environment, they can make numerical discriminations. When placed in an environment where they have to use numerical discrimination to get a reward, such as a morsel of food, animals can be trained to make decisions based on numbers. There isn’t evidence that they count in the same way people do, he says, but there is good evidence that they can be taught to use number. “It’s the environment that creates the need," says Davis. “Animals don’t usually live in an environment that creates a need for numerical competence. They certainly don’t live in an environment that creates a need for counting. “We kind of throw them into a little world in the lab where, to be prosperous, to eat well, to have a good relationship with the trainer, they have to use number. It’s a good way to define intelligence — adaptability.” Davis has done a lot of work with rats — one of the most adaptable animals of all. “There are a lot of rats in the world," he says. “They didn’t become successful by being dummies. Rats are very good adapters — they can accommodate a lot of changes.” In his most recent work, Davis used rats’ sense of smell to see if they could exhibit transitive inference. That’s when someone makes an ordered series out of paired comparisons. As Davis explains it: “Transitive inference is something we do all the time without thinking. It’s the logical process that says that, if you know Dave is taller than Joe and Joe is taller than Mike, then you know Dave is taller than Mike.” The rats were exposed to different ordered pairs of smells. They had to choose between two tunnels, the doors of which each had a unique smell. The rats were taught to choose one of the two odors. When tested with a combination they hadn't experienced before, they were able to choose the “correct" one. All of this relates to using numbers, Davis says. The subjects had to use a hierarchy to determine the correct choice. “Transitivity relates to ordinality. If a rat knows numbers, it must also know four comes after three, three after two and two after one,” he says. In his early work with rats, Davis set up a situation where the subjects had to choose the proper tunnel from a set of six to get their food reward. To control other perceptions that the rat might use, such as spatial sense, he varied the distances between the tunnels. To control for sense of smell, each tunnel had a morsel of food placed in it, but was blocked so that the rat couldn’t get the food. Use of number may not be a natural require- ment for non-human animals, but they do it if they have to. “The general impression I have is that the harder you look, the smarter the animals look — if you design the right experi- ment In every experiment I’ve done, the animal would attend to the alternatives. It wasn’t until I controlled the alternatives that they attended to number.” Davis has worked with a number of species — rats, raccoons, horses, cows — to determine their numerical competence. He has also just completed a review paper on similar studies by other psychologists. It’s a growing field — researchers have worked with animals as diverse as ravens, chimps, monkeys, seals, cats, mice and parrots. O r Positions elsewhere Bio-Research Technician. Industrial Biotech Centre, University of Waterloo; grant- supported position. Community college or university graduate with laboratory exper- ience in fermentation technology needed to assist in research projects. Apply to the centre, El -2537, University of Waterloo, Waterloo N2L 3G 1 , 885- 1 2 1 1 , Ext 2044. AT GUELPH/OcL 19, 1988 3 First prize winners announced in UW campus appeal U of G is well on its way to reaching its $110,000 goal for this year’s campus United Way appeal. As of Oct. 6, $25,000 had been donated or pledged through payroll deduction by donors, whose names were entered in the first draw. The campus appeal continues to Oct. 27. so there is still time to get your donations in for the second draw, as well as for the final grand-prize draw. The following are the UW donors who have won prizes in the first of two draws for more than 75 goods and services donated by the University community. Each $50 donated by a faculty, staff, student or retiree gives the donor one chance for the prizes and also an opportunity to win the grand prize — an all-expenses- paid weekend for two at the Millcroft Inn at Alton — courtesy of the president’s office. Donations to the UW appeal are tax- deductible, and donors are encouraged to use the University’s payroll deduction plan. Retirees are invited to use the pledge card in this issue of At Guelph. Donors can designate their gift to the organization of their choice. Draw 2 will be held Oct. 20 and the winners announced in At Guelph Oct. 26. All names will go back into the hat for a final grand-prize draw Oct. 27, with the winner’s name to be published in the Nov. 2 issue. The following are the winners of the Oct. 13 draw: • Gary Hutchison, Agricultural Economics and Business — one year’s parking, to be claimed during April 1989, donated by Parking Administration; • Roger Jenkins, Auxiliary Operations — two tickets to Theatre in the Trees, donated by The Arboretum; • David Douglas, University School of Rural Planning and Development — a weekend for two at London House, England, to be used mid-June to September, courtesy of Property Management; • Bill Harcourt, Communications Services, four tickets to the Oct. 22 football game, donated by Athletics; • Shelly Birnie-Lefcovitch, Counselling and Student Resource Centre — two bottles of 20th anniversary wine, a gift of the Faculty Club; • Beverly Buckie, U of G Library — double-room weekend accommodation in Residences in the summer of 1989, thanks to Central Reservations and Conferences; • Chris Hall, Environmental Biology — CoSy mug and T-shirt, donated by the CoSy group; • John Campbell, Safety & Security — 1 0 pounds of country sausage, a gift of Mary Dickieson, Public Relations and Information; • Chuck Cunningham, Office of the Registrar — two baskets of apples donated by the Cambridge Research Station; • Ann Wilson, Drama — international dinner for two at the home of Don Amichand, Counselling and Student Resource Centre; • Teny Crowley, History — one dozen muffins, donated by the Massey Hall Co-op Shop; • Harry Lane, Drama — two tickets to Letter from Wingfield Farm , courtesy of UC Programming; • Ellen Goddard, Agricultural Economics and Business — two tickets to “The Best of Robert Munsch," courtesy of UC Programming; • Stan Litch, Counselling and Student Resource Centre — four hours of com- puter time at the University Centre’s word processing/copy centre, and $5 worth of printing on the laser printer, also courtesy of the UC; • Jim Shute, Rural Extension Studies — four hours of snooker table time in the BOO Sports Bar, donated by the Univer- sity Centre; • Karl Meilke, Agricultural Economics and Business — four Brass Taps mugs, thanks to the University Centre; • Becky Morrison, Geography — track suit, courtesy of the Co-op Shop; • Michelle Cook, Office of the Registrar — box of chocolates, donated by the UC Pharmacy; • Elmer Alyea, Chemistry and Bio- chemistry; George Barron, Environ- mental Biology; Gil Stelter, History; Bill Nickling, Geography; and Neil Carson, English Language and Literature, each a 40-pound bag of potatoes, courtesy of the Department of Environmental Biology; • Steven Beierl, CSRC — set of keys, courtesy of locksmith John Gregory, Maintenance. • Alan DeRoo, Agricultural Economics and Business — family portrait, a gift of Don Hamilton, Environmental Biology; • Robert Lorentz, Engineering, Physical Resources — a Campaign T-shirt, donated by Alumni Affairs and Development; • Marisa Phillips, Office of the Registrar; Carolyn Pawley, U of G Library; Wayne Michalski, Administrative Services; George Kawash, Family Studies; and Elvin McNally, Personnel, each a two- kilogram container of natural honey, courtesy of the Department of Environ- mental Biology; • Paul Tatham, Financial Services — two dozen large farm eggs, donated by Mary Dickieson, Public Relations and Information; • Sue Desautels, Office of the Registrar — diagnostic visit for plants in home or garden donated by the Diagnostic Clinic — OMAF/Environmental Biology; • Cheryl Hohn, Trust Accounting — certi- ficate for a haircut, courtesy of University Hair, • Bruce Stone, OAC dean’s office — The Heart of the Country, donated by the book’s author. Prof. Fred Dahms, Geography; • Larry Martin, Agricultural Economics and Business — private screening for four people of classic films, courtesy of the library; • Kerry Daly, Agricultural Economics and Business — two litres of maple syrup, a gift of The Arboretum; • John Laing, Environmental Biology — a day's birding at Point Pelee with Alan Watson, The Arboretum; • Sue Morrison, College of Arts — a spring warbler’s walk at The Arboretum with Alan Watson; and • Freeman McEwen, OAC — two pint jars of homemade jam, donated by Sandra Webster, Public Relations and Information. The following prizes will be drawn Oct. 20 : • Five-pound ABC multipurpose fire extinguisher, donated by the Fire Division; • $50 worth of laundry services, courtesy of Laundry Services; • Membership in the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, a gift of the centre; • Youth art classes, donated by the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre; • Two baskets of potatoes, thanks to the Cambridge Research Station; • Lunch for two at the Whippletree Restaurant (up to $30), from Food Services; • Two prizes of a large three-item pizza, donated by Food Services. • Two community barbecue tickets and T-shirts, donated by the Central Student Association; • Two passes to Alumni Weekend, thanks to Alumni Affairs and Development; • Two tickets to an opening night per- formance at the Inner Stage, donated by the Department of Drama; • Personally designed stationery, from Print Publications and Printing Services; • Six-litre container of ice cream, a gift from the Department of Food Science; • Two litres of maple syrup, donated by The Arboretum; • A five-pound block of cheddar cheese, thanks to the Department of Food Science; • One eight- to 10-pound boneless rib roast, donated by the Department of Food Science; • One year’s membership in a fitness class, donated by Athletics; • Car wash, grease job and oil change, thanks to Vehicle Services; • Load of firewood, courtesy of Auxiliary Operations, Physical Resources; • Watercolor of a campus bam, courtesy Setting priorities is one of Shelly Bimie- Lefcovitch’s priorities. Birnie-Lefcovitch, co-ordinator of program development for the Counselling and Student Resource Centre, is putting his professional skills to work after hours as president of the city of Guelph’s United Way social planning coun- cil. “I’d like people to understand the role of plannning,” he says. "The campaign is the visible part. But only throwing money at problems doesn’t solve them. We have to use the money in the best way possible for the local community.” The United Way works with different ministries to fund local programs. "What we’re able to do in the social planning council (is) assist the province to understand the needs of the local community,” says Birnie-Lefcovitch. “When we’re able to demonstrate clear needs, we can set some priorities.” United Way is developing a number of projects that he believes are very important. In co-operation with the Ministry of Com- munity and Social Services and United Way agencies in Cambridge and Kitchener- Waterloo, Bimie-Lefcovitch's group is developing a volunteer leadership develop- ment program. “It’s to help people get training in volun- teer areas, to promote volunteerism and to equip people with the skills they need to manage their organizations,” he says. Birnie-Lefcovitch is also concerned with the integration of developmentally handi- capped people into the community. The council is working with the ministry to co- ordinate the local effort to integrate these people as the province moves away from institutionalization. of Marlene Jofriet, Continuing Education; • Your choice of four tickets to a hockey or basketball event early in the New Year, donated by Athletics; • One studio portrait, thanks to Photo- graphic Services; • Four crested wine glasses, donated by the Faculty Club; • Selection of garden shrubs, thanks to The Arboretum nursery; • Decorated special occasion cake, gift of Judy Kerr, Office of the Registrar, • Vol. 2 of The Diaries of Lucy Maud Montgomery , a gift of the authors, Prof. Mary Rubio and retired professor Elizabeth Waterston, Department of English Language and Literature; • Autographed first edition of Dishman, a comic created by John McLeod, Office of the Registrar. Prize donors and winners are being notified this week by a letter containing the names of the donor and the recipient. They are asked to contact each other so the prize can be received. This is being co-ordinated by Leslea Schmitz, Public Relations and Information, Ext. 3358. O Shelly Birnie-Lefcovitch Pholo by David Thomas, PRI He is proud of the University’s partici- pation in United Way activities. “The University has been tremendously support- ive of the city. The money raised here is very significant. I see there being a really strong relationship.” Birnie-Lefcovitch has been involved with the United Way for four years. He has been on the social planning council for two years and was elected president in March. O Volunteer for United Way MY PLEDGE TO Lend A Hand Employer: Payroll Number: Guelph United Way 161 WATERLOO AVENUE GUELPH, ONTARIO N1H 3H9 821-0571 Reg. Charitable No. 0385583-03 % □ I PLEDGE TO THE GUELPH UNITED WAY and authorize my employer to deduct from my paycheque: (PLEASE CIRCLE AND SIGN) $2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13or$ FOR A TOTAL YEARLY PLEDGE OF $_ □ PAID NOW (CASH OR CHEQUE) $ .per week DATE SIGNATURE FOR PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION (Receipts will be issued tor all donations) 4 AT GUELPH/Oct. 19, 1988 University of Guelph Financial Statements 1988 3. Insured Values of Plant Assets The University uses inflation indices provided by its insurer to establish the value of plant assets for insurance purposes, except for library books and the art collection, which are appraised by the appropriate University officers. The following is a summary of these values: and the other for endowed funds. Investment income, based on the earnings of each investment pool, is allocated annually to the respective fund balances. (b) Inventory Valuation Inventories are recorded at the latest invoice price. (c) Plant Assets The plant assets are recorded at cost except for the following: (i) Donated assets are recorded at appraised values. (ii) The University’s art collection is recorded at a nominal value of $ 1 ,000. (iii) Furniture and equipment purchased with trust funds prior to May 1 , 1 979, were not capitalized unless a specific fund was established for an asset acquisition. The University follows a policy of removing from furniture and equipment the value of assets more than 1 5 years old. In conforming with normal University accounting practices, no charge for depre- ciation is made against operations. Plant assets acquired from the operating fund are either charged in the statement of changes in fund balances and reflected as “investment in plant assets” in the year of acquisition, or recorded in the accounts as set out in note 1(d). (d) Internal Financing (note 9) The University follows a practice of making advances to departments and other funds in order to finance the acquisition of certain plant assets. As these advances are repaid, appropriate funds are charged and the repayments are recorded as “invest- ment in plant assets.” (e) Leases Payable The University has entered into certain capital leases for which title to the related assets will vest in the University on the termination of the leases. The cost of these assets is reflected as plant assets and the present value of the least commitments is reflected as a liability. (D Appropriation of Fund Balances Appropriations are made from fund balances for future expenditures and contingencies in such amounts as are deemed necessary and upon approval of the Board of Governors. (g) Expendable Trust Funds The University allocates investment income earned on endowed funds to the related expendable funds annually in amounts sufficient to meet allowed anti- cipated expenditures. (h) Investment in Plant Assets Investment in plant assets is only reflected to the extent that: (i) Original assets were transferred from the Province of Ontario to the University. (ii) Debt incurred to acquire such assets has been retired. (iii) The cost of the assets has been charged against a fund except as set forth in note l(cXiii). (iv) Assets other than art objects have been donated to the University. (i) Pension Costs Past service pension costs and experience deficiencies may be amortized over a period of up to 15 years dependent on the provincial regulations. Such costs together with current pension costs are charged against operations. As of the last actuarial report effective September, 1987, there were no deficiencies in the plans. (j) Real Estate Development Costs The accounts of the real estate division, which has been established to develop certain real estate owned by the University, are included in the Ancillary Enterprises Fund. The ongoing administrative costs of the division are expensed annually. Direct project costs ($880,000 at April 30, 1 988) are deferred and included in plant assets as construction in progress. It is antici- pated that the administrative costs and the direct project costs will be recovered from future real estate development revenues. (k) Accrual Accounting The accrual basis of accounting for revenues, expenses and changes in fund balances is followed except for pledges, trust fund benefactions and|vacation pay, which are accounted for on a cash basis. 2. Investments Included in the “Investments — endowed funds at cost" artf shares purchased and donated providing the University with control of the Guelph Golf and Recreation Club Limited (Cuttcn Club). Auditors’ Report We have examined the statement of financial position of the University of Guelph as of April 30, 1988, and the statements of changes in appropriated expendable funds balances, changes in fund balances and investment in plant assets for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests and other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly the financial position of the University of Guelph as of April 30, 1988, and the results of its operation and changes in fund balances for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles described in note 1 to the financial statements applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. Chartered Accountants. Notes to the Financial Statements 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Reporting Practices The financial statements of the University have been prepared by management in accor- dance with accounting principles that are generally accepted for universities. Because the University receives funding for special purposes, the financial statements have been presented in a manner which segregates the following fund balances: Expendable Funds, consisting of: (i) Operating Fund, which presents the day- to-day academic, administrative and main- tenance operations of the University. Costs incurred by the operating fund relating directly to other funds are transferred to the respective funds. (ii) Ancillary Enterprises Fund, which pre- sents the operations carried on by the University that are not directly related to the academic or administrative functions outlined under Operating Fund. Any deficits incurred are recoverable from their future operations. Currently, the Ancillary Enterprises Fund includes the following: Real estate division Guelph International Development Consultants Inc. Residence management Food Services Parking London House University Centre (iii) Plant Fund, which presents those monies made available for plant acquisitions from government grants, certain special fund raising activities and long-term debt proceeds. (iv) Trust Fund, which presents those funds provided by benefactors and contracts, the expenditure of which is restricted to a specific purpose. Also included are funds administered by the University for activities not directly under University control: Endowed Funds, consisting of endowments provided by benefactors or established by University policy which are restricted as to purpose and expendability. Only income earned on such funds may be expended and in most cases the expenditure is restricted to a specific purpose. However, endowments established by University policy may be expended with approval by the Board of Governors. The financial statements have been prepared within the framework of accounting policies summarized below: (a) Marketable Securities The University accounts for its investments in marketable securities by means of two separate pools, one for expendable funds 4. Leases Payable The details of the leases are: Ontario Student Housing Corporation - student residences; semi-annual payments of $548,000 principal and Interest for the remainder of the terms of the leases which expire in the years 2018, 2020 and 2021 1988 1987 $14,805,000 $14,950,000 Chase Manhatten Leasing Canada Limited - telecommunications systems; monthly payments of $57,232 principal, Interest and taxes due July 30, 1996 3,581,000 3,844,000 Chase Manhatten Leasing Canada Limited - telecommunications systems; monthly payments of $47,972 principal, interest and taxes due January 25, 1998 3,256,000 Commerce Leasing Limited - computer; monthly payments of $20,310 principal, interest and taxes due May 1, 1989 215,000 361,000 Book Value Insured Value Buildings and installed equipment $150.445.000 *4M ,201 ,000 Furniture, equipment and library books *105.538. 000 $178, ,940, ,000 Art collection $ 1.000 * 3, ,513, ,000 Supplement to At Guelph, Oct. 19. 1988. i 2l.8S7.000 t l9.15S.000 1 5. Mortgages Payable The details of the mortgages are: 7. Long-term Debt Repayments loans, mortgages and leases shown on the The repayments over the next five years of balance sheet are as follows: 1988 1987 7 1/42 mortgage payable to Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, due January 1, 2023 for East Residences, repayable In semi-annual instalments of $138, 000 combined principal and interest $3,495,000 $3,517,000 5 3/82 mortgage payable to Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, due December 1, 2016 for Lambton Hall Residences, repayable in semi-annual instalments of $46,000 combined principal and interest 1 ,352,000 1,371,000 Principal Interest Total 1989 $ 977,000 $2,181,000 t 3,158,000 1990 869,000 2,064,000 2,933,000 1991 928,000 1,985,000 2,913,000 1992 1,020,000 1,893,000 2,913,000 1993 1,661,000 1,725,000 3,386,000 Thereafter 5,455,000 22,246,000 19.848. 000 $15,303,000 $ 4.847.000 $ 4,888.000 $27.7 0^.000 6. Loan Payable U of G has negotiated a five-year loan at 1 1 -per-cent interest to finance major renova- tions in ancillary operations. This loan is payable in monthly payments of $15,552 and is due May 7, 1992. The cost of these reno- Prlncipal 1989 t 977,000 1990 869,000 1991 928,000 1992 1,020,000 1993 1,661,000 5,455,000 Thereafter 22,246,000 vations will be charged to ancillary operations as the loan is repaid. 7. Long-term Debt Repayments The repayments over the next five years of loans, mortgages and leases shown on the balance sheet are as follows: Interest Total 12,181 ,000 i 3,158 ,000 2,064. ,000 2,933, ,000 1,985, ,000 2,913, ,000 1,893, ,000 2,913, ,000 1,725, ,000 3,386, ,000 $9,848. .000 $15,303, ,000 8. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Contract Included in expendable operating funds are expenses resulting from the provision of research, service and educational programs, Academic which are recoverable under a contract with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. These amounts are reported in the statements under the function headings of: 1988 1987 $20,709,000 $18,782,000 Administration, physical plant and other services 7, 544,000 7, 396,000 $ 28.253.000 $ 26,178,000 9. Internal Financing As at April 30, 1988, expendable funds had future years from revenues. The details of these advanced $3,578,000, which will be repaid in advances are as follows: $ 27 . 7 01 .000 Statement 1 S l A'i l.'ILKT OK FINANCIAL POSITION' University Departments Ancillary Enterprises Plant Tota 1 Balance, April 30, 1987 $301,000 1525,000 $1,314,000 12,140,000 Advances 227,000 1,832,000 2,059,000 Charged to operations 528.000 127.000 525.000 115.000 3,146,000 379,000 4,199,000 621,000 Balance, April 30, 1988 1401,000 1410,000 12.767.000 $3,578,000 Al'KIL 30. 1 988 (with comparative figures at April 30, 1907) (in thousands of dollars) ASSETS LIABILITIES AM) KIND MAI-WCLS 1 988 1907 1 "OB 1907 ' mil mil market nlilo securities - expendable funds at cost (market value 19110 - 24,849; 1907 - 23.421) Accounts receivable Accrued Interest Inventories Prepaid expenses 24, 534 23,232 3,837 3,070 851 915 1,195 765 475 87 30,892 28,069 ivbslihcnLs - or ldowcd funds at cost (note 2) (market value 198U - 17,478; 19B7 - 15,069) 17,047 14,613 i.mt : (note 3) l.i nd 6,7b4 6,764 uind Iraprovomi ?nts 7,528 7,227 llu Mill np, s and installed equipment 150,445 146,742 furniture and equipment 77,908 67,881 Const ruct l on in progress 16,056 15,073 Library and ai n collection 27,631 25,487 286,332 269,174 33.4.271 311.356 Accounts payable and accrued charges n,*n; 11 ,38U Deferred revenue 1 .030 1 .832 13,542 13,212 Short-term notes 2,581 Leases payable (note 4) 21 ,857 19,155 Mortgages payable (note 5) 4,847 4,888 Loan payable (note 6) 997 1 .003 27,701 27,b87 Expendable funds balances: Appropriated - Operating 3,720 1 ,980 - Ancillary enterprises 268 251 Unappropriated - Operating (307) 639 - Ancillary enterprises 123 (53) - Plant 1,240 382 - Trust - awards, and other 8,612 7,388 - sponsored research 8,414 7,579 22,070 18,166 Endowed funds balance 17,047 14,613 Investment in plant assets 253,911 238,178 314^1 3l_l_,836 Statement 2 1 0. Commitments The University entered into a computer operating lease for $3,900,000 over three years at uniform monthly payments. At the termina- tion of the lease in August 1 988, the equipment will revert to the lessor. Costs to complete major capital projects are estimated to be $3,100,000 and will be sup- ported by government grants, gifts and University resources. The University has committed itself to membership in the Canadian Universities Reciprocal Insurance Exchange (CURIE) for public liability and property insurance. CURIE as a pooling of risks by its university members. All members pay annual premiums that are actuarially determined and would be subject to further assessment should premiums or reserves be insufficient to cover losses not reinsured. 1 1 Comparative Figures Certain of the 1987 figures have been re- classified to conform with the presentation adopted in 1988. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN APPROPRIATED EXPENDABLE FUNDS BALANCES YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1988 (in thousands of dollars) Balance Returned Created Balance beginning to fund this nrwl nf of year balance fiscal year vear OPERATING Major repairs and renovations in progress 362 362 1,174 1,174 Equipment and supplies 1,518 1,518 2,396 2,396 Self-Insured losses 100 4 54 150 um 1 ,884 3.624 3.720 ANCILLARY ENTERPRISES Future expenditures and c ontlngencies: University Centre 268 2 Supplement to At Guelph, Oct. 19, 1988. Statement 3 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES YEAR ENDED APRIL 30. 1988 (with comparative figures for the year ended April 30, 1987) (in thousands of dollars) Expendable Funds Endowed funds Trust Ancillary Awards , other 4 Sponsored Opera ting enterpri SfcS Plant adminis itered research 1988 1987 1988 1987 1938 1987 1988 1987 1988 1937 income and other additions: Ministry of Colleges and Universities grants - General operating 80,218 76,572 80,218 70,572 Municipal tax 816 618 816 618 Capital and renovations. 13 674 2,347 4.226 2,360 4,900 Excellence fund 3,856 3,406 3,856 3,40b Special programs 1,035 1,035 85,938 81,270 2,347 4,226 88,285 85,496 Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food - Food animal health grant 3,600 3,000 3,600 3,000 Research and services contract (note 8) 28,253 26,178 28,253 26.178 Student academic and service fees 19,105 18,499 19,105 18,499 Housing, food and other operations 21,830 19,778 21,830 19,778 Interest 2,265 1,733 487 359 2,752 2,092 1,347 1,314 Research grants and contracts 25,072 22,465 25,072 22,465 Miscellaneous 6,663 5,529 1,167 872 7,830 6,401 Other grants and gifts 1,126 5,232 8,728 7,658 9,854 12,890 1,986 461 145,824 136,209 21,830 19,778 4,640 10,330 9,215 8,017 25,072 22,465 206,581 196,799 3,333 1,775 Expenses and other deductions (note 8): Academic 88,025 82,609 23,215 21,471 111,240 104,080 Academic services 21,707 18,800 141 117 323 210 22,171 19,127 Student services and awards 4,404 4,372 13,805 12,242 833 793 60 39 19,102 17,446 General administration 7,936 7,649 131 109 300 194 8,367 7,952 Information services and alumni affairs 2,481 2,412 2,481 2,412 Physical plant 18,643 18,161 8,225 7,301 5,802 9,944 225 187 515 334 33,410 35,927 Other 1,268 682 702 1,347 1,198 3,508 3,271 6,805 5,171 144,464 134,003 22,712 20,245 7,149 11,142 4,838 4,477 24,413 22,248 203,576 192,115 Net change in year before transfers 1,360 2,206 (882) (467) (2,509) (812) 4,377 3,540 659 217 3,005 4,684 3,333 1,775 Transfers (566) (205) 1,075 3,367 1,256 (3,153) (331) 176 174 899 894 (899) (894) Net change in vear 794 2,001 193 (467) 658 444 1,224 3,209 835 391 3,904 5,578 2,434 881 Fund balance, beginning of year - unappropriated 639 208 (53) 443 382 (62) 7,388 4,179 7.579 7,188 15,935 11,956 14,613 13,732 1,433 2,209 140 (24) 1,240 382 8,612 7,388 8,414 7,579 19,839 17,534 17,047 14,613 Appropriations: 401 Returned to fend balance 1,884 317 110 84 (3,624) (1,887) (127) (113) (3.751) (2,000) Fund balance, end of year - unappropriated (307) 639 123 £53) 1.240 382 8,612 7,388 8.414 7.579 _,18jQ02 15.935 17,047 14,613 Accountants’ Report Statement 4 Our examination of the financial statements of the University of Guelph for the year ended April 30, 1988, was made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements referred to in our auditors' report to the Governor of the University of Guelph dated July 8, 1988. Schedules 1 to 5 are provided for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements. This infor- mation has not been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the examination of the basic financial statements and accordingly we do not express an opinion on the fair presenta- tion of the information referred to above. Chartered Accountants. STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT IN PLANT ASSETS YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1988 (with comparative figures for the year i ended Aprl l 30, 1987) (in thousands ol : dollars) 1988 1987 Investment was increased by: Plant asset acquisitions from - Operating fund 6,703 5,894 Ancillary enterprises fund 797 2,954 2 , 930 Plant fund 5,773 16,808 9,944 19,565 Debenture, mortgage and lease payments from - Operating fund 179 Ancillary enterprises fund 311 706 186 365 Internal financing payments from (note 9) - Operating fund 127 251 Ancillary enterprises fund 115 715 Plant fund 379 621 18,135 20,645 Investment was decreased by: Write down of furniture 2,402 2,749 and equipment Net change 15,733 17,896 Investment, beginning of year 238,178 220,282 Investment, end of year 253,911 238,178 Schedule 1 SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES BY OBJECT Expendable Funds comparative figures for the year ended April 30, 1987) (in thousands of dollars) Ancillary Plant Awards, other 4 administered Sponsored research Total 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 1986 Salaries 100,912 96,003 6,126 5,531 1,354 1,219 11,569 11,073 119,961 113.826 Benefits Total personnel costs 614 545 102 78 734 675 13,727 12,684 113,189 107,389 6,740 6,076 1,456 1,297 12,303 11.748 133,688 126,510 Travel 1,710 1,487 150 172 508 426 2,085 1,749 4,453 3,834 Operating expenses 19,932 17,498 11,553 10,633 1,687 1,348 7,425 6,434 40,597 35,913 Renovations and repairs 1,795 835 1,068 837 29 187 2,892 1,859 Debt retirement - principal 273 251 364 322 690 506 1.327 1,079 - interest 46 31 1,430 1,338 657 505 2,133 1,874 29 70 845 Municipal taxes 816 618 833 833 793 Student awards Plant asset acquisitions - Equipment 4,436 3,506 818 404 301 53 585 28 2,600 2,317 8,155 2,154 6,812 2,255 Library books Buildings Other 166 161 275 311 82 5,773 9,944 6,214 285 10,416 82 144,464 134.003 22.712 20.245 LdM 4.477 22.248 203.576 J92-U5 Supplement to At Guelph, Oct. 19, 1988. 3 Schedule 2 SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES FOR CONTRACT RESEARCH. EDUCATION AND SERVICES Schedule 4 FOR THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1988 (with comparative figures for the year ended April 30, 1987) Cin thousands of dollars) SCHEDULE OF MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS APRIL 30, 1988 (in thousands of dollars) General operating Personnel costs Travel expenses Equipment Total Book Market 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 value value_ Ontario Agricultural College 11,214 10,619 123 124 2,058 1,779 484 209 13,879 12,731 Bank position (1,427) (1,427) Ontario Veterinary College 3,231 2,860 21 19 449 487 135 83 3,836 3,449 Deposit receipts and guaranteed investment College of Arts 69 72 5 4 74 76 certificates 23,353 23,793 College of Family and Wood Gundy investment account 14,743 15,174 Consumer Studies 53 61 1 7 5 6 7 66 74 Other investments 103 103 College of Biological Science 470 488 8 2 171 98 99 24 748 612 government of Canada bonds 3,129 3,004 College of Social Science 44 52 6 4 1 9 16 9 67 74 Common shares - Guelph Golf and Recreation Club 1,680 1,680 College of Physical Science 51 70 13 7 5 64 82 4LJ.81 42.327 School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education 353 297 10 5 277 237 640 539 Composed of: Guelph Equine Research 52 45 8 7 44 16 44 148 b8 Expendable funds 24,534 24,849 Endowed funds 17,047 17,473 Ponsonby Research Station 50 80 34 84 80 41.581 42.327 Director of Research Services 184 84 12 24 79 26 32 53 307 187 Research station O.A.C. 500 528 4 1 287 281 5 796 810 16.221 15,176 1|2 m 3,641 3.029 m 390 20,709 18,782 Management fee 7,544 7,396 28.253 26.178 Schedule 3 SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES FOR ANCILLARY ENTERPRISES YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1988 (with comparative figures for the year ended April 30, 1987) (in thousands of dollars) Guelph International Real Estate Development Residence Divis Consultan ts Inc. Management 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 Income 3 48 68 8,711 8,177 Expenses: Personnel 223 220 1,491 1,333 Institutional charges 3 3,183 3,041 Operating expenses 163 176 209 180 Food and beverage Travel 1 3 86 123 Plane asset acquis! Cions 16 7 Renovations and repairs 6 l Taxes — — — — 66 170 195 528 529 7,527 6,336 Mortgage payments Lease payments 1,097 Loan repayments 327 193 1,794 1,660 Total expenses 170 195 528 529 9,321 7,996 Net change in year (167) (195) (480) (461) (610) 181 Transfers 1,067 Fund balance, beginning of year - unappropriated (195) — (587) (126) 277 96 Transfers (to) from (362) (195) Nil (587) (333) 277 appropriated surplus Fund balance, end of year - unappropriated (195) (587) (333) 277 Food Services Parking London House University Centre Tot al 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 9,490 8,356 670 456 53 43 2,855 2,678 21,830 19,778 3,814 3,370 99 90 3 2 1,110 1,061 6,740 6,076 535 504 125 123 274 269 4,120 3,937 584 385 94 78 26 22 507 414 2,649 2,312 4,077 3,706 707 678 4,784 4,384 17 13 1 3 5 1 22 13 150 172 107 471 288 90 1 4 110 84 1,378 129 53 39 7 46 48 1,068 837 5 4 29 70 9,263 8,502 607 423 47 33 2,776 2,567 20,918 18,585 370 370 1,097 1,097 327 193 1,794 1,660 9,263 8,502 607 423 47 33 2,776 2,567 22,712 20,245 227 (146) 63 33 6 10 79 111 (882) (467) 8 1,075 (84) 62 359 326 59 49 118 36 (53) 443 143 (84) 422 359 65 59 205 147 140 (24) (17) (29) (17) (29) 143 422 m 65 52 188 118 Schedule 5 SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS YEAR ENDED APRIL 30. 1988 (with comparative figures for the year ended April 30, 1987) (in thousands of dollars) .Expendable Funds Endowed Funds Ancillary enterprises Trust Operati Plant Awards, other 6 administered Sponsored Transfer to capital: Biology extension Other support Land acquisition Campaign funds (200) (147) (53) (200) (80) (53) 1988 500 357 53 2,457 1987 500 497 53 206 1988 (300) (210) (2,457) 1987 (300) (417) (206) 1988 1987 1988 1987 1988 1987 Transfers from awards: Scholarships and awards Other 25 951 128 (25) (951) (128) Transfers to ancillary enterprises (1,075) 1,075 Other transfers (67) 67 Endowment income 723 176 174 176 174 (899) (819) (894) (894) -(566) (20|) 1.075 Nil 3,367 ^256 (3.153) 899 m University ^Tt UELPH 4 Supplement to At Guelph, Oct. 19, 1988. Briefly Courses Media training workshop offered Computing Services opens doors Computing Services is open to visitors this week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in its new location off Trent Lane behind the Fire Hall. Everyone is welcome to drop by to see the newly renovated area and talk to CS staff about the services they provide. The open house ends with a two-day workstation demonstration Oct. 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A number of vendors will be on hand to display their equipment, provide an overview of the workstation technology available and discuss individual application needs. The vendors scheduled to attend are Apple, Apollo, DEC, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Silicon Graphics, Sony and Sun Microsystems. OVC seminar series The OVC seminar series continues Oct. 28 with Dr. Michael Leib ofVirginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine discussing "An Overview of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Dog and Cat.” The seminar begins at 12:10 p.m. in Room 508, Clinical Studies building. Help yourself The Self-Help Centre and the Counselling and Student Resource Centre are offering a variety of workshops and information sessions this fall. The series begins Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. with the “Art of Listening,” followed Oct. 25 by a noon-hour information session on stress. The stress session will be repeated Dec. 1. On Oct. 27, an infor- mation session on "Adult Children of Alcoholics" begins at 4:30 p.m. Three workshops are scheduled in November, all beginning at noon — the “Art of Assertiveness” Nov. 1, “Stagefright” Nov. 3 and “Procrastination — The Thief of Time” Nov. 17. All sessions are 1 1/2 hours long and are in Room 318 in the University Centre. Surplus sales The Department of Computing and Information Science has 30 used VT100 terminals for sale, as well as several Volker Craig and LA34 terminals. For more information, contact Tony van Roon in Room 1 07, Reynolds building, Ext. 6407. Activity funds available The University’s intercollege activities fund provides some financial support for academic activities on campus that involve faculty and students from two or more colleges. This could include symposiums, seminars or visiting speakers. The level of funding depends on the complexity and duration of the activity, the number of participants and the possible benefits for research and education at the University. Requests to the fund should describe the rele- vance of the activity, the budget and other sources of funding. Deadline for applications is Oct. 3 1 , with awards to be announced Nov. 25. Applications forms are available from the Office of Research, Ext. 3082. Thomson collection tour The Guelph Arts Council has arranged a bus tour to visit the Ken Thomson private collection in Toronto Nov. 1 7. The bus teaves at 5: 1 5 p.m. Space is limited. Tickets are $20 and are on sale at the arts council office, 10B Carden St. For more information, call 836-3280. Fun for Halloween Guelph’s Funland Band will perform a special Halloween concert Oct. 30 at 1 and 3 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. Children coming in costume could win a prize. Tickets are $6.50 and are available at the University Centre box office. Proceeds from the concert will go to the Children’s Fund of Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County. Salmonella seminar Dr. Kakambi Nagaraja of the University of Minnesota will present a seminar on "Outer Membrane Proteins in Prophylactic Vaccines for Salmonella” Oct. 27 at 1:30 p.m. at the Health of Animals Laboratory, 110 Stone Rd. W. Computers on display The Computing Services microcomputer pur- chase plan is hosting a display of Zenith com- puters Oct. 1 8 and 1 9 from 1 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Centre courtyard. Volunteers sought Parents aged 60 and over and their adult children are being sought for a study on normal family relations by Profs. Marshall Fine and Joan Norris, Family Studies. An expense stipend of $ 1 00 will be provided. For information, call Ext. 8746 between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. A honey of a sale The Apiculture Club will be selling honey and beeswax candles Oct. 1 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Centre courtyard. ICS building renamed The ICS building, which houses the Department of Computing and Information Science and the Office of Research, has been renamed the J.B. Reynolds building. James Benson Reynolds became the University’s first physicist when he was appointed assistant to the resident master of OAC in 1893. He taught both physics and English in the college and served as its president from 1920 to 1928. Art tour and talk Nancy Paterson, curator of video and electronic art at Toronto’s A Space, will give a talk and tour of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre exhibition “Guerilla Tactics” Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. Pianist performs The featured performer in the Department of Music’s Thursday noon-hour concert OcL 20 is pianist Robert Silverman of Vancouver. Program I at 12:10 p.m. in Room 107, MacKinnon building, will consist of “Sonata in D Major,” K.V. 3 1 1 , by Mozart and “Prelude, Chorale and Fugue” by Cesar Franck. Program II at 1:10 p.m. will feature Chopin’s “Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor,” Op. 30, “Ballade No. 3 in A Flat Major,” Op. 47, “Nocturne in D Flat Major,” Op. 27/2, “Bacarolle,” Op. 60, and "Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor,” Op. 31. The Oct. 27 concert will feature Trio Arabesque, with soprano Kerry-Anne Kutz, flutist Heather Howes and guitarist Paul Harrison. Their first program will feature “Under the Greenwood Tree” by T. Ame, “Sympathy Recollection” by Haydn, “Sonata” by E.G. Baron, “Hemmet den Eifer, Verbannet die Rache” by G.P. Telemann and Mozart’s "Oiseaux, si tous les ans, "Gesellenreise” and "Der Zauberer." Their second program will consist of “Nine Sephardic Songs,” arranged by Manuel Vails, “Romanza Andaluza” by P. de Sarasate, “Five Quiet Songs" by J. Duarte, “Toccata” by H. Freedman, “L’amour de moi,” arranged by S. Leclerc and “C’est un garcon" by M.L. Hammond, arranged by S. Leclerc. Admission to the concerts is free. Downtown studio tour Artists and artisans in Guelph present their annual walking tour of their downtown craft studios Oct. 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information and maps are available at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. What’s on at The Arboretum The Arboretum’s fall series of Sunday afternoon walks continues Oct. 23 with “Deer, Deer” and Oct. 30 with “Witch’s Cauldron." Designed for families, the naturalist-led walks leave from The Arboretum Nature Centre at 2 p.m. On Oct. 28 at 7 p.m., The Arboretum’s Gosling Wildlife Garden Program and Aldon Farms of Belwood are sponsoring “Gourmet Delights for Birds, a session on how to make up seed mixtures that will attract your favorite birds to your feeder. Registration is required at Ext. 3932. Counselling available The Marriage and Family Therapy Centre in the Department of Family Studies offers pro- fessional counselling on marital, family, sexual and relationship issues. For information or an appointment, call Ext 6335. Candidates meet The Guelph Status of Women Action Group is sponsoring an all-candidates meeting Oct. 20 for candidates of both the municipal and federal elections. Discussion will focus on women's issues, including housing. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at 239 Bristol St. At some point in their career, faculty and administrative staff on campus may find themselves the subject of a media interview. Whether they’re being asked to explain their research to a newspaper reporter, represent the University in front of a camera or defend their point of view on radio, they need good communication skills to gel their point across while answering the reporter’s questions. On Nov. 3, the Personnel Department, in co- operation with Public Relations and Information, will offer a media training workshop to help faculty and staff acquire the skills they need to present themselves through the media. Similar workshops held in past years have been well received by the participants. People from all walks of life have discovered the pleasures of rural living. And many have made the transition from city-dweller to part- time farmer with help from U of G’s program of Saturday courses in applied agriculture. Specifically designed for beginners and small-scale operators, these courses provide the practical knowledge and skills that spell success for those who dream of “living off the land.” Recognizing that even small farming oper- ations are big business, the Division of Con- tinuing Education has added a new course this fall in farm financial management. Maintaining a healthy orchard or an efficient rabbitry may be the first step toward financial success, but an understanding of farm financial data and the ability to make sound business decisions can be the deciding factor. These are the skills parti- cipants will acquire in “Farm Management: A Financial Perspective," offered for the first time If given the chance, the generations have a great deal to offer each other. Seniors serving as tutors in elementary or secondary schools, children participating in care centres in homes for the aged, youths and seniors volunteering within the community — such examples of intergener- ational sharing and caring provide benefits to all. "Young and Old Together,” a conference on the current state of intergenerational pro- gramming in Ontario to be held Nov. 3 and 4 on campus, will explore ways of stimulating opportunities for effective interaction between the generations. The organizers of successful programs involving seniors and children will discuss current issues and provide practical information based on their own experiences. Workshop topics include “Empowering Youth and Senior Volunteers,” “Unravelling the There is no single approach to teaching adults. To be effective, instructional techniques must be matched with learning needs. Educators must respond to changing circumstances by continually assessing the effectiveness of their programs. They must also keep pace with the latest approaches to adult learning. To help them, the Division of Continuing Education is presenting “Perspectives on Adult Learning,” a series of workshops on adult education. On Nov. 8 and 9, Prof. Ab Moore, Department of Rural Extension Studies, will discuss instructional techniques in adult education, providing an overview of teaching styles and instructional media for adult educators. Moore has a background in the administration of university audio-visual departments and teaching-learning improvement units. Needs assessment and program evaluation will be discussed Nov. 29 and 30 by Prof. Don Blackburn, also of the Department of Rural Extension Studies. He is the author of The Instructor Patricia Adams, president of a Toronto-based communications consulting firm, will lead the workshop members through a series of group discussions and team projects, followed by analyses and evaluations of videotaped presentations. Participants will learn how media interviews are conducted, what reporters want from an interview and how taprepare for an interview to get their message across while providing the reporter with a good story. The one-day workshop from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will be held in Room 103, University Centre. Enrolment is limited. To register, call Ext. 3059 or 6598. O Nov. 19. Also offered Nov. 1 9, “Buying Rural Property” is designed for urbanites contemplating a move into a rural area. Five experts in law, land appraisal, surveying, soil science and farm business management will prepare participants for the realities of buying and maintaining farmland. People who already own acreage can benefit from maintenance courses that provide infor- mation on harvesting a woodlot Oct. 29 and caring for an orchard or building a farm pond, both on Nov. 5. The University’s popular course on introductory beekeeping will be held Nov. 12 and 19. All courses run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There are no academic entrance requirements, and reduced fees are offered for couples. For more information, call Continuing Education at ExL 3956. O Generation Gap,” "Multicultural Ontario — Preserving Heritage and Family History," “Francophone Ontario — Relations Across Generations” and “Lifelong Learning.” Participants may also choose to focus on programming that is specific to particular settings, including the community, schools and recreation centres. The conference is sponsored by the Ministry of Community and Social Services and hosted by the Department of Family Studies and the Division of Continuing Education. It will be of benefit to educators, recreation personnel, gerontologists, representatives from community service organizations and others dealing with children and the aged. Some workshops will be conducted in French for francophone participants. For registration information, call Continuing Education at Ext. 3956. O Extension Handbook and more than 150 publications on adult education. Future sessions will focus on adult learners on campus (Jan. 1 0 and 1 1 ), the learning-disabled adult (Feb. 16 and 17) and marketing adult education (April 19 and 20). For registration information, call Continuing Education at Ext 3956. O Art centre open house The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre will hold its annual open house Oct. 23 from 1 to 5 p.m. Coinciding with the event is the opening week- end of the exhibition “Guerilla Tactics.” Two artists represented in the show, David Rokey and Juan Geuer, will be on hand at 2 p.m. to discuss their work, along with the show’s organizer, Nancy Paterson. For children aged 5 to 12, workshops will run every half hour from 1:30 to 4 p.m. exploring the world of Alice in Wonderland. AT GUELPH/Oct. 19, 1988 5 A rural lifestyle takes skill Teaching programs for adults must be specialized Young and old have much to offer each other Inside Guelph by Ann Middleton New thrusts in research and teaching make the Department of Botany an exciting place to work and study, says department chair Prof. Derek Bewley. In the past two and a half years, the undergraduate program has been re- designed, research grants have increased dramatically and four new faculty have been added to the department. Two new adjunct appointments have also been made. “Our philosophy is to bring in people who can interact in several areas of research strength,” Bewley says. “In this way, the department can form cohesive research groups and more ably attract funding and graduate students." It’s an approach that promises consider- able success. Research funding for the department in 1984 (when it was still combined with Molecular Biology and Genetics) was $340,000. In 1987/88, it is well over $700,000. These figures do not include research projects conducted jointly with faculty in other departments. Graduate scholarships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Ontario Graduate Scholar- ships have increased, and the number of graduate students has grown from 1 1 to 29 over a two-year period. Research thrusts of the department include plant physiology, morphology, ecology, anatomy and systematics. A brief description of faculty research interests follows: • Bewley is studying the regulatory processes that control the development and germination of seeds. He is particularly interested in the role drying plays during the final stages of seed maturation in suppressing the genes for developmental proteins and switching on germination genes. Related to this is a project (conducted in corvjviucvion vjwVv researchers from the Department of Crop Science and Agricul- ture Canada) that is producing superior embryos from vegetative tissues of alfalfa, rather than through the normal reproductive (pollination) process. The superior embryos currently exhibit deficiencies in their ability to synthesize storage proteins. The researchers are seeking the cellular and molecular basis of this problem. Bewley is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, president of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists and chair of the NSERC plant biology selection committee. • Judith Hilliker’s research involves taxonomic studies of members of the sunflower and snapdragon families in North and South America. Plant geography and data from vegetative and flora morphology, chromosomes, anatomy and scanning electron microscope studies of plant parts are used to determine the taxonomic limits of species and genera. Modifications of floral ontogeny in closely related species and genera are studied to provide evidence about diversification in floral forms. • Joe Gerrath’s interest in the green algal group, the desmids, takes him to the lakes of Haliburton and Muskoka, where he is doing baseline studies on the algal com- munity. He is also studying the structure of tropical desmid communities from Sierra Leone and Ghana (he recently described a new African species) and Queensland, Australia. • John Greenwood is an NSERC university research fellow studying the occurrence and roles of storage proteins in the inner bark of overwintering trees. Manipulation of these proteins may lead to increased growth and yield as well as increased resistance to insect pathogens and environ- mental stress in tree species of economic importance. Greenwood is also interested in the cellular mechanisms involved in the syn- thesis, transport and accumulation of storage proteins and phytic acid in deve- loping seeds. • Roger Horton is a physiologist who works with aquatic and amphibious plants that have adapted to life on land and under water. In one study, Horton’s work takes him through ditches and ponds where aquatic buttercups adapt to flooding by producing an ethylene gas that triggers elongation growth so that the flower con- tinues to sit on top of the water. Studies of this nature are providing new ideas on how plant growth is regulated. • Doug Larson looks at the survival of plants in hostile environments. Just as some people love winter, some plants not only tolerate cold, heat, drought and starvation — they thrive in these conditions. Larson and his graduate students experience hostile environments themselves as they hang from cliff faces trying to collect specimens. They examine the physiological characteristics and population biology of these plants to understand the plants’ biological responses to hostile and unproductive environments. • Annette Nassuth, a new member of the department, uses the latest techniques of molecular biology to discover how plant diseases develop. She is examining wheat streak mosaic virus, a disease of cereal crops. Damage to winter wheat, in parti- cular, ranges from insignificant reductions in yield to complete crop failure. Nassuth intends to study the host plant reaction to infection and the process of virus replication more closely with the aid of plant protoplasts. She hopes to eventually engineer a virus-resistant wheat. • Ann Oaks, research professor, joins the plant physiology team in July 1989. Her research concerns the molecular and physiological aspects of nitrogen assimi- lation during early seedling growth. Current focus is on identification of the reason for greater nitrogen-use efficiency in C4 cereals like com, sorghum and sugar cane than in C3 cereals, which include barley, oats and wheat. Oaks is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and is a recipient of a gold medal from the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists for her contributions to research. • Larry Peterson studies symbiotic asso- ciations between micro-organisms and plant roots. He is particularly interested in mycorrhizae — associations between fungi and roots of forest and crop species. Various microscopical and analytical techniques are used to study the interaction at the cellular level. Peterson is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and president of the Canadian Botanical Association. • Usher Posluszny is interested in the development and evolutionary relationships of flowers of marine and freshwater plants, and also the development of shoots, leaves and flowers in the grape family. He is editor of the Canadian Botanical Association Bulletin. His research group includes Terrence Walters, a postdoctoral fellow recently arrived from the Selby Botanical Garden in Florida, who will be studying isoenzymatic variation in grape cultivars. Also involved in the grape research is environmental biology professor Peter Kevan, an adjunct professor of botany, known for his work on floral and pollen biology, and particularly for his knowledge on floral shape and color. • Wilf Rauser’s work on the reaction of plants to heavy metals has important implications for the rehabilitation of mining areas and the reduction of metals in the food chain. He has found that the roots of some grasses have the ability to detoxify metals such as cadmium, copper, nickel and zinc by binding them through specific novel proteins within the cells. • Richard Reader’s research covers a broad scope in a tiny world. He looks at micro- climates on indentations on slopes. These hollows may not be big enough to slow down a hiker, but their plant and animal populations are dramatically different from surrounding terrains. He is trying to determine the relative importance of microclimate (caused by exposure to sun, wind and rain) and the interactions between different plants and between plants and animals in the ultimate combination of species in these environments. Seated, left to right: Profs. Usher Posluszny, Derek Bewley, Judith Hilliker and John Greenwood. Standing: Profs. Hubert Lue-Kim, Roger Horton, Steven Stewart, Dave Smith, Doug Larson, Wilf Rauser, Richard Reader, Joe Gerrath and Annette Nassuth. Photo by David Thomas, PRI Department of Botany staff, front row, left to right: Carol Pratt, Mary Garriock, Joyce Buck, Jane Rigby, Joan Krochko, Lewis Melville, Lesley Smith and Shelley Obbard. Back row: Jim Fazekas, Sherry Hall, Melanie Chapel, Sharon Lackie, Cobi Demmers, Eileen Johnson, Carole Ann Lacroix, Allan Anderson and Malinda Hovingh. Photo by David Thomas, PRI Research associate Terrence Walters. Photo by Ken Jinde, Zoology Prof. Larry Peterson Photo by Ken Jinde, Zoology Technician Cameron Ackerley. Photo by Ken Jinde, Zoology Research associate Uta Matthes-Sears. Photo by Ken Jinde, Zoology • Dave Smith works on the effects of disturbances such as forest fires, herbicides and oil spills on natural vegetation from southern Ontario to the high Arctic. He looks at the mechanisms and natural pro- cesses that allow vegetation to recover from these disturbances. • Steven Stewart, a new faculty member, has just completed a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University, where he looked at the genetic aspects of population distri- bution. By studying the genetic makeup of a plant, he can see how that plant lives where it does. Stewart determines the gene sequences by cutting up the DNA from a whole series of plants, then matches gene patterns to locations. O 6 AT GUELPH/Ocl 19,1988 Coming events WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Concert - Marty Putz, noon, UC courtyard. OEP Seminar - "Electronic Grading,” noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - -UNIX vs DOS vs OS/2,” noon, Computing Services seminar room. Seminar - “Self-Organization in the Nervous System: General Remarks,” Peter Erdi, 2 p.m., MacKinnon 224. Cycling Club - Puslinch Lake, 29 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre - Annual General Meeting, 7:30 p.m.; “Lawren Harris and Lake Superior,” Megan Bice, 8:30 p.m., lecture room, second floor. THURSDAY, Oct. 20 Pathology Seminar - “Morphometric Analysis of the Canine Colon: An Approach to Objective Criteria for the Diagnosisof Colitis,” M. Spinato, 11:10 a.m.. Pathology 220. Concert - Robert Silverman, piano, noon, MacKinnon 107, free. Seminar - “Self-Organization in the Nervous System: Some Models,” Peter Erdi, 3 p.m., MacKinnon 224. Workshop - “The Art of Listening," 4 to 5:30 p.m., UC 318. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5:10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Oct. 21 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - “Membrane and Myofibril Function in Furazolidone-Induced Cardio- myopathy,” Sami Qureshi, 1 1:50 a.m., Pathology 145. SATURDAY, Oct. 22 Continuing Education - “Intermediate Lotus 1-2-3,” 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., register at Ext. 3956/7. Art Exhibition - “Guerilla Tactics,” noon to 5 p.m., Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, continues to Nov. 20. Football - Guelph vs Western, 2 p.m., Alumni Stadium, $6 general, $2 for students. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. SUNDAY, Oct. 23 Cycling Club - Belwood Lake, 50 miles, 10 a.m., UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 10:10a. m.,PeterClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre - Annual Open House, 1 to 5 p.m. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, “Deer, Deer," 2 p.m., Arboretum Nature Centre. MONDAY, Oct. 24 Red Cross - Blood Donor Clinic, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Peter Clark Hall. Seminar - “Brain — Mind — Computer: Towards a Synthetic Approach,” Peter Erdi, 3 p.m., MacKinnon 1 19. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. TUESDAY, Oct. 25 OEP Discussion - “Doing the Impossible: Evaluating Writing in Large Classes,” noon, MacNaughton 222. Our World - “Canadian Crossroads Inter- national — The Experience," 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m., UC 335. Physics Colloquium - “Incommensurate Fluctuations in Crystals: Superspace Groups,” Minoru Fujimoto, 4 p.m., MacNaughton 1 13. CUSO - Information Meeting, 7:30 p.m., UC 441. Concert - Gala Concert in Honor of President Brian Segal, 8: 1 5 p.m., Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, $10 general, $8 students and seniors. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Computing Seminar - “Database Review," noon, Computing Services seminar room. OEP Seminar - “HiResolution Solutions,” noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Biochemistry Seminar - “Relaxin: Enigmatic Protean Hormone,” David Porter, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. Art Tour & Talk — “Guerilla Tactics," 2 p.m., Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Seminar - “Structural and Kinetic Aspects,” Peter Erdi, 3 p.m., MacKinnon 1 16. Cycling Club - Hespeler (novice ride), 25 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. THURSDAY, Oct. 27 Board of Governors - Meeting, 1 0 a.m., Branion Room, Animal Science/Nutrition. Pathology Seminar - "Investigation of the Causes of ‘Sudden Death Syndrome’ in Turkeys,” M. Boulianne, 1 1:10 a.m.. Pathology 220 . Concert - Trio Arabesque, soprano, flute and guitar, noon, MacKinnon 107. Seminar - "Possible and Impossible Forms: Between Art and Science,” Peter Erdi, 3 p.m., MacKinnon 224. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5:10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Oct. 28 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - "Correlation of Heart Rate and the Calcium Sequestration Rate of Cardiac Homogenates,” Janice Gray, 1 1:50 a.m., Patho- logy 145. OVC Seminar - “An Overview of Gastrointes- tinal Endoscopy in the Dog and Cat,” Michael Leib, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. SATURDAY, Oct. 29 Continuing Education - “WordPerfect I” and “How to Harvest Your Woodlot,” 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., register at Ext. 3956/7. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. The Faculty Club recently elected its board of directors for 1988/89. Prof. Susan Pfeiffer, School of Human Biology, is the new president, succeeding Prof. Sam Sidlofsky, Department of Sociology & Anthropology. Prof. Phil Sweeny, Microbiology, was elected vice-president. Secretary is Geoffrey Byford of Safety and Security Services, and treasurer is Bob Logan of the library. The club’s representatives to the University Centre’s board are Prof. Gary Frankie, Psycho- “But when I reach October, full contented I shall be, if those with whom I’ve walked through life, shall gather here with me," said the invitation to this year’s annual retirees gathering. Responding were some 500 — the largest number ever — former U of G employees SUNDAY, Oct. 30 Cycling Club - Guelph Line, 35 miles, 10 a.m., UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 10:10a.m.,PeterClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Children’s Series - Funland Band, 1 and 3 p.m., War Memorial Hall. $6.50. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, "Witch’s Cauldron,” 2 p.m., Arboretum Centre. Music - Guelph Youth Orchestra, 3 p.m.. Arboretum Centre, ticket info at 824-2047 or 823-5298. MONDAY, Oct. 31 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 p.m. UC 533. TUESDAY, Nov. 1 Our World - “Reclaiming the Dry Zone,” 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m. UC 335. Physics Colloquium - “New Insight into Protein Structure from Resolution-Enhanced Infrared Spectra," Henry Mantsch, 4 p.m., MacNaughton 113. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OEP Seminar - “Computer Graphics,” noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - “System Development in ‘C’,” noon, Computing Services seminar room. Concert - Toronto Dance Theatre, noon, UC courtyard. OVC Seminar - “Computerized Models in Clinical Teaching," Larry Belbeck, 12:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. Cycling Club - Downey Road (novice ride), 1 7 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Continuing Education - "Confidence and Decision Making,” 7 p.m., four weeks, register at Ext. 3956/7. logy, and Ross Garbig, Office of the Registrar. Prof. Theresa Glanville, Nutritional Sciences, is art director, Prof. John Hubert, Mathematics and Statistics, is house director, and Sandra Webster, Public Relations and Information, is membership director. Other members elected to the board are Prof. John Burton, Animal and Poultry Science; Prof. Peter Kevan, Environmental Biology; and Prof. Bruce Wilkie, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology. O who gathered Oct. 12 in Peter Clark Hall. Among those reminiscing: seated, left, Jim Van Roon (Laundry Services), right, Robert McEwen, (Financial Services), and standing, George Edwards (Financial Services). Pholo by Herb Rauscher, Photographic Services Faculty Club elects board of directors Faculty activities Prof. John Summers, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, has been elected a fellow of the Poultry Science Association. Summers was cited for his "holistic approach to research that has resulted in a new feeding system for poultry." He has authored or co-authored 250 articles for scientific journals and written 60 articles for the popular press. Summers’s work on protein requirements of pullets and their ability to self-select a diet led to a new and economical pullet feeding program. Prof. Larry Schaeffer, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, is the recipient of the J.L. Lush Award in dairy cattle breeding. The award was presented at the annual meeting of the American Dairy Science Association held in Edmonton. Prof. Gordon Macleod, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, has received the Golden Award of the Canadian Feed Industry Asso- ciation for his research and contributions to the feed industry. The award was presented at the association’s annual general meeting held in Newfoundland. Prof. Frank Hurnik, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, has received the Humane Award of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association for his outstanding achievements in the study of animal welfare. The award was presented at the association’s annual meeting in Saskatoon. Prof. Brian Earn, Department of Psychology, has been elected a fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association. Prof. Gene Chu, Department of Fine Art, has been awarded the Anthony Miles Award for his large lithograph “The River” in the annual open juried exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists. Former U of G chancellor Pauline McGibbon opened the show and presented the awards at the Scarborough Civic Centre this summer. Prof. Bill Beamish, Department of Zoology, has received the Great Lakes Fishery Com- mission’s Meritorious Service Award, the highest honor the commission bestows. He was cited for his dedicated service on the commission's board of technical experts and will continue his association with the commission as a member of its Sea Lamprey Advisory Board. Prof. David Piggins, Psychology, recently gave a series of lectures on visual information pro- cessing at the department of physics at the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies in Copenhagen. He also gave a seminar on models in physics and psychology in the school’s department of general psychology. Piggins also spoke at the Light & Color Conference in Comer Brook, Nfld., delivering a paper called “Mindful of Color," and was interviewed by the CBC. Prof. John Burton, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, has been elected president of the Society for International Development, Guelph chapter, for 1988/89, succeeding pro- fessor emeritus John Melby. Prof. Anthony Winson, Department of Sociology & Anthro- pology, is vice-president. Prof. Clive Southey, Department of Economics, is treasurer and Oman Tarawally, a graduate student in the Department of Economics, is secretary. Prof. Neil MacKinnon, Sociology & Anthropology, recently organized two sessions in social psychology and chaired one session at the 83rd annual meeting of the American Sociological Association held in Atlanta. Prof. Mary Rubio, Department of English Language and Literature, and Barbara Conolly, administrator of Canadian Children’s Literature, gave a reading from The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Vol. 2, at the Toronto Press Club for the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers. The reading will be repeated Nov. 30 in War Memorial Hall for the Third Age Learning Program. Prof. David Piggins, Department of Psycho- logy, recently presented the paper “Hogarth’s ‘Satire on False Perspective’ ( 1 754): A Percep- tual Analysis" at the 1 1 th European Conference on Visual Perception, held at the University of Bristol. England. He also collaborated with J.O. Robinson and J. A. Wilson of University College, Cardiff, on a demonstration of “Perceptual Multi-stability.” Prof. Bill Christian, Political Studies, has been elected an academic visitor at the London School of Economics for the winter term 1989 while he is serving as co-ordinator of the London Semester. O AT GUELPH/Oct. 19, 1988 7 Personnel FOCUS report Athletics 9 star stringer Prof. Donald Grieve is acting chair of the Department of Animal and Poultry Science to Aug. 31, 1989, or until a new chair is appointed. Dan Laurence of the Shaw Festival has been renewed as adjunct professor in the Department of Drama. The term is for three years. Francesco Braga has been appointed assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business. Valerie Davidson of Willowdale has joined the School of Engineering as associate professor. Catherine Kerrigan has been appointed assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature. Glenn Penner has been appointed assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Jocelyne Hoff of Guelph has joined Medical Services as staff nurse. Julia Beswick has changed employment from secretary 11 in the Department of Horticultural Science to administrative secretary in the Department of Landscape Architecture. Doreen McDooling has changed employment from administrative secretary to senior accounting clerk in the Adminis- tration Department of Physical Resources. • As of At Guelph deadline Oct. 14, 1988, the following opportunities were available: Nursing Care Administrator, Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Salary range: $28,318 minimum; $35,397 job rate (level 5); $42,476 maximum. Normal hiring range: $28,3 1 8 to $33,273. The following positions were available to on-campus employees only: Secretary to the Chair, Horticultural Science. Salary range: $320.11 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Secretary II, Land Resource Science. Salary range: $320. 1 1 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Alma Mater Fund Assistant, Alumni Affairs and Development. Salary range: $320.11 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Library Assistant I, track 2, Circu- lation/Reserve, Library. Salary range: $29 1 .86 minimum; $338.48 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Library Assistant I, track 1, Science and Veterinary Science, Library. Salary range: $29 1 .86 minimum; $338.48 job rate (level 5); $406.26 maximum. Technician, Population Medicine. Salary range: $437.28 minimum; $505.69 job rate (level 5); $626.99 maximum. Technician, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology. Salary range: $437.28 minimum; $505.69 job rate (level 5); $626.99 maximum. If you ever play hockey or squash on campus, chances are Tony D’Angelo sur- faced the ice you skated on or strung the racquet you rented. D’Angelo has been working in the De- partment of Athletics for 19 years. When he started, he maintained the football field, then inherited more responsibilities over the years. “I wanted to learn and they gave me a chance to do it,” he says. As supervisor of the issuing room, he meets a lot of different people, from mem- bers of intramural teams to individuals who come for a workout. Some of them even play against D’Angelo — he plays squash every day. For Sale: Christmas and all-occasion crafts sale, Nov. 18 to 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 29 Bridlewood Dr., 822-4334. Twin-size box spring and mattress, excellent condition. Ext. 3343 or 822-3230 evenings. Mattem X-ray machine with tilt table and fluoro- scope, all accessories, 416-278-1538. Bam beam, cross-section 15” x 9", 10 feet long, Ext. 2775 or 836-9564 evenings. 1983 Toyota Tercel hatchback, certified, 836- 1258 after 5:30 p.m. Ski carrier; metal wheelbarrow; two snow tires, F-78 x 14”; four radial tires, P205/75 x 15”; 25-foot plastic-coated chain link fence and posts; ski suit, 822-3129. 1986 Hyundai Excel, five- speed, 40,000 km, rust-proofed, Ext. 8308 or 822-9945. For Rent: Three-bedroom house on Koch More than just a player, he is particular about the quality of equipment. In fact, he is a member of the United States Racquet Stringers Association and has his own stringing machine. He has a contract to repair some of the University’s equipment, which he does on his own time. D’Angelo, who came to Canada from Italy more than 30 years ago, worked on construction when the Athletics Centre was being built, so he feels he really knows the place. He thinks the University has good facilities, but he’s looking forward to the new centre. “I look ahead,” he says. “You’ve got to stay on top of things." O Drive, available Dec. 1 6 for up to four years, 836- 1 657 evenings or weekends. Condo on golf course in Venice, Florida, to sublet in January 1989, 82 1 -5658. Storage space in a new barn, 846-8193. Wanted: Furnished house in Guelph area for family of four for January to August 1989, Ext. 3077. Available: Word processing, low prices, fast turnaround, high quality, 822-9945 or 837- 1410. " Personals ” is a free service offered by At Guelph for staff faculty and students at the University. All items must be typed, double spaced, and submitted to At Guelph one week before publication. O Personals ( 1 ) ARCHIVES LlbRARY UNIVERSITY ^G UELPH At Gue lph Volume 32 Number 33 Oct. 26, 1988 Cover: Edward Higgins of Yoder Bros., Inc., Barberton, Ohio, left, and Allen Wass of Yoder Canada in Leamington are surrounded by flowers that brought spring to the the University Centre last week for the annual Canadian Greenhouse Conference. More than 2,100 people — the highest number ever — registered for the event. As part of the conference, Frank Jonkman and Sons Ltd. donated an 18- by 30-foot greenhouse to the University. The benefits of free trade to the greenhouse grower industry are outlined in “Speeches” on page 4. Photo by John Majorossy, Photographic Services Inside: Senate acts on academic plans 1 CUP seeks task force comment 3 Education helps fight against AIDS 5 More United Way winners 6 United Way Senate endorses academic plan Senate endorsed 10 major policy directions Oct. 18 to help the University in its academic planning process. The motions, arising out of the 1988 Strategic Planning Discussion Paper , were presented to Senate by Prof. Ross Hallett, Physics, chair of the Committee on University Planning, after CUP had reworded some of them to reflect senators’ comments at the September meeting. Guelph’s academic governing body: • voted 35 to 18, with nine abstentions, for a faculty staffing plan; • agreed that full-time undergraduate enrolment should not be increased over its present level, except on the short term to meet the Univer- sity’s obligations to society; • reaffirmed the University’s commitment to increasing graduate enrolment over the long term, with an increase in the proportion of students pursuing research graduate degrees at the doctoral level; • requested that the academic vice-president develop ways for introducing greater flexi- bility in the assignment of faculty responsibilities; • asked the academic vice-president to develop and expedite a pilot project based on the AKADEMIA and University College concepts; • recommended that the University introduce a bridging scheme for the hiring of new faculty; • recommended to the president that a senior committee be appointed to oversee staff development; • requested that the president address the issues raised in the report on the status of women and report back to Senate on actions taken; • recommended that the University seek ways to increase the funding allocated to renewal of physical facilities. President Brian Segal, chairing his first U of G Senate meeting, assured senators that the Board of Governors would be briefed on the academic plan before the board began budget deliberations. "Although the board has essentially no authority to discuss academic policy,” he said, “it has asked to be briefed on the academic plan and to have an opportunity to discuss what is in the plan so as to prepare for its own budget deliberations in terms of the allocation process.” Segal said he considered it his role to inform Senate of B of G’s response to the academic plan and to assure that the minutes of B of G meetings are distributed widely. Segal also said he plans to move to a broader-based planning process next year — one that provides lots of opportunity for feedback. Segal also made a strong statement of support to Senate’s request that he address the issues raised in the status of women report. “I take this motion very seriously," he said. The University will be hiring an employment equity co-ordinator, who will receive assistance from a policy and steering committee to be called the Employment and Educational Equity Committee, he said. “We will be working with every department on its hiring practices and implementing a process whereby every department will document aggressive searches for female candidates." Continued on page 2. UNIVERSITY ^G UELPH Financial reporting system on display Financial Services is hosting “FRS Day" Nov. 1 0 in Room 103 of the University Centre to demonstrate its on-line financial reporting system (FRS) to the University community. One-hour presentations at 10a.m., 12:30 and 3 p.m. will provide an introduction to the system, highlight its current features and explain its new capabilities. After each presentation, there will be an informal question-and-answer period. Jim Cooper, manager of Accounting, invites current FRS users to submit suggestions and questions in advance. Cooper says the system, which was fully implemented in May to replace the University’s 15-year-old financial records system, has been a positive initiative for Financial Services and the entire campus. More than 180 staff and faculty in more than 90 departments and units currently have access. “Feedback from new users has consistently been extremely positive,” he says. Based on user feedback. Financial Services is introducing a number of new features to the system. They include new financial analysis/ forecasting screens, a new transaction detail screen and data downloading capability. For more information, call Cooper at Ext. 3452. O ‘One-stop’ conference focuses on research A “one-stop’’ information conference for companies interested in government assistance for strategic research and development is being offered Nov. 14 at The Arboretum. Sponsored by Industrial and Innovation Ser- vices in the Office of Research, the program is designed to shed light on the status of the major federal and provincial programs that affect technology development and university-industry interaction. "Governments continually revise their assis- tance programs for strategic research and development.” says Joe Irvine, business development officer in I&IS. “It’s important that companies have the opportunity to stay abreast of these programs,” he says. Irvine says the conference is a response to many requests from the University’s industrial clients about the nature of government assistance for collaborative research and development. Increased government emphasis on uni- versity-industry interaction and the creation of new technology policies and programs requires corporate managers to continually update their knowledge of relevant government assistance programs, he says. The conference will provide overviews of tax incentives for research and development, explanations of research and development government programs and an opportunity to meet the program managers. For more information, call Irvine at Ext. 6930. O University research featured at Royal U of G will highlight research in seven separate displays at this year’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, to be held Nov. 9 to 20 in the Coliseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto. A central exhibit sponsored by Knob Hill Farms and located next to the Coliseum arena will feature displays on such diverse topics as human health and the conservation of soil and water. The exhibit will include a bicycle progometer for assessing fitness, hands-on games about soil erosion and water quality, and a surgical gown that maximizes comfort for the surgeon while minimizing bacterial transfer between doctor and patient. OVC’s Wild Bird Clinic will exhibit live birds such as an owl, hawk and falcon in a display outlining the clinic’s activities. Veterinary students will give presentations with the birds twice a day on the Foodland Ontario stage. Other animal exhibits include the robotic sow, which was developed by Prof. Frank Humik, Animal and Poultry Science, to help save the lives of newborn piglets, and I.V., the University’s six-month-old test-tube calf. In the Foodland Ontario area, the Department of Food Science will feature the processes of ultrafiltration, which is used in cheese making and wine clarification, and reverse osmosis, which is used in juice concentration and the manufacture of yogurt. Another display in the winter fair’s field crop area will focus on the latest techniques used by the University’s plant biotechnology researchers. A number of faculty, staff and students will perform at the Royal on Nov. 13 in the Guelph Chamber Choir, under the direction of Prof. Gerry Neufeld, Department of Music. O President Brian Segal, left, accepts the first from Bill Palm, president of the ROLM Tele- instalment of a $30,000 gift to The Campaign communications Division of IBM Canada Ltd. Photo by Herb Rauschcr, Photographic Services IBM supports The Campaign The Campaign has received a $30,000 pledge from IBM Canada Ltd., ROLM Telecommuni- cations Division. Bill Palm, president of the ROLM division, presented the first instalment of the gift to President Brian Segal Sept. 29. When making the presentation, Palm noted that ROLM has developed a good relationship with the University in recent years. “Through its ROLM division, IBM Canada is delighted to make this contribution to the future of the University," he said. Segal responded that the University is equally delighted to receive the gift and (hat it applauds ROLM for its commitment to higher education. ROLM, which became part of IBM last January, is a leading supplier of digital business communications systems, with more than 30,000 systems installed worldwide. The largest single installation of a ROLM system in Canada is at U of G. The Campaign has now generated a total of more than $64 million for the University — more than $3 1 million from the private sector and $33 million from government. O ‘Chairman’ on the way out A resolution to authorize the implementation of gender-free language in all University docu- ments will be taken to the Board of Governors by President Brian Segal Oct. 27. The board meets at 10 a.m. in the Branion Room of the Animal & Poultry Science/Nutrition building, after a one-hour tour of facilities in the College of Biological Science. In June 1987, Senate approved in principle a motion to remove all unnecessary sex references and all sex role and sexual stereotyping from official Senate documents. It then referred the motion to the president with a view to remove unnecessary sex references from all University documents. In other business, the board is expected to consider a motion to approve the University Centre’s annual report and to approve revisions to the faculty policy on appeals of selective increase ratings. Members will also be informed of a tender analysis for the athletics facilities building and will be given various status reports. Board meetings are open to the University community. Visitors are asked to contact the University secretariat for a visitor’s card. O AT GUELPH/Oct. 26, 1988 1 Senate summary Senate Continued from page I. Segal said that Guelph, like other universities, is “in the 19th century when it comes to female participation.” He added that he would be back to Senate with a report on changes and that he plans to continue coming back to encourage further change. His comments won Senate applause. College of Arts Dean David Murray said his college is already addressing gender equality. Of the nine recent faculty appointments in the college, eight are women. The status of women report needs more than women to speak up for it, he said. Commenting on the report of the Academic Colleague, Segal briefed Senate on actions being taken by the Council of Ontario Univer- sities (COU) communications committee — which he chairs — to put the issues of higher education on the public agenda. Among them, he highlighted COU sponsorship of secondary school visits across the province (see At Guelph Oct. 12) and future plans for a range of public forums based on information contained in a yet-lo-be released COU report. Universities into the 21st Century. Segal also noted that COU had received the second annual report of the Ontario Commission on Interuniversity Athletics (OCI A). Among the concerns raised by OCIA in its report are drug use and doping control in university sport. There will be a move to more drug testing on campuses, said Segal. OCIA is also concerned about the high performance initiatives program of the Canadian Interuniversily Athletic Union, which is funded by Sport Canada. This program, which proposes to support carded athletics, could have a dis- torting impact on intramural and interuniversity activities, said Segal. It is a matter Senate should be briefed on. he said. Other business In other business, Senate received for infor- mation an executive committee report on academic misconduct for 1987/88. Sixteen cases were referred to college deans. Of these, 13 were found guilty and three not guilty. The majority were penalized with loss of marks. From the striking committee, Senate approved changes to the membership of the Board of Graduate Studies (BGS) and the Committee on Awards. M. Berkmortel joins BGS, replacing K. At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a reduced schedule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy approved by the president of the University. A copy is available on request. Views and opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy, letters to the editor, opinions, news items, speeches, faculty and staff activities, and other submissions are wel- come. Deadline is seven days before date of issue unless otherwise specified. Stories may be reprinted with acknow- ledgment of source. Editorial office: Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre, 519-824-4120, Ext. 3864. Executive editor: Sandra Webster. 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Copeland, and D. Hetmanek will join the Committee on Awards, replacing R. Swidinsky. Senate also received for information a report on changes to Senate membership. K. Copeland, a graduate student in OAC, has resigned, and M. Berkmortel from FACS has been elected to fill Copeland’s place. In BGS business, Senate received for infor- mation a report on additions to graduate and associated graduate faculty as follows: Transfer from provisional to full graduate faculty — Manfred Brauer, Chemistry and Biochemistry. Provisional graduate faculty — Brenda Bonnett and Kerry Lissemore, Population Medicine; D. Dupont, Bruno Larue and C.G. Turvey, Agri- cultural Economics and Business;, Kristie Shappell, Clinical Studies; and S.C. Stewart, Botany. Associated graduate faculty with term — V. Abraham, Carson Foods, Brampton/Food Science; K. Day, Canadian Centre for Toxi- cology/Environmental Biology; PJ. Hansen, department of dairy science. University of Florida/Biomedical Sciences; J.D. MacDougall, school of physical education, McMaster University/Human Biology; and T.P. McTieman, department of renewable resources, the Yukon/University School of Rural Planning and Development. Associated graduate faculty without term — C.R. Harris, Agriculture Canada, London/ Environmental Biology. In other BGS business, Senate approved changes and additions to programs in the departments of Family Studies, Psychology, Population Medicine, Agricultural Economics and Business, Biomedical Sciences, Micro- biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Land Resource Science and Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, and in the University School of Rural Planning and Development. It also approved a collaborative program in plant physiology, a policy on academic misconduct of graduate students and a change in title from “research paper” to “research project” for the new course 3606940 in the Department of Economics. Senate received for information a report on the disposition of student petitions. Thirty-one petitioners requested a hearing by the committee in 1987/88 — the same number as the previous year. Of these, 20 were granted, eight were denied and three were settled by an alternate solution. The majority of the cases were on medical and psychological and compassionate grounds. Senate approved three new awards brought forward by the Committee on Awards: • Cecil H. Franklin Graduate Fellowship in Soil and Water Conservation — an annual graduate award of $5,000, tenable with other Senate awards, to any incoming or in-course M.Sc. or PhD student whose thesis research will focus on aspects of soil or water conser- vation and who has at least a B-plus standing. Previous scholarly activities related to soil or water conservation will be considered. Application must be made to the chair of the Centre for Soil and Water Conservation by April of each year. The selection committee is the BGS awards committee on the recom- mendation of the centre’s executive com- mittee. The donor is Cecil H. Franklin; • Wilda M. Blacklock Award — an annual graduate award of $200, tenable with other Senate awards, to an in-course student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Students will be nominated by graduate faculty members in the department, and the selection committee is the departmental graduate affairs committee. The donor is the Department of Sociology & Anthropology; and • The Sheila Esztelecky Memorial Scholarship — an annual undergraduate award of $500, tenable with other Senate awards, presented to the student who achieves the highest mark in the course 21-317, “Practicum — Child Studies I.” Application is not necessary. The selection committee is the B.A.Sc. awards subcommittee. The donor is Patricia Eton. O Lyn McLeod, Ontario minister of colleges and universities, has launched a review of the mandate of the province’s colleges of applied arts and technology. Called “Vision 2000,” the review will ask the question, “What should the college system look like in the year 2000 and how do we get there from here," says McLeod. A steering committee made up of educators, employers, students, government representatives and other stakeholders will look at the central issues facing the colleges, including the Graduate news The following graduate students have success- fully completed requirements for their PhD programs and will graduate at winter convocation: • Michael Richard Bedford, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, whose thesis title is “The Effect of Dietary Amino Acids on Polyamine Metabolism in the Chick”; • Richard Read Carter, Biomedical Sciences, “Osmotic Pressure, Salivation and Food Intake in Sheep”; • Miguel Dominguez Munoz, Biomedical Sciences, “Gonadol Morphology and Steroidogenesis in Single and Twin Bovine Fetuses"; • Fadi Hassan Karam, Horticultural Science; “Rooting of Roses in Vitro: Root Initiation and Growth"; • Robert Brian Subbings, Biomedical Sciences, Focus The force is with her by David Thomas Susan Halet, one of three new recruits on U of G’s police force, is only the second woman to ever work on the force. But she doesn’t see herself as a pioneer. “People ask me why I applied," she says. "But why not apply if it interests you? You’ll never find out if you don’t take the chance.” Halet says “it’s the job that fits the person and the person that fits the job. It doesn’t matter if it’s a male or female." What’s important for police officers of either sex to have are good communication skills, the ability to assess situations, good powers of observation and the physical stamina to work shifts, she says. Police work is new for Halet, who has worked as a geophysical technician in Alberta, a fitness instructor in the Department of Athletics and a research relationships linking the colleges, schools and universities. • How will the college system sustain its pivotal economic and social role in the 2 1 st century? • Are there better ways to serve and ensure access for Ontario’s many special communi- ties and disadvantaged adults? • Do today's changing economic, social and fiscal realities mean it’s time to move towards a more interdependent education system where students have many clear avenues “Factors Affecting Maturation and Deve- lopment of Bovine Oocytes”; • Albert Zuur Tenga, Horticultural Science, “Responses of Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill, to Ozone in Open-Top Field Chambers and in Laboratory Growth Chambers"; and • Broto Tjipto Margo, Physics, “Molecular Theories of Nematic Liquid Crystals: Bulk and Interface.” The following graduate students have successfully completed requirements for their final D. V.Sc. oral examination and will graduate at convocation next spring: • Susan Mary Cochrane, Clinical Studies, whose major paper is entitled “The Pharmacokinetics of Phenobarbital in the Cat,” and • Cindy Lynn Fries, Clinical Studies, “Modified Enterocystoplasty in the Dog — a Technique of Urinary Diversion.” O Photo by David Thomas. PRI clerk in the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development. “I saw myself doing the things police do, interacting with people,” she says. "I like challenges, and I wanted to do something significant at the University. It’s a great community to work in.” Halet, who has been on the force since April, has no trouble being accepted by the male officers on the force. “I think she’s well received by the department,” says Chief Murray Milson. The first female officer served from 1976 to 1979 after being a dispatcher from 1972 to 1976. Halet, who is just back from the Ontario Police College in Aylmer, was born in Laos and lived in India and the United States before moving with her family to Canada. She has a BA from Queen’s University and a B.Ed. from the University of Calgary. O from which to choose and many different ways to learn? • Is the college system maturing in ways that allow for specialization and co-ordination of programming and resources for the system viewed as a whole? The review will generate a series of construc- tive policy recommendations within the next 12 months, says McLeod. The first policy discussion papers are expected to be distributed in the spring of 1989, with a final report expected by year’s end. O McLeod launches review of college system 2 AT GUELPH/Oct. 26, 1988 Still time to comment on Task Force on Rural Resources The Committee on University Planning (CUP) would like to receive responses to the Task Force on Rural Resources, which was released over the summer months. CUP is now considering the report it commissioned and is expected to submit recommendations to Senate by the end of the year. It is essential to continue debate, says Prof. Walter Kehm, director of the School of Landscape Architecture, who is chair of the task force. The report focuses on the resources area and addresses major issues — multidisciplinary research, a centre of excellence in rural resource studies, a faculty of resource and environmental studies, the restructuring of OAC and a new department consisting of the University School of Rural Planning and Development (USRPD). It is essential that U of G address the major recommendations in this report to allow faculty to come together in the resources area, says Kehm. CUP encourages you to respond in writing by Oct. 31 to the University secretary. Level 4, University Centre. The Task Force on Rural Resources was published in At Guelph June 29, and the executive summary is reprinted below. If you require the full text of the report, At Guelph copies are available from the University secretary at Ext. 2114. Questions may be directed to Kehm at Ext. 3352, to other members of the task force, or to Prof. Ross Hallett, Physics, chair of CUP, at Ext. 3989. Executive summary The field of rural resources, with its profound natural, social and environmental implications, is one of the most significant subject areas the University can address in its strategic planning process. The global need to study the interactions of natural ecosystems with human development needs has been well documented — most recently in the 1987 report Our Common Future, by the World Commission on Environment and Development, which was chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland. The task of sustaining natural environments while meeting human needs is a daunting challenge. The University of Guelph, with its extensive programs in the natural and social sciences, economics, resource management and environmental planning and design, is unique in Canada and is well situated to take major initiatives in the rural resources field. Existing programs require review, and new programs and structures are required if the University is to effectively address the issues posed by sustainable development. The need for people with multidisciplinary backgrounds in resources management has been repeatedly stressed by every invited speaker from the public and private sectors and by written faculty submissions. This need was emphasized at all levels of education, but the opportunity to carry out multidisciplinary research at the graduate level was felt to be essential. Substantial rural resources work has been, and continues to be, carried out at the University at the national and international levels. At a minimum, 45 faculty are concerned with rural resources on a full-time basis and more than 200 have been involved on international projects. Given this substantial amount of activity, it is apparent that the visibility given to this work is inadequate. This lack of visibility, combined with the absence of a focus on the University’s rural resources programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, leads to confusion, unnecessary duplication and unco-ordinated efforts. The need to address these issues through program refinements, new administrative co-ordination initiatives, some academic restructuring and new reward incentives is essential if the University is to progress in this vital subject area. To properly implement a program in rural resources, the following recommendations are made: Undergraduate A special planning committee for undergraduate programs should be established by the Board of Undergraduate Studies. Membership should include representatives from various program committees. One of the important duties of this committee would be to review the recommendations of this task force. Specific actions that should be considered are as follows: • Develop an applied ecology program in the B.Sc. degree with particular reference to land use planning and landscape restoration; • Develop an environmental studies honors program in the BA degree; • Review undergraduate programs in the B.Sc.(Agr ) degree to assess their responsibilities and clarify their mandates; • Investigate the possibility of developing multidisciplinary introductory courses designed to integrate biophysical and human behavioral aspects of environmental issues. These courses might serve as core courses in all degree programs; • Enhance the visibility of existing programs by assembling information in brochure form concerning the spectrum of offerings at the University; and • Rewrite the undergraduate calendar to list programs in rural resources rather than degrees. Graduate A special planning committee for resources should be formed by the Board of Graduate Studies. Specific actions that should be taken are: • Review the graduate programs to assess their responsibilities and clarify their mandates, particularly for those teaching units whose academic/administrative structures may be changed if the recommendations of the task force are implemented by the University; • Investigate the development of a multidisciplinary program in rural resources; and • Investigate the establishment of a PhD degree in rural resources. The centre of excellence in rural resource studies To encourage advanced project-directed multidisciplinary work, a research centre is proposed. The centre would focus on environmental/ecology policy and ethical issues, technology transfer alternatives to link research and applications, and resource ecology studies to assess sustainable development options. Faculty of resource and environmental studies The task force recommends the creation of a faculty of resource and environmental studies, which might be administered by the associate vice-president, academic. This constitutes a departure from current administrative structures, but is analogous to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. It is a University-wide network of faculty members who have expertise and interest in environmental and resources issues. It has the potential of increasing co-operative undertakings and allowing more flexibility of faculty activity without disturbing the departmental/college structures. In addition, the establishment of this faculty enhances visibility at the national and international levels of the University’s faculty who contribute to the study of environmental and resource issues. Any faculty member of the University could choose to be a member of the faculty of resource and environmental studies. The faculty should be administered by the associate vice-president, academic, who would be assisted by an advisory council. The University should provide the associate vice-president, academic, with a big enough budget to deal with financial allocations that arise when faculty members teach courses outside their departments. OAC: its role in rural resources The task force recognizes that OAC has a major role to play in resource and environmental programs that address issues beyond traditional agricultural science. This role has been addressed by the Report of the Task Force on Agriculture. To effect this commitment, the college should revise its current administrative structure by creating a division that consists of departments involved with resource planning and management, landscape architecture and environmental design, and rural community planning and development issues. In addition, the college should consider a name change that reflects its commitment and accurately describes its broad contributions to resource issues in both the national and international realms. One possibility is the college of agriculture and resource management. The task force recognizes that this will be a difficult decision for a college that has a strong historical tradition and is known by its title throughout the world. It is recommended that the college of agriculture and resource management have two divisions administered by a dean and two associate deans. The divisions proposed are the division of agriculture and the division of resource management. The division of resource management should include existing OAC departments such as the School of Engineering, the School of Landscape Architecture, the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, and the Department of Rural Extension Studies, as well as a new department — the department of rural planning and development. The department of rural planning and development USRPD would comprise the nucleus of this new department. The task force recognizes that the school’s interests and current mandates go beyond agricultural issues. But this is also true of many existing OAC departments that we have recommended should form a new division within the college of agriculture and resource management. The task force took into consideration the fact that USRPD had throughout the years developed its strongest relationships with the departments in OAC that would comprise the divisions of resource management. In addition, the rural planning expertise of the USRPD faculty would considerably strengthen the teaching, research and outreach activities of the new college. Rewards and incentives The task force concluded that a review should be made of promotion and tenure policy to recognize multidisciplinary work. The new faculty should be funded on a multidisciplinary model and develop its own policy. Departmental P&T committees should review existing policies to ensure that multidisciplinary work is accurately and fairly evaluated. Single discipline and multidisciplinary work should have their own criteria and standards to ensure equitable review. Each P&T committee should be asked to review its policy with the goals of comprehensive and equitable evaluation of an individual's interests as the major factor. O Letters to the editor Respond to us, says CUP As chair of the Committee on University Planning (CUP), I read the letter to the editor in At Guelph Oct. 5 on “Strategic Plan Concerns” with considerable interest. In general, letters such as this are important for increasing the awareness of the University community regarding important planning issues. What is of concern is that not one of the 2 1 individuals who signed the letter provided any response to CUP on the matter. If they really had a serious concern, why did they not reply to CUP’s request for comments on the strategic planning paper? That was the time, because their remarks could have influenced the recommendations that CUP brings before Senate. Perhaps the real difficulty is that many believe that, once the strategic planning paper appears in print, the agenda is set and that CUP’s role is simply one of transferring recommendations to Senate. This is not the case. Senate has ensured that the member- ship of CUP is suited to the task of critically evaluating the planning paper. Several significant changes to recommen- dations have been made each year as a result of lengthy deliberations within CUP. Nevertheless, CUP’s ability to provide constructive criticism depends to a large measure on the quantity and quality of input from the University community. Although several useful and well thought- out responses were received from on and off campus, there still was not enough, especially from faculty. For its part, CUP will try to ensure that the strategic planning process is better understood by the University community. In the meantime, one might hope that at least one group of faculty — 2 1 of them to be exact — will be among the first to write CUP when next year’s planning paper is released. Prof. Ross Hallett, Department of Physics. Two sides to loon story The decision-making process to determine the fate of an injured bird is never easy or clear cut. The loon pictured on the cover of At Guelph Sept. 28 had a week-old injury when it was brought to the Wild Bird Clinic this summer. If it had received immediate medical attention, there would have been a better chance to save its foot. The bird was bright, alert, eating and otherwise healthy. One of the most common problems in dealing with wild birds is their refusal to eat in captivity. If this bird had been suffering from anorexia ordepression, it would have been euthanized immediately. Without its foot, the bird is flightless and has reduced swimming ability, but now that it has recovered from surgery, it is capable of turning around in its cage, climbing over a 10-centimetre lip to enter a pool of water and climbing out of it again with the use of wings and one foot. A bird or any animal in the wild is always under the threat of predators. Most of those that avoid predators die of disease or starvation. In captivity, freedom is lost, but food and protection are given. It is difficult to say which is better or worse. A home has been found for the loon where it can swim and where it has shelter, food and protection from predators. Wouldn’t it be nice if there weren’t any facilities where animals are caged, their freedom taken away for observational study, experimentation or human entertainment. But as long as these places exist, I would prefer that an unreleasable "maimed" animal be kept in them, rather than a healthy animal taken from the wild. Kay McKeever of the Owl Rehabilitation Research Centre says that a great deal can be learned about bird behavior and biology by studying birds that cannot be released. This year, she has the first and only breeding pair of hawk owls in the world — both unable to fly and not suitable for life in the wild. There are two sides to this story, and it is difficult to say which is the correct one. But this loon is no longer in pain. And through my past experiences in treating these birds, I am convinced that an unhappy loon would not eat in captivity. Karen Machin, B.Sc. ’88, OVC ’93. At Guelph welcomes letters from members of the University community. Letters should be typed, double spaced and signed by the author. Each will be verified by a phone call. The executive editor reserves the right to select, edit and position all copy. Send letters to Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre. O AT GUELPH/Oct. 26, 1988 3 Speeches — Free trade offers challenges to greenhouse growers F ocus Seed potato research to aid crops in developing countries For graduate student Regan Roy, there is more to science than pure research. He wants to apply his knowledge to inter- national development. Roy, who is working on his M.Sc. in horticulture under the supervision of Prof. Vince Souza Machado, is doing research on seed potatoes. Having worked in potato production and rural development in several countries — Papua New Guinea and Peru with CUSO. as well as the Philippines, China and Jamaica — he wants to improve crop yields. Starting with disease-free in vitro potato plantlets, he plants the potatoes in one- square-melre plots, then takes cuttings from them at various intervals and plants them. He is investigating two factors — planting density and the effect of taking cuttings. In seeking what will derive the optimum yield, he is planting the potatoes in densities of 25, 50 and 100 per square metre and varying the number of cuttings in different plots. “I picked up a lot of ideas overseas and brought them here — a sort of reverse technology transfer,” he says. The tradi- tional method of growing potatoes in Canada is to plant tubers, then harvest and replant them, which could prolong disease cycles. Planting cuttings is done more often in Third World countries; it’s more labor- intensive, but laborers are more readily available there. If the cuttings are taken from disease-free stock, they yield better- quality crops. Roy spent about a year and a half in Cajamarca, Peru, working with farmers and doing research for this project. It took a long time to establish a rapport with the peasants, he says, “but once the friendship and trust were there, it worked well. Without that confidence, it doesn’t matter what a Graduate student Regan Roy with some of his seed potatoes. Photo by David Thomas, PRI specialist would say — it would go in one ear and out the other.” It is this human side to international development that interests Roy. “Without the human side, technology doesn’t mean anything," he says. Once his rapport with the people was established, he saw the payoff. “They were able to work to organize themselves and to take charge.” Before going overseas, Roy worked with an Indian-Metis community in northern Saskatchewan in a market-gardening program, after getting his BSA in crop science from the University of Saskatchewan. O Distance education responds to learning challenge The following speech, "Free Trade and the Greenhouse Grower,” was given by Ray van Staalduinen of the Ontario Flower Growers Co- operative Ltd Oct. 2 1 at the Canadian Greenhouse Conference held on campus “The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Canada and the United States has become a hotly debated issue on both sides of the border. In Canada, a national election campaign is being fought on its merits. As greenhouse growers, it is important to understand its impact on the flower and vegetable industries in Ontario, In 1989, John A, Macdonald tried to negotiate an FTA with the United States. When it was refused, he implemented the national policy that forced trade to go east-west instead of north- south. Laurier lost an election in 1911 with an FTA as a major issue. Bennett carried the cause in the 1930s, while Mackenzie King negotiated an FTA in the late ‘40s, which he later failed to sign. Now in the 1980s, we have an FTA that will finally recognize the natural flow of trade in a north-south direction. The concept The concept of the FTA is to tie the United States and Canada together in a continental free trade area that will be mutually beneficial. Not all industries will be positively affected, and the impact will be unevenly shared. The resulting realignment of all industries will almost certainly provide long-term benefits of increased produc- tivity and efficiency, resulting in a stronger industrial base and stimulated markets through- out both countries. Also, this FTA offers a North American umbrella against other FTA countries such as the European Community and the Asian Community that is developing so quickly. The FTA clearly sets out the target of elimination of all tariff barriers and technical barriers to trade between the two countries. The FT A schedules all tariffs to be eliminated in 10 equal instalments from January 1989 to January 1998. This schedule applies to all nursery products on both sides of the border, with neither country expected to gain a differen- tial advantage. Fruits and vegetables are covered by other regulations, having received special treatment in the negotiations. Nursery stock tariffs range from 2.2 percent to 1 1 per cent. Many items are already duty- free. FTA removes all duties in equal states to 1 998. There will be other effects on the supply side of the industry that could greatly affect growing costs and quality. Plastic products: tariffs range from 2.1 per cent to 12.5 percent. FTA removes all duties on raw materials by 1993. These items will represent very significant costs savings to our industry in the years ahead. There will undoubtedly be other less direct benefits. Pesticides and fungicides: tariffs range from 3.5 per cent to 13.5 per cent. FTA removes all tariffs by 1993. These items will represent very significant costs savings to our industry in years ahead. There will undoubtedly be other less direct benefits. What are the benefits? Our flower industry is already strong and dynamic. Some 20 to 25 per cent of Ontario greenhouse production already moves into the export markets. So what benefits will be offered by an FTA? • Secure access to a market of 120 million people, a benefit accruing to both countries. There is a strong demand/pull for Canadian products, but there is always the possibility of protection advocates successfully closing borders. The FTA offers a great measure of security against such actions and will offer a much improved business climate. • The resulting lower prices, although minimal, will have the effect of increasing consumption and attractiveness to the consumer. • Lower costs of raw material will directly impact the cost of product and in itself help to secure and promote export trade. • Recognition of testing facilities will help facilitate registration of new chemicals and help to establish competitiveness. • There will be an increased tendency to eli- minate non-tariff barriers and harassment that now commonly occur at border crossings. In addition, reduced paperwork and brokerage requirements will result in lower costs on both sides of the border. • A continental policy against or in favor of third parties will greatly enhance the world flower trade picture that is developing so rapidly. • The much larger market will stimulate large, specialized production enterprises that will, in turn, stimulate flower and plant consump- tion in North America. • An improved dispute mechanism will assist our industry in quick agreements, rather than long, protracted legal battles that are now implied. Are there negatives? There are a number of questions and un- knowns that we must continue to be aware of. • Where and with what commodities will we be less competitive and under stress? Ontario growers are quite flexible and can change crops rapidly. • Actions for dumping and countervailing duties are still possible. Our industry will have to be careful to follow the rules of commerce. FT A is not a licence to do as we please. • Many U.S. products will become more competitive and will be seen in our markets. The FTA is a two-way street. • Almost certainly, the Canadian dollar will continue to rise against the U.S. dollar as the economies become more homogeneous. This will eliminate any advantage to currency differences and perhaps require new approaches to pricing. This will be the area of greatest pressure to Canadian growers and present the greatest challenge.” O Distance education is a contemporary form of university outreach, addressing the needs of both adult learners and a society that demands a highly skilled, educated and knowledgeable workforce. The universities of Guelph and Waterloo, both leaders in educational outreach, will sponsor an intensive conference for personnel officers and trainers and educators of adults Nov. 1 5 to 17. "Partnerships in Distance Education” will feature speakers from business, industry and government, as well as a range of educational institutions, addressing issues of concern to people in the field. Speakers will include President Brian Segal; John Daniel, president of Laurentian University; Ralph Benson, assistant deputy minister, Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities; and Robert Ferchat, president of Northern Telecom Canada. The two-day conference, to be held at the Walper Hotel in Kitchener, will offer participants the opportunity to meet others who are actively involved in distance education and to learn more about this growing response to the learning challenge. Enrolment is limited. For more information, call Gary Lodge, program manager in the Division of Continuing Education, at Ext. 3064. O the Hank Williams legend Faculty activities Prof. Anthony Winson. Sociology & Anthro- pology, recently visited Bologna, Italy, to present a paper and moderate a session at the VII World Congress for Rural Sociology. Winson’s article "Researching the Food Processing-Farming Chain" will appear in the November issue of the Canadian Review of Sociobgy and Anthropology (1988). Prof. David Waltner-Toews, Department of Population Medicine, was invited to present the D.L.T. Smith Memorial Lecture at the University of Saskatchewan Sept. 1 4. The lecture, entitled "One Animal Among Many: Veterinarians in the Global Community,” addressed the ethical implications of a global world view, focusing particularly on the Gaia Hypothesis. The lecture will be repeated in the OVC seminar series Nov. 9 at 12:10 p.m. in Room 508, Clinical Studies. 4 AT GUELPH/Oct. 26, 1 988 Preserving by Owen Roberts, Office of Research Twenty- five years after his death, Hank Williams Sr. endures as a country music legend. This fall, Polygram Records has released the most detailed Hank Williams Sr. collection ever — an eight- volume, 16-record compilation produced by Prof. Hank Davis, Psychology. Over the past eight years, Davis, an expert on popular music from the 1940s and 1950s, has compiled or annotated more than 50 record albums of the era’s artists — enduring legends like Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, as well as lesser-known artists such as Rosco Gordon, Amos Milburn and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. Davis and partner Colin Escott approached Polygram with the idea for a definitive Hank Williams Sr. compilation three years ago. The late artist recorded on MGM Records, which Polygram now owns the rights to. But music purists and collectors have argued for years that most of Williams's records were unacceptably altered. Immediately after his death, demand for his records skyrocketed, but MGM had little material on hand other than primitive home recordings of Williams, accompanied only by his guitar. The company decided to bring in Williams’s back-up band, the Drifting Cowboys, to record additional instrumentation over the solo tracks and release them as completed songs. Over the years, Williams’s legacy was further altered with strings, voices and artificial stereo. In many cases, only these versions remain, much to the chagrin of purists yearning for the true originals. “The approach we took with Polygram was that once and for all, let’s do it right," says Davis. The company agreed, so Davis and Escott spent hundreds of hours researching and sifting through the vaults of MGM and Polygram, unearthing a variety of original home demos and previously unreleased material. “It’s the biggest project I’ve ever worked on,” says Davis. Some of the material evokes visions of Williams “sitting at his kitchen table at three o’clock in the morning, strumming away and singing his heart out," he says. “Hearing these very personal undiluted home demos made this project all worthwhile for me.” Davis describes himself as one of only a handful of people in Canada who have an encyclopedic knowledge of late 1940s and early 1950s “hillbilly” and black music, which was highly influential in shaping the evolution of today’s sounds. Collecting original recordings from these artists has become a popular pursuit, for which Davis has unique qualifications. Besides being a music historian, his early interest in performing led to the 1958 release of a 45 r.p.m. record by his New York-based band Hank & The Electras. The single “Get Lost Baby" has recently commanded offers up to $300 at collector shows. In addition to his academic interests, which centre on studies of animal cognition, Davis maintains a four-track recording studio for his Relaxed Rabbit Records company in Puslinch. O Satellite dish puts us on leading edge of learning U of G has acquired a new satellite dish, the latest in information technology, that puts the University on the leading edge of learning in the 1980s. Purchased this fall by the Division of Con- tinuing Education, the dish allows the University to provide new learning opportunities to the community through a range of exclusive programming, says Phil Wright, division chair. This new technology brings experts — people you’d never normally meet face to face — to the community via satellite from around the world to address relevant issues and interact with those who share their concerns. For conference participants, it’s an opportunity to learn from an international expert without the time, cost and inconvenience of travel, Wright says. The satellite dish is portable and can be easily moved to locations throughout the area. Experts on the scene provide a contact between the local audience, which views proceedings on a large screen, and the actual conference, which takes place live anywhere in the world. Viewers have an opportunity to participate in proceedings through phone-in question-and- answer sessions. Local questions are telephoned to the conference site and may be broadcast live or answered on a delayed basis as the conference proceeds. Continuing Education has already presented a teleconference on AIDS and a session with international management consultant Peter Drucker, and plans a Nov. 1 conference with Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence , A Passion for Excellence and Thriving on Chaos. Beginning at noon, Peters will speak on “Managing Your Company,” discussing such topics as the new competitive context, the new business leadership and quality, service and innovation through people. Conference moderator is Prof. Michael Haywood, Consumer Studies. For registration information, call Ext. 3956. O George Taylor, left, Technical Operations, gets a hand from colleague Ken Cooke as they learn how to set up the Division of Continuing Education’s new satellite dish. Photo by Herb Rauscher, Photographic Services Sex education vital in fight against AIDS by Barbara Chance "It could never happen to me.” It’s the battle cry of the misinformed, the foolish and the simply naive. And each day, it puts thousands of people at risk of contracting AIDS or another sexually transmitted disease. As of August 1988, there were 1 ,862 reported cases of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Canada. Of those, 82 per cent were homo- sexual or bisexual men who had sex with other men. Eight per cent were men who contracted AIDS heterosexually, and most of these were from endemic areas such as Haiti or Africa. Of the reported AIDS cases, only 98 were women. Of those, 36 per cent had been in sexual contact with infected partners in Canada, and 31 per cent were from an endemic area. Seventy-eight of the women were in Quebec. Difficult to estimate Estimates of how many Canadians are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HI V) virus range widely, said Prof. Ed Herold, Family Studies. “Often we see the media flatly declare: '50,000 Canadians are infected with the virus,’ ’’ he said, "To be honest, however, we should say we really don’t know how many Canadians are infected and then qualify any estimates we do give.” A central issue in estimating how many people are infected is the speed with which the virus is spreading into the heterosexual community, he said. “Most experts believe that in North America over the next five years, the majority of cases will still be in the homosexual- bisexual risk category." But that doesn’t mean AIDS won’t continue to be a threat to the heterosexual population as well, he said. Although most people — adults and teenagers alike — know the basic facts about AIDS and consider it a serious problem, few people actually believe they are personally at risk, said Herold. A recent survey in the United States found that only 10 per cent of the respondents perceived themselves as being at risk. At the other extreme are people so afraid of AIDS that they worry about catching it from anything and everything — mosquitoes, swimming pools, toilet seats, telephones and towels. Among both groups — those who worry too much and those who don’t worry enough — there is a lack of knowledge and understanding of the disease, said Herold. “But that doesn’t mean we should go out and produce more pamphlets about AIDS. What we need is a comprehensive sex education program that will deal with all the issues and . . . guide people so that they will not engage in unsafe sexual practices.” Scare tactics must be avoided, he said, but the danger cannot be minimized. “Our message should be: ‘If you engage in risky behavior, you will be at risk.' ” Herold said it’s important for educators to be careful about the implications of the health messages they give to the public. “The message that says: ‘Do not have sex outside of committed relationships’ has been interpreted by some to mean that if you are in a steady relationship, you don’t need to worry about practising safer sex. In fact, the riskiest situation is a continuing sexual relationship with someone who is HIV-infected.” AIDS was a focus of discussion earlier this year at the 10th annual human sexuality con- ference sponsored by the College of Family and Consumer Studies. Speakers ranging from members of Toronto’s AIDS Committee to world-renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer stressed the importance of comprehensive sex education in the fight against AIDS. “We can’t just have AIDS education,” said Westheimer. “We can’t come in with the point of view of fear. It has to be sexuality education, with AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases as one component.” One of the biggest barriers to educating people about AIDS is the early connection between homosexuality and the disease, said Steven Manning, executive director of the Toronto AIDS Committee. “If AIDS had shown up in a different population, it would have been understood quite differently in our culture,” he said. The belief that AIDS is a homosexual disease has convinced many people they have nothing to worry about simply because they are hetero- sexual. And it’s hard to get through to people when they’re armed with that misconception, said Ed Jackson, education co-ordinator with the AIDS Committee. “If people don’t think something applies to them, they don’t listen," he said. “And you can't tell anybody anything if they’re not listening.” Even when people are listening and are aware of the risk, it’s not easy to change their attitudes and behavior. A recent study of HIV antibody- positive hemophiliacs and their female sexual partners, for example, found that only 40 per cent of the couples were using condoms all the time. To get people to change, said Jackson, they first have to believe they are at risk. They also have to believe that AIDS can be prevented, that they can manage the change, that they will still be sexually satisfied and that they are not alone — that others are changing, too. Focus on risk behaviors In educating about AIDS, it’s important to focus on risk behaviors rather than risk groups, said Linda Shortt, nurse manager of the East York Health Unit. It’s also important to focus positively on prevention. “Most of the infor- mation about AIDS emphasizes transmission rather than prevention of the disease." One approach commonly used in AIDS pre- vention programs is to emphasize abstinence, said Herold. "Given that about 50 per cent of teenagers do not experience intercourse until age 19, the abstinence approach, if presented properly, can be useful for some young people. " he said. “But this is not the target group that is most at risk. Among those who are most at risk because of their sexual activities, appeals for abstinence generally do not work.” What people need is explicit information about what’s safe and what’s not in terms of sexual behavior, said Herold. They need to know, for example, that anal and vaginal intercourse without a condom are risky sexual behaviors, with anal intercourse being the riskiest of all. Among gay males, AIDS has been related to unprotected receptive anal intercourse, as well as to the number of sexual partners and a previous history of sexually transmitted diseases. It has not been linked to oral sex. Drug use a factor Among women, studies in the United States show that injection drug use or having sex with a drug user are the main factors in transmission. Links to the number of sexual partners have been found in some studies but not in others. In most of the cases where heterosexual transmission has occurred, women were infected by a steady or committed partner. Rarely have women been infected from a single contact. People need to know what safe alternatives are available in terms of sexual behavior, said Herold. And they also need to know that safe sex can be exciting. “Many people are still resistant to the use of condoms," said Shortt. “We need to promote them in a positive way and change their image. If we don’t, people aren’t going to go through the hassle of buying and using them." Teenagers, in particular, are reluctant to use condoms because they find them “repulsive and cumbersome,” said Alan Robertson, a professor in the faculty of education at Queen’s University. Robertson has been involved in a study by the National AIDS Committee surveying the sexual knowledge, attitudes and behavior of 12- to 19-year-olds across Canada. Preliminary data indicate that most young people don’t know what safer sex is, he said. “Their knowledge of AIDS is fairly accurate, but it doesn’t seem to affect their behavior, particularly with regard to safer sex and the use of condoms.” Young people tend to take risks because they feel invincible, said Robertson. And because they don't know anyone their age who has the disease. “Their attitude is: ‘I'm young and virile and healthy, and nothing’s going to happen to me.’ ” They’re also skeptical about the information they receive about AIDS because there has been so much misinformation and misplaced panic in the past, he said. "They’re hearing mixed messages, and this is confusing them.” Teachers have to leam more about the disease and find better ways to put across the infor- mation, said Robertson. They also have to go beyond information and look at attitudes and skills. “There has to be more frank talk about safer sex and safer sex situations, and it has to start at an early age.” There are no easy answers to give to young people today, said Theresa Dobko, education writer with the Toronto AIDS Committee. "We can’t give them hard-and-fast rules. We need to talk about values and we need to talk about , alternatives.” Sex education should teach people how to communicate with each other and how to be assertive, said Dobko. "People have to leam how to talk about sex, how to bring up the conversation with partners, how to negotiate when one partner is resistant. We need to get women and men to talk and work together on this.” If anything positive has come out of AIDS, said Westheimer, is that people are learning the importance of communication and are becoming more concerned about having a relationship rather than a one-night stand. Although sex education is the key to stemming the growth of AIDS, many school programs aren't reaching the young people at the highest risk of contracting the disease — the street kids in major pities across Canada, said Eleanor Tyndale, a sociologist at Montreal’s Vanier College. Their lifestyle of promiscuity and drug use leaves street kids wide open to the disease. “But they have difficulty recognizing that their behaviors may be exposing them to AIDS,” she said. Reaching street kids requires a far different approach than that used with high school students, said Tyndale. “The sex education curriculum being used in high schools is too abstract for street kids and dropouts. It doesn’t speak to them, to their life experiences.” Can’t protect themselves For teen prostitutes, the ability to protect themselves is severely limited, she said. In many cases, they would rather take the risk of catching AIDS rather than risk being hurt or killed by a pimp who is unwilling to wear a condom. “We have to work within the risk factors these people are facing," she said. According to Herold, AIDS is having a general moderating influence on sexual behavior in society, but this influence has not been as extreme as the media often suggest. The most significant change, especially among homosexual males, he said, has been a reduction in the number of sexual partners, particularly anonymous ones. There has also been a reduction in unprotected anal intercourse among gay males. There has not. however, been much change in rates of abstinence, and there has not been a reduction in oral sex practices. But condom use has increased moderately. “The easy part of providing basic information about AIDS is behind us,” said Herold. "Ahead lies the greater challenge of changing behavior. To be successful, we will need to broaden AIDS education to encompass comprehensive sexuality education." O AT GUELPH/Oct. 26. 1988 5 Coming events WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Computing Seminar - “Database Review,” noon. Computing Services seminar room. OEP Seminar - “HiResolution Solutions," noon. Blackwood Hall 211. Biochemistry Seminar - “Relaxin: Enigmatic Protean Hormone,” David Porter, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. Art Tour & Talk — “Guerilla Tactics," Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 2 p.m. Seminar - “Structural and Kinetic Aspects,” Peter Erdi, 3 p.m., MacKinnon 1 16. Cycling Club - Hespeler (novice ride), 25 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. THURSDAY, Oct. 27 Board of Governors - Meeting, 1 0 a.m., Branion Room, Animal Science/Nutrition. Pathology Seminar - “Investigation of the Causes of ‘Sudden Death Syndrome’ in Turkeys,” M. Boulianne, 1 1:10 a.m.. Pathology 220. Information Session "Adult Children of Alcoholics,” 4:30 p.m., UC 318. Concert - Trio Arabesque, soprano, flute and guitar, noon, MacKinnon 107. Seminar - “Possible and Impossible Forms: Between Art and Science," Peter Erdi, 3 p.m., MacKinnon 224. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer. 5: 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m.. UC 334/335. Games Room - Snooker Champion Cliff Thorburn, 7 p.m., UC Level 3. FRIDAY, Oct. 28 Schedule of Events - Last day for applications to graduate for winter convocation. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - "Correlation of Heart Rate and the Calcium Sequestration Rale of Cardiac Homogenates," Janice Gray, \ \ -.50 a.m., Patho- logy 145. OVC Seminar - "An Overview of Gastro- intestinal Endoscopy in the Dog and Cat," Michael Leib, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Film/Speaker Series - “A Forum on Peace,” 7 p.m., UC 103. SATURDAY, Oct. 29 Continuing Education - "WordPerfect I” and "How to Harvest Your Woodlot,” 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., register at Ext. 3956/7. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. Film/Speaker Series - “Women and Peace," 7 p.m., UC 103. SUNDAY, Oct. 30 Cycling Club - Guelph Line, 35 miles, 10 a.m., UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies. 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 1 0:10a. m.,PeterClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Collectables Fair - Sports, Records, Comics and Movie Collectables, 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m., Peter Clark Hall, $3 general, $2 students. Come to the collectables fair! The annual Guelph Collectables Fair is Oct. 30 from 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Peter Clark Hall. It will feature more than 100 tables of collectables from the worlds of sports, records, movies and comics. The sports dealers will display, sell and trade baseball, hockey and football cards, coins, photos and bats. Ex-NHL referee Bruce Hood will be on hand to sign copies of his recently published book, Calling the Shots. Grant Meihm, an artist for D.C. Comics, will be present to autograph his artwork. His current work includes "Suicide Squad" and “The American” for Dark Horse Comics. Admission to the fair is $3 general and $2 for students. O Children’s Series - Funland Band, 1 and 3 p.m., War Memorial Hall, $6. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, “Witch's Cauldron," 2 p.m.. Arboretum Centre. Music - Guelph Youth Orchestra, 3 p.m., Arboretum Centre, ticket info at 824-2047 or 823-5298. Film/Speaker Series - "This Generation and Peace,” 7 p.m., UC 447. MONDAY, Oct. 31 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. TUESDAY, Nov. 1 Self-Help Workshop - “Art of Assertiveness," noon, UC 318. Our World - “Reclaiming the Dry Zone,” 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m. UC 335; Town- and-Gown Ecumenical Evening, 7:30 p.m., UC 103. Physics Colloquium - “New Insight into Protein Structure from Resolution-Enhanced Infrared Spectra,” Henry Mantsch,4 p.m., MacNaughton 113. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OEP Seminar - “Computer Graphics," noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - “System Development in 'C'," noon. Computing Services seminar room. Concert - Toronto Dance Theatre, noon, UC courtyard. OVC Seminar - “Computerized Models in Clinical Teaching,” Larry Belbeck, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Cycling Club - Downey Road (novice ride), 17 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Continuing Education - "Confidence and Decision Making,” 7 p.m., four weeks, register at Ext. 3956/7. THURSDAY, Nov. 3 Schedule of Events - Fortieth class day. Pathology Seminar - “A Biochemical Study of Nodular Liver Disease in Dogs,” S. Best, 11:10 a.m.. Pathology 220. Self-Help Workshop - “Stagefright.” noon, UC 318. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer. 5:10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Nov. 4 Schedule of Events - Last day of preregistration period — in-course students. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 8:10 a.m UC 533. Calcium Club - "Correlation of Caffeine- Induced Contracture and Caffeine-Induced Calcium Release from Sarcoplasmic Reti- culum,” Brian Brown. 11:50 a.m., Pathology SATURDAY, Nov. 5 Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. SUNDAY, Nov. 6 Cycling Club - Elora Gorge, 45 miles. 10 a.m., UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., Peter Clark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, "Evergreen and Not Always Green,” 2 p.m.[ Arboretum Nature Centre. MONDAY, Nov. 7 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 pm UC 533. Concert - Ossian — The Music of Scotland, 9 p.m., Peter Clark Hall, $7. TUESDAY, Nov. 8 Our World - “PAAX — The Anatomy of a Grassroots Development Project in Nigeria," 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Gerontology Seminar - "Ethical Issues in Geriatric Health-Care Policy,” Phillip Clark, 12: 1 0 p.m., UC 332. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m., UC 335. Physics Colloquium - “An Experimental Search for Rare K+ Decays: Proving the Standard Model to Second Order,” Mats Selen, 4 p.m., MacNaughton 1 13. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Candidate Meeting - Alderman Joe Young, noon to 2 p.m., UC 441 . OEP Seminar - “EdNET: Electronically Extending the Classroom,” noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - “QuickBASIC IV Programming," noon, Computing Services seminar room. OVC Seminar - “One Animal Among Many: Veterinarians in the Global Community,” David Waltner-Toews, 12:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. Biochemistry Seminar - "Bacteriophage Morpho- genesis: Protein-Protein and Protein-DNA Interactions,” Helios Murialdo, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. Cycling Club - Rockwood, 20 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. More prize winners named in United Way appeal As of Oct. 19, the University community had donated or pledged $42,841 in the campus United Way appeal, almost 40 per cent of the goal of $110,000. The 1988 UW appeal continues until Oct. 27. There is still time to get your donations in to be eligible for a grand-prize draw on an all-expenses-paid weekend for two at the Millcroft Inn at Alton. The names of previous prize winners will go back in for the Final draw Oct. 30, and the winner will be announced in At Guelph Nov. 2. The date of this draw has been changed from Oct. 27 to give everyone a chance to make their donations, says Don McIntosh, co- chair of the campus campaign. Donations to the UW appeal are tax- deductible, and donors are encouraged to use the University's payroll deduction plan. Donors can designate their gift to the community of their choice. The following prizes were drawn Oct. 20 : • Gordon Lange, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry — a five-pound ABC multipurpose fire extinguisher, donated by the Fire Division; • Anita McManamna, UC Programs and Information — $50 worth of laundry services, courtesy of Laundry Services; • Richard Leavens, Part-Time Studies — membership in the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, a gift of the centre; • Isabel Wilkie, U of G Library — youth art classes, donated by the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre; • Bob Auger, Office of the Registrar — two baskets of potatoes, thanks to the Cambridge Research Station; • Ann Clark, Library, lunch for two at the Whippletree Restaurant (up to $30), from Food Services; • Ed Herold, Department of Family Studies, and Marlene Sorbara, Housekeeping — each a large three-item pizza, donated by Food Services; • Virginia Gillham, Library — two com- munity barbecue tickets and T-shirts, donated by the Central Student Association; • Paul Holland, UC Programs and Infor- mation — two passes to Alumni Week- end, thanks to Alumni Affairs and Development; • Bill Moore, Accounting — two tickets to an opening night performance at the Inner Stage, donated by the Department of Drama; • Katherine Elliott, Counselling and Stu- dent Resource Centre — personally designed stationery, from Print Publi- cations and Printing Services; • Susan Ferguson, Accounting — six-litre container of ice cream, a gift from the Department of Food Science; • Ed Phillips, Department of Music — two litres of maple syrup, donated by The Arboretum; • Anna DeForest, Alumni Affairs and Development — a five-pound block of cheddar cheese, thanks to the Department of Food Science; • Don Willis, Housekeeping — one 8-to 10-pound boneless rib roast, donated by the Department of Food Science; • James White, Department of Psychology — one-year membership in a fitness class, donated by Athletics; • John Freeman, Financial Services — car wash, grease job and oil change, thanks to Vehicle Services; • Pearl Milne, Library — load of firewood, courtesy of Auxiliary Operations, Physi- cal Resources; • Andre Paquette, Print Publications and Printing Services — watercolor of a campus bam, courtesy of Marlene Jofriet, Continuing Education; ► Bill Braithwaite, Agricultural Economics and Business — choice of four tickets to a hockey or basketball event early in the New Year, donated by Athletics; • Mary Naim, Office for Educational Practice — one studio portrait, thanks to Photographic Services; ► Fred Dahms, Department of Geography — four crested wine glasses, donated by the Faculty Club; • Ian Easterbrook, OEP — selection of garden shrubs, thanks to The Arboretum nursery; ► Jackie Wolfe, Rural Planning & Deve- lopment — decorated special occasion cake, gift of Judy Kerr, awards section. Office of the Registrar; • Murray Stinson, Communications Ser- vices — Vol. 2 of The Diaries of Lucy Maud Montgomery, a gift of the authors, Prof. Mary Rubio and retired professor Elizabeth Waterston, Department of English Language and Literature; ► Glenn White, Accounting — autographed first edition of Dishman, a comic created by John MacLeod, Office of the Registrar. O Visitor Dr. Marius Jatymowicz, a research scientist at the Polish Institute of Research in Warsaw, is visiting the Department of Population Medicine until Dec. 16. Since receiving his DVM in 1982, Jatymowicz has practised large animal medicine and worked in an epidemiology laboratory in Warsaw. His specialty is parasitology, particularly Trichinellosis. While at Guelph, he is a research assistant with Prof. Ogerts Miniats and is working with gnotobiotic animals. He is located in the gnotobiotic lab. Clinical Research, Ext. 4009 or 4007. O 6 AT GUELPH/Oct 26, 1988 Briefly Parking lot closes Effective Oct. 28, the west half of parking lot 12 south of the Athletics Centre will be closed to allow construction of the new twin-pad arena. First Gilmor award Nominations are being sought for the first R.P. Gilmor Student Life Award. Named after former provost Paul Gilmor, the award recognizes individuals or groups who have contributed to the betterment of student life at the University. Nomination forms are available from the Office of Student Affairs, Room 411, University Centre. Nomination deadline is Nov. 7. Addicted to love? A therapy group is being formed to explore issues associated with loving too much. Six sessions will be held Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. beginning Nov. 8. Cost is $60. To enrol, call the Marriage and Family Therapy Centre at Ext. 6426. Focus on geriatric issues Dr. Phillip Clark of the University of Rhode Island will speak in the Gerontology Research Centre’s seminar series Nov. 8 at 12:10 p.m. in Room 332, University Centre. His topic will be "Ethical Issues in Geriatric Health-Care Policy.” Everyone is welcome. OVC seminar series The OVC seminar series continues Nov. 2 with Dr. Larry Belbeck of McMaster Medical Centre discussing “Computerized Models in Clinical Teaching." The seminar is at 12:10 p.m. in Room 508, Clinical Studies building. Singer performs Canadian singer/songwriter Rita MacNeil will perform in concert Nov. 1 1 at 8 p.m. at War Memorial Hall. Winner of a Juno Award as most promising female artist, MacNeil has released five albums and has toured Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan. Tickets range from $ 1 3.50 to $16.50 and are available at the UC box office. Help yourself The Self-Help Centre and the Counselling and Student Resource Centre are offering a series of workshops and information sessions this fall. They include an information session on “Adult Children of Alcoholics” Oct. 27 at 4:30 p.m., noon-hour workshops on the “Art of Asser- tiveness” Nov. I, “Stagefright” Nov. 3 and “Procrastination — The Thief of Time" Nov. 1 7, and an information session on “Stress” Dec. 1 at noon. All sessions are 1 1/2 hours long and are in Room 3 1 8 in the University Centre. Falcon talk At the next meeting of the Guelph Field Naturalists Nov. 10, guest speakers Greg Meredith, Cal Klager and Heather Saunders- Hotson will give a presentation on “Raising Guelph’s Peregrine Falcons.” The program begins at 7:45 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 400 Stevenson St. N. A potluck supper begins at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome. CIDA offers awards Canadians committed to international deve- lopment can expand their knowledge and capabilities in the field through a program sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The CIDA Awards for Canadians, valued at $15,000 a year for a maximum of two years, combine academic pursuits with practical field work in one or more developing countries. Applicants must submit a program proposal that deals with a specific developmental need and includes at least three months a year of field world. Candidates are asked to address the question of how their programs involve women. Application deadline is Feb. 20, 1 989. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree or diploma but cannot use the award program to pursue a PhD. Information and application forms are available from the Development Education Program, Ext. 6915. Wildlife art show Kortright Waterfowl Park, 305 Niska Rd., is holding a wildlife art show and sale Nov. 4 to 6, with more than 250 framed and unframed limited-edition prints featuring Bateman, Parker and Seerey-Lester. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 and 5, and 1 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 6. Focus on peace The Association for Baha’i Studies is sponsoring a film and speaker series on peace Oct. 28 to 30. On Oct. 28, the theme is “A Forum on Peace” at 7 p.m. in Room 1 03, University Centre. On Oct. 29, the theme is “Women and Peace,” also at 7 p.m. in Room 103. On Oct. 30, discussion focuses on “This Generation and Peace" at 7 p.m. in Room 447, University Centre. What’s on at The Arboretum The Arboretum’s fall series of Sunday afternoon walks continues Oct. 30 with “Witch’s Cauldron” and Nov. 6 with “Evergreen and Not Always Green." Designed for families, the naturalist-led walks leave from The Arboretum Nature Centre at 2 p.m. On Oct. 28 at 7 p.m., The Arboretum’s Gosling Wildlife Garden Program and Aldon Farms of Belwood are sponsoring “Gourmet Delights for Birds,” a session on how to make up seed mixtures that will attract your favorite birds to your feeder. Registration is required at Ext. 3932. Snooker champion visits World champion snooker player Cliff Thorbum will be a guest of the Games Room on Level 3 of the University Centre Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. Currently ranked as number six player in the world, Thorbum was world champion in 1980. Fulford to speak Journalist Robert Fulford, veteran of 1 9 years as editor of Saturday Night, will speak Nov. 1 5 at 8 p.m. in War Memorial Hall on “Politics of the Media: The Trivialization of the Electoral Process.” Fulford is the author of several books, most recently Best Seat in the House, which contains his memoirs. Since 1987, he has been the Barker Fairley distinguished visitor in Canadian culture at the University of Toronto. Tickets are $4.50 in advance and $5 at the door for students and seniors, $5.50 and $6 general admission. Advance tickets are available at the UC box office. The lecture is sponsored by the UC, the Central Student Association and The Daily Mercury. Fun for Halloween Guelph’s Funland Band will perform a special Halloween concert Oct. 30 at 1 and 3 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. Children coming in costume could win a prize. Tickets are $6.50 and are available at the University Centre box office. Proceeds from the concert will go to the Children’s Fund of Family and Children’s Ser- vices of Guelph and Wellington County. ARC Industries open house ARC Industries at 8 Royal Rd. will hold its annual open house Nov. 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Town-and-gown fellowship The Ecumenical Campus Ministry (Anglican, Presbyterian and United) and the Lutheran Student Movement invite members of the Guelph and area community and members of the University community to an evening of fellow- ship and worship Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 103, University Centre. Guest speaker will be President Brian Segal. Theatre in the Trees The Arboretum’s dinner theatre. Theatre in the Trees, is offering the comedy Look, No Hans! by John Chapman and Michael Perlwee. Per- formances are scheduled for Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 1 2, 18,19 and 26, and Dec. 3,9, 10 and 1 7. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.; the play begins at 8 p.m. Cost is $29.50. Tickets are available at the University Centre box office, Ext. 3940. Excellence award nominees sought The University of Waterloo’s Centre for Society, Technology and Values is seeking nominations for its new Wiegand Award for Canadian Excellence, a $2,500 award to recognize out- standing Canadian achievements that contribute to making technology more human. Deadline for nominations is Dec. 15. For more infor- mation, call 1-885-121 1, Ext. 6215. Alderman to visit campus Guelph alderman Joe Young will be on campus Nov. 9 to discuss matters of concern and interest to the University community. Faculty, staff and students are invited to meet with him in Room 441 of the University Centre from noon to 2 p.m. Hydroponics co-op The Canadian Hydroponics Information Co- operative invites commercial growers to join the information-sharing organization. Member- ship is free. Contact the Canadian Hydroponics Information Co-operative Inc., 2 Levendale Rd., Suite 276, Richmond Hill, Ont. L4C 4B2 416-498-8571. Bazaar needs volunteers Volunteers are needed for the CUSO Third World Bazaar Nov. 28 and 29. Call Ext. 6205 or 824-7762. Learn about the media The Personnel Department and Public Relations and Information are offering a media training workshop Nov. 3 to help faculty and staff acquire the skills they need to present themselves through the media. Instructor Patricia Adams, president of a Toronto-based communications consulting firm, will explain how media inter- views are conducted, what reporters want from an interview and how to prepare for an interview to get a message across while providing the reporter with a good story. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To register, call Ext. 3059 or 6598. Comedy at War Mem Hall Letter from Wingfield Farm, a comedy written by Dan Needles and starring Rod Beattie, will be performed Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. It’s the story of one man’s attempt to embrace a less complicated world. In a series of letters to his local newspaper, Walt Wingfield talks about the people and events during the year after he trades his pinstripe suit for coveralls on a 100-acre farm. Tickets range from $9 to $12 and are available at the UC box office. Pianist performs The Department of Music’s Thursday noon- hour concert Oct. 27 features Trio Arabesque, with soprano Kerry-Anne Kutz, flutist Heather Howes and guitarist Paul Harrison. On Nov. 3, the guest performer is C anadian pianist W altner Prossnitz, who has won fust prize in the National Festival in Toronto and the Montreal Symphony Competition. He is one of the few Canadian artists to have made a major solo tour of China. Prossnitz’s first program at 12:10 p.m. will consist of "Sonata in B Flat Major, Hob. 4 1 ’’ and “Sonata in B minor. Hob. 32” by Haydn. "Ode Capricious" by Teriyuki Noda and “Cloud Atlas" by Toshi Ichiyanagi. Program II at 1:10 p.m. will feature “Tracking” by John Celona, the Canadian premiere of “Variations on an Original Theme” by Alban Berg and “Les jeux d’eau a la Villa d’Este” by Liszt. Admission to the concerts is free. The U of G Faculty Association and its status of women committee recently hosted a reception for faculty members who have joined the University in the last 18 months. President Brian Segal, left, who was on hand to welcome the new faculty, meets with Prof. Susan Bryson, Basketball Gryphons host tourney Guelph’s men’s basketball team will host a tip- off tournament Nov. 4 and 5 at the Athletics Centre, with competition from McMaster Uni- versity, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and the Toronto club Cross-Eyed Bears. The games get under way at 6 p.m. Head coach of the Gryphon team is Tim Darling. He is assisted by Gary Balogh, Ray Kybartas and Doug Aitichson. The music of Scotland The University Centre and the Scottish Studies Association present Ossian — the Music of Scotland in concert Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. in Peter Clark Hall. Taking their name and inspiration from an ancient Celtic bard whose poetry is still revered in Ireland and Scotland, Ossian performs traditional music of a contemporary flavor. With instruments ranging from flute and bag- pipes to a goatskin drum, they perform a repertoire that includes jigs and reels, marches, airs and laments. Tickets are $6 through the History Department, $6.50 at the UC box office and $7 at the door. This event is open to members of the University community and their registered guests. Veterinary symposium The OTS fraternity at OVC will hold its annual symposium Nov. 5 on the theme “Practice Management and the Law.” Open to students and veterinary practitioners, the one-day symposium will discuss management techniques, civil liberties, professional obligations and ethics. Guest lecturers are Dr. Brent Matthew, medical director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Julian Porter from the law firm Porter and Posluns, and Dr. Jeff Silver, a small animal practitioner from Toronto and member of the Ontario Veterinary Association’s discretionary committee. To register, write to Sherri Morris. OVC Box 212. Counselling available The Marriage and Family Therapy Centre in the Department of Family Studies offers pro- fessional counselling on marital, family, sexual and relationship issues. For information or an appointment, call Ext. 6335. Win a feast Grand prize in the Guelph Arts Council's annual fund-raising contest, Fete Romantique, is a gourmet dinner for six in a heritage home, complete with maitre d', French maid, wine steward and a chauffeured limousine. More than 40 other prizes are being donated by local businesses. Tickets are $10 and are available from the arts council office at 10B Carden St. and the Framing Experience in Campus Estates. a new faculty member in Psychology; Prof. Joanna Boehnert, Psychology, chair of the status of women committee; and Prof. Ian McMillan, Animal and Poultry Science, chair of the UGFA. Phoio by David Thomas, PRI AT GUELPH/OcL 26, 1988 7 Canada Savings Bonds offered through payroll deduction The University has again made arrangements for the purchase of Canada Savings Bonds by payroll deductions. Payments will be at the rate of $4.18 per pay period for each $ 1 00 unit, with deductions made in 25 equal instalments beginning Nov. 10. Only compound-interest bonds are avail- able through the payroll savings plan. Interest for the first year is 9.5 per cent. Succeeding years will be at a floating rate pegged each year. The maturity date of this issue will be Nov. 1,1998. To take advantage of the payroll savings plan, applications must be submitted to the Payroll Office on Level 5 of the University Centre by Oct. 28. Applications have been sent to all University employees, but are also available from Payroll. For more information, call Ext. 3370. O In touch- So far this semester, about 700 students, parents and guests have visited the campus. Tours are available daily at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Students who visit the University go on a two-hour tour that includes academic areas, the library, the Athletics Centre, residences and the University Centre. They also have the chance to sit in on an introductory lecture, Shelly Birnie-Lefcovitch of the Coun- selling and Student Resource Centre recently visited Forest Heights Secondary School in Kitchener, where he spoke to 150 parents and teachers about the challenges and transitions that high school students face when going to University. Last week, liaison staff visited 5 1 schools and spoke with about 1,200 students and their teachers. Next week, presentations will be made at schools in Simcoe, Burlington, Hamilton, Ancaster, Oakville, Georgetown and London. O Darrel Kennedy, a director of the Heraldry Society of Canada, left, presents chief librar- ian John Black with a complete set of the society’s publication, Heraldry in Canada, along with indexes to Vols. 1 to 21. This Prof. Harry Lane's term as acting chair of the Department of Drama has been extended for six months to June 30, 1989. Nancy Clendenning has been appointed assistant to the associate vice-president, academic. Paul Cook of Guelph has joined Grounds as foreperson of delivery materials handling. Job opportunities As of At Guelph deadline Oct. 21, 1988, the following opportunities were available: Staff Nurse, Medical Services. Salary range: $24,878 minimum; $31,097 job rate (level 5); $37,3 1 6 maximum. Normal hiring range: $24,878 to $29,232. Grounds Laborers, Grounds; part-time. Thirty reliable students needed for emergency snow removal. Rate: $10.30 per hour. Technician, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology. Salary range: $437.28 minimum; $505.69 job rate (level 5); $626.99 maximum. Secretary to the Chair, Horticultural Science, and Alma Mater Fund Assistant, Alumni material will be available in the library’s social science section on the third floor, under call number PER CR 1 H4. Photo by Herb Rauscher, Photographic Services Affairs and Development. Salary range: $320.1 1 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. The following positions were available to on-campus employees only: Grounds Machinery Operator, Grounds. Job rate: $1 1.35 per hour; probation rate: $.20 per hour lower than job rate (1987/88 rates). Secretary I, Clinical Studies; two positions. Salary range: $291.86 minimum; $338.48 job rate (level 5); $406.26 maximum. Fire Prevention Officer, Environmental Health & Safety. Probation rate: $1 1.68 per hour; after three months, $12.29; after one year, $13.41 (1987/88 rates). Custodian 2, Housekeeping; three positions. Job rate: $10.27 per hour; probation rate: $.20 per hour lower than job rate. Library Assistant I, track 2, Circu- lation/Reserve, Library. Salary range: $29 1 .86 minimum; $338.48 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Assistant Manager, Whippletree Restaurant. Salary range: $493.33 minimum; $536.52 job rate (level 5); $648.38 maximum. Office Manager, Maintenance. Salary range: $383.1 7 minimum; $441.53 job rate (level 5); $546.35 maximum. Personnel report Appointments Personals For Sale: TCoSy sweatshirts, black, grey or white, $2 1 crew neck, $26 hooded, order by Oct. 29 from "marty" or "mcgarry" on TCoSy, “crosby" or “jmcgarry" on CoSy or Marty at 763-9657. Credenza, 21” x 68", suitable for stereo, books or toy storage, 822-7023 after 5 p.m. Adult Head skis, 190 cm, used only four times; men’s Nordic ski boots, size 9 1/2; Hoi Watt amplifier for electric guitar, 837-0279. Two wicker tables, one with glass top; 12-fool oak chair rail; mirror cabinet, 822-0586 after 5 p.m. Complete edition of Childcraft — the How and Why Library , Exl. 3125 or 821-3941. Large collection of N-Gauge model railroad equipment and accessories; Inglis electric dryer. Ext. 3676 or 621-4779 evenings. Christmas and all-occasion crafts sale, Nov. 1 8 to 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 29 Bridlewood Dr., 822-4334. For Rent: Large two-bedroom apartment in Fergus, two appliances, private patio and parking, available Nov. 1, $795 a month plus hydro, 822-7899 or 821-3291 after 5:30 p.m. Wanted: Two-bedroom apartment or house within 20-minute drive of OVC for staff veterinarian, Ext. 4000. Available: Word processing (using WordPerfect) for research papers, tables, etc., proficient and reliable, Barbara, Ext. 2424 or 837-2277. Found: Gold U of G ring with inscription, found Oct. 5 on pathway beside the Animal Science/Nutrition building, Heather, Ext. 3689. “Personals" is a free service offered by At Guelph for staff faculty and students at the University. All items must be typed, double spaced, and submitted to At Guelph one week before publication. O ARCHIVES L 1 UNIVERSITY Y/U uelph At Guelph Volume 32 Number 34 Nov. 2, 1988 Cover: “Witch” Leslie Work, a Semester 8 environ- mental biology student, ties red thread around a birch tree to ward off evil spirits. The “Witch’s Cauldron” Sunday afternoon walk last week at The Arboretum attracted many visitors who learned how plants were used in witchcraft. Photo by Alan Watson, The Arboretum Inside: 3M teaching fellowship to Gillespie B of G tours Microbiology ....... LRS enhances research capabilities Meet the folks in Internal Audit Last chance for big draw UNIVERSITY w; uelph Gillespie recognized for teaching excellence Prof- Terry Gillespie, Land Resource Science, has been recognized as one of Canada's premier university educators. He is one of 10 recipients of the 1988 3M Teaching Fellowships. A total of four Guelph faculty — more than any other university — has earned the 3M distinction since it was initiated in 1986 by 3M Canada Inc. and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Last year’s winners included Prof. Ernie McFarland, Physics, and Prof. Norman Gibbins, Micro- biology. The late Prof. John Bell of the Department of Languages and Literatures received the award in its inaugural year. Gillespie has been a member of the agro- meteorology group within Land Resource Science since 1 968, when he earned one of the first doctoral degrees granted by the department. “At that time, Guelph was the only university in Canada that offered programs in agro- meteorology,” says Gillespie, who was led into the field by the farming community in Quebec’s eastern townships. During a two-year stint as a meteorologist at Dorval International Airport in Montreal, he was stimulated by questions from nearby farmers who asked him to relate forecasts for rain, frost or high winds to crop production. Growing up in Vancouver and studying at the universities of British Columbia and Toronto, he'd had little exposure to agriculture. “It opened my eyes to a new application of meteorology,” he says. Because meteorology is both practical and exciting, it’s an easy field to teach in, says Gillespie. Students are highly motivated because “everyone is concerned about the weather” and because they can see direct benefits in applying meteorology to agriculture. He is currently supervising four graduate students and employs a number of undergraduate research assistants for summer field work. Over the past 20 years, the department has played a major role in the development of the corn heat unit system used in Ontario and pest management systems, and in the study of the effects of environmental pollution on crop production. Gillespie’s current research involves the search for an alternate way to use acreage taken out of tobacco production, the use of prevailing weather conditions to minimize applications of pesti- cides and a study relating the presence of rain and dew to the severity of ozone damage to plants. O Prof. Terry Gillespie. Photo by John Majorossy. Photographic Services B of G impressed — and depressed — on first college tour Members of the Board of Governors received a first-hand introduction to the College of Bio- logical Science last week. After being briefed on the college by CBS Dean Bruce Sells, they were led on a tour of the Department of Microbiology by department chair Helmut Bertrand. The program was the first of many planned for this academic year to help board members become familiar with campus facilities, achievements and problems. Sells outlined the range of activities in CBS’s six units — Botany, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Human Biology, Microbiology, Nutritional Sciences and Zoology. With 2,500 undergraduate students and 202 graduate students, the college has the largest concentra- tion of students majoring in biological sciences in the province and probably in the country, said Sells. Since 1983, the number of faculty members in the college has remained relatively constant at about 90. he said. University research fellows have increased in number from two to five, and graduate students from 145 to 202. Research funding has risen from $3.5 million to $6.2 million. The cutoff for undergraduate student entrance requirements has risen from 65 per cent to 68 per cent, and only 1 0 per cent are under 70 per cent, said Sells. The number of Ontario scholars has increased by 1 0 per cent to 35 per cent of the total entering undergraduates in the B.Sc. pro- gram, he said. The undergraduate student population has also risen — from 2,3 1 5 to 2,500 — and the number of postdoctoral fellows has increased from four to 22. While maintaining emphasis on quality undergraduate teaching, the college has also placed greater emphasis on graduate student education, said Sells. It has encouraged faculty research and recruited new faculty who are good teachers and promising researchers. CBS has also emphasized the recruitment of post- doctoral fellows, given greater emphasis to modern biology in the area of molecular studies and developed greater interaction with the other colleges, he said. The dean outlined some of the college’s important events in the past five years — the establishment of the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, the building of an extension to house some of the faculty in that department and the establishment of a computer centre. He also noted some of the prestigious awards and recognitions CBS faculty have received — Prof. Terry Beveridge, Microbiology, received the Steacie Prize; Beveridge and Prof. Larry Peterson, Botany, were elected fellows of the Royal Society of Canada; and Prof. Norman Gibbins, Microbiology, received a 3M Teaching Fellowship and a teaching award from the Ontario Confederation of Unversity Faculty Associations. Stiff U.S. competition But the college faces some big challenges, said Sells. At the top of the list is its ability to attract top faculty against the stiff competition from the United States, and then providing well- equipped space to put them in. Bertrand led board members on a tour of the electronic microscope laboratory, a regional centre supported by NSERC, where the costs involved in setting up research facilities for top faculty were explained. They also saw small classrooms requiring renovations, crowded inventory areas and laboratories with outdated equipment. Bertrand told the board that the department has two faculty positions open, but at the moment, it is unclear where they will be housed. B of G chair Ian Murray described the tour as “impressing and depressing," and said that what board members saw and heard will help them in future deliberations. In other business, the board approved the annual report of the University Centre for 1 987/88, presented by the chair of the University Centre board, Roger Jenkins. B of G lauded the UC’s good financial shape. Some board members called for a re-examination of the traditional reporting relationship of the UC board to B of G. B of G also asked the UC to provide the board with its five-year plan when it presents its annual report next year. Arena construction begins The board gave the go-ahead for Webers Construction Company Ltd. of Kitchener to begin work on Phase 1 of the athletics facility project. Work on the twin-pad arena and related site work is starting immediately, said Charles Ferguson, vice-president, administration. Weber was low bidder for the main construction con- tract of the project, coming in at $6,798,000. ‘Chair’ or ‘Chairperson’ A motion calling for the removal of all unnecessary gender references from U of G documents now in use was also approved. President Brian Segal said he would be coming back to the board with policy initiatives on employment equity and recommendations to support female recruitment. Melting down barriers The board was briefed on “Vision 2000,” the Ministry of Colleges and Universities’ recently announced task force to review the mandate of the province’s colleges of applied arts and technology, of which Segal is a member. (See At Guelph Oct. 26.) Board member Solette Gelberg said the pro- vincial government wants to “melt down” the traditional barriers between colleges and universities, encourage more crossovers between the institutions and get more out of the resources both institutions have. “It’s an honest effort to get us talking to each other," she said. No comparison Segal also briefed the board on the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) report Financing Universities in North America: Can Ontario Compete?. “No matter how you look at the numbers," he Continued on page 3. Literary conference features Canadian writers Famous Canadian writers and literary critics will gather at U of G Nov. 9 to 1 2 for a unique conference that will serve as a 50th birthday party and book launching for Canadian author John Metcalf. Co-ordinated by Prof. Tim Struthers, English Language and Literature, the conference “Coming of Age: John Metcalf and the Short Story” is free and open to the public. Metcalf has played a central role in the resurgence of Canadian literature over the last two decades, says Struthers. He has written or edited 47 books and is a major proponent of the Canadian short story. He is co-editor, with Leon Rooke, of The MacMillan Anthology , an annual selection of the best new Canadian writing. Metcalfs latest work, What is a Canadian Literature?, published by Red Kite Press of Guelph, will be showcased during readings by a variety of authors Nov. 10 and 1 1 at 8 p.m. in Room 1 07 of the MacKinnon building. Authors reading their works on Thursday are Ray Smith, Norman Levine. Douglas Glover, Keath Fraser and Rooke. Hugh Hood, Kent Thompson, Clark Blaise and Alice Munro will read on Friday evening. Critical presentations focusing on short stories by Metcalf and his generation will be featured in the daytime conference sessions from 11:10 a.m. to I p.m. and from 2:10 to 4:30 p.m. The Nov. 9 and 10 sessions are in Room 132 of the MacKinnon building; the Nov. 1 1 sessions are in Room 442. The afternoon session Nov. 1 1 will include a paper on Metcalf by W.S. Keith, an interview with Munro by Struthers and a paper on Munro by Prof. Constance Rooke, English Language and Literature. A book-signing for What is a Canadian Literature? will be held Nov. 1 1 from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Bookshelf in downtown Guelph. A special presentation by Hood and Metcalf, on the occasion of Metcalfs actual birthday, will be held Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at the College Motor Inn on Gordon Street. For copies of the conference schedule, call the Department of English Language and Literature, Ext. 3234. O AT GUELPH/Nov. 2, 1988 1 LRS research lab receives $60,000 donation by Owen Roberts Office of Research A $60,000 state-of-the-art sample analyser has been donated to the Department of Land Resource Science’s research analytical labor- atory to develop the instrument’s applications for agriculture. Bran & Luebbe Technicon Industrial Systems, a division of Alfa Laval Ltd. of Scarborough, is providing both the TRAACS 800 System analyser and a grant that will fund a graduate student to assist with lab work and the prepar- ation of a manual for agricultural applications. Paul Martin, manager of Bran & Luebbe Canada, made the donation last month to lab supervisor Dirk Tel, who spent a week at the company's Elmsford, N.Y., headquarters in May training on the system. “We have a commitment to research in university and hospital settings,” says Martin. "Adapting the use of equipment like the TRAACS 800 System to agriculture is important for the overall advancement of agricultural research. Before moving ahead with the development of new plants, for example, researchers still must do basic soil analysis. This instrument offers them a chance to do it with unprecedented efficiency " The TRAACS 800 (Technicon Random- Access Automated Chemistry System) is a computerized sample analyser, capable of simultaneously testing for the presence of two different nutrients in a given extract — at a rate of 120 samples per hour. Manually, such pro- cedures used to take three days. The instrument has many automatic and electronic features, such as the ability to dilute samples too highly concentrated to measure and controlled air injection to properly space the samples through the system. The TRAACS 800 System is now set up and operative in Room 232 of the Land Resource Science building. Work has begun on methods for gauging and measuring the presence of various nutrients in soil extracts. The first nutrients being analysed are soil nitrates and ammonia. Tel has worked with Bran & Luebbe Techni- con on the evaluation of the TRAACS 800 system for the past three years. His expertise in laboratory soil analysis dates back to 1974, when he helped establish the department’s The Department of Land Resource Science’s research analytical laboratory had its scientific capabilities enhanced recently when Bran & Leubbe Technicon Industrial Systems donated a $60,000 sample analyser to the lab. The company also provided funding for a graduate student to help prepare a manual outlining how research analytical lab. Through the years, he has developed agriculturally oriented manuals for several of Technicon’s earlier analysers, and has taught a course on soil analysis annually in Africa. "The TRAACS 800 System continues Bran & Luebbe Technicon’s trend of providing top- quality instruments with state-of-the-art technology for agriculture worldwide," says Tel. “It’s extremely important that we have the the instrument can be used in agricultural applications. Above, from left to right, Dean of Research Larry Milligan, lab supervisor Dirk Tel and Paul Martin, manager of Bran & Leubbe Canada, examine some of the data provided by the computerized analyser. Photo by Owen Roberts, Office of Research best equipment available to perform the most accurate analyses possible on soil and plants,” says Prof. Eric Beauchamp, acting chair of Land Resource Science. This is the second time Bran & Luebbe Technicon has worked with U of G researchers. The company is continuing to support a $100,000 forage and feed quality analysis project with scientists in the departments of Crop Science and Animal and Poultry Science. O $60,000 and counting As of Oct. 27, the University community had donated $60,000 to the Guelph United Way campaign. This is more than halfway to the University’s goal of $1 10,000. Campus UW appeal co-chair Don McIntosh, Office for Educational Practice, says the draw for prizes has encouraged donations and pledges to come in more quickly than in previous years. The draw for the grand prize of a weekend for two at the Millcroft Inn in Alton will be held Nov. 3 at 9 a.m. and will be announced in the Nov. 9 At Guelph. Donations to the campus appeal are welcome until Nov. 30, says McIntosh, and should be delivered to Gabrielle Hubert, Awards, Office of the Registrar, Level 4, University Centre. “We hope to reach our goal of $1 10,000 by then," says McIntosh. The Guelph United Way supports more than 60 programs of 26 agencies that help children, families, seniors and the physically and mentally challenged in the Guelph community. “By giving, you are helping Guelph to be a better place to live,” says McIntosh. If you live outside of Guelph, you can designate your donation to your own community. If you have not received or have lost your pledge card, you can use the card reprinted in the Oct. 19 issue of At Guelph. “Please help us go over the top,” says McIntosh. O Inside Guelph by David Thomas The people in Internal Audit aren’t out to get anybody — they’re here to help, says internal auditor Scott Brown. People often cringe when they hear the word “audit,” but Brown says his unit's job is to make accounting tasks easier for the departments they study. “We’re here to help people — to arrive at a better system, and to protect the University and the individuals who work here,” he says. Internal Audit’s role is twofold, says Brown. "We can provide assurance to senior manage- ment that financial controls are in place, and we can find areas where functions could be con- trolled better or more efficiently. If we find cases of that, we make recommendations as to how they can be improved." Reporting to the vice-president, adminis- tration, the unit tries to cover every department on campus — but that takes time. “There are only three of us, (and) we like to give more than a cursory glance,” says Brown. The auditors set out a schedule of what departments they plan to work with next, but they are always willing to deal with queries. “We set aside time for requests," says Brown. “If someone calls and feels there’s an area where we should investigate, we’ll take a look where we can. "Our expertise is in accounting and accounting control. We don’t analyse specific budget decisions. We’re concerned with the system in which decisions are made. If a new system comes onstream, we like to look at it early.” Internal Audit also works with the University's external auditors, Clarkson-Gordon, to make their job easier. That saves the University money. Brown says. Internal Audit has three staff members — Brown, Linda Scott Campbell and Susann Lohr. • Brown graduated with a business degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. He worked with Clarkson-Gordon, where he got his certified accountant designation, before coming to the University in 1 985. He says he enjoys the challenges the job brings. "Very little of what we do year after year is the same. We’re constantly looking at new things.” • Scott Campbell, who is also a CA, has been with Internal Audit for two years. Prior to that, she worked in public accounting in Kitchener and Sault Ste. Marie. She says she enjoys working in the non-profit sector because “it’s a dynamic area. You meet a lot of different people and address different issues.” * Lohr has been working with Internal Audit for three years and is studying part time towards a certified management accountant designation. Having worked in auditing for an insurance firm, she says she likes the environment of the University because it’s more relaxed and the people are friendly. “The best part of working here is getting out to meet different people in the departments that we audit.” O Internal Audit staff, left to right, Susann Lohr, Scott Brown and Linda Scott Campbell. Pholo by David Thomas, PRI Letters to the editor Faculty reductions a concern To avoid confusion about the “miscon- ceptions" and “inaccuracies” of faculty members alleged by the vice-president, academic, Jack MacDonald, in the Sept. 28 and Oct. 19 editions of At Guelph, it is worthwhile citing the document that is in dispute word for word. The Strategic Planning Paper 1 988, Part 2, to which faculty members were referring in their Oct. 5 letter, states: "Asa result, the deans and academic vice-president held a series of meetings in late fall and early winter that led to the identification and ultimate removal of 9.3 Ministry of Colleges and Universities faculty positions in the 1988189 budget.” In the Sept. 28 At Guelph, the vice- president, academic, writes: “Last year, faculty positions were reduced by 9.3, but in almost every case new positions were created .” This contradicts the statement of “ultimate removal” in the strategic planning paper. In the Oct. 19 At Guelph , the vice- president, academic, alleges that the faculty members’ assertion that “in 1988, 9.3 more positions have been eliminated” is “inaccurate." This contradicts the statement of the strategic planning paper that the 9.3 positions were, in fact, removed in the 1988/89 budget. Why does the vice-president, academic, misrepresent statements and then say it is faculty members who are suffering from “misconceptions” and “inaccuracies"? Faculty members are deeply concerned that the decline of numbers of faculty positions in the University is destroying its teaching and research capacities, while the increase in administrative positions and “discretionary funds” is taking over those funds that ought to be used to fulfil the University’s constitutional objectives of independent teaching and research. Playing games with the figures and not confronting the problem will not solve it. The vice-president, academic, for example, says nothing about the more than 30 faculty positions represented by academic "discretionary funds” for favored projects of favored faculty. Nor does he acknowledge the fact that what the ministry’s unprecedented attaching of funds to faculty renewal has accom- plished, academic administration has taken away by converting other faculty positions into administration-controlled funds. Prof. John McMurtry, Philosophy. \i Guelph At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a reduced schedule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy approved by the president of the University. A copy is available on request. Views and opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. Letters to the editor, opinions, news items, speeches, faculty and staff activities, and other submissions are wel- come. Deadline is seven days before date of issue unless otherwise specified. Stories may be reprinted with acknow- ledgment of source. Editorial office: Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre, 519-824-4120, Ext. 3864. Executive editor: Sandra Webster. As- sistant editor: Barbara Chance. Editorial advisory board: Katherine Elliott, Counselling and Student Resource Centre; Fred Evers, Sociology and Anthro- pology; Martin Hodgson, Physical Re- sources; Walter Kehm, School of Land- scape Architecture; Susan Mclver, Envi- ronmental Biology; Francois Pare, Lan- guages and Literatures; Vic Reimer, Per- sonnel; Craig Sanderson, Central Student Association; Frances Sharom, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Roselynn Stevenson, Microbiology; Barbara Stewart, Family Studies Lab Schools; Joseph Woods, Graduate Student Association; Trish Walker, University Secretariat; and Sandra Webster and Gerry Quinn, Public Rela- tions and Information. Electronic mail - NETNORTH:DOISW at UoGuelph; CoSv:swebster ISSN 0836-4478 Member: International Association of Business Communicators, Public Affairs Council for Education and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Postage paid in cash at first-class rates, Permit 1 1 49, Guelph, Ontario N 1 G 2W 1 . 2 AT GUELPH/Nov. 2, 1988 Briefly Graduate Studies meeting The annual meeting of the Faculty of Graduate Studies will be held Nov. 9 from 1 : 1 0 to 3 p.m. in Room 204, Landscape Architecture building. The changes that are taking place in the Uni- versity’s graduate programs will be reviewed, and current concerns will be discussed. President Brian Segal will be the featured guest speaker on the topic “Current Status and Future Pros- pects for Graduate Studies at Guelph." FRS Day Financial Services is hosting "FRS Day" Nov. 10 in Room 103, University Centre. Faculty, managers and administrative staff from all departments are encouraged to attend. The day will feature one-hour presentations of the on- line Financial reporting system at 1 0 a.m., 1 2:30 and 3 p.m. The demonstrations will provide an introduction to the system, highlighting current features and introducing new capabilities. For more information, call Jim Cooper, manager of Accounting, Ext. 3452. Search me! The library is offering a number of 30-minute information sessions on how to use its new “Search Me" CD-ROM microcomputer cata- logue. Sessions are planned for Nov. 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 10:10 a.m. and Nov. 3, 10, 17 and 24 and Dec. 1 at 3:10 p.m. Meet at the library information desk. Early music The Department of Music is sponsoring a concert of early music with Ars Antiqua de Paris Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. in Room 1 07, MacKinnon building. Countertenor Joseph Sage, accom- panied by Michel Sanvoisin on recorders and krummhorns and Raymond Couste on lutes, guitars and drums, will perform songs and music by Elizabethan composers William Bryd and Thomas Morley, as well as French songs and dances from the 16th and 17th century by Couperin, Attaingnant, Claudin de Sermisy, Antoine Boessett and Nicolas de la Grotte. Admission is free. First Gilmor award Nominations are being sought for the First R.P. Gilmor Student Life Award. Named after former provost Paul Gilmor, the award recognizes individuals or groups who have contributed to the betterment of student life at the University. Nomination forms are available from the Office of Student Affairs, Room 411, University Centre. Nomination deadline is Nov. 7. OVC seminar series The OVC seminar series continues Nov. 9 with Prof. David Waltner-Toews, Population Medi- cine, discussing “One Animal Among Many: Veterinarians in the Global Community.” The seminar is at 12:10 p.m. in Room 508, Clinical Studies building. A special lecture will be held Nov. 1 1 with Dr. Otto Haller of the Institute for Immunology and Virology at the University of Zurich. His topic will be "Genetic Aspects of Resistance to Influenza" at 3 p.m. in Room 1 1 3, MacNaughton building. Singer in concert Canadian singer/songwriter Rita MacNeil will perform Nov. 1 1 at 8 p.m. at War Memorial Hall. Tickets range from $ 1 3.50 to $ 1 6.50 and are available at the UC box office. Help yourself The Self-Help Centre and the Counselling and Student Resource Centre are offering a series of self-help workshops and information sessions. They include noon-hour workshops on “Stage- fright” Nov. 3 and “Procrastination — The Thief of Time” Nov. 17, and an information session on “Stress” Dec. 1 at noon. All sessions are 1 1/2 hours long and are in Room 3 1 8 of the University Centre. Western views of Russia The Guelph chapter of the Humanities Asso- ciation presents a lecture by Prof. Lew Abbott, History, on “The Evil Empire” Nov. 1 1 at 8 p.m. in Room 1 14, MacKinnon building. Abbott’s illustrated lecture will examine western views of Russia since the 16th century. Admission is free for members and students, $5 for non- members, single or family. Membership is $15. single or family. To join the association, send your cheque, payable to the Guelph chapter of the Humanities Association of Canada, to Abbott in the Department of History. Scottish airs The University Centre and the Scottish Studies Association present Ossian — the Music of Scotland Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. in Peter Clark Hall. Tickets are $6 through the History Department, $6.50 at the UC box office and $7 at the door. This event is open to members of the University community and their registered guests. Musically speaking The Department of Music’s Thursday noon- hour concert Nov. 3 features Canadian pianist Waltner Prossnitz. Guest artists Nov. 10 are flutist Paula Elliott and pianist Sylvia Hunter. Elliott is celebrating her 20th year as principal flutist of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and is a flute instructor at McMaster University. Elliott and Hunter began their professional association in the 1960s. Their first program at 12:10 p.m. in Room 1 07, MacKinnon building, will consist of “Sonata No. 18 in B Flat Major" by Frederick the Great, "Sonata” 1936 by Paul Hindemith and “Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy," Op. 26, by Franz Doppler. Program II at 1:10 p.m. will feature “Concerto, Op. 8," (in one movement) by Otar Gordeli, “Sonata No. 2" (“Le Vibray”) by Michel Blavet, “Romance," Op. 34, No. 1, by Charles Marie Widor, “Le Merle Noir” by Olivier and “Fantasie” by Philippe Gaubert. Admission to the concerts is free. Coming events WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OEP Seminar - “Computer Graphics,” noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - "System Development in l C\” noon, Computing Services seminar room. Concert - Toronto Dance Theatre, noon, UC courtyard. OVC Seminar - “Computerized Models in Clinical Teaching,” Larry Belbeck, 12:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. Cycling Club - Downey Road (novice ride), 1 7 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. THURSDAY, Nov. 3 Schedule of Events - Fortieth class day. Pathology Seminar - “Causes of Mortality on Commercial Mink Ranches,” R. Schneider, 11:10 a.m., Pathology 220. Self-Help Workshop - “Stagefright,” noon, UC 318. Concert - Walter Prossnitz, piano, 12:10 and 1:10 p.m., MacKinnon 107, free. Early Music Concert - Ars Antiqua de Paris, 3 p.m., MacKinnon 107, free. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 3: 1 0 p.m., library information desk. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335 ; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5:10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Nov. 4 Schedule of Events - Last day of preregistration period — in-course students. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - "Correlation of Caffeine- Induced Contracture and Caffeine-Induced Calcium Release from Sarcoplasmic Reti- culum," Brian Brown, 11:50 a.m.. Pathology 145. SATURDAY, Nov. 5 Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the T rees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. SUNDAY, Nov. 6 Cycling Club - Elora Gorge, 45 miles, 10 a.m., UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 10:10a.m. .PeterClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, “Ever- green and Not Always Green,” 2 p.m., Arbore- tum Nature Centre. MONDAY, Nov. 7 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. Concert - Ossian — The Music of Scotland, 9 p.m., Peter Clark Hall, $7. TUESDAY, Nov. 8 Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., library information desk. Our World - “PAAX — The Anatomy of a Grassroots Development Project in Nigeria," 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Gerontology Seminar - "Ethical Issues in Geriatric Health-Care Policy," Phillip Clark, 12:10 p.m., UC 332. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m.. UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious. 5 p.m., UC 335. Physics Colloquium - “An Experimental Search for Rare K+ Decays: Proving the Standard Model to Second Order,” Mats Selen, 4 p.m., MacNaughton 1 13. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9 Worship - Feminist and Christian. 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Candidate Meeting - Alderman Joe Young, noon to 2 p.m., UC 441. OEP Seminar - "EdNET: Electronically Extending the Classroom,” noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - “QuickBASIC IV Pro- gramming," noon, Computing Services seminar room. OVC Seminar - “One Animal Among Many: Veterinarians in the Global Community," David Waltner-Toews, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Biochemistry Seminar - “Bacteriophage Morphogenesis: Protein- Protein and Protein- DNA Interactions,” Helios Murialdo, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. Annual Meeting - Faculty of Graduate Studies, “Current Status and Future Prospects for Graduate Studies at Guelph,” Brian Segal, 1:10 p.m.. Landscape Architecture 204. Cycling Club - Rockwood, 20 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. THURSDAY, Nov. 10 Pathology Seminar - “A Biochemical Study of Nodular Liver Disease in Dogs.” S. Best, 11:10 a.m.. Pathology 220. FRS Day - Financial Reporting System Demonstration, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., UC 103. Concert - Paula Elliott, flute, and Sylvia Hunter, piano, 12:10 and 1:10 p.m., MacKinnon 107. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 3:10 p.m., library information desk. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus. 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5: 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m.. UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Nov. II Remembrance Day - Service, 10:45 a.m., War Memorial Hall. Systematics Seminar Series — “The Morphology and Evolution of Selected Elasmobranch Tapeworms," Janine Caira, 3 p.m., Animal Science/Nutrition 141. OVC Seminar - “Genetic Aspects of Resistance Systematics seminar series The Interdepartmental Systematics Group’s seminar series continues Nov. 1 1 with Dr. Janine Caira of the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut speaking on “The Morphology and Evolution of Selected Elasmobranch Tape- worms." The seminar begins at 3 p.m. in Room 141 of the Animal Science/Nutrition building. Comedy at War Mem Hall Letter from Wingfield Farm, a comedy written by Dan Needles and starring Rod Beattie, will be performed Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. Tickets range from $9 to $12 and are available at the UC box office. What’s on at The Arboretum The Arboretum’s fall series of Sunday afternoon walks continues Nov. 6 with “Evergreen and Not Always Green ” and Nov. 14 with “Fables, Folklore and Fairy Tales." Designed for families, the naturalist-led walks leave from The Arboretum Nature Centre at 2 p.m. Fulford to speak Journalist Robert Fulford, veteran of 1 9 years as editor of Saturday Night magazine, will speak Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. in War Memorial Hall on "Politics of the Media: The Trivialization of the Electoral Process.” Tickets are $4.50 in advance at the UC box office and $5 at the door for students and seniors, $5.50 and $6 general admission. Theatre in the Trees The Arboretum’s dinner theatre, Theatre in the T rees, is offering the comedy Look, No Hans! by John Chapman and Michael Pertwee. Per- formances are scheduled for Nov. 5, 12. 18, 19 and 26, and Dec. 3,9. 10 and 1 7. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.; the play begins at 8 p.m. Cost is $29.50. Tickets are available at the University Centre box office, Ext. 3940. to Influenza,” Otto Haller, 3 p.m., MacNaughton 113. Humanities Association — “The Evil Empire — Western Views of Russia Since the 16th Century," Lew Abbott, 8 p.m., MacKinnon 1 14, $5 non-members, members and students free. Concert - Rita MacNeil, 8 p.m., War Memorial Hall, $13.50 to $16.50. B of G tours Microbiology Continued from page I. said, "Ontario universities operate with 35 to 65 per cent less government funding than their counterparts in public American universities." Segal also gave the board a report on COU’s program of visits to secondary schools (see At Guelph Oct. 12) and informed members about the upcoming Ontario Municipal Board hearing Nov. 16 (see At Guelph Oct. 12). The hearing will probably continue for five to six months, he said. The board was also invited to nominate individuals or organizations for 25 “Builders of the University" awards to be presented during the University’s 25th anniversary celebrations next year. "We are looking for people who have had a significant role in the building of the University over time." said Ferguson, chair of the builders awards committee. Strategic plan briefing Academic vice-president Jack MacDonald reported on Senate’s actions on the strategic planning paper. Segal said a plan will be developed that includes all units — administra- tive and academic — so U of G can look at its priorities in relation to the total University. An amendment to faculty policy was also approved. It clarifies the procedure for appeals of selective increase rating decisions and trans- fers the power of decision from the department tenure and promotion committee to the college tenure and promotion committee. B of G also endorsed a motion that board minutes become public documents after they have been approved by the board. O AT GUELPH/Nov. 2, 1988 3 Personals Our people — Former University of Guelph president Dr. Bill Winegard has received the engineering alumni medal of the Engineering Alumni Association of the University of Toronto. The award recognizes his outstanding con- tributions as a metallurgical engineer, teacher, researcher, author and university president, and acknowledges his educational leadership and service in the Canadian government. Personnel report Appointments Pek Lee has changed employment from secretary 1 in the Department of Family Studies to secretary II in Employment Services and Training, Personnel. Janet Diebel of Kitchener has been appointed liaison officer/student counsellor in the School of Engineering. Peggy Patterson has changed employment from adviser in the Counselling and Student Resource Centre to assistant to the associate vice-president, student affairs. Mary Sheridan has changed employment from secretary I in the Department of Clinical Studies to executive secretary 1 in the office of the assistant dean, OVC. Job opportunities As of At Guelph deadline Oct. 28, 1 988, the following opportunities were available: Analyst I, Computing Services. Normal hiring range: $24,877 to $29,230 per year. Medical Secretary II, Pathology Department; temporary full-time until July 1 989. Normal hiring range: $320.1 1 to $346.79. Editorial Assistant. Independent Study Division, School of Continuing Education; temporary full-time from Nov. 25/88 to May 26/89. Normal hiring range: $351.36 to $372.98. The following positions were available to on-campus employees only: Wellness Centre Clerk, Medical Services; temporary full-time nine-month contract, September to May, for about two years. Normal hiring range: $291.86 to $317.13. Library Assistant I, track 2, Coding Section, Documentation and Media Resource Centre, Library; temporary full-time from November 1988 to April 30/89. Normal hiring range: $291.86 to $317.13. Library Assistant I, track 2, Coding Section, Documentation and Media Resource Centre, Library. Salary range: $291.86 minimum; $338.48 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Secretary II, Animal and Poultry Science. Salary range: $320.1 1 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. For Sale: “Quality-in-the-country” Estonian craft sale, Nov. 12 to 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., call 824-9882 for directions. Black wood- stove; double bed frame, with wood head- boards and baseboards, Ext. 4092 or 843- 6874 after 1 0 p.m. Shutters — two 1 2” x 32” and eight 1" x 32"; garbage disposal; top of white pedestal sink, 836-2868. Gold Sklar chesterfield and matching chair, excellent condition, 823-5818 evenings. Christmas and all-occasion crafts sale, Nov. 1 8 to 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 29 Bridlewood Dr., 822-4334. For Rent: Upper part of two-bedroom bungalow, furnished, University area, avail- able January to March 1988, 824-9579. Large four-bedroom house near campus, four bathrooms, double garage, fireplace, Ext. 4005 or 1-833-9578 after 6 p.m. Secondary school teachers from North Middlesex District Secondary School in Parkhill, St. Catharines Collegiate Institute and Laura Secord in St. Catharines have visited the campus on their professional development days. Their visits have been a result of an increased interest from their students about U of G programs. The teachers met with various faculty members in several departments. The Admissions Office would like to thank Prof. Usher Posluszny, Botany; Prof. Bob Winkel, dean’s office. College of Physical Science; Prof. Michael Haywood, HAFA; Prof. Harry Wanted: Used printer, near-letter quality, compatible with Commodore computer, 824-3586. Bingo caller, evenings, will train, excellent wages; also snack bar help required, 821- 5785 before 6 p.m. Available: Pet dwarf rabbit, free to a good home, cage included, 822-5690 after 4 p.m. Professional word processing, fast turn- around, high quality, low rates, 837-141 0 or 822- 9945 anytime. Housecleaning, 836-4699. “ Personals ” is a free service offered by At Guelph for staff, faculty and students at the University. All items must be typed, double spaced, and submitted to At Guelph one week before publica^on. O Lane, Drama; Janet Diebel, School of Engineering; Prof. Joan Norris, Family Studies; and Prof. Walter Bachinski, Fine Art, for meeting with the teachers and discussing their programs. To date, U of G liaison officers have made more than 200 secondary school visits and have spoken with about 3,000 students. Next week, presentations will be made at schools in Port Perry, Walkerton, Chesley, Owen Sound, Wingham, Clinton, Goderich, Scarborough, Don Mills, Willowdale, Mississauga, Aurora and Oakville. O In touch archives library UNIVERSITY yQ UELPH Volume 32 Number 35 Nov. 9, 1988 Pholo by Jack Harrison. Photographic Services Cover: Library staff hard at work on a quilt that will be raffled off next year during the University’s 25th anniversary are, left to right, Marlene Robertson, Sharon Quiring, Barbara Bennett and Dianna Plumridge. As part of the anniver- sary celebrations, At Guelph will publish “Remember When,” a column of light-hearted recollections from retirees. Inside: Working together for a safe campus . . Wanted: equity co-ordinator English professor wins UW grand prize No match for U.S. university financing Inside appointment sought To hire employment and educational equity co-ordinator U of G is seeking an employment and educational equity co-ordinator who will report directly to the president. The creation of the position was recommended by Senate and is another significant step in moving the University towards a more effective approach to equity, says President Brian Segal. The incumbent, who Segal hopes will come from inside the University, could well take on the position as a secondment, he says. “I see this position as not only focusing on employment and education equity, but also contributing to the senior management process of the University.” The co-ordinator will be responsible for the long-range planning, development, implementation and evaluation of policies directed at providing equal opportunity in employment and education for all groups in the University community. This will involve working closely with the Personnel Department and the Employment and Educational Equity Advisory Committee (EEEAC), which consists of members of the former presidential advisory committee on equity headed by Prof. Susan Mclver, chair of the Department of Environmental Biology. The incumbent will: • co-ordinate the development and implementation of policy directed at achieving equitable representation of women, visible minorities, aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities among the ranks of the University’s staff, students and faculty; • act as a consultant to the administration on equity issues; • participate in the activities of the EEEAC; • assess the composition and distribution of target groups in the University and identify imbalances through the regular collection and analysis of statistical data; • review University policies, practices and efforts to recruit members of target groups as faculty, students and staff; • prepare reports outlining the results of operational reviews and, in consultation with EEEAC and Personnel, recommend program objectives, action plans, goals and timetables; • develop and implement strategies for dissemination of information regarding employment and education equity throughout the University; • monitor the University’s compliance with relevant legislation and government policy; • liaise with relevant government agencies, community action groups and professional colleagues at other universities; and • carry out other associated duties. The candidate must have a post-secondary degree or an equivalent combination of educational and working experience; at least five years of academic or administrative experience in a post- secondary setting, including some background related to employment and educational equity; proven administrative skills, including planning and organization; program development/co- ordination and supervision of research; and demonstrated above-average analytical skills, communication skills and human relations abilities. The deadline for on-campus applications is Nov. 1 8. Applications and resumes should be sent to Employment Services and Training, Personnel, Level 5, University Centre. O UNIVERSITY ^G UELPH University, students establish help programs The right to feel safe The University and its students are continuing their efforts to ensure that the campus is a safe and secure environment. “This University is a reasonably secure environment,” says Brian Sullivan, associate vice-president, student affairs, “and a range of activities are being undertaken to heighten awareness and obtain co-operation in making it even safer.” Sullivan was responding to an article in the October issue of Maclean's magazine called “Rape on Campus — Wild Parties and Fears about Walking Alone.” The story says there have been five official reports of sexual assault on this campus since Jan. 1. Maclean 's quotes Maureen Evans, news editor of the student newspaper The Ontarion as saying campus police are “chauvinistic” for categorizing some incidents as minor and for suggesting that the victims should have kept their doors locked. In the article, Kathryn Edgecombe, co-ordinator of the Women’s Resource Centre, also criticizes campus police for only reluctantly releasing statistics on sexual assault when she was preparing a study last year. “It’s hard to get statistics — not just from universities — but from any police force,” says Edgecombe. In addition, women aren’t reporting incidents, she says. “They need to feel they are in a safe environment before they will come forward." The Women’s Resource Centre in Room 234 of the University Centre is there to help, she says. Sullivan says the Maclean's figure of five incidents this year is accurate. There are fewer incidents this year than last, he says, “but even one incident is one too many and very serious, and we know that many incidents go unreported.” Recent incidents Ron McCormick, head of Security Services, says there has not been an attempt to hide information about assaults on campus. “We share it with Medical Services, Counselling Services and Student Affairs," he says, "and all cases are seriously investigated.” McCormick provided At Guelph with details of the five cases of sexual assaults this year: • On Feb. 1, two charges of sexual assault were laid against a man who entered the unlocked rooms of two female students in Macdonald Hall. The victims were fondled, but were not otherwise physically harmed. The assailant, a student visiting from another university, was found guilty and given an absolute discharge in city court. • On March 3 1 , a lone woman jogging at night near the greenhouses was accosted by several males who had been drinking. The victim’s clothes were ripped and she received scrapes and bruises. The victim was unable to give campus police a description of the assailants and they have not been apprehended. • On Sept. 1 2, a student was sexually assaulted off campus on College Avenue, opposite parking lot 19. City police are handling the case, aided by campus police. The victim suffered bodily harm, and the assailant, who fled when a car came along, has not been apprehended. • On Oct. 2, a man entered the unlocked room of a Lambton Hall student, fondled her and left when the victim woke up. The assailant has not been apprehended. Over the years, campus police have investi- gated about three or four cases of a sexual nature each year, but McCormick says no actual rapes have been recorded on campus for a number of years. He says campus police have provided — and will continue to provide — an emergency escort service. They also visit the residences several times each semester to teach personal safety to students and residence advisers. “Our main theme is self-help — don’t go out alone at night and make sure your doors are locked.” Will be informed Sullivan defends the University community’s right-to-know about reported incidents and when there is a threatening situation. In the future, they will be informed through At Guelph, he says. Sullivan’s office and students across campus have been working together on a number of programs to improve safety awareness on campus since Homecoming ’87, when several incidents of sexual harassment or assault were reported. There were no such reported incidents at Homecoming this year. “U of G is home to many of our students, and they have a right to feel safe in it,” says Sullivan. In an emergency, the number to call on campus is Ext. 2270. He says he wants to hear personally from anyone who has difficulties in, or Continued on page 2. A campus free of dark shadows. Pholo by Photographic Services AT GUELPH/Nov. 9, 1988 1 Program changes top Senate agenda Board of Undergraduate Studies is to seek Senate's endorsement Nov. 15 of a long list of program changes — many of them arising out of recommendations contained in the Report of the Task Force on Agriculture. "This has been our busiest fall in a number of years in curriculum development,” says Barbara Abercrombie, University secretary. Departments across the campus have been in discussion, and program committees have done a lot of work under the pressure of calendar deadlines, she says. Letters to the editor I am writing because I want to make an informed voting decision on Nov. 2 1 . But I am uncertain about the effects of the free trade agreement on our nation. I hope that the University’s specialists in economics, agriculture and science will help to clarify some of the issues for me. On one hand, the financial and business industries point to free trade as the road to long-term prosperity and wealth for the Canadian people. Having grown up in an entrepreneurial family, I understand their perspective and reasoning. On the other hand, environmental groups across Canada warn us that the free trade agreement will irrevocably and forever deny us control over our own natural resources. Put simply, my question is: Can we have industrial wealth if we lose our environ- mental riches? Will we greet the 21st century in an environmental desert devoid of natural wealth? Or, is there room for both perspectives — free trade and environmental responsibility? Janet Cater, Alumni Affairs and Development At Guelph At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a reduced schedule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy approved by the president of the University. A copy is available on request. Views and opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. Letters to the editor, opinions, news items, speeches, faculty and staff activities, and other submissions are wel- come. Deadline is seven days before date of issue unless otherwise specified. Stories may be reprinted with acknow- ledgment of source. Editorial office: Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre, 519-824-4120, Ext. 3864. Executive editor: Sandra Webster. As- sistant editor: Barbara Chance. Editorial advisory board: Katherine Elliott, Counselling and Student Resource Centre; Fred Evers, Sociology and Anthro- pology; Martin Hodgson, Physical Re- sources; Walter Kehm, School of Land- scape Architecture; Susan Mclver, Envi- ronmental Biology; Francois Pare, Lan- guages and Literatures; Vic Reimer, Per- sonnel; Craig Sanderson, Central Student Association; Frances Sharom, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Roselynn Stevenson, Microbiology; Barbara Stewart, Family Studies Lab Schools; Joseph Woods, Graduate Student Association; Trish Walker, University Secretariat; and Sandra Webster and Gerry Quinn, Public Rela- tions and Information. Electronic mail — NETNORTH:DOISW at UoGuelph; CoSy:swebster ISSN 0836-4478 Member: International Association of Business Communicators, Public Affairs Council for Education and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Postage paid in cash at first-class rates. Permit 1149, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1. The Committee on University Planning will also present an action report on the imple- mentation of the recommendations of the Task Force on Agriculture. The Research Board will inform Senate of initial steps it has taken to enhance the Univer- sity’s research position relative to otherCanadian universities. The Senate Committee on Educational Development will ask Senate to support eight motions in a report. The University of Guelph's Response to Disabled Students' Learning Needs. The Committee on Graduation and Cere- monials will present a motion for the estab- lishment of an award in memory of the late Prof. John Bell, Department of Languages and Literatures, who served U of G with distinction from 1972 to 1987. The Centre for International Programs will present its 1987/88 annual report for infor- mation, and Senate will also learn of the centre’s plans to implement women-in-development guidelines for international education, research and development projects. O $85,000 and still counting Prof. Neil Carson, English Language and Literature, second from left, receives the grand prize in this year’s campus United Way canvass from President Brian Segal. At far left is Shelley Birnie-Lefcovitch of the Student Counselling and Student Resource Centre, who is president of the city of Guelph’s UW social planning council. At right is Don McIntosh, Office for Educational Practice, co-chair of the campus UW appeal. As of last Thursday, the University community had donated $85,000 towards the $110,000 campus goal. Returns are still pending from the Department of Fine Art, The Arboretum, the School of Engineering, Clinical Studies, Molecular Biology & Genetics, HAFA, Housekeeping, Residences, Food Services, Microbiology and Photographic Ser- vices. With help from these areas, the University can reach its goal, says McIntosh. Pholo by David Thomas, PRI Feeling safe Continued from page I. apprehensions about, coming forward to report an incident or give information. Last month, a Sexual Assault Awareness Week was held on campus. It was organized by an ad hoc committee chaired by Liz Honegger. Counselling and Student Resource Centre, whose unit also offers one-to-one counselling to victims of assault. The awareness week will be repeated annually, says Sullivan. This year’s program included a Film on why men rape, an Akido presentation, a CFRU radio program on “date rape," bilingual skits on sexual assault and rape, and a coffeehouse. There was also an information table, containing material provided by the Women’s Resource Centre and Women In Crisis on sexual assault information for men, how to respond to sexual harassment, steps to take immediately after being sexually assaulted, workplace harassment, and safely tips for living alone, driving, walking and riding in elevators. U of G procedures for dealing with sexual harassment and sexual assault have also been clarified. All members of the University community have received a copy of the Uni- versity’s policies on sexual harassment and sexual assault (see accompanying articles), which were issued by Personnel. The CSA formed a safety awareness com- mittee earlier this semester, chaired by Patrick Van Haren, CSA’s vice-president, internal, academic, and a Semester 7 student in the B.Sc.( Agr.) program. The committee is made up of some 30 students, faculty and staff, including representatives from The Ontarion, The Peak and CFRU, Athletics, Medical Services, Security Services, the faculty and staff associations and CSRC. They are addressing such issues as lighting on campus, educational activities, alcohol awareness, date rape and vandalism, says Van Haren. Better lighting in parking lots, particularly behind the Crop Science building and in front of the Athletics Centre, is at the top of the committee’s agenda. "We are particularly concerned for those who use the blue on- campus permits for perimeter parking," says Van Haren. Healthy self-help Students and student groups have set safety procedures in place. Evening staff at The Peak are offering escort service, particularly to off- campus students who walk near the Dairy Bush Hill area. And the College of Social Science student government’s “Magic Shuttle Bus" is taking off-campus students as close as it can to their homes, says Sullivan. The students them- selves are organizing escort services based in the residences. The campus isn’t any less safe than in past years, says Sullivan, but people on campus have become increasingly aware of their rights and responsibilities, and their intolerance for certain kinds of behavior has grown. “Because of this increased concern," he says, “all parts of the community are working together to improve the situation even further." O Sexual harassment U of G will not permit sexual harassment by an agent, employee or student towards any other person. Sexual harassment may include the following: • Unwelcome jokes, remarks, innuendos or taunting relating to a person’s body, sexual activities or gender. • Unnecessary physical contact such as touching, patting, pinching, punching or other forms of physical assault. • Unwelcome repeated invitations or requests, direct or explicit, to engage in behavior of a sexual nature on the part of a person who knows or ought reasonably to know such are unwelcome. • Implied or expressed promise of reward for complying with a sexually-oriented request. • Reprisal in the form of threats or actual reprisal, or the denial of opportunity or implied or expressed threat of denial of opportunity, for a refusal to comply with a sexually-oriented request. A victim of sexual harassment should clearly inform the harasser that such actions are unwelcome and objectionable and should contact the following: Employee Relations, Personnel, Ext. 6700; Liz Honegger, Counselling & Student Resource Centre, Ext. 2383 or leave message at Ext. 3245, Kathryn Edgecombe, Women’s Resource Centre, Ext. 8559; Central Stu- dent Association Women’s Commissioner, Ext. 6741; or a union/association steward or representative. Sexual assault U of G will not permit sexual assault by any agent, employee or student towards any other person. There are four basic types of assault: • Assault: using or threatening to use force (includes physical and verbal threats as well as implied use of a weapon). • Sexual assault: using or threatening to use force for sexual purposes. • Sexual assault with a weapon: using a weapon or an imitation as a means of applying force for sexual purposes, or threatening to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant, or causing bodily harm to the complainant, or being party to the offence with any other person. • Aggravated sexual assault: using a weapon or an imitation as a means of applying force for sexual purposes, resulting in wounding, maiming, dis- figuring or endangering the life of the complainant. These are only a guide, and specific reference should be made to the Criminal Code. In addition to action taken by the University, offenders may face criminal charges punishable by imprisonment up to life. Who to call • Emergency number Ext. 2270 • University Police Ext. 2245 • Employee Relations, Personnel Ext. 6700 • Counselling & Student Resource Centre (Liz Honegger) Ext. 2383 or 3245 (messages) • Women’s Resource Centre (Kathryn Edgecombe) Ext. 8559 • Union/association steward or repre- sentative. Correction Two At Guelph readers — College of Arts Dean David Murray and Prof. Ernie McFarland, Physics, note that there is one more U of G faculty member who has received a 3M Teaching Fellowship. (See At Guelph, Nov. 2.) Prof. Constance Rooke, Department of English Language and Literature, received the pres- tigious award before joining Guelph’s ranks. O 2 AT GUELPH/Nov. 9, 1988 OAC recognizes top graduate students Fifty-nine U of G students received OAC graduate awards valued at more than $ 1 84,000 in a recent presentation ceremony on campus. The Mary Edmunds Williams Fellowships were awarded to Robert Bennett, Malcolm Gilmour, Julian Lee, Emilia Paola De Rose and Lucie Tuin of Guelph; Peter Braunberger of Keene; Andrew Kielly of Charlottetown, P.E.I.; David Kloppenburg of Puslinch; Scott Miles of Cranbrook, B.C.; Perry Miller of Carrot River, Sask.; Duff Moore of Golden Valley; Nicholas Tinker of Gormley; and France Cho Ah Ying of Rosehill, Mauritius. In addition, Kielly was awarded the Don Huntley Seed Research Fellowship, Miles the Honorable John S. Martin Scholarship, Tinker the Soybean Research Fellowship and Cho Ah Ying the Firmenich Canada Ltd. Scholarship. Soden Fellowships in Agriculture went to Olayiwola Adeola of Ibadan, Nigeria; Alan Barr of Surrey, B.C.; Francois Blain of Laval, Que.; Parveen Chawla, Brian Guy, Karsten Liber, James Oxley, John Paul, Peter Slade and Alan Vaage of Guelph; Jialiang Chen of Shanghai, China; Richard Cote of Normandin, Que.; A.K. Enamul Haque of Sylhet. Bangladesh; and Terry Wheeler of Kitchener. Blain also received the Tommy Thompson Fellowship, Liber received the Robinson T ravel Scholarship and Slade was awarded the William A. Stewart Fellowship. The Dr. W.R. Graham Memorial Award was presented to Eduardo Valdes of Guelph. Nancy Fischer of Kanata received the James McGrath Memorial Scholarship. The Kingroup-Pride 5 Fellowship went to Graeme McKillop of Wallacetown, and the Major General La Fleche Memorial Scholarship went to Peter Lenhardt of Guelph. The H.L. Hutt Memorial Fellowship was awarded to Jacqueline Brown of Elmira. Paul Groenewegen of Lucan received the Orville E. Sinclair Research Fellowship. Hoskin Fellow- ships were awarded to Carlene Chase of Armiva, Trinidad, and Norman Goodyear of Gander, Nfld. The Beaton Fellowship went to Karen Caldwell of Cobourg and S.K. Sharma of New Delhi, India. Seth Asare of Accra, Ghana, received the Lavalin Fellowship. Manton Memorial Awards went to James Todd of Campbellford and Maria da Silva of Brampton. Michael Hall of Guelph received the Dr. John Bandeen Memorial Fellowship, and Beverly Raimbault of Vineland was awarded the McConkey Scholarship. A fellowship from the Ontario Association of Animal Breeders was awarded to Jane Tosh of Almont. Cynthia Brazalot of Guelph received two awards — the Ontario Egg Producers’ Scholarship and the Hubbard Farms Fellowship. The Food Science Department Scholarship was presented to Vincent d’Souza of Guelph. Nancy Graham of South Mountain and Helen Leitch of Guelph each received a Frank Wallace Cockshutt Scholarship. The Hamilton Milk Producers’ Association Scholarship was presented to Jeanne Burton of King City. Sarah Du of Hunan Province, China, received an award from the Kasha Scientific Travel Fund. James Harris Scholarships went to Cornelia Lippold of Bebburg, West Germany, and Renata VanVliet of Montreal. The Bell-Sargant Fellowship was awarded to Stephanie Waring of Aylmer. Que. Brian Misener of Guelph received the Grothier Fellowship, and Karen Bull-Romel of Grimsby received the OAC graduate student David Coyle of Ottawa, left, receives the Harvey W. Caldwell Fellowship, worth $1,500, from Caldwell, who is retired from the faculty of the Department of Agri- cultural Economics and Business. The fellow- ship, presented for the first time at this year’s Beattie-Munro Memorial Scholarship. Paul Hagerman of Sussex, N.B., received the Robert Liddle Watt Memorial Fellowship. The Gordon F. Townsend Fellowship was presented to Barbara Dawicke of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. The Sue Chase and John Steckle Fellowship OAC graduate award ceremony, is given to a student in rural extension studies who has completed at least two semesters with high academic standing. Phoio by Herb Rauscher, Photographic Services in Agriculture was awarded to John Kelly of Peterborough. David Coyle of Ottawa received the Harvey W. Caldwell Fellowship, which was being presented for the first time, and Brent Ingaldson of Oakville got the R.H. Ozbum Entomology Award. O Research What’s good about a child’s ‘ bad ’ behaviour? by Mary Dickieson Every parent faced with a three-year-old’s temper tantrum in a supermarket must wonder: "What am I doing wrong?’’ Equally demoralizing are toddlers who say “no" to every request and five-year-olds who argue about picking up their toys. Most of us believe that obedient children are a reflection of good parenting. But Prof. Leon Kuczynski, Family Studies, has good news for frustrated parents in research findings that suggest non-compliance plays an important role in children’s social development. Until recently, psychologists weren’t interested in studying non-compliance except as a measure of "bad” behavior, says Kuczynski. “Severe non-compliance is the most frequent reason for psychiatric referral of young children after age six. But even in well-functioning families, children comply with only 60 to 70 per cent of their parents’ requests and prohibitions.” Kuczynski found that between the ages of 1 8 months and five years, children progress through a series of changes in their non-compliant behaviors. A close look at the way in which they say "no” to parents indicates that children are both asserting their independence and learning how to get along with other people. Young toddlers most often use passive non- compliance and simply ignore a parental request as if they didn’t hear it. After age two, however, children become more overt in expressing their resistance to parental control. This negativism is just one of the ways in which toddlers indicate that they are beginning to develop an identity separate from their parents, says Kuczynski. A second kind of change is in the skill with which children express their autonomy. At first, toddlers may use temper tantrums or defiance that has an angry, direct and blatant quality, but as children mature, they take a more subtle approach to non-compliance. “A polite refusal or the statement that '1 don’t want to’ is less noxious to parents and is more likely to be interpreted as an acceptable expression of their children’s assertiveness than defiance,” he says. Perhaps the most sophisticated approach used by children two to five years old is negotiation, where a child may offer an excuse or an alternative to a parent's request. Statements like "But I’m already clean,” “I’ll do it later" or “Why?” manage to say “no” without really saying "no." They also set the stage for a compromise settlement of conflicts with parents. Young children use all these strategies, says Kuczynski, but for most children, the frequency of use changes as they mature. Passive non- compliance and direct defiance decrease with age, while simple refusals and negotiations increase. By age five, children who attain a higher level of social skill in their non- compliance to parental requests also show more skill when attempting to persuade parents to do something for them. Although most research in this area is still focused on parental strategies for managing children, Kuczynski’s study identifies the strategies children use to control parental behavior. And children do control parental behavior. Whether the parent lets it pass when a child refuses to put on her boots or settles for a compromise, the child's refusal has had an effect. And so has the parent’s reaction, because children learn how to interact with others from the example set by parents, says Kuczynski. Parents who frequently yell or resort to force with toddlers are likely to have children who use similar strategies. Parents who use explanations, bargaining or other persuasive strategies are teaching their children how to negotiate. Parents have several issues to consider when faced by non-compliant behavior, says Kuczynski. They need to maintain their ability to influence their children’s behavior, but they also need to adopt a long-term perspective on non-compliance and recognize its role in the development of their children’s assertiveness and social skills. O FOCUS Creator of superheroes by David Thomas John MacLeod has always had a thing for comic books. They’re the subject of his PhD thesis, and he even writes his own series. The Mundane Adventures of Dishrnan. Comics were "one of the first things 1 learned how to read," says MacLeod. “I discovered them when I was about three, and I’ve stuck with them ever since.” He’s been writing and drawing comics since he was eight and published six issues of Dishrnan himself before a publisher put out an edition covering all six episodes. For many years, superhero comics were the favorite genre for MacLeod, who’s doing his PhD thesis in sociology on how the form and content of comics in different societies are shaped by social forces. He got the idea for the comic strip in 1 985 and started writing, drawing and publishing the adventures of his hero. Dishrnan isn’t a typical comic book superhero. He gets locked out of his apartment and he doesn’t always have the right change for the bus. For a superhero, he’s got some very human limitations. A schoolteacher who gains special powers from some radioactive dishes, Dishrnan can clean dishes with the wave of his hand. When he decides to use his powers to fight crime, he runs into trouble with his girl- friend, gets called names when seen in his costume and has difficulty finding criminals. But MacLeod says his comics aren’t a parody. Dishrnan is a sort of everyday superhero who represents “people who’d like to do something really wild but would never get the chance to do it,” he says. "If you were really trying things the way they (superheroes) do, would they really turn out like that? What I’m trying to do is be as literal-minded as possible. It gives you a situation that you wouldn’t expect to happen, because you have certain expec- tations of the genre. “Even if you have amazing capabilities and a cape, you still have to take your keys. If you’re a rock star, you still have to go to the dentist. If you’re really rich and you run out of toilet paper, you’re still in trouble." MacLeod, who also works in the records section of the Office of the Registrar, sees a good future for his comics. He’s sold about 1 4,000 copies of the editions he published himself. He's written another 16 episodes, but they still have to be drawn. As for his own future, MacLeod says he’s open to an academic career. "I can see expanding the work I’m doing now into other cultures and other art forms." O AT GUELPH/Nov. 9, 1988 3 NO MATCH: American universities better funded than un FIGURE 1 REVENUE PER FULL-TIME ENROLMENT PUBLIC DOCTORAL LEVEL UNIVERSITIES 1 985-86 EZ3 Totoi FIGURE 2 REVENUE PER FULL-TIME ENROLMENT PRIVATE DOCTORAL LEVEL UNIVERSITIES 1 985-86 EZ3 Totoi t Introduction Until the late 1950s, Canada’s wealth was largely generated by the exploitation of natural resources and the branch plant production lines of large American corporations. In this environment, universities were seen as contributing only modestly to the economic development of the country. Few were concerned that universities approached instruction and scholarship as genteel preoccupations. Most students in Canadian universities took courses from faculty trained in other countries. Basic research in Canada was conducted on a small scale. In termsof human and intellectual capital, Canada was a "debtor” nation. As the Canadian economy matured in the 1960s, so too did the Canadian university community. Recognition of the value of a university education as an individual and national investment caused participation rates to climb, and massive enrolment increases occurred. Graduate and professional programs expanded so that it was no longer necessary to leave the country to take advanced studies. Research blossomed. Ontario universities led the way in these developments, and the province emerged in the 1970s with a richly endowed and vital university community. In the early 1970s, however, the situation in our universities changed once again. Provincial government operating grants failed to keep pace with either enrolment growth or inflation. A capital construction freeze was imposed, making it difficult, if not impossible, for Ontario universities to construct new buildings. By the beginning of the 1980s, provincial operating grants per enrolled student were the lowest in Canada, a situation that continued through the first half of the decade. Between 1970/71 and 1984/85, government operating grants per student at Ontario universities dropped by about 25 per cent in constant dollar terms. It is now generally recognized that Ontario must remain in the forefront of scientific and technological development and educational achievement if it is to maintain its competitive position in today’s global economy. Ontario’s universities make a major contribution to this province's competitiveness and they play a vital role in the development of highly skilled human resources. Their role in creating and sustaining a vibrant research and development infra- structure in this province, contributing to and drawing from the global expansion of know- ledge, is fundamental and unique. To maintain and sustain Ontario’s universities and to thereby maintain and sustain Ontario’s competitive position requires significant finan- cial resources. This paper undertakes to assess the financial position of Ontario universities relative to that of comparable institutions in the United States. Much of the information presented focuses on Ontario's most important neighbors — the large, industrial states of the Great Lakes region — and on the three most populous states outside this region — California, Texas and Florida. Together, these 1 1 states contain a majority of the people living in the United States. The study focuses on 10 doctoral-level institutions in Ontario and about 250 in the United States, offering programs across a range of academic disciplines. Serving as comparators for some of Ontario’s smaller institutions are a number of American institutions that concentrate on undergraduate instruction, provide limited graduate teaching and research capability, and have a local, rather than global, orientation. Methodology Comparisons among universities in different jurisdictions are difficult. Fortunately, databases exist in both Ontario and the United States that provide the advantage of internal consistency. 1985/86 is the most recent year for which comparable data are available. In Ontario, these data have come from the Council of Finance Officers — Universities of Ontario and the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities. The Higher Education General Information Survey provided much of the U.S. data. A number of adjustments have been made that allow meaningful comparisons. For instance, the analysis is restricted to funds that in American terminology are identified as "educational and general revenues expendi- tures." This includes both leaching and research activity. Although these funds are normally separated in Canada, they have been combined to make Ontario data compatible with U.S. data. The following revenue sources have been included in this analysis: • state government appropriations/Ontario government grants • federal grants and contracts • tuition and fees • private gifts, grants and contracts • endowment income. The analysis also includes the following similarly adapted expenditure categories: • instruction • research • academic support • student services • institutional support • operation and maintenance of plant. Data for public and private institutions in the United States are presented both separately and in combined format. Finally, all data are in Canadian dollars, and the average exchange rate for the fiscal year was used. Comparisons of revenue University revenues vary widely by source and magnitude between institutions in Canada and in the United States and, in the States, between private and public universities. Significant differences between the United States and Ontario can be summarized as follows: • State appropriations per full-time student were about 35 per cent or $2,450 greater at public U.S. universities than at provincially funded institutions in Ontario. • Federal grants per full-time student in the United States were about 90 per cent or $1,300 greater at public institutions and about 260 per cent or $3,900 greater at private institutions than in Ontario. The average federal grant revenue per student for all American doctoral-level institutions was 140 per cent or $2,050 greater than for comparable Ontario institutions. • Tuition revenue per full-time student was about 70 per cent or $1 ,425 greater at public U.S. institutions than at Ontario institutions. Tuition revenue per student at private insti- tutions was significantly higher, about $10,400. than in Ontario. • Gifts from individuals and corporations per full-time student were only slightly higher ( 1 0 per cent or $ 1 00) at public universities in Editor’s Note: The following is a precis of a repoi Ontario Compete?, prepared by the research divis The full version of the paper, available on re methodology, data quality and sources. It alsoinc reprinted in At Guelph with COU’s permission. FIG REVENUE PER FI PUBLIC & PRIVATE DO< 1 S Stole Approp. F EXPENDITURE PE PUBLIC DOCTOR Rosoorch Slu the United States than in Ontario. At private U.S. institutions, this figure was three times higher than it was for Ontario universities. • Endowment income per full-time student was less at public universities in the United Slates than in Ontario, but significantly higher at private universities. These five sources of revenue afforded public doctoral-level institutions in the States about 40 per cent ($5,100) more per full-time student than universities in Ontario. For private U.S. universities, these revenues were about twice as much as for their Ontario counterparts. By American standards, then, Ontario universities are significantly underfunded. (Figures 1,2 and 3.) Institutional comparisons But the U.S. national averages cited here cloud some significant differences between individual types of universities and between different states and Ontario. In a comparison of the University of Toronto and eight American institutions of comparable size and program range, using data from 1984/85, the U.S. 4 AT GUELPH/Nov. 9, 1988 iversities in Ontario rt, Financing Universities in North America: Can sion of the Council of Ontario Universities (COU). ‘quest from COU, deals more extensively with eludes more tabular documentation. The precis is SURE 3 ULL-TIME ENROLMENT CTORAL LEVEL UNIVERSITIES 985-86 LEGEND FIGURE 5 EXPENDITURE PER FULL-TIME ENROLMENT PRIVATE DOCTORAL LEVEL UNIVERSITIES 1 985-86 LEGEND C3 Tola) U.S FIGURE 6 EXPENDITURE PER FULL-TIME ENROLMENT PUBLIC <8 c PRIVATE DOCTORAL LEVEL UNIVERSITIES 1 985-86 LEGEND Ontori □ Total , FIGURE 4 :r full-time enrolment RAL LEVEL UNIVERSITIES 1 985-86 Elgurm 7 PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN APPROPRIATIONS PER STUDENT STATE «t PROVINCIAL FUNDS 1982-83 to 1986-87 universities received, on average, about 50 per cent more than the University of Toronto. In fact, every American institution in the group compared had a higher level of income per student than did the University of Toronto. The greatest difference was in the category of government grants and contracts, mainly federal research funding, where American universities received almost 2 1/2 times as much ($3,000 more) per full-time student as the University of Toronto. This difference reflects not only a stronger commitment to basic research in the United States, but also a significantly higher level of commitment to the support of research overhead costs than is the case in Ontario. Similar findings result when small- and medium-sized Ontario universities are matched against American institutions of comparable size. Total revenues per student for five flagship private U.S. universities were found to be three or four times those available to any Ontario institutions. California public doctoral-level universities received state appropriations that are almost twice as high per student and federal grants that are almost four times as high as those afforded to institutions in Ontario. Comparisons of expenditure Figures 4 to 6 present data on expenditure per full-time student for 1985/86 for public and private doctoral-level institutions in the United States and public universities in Ontario. Significant differences between the expendi- ture patterns of U.S. and Ontario institutions can be summarized as follows: • Instructional expenditures at American public universities exceeded similar expenditures at Ontario institutions by nine per cent ($575). When private universities are included, that figure rises to 25 per cent ($1,500). • Research expenditure per full-time student was 47 per cent or $ 1 , 1 50 greater at public institutions in the States than at Ontario universities. • Academic support (libraries, museums, academic computing and academic administration) expenditure levels were significantly higher in U.S. institutions — 92 per cent ($840) at public and 1 10 per cent ($990) at public and private institutions taken together — than in Ontario. • Expenditures for student services, including counselling, financial aid administration, health services, admissions and records, pro- vide a clear example of the significant differences between the two jurisdictions. U.S. public institutions spent about three times as much for these activities as did institutions in Ontario. The combined figure for public and private U.S. universities exceeded the comparable figure in Ontario by 260 per cent. • Institutional' support figures, including all forms of administration (financial manage- ment, administrative computing, etc.) show that U.S. per-student expenditures exceeded those at Ontario universities by 75 per cent ($625) at public institutions and 125 percent ($1,050) at public and private institutions. • In the area of plant operations, expenditures at American universities exceeded comparable expenditures in Ontario by almost 35 per cent ($4 1 0) at public and by 50 percent ($625 ) at public and private institutions combined. Conclusions In no single functional area did the Ontario average for 1985/86 exceed the averages for either the private or the public universities in the United States. In fact, in California and Minnesota, the total educational and general expenditures per student at public universities was twice as great as in Ontario. This paper demonstrates clearly that Ameri- can universities in the mid-1980s were sub- stantially better funded than universities in Ontario. In terms of the competitive position of Ontario universities, recent evidence suggests a significant upward trend in the level of support for higher education in the United States, a trend unfortunately not matched in Ontario. Between 1 982/83 and 1 986/87, state appropriations per student in some American jurisdictions grew by 35 to 40 per cent. During the same period, grants per student in Ontario have barely kept pace with inflation. For the full report, write to COU, 130 St. George St., Suite 8039, Toronto M5S 2T4, or call 416-979-2165.0 AT GUELPH/Nov. 9. 1988 5 Briefly Housing concerns U of G is planning to build 200 additional townhouses for student families. The project’s architect, Charles Simon, and members of the Family Housing Building Committee will be available to answer questions and discuss issues and concerns Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. in Room 442, University Centre. OSAP office hours Effective Nov. 15 until April 30, 1989, the OSAP section of the student awards office (front counter and counselling area) will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The scholarship area will continue to be open Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 1 1:45 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call Garry Davidson, assistant registrar, awards, at Ext. 8796. FRS Day Financial Services is hosting “FRS Day” Nov. 10 in Room 103, University Centre. The day will feature one-hour presentations of the University's on-line financial reporting system at 1 0 a.m., 1 2:30 and 3 p.m. The demonstrations will provide an introduction to the system, highlighting current features and introducing new capabilities. Surplus sales The Surplus Sales Department in Blackwood Hall has the following items available for departmental purchase: SDH 166 — American Optical 925 knife sharpener and Temtool Microflame knife sharpener. SDH373 — three- point Thermograph, model T603; two-point Termograph, model T601; Rustrak event recorder, Coleman spectrophotometer, Hellige aqua tester and analyser; one box of test tubes, 20 x 150 mm; SDH535 — high-speed centrifuge analyser system; SDH537 — Torsion balance; Perk in-Elmer mercury analyser system; SDH597 — six packages onion skin paper, SDH624 — Wild #37699 standard microscope and accessories; inverted scope model HM40-58890; operating lamp, SDH625 — VTI00 terminals and keyboards; SDH627 — five VC415 ter- minals; SDH639 — Coming water still; and SDH659 — printer acoustic cover. For more information and viewing, call Ext. 8139. Xmas cards on sale Save the Children Christmas cards are available at the University Centre Pharmacy, the Faculty Club on Level 5 of the UC and from Irene MacCrimmon at 822-7306. OVC seminar series OVC is hosting a special lecture Nov. 1 1 with Dr. Otto Haller of the Institute for Immunology and Virology at the University of Zurich. His topic will be “Interferon-Induced Mx Proteins: A Mediator of Natural Resistance to Influenza Virus.” His talk begins at 3 p.m. in Room 1 13, MacNaughton building. The regular OVC seminar series continues Nov. 9 with Prof. David Waltner-Toews, Population Medicine, discussing “One Animal Among Many: Veter- inarians in the Global Community” at 12:10 p.m. in Room 508, Clinical Studies building. Don’t put it off The Self-Help Centre and the Counselling and Student Resource Centre are offering a workshop on “Procrastination — The Thief of Time" Nov. 1 7 from noon to 1 :30 p.m. in Room 3 1 8 of the University Centre. Finalists chosen Four finalists have been chosen in the 1988 $35,000 national sculpture competition spon- sored by Imperial Tobacco Ltd. for the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. They are: Tom Benner of London, Spring Hurlbut and Evan Penny of Toronto and Geoffrey Smedley of Gibsons, B.C. The winner will be announced Dec. 1 1 , and the commission will be installed in the Donald Forster Sculpture Park next spring. Members of the jury are Tony Urquhart, a Wellesley sculptor who was a joint winner of last year’s competition, Heather Hatch, co- ordinator of three recent public art commissions organized by the City of Toronto, and Guelph collector Kay Armstrong. The jury is chaired by Judith Nasby, director of the art centre. Focus on whales The Wild Bird Clinic is sponsoring a lecture on "Whales" with Prof. Joe Geraci, Pathology, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at The Arboretum Centre. 6 AT GUELPH/Nov. 9, 1988 Jazz it up Fellowship offered Human biology seminar The Department of Music’s Thursday noon- hour concert Nov. 10 features flutist Paula Elliott and pianist Sylvia Hunter. Guest artists Nov. 17 are the Jane Fair Jazz Ensemble, with Fair on saxophone, Scott Alexander on bass, John Sumner on drums and Frank Falco on piano. Fair, a Toronto-based jazz musician, grew up in Guelph and Barrie. She makes regular appearances in Toronto, teaches and has done some film work, composing, writing and performing for soundtracks. She is also a member of the Swing Sisters and Jim Galloway’s Wee Big Band and has recorded with both groups. The two programs at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in Room 107, MacKinnon building, will include works by Duke Ellington, Richard Rodgers, Charlie Parker, Fats Waller, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Jerome Kern. Bazaar needs volunteers Volunteers are needed for the CUSO Third World Bazaar Nov. 28 and 29. Call Ext. 6205 or 824-7762. Meet the authors The Bookshelf Cafe’s “Meet the Authors" series this month features Neil Bissoondath, Robert Fulford and June Callwood. Bissoondath, whose book A Casual Brutality has been nominated for the Booker Prize, will be at the cafe Nov. 9 at 8:30 p.m. On Nov. 23 at 8:30 p.m., Fulford will talk about his new book, Best Seal in the House : The Memoirs of a Lucky Man. Callwood will read from her latest book,.///??; A Life with AIDS , Nov. 28 at 8:30 p.m. Clegg in concert Johnny Clegg and Savuka will perform Nov. 1 7 at 8 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. Raised in South Africa. Clegg has become a cultural phenom- enon in that country because of his music — a fusion of African and western styles — and his stance against apartheid. Tickets are $14.50 advance and $ 1 6 at the door general admission and $12.50 advance and $14 at the door for students and seniors. They are available at the University Centre box office, Sam the Record Man and the Bookshelf Cafe. School celebrates anniversary W.A. Porter Collegiate Institute in Scarborough is celebrating its 30th anniversary Nov. 1 8 and 19. All graduates of the school are invited to attend. Dr. Thomas Yuill, associate dean for research and graduate training, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, left, receives the Schofield Medal from Prof. Bruce Hunter, Pathology. Yuill gave the annual Schofield Memorial Lecture on “Wildlife Dis- eases: So What? Who Cares?” — one of the many events that made up OVC’s 1988 fall Soroptomist International of Toronto, a service club of business and professional women, is offering a fellowship worth up to $7,500 to full-time students in a post-graduate degree or professional program, specializing in an area of study related to gerontology. Application dead- line is March 31, 1989, with selection to be made by May 31. For more information or applications, write to Dorothy Cox, 5 1 1 The West Mall, Apt. 607, Etobicoke M9C 1G5. Christian Farmers meet The Christian Farmers Federation will hold its annual convention and banquet Nov. 30 at the Italian Canadian Club of Guelph, 135 Ferguson St. This year’s theme is “Stewardship Oppor- tunities and Challenges.” To register, call 837- 1620. Registration deadline is Nov. 25. Tax advice for artists The Guelph Arts Council is sponsoring an information session on taxation for artists, writers and performers Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker is chartered accountant Sharon Brown. Cost is $5 for arts council members, $8 for non-members. Registration is required. For more information, call the council at 836-3280. Counselling available The Marriage and Family Therapy Centre in the Department of Family Studies offers professional counselling on marital, family, sexual and relationship issues. For information or an appointment, call Ext. 6335. What’s on at The Arboretum The Arboretum’s fall series of Sunday afternoon walks continues Nov. 1 3 with “Fables, Folklore and Fairy Tales” and Nov. 20 with “Fall Flora” Designed for families, the naturalist-led walks leave from The Arboretum Nature Centre at 2 p.m. Theatre in the Trees The Arboretum’s dinner theatre. Theatre in the T rees, is offering the comedy Look, No Hans! by John Chapman and Michael Pertwee. Per- formances are scheduled for Nov. 12, 18, 19 and 26, and Dec. 3, 9, 10 and 17. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.; the play begins at 8 p.m. Cost is $29.50. Tickets are available at the University Centre box office. Ext. 3940. conference program. A highlight was a college salute to the 100th anniversary of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Called “VETS II — Hats Off and Hands Out to OM AF,” the revue was written and directed by David Archibald and starred the talents of OVC faculty, staff, students and friends. Dr. Kim Schneider of the department of anthropology at Wichita State University will give a seminar on “Dental Enamel Composition: Implications and Applications to Select Problems in Human Biology” Nov. 15 at 4:10 p.m. in Room 108, Human Biology building. Awards Gabrielle Hubert, student awards, Office of the Registrar, has received the first Guelph United Way volunteer award of excellence. The award is in recognition of years of hard work and dedication to the campus United Way appeal. Barry Micallif, a 1987 graduate student in horticultural science and now a research assistant in the Department of Horticultural Science, will receive the Herbert Armstrong Award of the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi (Research Society of North America) at the society’s annual banquet Nov. 17. The award is given to the student with the best M.Sc. thesis over the last 1 2 months. MicalliF s supervisor was Prof. Barry Shelp. Prof. Lloyd Edgington, Department of Environmental Biology, received the award of merit of the northeastern division of the American Phytopathological Society at the society’s recent annual meeting in Massachusetts. The award recognizes Edgington’s contributions to pathology, especially fundamental and applied research on systemic fungicides, the development of policies and procedures for safe and effective use of fungicides in agriculture, undergraduate and graduate education and professional societies. Edgington is a fellow and former president of the Canadian Phytopathological Society. Prof. Frank Veroni, Department of Population Medicine, has received a certificate of appre- ciation and recognition for his contribution and commitment to the salmonella training program sponsored by Agriculture Canada. The award was presented to Veroni at the OVC fall con- ference by Dr. Gordon Dittberner, director of the general veterinary inspection directorate of Agriculture Canada. O Faculty activities Prof. David Gaskin, Zoology, recently returned from Albania, where he met with the directors of the Cultural and Foreign Affairs Committee and the Centre for Biological Research, as well as with members of the PSRA Academy of Sciences and the Forest Research Institute. While there, he looked at olive, citrus and sunflower cultivation methods, examined fores- try practices at several altitude levels to 2,000 metres and surveyed the shellfish culture operations at Burtrint. The visit was supported by the Canadian Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, as part of a general initiative to stimulate the growth of normal relations between Canada and Albania. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1987. Gaskin says one of his objectives during the visit was to initiate discussion with Albanian officials about the development of future tech- nical and scientific co-operation between the two countries. His involvement in this mission stems from a long-standing interest in the fauna, flora, conservation and land and costal belt use in the southern Balkans. He has published a number of articles about the zoogeography of Lepidoptera in Greece and western Turkey and has car- ried out several field expeditions in both countries. Prof. Radhey Singh, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, was a guest of the Chinese Academy of Sciences this summer and visited the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) at Hefei, the University of Nanging at Nanging, the Institute of System Science at Beijing, the University of Beijing at Beijing and the East China Normal University at Shanghai. Singh delivered some 14 lectures at USTC and an invited lecture at each of the other institutions. Part of his lectures and discussions in China covered the research Singh carried out during a 1 987 visit to Australia at the invitation of the department of econometrics at Monash University and the department of statistics at La Trobe University. O Coming events WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion. 1 2: 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Candidate Meeting - Alderman Joe Young, noon to 2 p.m., UC 441. OEP Seminar - “EdNET: Electronically Extending the Classroom,'’ noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - “QuickBASIC IV Programming,” noon, Computing Services seminar room. OVC Seminar - “One Animal Among Many: Veterinarians in the Global Community," David Waltner-Toews, 12:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. Biochemistry Seminar - “Bacteriophage Morphogenesis: Protein-Protein and Protein- DNA Interactions,” Helios Murialdo, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. Annual Meeting - Faculty of Graduate Studies, “Current Status and Future Prospects for Graduate Studies at Guelph," Brian Segal, 1:10 p.m.. Landscape Architecture 204. Botany Seminar - “Exploring the Role of Alternative Pathway Respiration,” W.R. Cummins, 3 p.m., Botany/Genetics/Zoology 117. Cycling Club - Rockwood, 20 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. THURSDAY, Nov. 10 Pathology Seminar - “A Biochemical Study of Nodular Liver Disease in Dogs,” S. Best, 11:10 a m.. Pathology 220. FRS Day - Financial Reporting System Demonstration, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., UC 103. Concert - Paula Elliott, flute, and Sylvia Hunter, piano, 12:10 and 1:10 p.m., MacKinnon 107. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 3: 1 0 p.m., library information desk. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Meditative Prayer, 5:10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Nov. 11 Remembrance Day - Service, 10:55 a.m., War Memorial Hall. Lecture - “Epidemiological and Economic Study of Several Clinical Diseases in Primiparous Swedish Cattle,” P.A. Oltenacu, noon, Clinical Studies 508. Election Meeting - Municipal Issues, Ed Pickersgill, Teresa Stafford, Hugh Whiteley, 12:10 to 2 p.m., UC 441. Systematics Seminar Series — “The Morphology and Evolution of Selected Elasmobranch Tapeworms," Janine Caira, 3 p.m., Animal Science/Nutrition 141. OVC Seminar - “Interferon-Induced Mx Pro- teins: A Mediator of Natural Resistance to Influenza Virus,” Otto Haller, 3 p.m., MacNaughton 113. Humanities Association - “The Evil Empire — Western Views of Russia Since the 16th Cen- tury,” Lew Abbott, 8 p.m., MacKinnon 1 14, $5 non-members, members and students free. Concert - Rita MacNeil, 8 p.m., War Memorial Hall, $13.50 to $16.50. SATURDAY, Nov. 12 Seminar - “‘Practical and Therapeutic Approaches to the Diagnosis of Equine Res- piratory Disease,” Eckehard Deegen, 10 a.m., Clinical Studies 510. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. SUNDAY, Nov. 13 Cycling Club - Campbellville, 48 miles, 1 0 a.m., UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., Peter Clark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, "Fables, Folklore and Fairy Tales,” 2 p.m., Arboretum Centre. MONDAY, Nov. 14 Public Meeting - “Campus Housing Concerns," 9 a.m., UC 442. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. TUESDAY, Nov. 15 Information Session - Library's CD-ROM Catalogue, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., library information desk. Our World - “Apartheid — The Struggle Continues — in South Africa," 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m. UC 335. Physics Colloquium - “The Local Mode Model of Overtone Spectra: Sources of Intensity and the Basis of the Frequency-Bondlength Correlation,” Bryan Henry, 4 p.m., MacNaughton 1 13. Human Biology Seminar - “Dental Enamel Composition: Implications and Applications to Select Problems in Human Biology,” Kim Schneider, 4:10 p.m., Human Biology 108. Senate - Meeting, 8 p.m., MacNaughton 1 13. Men’s Volleyball - Vs Brock, 7:47 p.m., Alumni Stadium, $2. Lecture - "Politics of the Media: The Trivialization of the Electoral Process,” Robert Fulford, 8 p.m.. War Memorial Hall, $5 students and seniors, $6 general. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Computing Seminar - “Expert Systems," noon. Computing Services seminar room. OEP Seminar - “Classroom Equipment: What’s New and What’s Available," noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Cycling Club - Fife Road (novice ride), 14 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Theatre - Letter from Wingfield Farm," 8 p.m., War Memorial Hall, $9 to $12. THURSDAY, Nov. 17 Fair November - Show and Sale of Canadian Crafts, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., UC courtyard and Peter Clark Hall. Pathology Seminar - “ Mycoplasma Mycoides Infection in Exotic Ruminants at Metro Toronto Zoo," P, Gaviller, 11:10 a.m.. Pathology 220. Self-Help Workshop - “Procrastination — the Thief of Time,” noon, UC 318. Concert - The Jane Fair Jazz Ensemble, 12:10 and 1:10 p.m., MacKinnon 107, free. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 3: 1 0 p.m., library information desk. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5:10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. Concert - Johnny Clegg and Savuka, 8 p.m., War Memorial Hall, $16 general, $14 students and seniors. FRIDAY, Nov. 18 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 8:10 a.m. UC 533. Fair November - Show and Sale of Canadian Crafts, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., UC. Calcium Club - “Rapid Ventricular Pacing in Dogs — Biochemical and Physiological Studies of Heart Failure," Peter O’Brien, 1 1:50 a.m.. Pathology 145. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. Men’s Volleyball - Vs Windsor, 7:47 p.m., Alumni Stadium, $2. SATURDAY, Nov. 19 Fair November - Show and Sale of Canadian Crafts, 1 1 a.m. to 6 p.m., UC. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. Concert - University of Guelph Choir, 7:30 p.m.. War Memorial Hall, $6 general, $5 students and seniors. SUNDAY, Nov. 20 Fair November - Show and Sale of Canadian Crafts, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., UC. Cycling Club - Hespeler (novice ride). 25 miles, 10 a.m., UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 10: 1 0 a.m., PeterClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, “Fall Flora," 2 p.m.. Arboretum Nature Centre. MONDAY, Nov. 21 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 p.nl, UC 533. Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m.. Inner Stage, $4.50. TUESDAY, Nov. 22 Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., library information desk Our World - Video - "Water forTonoumasse ’’ 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m., UC 335. Physics Colloquium - “The Physics of Baseball," Bob Adair, 4 p.m., MacNaughton 1 13. CUSO - Information Meeting, 7:30 p.m., UC 441. Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m., Inner Stage, $4.50. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OEP Seminar - “Computer-Mediated Courses," noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - “Desktop-Publishing Review," noon, Computing Services seminar room. Biochemistry Seminar - "Why a Journal of Agricultural Ethics?” Frank Humik and Hugh Lehman, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. OVC Seminar - “Caseous Lymphadenitis in Sheep and Goats," Paula Menzies, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Cycling Club - Eden Mills (novice ride), I 7 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Lecture - "Whales," Joe Geraci, 7 p.m.. Arboretum Centre. Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m., Inner Stage, $4.50. Fine Art student print sale The Department of Fine Art will hold its annual student print sale Nov. 1 7 to 1 9 in the basement of Zavitz Hall. All prints are original works of art by U of G students, and proceeds are used to help purchase master prints for the department’s print study collection. Now in its 20th year, the sale has enabled students to study first hand original prints by masters such as Durer, Rembrandt, Goya, Picasso, Kollowitz and Hockney. In recent years, the sale has been so successful that students have been able to buy an additional Picasso print from his classical period, an intaglio by Antoinio Tapies and Kuethe Kollowitz’s "Self-Portrait" There are now more than 1 25 master prints in the collection and they are available to everyone for study and viewing Monday to Friday from noon to 2 p.m. in the basement of Zavitz Hall. Print sale hours are 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 17 and 18 and II a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 19. Students will be on hand to answer questions about the prints, the printmaking process and the print study collection. O Welcome to Fair November Fair November, an annual show and sale of Canadian crafts, returns to campus for its 14th year Nov. 17 to 20, with more crafts and new artisans than ever. The fair will feature more than 80 booths in the Univer- sity Centre courtyard and PeterClark Hall. All of the products are handcrafted by Canadian artisans and include enamelled jewelry, stained glass, wooden toys and furniture, painted silk, needlework, pottery, bookbinding, preserves, quilted clothing and leather. The University Centre will present two awards this year — one for excellence in craftsmanship and the other for excellence in craft presentation. The awards ceremony will take place Nov. 1 7 at 4 p.m. Last year’s winner of the craftsmanship award, Jule Koch, will again display her craft of basketry at the fair. Fair November hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 17and 18. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 1 9 and 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 20. Admission is free. O Library staff and students celebrate the introduction of “Search Me,’’ the library’s new CD-ROM catalogue system. Photo by Jack Harrison, Photographic Services AT GUELPH/Nov. 9. 1988 7 Personals For sale: Ski carrier; wheelbarrow; day bed; folding mahogany door, inside door; new electric Quick grill; child’s white skates, size 12-13; car mats, 822-3 1 29. 1 974 Plymouth Reliant, 17-foot Grumman canoe; four- harness floor/table loom; Voit squash rackets, 763-7403. 18-cubic-foot fridge, 822-7899 after 5:30 p.m. Lifejacket, 14 to 27 kg; cross-country skis, 150 cm; cross-country ski boots, child’s size 3 and 4; girl’s skates, size 4, 823-5638 after 5 p.m. Hand-tamed eight-week-old cockatiels, Annette, Ext. 3462 or 763-4693. 1980 VW Rabbit, five- speed, new engine, 15,000 km, 824-1738 evenings. 1982 Toyota Tercel hatchback, five-speed, 71,000 km, mint condition, Carrie, Ext. 6070 or 822-4334 after 5 p.m. “Quality-in-the-country” Estonian craft sale, Nov. 12 to 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., call 824- 9882 for directions. Christmas and all- occasion crafts sale, Nov. 1 8 to 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 29 Bridlewood Dr., 822-4334. For Rent: Unique older home close to campus, five bedrooms, double garage, ideal for family, non-smokers, no pets, references required, $1,500 a month plus utilities, available Jan. 1,763-7430. Available: Portraits of family members and pets, drawn or painted, Ext. 8583 or 82 1 - 3917 after 5 p.m. Word processing using WordPerfect, proficient and reliable, Barbara, Ext. 2424 or 837-2277. Profes- sional word processing, fast turnaround, high quality, low rates, 837-1410 or 822- 9945 anytime. Thank you: Patricia Gregorio and family wish to express their sincere thanks to all employees of U of G for their expression of sympathy. Your caring will always be grate- fully remembered. " Personals " is a free service offered by At Guelph for staff, faculty and students at the University. All items must be typed, double spaced, and submitted to At Guelph one week before publication. O Remembrance Day service This year’s Remembrance Day Service will be held Nov. 11 from 10:55 to 11:15 a.m. in War Memorial Hall. Classes will be withdrawn from 10:45 to 1 1 :20 a.m. so that all members of the University community can participate in this service. O In touch- On Nov. 1 8, U of G will host an information day for senior secondary school students interested in engineering, landscape archi- tecture, agricultural sciences and human kinetics. Students participating will have an oppor- tunity to meet with faculty, staff and students, tour the various academic areas, explore future careers and become better acquainted with the campus. To register for the day, students should call Marisa Phillips at Ext. 8712 As of At Guelph deadline Nov. 4, 1988, the following opportunities were available: Employment and Educational Equity Co- ordinator, Office of the President. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Nursing Care Administrator, Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Normal hiring range: $28,3 18 to $33,273. Systems Analyst II, Computing Services. Normal hiring range: $30,382 to $35,699. Senior System Analyst/Information Technology Co-ordinator, Computing Services. Normal hiring range: $33,605 to $39,486. Wellness Educator, Medical Services; temporary full-time from September to April for two years. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Research Associateship (Biochemistry), Last week, secondary school students visited the University from Alliston, Bradford, Cambridge, Thistletown, Sydenham, Thornhill, Tottenham, Willowdale and Halifax. Liaison officers visited schools this week in Toronto, Belleville, Napanee, Brockville, Kingston, Ottawa, Cornwall, North Bay, Huntsville, Barrie, Bradford, Pembroke, Orillia, Carleton Place, Casselman, Nepean, Peterborough and Douglas. O Guelph- Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry. Salary is dependent on experience and training. The following positions were available to on-campus employees only: Agricultural Worker, Research Station Services. Salary range: $450.36 start; $470.64 six-month rate; $491 one-year job rate. Draftsperson/Ulustrator, School of Engineering. Salary range: $437.28 mini- mum; $505.69 job rate (level 5); $626.99 maximum. It is the University’s policy to give prior consideration to on-campus applicants. To determine the availability of University employment opportunities, contact Employment Services and Training, Level 5, University Centre, or telephone 836- 4900. O Headline humor J ANIMAL fVRlTHMETtC - J course 80 -z.yy .iNSTft. M .DAVIS. X THW* ftu. HAHMLS SHouU) ma iree. rue THitee "p's'\ pixey— Prte NUM Psychology professor Hank Davis says animals can make numerical distinctions. Personnel report UNIVERSITY VP UELPH At Gue lph Volume 32 Number 36 Nov. 16, 1988 Cover: Students in the Department of Drama present their final production of the fall semester — Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell — Nov. 21 to 26. First pro- duced in 1977, the play focuses on the impact of the Second World War on five Calgary women who gather to work for the war effort. Directed by Prof. Harry Lane and designed by Bruce Koenig, Jill Gill and Paul Ord, the play runs nightly at 8 p.m. on the Inner Stage in the MacKinnon building. Tickets are $4.40 Monday to Wednesday and $5.50 Thursday to Saturday, and are available at the UC box office. Photo by Herb Rauscher, Photographic Services Inside: The right to be disabled 1 UGAA credit card I Forum — Let’s change class scheduling . . 2 English-language courses offered 4 UNIVERSITY w; uelph The right to be disabled Why are people with physical disabilities some- times labelled “abnormal” by non-handicapped people? Unanswered questions about physical and mental handicaps, which lead to inaccurate assumptions, still prevent the total integration of the disabled into our society. Norman Kune, a Toronto family therapist who has overcome the problems posed by his own cerebral palsy, will discuss “The Right to be Disabled” Nov. 23 on campus. Kune will deliver the College of Family and Consumer Studies' annual Harshman Lecture at 8 p.m. in Room 1 49 of Macdonald Hall. It is open to the public without charge. A graduate of the University’s M.Sc. program in family therapy, Kune will share his experi- ences as a disabled person and will invite comment from the audience in a discussion of how people become defined as normal or abnormal by their peers. In addition to his practice in family therapy. Kune has written a book, Ready. Willing and Disabled , is a consultant on services for the handicapped in Toronto and lectures throughout North America on integration and education. The Harshman Lecture, sponsored by the H.H. Harshman Foundation, is an annual event focusing on the quality of family life. It pays tribute to the late Dr. Page Harshman, former chair of the foundation, which also provides support for undergraduate and graduate scho- larships and visiting professors. O Credit card plan will generate revenue for University Sacred music/sacred dance Tibetan monks to perform on campus Eight Tibetan Buddhist monks are bringing their sacred music and dance to the University. The monks, who will bp performing Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. in War Memorial Hall, are touring North America to promote world peace and to raise money for the Drepung-Loseling Monas- tery in India. Using dance, chants, bells, cymbals, drums and horns, the monks will perform a series of prayers for world peace, rituals of earth healing and other ceremonies for social, political and environmental rejuvenation. Their presentation is not only entertaining, but has a deep religious flavor as well, says Prof. Hans Bakker, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, who studies Buddhism. The I monks’ performance includes a song of longe- vity, in which the “Great and Wise Ones" are asked to stay in the world for the benefit of all, and the “Dance of the Skeleton Lords,” whose mystical movements inspire transformation of the forces of violence. The Drepung-Loseling Monastery, established Appointments Prof. Norman Gibbins will be acting dean of the College of Biological Science from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31,1 989, while Dean Bruce Sells is on administrative leave. Ellen Pearson will be acting chief librarian from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31, 1989, while chief librarian John Black is on administrative near the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, was the largest monastic institution in the world until it was destroyed in 1 959 after the Chinese invasion. At its peak, it housed 8,000 monks. Hundreds of monks escaped to India, where the monastery has been re-established on land donated by the Indian government. The performers on this tour were chosen by the Dalai Lama, the leader of Tibetan Buddhists, to educate people in the West about the monastery’s situation and to raise money. Since the Chinese government relaxed restrictions at the border of Tibet, thousands of refugees have come to Drepung-Loseling, creating shortages of housing and educational facilities. The monks' performance at U of G is spon- sored by the Ontario Public Interest Research Group and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Tickets are $8 in advance ($5 for students) or $ 1 0 at the door ($6 for students). Volunteers are needed to provide accom- modation for the monks. Anyone who is interested should call Bakker at Ext. 3545. O leave. Prof. John Patterson, School of Hotel and Food Administration, who is leaving the University Jan. 1, 1989, to take up a position with Pannell Kerr Forster in Toronto, has been appointed adjunct professor in the school for a three-year period beginning Jan. 1. PD day for weed control people Professionals in the rapidly changing, complex field of weed control need the latest information. To answer that need, U of G is offering a three-day professional development program Dec. 13 to 15. The only one of its kind in Canada, Herbicide Mode of Action for Scientific Weed Control is especially designed for weed professionals in universities, business and government who need to keep up to date with the latest scientific advances. International experts will join specialists from In touch — This week, U of G liaison officers are visiting secondary schools in the York region, including St. Robert’s, the Humberview, King City Secondary School and Stouffville District Secondary School. They will also be visiting schools in Toronto, the Kingston area, Essex County and Windsor. This is the first time U of G liaison officers will visit individual schools in Windsor. OAC to present information on recent deve- lopments in compounds to control, kill or inhibit plant growth. Topics include advances in new chemistry, improving crop tolerances and biological approaches. Herbicide Mode of Action for Scientific Weed Control is specifically designed for weed professionals in technical service, research, teaching and sales. The deadline for registration is Nov. 28. Call Continuing Education at Ext 3956 for more information. O On Nov. 1 8, secondary schools from through- out the province will be on campus for a special open house in engineering, agricultural sciences, human kinetics and landscape architecture. Liaison officers will also be helping out at the U of G display at the Royal Winter Agricultural Fair in Toronto, to talk with the many secondary school students who visit the Royal each year. O The University of Guelph Alumni Association (UGAA) has launched a Bank of Montreal MasterCard card for alumni, graduating stu- dents, faculty, staff and friends of the University. Initiated by UGAA past-president Prof. Ron Downey, OVC dean’s office, the card offers special features that benefit both the user and the University. For the user, the benefits include a lower interest rale than that charged on regular Bank of Montreal MasterCard cards, S 1 00,000 travel accident insurance, emergency airline ticket service, free card registration, free emergency card replacement or emergency cash, and free cards for spouses or children over 1 8 years of age. In addition, for the first year of use, the annual fee of S 10 will be waived. For the University, the benefit will come each time a card is used, because a percentage of each sale will be returned to the UGAA. The revenue collected will be applied to campus building projects, scholarship funds and other areas of need. UGAA president Dan Rose urges members of the University community — past and present — to support U of G through this venture. “The card offers all the benefits of a regular MasterCard and then some,” he says. “But best of all, the UGAA will benefit from every purchase made on the card, generating extra revenue for the University.” O Parts of The Arboretum look like a landfill site these days, but there’s reason behind the dumping (above) of some 100 truckloads of leaves by the City of Guelph. Ron Kelly, supervisor of The Arboretum, says the leaves are used as mulch for the creation of a forest floor, particularly in the area where the native tree collection is being developed. The material makes conditions modi more suitable for tree growth. Pbolo by Herb Rauscher. Photographic Services AT GUELPH/Nov. 16. 1988 I Forum Time for a change to the teaching schedule Our present teaching schedule for day courses has been around- since before I came to the University in 1 976. 1 find it confusing, inflexible and inefficient, and 1 hope that we can change it. It is confusing because the three lecture hours in each slot are at different times, and every semester we have to learn a whole new set of them. It is inflexible because the slots (which are efficient for timetable planning) recognize only one lecture format — three 50-minute lecture periods. If you wish to have a three-hour seminar, or two I I /2-ho'ur lectures, you can only do so by cutting across two or three slots. Most important, it is inefficient. The three lecture periods a week result in extra preparation time for faculty; faculty and students waste time in travelling between classes; and lime is lost in start up at the beginning of each class. It also tends to fragment the teaching day so that everyone, particularly students, has fewer blocks of two or three hours when they can get some serious work done. To rectify the situation, I offer the following suggestions: • Begin the teaching day at 8:30 a.m., rather than 8: 1 0 a m. This would bring it in line with the rest of the academic divisions and eli- minate the need to distribute the unpopular 8 a.m. class among five slots. Given the present unpopularity of these slots, we would probably end up with more usable teaching time. The teaching day would then end at 5:20 p.m. • Retain the present system of mutually exclusive slots, but do away with the single lecture hours and replace them with two types of slots — two 1 1 /2-hour periods on different days, but at the same times, and one three-hour slot. There are 15 slots in the teaching week, and 1 suggest that a combin- ation of 1 I /2-hour slots and five three-hour slots would give a good mix. In addition, if three of the three-hour slots were to run in the afternoon, we could reduce the traditional problem of timetabling three-hour labs against the single-hour slots at present. We have had at least two reviews of the present slot system and lecture schedule since I have been here, but without any results. Perhaps we can overcome the inertia that has existed for more than a decade and make some long- overdue adjustments. Prof. Robin Davidson-Arnott Geography. Sigma Xi honors botany professor Awards Prof. Frank Hurnik, Animal and Poultry Science, has joined the American Humane Association’s five-person science advisory panel. Hurnik is an expert in farm animal behavior and agricultural ethics. The panel will respond to the association's request for scientific information on animal welfare issues, provide expert testi- mony on legislative matters and conduct seminars at workshops and conferences. Panel co-ordinator is Dr. Franklin Loew, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts Univer- sity in Boston. Prof. Don Irvine, an adjunct professor in the Department of Food Science, was a judge at the 17th annual biennial 1988 world’s national cheese championship contest held at Green Bay, Wisconsin. Some 560 cheeses from around the world were entered in the contest. In addition to Irvine, judges came from England, the Netherlands, Denmark and the United States. Prof. Jim Pickworth. School of Hotel and Food Administration, recently presented a paper, co-authored with H AFA colleague Prof. Michael Haywood, at an international conference on service marketing in Cleveland. The paper was entitled “Connecting Productivity and Quality Through the Design of Service Delivery Systems.” ’O At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a re- duced schedule applies. 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The Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi will hold its annual banquet and awards presentation Nov. 17. Each year, the fraternity honors an out- standing U of G professor with an Excellence in Research Award. This year’s winner is Prof. Larry Peterson, Botany. The award will be presented at 4:10 p.m. in Room 149 of Macdonald Hall, in conjunction with a lecture by Peterson entitled “Roots and Fungi: Living Together in the Underground." A banquet and awards presentation to grad- Graduate news The following graduate students have success- fully completed requirements for their PhD programs and will graduate at winter convocation: • Brain Henry Belliveau, Environmental Bio- logy. whose thesis is titled “Mercury Resis- tance in Bacillus Cereus and Marine Bacilli"; • Douglas Gerrard King, Physics, "Quark Model Matrix Elements with an Arbitrary Number For Sale: Three-bedroom semi-detached condominium on Dovercliffe Road, includes fridge, stove, central air. water softener, March 31 closing. Jack, Ext. 2157 or 2155 or 823- 1852. Christmas and all-occasion craft sale, Nov. 19 and 20. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 113 Fairmeadow Dr., turn right off Hwy. 24 to Imperial Road, 822-7904 or 824-8755. 1974 Plymouth Valiant; 17-foot Grumman canoe; four-harness fioor/table loom; Voit squash rackets, 763-7403. Deluxe folding table tennis table; barn beam, 1 0 feet long, 836-9564 after 6 p.m. Goalie trapper; child’s Judo suit. Ext. 3044. 1984 Honda Accord hatchback, 71,000 km, excellent condition, Gwen, Ext. 4550 or 822- 0923 evenings. Trak cross-country skis, 1.95 metres, waxless. Salomon bindings, boot size 8, poles, 824- 1738. 1986 Renault 5 TL, two-door, standard. 10,000 km, Gail, Ext. 6315 or 843- 5642 after 5 p.m. Tack skates, child's size 1, good condition. 824-3539 after 5 p.m. Student's oak desk, Ext. 2225 or 821-0163 after 5 p.m. Used carpets in good condition, various sizes and colors, 823-8350 after 6 p.m. Christmas and all-occasion crafts sale, Nov. 18 to 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 29 Bridlewood Dr„ 822-4334. For Rent: Large, furnished two-bedroom apartment, two kilometres from University, uate students will follow at the Cutten Club. Diane Mather, Crop Science, will receive the D.G. Ingram Award for outstanding PhD student; Barry Micallef, Horticultural Science, will receive the Herbert Armstrong Graduate Student Award for best M.Sc. thesis; and Gertrude Hurnik, Animal and Poultry Science, will be presented with the Support of Research Award. Cost of the banquet is $25 general, $20 for members and graduate students. For ticket information, call Ext. 3319.0 of Colors”; • Peter McGhee, Physics, “Transition Pro- babilities in the L Shell of Heavy Atoms”; • Sean McGinn, Land Resource Science, “Heat, Water Vapor and CO 2 Exchange Above Alfalfa and Maize”; • David John St. Aubin, Pathology, “Thyroid Function and Epidermal Growth in Beluga Whales, Delphinapterus Leucas." O $325 and $350 a month per room, 823-8350 after 6 p.m. Upper part of two-bedroom fur- nished bungalow. January to April 1989, 824- 9579. Older five-bedroom home close to campus, double garage, ideal for family, non- smokers, no pets, references required, $1,500 a month plus utilities, available Jan. 1 , will consider groups of students, 763-7430. Wanted: Filing cabinet; Bauer 100 or 1000 Supreme boy's skates, sizes 5 and 5 1/2, Ext. 3044. Available: Freelance graphic artist/designer for technical illustrations, layouts, etc., Gabrielle, 824-6207. Typing and word processing, pickup and delivery. 824-2426 or 822-9157. Word processing using WordPerfect, proficient and reliable, Barbara, Ext. 2424 or 837-2277. Professional word processing, fast turnaround, high quality, low rates, 837-1410 or 822-9945 anytime. “Personals” is a free service offered by At Guelph for staff faculty and students at the University. All items must be typed, double spaced, and submitted to At Guelph one week before pub- lication. O Letters to the editor Diminishing academic salaries A number of letters have appeared in At Guelph that deal with allocation of budgetary resources to faculty positions. I would like to suggest that we avoid inaccuracies and confusion by directing our attention to an important and incontro- vertible item in the University’s budget — the percentage of the total operating budget that is devoted to academic salaries. According to University of Guelph Faculty Association documents, this figure was 37 per cent in 1 972/73, 35 per cent in 1976/77 and 33.5 per cent in 1985/86. This percentage, whether adjusted to exclude the OMAF contract or not, has been consistently lower than the average for 19 provincially assisted institutions of higher learning in Ontario. If we pay more attention to this global figure, it will help us to better understand the process of strategic planning at Guelph. Prof. Alan Mellors, Chemistry and Biochemistry. Personals Briefly Surplus sales The Surplus Sales Department in Blackwood Hall has the following items available for departmental purchase: SD8604 — Stiga match roller table tennis tables; and SD8664 — IBM PC dual disk drive and keyboard (no monitor), model 5 1 50. For more information and viewing, call Ext. 8139. Who’s on first? Bob Adair, Sterling Professor of Physics at Yale University and physicist to the National Baseball League, will discuss "The Physics of Baseball” Nov. 22 at 4 p.m. in Room 1 13, MacNaughton building. CUSO bazaar The annual CUSO Third World Bazaar, fea- turing goods from all over the Third World, will run Nov. 28 from 1 1 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the University Centre courtyard. Profits go to agricultural projects in the developing world. Sax appeal The Department of Music’s Thursday noon- hour concert Nov. 17 features the Jane Fair Jazz Ensemble. On Nov. 24, the guest performers are the Gerald Danovitch Saxophone Quartet of Montreal, with Danovitch on soprano sax, Peter Freeman on alto sax, Abe Kestenberg on tenor sax and Nancy Newman on baritone sax. Program I at 12:10 p.m. in Room 107, MacKinnon building, will feature “Sevilla” by J. Albeniz; "Overture to the Barber of Seville," by G. Rossini; “The Three Piano Preludes" by George Gershwin; “Elegy to Eric Dolphy" by P. D’Rivera and “Quatuor” by P-M. Duboise. Program II at 1:10 p.m. will consist of “Wapango” by D’Rivera; “Fantazia” by O. Gibbons, "Bach Favorites” by Bach, "The Ragtime Suite” by Scott Joplin and “Esquisses Quebecoises” by M. Perrault. Admission is free. Perinbam award offered Nominations are invited for the Lewis Perinbam Award in International Development, given in recognition of long-term excellence and leadership in the field of international development. The $2,500 award was established in 1983 in honor of Perinbam, vice-president of the Canadian International Development Agency. Nominations should include a 500- to 1,000-word description of the nominee’s accomplishments in international development, along with supporting letters and articles. Self- nominations will not be accepted. Send nomin- ations to the Trustees, Lewis Perinbam Award in International Development, c/o World University Service of Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Station C, Ottawa K1Y 4M8. Watching all the gulls go by Members of Guelph Field Naturalists are going on a full-day outing Nov. 19 to watch gulls, waterfowl and other bird species along the Niagara Gorge. Meet leader Cal Klager at the OVC parking lot at 6:30 a.m. For more infor- mation, call Klager at 658-6458. A fishy story Prof. Eugene Balon, Zoology, will give a talk and video presentation on "Coelacanth,” the prehistoric fish discovered 50 years ago, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. in Room 200, Botany/Genetics/ Zoology building. WordPerfect for beginners WordPerfect courses for beginners are being offered at the UC box office/data processing centre. Cost is $25 for students. For details on times and registration, call Ext. 3940 or drop by the centre on Level 1 of the University Centre. Where to give? The Development Education Program is offering “A Guide to Giving,” a workshop for people thinking about donating their time or money to charitable organizations. The Nov. 23 session is aimed at helping people choose which organizations to give to. Pat McCraw, Ricardo Ramirez and Byron Woodman, long-time volunteers who have worked with development organizations operating in Third World countries, will help decipher what types of organizations are behind those pleas for don- ations appearing in the mail and on TV. The workshop begins at noon in Room 441, Uni- versity Centre. Continued on page 3. 2 AT GUELPH/Nov. 16. 1988 Briefly Continued from page 2. What’s on at The Arboretum The Arboretum’s fall series of Sunday afternoon walks continues Nov. 20 with “Fall Flora" and Nov. 27 with "Where Have All the Insects Gone?" Designed for families, the naturalist- led walks leave from The Arboretum Nature Centre at 2 p.m. On Dec. 1 , The Arboretum will offer a workshop for adults on'natural Christmas ornaments. Cost is $5 per person. Register by Nov. 24 at Ext. 3932. OPIRG events The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) of Guelph and the Latin American Solidarity Group are sponsoring a series of talks, slide shows and sales Nov. 21 to 24. On Nov. 21, Zoe Lucas will give a talk and slide presentation on “Plastic Pollution in the Marine Environment" at 12:10 p.m. in Room 1642 of the Biomedical Sciences building. From 1 0 a.m. to 2 p.m., Latin American food will be on sale in the UC courtyard. On Nov. 22, there will be an update on El Salvador at 7:30 p.m. in Room 1 03 in the UC. On Nov. 24, Ken Lay, director of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, will offer a multi-media slide show presentation on “Carmanah — Valley of the Giants. Home of Canada’s T allest Trees.” It begins at 1 2: 1 0 p.m. in Room 1 03 of the UC. From 1 0 a.m. to 3 p.m., prints and calendars will be on sale in the UC courtyard. The day wraps up with a coffeehouse beginning at 8:30 p.m. at The Loft at I Carden St. Free trade debate Bob Rae, leader of the Ontario NDP and the official opposition at Queen’s Park, will debate the free trade issue with University of Toronto economics professor John Crispo Nov. 1 8 at 8 p.m. at Guelph Collegiate, 155 Paisley Rd. Crispo will take the affirmative, and Rae the negative, on the resolution that free trade is good for Canada. Moderator will be Prof. Ken Woodside, Political Studies. Sponsored by the University Centre and the Central Student Association, the debate will feature an audience participation period. Admission is free. A ‘prints’ of a sale The Department of Fine Art will hold its annual student print sale Nov. 1 7 to 1 9 in the basement of Zavitz Hall. All prints are original works of art by U of G students, and proceeds will be used to purchase a master print for the department’s print study collection. Print sale hours are 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 1 7 and 1 8 and 1 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 19. Most prints are priced between $10 and $15, Study help for students The Central Student Association has set up a tutorial service to give students extra help with their academic studies. Students who need help or who are qualified to tutor should contact CSA services co-ordinator Andrea Couling in Room 273 of the University Centre, Ext. 6746. Jazz at noon Jazz guitarist Stan Samole will perform in the Brass T aps concert series Nov. 1 6 at noon in the University Centre courtyard. Chicago-born Samole became co-ordinator of jazz studies at the University of Miami after earning a master of music degree there. His compositions have been featured on recordings, in concert and on radio and TV. He has recorded or performed with Rosemary Clooney, Stan Getz. Della Reese, Mel Torme and Zoot Sims. Choir performs The University of Guelph Choir with orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Gerald Neufeld, Department of Music, presents "Samson,” an oratorio by G.F. Handel, Nov. 1 9 at 7:30 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. Soloists are soprano Theresa Thibodeau, mezzo-soprano Carol Anne Feldstein. tenor James Fast and baritone Neil McLaren. Cost is $6 general, $5 for students, seniors and friends of music. Tickets are avail- able from members of the choir and at the door. For ticket information, call Ext. 3 1 44. Theatre in the Trees The Arboretum’s dinner theatre. Theatre in the Trees, is offering the comedy Look , No Hans! by John Chapman and Michael Perlwee. Perfor- mances are scheduled for Nov. 18. 19 and 26. and Dec. 3,9, lOand 17. Dinner isat 6:30 p.m.; the play begins at 8 p.m. Cost is $29.50. Tickets are available at the University Centre box office, Ext. 3940. A fair to remember Fair November, an annual show and sale of Canadian crafts, returns to campus for its 14th year Nov. 1 7 to 20, with more than 80 booths in the University Centre courtyard and Peter Clark Hall. Sale hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 17 and 18, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 19, and 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 20. Admission is free. Exhibition opens "Tabl’eau," a new work by one-time Guelph resident Janet Cardiff, will be on display at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre from Nov. 26 to Jan. 15, 1989. Cardiff, who teaches at Grant McEwen College in Edmonton, will attend the public opening reception Nov. 26 from I to 5 p.m. She has worked since 1987 in complex installation formats incorporating large painted panels, projected images and free-standing objects. The installation "Tableau" was created in Guelph specifically for the art centre space. Also opening Nov. 26 at the centre is the exhibition “Visual Variations: African Sculpture from the Lang Collection." Davies to speak Robertson Davies, journalist, playwright, critic, literary editor, theatre director, teacher and one of Canada’s most acclaimed novelists, will speak Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. Davies will read from his most recent novel. The Lyre of Oqdteus , and will be available for autographs. Admission is free. Coming events WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship. 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Concert - Stan Samole, jazz guitar, noon, UC courtyard. Computing Seminar - “Expert Systems," noon, Computing Services seminar room. OEP Seminar - "Classroom Equipment. What’s New and What’s Available," noon, Blackwood Hall 21 1. Cycling Club - Fife Road (novice ride), 14 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Theatre - Letter from Wingfield Farm ,’’ 8 p.m., War Memorial Hall, $9 to $12. THURSDAY, Nov. 17 Fair November - Show and Sale of Canadian Crafts, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., UC courtyard and Peter Clark Hall. Pathology Seminar - "Mycoplasma Mycoides Infection in Exotic Ruminants at Metro f oronto Zoo,” P. Gaviller, 11:10 a.m., Pathology 220. Self-Help Workshop - “Procrastination — the Thief of Time," noon, UC 318. Concert - The Jane Fair Jazz Ensemble, 12:10 and 1:10 p.m., MacKinnon 107, free. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 3: 10 p.m., library information desk. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5: 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. Sigma Xi Lecture - “Roots and Fungi — Living Together in the Underground," Larry Peterson, 4:10 p.m., Macdonald 149. Concert - Johnny Clegg and Savuka, 8 p.m., War Memorial Hall, $ 1 6 general, $ 1 4 students and seniors. FRIDAY, Nov. 18 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Fair November - Craft Show and Sale, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., UC. Calcium Club - “Rapid Ventricular Pacing in Dogs — Biochemical and Physiological Studies of Heart Failure," Peter O’Brien, 1 1:50 a.m.. Pathology 145. Men’s Volleyball - Vs Windsor, 7:47 p.m., Athletics Centre, $2. Debate - "Free Trade," John Crispo vs Bob Rae. 8 p.m., Guelph Collegiate. SATURDAY, Nov. 19 Fair November - Craft Show and Sale. 1 1 a.m. to 6 p.m., UC. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the T rees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. Concert - University of Guelph Choir, 7:30 p.m.. War Memorial Hall, $6 general. $5 students and seniors. SUNDAY, Nov. 20 Fair November - Craft Show and Sale, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., UC. Cycling Club - Hespeler(novice ride), 25 miles, 10 a.m., UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., Peter Clark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, “Fall Flora," 2 p.m.. Arboretum Nature Centre. MONDAY, Nov. 21 Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. OPIRG - Latin American Food Sale, 1 0 a.m. to 2 p.m., UC courtyard; “Plastic Pollution in the Marine Environment," Zoe Lucas, 12:10 p.m.. Biomedical Sciences 1642. CUSO - Information Meeting, 7:30 p.m., UC 441. Drama - Waiting for the Parade , 8 p.m.. Inner Stage, $4.50. TUESDAY, Nov. 22 Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., library information desk. Our World - Video — "Water for Tonoumasse." 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m., UC 533: Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m.. UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m., UC 335. Physics Colloquium - “The Physics of Baseball," Bob Adair, 4 p.m., MacNaughton 1 1 3. Human Biology Seminar - “The Primitive Stapedial Artery Pattern of Euprimates,” Michael Diamond, 4:10 p.m., Human Biology 108. OPIRG - "Update on El Salvador,” 7:30 p.m., UC 103. Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m., Inner Stage. $4.50. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship. 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Workshop - "A Guide to Giving." noon, UC 441. OEP Seminar - "Computer-Mediated Courses." noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - “Desktop-Publishing Review,” noon. Computing Services seminar room. Biochemistry Seminar - "Why a Journal of Agricultural Ethics ?" Frank Hurnik and Hugh Lehman, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. OVC Seminar - "Caseous Lymphadenitis in Sheep and Goats,” Paula Menzies, 12:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. Cycling Club - Eden Mills (novice ride), 17 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Lecture - "Whales," Joe Geraci, 7 p.m.. Arboretum Centre. Harshman Lecture - “The Right to be Disabled," Norman Kune, 8 p.m., Macdonald Hall 149. Drama - Waiting for the Parade , 8 p.m.. Inner Stage, $4.50. THURSDAY, Nov. 24 Pathology Seminar - “Progressive Pano- phthalmitis in Chinook Salmon: A Case Report," S. Backman. 11:10 a.m., Pathology 220. OPIRG - Print and Calendar Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., UC courtyard; "Carmanah — Valley of the Giants, Home of Canada’s Tallest Trees," slide show. Ken Lay. 12:10 p.m., UC 103; Coffeehouse, 8:30 p.m., The Loft, I Carden St. Concert - The Gerald Danovitch Saxophone Quartet, 12: 10 and 1:10 p.m , MacKinnon 107. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 3: 1 0 p.m., library information desk. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5:10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. Women’s Volleyball - Vs Wilfrid Laurier, 8 p.m.. Athletics Centre. Drama - Wailing for the Parade, 8 p.m., Inner Stage, $5.50. FRIDAY, Nov. 25 Calcium Club - “Histochemical Measurement of Calcium Flux in Muscle and Heart Tissue Sections from Swine Susceptible to Malignant Hyperthermia," Barbara Kalow, 11:50 a.m.. Pathology 145. Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m., Inner Stage, $5.50. SATURDAY, Nov. 26 Exhibition - "Tabl’eau” by Janet Cardiff, opening reception 1 to 5 p.m.; "Visual Variations: African Sculpture from the Lang Collection," Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, continues to Jan. 15. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the T rees. Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50 Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m.. Inner Stage, $5.50. SUNDAY, Nov. 27 Cycling Club - Guelph Labe Extension. 24 miles. 10 a.m.. UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, l0:10a.m.,PelerClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, “Where Have All the Insects Gone?” 2 p.m.. Arboretum Centre. MONDAY, Nov. 28 CUSO - Third World Bazaar, 1 1 a.m. to 8 p.m., UC courtyard. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. TUESDAY, Nov. 29 CUSO - Third World Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., UC courtyard. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue. 1 0: 1 0 a.m., library information desk. Our World - "Is God a Racist?" Stan Barrett, 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Roman Catholic Mass, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m. UC 335. Art Lecture - "Visual Variations: African Sculpture from the Lang Collection," Jeri Harmsen, 3:30 p.m., Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Lecture - Robertson Davies, 7 p.m., War Memorial Hall, free. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533: Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:1*0 p.m., U.C. 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OEP Seminar - “T -CoSy: Useful and Available," noon. Blackwood Hall 211. Biochemistry Seminar - “Repair of UV- Induced DNA Damage in Human Cells," Malcolm Paterson, noon, MacNaughton 222. Computing Seminar - “WordPerfect," noon. Computing Services seminar room. OVC Seminar - “AI in Equine Colic: A Novel Approach?" Mary McLeish, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Children’s Concert - Fred Penner, 4:30 and 7 p.m.. War Memorial Hall. $7.50 AT GUELPH/Nov. 16. 1988 3 Personnel report Stu Brennan itkt Translated by Prof. K.C. Tan, Department of Geography. Ji>f Employee Relations, UC Level 5 > i&i -§i 4i£. SV%: English as a second language As part of its commitment to employment equity and staff development, the University is planning to offer free courses in English as a second language (ESL) to employees who want to improve their English literacy and communication skills. The courses are being organized by the Personnel Department and will be taught by Wellington Board of Education staff. Those who are interested should call Stu Brennan at Ext. 3163. If there is enough interest, classes will begin in January. These will be for two hours, once a week, and can be tailored to fit the schedules and levels of language skills of the participants. O Cut out and return to Employee Relations, Personnel, Level 5, University Centre. I am interested in English-as-a-second-language courses. □ My name is My first language is My phone number is 1 would like to take a course in the □ Morning □ Afternoon □ Evening. Come parte del proprio impegno a pro- muovere la parifa sul posto di lavoro e lo sviluppo del personale, l’Universita si pro- pone di offrire, gratuitamente, corsi di inglese come seconda lingua (ESL) agli impiegati che desiderino migliorare le proprie abilifa di esprimersi e di comunicare in tale lingua. 1 detti corsi sono organizzati dal Reparto Personale (Personnel Department) e ad insegnarli sara il corpo insegnante del Wellington Board of Education. Gli inter- essati sono pregati di mettersi in contalto con Stu Brennan (l’intemo 3163). Se accolti con interesse sufficiente, i corsi inizieranno in gennaio. Saranno di due ore settimanali consecutive e flessibili quanto all’orario e al livello linguistico, cosi da soddisfare alle esigenze dei partecipanti. O | Tagliare e spedire a Employee Relations, Level 5, University Centre, j Sono interessato/a nei corsi di inglese come seconda lingua. □ Nome I Lingua-madre Numero di telefono Vorrei seguire un corso □ in mattinata □ nel pomeriggio □ in serata Translated by Prof. Adnan Gokcen, Languages and Literatures. _l Job opportunities As of At Guelph deadline Nov. 11, the following opportunities were available: Administrative Secretary, Administrative Services; temporary full-time from Dec. 5 to May 1989. Normal hiring range: $35 1 .36 to $380.24. Secretary II, Environmental Biology; temporary full-time from November to June 2, 1989. Normal hiring range: $320.11 to $346.79. Refrigeration Mechanic, Maintenance. Job rate: $14.25 per hour; probation rate: $.20 per hour lower than job rate. The folbwing positions were available to on-campus employees only: Electronic Technician, Department of Geography. Salary range: $372.63 minimum; $430.51 job rate (level 5); $534.57 maximum. Custodian 5, Housekeeping. Job rate: $ 1 2.2 1 per hour; probation rate: $.20 per hour lower than job rate. Secretary II, Alumni Affairs and Deve- lopment; temporary full-time from Jan. 9 to Dec. 15, 1989. Normal hiring range: $320.1 1 to $346.79. It is the University’s policy to give prior consideration to on-campus applicants. To determine the availability of University employment opportunities, contact employ- ment services and training, Level 5, Uni- versity Centre, or telephone 836-4900. O u> arc HIV £i> library (UNIVERSITY Vr. UELPH At Guelph Volume 32 Number 37 Nov. 23, 1988 fftsuufl'l ftm/nitt initiuit ttnntfn Photo by David Thomas, PRI Cover: Inside: Eleven-day-old piglets feeding from a surrogate mom were a big hit Senate addresses agriculture future 1 with children at the Royal Winter Fair. Pam Jordan, an agricultural Speeches — Partnerships that work 2 assistant at the Eramosa OVC research station, explains to school- Christmas party time 2 children how the University-invented robotic sow works. The sow was New & improved at Computing Services 3 just one of the University’s exhibits at the 60th annual fair. Meet Land Resource Science 4 UNIVERSITY w; uelph Momentum for change Undergraduate program overhaul responds to agricultural community Self-congratulations were in order Nov. 1 5 after Senate worked through and endorsed the largest package of undergraduate program changes ever to come before Guelph’s academic governing body. Among the major changes were a new curriculum and revised schedule of studies for the bachelor of science in agriculture program and the integration of business/management programs within the bachelor of commerce program, both responses to recommendations in the Report of the Task Force on Agriculture. Other changes break new ground for more co- op programs and create fresh opportunities for collaborative teaching in new integrated undergraduate programs. Board of Undergraduate Studies (BUGS) chair Prof. Steve Scadding, Zoology, told senators that the changes have far-reaching implications. “They are an indication of the momentum for change at the University,” he said. Academic vice-president Jack MacDonald particularly lauded the “leap of faith” by the colleges, departments and committees who worked together to reshape the B.Comm. program. President Brian Segal said he will now be able to respond to the many questions from people who represent the agricultural community on what Guelph’s plans are in response to the task force report. Segal praised the leadership of the academic vice-president, the dean of OAC, other college deans, faculty and Senate members in this effort. “A great deal of self-congratu- lations are in order,” he said. Senate approved: • two new courses in the School of Landscape Architecture — 59-350, "Independent Study,” and 59-474, “Foreign Case Studies”; • two new courses in the Department of Physics -76- 111, “Introductory Physics with Appli- cations I” and 76- 1 1 3, “Introductory Physics with Applications II”; • minor changes in the schedule of studies for geography programs in the BA program; • a major in product development for the B.Sc. program; • a revised schedule of studies for the BLA program; • changes to the specialized honors biophysics program; • two new co-op programs — physics and biophysics; • a new specialized honors program in plant ' science biotechnology in the B.Sc. program; • changes to the schedule of studies for specialized honors in physical geography in the B.Sc. program; • a specialized honors entomology and specialized honors entomology with apiculture in the B.Sc. program; • an applied climatology minor in the B.Sc. program; • a new curriculum and revised schedule of studies for the B.Sc.(Agr.) program in agri- cultural economics, animal production, crop science, horticultural science, horticultural science and business, plant protection and soil science; • three new B.Sc.(Agr.) co-op programs in agricultural economics, animal production and soil science; • B.Comm. majors in agricultural business, management economics in industry and finance, and marketing. Senate also received for information from the Board of Graduate Studies the change in the prerequisite statement for the course 86-490, "Honors Sociology and Anthropology Thesis I” In other BUGS business. Senate received the list of undergraduate program committee members for 1988/89 and requested chairs of program committees to increase student membership on their committees using existing Senate bylaws as guidelines. The schedule of dates for 1989/90 was also approved. Additions to graduate faculty From BGS, Senate received for information these additions to graduate and associated graduate faculty: • Provisional graduate faculty — Val Davidson, Engineering; Eva Nagy, Veterinary Micro- biology and Immunology; Johnathan Schmidt, Environmental Biology; and Dale Smith, Pathology; • Transfer from provisional to full graduate faculty — Satish Negi, Engineering; • Graduate faculty — John Ambrose, Botany, and Bill James, Engineering; • Associated graduate faculty with term — Kuo-Joan Cheng, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge/ Animal and Poultry Science; Julia Christensen, HAFA/Agricultural Economics and Business; R.D. Hackett, McMaster University/Psychology; R.A. Kemp, OMAF, Guelph/Animal and Poultry Science; P.M. Mortimer, Ontario Hydro, Toronto/ Environmental Biology; L. Rode, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge/Animal and Poultry Science; and M.B. Waxman, University of Toronto/Clinical Studies; • Associated graduate faculty without term — D. Buszard, McGill University/Horticultural Science, and R. Lee, Memorial University of Newfoundland/Horticultural Science. In other BGS business, Senate also endorsed changes in the School of Landscape Architec- ture’s graduate program and changes in the interdepartmental plant physiology group graduate program, both for inclusion in the 1 989/90 Graduate Calendar. Remarks from the chair Senate’s formal order of business is to change slightly to provide an opportunity for remarks from the chair. This will be the second item on Senate’s agenda following the approval of the agenda. Academic misconduct In business arising from the Oct. 18 meeting. Senate learned that the Executive Committee has written to BUGS, BGS and the Committee on Student Petitions asking them to consult closely as they develop changes to the existing policies on undergraduate and graduate academic misconduct. They are to develop statements that respond to Senate concerns about definitions and equity of treatment of students across campus. John Bell Award A description of the John Bell Award will be inserted in the regulations governing the Committee on Graduation and Ceremonials (CGC), which are outlined in the Senate Handbook. Outstanding contributions to education at the University will be recognized in the new award in honor of the late Prof. John Bell, chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures, who served the University from 1972 to 1987. There are three criteria for the award, which will consist of a medal and citation to be presented at convocation: • outstanding contributions in course and curriculum design and educational leadership; • substantial evidence of contributions to the development of materials, procedures and ideas concerning university education at the undergraduate or graduate level that have received provincial, national or international recognition; and • substantial recognition at the University for teaching abilities. The University secretariat will call for nomin- ations from students, alumni and faculty by Sept. 15 each year, to be received by that office by Dec. 3 1 . CGC will consider the nominations and may put forward the name of one candidate, with one page of factual information, for consideration by Senate, which will vote in camera. Previous recipients of the award may be nominated again only if the new nomination cites contributions different from those that led to the first award. Governor-general medals program Senate also approved four new awards pre- sented by the Committee on Awards: • the Kenneth W. Hammond award is an annual undergraduate award of $700, tenable with other Senate awards, to a student who has best demonstrated an understanding of the world's resource situation and its proper use. Evaluation will be based on the final essay in the course, “Environmental Perspec- tives and Human Choice: 5000 Days.” Appli- cation is not necessary. The selection committee will include the donor, the director of The Arboretum and the deans of CPS and CBS. The donor is Kenneth W. Hammond; • three governor- general medals — gold, silver and collegiate bronze — donated by the Chancellery, Rideau Hall. The awards are tenable with other Senate awards; no appli- cations are necessary. The selections will be made by the Senate Committee on Awards. The gold medal is for a graduate student who has completed a first master’s-level program of study with an outstanding academic record of at least 80 per cent in all prescribed and additional courses taken for credit, and outstanding academic research as indicated by a thesis or major paper or proje t work. Research/scholarship achievements and involvement in intercollege/school and inter- university scholarly activities will also be considered. The silver medal is for an undergraduate student in any degree program who is graduating in June or who has graduated in the previous two convocations with the highest cumulative average. The collegiate bronze medal is for a student graduating in June or who has graduated in the previous two convocations from the asso- ciate diploma in agriculture program with the highest cumulative average. Disabled students Senate also gave the green light to a Senate Committee on Educational Development report on the living and learning needs of disabled students. The registrar, dean of graduate studies and the director of the Counselling and Student Resource Centre (CSRC) are to develop guide- lines for identification of and support for disabilities in individual students. A co-ordinator of services for disabled stu- dents will be designated from within CSRC to work with the Office for Educational Practice to develop a proposal for a resource centre. This person will also work with academic department chairs to identify how technical standards pose impediments to these students’ abilities to meet course or program objectives, and then assist departments in making reasonable modifications and adaptations. The Student Environment Study Group will establish a data collection system to track the continuation, graduation, satisfaction and post- graduate activities of these students. Campus physical facilities will be reviewed, and a time- table will be developed for modifying facilities. The academic vice-president is responsible for implementing the report’s recommendations. Final report Senate received for information the Com- mittee on University Planning’s final report on implementation of the Report of the Task Force on Agriculture and the Research Board’s report on research funding received by the University during 1987/88. The Research Board also submitted for infor- mation a report on its actions in response to the 1987 strategic plan: implementation of a re- search enhancement fund; establishment of the intercollege activities fund; initiation of workshops to help faculty improve their research grant applications to the federal granting coun- cils; appointment of a full-time executive manager for Guelph-Waterloo Biotech; and formation of a number of research centres. Office of Research staff are continuing to help faculty with research proposals and are also working to increase the use of private foundations for the support of research. International programs The 1987/88 annual report of the Centre for International Programs was received by Senate for information. Centre director Archie MacKinnon said the centre is now building projects with other than Third World countries, including the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. He also outlined plans for a scholarship program that will provide $480,000 for 30 graduate students and an $80,000 bursary program. Senate also accepted for information, without comment, the report Women in Development: Guidelines for International Education, Research and Development Projects, which was developed by a committee headed by Susan James of the centre. O Join the celebrations Jan. 12, 1989. U of G’s 25th anniversary launch. Opening ceremonies and cake cutting, noon, Peter Clark Hall, University Centre. UNIVERSITY 1/ GUELPH ic) 64 AT GUELPH/Nov. 23. 1988 1 Speeches Working relationships: government, education and industry Editor's note: President Brian Segal spoke at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food "Out- look Conference” in Toronto Nov. 2. The following is an edited version of his speech. I begin by admitting that I feel like the new kid on the block. Yet there is some value in coming to the field of agriculture and agri- business with no prejudices or preconceptions. For, in this short time, 1 have discovered that this industry is perhaps the essential industry in the province and the nation. It is founded on skills and knowledge that have been handed down by generations of farmers for more than 10,000 years, yet it is on the cutting edge of some of the most exciting advances in the scientific world. It is also an industry that has reached a crucial crossroad. The direction it takes in the next few years will have widespread implications for the million and a half Canadians employed in it, as well as for the economic stability of the nation. I want to discuss the ways in which I see the University of Guelph working in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and agribusiness in the years ahead. 1 think the Ontario government’s decision to relocate the ministry at Guelph is a signal of its commitment to the importance of agriculture in the future of this province. The benefits that will flow from the relocation are exciting — a major stimulus for the economy of the city, a dynamic cross-fertilization of work and ideas that will rise from the close proximity of the ministry and the University, and the physical consolidation of a partnership that began in 1874. The modem world has discovered that no sector of society can afford to operate in isolation. Government must work with industry if its programs are to be effective. Industry must work with education if young people are to find productive careers and be prepared to meet the changing needs of the labor market. Industries of all kinds are discovering that the richest lode of basic and applied research is to be found in the laboratories of the universities. Yet this co-operative working relationship among government, educators and industry has existed in Ontario’s agricultural sector for 114 years. And it is more than a working relationship — it is the common dedication of tens of thousands of people who care about the land and its produce. I see that dedication, that quality of caring, in the provincial agricultural representatives, whose network spreads across Ontario, in this University’s professors, who spend their evenings and weekends out talking to farmers, and in the concern on the faces of the farmers when they come to the University to ask for more information about projected weather trends, the latest research on herbicides and the impact that bilateral and multilateral trade could have on the whole industry. There is a love and respect for the land that is a common bond among all these people, and the more I come to understand it, the prouder I am to be one of their company. For an educator, U of G offers challenges and opportunities unequalled anywhere in the country. The University’s roots are deep and strong; it was created to serve farmers and farming, and it has an international reputation today as a unique teaching and research facility for agricultural and food advancement. In the past 20 years, U of G has grown beyond its original mandate. Today, it is seen as one of the best of Ontario’s universities, offering a rich and diverse range of programs. Diversity is a source of strength within an academic institution. We will continue to develop in new directions, yet we will never forget the certificate of our birth nor our commitment to perpetuate its legacy. Our ties to agriculture are a source of productive co-operation that is yielding both leading-edge scientific research and graduates prepared for important and enduring careers. With support from the provincial and federal governments, U of G’s scientists are making advances that hold enormous promise for Canadian agriculture. These advances could not have happened without the support the University receives from the ministry, the federal government and the private sector, as well as the input from working farmers. The bridging between government, education and industry is opening opportunities for development that will benefit all the players. An example is improved food processing. The University has submitted a proposal for funding under the Federal Network of Centres of Excellence Program to lead a $7-million re- search initiative to develop advanced methods of food processing — a program that would combine the efforts of 35 research scientists working in universities across the country. If the project is approved, the work will be overseen by a board of directors that includes the deputy ministers of agriculture from the three provinces that generate 90 per cent of food processing in Canada — Quebec, Alberta and Ontario. This is a model for drawing together the talents of the nation’s most brilliant researchers to achieve goals that will bring direct benefits to the industry and to the economy as a whole. It is also a model of the creative co-operation we must foster in every kind of research, and every sector of industry, if this nation is to succeed in the global marketplace. U of G is also the lead university in a second proposal — on research to combat toxicity in the food chain — and is participating in several other joint proposals. Still, the University’s most cherished research partner continues to be the provincial ministry, and the more than $30 million in funding that it provides annually is an investment that is yielding important advances in agricultural research. We are moving into an era in which all certainties are becoming uncertainties. The very economic foundations of society have shifted and are still shifting, and no sector has been more vulnerable to those shifts than agriculture. Whether or not free trade comes, we are no longer trading in a domestic marketplace. We are fighting for a place in the marketplace of the world. And that demands unprecedented stand- ards of excellence on the farm, in the food processing plants, in packaging and advertising, and in opening new markets. Like it or not, the trade boundaries are coming down everywhere. In 1 992, the European Economic Community will become one huge, ffee-market zone, and that represents the shape of the future for all markets. It will be laissez-faire in the classic sense, with economic survival determined by At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a re- duced schedule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy approved by the president of the University. A copy is available on request Views and opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. letters to the editor, opinions, news items, speeches, faculty and staff activities, and other submissions are welcome. 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Electronic mail - NETNORTH:D01SW at UoGuelph; CoSyrswebster ISSN 0836-4478 Member: International Association of Business Communicators, Public Affairs Council for Education and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Postage paid in cash at first-class rates. Permit 1 149, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1. Experience a Holiday Country Christmas at the 11 th Annual University of Guelph Christmas Dinner and Dance Friday, December 9, 1988 Peter Clark Hall University Centre Continuous entertainment will be provided by “THE TWIL1TES” An eleven piece band specializing in the sweeping sounds of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’ s. You'll dance to the music of Guy Lombardo, Sammy Kaye and Glen Miller. Enjoy a traditional country style meal, served at table, complete with soup and salad, roast turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetables, hot apple cake with whipped cream, and, for that Holiday Country touch, hot roasted chestnuts! This event promises to be a gala evening of big band sounds, glittering lights and good cheer. For a Christmas Party with a traditional flavour, join us in this Holiday Christmas Celebration! Cocktails Dinner Dancing 6:30 - 7:30 pm 7:30 - 9:00 pm 9:00 - 1:00 am Tickets are $20.00 per person (pim a sot jm-fS chmxc) and unll be on sale on a fint come, fnu served basis, on Thursday, November 10, 1988, 8 a.m. University Centre Box Office University Centre •No ticket limit per person •No table reservations •Telephone Orders accepted through Visa ot Master Card •Phone the University Cenrre Box Office at Ext 3940 how well you can play the game. This is an era in which creativity, ingenuity and an eye for opportunity will yield measureless profit, and an era in which the spirit of entrepreneurship will be the most valuable commodity. We can meet the challenge and prosper if we pool resources by sharing strengths and stretching for the best — be it designing government programs, growing soybeans, marketing processed foods, teaching students or breeding bigger tomatoes. Only our best effort will suffice because we are in competition with the world. Agriculture is the industry on which civili- zation was built. It’s an industry that will endure. O Consultants review service units Canada Consulting Group of Toronto has been retained by the office of the president to conduct a review of Alumni Affairs and Development, Public Relations and Information and Print Publications. The consultants are looking at the structure and operations of the three departments. Pre- sident Brian Segal says their review is expected to be completed by by January 1989. O Deadline extended The deadline for on-campus applications for the position of employment and educational equity co-ordinator, a position that will report directly to the president, has been extended to Dec. 2. (See At Guelph Nov. 9). President Brian Segal says the incumbent, who he hopes will come from inside the Uni- versity, could well take on the position as a secondment. Applications and resumes should be sent to Employment Services and Training, Personnel, Level 5, University Centre. O GTA courses prove popular Short courses for graduate teaching assistants organized by the Office for Educational Practice are proving to be popular and effective, says OEP director Chris Nash. "We’re trying to show graduate students that teaching is something you really have to think about,” she says. And that it’s something univer- sity professors are always trying to improve. Three courses have been offered since 1987 when the Board of Graduate Studies (BGS) approved the concept of designing courses for graduate students to develop good teaching skills, and three more are under development. Each course offered so far has attracted 30 to 60 graduate students. More than 70 faculty have been involved in implementing the courses, which are organized by OEP in conjunction with BGS and the Graduate Students Association (GSA). The goals of the courses are to improve the quality of undergraduate instruction and to prepare graduate students for a possible future role as professors. “We put together (courses) that focus not just on content, but which demon- strate different teaching methods,” says Nash. Topics for the courses come from a steering group composed of GSA representatives, OEP staff and one or two faculty with a known interest in that particular teaching area, she says. The first courses dealt with topics such as course planning and leadership in seminars and laboratories. Further modules on methods and effects of evaluating learning, large-class instruc- tional methods and assisting and evaluating student written assignments are still to come. The program has been so successful that several publishers are interested in a textbook that OEP is compiling, Nash says. O Holiday schedule for At Guelph The last issue of At Guelph for 1 988 is Dec. 14, and the first issue of 1989 is Jan. 4. Copy for the Dec. 14 Christmas issue, including announcements of events happening up to Jan. 4, should reach us by Dec. 8. Copy for the Jan. 4 issue should be submitted by Dec. 21.0 2 AT GUELPH/Nov. 23, 1 988 Communications Services offers new and improved services — by Communications Services Communications Services (CS) provides services that allow users on campus to communicate through voice and data exchange. To provide consistent support for these services, CS uses modern equipment and advanced technology, along with helpful support staff. The University’s telephone system handles several thousand calls a day and is capable of accommodating future needs. The advanced computer network connects data devices such as host computers, personal computers and printers. This system allows students, faculty and staff to access the University’s various computer systems, including the library card catalogue, as well as facilities for exchanging electronic messages with their colleagues around the world. It also gives them access to Guelph’s electronic conferencing system, CoSy. The following is a description of the major changes and improvements CS has made to enhance the ability of users to communicate. For more information on any of the services below, call the CS HELP Desk at Ext. 4357. ROLMphone 244PC The ROLMphone 244PC is a fully digital telephone that can be attached to any personal computer via a standard asynchronous serial PC port. It resembles the ROLMphone 240D in appearance, but provides enhancements for both voice and data communications. The 244PC supports the “AT” command set used by many modems, including the Hayes Smartmodem, and is also used for telephone management. The monthly cost of a ROLM- phone 244PC is $47, plus a one-time installation service charge. The availability of the ROLMphone 244PC will be announced at a later date. New PhoneMail features PhoneMail is a voice messaging system that allows you to communicate with other people at your convenience. It can be accessed from any touch-tone telephone and allows you to record, send and receive voice messages at any hour of the day. When you are unavailable, it answers your phone using your personal greeting, and the caller can leave a message in your PhoneMail mailbox. On April 30, 1988, CS upgraded the Phone- Mail System to Release 3.6. Some of the features that are available with the new release are personal referral extension, abbreviated PhoneMail prompts, personal distribution lists and multiple greetings. High-speed data access to U of G CS recently installed a separate dial-in modem pool consisting of Telebit TrailBlazer modems capable of operating over standard telephone lines at speeds up to 19.2 Kbps. These high- speed modems support full-screen operations such as CMSF and high-speed file transfer with error-free transmission. Current dial-in speeds are limited to 300, 1,200 and 2,400 bps. With the Telebit Trail- Blazer modems, it is possible to dial into the University via 763-0250 at 9,600 bps. This type of access requires a Telebit TrailBlazer modem on the user’s end. Call the Purchasing Depart- ment if you are interested in acquiring such a modem. High-speed modems also support 2,400-bps error-free transmission when you use a modem that supports the Microcom Networking Prot- Focus Food Services baker makes prize buns Baker Mauricio Loustaunau with his award and some prize-winning buns. Mauricio Loustaunau has the best buns in the country. The head baker at Food Services recently won first prize in bread at Baker Showcase '88, a nationwide competition that attracts bakers from some of the country’s major hotels and restaurants. He also won second prize for chocolate. This is the second time Loustaunau has won a prize at the competition. He entered as an individual last year and won second prize in cake decorating. This year, he was representing the University. Garry Round, director of Food Services, says U of G is proud of of Loustaunau’s dedication and wanted to support him 100 per cent. Loustaunau says his recipe for bread is quite simple — just flour, water, salt and yeast. He doesn’t use any preservatives or additives. On a typical day, he and his colleagues make more Photo by David Thomas, PRI than 400 loaves of bread, 250 dozen muffins and dough for 2,000 pizzas, as well as a variety of specialty items. The head baker comes to work at 3 a.m. to supervise the quality of Food Services’ vast output. The variety of baking that Loustaunau over- sees is mouthwatering, and he’s proud of it. The selection includes blueberry, bran, chocolate chip, oatmeal and carrot muffins, white, brown, rye, Vienna and braided bread, danishes, bagels, croissants, cinnamon buns, soft rolls, Kaiser rolls, white and brown submarine buns, coconut squares, date squares, carrot cake, chocolate cake and various pies and cookies. He likes to add new things to the menu, too. “Every year, we like to change some things — I get to be creative," says Loustaunau, who has been with Food Services for six years. He started baking 26 years ago in South America, where he studied for four years to learn his craft. O ocol (MNP). The manufacturers of most popular modems have models available that support this protocol. Wireless modems Wireless modems allow you to communicate with systems while you are outdoors or in buildings where data lines are unavailable. This is especially beneficial in classrooms where there are no data connections. The hardware consists of the wireless modem and an antenna. CS is currently testing the wireless modem to assess the potential use on campus. Remote data access to U of G Users located in areas remote to U of G access the University’s computing facilities through a public service called Datapac. To ensure that these users have continued access to the University, CS is providing Datapac access via the INET 2000 Service. Through this service, users assume responsi- bility for the costs to access the various Univer- sity computing facilities, such as CMS, CIS and LIB, that are available through the ROLM switch. This does not affect CoSy access. Additional information can be obtained from the HELP desk, the September/October issue of “Notes from Computing Services” and CMS News Latest bulletin number 121. Expanded access for Datapac Datapac outbound service will be upgraded to a new service called Datapac Nov. 28. Datapac is a packet-switched network offered by Telecom Canada, allowing access to many host systems and databases in Canada and around the world. U of G users will now require a network user identifier (NUI) to use Datapac. The NUI is a credit card-like system that tracks all data calls on the network and charges individual users for any transmissions of information. CS will bill each NUI an initial charge of $65, plus a monthly charge of $2.40, in addition to any packet charges, which are based on the number of packets transmitted. NUI owners should keep their ID and password confidential because they are liable for all charges against their account. It takes about 10 working days to process on NUI. For registration forms, call Ext. 4357. Cellular phones Cellular phones allow you to communicate with other people from any location within or close to a serving area. The phones are connected directly to the telephone network, but are not physically connected to telephone jacks or lines. Currently, the equipment cost is about $2,000, depending on the manufacturer and the number of features. Usage charges are based on the duration of the call, plus other charges such as long distance and roaming between service areas. CS is available to provide advice on the purchase of such equipment. Envoy 100 Envoy 100 is one of the many modem electronic mail/messaging services available. It’s a public electronic mail service accessible through Datapac and offered by Telecom Canada. It allows users to exchange electronic messages across town, across Canada or around the world with other Envoy 100 users. The service uses simple commands so that users at any level of expertise can take advantage of its functions. CS now administers Envoy 100 accounts for the University community. If a user is not accessible through supported services such as NetNorth or CoSy, then Envoy 100 can be an alternative. Facsimile (FAX) service A facsimile (FAX) service is now being offered to the University community. It allows users to transmit document images rapidly, inexpensively and accurately over standard telephone lines. Copies of original documents such as photographs, typed pages, or pencil sketches can be transmitted immediately. The FAX service is located in Room 032 of Johnston Hall and is available between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Some departments with high usage have chosen to purchase their own FAX machines. In this case, an analog telephone line must be rented from Bell Canada. CS will co-ordinate installation of that line, as well as provide assistance in buying FAX equipment. For more information about any of the ser- vices, leave your name with the HELP Desk at Ext. 4357. O The dust has finally settled in the Counselling and Student Resource Centre We’d be pleased if you could come by and take a look at our new quarters and meet our staff. JOIN US AT OUR !! ii OPEN HOUSE i: Tuesday, November 29 4 p.m, to 6 p.m. Counselling and Student Resource Centre Level Three, University Centre Come and have some hot cider and take a look around — Everyone is welcome! AT GUELPH/Nov. 23, 1988 3 Inside ( Department of Land Dan Reynolds, left, Norbert Baumgartner and Prof. Dave Elrick are co-inventors of the Guelph Permeameter, an instrument for determining the rate of water flow though soils. Applications include studying ground water contamination, irrigation and drainage system design. Photo by John Majorossy. Photographic Services Tanzanian farmer V.J. Mabula discusses ci Van Straaten and Prof. Ward Chesworth. Land Resource Science office staff make an important contribution to keeping the department running on track. I^eft to right: Joy Roberts, Marilyn Metcalf and Pat Beirnes. Absent: Linda Bissell, Denise Brenner and Jo-Anne Scarrow. Photo by David Thomas, PRI by David Thomas The people in the Department of Land Resource Science work hard at developing effective practices for managing natural resources. Issues like soil conservation and soil erosion prevention are important concerns for the department, says acting chair Prof. Eric Beauchamp. Problems such as soil degradation and lower crop yields caused by soil erosion, phosphorus runoff into the Great Lakes and nitrate pollution of ground water are just a few examples of the environmental concerns that Land Resource Science studies. Soil science, land resource use and planning, geology and agrometeorology comprise the undergraduate teaching acti- vities, a major priority of the department. At the graduate level. Land Resource Science offers M.Sc. and PhD degrees in soil science and agrometeorology. The department’s research projects cover all areas of the study of how land resources are used, from characterization and management for crop production to future planning. With about 155 full-time and part-time employees, including 21 faculty and 62 graduate students, the department carries out numerous leaching, research and extension activities, Beauchamp says. Research grants total more than $2 million annually.about half of which comes from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. These grants include $300,000 over three years from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for the second phase of an agrogeology project in T anzania and $420,000 over three years from the Institute for Chemical Science and Technology and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for a study of industrial waste management on land. Another grant of $447,000 over three years has been provided by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to study recycling of sanitary landfill site leachates. Departmental work is made easier by the esprit de corps in Land Resource Science, says Bill Mitchell, the department's administrative technical officer. The sense of community is a result of the special mix of people who work hard at their jobs and make the most of the limited space they have to work in, he says. The enthusiasm of the department is evident after hours as well, in many varied sport and social events, Mitchell says. There's an active social committee that plans family events such as an annual com roast and a Christmas party. Curling, hockey, volleyball, tennis, squash and soccer are major participatory sports in the department. When it comes to getting the work done. Land Resource Science staff are dedicated, says Beauchamp. “Our research requires the special expertise and care of excellent technicians and graduate students. We are also blessed with excellent secretarial staff. And there is great interest in the department in innovative teaching techniques. Sub- stantial efforts are made to (continually) improve our teaching." A summary of faculty research project follows: • Tom Bates does research on the esti- mation of plant nutrient requirements, the occurrence of heavy metals in soil and plants, and the presence of urban and industrial wastes in soil. He is asso- ciate editor of the Journal of Environ- mental Quality and a member of a provincial committee overseeing the use of sewage sludge and other non-agricul- tural wastes on land. • Beauchamp is studying the availability of nitrogen from manure for use on crops and denitrification, a process by which nitrogen escapes from the soil as a gas. In addition, he is doing work on nitrate contamination of ground water by nitrogen application. • Michael Brookfield is studying the geology of Central and Southeast Asia, the ecology and paleontology of cold- water corals and the environments of Ordovician rocks in Ontario and Scandinavia. He also studies dunes, deserts and historical evidence of meteo- rite impacts on the Earth’s surface. He is editor of the Bulletin of the Indian Geo- logical Survey. • Murray Brown is involved in drought- related issues such as irrigation and water use by crops in southern Ontario, the use of weather radar to determine the distribution of rainfall during dry spells, drought insurance and hay quality. • Ward Chesworth does research in geo- chemistry, particularly the geochemistry and weathering of volcanic rocks and soils, granitic rocks and the formation of acid soils. He also studies the connection between geology and the development of Third World agriculture (see accom- panying story), and the granitic and metamorphic geology of the Canadian Shield. • David Elrick works in the area of soil physics, studying the transport of water and solutes through soil and its appli- cation to drainage, irrigation and ground water contamination. He is also interested in the hydrogeology of the unsaturated (vadose) zone. Elrick is one of the inventors of the Guelph Permeameter. an instrument for measuring the perme- ability, or hydraulic conductivity, of soil. He is also associate editor of the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. • Leslie Evans, an associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Soil Science, studies the behavior of metals in soils. Metals such as aluminum may be transferred from the soil into adjacent rivers and lakes as a result of acid precipitation. He is also doing research on the retention of metals applied to soil in landfill leachates to find ways to minimize pollution of ground water. • Terry Gillespie’s research involves cli- matic issues such as the effect of weather on the control of plant pests and diseases, and the relationship of climates at various sites on a landscape to weather station data. Gillespie is a 1988 recipient of the 3M Teaching Fellowships. • Pieter Groenevelt is examining the deterioration of soil under intensive cultivation and searching for solutions to this problem. He is also studying the motion of water, heat, solutes and electric charges in soil and other porous media. Groenevelt is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Soil and Tillage Research. • Stewart Hilts investigates environmental issues such as natural heritage conser- vation through private land stewardship (see accompanying story), environmental planning and agricultural land-use planning in southern Ontario. He is a member of the provincial co-ordinating committee of the Ontario Natural Heri- tage League. • Gary Kachanoski’s research is in the area of conservation of soil and water, and the flow of water and solute through soil. He is a member of the Federal Assessment Panel for Soil and Water Conservation. • Department chair Bev Kay is on leave. He studies properties of heat transfer, mass transfer and water flow in freezing soils. He is also concerned with the role of cropping history on soil structure. • Ken King is exploring the impact of elevated carbon dioxide on agriculture and the carbon dioxide flux to forests. A member of the Expert Committee on Agrometeorology and the Ontario Agrometeorology Research and Services Committee, King is also researching the water-use efficiency of crops and the microclimates of hardwood seedlings being intercropped with agricultural crops (see accompanying story). • Peter Martini is researching the geology of peatlands and wetlands, coal and coal basins in Canada, Australia and Brazil, geology and archeology of the Liri Valley in Italy, glacial sediment and landscape in Ontario, coastal sediments and the morphology of Hudson Bay and Foxe Basin. Martini also works with computer applications in teaching. • Ray McBride does research in the area of soil compaction as induced by farm operations and the related crop produc- tivity effects. He also studies treatment and disposal of municipal solid waste leachates on land. His work includes a local-level land evaluation system for assisting in land-use decisions in Ontario, and he researches specific soil qualities required for horticultural crop production. • Murray Miller, director of the Centre for Soil and Water Conservation, is studying the broad aspects of soil and water conservation in relation to crop produc- tion, fertilizer use in conservation tillage systems, with emphasis on phosphorus placement, the limitations to crop yield in Ontario and the role of mycorrhizae in crop production systems in Ontario (see accompanying story). He is an associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Soil Science. • Richard Protz does research in the area of soil genesis and classification. By determining the pathways soils have taken in their development and by exa- mining specifics of soil degradation, it’s possible to develop proper soil man- agement techniques. Protz also works in the area of remote sensing and is devel- oping a system to use satellite and airborne data in microcomputer-based geographic information systems for local-area planning. He is also working on the image analysis of soil structural properties. • Bob Sheard’s work involves examining the use of fertilizer in field crop produc- tion and the use of legumes as nitrogen providers and for soil structure improve- ment in sustaining agricultural production in Ontario. • Les Thomas studies environmental aspects of soil science and the relationship of organic matter in soil to soil structure. He is past president of the Canadian Society of Soil Science. • George Thurtell’s work in agrometeor- ology includes research on turbulent diffusion processes above plant canopies, the effects of transpiration rates on photosynthesis in plants and the use of diode lasers to detect trace gases. • Paul Voroney is doing research on the biology and biochemistry of soil and the nature of soil organisms and their activi- ties, the degradation of organic wastes by soil organisms and the design of rooting zone mixtures for turfgrass. O 4 AT GUELPH/Nov. 23, 1988 Guelph Resource Science rop fertilization with research associate Peter Phoio by Gerry Toomey, IDRC Technician Helen Pettingill, left, and graduate student Philippa Cureton water plants with a recycled leachate from a landfill site. Working with Prof. Pieter Groenevelt, they are growing four species of plants on a vegetated clay surface to determine the extent to which the leachate is gradually purified. These species could be grown on the cap of a landfill site to act as a natural purification system. Photo by David Thomas. PRI Prof. Terry Gillespie measures sand surface temperatures in a field camp project studying the effects of trampling on sand dunes. Photo by Stewart Hilts, Land Resource Science Graduate student Stella Mott measures the moisture level of soil that is being used to deposit a petroleum waste called heavy atmospheric gas oil. She and Prof. Pieter Groenevelt are studying the biodegradation of the waste on soils with different tillage intensities. Increased tillage intensities mean that the soil has more surface area, making it easier for microbes to break down the petroleum waste. Their research could result in a safe natural method to dispose of hazardous materials. Photo by David Thomas. PRI Dirk Tel, supervisor of Land Resource Science’s research analytical lab, operates a mass spectrometer, a machine used to differentiate stable isotopes. Equipment such as this plays a valuable part in research on the nitrogen cycle, the process by which plants absorb and use nitrogen. Photo by David Thomas. PRI Microclimate of hardwood seedlings intercropped with corn One of the newer directions in the department’s agrometeorology research is intercropping — the planting of two different species on the same area. Prof. Ken King is studying the microclimate of intercropping of hardwood seedlings and com. “The basic idea is that one can get these trees established while the farmer earns money from the com crops," he says. “The trees survive and grow reasonably well. Eventually, there would be a field of valu- able hardwood." By studying row width and orientation, the effects of light, water stress and the growth of the trees on the site, King hopes to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms of intercropping. "We could prevent erosion and maintain the quality of the soil,” he says. Increased tree production could compensate for the effects of global deforestation. The population in North America isn’t growing as fast as in some parts of the world, he says. "We could afford to devote some of our resources to develop econo- mically feasible ways of transferring land from crops to tree production. We could always return it to agricultural production if we had to." O Land stewardship Field camp Soil science and resource management students get an opportunity to work in the field during their fourth year. “The idea is to go out to see actual examples of problems in the field and to experience field work with its difficulties, such as weather and limitations of equip- ment," says Prof. Stewart Hilts. “The stu- dents design a project and carry it out on a real problem." This year was the first time the depart- ment combined soil science and resource Much of the research done in Land Resource Science is oriented towards a better under- standing of the biophysical characteristics of land resources. But the Natural Heritage Stewardship Program is different. It’s designed to convince landowners in southern Ontario to preserve significant natural areas such as woodlots and wetlands. “Most of southern Ontario is privately owned," says research associate Tom Moull. "An agency must take into account the landowner's interests." Often, preservation is done through acquisition or land-use regulations, both of which can be effective. “But here, we are working with land- owners from the bottom up," says Moull. “It complements other ways. We discuss with owners the importance of natural elements. Landowners like it because it’s a soft-sell approach. U of G has a good reputation, so it doesn't seem threatening." Moull works with Prof. Stewart Hilts, Jo-Anne Rzadki and Mark Van Patter on the program to promote the idea of private stewardship enhancement. They receive funding from the Ontario Heritage Foundation, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the World Wildlife Fund and other agencies, and work in co-operation with Carolinian Canada. If landowners give a verbal commitment to maintain and preserve their lands, they receive a plaque signed by the premier and the chair of the Ontario Heritage Founda- tion. Most landowners have been receptive to the idea. As a result, 347 sites covering an area of 27,000 hectares ( 1 1 ,000 acres) have been protected. The team is now working on developing other stewardship enhancement techniques such as tax incentives or cash grants for property owners to use to preserve their land. O management camps. Four soil science students and 1 1 resource management students took part in the September expedition, held near the Bruce Peninsula National Park near Tobermory. This year's soil science project focused on waste effluent contamination around a landfill site, with students using sophisti- cated water-flow measuring techniques to measure flow of effluent plume. Resource management students studied the effects of trampling in a park and an area of sand dunes, and looked at possible future uses of a ranger camp that belongs to Parks Canada. Hilts says the field camp is a valuable exercise because it’s a good way to combine research and teaching. But mostly, it’s a lot of fun. “Students get to know each other better and gel some experience in the field.” O Myccorhizae study Prof. Murray Miller, in his work on conser- vation and sustainable agriculture concepts, studies mycorrhizae, a symbiotic associa- tion between certain fungi and plant roots that could mean lower input costs for farmers and a safer environment. Certain fungi develop a symbiotic rela- tionship that allows the plant to extract phosphorus from soil. This is a relationship that has not received much attention in agricultural systems. Miller says. When high fertilization is done, the mycorrhizae don't form. He has found that there’s more absorption of phosphorus from a no-till plot than from a conven- tional-till plot. He is studying this relation- ship in com. In a world becoming more concerned about the environment, this symbiotic relationship could be exploited, says Miller. Less chemical fertilizer is needed, so farmers can grow their crops more cheaply, and there is less danger for the environment. “Now we’re looking more carefully at how tillage disturbance works, to see how much we can work the soil without dis- turbing it," he says. In an upcoming experiment, seeds will be planted in the ground with no further tillage disturbance, and Miller will examine the rate of phosphorus absorption. He’s optimistic about the benefits of the research, even though “we’re a long way from telling farmers how to achieve them.” O » Edwin Mchihiyo Phoio by David Thomas, PRI Tanzania-Canada agrogeology project Graduate student Edwin Mchihiyo has been at U of G since August. Before coming here, he worked in his home country, Tanzania, with Prof. Ward Chesworth and research associate Peter Van Straaten on a project to develop local geological resources to improve the fertility of soil. Tanzanian farmers face many problems, says Mchihiyo. Soils are acidic and they have been leached a long time, so there aren’t many nutrients. Farmers have had to rely on expensive imported fertilizers. This project could make a difference, says Chesworth. Many rocks in the area are high in phosphorus, which can be used to reduce the farmers' dependence on industrially produced chemical fertilizers. The materials are gathered by local labor and can be processed easily and cheaply — making it a viable alternative for poor farmers. "Our approach has been direct application with a minimum of industrial input — a simple but effective process to make nutrients available to farmers," says Mchihiyo, who worked with the Tanzanian ministry of energy and minerals before coming to Guelph. Crops grown with the locally produced fertilizers include subsistence crops such as bananas, maize and beans, and cash crops such as coffee and cotton. Project personnel are trying to come up with methods to cut costs and increase efficiency even more. One of the project’s mandates is to develop a crusher that can run cheaply. Chesworth and Mchihiyo believe this type of venture is a good approach for resource-poor countries because it helps them to help themselves. “Similar projects should be encouraged,” says Mchihiyo. "It's no good to have a situation where your children will face the same problems you did.” O AT GUELPH/Nov. 23, 1988 5 Briefly Festival of carols The University of Guelph choir under the direction of Prof. Gerald Neufeld, Music, will perform its annual “Festival of Lessons and Carols” Nov. 27 at 4 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. Readers will include Profs. Jackie Wolfe, University School of Rural Planning and Development; Linda Marshall and John Bligh, English Language and Literature; Gerry Manning, Music; and Keith Slater, Consumer Studies. Admission is free. The write stuff The Development Education Program and the Office for Educational Practice are offering a free, two-part workshop on writing proposals and reports. Kath Beaven, assistant to the director of the Centre for International Programs, will lead the proposal writing workshop Nov. 28 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Room 442, University Centre. Margaret Hundleby, a professional writing consultant, will lead the report writing workshop Nov. 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Room 1 03. FACS building. These workshops are part of the Development Education Program's “Writing for Development and Change" workshop series. The series continues Jan. 26 with a workshop for people who want to write about their experiences or issues they are concerned about, and Feb. 25 with a workshop on “Writing Print Materials that Everyone Can Read." For more information, call Kathy Kennedy at Ext. 6918. CUSO bazaar The annual CUSO Third World bazaar, featuring goods from all over the Third World, will run Nov. 28 from 1 1 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the University Centre courtyard. Profits go to agricultural projects in the developing world. Musically speaking The Department of Music presents a lecture and slide presentation on iconography with Michael Purves-Smith of Wilfrid Laurier University Nov. 29. On Dec. 7, Prof. Ed Phillips, Music, will discuss “Through a Looking Glass Darkly. Zuge, Fluge und Konzertflugel." Both lectures are at noon in Room 203, MacKinnon building. OPIRG meets The Ontario Public Interest Research Group of Guelph will hold its annual general meeting Dec. 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 44 1 , University Centre. Children’s concert Popular children's entertainer Fred Penner will perform Nov. 30 at 4:30 and 7 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. ThisCanadian singer, musician, songwriter, storyteller and author has amassed a devoted following of children and parents through concerts, albums, books and his tele- vision show, "Fred Penner’s Place.” Tickets are $7.50 and are available at the UC box office. Christmas dance The 1 1th annual U of G Christmas dinner and dance will be held Dec. 9 in Peter Clark Hall. The Twilites, an 1 1 -piece band specializing in the big band sounds of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, will provide the entertainment. Cocktails are at 6:30 p.m., the traditional turkey dinner is at 7:30 p.m. and dancing begins at 9 p.m. Cost is $20.50 per person. Tickets are available at the UC box office. B of G meets The next meeting of Board of Governors is Nov. 24 at 5 p.m. at OVC. A tour of OVC facilities will precede the meeting. Awards Graduate student Ido Schechter and supervisor Prof. John Proctor, Horticultural Science, have been awarded a U.P. Hedrick Award by the American Pomological Society for a manuscript entitled JonagoliLAn Apple for the 2 1 si Century. The award, one of two given by the 1, 000- member society, is offered annually to encourage graduate students to submit manuscripts relating to cultivars of deciduous and tropical or sub- tropical fruits. O 6 AT GUELPH/Nov. 23, 1 988 A honey of a sale The Apiculture Club will hold a honey and beeswax candle sale Nov. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the University Centre courtyard. OVC seminar series The OVC seminar series continues Nov. 23 with Prof. Paula Menzies, Population Medicine, and Prof. Anne Muckle, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, discussing ‘‘Caseous Lymphadenitis in Sheep and Goats” at 12:10 p.m. in Room 508, Clinical Studies building. On Nov. 24, Dr. J.N. King of the Royal Veterinary College at the University of London will discuss “Equine Colic, Specifically Post-Operative Ileus" at 12:10 p.m. in Room 510, Clinical Studies. On Nov. 30, the topic is “AI in Equine Colic: A Novel Approach?" with Prof. Peter Pascoe, Clinical Studies, and Prof. Mary McLeish, Computing and Information Science, at 12:10 p.m. in Clinical Studies 508. Surplus sales The Surplus Sales Department in Blackwood Hall has the following items available for public purchase: SDH219 — microfiche viewer; SD#22 1 - TRS-80 Pen printer-plotter, SDH240 — Beckman L-2 ultra-centrifuge; SD8274 — seven DC600A data cartridges; SD8302 — model 175 CM collator; SD#303 — Coleman adjustable tent heater, recording thermometer drum, two seven-day recording thermometers; SD8307 — Lanpar Decwriter III printer; SD8309 — Phillips Code-a-phone 1000; SDtt3 1 6 — five IBM monochrome display cards; SD8323 — Art-o-graph, model 1000; SD8333 — Eberbach 2700 micro projector, storage file units for slides; SDH334 — Intel 286/SYP3 1 0 OEM hardware systems; SD#343 — Radio Shack plotter printer; SD8344 — incubator; SD8347 — dictaphones; SD8388 — two Phillips Code-a-phone III; and SD8394 — spectrophotometer. For more information and viewing, call Ext. 8139. Tree trimming Ontario Hydro is doing tree trimming and tree removal this week along sections of College Avenue and Stone Road bordering The Arboretum. Systematics seminar The Interdepartmental Systematics Group’s seminar series continues Nov. 29 with Dr. Hugh Danks of the Biological Survey of Canada, Natural Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, discussing “The Importance of Systematics to General Entomological Research.” The seminar begins at noon in Room 141 of the Animal Science/Nutrition building. Redress your stress The Self-Help Centre and the Counselling and Student Resource Centre are offering an infor- mation session on stress Dec. 1 at noon in Room 3 1 8 of the University Centre. Sax group performs The Department of Music’s Thursday noon- hour concert Nov. 24 features the Gerald Danovitch Saxophone Quartet of Montreal, with Danovitch on soprano sax, Peter Freeman on alto sax, Abe Kestenberg on tenor sax and Nancy Newman on baritone sax. The quartet came to national attention in 1 983 after winning the DuMaurier Search for the Stars competition and has since released an album on McGill Records. Danovitch is associate professor and head of saxophone studies at McGill University’s faculty of music. Freeman has a master’s degree from McGill, where he now teaches woodwind instruments and is director of the Conservatory of Music. Kestenberg is a lecturer at McGill, specializing in woodwinds. Newman teaches at the McGill Conservatory and Vanier College. The quartet will perform at 12:10 p.m. and 1:10 p.m. in Room 107, MacKinnon building. Admission is free. Coming events WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 1 2: 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Workshop - “A Guide to Giving," noon, UC 441. OEP Seminar - "Computer-Mediated Courses," noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Computing Seminar - “Desktop-Publishing Review,” noon, Computing Services seminar room. Biochemistry Seminar - "Why a Journal of Agricultural Ethics?” Frank Hurnik and Hugh Lehman, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. OVC Seminar - “Caseous Lymphadenitis in Sheep and Goats," Anne Muckle and Paula Menzies, 12:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. Cycling Club - Eden Mills (novice ride), 17 miles, 5 p.m., UC south doors. Lecture - “Whales,” Joe Geraci, 7 p.m., Arboretum Centre. lecture - "Coelacanth,” Eugene Balon, 7 p.m., Botany/Genetics/Zoology 200. Harshman Lecture - “The Right to be Disabled," Norman Kune, 8 p.m., Macdonald Hall 149. Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m., Inner Stage, $4.50. THURSDAY, Nov. 24 Apiculture Club - Honey and Beeswax Candle Sale, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., UC courtyard. Pathology Seminar - "Progressive Panophthal- mitis in Chinook Salmon: A Case Report,” S. Backman, 11:10 a.m., Pathology 220. Cellular and Molecular Biology Journal Club - "MHC Molecules in Antigen Presentation: The Bjorkman Groove.” Bonnie Mallard, noon, VMI 101 . OVC Seminar - “Equine Colic, Specifically Post-Operative Ileus,” J.N. King, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 510. OPIRG - Print and Calendar Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., UC courtyard; "Carmanah — Valley of the Giants, Home of Canada’s Tallest Trees,” slide show, Ken Lay, 12:10 p.m., UC 103; Coffeehouse, 8:30 p.m., The Loft, 1 Carden St. Concert - The Gerald Danovitch Saxophone Quartet, 12:10 and 1:10 p.m., MacKinnon 107. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 3:10 p.m., library information desk. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5: 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. Women’s Volleyball - Vs Wilfrid Laurier, 8 p.m.. Athletics Centre. Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m.. Inner Stage, $5.50. FRIDAY, Nov. 25 Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - “Histochemical Measurement of Calcium Flux in Muscle and Heart Tissue Sections from Swine Susceptible to Malignant Hyperthermia,” Barbara Kalow, 11:50 a.m., Pathology 145. Seminar - “Engineering Computing: The Next Stage,” J. Drake, 4 p.m., Thornbrough 1 12A. Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m., Inner Stage, $5.50. SATURDAY, Nov. 26 Exhibition - "Tabl’eau” by Janet Cardiff, opening reception 1 to 5 p.m.; “Visual Variations: African Sculpture from the Lang Collection," Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, continues to Jan. 15. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. Drama - Waiting for the Parade, 8 p.m.. Inner Stage, $5.50. SUNDAY, Nov. 27 Cycling Club - Guelph Lake Extension, 24 miles, 10 a.m., UC south doors. Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 10:l0a.m.,PelerClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, "Where Have All the Insects Gone?" 2 p.m.. Arboretum Centre. Concert - Festival of Lessons and Carols, University of Guelph Choir, 4 p.m.. War Memorial Hall, free. What’s on at The Arboretum The Arboretum's fall series of Sunday afternoon . walks continues Nov. 27 with “Where Have All the Insects Gone?" and Dec. 4 with "Sleeping Beauties?" Designed for families, the naturalist-led walks leave from The Arboretum Nature Centre at 2 p.m. On Dec. 1, The Arboretum will offer a workshop for adults on making natural Christmas ornaments. Cost is $5 per person. Register by Nov. 24 at Ext. 3932. Christmas party Members of the University of Guelph Faculty Club are invited to the club’s annual Christmas party Dec. 9 from 8 p.m. to midnight. The annual children’s Christmas party is Dec. 1 7 at 2 p.m. Reservations are required for the children’s party. Call Ext. 8578 or 824-3150. Theatre in the Trees The Arboretum’s dinner theatre, Theatre in the Trees, is offering the comedy Look, No Hans!, written by John Chapman and Michael Pertwee and directed by John Liddle. Performances are scheduled for Nov. 26, Dec. 3, 9, 10 and 17. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.; the play begins at 8 p.m. Cost is $29.50. Tickets are available at the University Centre box office. Ext. 3940. Davies to speak Robertson Davies, journalist, playwright, critic, literary editor, theatre director, teacher and one of Canada's most acclaimed novelists, will speak Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. in War Memorial Hall. Admission is free. Biochemistry seminar Dr. Malcolm Paterson of the Cross Cancer Institute and the University of Alberta in Edmonton will speak on the “Repair of UV- Induced DNA Damage in Human Cells” Nov. 30 at noon in Room 222, MacNaughton building. MONDAY, Nov. 28 CUSO - Third World Bazaar, 1 1 a.m. to 8 p.m., UC courtyard. Workshop - “Proposal Writing," Kath Beaven, 3 p.m., UC 442, free. Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. TUESDAY, Nov. 29 CUSO - Third World Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., UC courtyard. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., library information desk. Music Lecture - “An Introduction to Icono- graphy," Michael Purves-Smith, noon, MacKinnon 203. Systematics Seminar - “The Importance of Systematics to General Entomological Research," Hugh Danks, noon, Animal Science/Nutrition 141. Our World - “Is God a Racist?” Stan Barrett, 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m. UC 335. Art Lecture - "Visual Variations: African Sculpture from the Lang Collection," Jeri Harmsen, 3:30 p.m., Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Lecture - Robertson Davies, 7 p.m.. War Memorial Hall, free. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OEP Seminar - "T-CoSy: Useful and Available,” noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Biochemistry Seminar - “Repair of UV-Induced DNA Damage in Human Cells,” Malcolm Paterson, noon, MacNaughton 222. Computing Seminar - “WordPerfect,” noon, Computing Services seminar room. OVC Seminar - "AI in Equine Colic: A Novel Approach?" Peter Pascoe and Mary McLeish, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Continued on page 7. Education watch To review Canada Research Fellowships A Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) committee is to review the Canadian Research Fellowships program launched in 1986 as SSHRC's first initiative under the federal government’s matching grants policy. SSHRC expects to fund some 1 70 fellowships in 1 989/90 for a total of $3 million. It pays half of the yearly $35,000 salary and $4,000 research grant awarded to each individual for three years. The institution employing the recipient is responsible for raising funds to pay for the other half. The evaluation committee, chaired by Geoffrey Lambert, University of Manitoba, will assess the feasibility of continuing the program beyond the third competition to be concluded next month. Anyone wishing to comment on whether the program has fulfilled its goals should contact Heather Steele, Director, Fellowships Division, SSHRC, 255 Albert St., Box 1610, Ottawa KIP 6G4. Report recommends university degree programs in colleges A report of a study of British Columbia’s educational system recommends that “university college" components be established at regional colleges in densely populated areas outside the lower mainland and Vancouver. Prepared by a committee chaired by Les Bullen, the report, faces* to Advanced Education and Job Training in British Columbia, says each component would co-operate with one or more of the three public universities and the Open Learning Agency to provide upper-level university courses. A component could develop into an autonomous university or a comprehensive degree-granting regional college. The report also addresses the possible creation of a “university of the north” in Prince George —also a recommendation in a recent Interior University Society report. Building A Future of Excellence — A University for Northern British Columbia. Comments are welcome on the Bullen report before final recommendations and an action plan are submitted to the B.C. cabinet early this winter. Copies of the Bullen report are available from the Ministry of Advanced Education and Training 8 1 8 Broughton St., 3rd Floor, Victoria, B.C. V8 V 1 X4, 604-562-6868. The IUS report is available from Box 846, Prince George, B.C. V2L 4T7, 306-585-4520. Task force calls for post-secondary education council The University of Regina's academic review task force wants the creation of a joint provincial council on post-secondary education to stem the “growing gap" between university expectations and high school goals. The proposed council would consider reintroducing Grade 12 examinations, and would draft a university program that offers remedial courses in English and mathematics to students who fail to meet university entrance standards. Headed by York University president emeritus Ian Macdonald, the task force has issued the report From Reflection to Renewal , making 167 recommendations for academic change at Regina — abolishing the three-year bachelor of arts and creating new programs in nursing, gerontology, women’s studies, bilingual studies and peace and world order studies. The report also recommended giving new faculty a lighter work load to help them develop their scholarly activities, and rationalizing programs in law, engineering, fine arts and education in conjunction with the University of Saskatchewan. The report is available from B.W. Hill, Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2. Fostering university-business co-operation A new program will help universities and businesses in Atlantic Canada undertake joint ventures to enhance industrial productivity and competitiveness. The federal government’s Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will help fund the Corporate-University Partnership Program, to be launched with a series of pilot projects in September 1989. The initiative will encourage institutions and companies to co-operate in projects such as the development of computer software and improvement of manufacturing facilities and processes. For more information, contact James Barnes, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. A1B3X5. Council wants Quebec to raise tuition fees Quebec’s Council of Universities has recommended that university tuition fees be brought to a level comparable to that of other provinces as one means of resolving the problems caused by underfunding of the system. The council says the province’s universities are currently underfunded by $120 million. In a report submitted to Claude Ryan, higher education and science minister, the council says the freeze imposed 20 years ago has led to Quebec’s tuition fees representing only one-third of Ontario’s fees, whereas they were at about the same level in the early 1970s. In 1988/89, Quebec students in undergraduate arts programs are paying $470 and $570 in tuition fees. The report is available from the council, 2700 Laurier Blvd., Frontenac Tower, 8th Floor, Ste-Foy, P.Q. G 1 V 2L8, 4 1 8-643-8592. Ryan promises reform of student financial aid program School of Engineering liaison officer Janet Diebel checks out gift ideas for her son, William, at Fair November, the annual show and sale of Canadian crafts held on campus last weekend. The fair exhibited the handiwork of more than 80 artisans and attracted thousands of visitors to the University. Photo by David Thomas, PRI New on the shelves Both French and English-language versions of Horizons, the 1989-1990 guide to post- secondary education in Ontario, are available free from the inquiries unit of the Ministry of Education, 15th floor, Mowat Block, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario M7A 1 L2, or by calling 416-965-6407 or 1-800-268-7501. The Role of Small Colleges in Canadian Higher Education, Present and Future, is the report of a symposium held in 1987 as part of the 50th anniversary of St. Thomas More College. The report can be obtained at a cost of $ 1 0 from the college, 1437 College Dr., Saskatoon. Saskatchewan S7N 0W6. 0 Coming events Continued from page 6. Workshop - “Report Writing," Margaret Hundleby, 3 p.m., FACS 103, free. Children’s Concert - Fred Penner, 4:30 and 7 p.m.. War Memorial Hall, $7.50 THURSDAY, Dec. 1 Pathology Seminar - “The Effect of Dietary Fatty Acid Supplementation on Skin Hypersensi- tivity in the Dog,” M. Savic, 11:10 a.m., Pathology 220. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 3:10 p.m., library information desk. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5:10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Dec. 2 Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - “Analysis of Calcium-Binding Proteins by Minigel Polyacrylamide Electro- phoresis,” Sandra Neale, 1 1:50 a.m.. Pathology 145. OVC Seminar - “Small Animal Nutrition," Glenn Brown, 12:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. OPIRG - Annual Meeting, 4 p.m., UC 441. Women’s Volleyball - Vs Windsor. 8 p.m., Athletics Centre. TUESDAY, Dec. 6 Our World - “Economic Cost or Environmental Cost,” 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m., UC 335. Physics Colloquium - “Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy (STIM) Using the Melbourne Proton Microprobe,” Marian Cholewa, 4 p.m., MacNaughton 113. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 Schedule of Dates - Registration payments due for in-course students in winter semester 1989. Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Music Lecture — "Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Zuge, Fluge und Konzertflugel," Ed Phillips, noon, MacKinnon 203 Computing Seminar - “New Technology," noon. Computing Services seminar room. Biochemistry Seminar - "The Implications of Phosphoinositide Hydrolysis, Calcium Mobili- zation and Protein Kinase C Activation in Platelet Arachidonate Metabolism,” V.G. Mahadevappa, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. Claude Ryan will propose a reform of Quebec’s student financial aid program before the end of the year. Following a meeting with representatives of the Association Nationale des Etudiants du Quebec last month, the minister says a discussion paper will soon be issued and that a parliamentary committee will hold hearings in 1989 on ways to implement the reform. Changes could be introduced for the 1990-91 academic year, he says. (Notes from AUCC) Still time to give Some $92,000 of the $110,000 campus United Way appeal objective has been reached. If the 350 donors who gave last year but have not done so yet this year make their pledges or contributions, U of G could reach its goal. If you haven’t been contacted by a canvasser or do not have a pledge card, call Ext. 3 1 06. Canvassers are asked to deliver returns to Gabrielle Hubert, Office of the Registrar, Level 4, University Centre, as soon as possible. SATURDAY, Dec. 3 Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. SUNDAY, Dec. 4 Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., Peter Clark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, "Sleeping Beauties?” 2 p.m.. Arboretum Nature Centre. MONDAY, Dec. 5 Schedule of Dates - Classes conclude. Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. Coming Up Elsewhere • Sixth international meeting of university administrators. University of Maryland, July 23 to 28, 1 989. Details: John Bielec, Assistant Vice-President, Administration, University of Maryland, 1132 Main Administration Building, College Park, Maryland 20742, 301-454-5421. • Manitoba Association of Computing Edu- cators conference, “Technology in Education: 2020 Vision,” March 22 & 23, 1989, Winnipeg. Details: Dona Burron, Conference Co-ordinator, Man ACE, 217-1200 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, Manitboa R3G 0T5, 204-945-7050. • The 71st annual meeting of the American Council on Education, “Education for the Common Good," Jan. 18 to 21. 1989, San Diego. Details: 202-939-9450. AT GUELPH/Nov. 23. 1 988 7 Computing Services staff look on as Prof, long open house last month involving tours Jack MacDonald, vice-president, academic, of the facility, product and service demon- left, and CS director Ron Elmslie cut the strations and a two-day showcase of the ribbon to officially open the unit’s new latest in advanced workstation technologies, offices above Vehicle Services off Trent Photo by John Majorossy, Photographic Services Lane. The ceremony was part of a week- Memorial tree for Cam Hill Library staff have established a fund to purchase a tree at The Arboretum in memory of Cam Hill, late husband of Jean Hill, now retired personnel librarian. In touch- Close to 200 senior secondary school stu- dents from throughout Ontario visited the campus last Friday to take part in an information day designed to introduce them to agricultural science, landscape architec- ture, engineering and human kinetics. The students were welcomed to the Uni- versity by Prof. David Mowat, acting asso- ciate dean of OAC, and then took part in special lectures, tours and information sessions designed to meet their individual interests. The Admissions Office would like to thank Janet McLean, Department of Human Kinetics; Nancy Plato, OAC; Prof. Walter Kehm, director of the School of Landscape Architecture; and Janet Diebel, School of Engineering, for their efforts, together with all U of G faculty, students and staff who helped to make the day a success. Liaison officers visited schools this week in Toronto, Markham, Mississauga, Ottawa, Oshawa, Kitchener, Medway, Exeter, Brantford and Sarnia. O Donations to the fund can be sent to Bev Mullins at the library or to Prof. Keith Ronald at The Arboretum. For more information, call Carolyn Pawley at Ext. 3153.0 Personals For Sale: Olympia Report electronic type- writer, automatic correction, tabs, margins, Trish, 821-7842 after 5 p.m. Prints by Bateman, Parker and Doolittle, 824-5865 after 4:30 p.m. Three-bedroom, 1 ,800-square foot sidesplit house, formal dining room, sunken family room, fully fenced, inter- locking brick driveway, immediate possession, 821-2846. 1979 four-cyclinder Monza, in good condition, Ext. 380 1 or 82 1 - 5810. Snowblower, 10 hp, used only three times, Ext. 6430 or 824-3992 between 7 and 9 p.m. For Rent: Bright, newly renovated three- bedroom basement suite, General Hospital area, available Dec. 1 , $690 per month or $240 per room, 821-8963. Beautifully preserved, older four-bedroom home with new addition, available immediately, 837- 3700. Modern three/four-bedroom house in scenic location on the Grand River between Fergus and Elora, daily bus service to University, available Feb. 1 for six months, Ext. 2171 or 846-9980 evenings. Five- bedroom house close to campus, garage, non-smokers, no pets, references required, Personnel report As of At Guelph deadline Nov. 18, 1988, the following opportunities were available: Employment and Educational Equity Co- ordinator, Office of the President. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. The following positions were available to on-campus employees only: Operational and Planning Co-ordinator, University-OMAF Programs, Office of Research. Normal hiring range: $27,805 to $32,671. Executive Secretary, College of Biological Science. Salary range: $351.36 minimum; $405.50 job rate (level 5); $503.52 maximum. Accounting Clerk, Medical Services. Salary range: $320. 1 1 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Receptionist/Records Clerk, Alumni Affairs and Development. Salary range: $291.86 minimum; $338.48 job rate (level 5); $406.26 maximum. Library Associate, Science and Veterinary Science, Library. Salary range: $383.17 minimum; $44 1 .53 job rate (level 5); $546.35 maximum. Library Assistant I, track 2, Data Input (Acquisitions), Library; two positions. Salary range: $291.86 minimum; $338.48 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. It is the University’s policy to give prior consideration to on-campus applicants. To determine the availability of University employment opportunities, contact employ- ment services and training. Level 5, Univer- sity Centre, or telephone 836-4900. O available Dec. 15, $1,500 plus utilities, 763-7430. Wanted: House to rent for visiting professor and family in July and August 1989, refer- ences available, Prof. K.C. Watts, Head, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Box 1000, Halifax B3J 2X4. Babysitter for 17- month-old two or three days a week and for five-year-old in afternoons. Paisley/ Yorkshire/Waterloo area, prefer home with other children, 836-9786 after 5 p.m. Available: Word processing, Ext. 6508 or 763-2944. Experienced secretary for pro- cessing papers, theses, manuscripts and resumes using WordPerfect, thorough knowledge of medical terminology, 24-hour service, delivery, Brenda, 822-8342. Typing and word processing, pickup and delivery, 824-2426 or 822-9157. " Personals' ’ is a free service offered by At Guelph for staff, faculty and students at the University. All items must be typed, double spaced, and submitted to At Guelph one week before publication. O AKtH,v ^ Ue,;^y l i) UNIVERSITY ^Q UELPH At Guelph Volume 32 Number 38 Nov. 30.1988 Cover: Zavitz Hall as it used to be, circa the 1920s. A consultant is to study how to renovate the building, now home to Department of Fine Art students. (See story, page 3.) Photo courtesy of OMAF Inside: Academic building #1 priority I Ethics & technology conference 2 An inside look at plants & animals 2 Where there is much Music 6 UNIVERSITY VG UELPH Academic building tops capital needs A general-purpose academic building is at the top of the list of the University’s proposed five-year bricks-and-mortar plans, which have been submitted to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU). The University has asked MCU to fund the $ 1 1 .7-million proposed project, which would also include the addition of a chiller to the Central Utilities plant that would serve the building. A site has yet to be determined, but among the possibilities is an extension to the MacKinnon building. Facilities for several colleges President Brian Segal says the building would provide centralized facilities for a number of academic departments across campus that are experiencing desperate space shortages. “There is a severe shortage of graduate student space,” says Segal, "and as we continue to increase our enrolment at the graduate level, we have to make more than marginal commitments to space for our graduate students.” The University also needs additional classroom facilities to accommodate the increased numberof undergraduate students it has taken in over the years. “We need to provide undergraduate and graduate stu- dents with better classroom accommodation — whether that be large classrooms or case study rooms," he says. The academic building would also address the need for more teaching and research laboratory space. “Breathing space is required in a number of existing buildings, but they don’t have the room to expand,” says Segal. The University will continue its fund- raising efforts for other capital projects such as the addition to the College of Family and Consumer Studies building. Segal says the government usually announces new capital allocations after the budget is announced in May. Other priorities include a proposed extension to the library and OVC Phase 2, which would complete the college’s 1983 building program. Also included are pro- posals for replacement space for the College of Biological Science, a new central services building and renovations to the Food Science building. War Memorial Hall, Massey Hall, Macdonald Institute, the Horticultural Science building and the dairy barn. MCU has received all the University’s major capital needs to give a total picture of its urgent capital requirements. All the proposed projects fall into two categories — modernization of existing buildings and replacement of existing substandard space. Library extension for collections The proposed three- to four-storey extension to the library would provide book stacking and storage space. Opened in 1968, the library was designed for a capacity of 750,000 volumes. Original plans called for a second stage to be built by 1975 or when crowding of users and collections made it necessary. The collection now numbers more than two million “equivalent volumes.” Each year, the aisles between the shelves get narrower, open areas give way to book stacks, new journals and documents are purchased on microfilm, users pul up with more crowding at workstations and lesser- used materials are moved into storage elsewhere on and off campus. Estimated cost of the addition is $9.5 million, of which $6.3 million is being requested from MCU. Last of OVC building program OVC’s Phase 2A includes the construc- tion of new space for three classrooms, continuing education facilities, student lockers, the museum, the library and administrative offices. It also includes replacement spaces for pharmacology/ toxicology (building 41), animal housing (building 42) and veterinary services (building 47), which will be demolished. Phase 2B includes renovations for the departments of Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Studies. The estimated cost is $10.6 million, $7.07 million of which is being sought from MCU. Replacement space for CBS This proposal would replace buildings 33,34,35,36, 74, 1 17, 1 18. 119, 136 and 194 with a new science building in a two- year construction project estimated at $ 1 0 million. Of that, $6.7 million would be funded by MCU. Modern Food Science building This project calls for the complete reno- vation of the existing 57-year-old building to upgrade it to modem standards. The 1 8-month construction project is estimated at $4.5 million, with $3 million requested from MCU. Central location An up-to-date central services building is proposed to house Maintenance, the Fire Hall, Planning, Engineering, Central Receiving, Purchasing Department stores and other administrative offices. Present facilities are old, unsuited for their purposes, spread across the campus and not suitable for modernization. This project is estimated at $5.8 million, with $3.8 million being sought from MCU. Historical building Massey Hall, which provides space for the Department of Drama, administration and graduate student study, was built in 1903 and now needs a major renovation. Plans are to retain the building, which has architectural and historical merit. The estimated cost is $2.2 million, $ 1 .4 million of which would come from MCU. Facelift for War Mem Hall Sixty-two-year-old War Memorial Hall provides space for orientation, convocation, concerts, movies and lectures 1 60 days a year, with a total attendance of more than 60,000 people. It needs a new entrance and lobby area, and the auditorium requires upgrading with new stage lighting and a mechanical system that is up to provincial code requirements. The project is estimated at $960,000, and Guelph is seeking $640,000 from MCU towards the costs. Macdonald Institute renovation Two-thirds of Macdonald Institute was built in 1903, and some of its areas have never been renovated. The renovation pro- ject is estimated at $1.8 million, with $620,000 sought from MCU. Horticultural Science building After the proposed environmental bio- logy/horticultural science building is completed, the Horticultural Science building would be renovated to accommodate administrative offices or other academic needs. Space studies indi- cate that there is substantial need for more space to accommodate current enrolment, and a committee has been appointed to advise on the reallocation of this and other space that will become available with the completion of the new building. Cost of this project is $3.2 million, $2. 1 million of which would be funded by MCU. Dairy barn The dairy bam also needs renovations for acceptable animal housing facilities. The project is estimated at $636,000, of which $424,000 would come from MCU. Special enrolment funds The University has also submitted pro- posals amounting to $2.68 million under MCU's Special Enrolment Accommodation Program. These include an addition to the Land Resource Science building, a small second-storey addition to the Landscape Architecture building, which is now under construction, a communications laboratory in the Macdonald Hall annex, an under- graduate computer terminal pool in the Reynolds building, and a large lecture theatre, possibly at the north end of the Thombrough building. O Christmas drive for Salvation Army Administrative Services is once again co-ordinating a canned goods/books/toy drive for the Salvation Army. The now familiar red Christmas box will be set up from Dec. 5 to 22 in the courtyard of the University Centre. Any donations of canned goods, new books or new toys will be gratefully accepted. The Salvation Army will distribute the items to needy families in Guelph just prior to Christmas. If you have any questions, contact Joanne Schnurr, Ext. 2323. O Guaranty Trust presents third cheque to campaign A representative of Guaranty Trust was on campus recently to present the third instalment of the company’s $25,000 pledge to The Campaign. In making the presentation. Rein Crecelius, Guaranty Trust’s executive vice-president, consumer services, lauded the academic stan- dards that the University has achieved and maintained in its 24-year history. “Over the years, the University has developed an internationally acclaimed reputation in both teaching and research,” he said. “Central Guaranty Trustco is pleased to recognize this commitment to academic excellence.” Mary Cocivera, director of development in the Department of Alumni Affairs and Deve- lopment, thanked Crecelius for his company’s support of the University. “We look forward to continued close ties,” she said. While on campus. Crecelius addressed stu- dents in the master’s of agricultural economics and business program on the subject of "What's New in Consumer Credit — the Lender’s Viewpoint." Guaranty Trust is a subsidiary of Central Guaranty Trustco, the third largest trust group in Canada, with more than 1 80 branches across the country. In January 1 989, the trust company subsidiaries, with the exception of Financial Trust, will be amalgamated as one company. Contributions to The Campaign now stand at more than $64.8 million. O y Cocivera, the University's director of from Rein Crecelius. the company s executive iopmenl, receives the third instalment of vice-president, consumer services. ranty Trust's $25,000 campaign pledge Phoio by hick Hxnison. Phoiognpluc Services Research New diagnostic facility heightens animai welfare by Owen Roberts, Office of Research Of Canadian universities offering veterinary and animal science programs, U of G has become the first to have the capacity for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a non-surgical, radiation-free technology that offers new levels of diagnostic information. The $ 1.3-million MRI facility, under the direction of Prof. Ed Janzen, Chemistry and Biochemistry, is located in the Department of Biomedical Sciences. It was assembled entirely with University funds contributed by OVC, OAC, CBS and CPS. In 1986, MRI and its application to biology was identified by then vice-president, academic, Howard Clark as the University’s major three- year research initiative. At the time, magnetic resonance imaging had only been available for a brief period, but was clearly emerging as an important scientific technology. Like x-rays or ultrasound, MRI offers researchers an opportunity to look inside the body without using surgery. But most similarities stop there. Whereas x-rays involve low-level radiation and are essentially snapshots of dense matter such as bone, MRI “pictures” are obtained through the use of harmless magnetism, by recording how the body’s hydrogens align in the presence of a magnetic field produced by the MRI unit. This alignment can be translated into unprecedented pictures of areas like the brain, heart or the lungs — wherever there’s soft tissue or fat, which has high concentrations of hydrogens. Like MRI. ultrasound also offers more than pictures of bone, but ultrasound technology has not advanced to the point where it can provide the kind of detail obvious in MRI images. By using a sensor that can be pinpointed anywhere along the axis of an animal placed inside a magnetic chamber, magnetic resonance imaging can isolate and depict extremely thin “slices" of the subject. Tissue and fat appear as distinctly different bright areas in the MRI image Research projects directed by Jan/.en. Prof. Tammy Bray. Nutritional Sciences, and Prof. Fred Brauer, Chemistry and Biochemistry, are already under way at the MRI facility. The first series involves rats as models for liver and lung At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a reduced schedule applies. Al Guelph is guided by an editorial policy approved by the president of the University. A copy is available on request. Views and opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. letters to the editor, opinions, news items, speeches, faculty and staff activities, and other submissions are welcome. Deadline is seven days before date of issue unless otherwise specified. Stories may be reprinted with acknowledgment of source. Editorial office: Public Relations and Information, l^vel 4, University Centre, 519-824-4120, Ext. 3864. Executive editor: Sandra Webster. Assistant editor: Barbara Chance. 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Postage paid in cash at first-class rates, Permit 1 149, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1. diseases, including the effect on the liver of alcohol and toxic chemicals like the chloro- carbons found in drycleaning fluids, and the influence of mineral-deficient diets on the lung. The availability of the MRI unit means the progress of diseases can be studied without having to euthanize the animals or conduct invasive surgery. “It’s profoundly important that the MRI facility will eventually allow us to determine what is happening biochemically in an animal — or plant — without having to disturb the living organism," says Dean of Research Larry Milligan. Janzen says MRI will become an important tool for enhancing animal research and diag- nostic work al the University. “The procedures we are developing will advance the welfare of animals by enabling veterinarians to better and more quickly diag- nose problems like neurological disease,” he says. "Some of the problems that will be studied here could be models for human diseases and afflictions as well.” The limiting factor in the MRI facility's ability to conduct research and offer diagnosis is the size of the unit’s magnet and its associated frequency. At present, the chamber where animals are placed can accommodate nothing larger than cals or puppies. Janz.en is applying for assistance to increase the chamber’s size by 30 percent, which he says will enable the facility to accommodate most pels requiring MRI diagnostic services and render better MR/ images through the use of higher frequencies. O U of G researchers can take an unprecedented inside look at live plants and animals now, thanks to a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facility in the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Projects already under way include a study of the effects of zinc and copper deficiency on rat lung tissue, led by Prof. Tammy Bray, Nutritional Sciences. Above, at the MRI facility in front of the magnetic chamber, are, left to right, Prof. Ed Janzen, facility director, graduate student Carla Taylor, Bray and facility operators Rheal Towner and Uwe Oehler. Photo by Owen Roberts, Office of Research Earthworms vital for better soil Holiday schedule for Al Guelph The last issue of Al Guelph for 1 988 is Dec. 14, and the first issue of 1989 is Jan. 4. Copy for the Dec. 14 Christmas issue, including announcements of events happening up to Jan. 4, should reach us by Dec. 8. Copy for the Jan. 4 issue should be submitted by Dec. 21.0 If you have good soil, you have earthworms. Farmers and gardeners have always known that earthworms can improve soil texture, but the results of a U of G study on radioactive fall-out offer additional scientific evidence about the role earthworms play in maintaining soil quality. Prof. Richard Protz, Department of Land Resource Science, says that under optimal conditions, earthworms could completely ingest and turn over the top 1 5 centimetres (six inches) of a plowed field every three years. In doing so, they help stabilize the soil structure with fecal material rich in silt and clay and distribute important organic matter throughout the depth of the soil. To help determine the extent of earthworm activity, Protz has studied the depth distribution of the radioactive element Cesium 137 in soil. The presence of Cesium 1 37 is related to the fall-out from above-ground nuclear testing. Such testing was halted in the late 1 960s, giving scientists the opportunity to conduct distribution research without having their results altered by increasing amounts of the element. Cesium 1 37 fall-out from the Chernobyl disaster is not expected to reach southern Ontario. Protz is presenting his findings this week at the annual meeting of the American Society of Soil Scientists in Anaheim, Calif., during a special symposium designed to review and clarify the effects of earthworms on soil and agriculture. “We are not totally aware of the potential of earthworms in maintaining healthy soil,” he says. “The contributions of all fauna, fungi and microbes need more study." Protz says the optimal conditions for earth- worm activity — basically, an entire frost-free year — would never be found in Canada. Nonetheless, his studies of earthworm influence on soil quality in southern Ontario have con- vinced him that the activity of the creatures is significant enough to make marked improve- ments in soil conditions. He is developing a faunal activity model that will further quantify the importance of earth- worms and their effects on soil. A better understanding of biological activity is an important part of Ontario’s effort to reduce farmer dependency on agri-chemicals, says Protz. “We have to be concerned for the land, the soil and its living components. The caring ethic must be based on a better understanding of natural systems." O International experts to gather for ethics and technology conference U of G will hold its third international conference in October 1 989. “Ethical Choice in the Age of Pervasive Technology" will draw distinguished scientists, statesmen, industrialists and philo- sophers from around the world. They will gather at Guelph not merely to discuss the impact of new technologies on the quality of life and the global landscape, says organizer Prof. Henry Wiseman, Political Studies, but to arrive at specific approaches and strategies and make recommendations for the future. Wiseman also organized U of G's 1983 conference on peace and security where then prime minister Pierre Trudeau launched his now-famous peace initiative. In announcing this conference, U of G is acting on its responsibility to provide leadership in the understanding of technology and techno- logical change, says Wiseman. The conference will assess the broad effects of technology, nationally and internationally, in specific fields such as medicine, agriculture and the environ- ment, bioethics, industrial strategies in Third World development, communications, edu- cation, government policy and industrial innovation. "Ethical Choice in the Age of Pervasive Technology” will explore ethical and moral issues together with the scientific and social concerns that surround technology. It will raise questions of vital importance to the scientific community, business, industry and government and to people from all walks of life. Its significance and the urgency of its mandate have been recognized with co-sponsorship from the Science Council of Canada, the Royal Society of Canada, Alcan Aluminum Ltd. and the International Development Research Centre, and with endorsements from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organi- zation and the United Nations University in Tokyo. "Human creativity in combination with natural resources and technological innovation can ensure a better world for us and for our children,” says Wiseman. "Will our future be dictated by the drifting interplay of forces or will we chart the course so that technology will truly serve the needs of humanity? Will we make the ethical choices that will secure our future?” These questions of crucial importance will be addressed at U of G Oct. 25 to 29, 1 989. For more information, call the Division of Continuing Education at Ext. 3956. O Join the celebrations Jan. 12, 1989. U of G’s 25th anniversary launch. Opening ceremonies and cake cutting, noon, Peter Clark Hall, University Centre. UNIVERSITY WJ UELPH i$64 - 2 AT GUELPH/Nov. 30. 1988 Board of Governors — Future of Zavitz Hal! under study be completed by November 1989, and reno- vation planning is under way with a construction start date of April 1989. Contract documents are complete for the child-care centre and have been forwarded to the Ministry of Community and Social Services for approval. An architect is proceeding with working drawings for the environmental biology/horti- culture building. The service trench will be tendered shortly; the building and greenhouses will be tendered this spring. Construction is in progress on the School of Landscape Architecture extension, expected to be completed in time for the start of the winter semester. A building committee is preparing a building program and brief to the architecture for the proposed family housing project. Art centre An opening reception for the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre touring exhibition “Contemporary Inuit Drawings” will be held at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa Jan. 12 . Art centre director Judith Nasby will give a talk on the exhibition at the National Gallery Jan. 13. The exhibition will continue until March 26. Vivian and David Campbell of Toronto have placed on extended loan with the centre a major 1974 painting by Jack Bush, Canada’s greatest proponent of post-painterly abstraction. The 14-foot canvas, entitled "London No. 5," is an example of Bush’s later “mottled-ground” painting style. Other business The board approved changes to the 1988/89 operating budget related to salary settlements and enrolment variances. The board also agreed to defer until more information is available correspondence from the University of Western Ontario and McMaster University related to tuition fee deregulation and increasing tuition fees. Segal said Queen’s University has also pre- pared a proposal, and he wants to see all the options before the board discusses the matter. It may be an agenda item at the board’s retreat in January. O Letters to the editor The Reynolds building Name plates have started to appear on newly named buildings on campus, and although most of the names will be familiar to many faculty, the appropriateness of the name "Reynolds building" for the ICS building may not be evident except to old-timers. The building now bearing the Reynolds name was, from its construction in 1916 until 1969, the “Physics building,” and therein lies the connection. James Benson Reynolds, an MA graduate of the University of Toronto, was appointed assistant to Guelph’s resident master James Mills in 1893. He also lectured in English and physics, a not unusual combination for an arts graduate of that time. In 1 898, he was appointed professor of physics and lecturer in English. He instituted physics research at OAC and did work in many applied areas, including soil physics and refrigeration. It was Benson who suggested to the minister of agriculture in 1905 the program in soil drainage that became such an important project for many years. Reynolds left Guelph in 1 9 1 5 to become president of the Manitoba Agricultural College, but returned in 1920 to succeed Dr. G.C. Creelman as president of OAC. His first action was to make junior matri- culation a requirement for admission to the degree course. He remained president until 1928. Prof. James Hunt, Physics. Old Zavitz Hall, destined for demolition in a 1987 Board of Governors’ review of the Uni- versity’s long-range building plans, will be the subject of a study to determine the feasibility of renovating the building. The board Nov. 24 approved a proposal for the study of the 1914 building off Branion Plaza, which provides studio quarters for Department of Fine Art students. Michael MacMillan, chair of the board’s Property and Planning Committee, said a budget of not more than $50,000 has been established for the study. President Brian Segal spoke strongly in support of renovating Zavitz Hall. The project needs “fresh eyes," he said. “I don't think we have begun to conceive what we can do with the building because we aren’t architects.” The University should “go down the road” to deter- mine if it can make this building functional and beautiful, he said. Academic vice-president Jack MacDonald added that the University has determined the Department of Fine Art to be an area of strongest academic need on campus. Its students and faculty are working in “deplorable condi- tions,” he said. A1 Brown, director of Physical Resources, will head a building committee consisting of Dean of Arts David Murray, Fine Art chair Ron Shuebrook and Fine Art professors Walter Bachinski and Chandler Kirwin. “If the process moves as quickly as I would like it to," said Segal, “we should have a report for the board by the end of February 1989.” Several board members also expressed support for the project. MacMillan said the committee found a Fine Art Department with an excellent reputation and a full complement of students operating under difficult conditions. B of G chair lan Murray, who studied in Zavitz as a student, said the building is “part of our heri- tage.” Margaret MacCrae agreed that alumni feel strongly about the building. Solette Gelberg said “we will have the community on us” if the University even contemplated tearing down the building. But Prof. John Simpson, Physics, felt differently. The building has no architectural merit, he said, and it’s sitting on a prime location that the University could make better use of. "It looks like my old grade school," he said. OVC tour Board members caught the enthusiasm of OVC during a tour of the college prior to their meeting. Led by OVC Dean Ole Nielsen and associate dean Alan Meek, the board visited areas with state-of-the art facilities and others that are sadly deficient. The college is pleased with its new facilities, said Nielsen, but there are a number of serious deficiencies — inadequate and poorly located classrooms, poor student amenities and outdated facilities for holding the animals that are used in teaching. As is the case across campus, OVC’s need for more funds for renovation is also severe, he said. Nielsen noted that the proposed OVC learning centre — for which $1 million of the necessary $3.5 million has been raised — will not only provide much-needed undergraduate classroom space, but has the potential to become a first- class continuing education facility for campus and general use. The dean told board members that OVC’s Department of Population Medicine, together with existing departments, will need to be much more aggressive in research, teaching and service in the food quality and safety area. As an example, he cited the Food Production and Inspection Branch of Agriculture Canada, which has some 580 veterinarians who look to uni- versities like Guelph for education and training programs to help them ensure food quality and safety. Because veterinary medicine concerns health and disease in vertebrates, OVC's research, service and teaching programs provide addi- tional strength to the campus in disciplines that relate to the environment, said Nielsen. In particular, the college is strong in wildlife diseases. And with its strength in biomedical sciences and epidemiology, the college can work together with other colleges on campus in enhancing programs aimed at promoting human health, he said. OVC has a strong commitment to research, Nielsen said. The college has an annual budget of $24.5 million, of which about $ 1 0 million comes from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, $3 million from the Ontario Ministry of Food and Agriculture, $4.5 million from the Farm Animal Health Improvement Program and $7 million from research grants and contracts. Consisting of five academic departments — Clinical Studies, Pathology, Biomedical Sciences, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, and Population Medicine — as well as a teaching hospital, OVC is the academic home of about 120 faculty, 10 post-doctorals, 140 graduate students, 440 undergraduate students and 260 staff members. President’s report U of G is still waiting for the provincial government's announcement on 1989/90 transfer payments, said Segal. The announce- ment is now expected the first week of December. Guelph, however, is beginning budget pre- parations for 1989/90, using some speculative assumptions, and MacDonald has begun discussions with OM AF on the 1989/90 contract. Ontario Municipal Board hearings on the gravel pit are continuing, said Segal, who added that he has received only two letters on the issue. The president told the board that the public had responded positively to the University’s exhibits at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Next year, he said, the exhibits will be expanded to showcase the arts and sciences. Segal outlined the major changes through Senate in response to the Task Force on Agri- culture, noting that the University moved from the task force to implementation in less than two years. Curriculum changes will be in place for incoming students in September 1989, he said. The board was also informed that Prof. Terry Gillespie, Land Resource Science, has received a 3M Teaching Fellowship, that a review of Public Relations and Information, Alumni Affairs and Development and Print Publications is under way, and that the University is searching for an employment equity co-ordinator. B of G is to hold a retreat at Seneca College’s King’s Campus north of Toronto in January. Appointments Gelberg was appointed co-vice-chair of the board. A Guelph resident and treasurer of Memorial Gardens Canada Ltd. of Toronto, she has served on the board in various capacities for nine years. Lawyer Maureen Sabia of Toronto has been appointed to the board for a three-year term. Currently a consultant, Sabia holds directorships on Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd., Export Development Corp., Laurentian Casualty Co. of Canada Ltd. and Sunnybrook Medical Centre. Sabia is also chair of the advisory board of the women in management research project at the National Centre for Management Research and Development in the School of Business Administration at the University of Western Ontario and director of the Empire Club of Canada. The board was also asked to bring forward nominations for the University’s next chancellor. Elected by Senate, the chancellor would serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 1989. Chan- cellor William Stewart completes his second term in June 1989. Task force updates Board member Bill Brock requested status reports on two task forces. Regarding the Task Force on Engineering, MacDonald said the University is moving towards transferring the School of Engineering to the College of Physical Science. Regarding the Task Force on Rural Resources, the Committee on University Planning is to hold a retreat in December to define concrete steps to be taken. Segal noted that he would not support a change to the name of OAC. Looking at the books Personnel from the University's external auditors, Clarkson, Gordon, gave a presentation to the board. Colin Graham, Terry Reidel and Gary Pooley spoke on generally accepted accounting principles as they relate to univer- sities, fund accounting with special emphasis on the role of depreciation, and the impact of financial reporting by the introduction of new accounting rules for pension funds. Capital projects Charles Ferguson, vice-president, adminis- tration, said work is in progress on ventilation for the large animal clinic at OVC and should be completed next month. Weber Construction Ltd. has started the athletics facilities project, which is expected to The Central Student Association adopted United Way as its charity this year and raised $5,000 at student events. Craig Sanderson, president of the CSA, left, presents the cheque to Don McIntosh, Office for Educational Practice, co- chair of the campus appeal. The gift, the first major contribution ever made by the student body, boosted the appeal to 92 per cent of the goal for a total of $101,678 - the largest amount ever donated by the University community. Organizers say the goal can be reached if last-minute donors return their pledge cards to area canvassers. A celebration coffee and dessert reception for canvassers will be held Dec. 8 at noon in Raithby House, when participation certificates will be presented. Photo by David Thomas, PRI AT GUELPH/Nov. 30. 1988 3 Awards Education watch OAC honors top undergrads OAC recently honored 1 15 of its top under- graduate students at a presentation ceremony of awards valued at more than $100,000. OAC Alumni Foundation Entrance Scholar- ships were awarded to Alfred Archer of Etobicoke, Lisa Bye of Alma, Randy Duffy of Sombra, Janice Elliott of Florence, Jean Garvey of Thorndale. Glen Harris of Lindsay, Dennis Hartley of Saull Ste. Marie, Robin Irvine of Peterborough, Mark Israel of Wallenstein. Stephen Litke of Waterloo, George Martyn of Sparta, Genevieve Romanek of Niagara-on- thc-Lake, James Schweyer of London. Lisa Sergeant of Clarendon, Patricia Story of Brockville, William Whiting of Parkhill and John Young of Wyoming. Whiting and Harris also received the Univer- sity of Guelph Entrance Scholarships, along with Rochelle BacigalupoofGuelph and Stephen Fraser of Scarborough. Hartley also received the Amos and William Lowe Memorial Scholarship. OAC Alumni Diploma Course Entrance Scholarships went to Michele Freilag of Etobicoke, Christine Gaudian of New Hamburg, David Roberts of Newmarket, Raymond Phibbs of Hagersville and Steve Raslorfer of Monkton. Angela Brown of Napanee received the Funk Seeds Scholarship. The Association of Pro- fessional Engineers of Ontario Scholarship was presented to Timothy Teefy of Lindsay. Howard B. Dunington-Grubb Scholarships were awarded to Patrick Harrison of Victoria, B.C., and Catherine Von Nostrand of Toronto. Von Nostrand also received a Landscape Ontario Scholarship, as did Valerie Kegel of Orangeville. Kegel also received the G. Elmore Reaman Family Award and was the recipient of a Fertilizer Institute of Ontario Scholarship, along with Kirsten Belt of Ottawa, Susan Nicholls of Cambridge and Greg Shannon of Glenbumie. The John A. Archibald Memorial Scholarship went to Emile Giroux of St. Leonard, Que. Cheryl Dunlop of Markham received the Waterloo Wellington Dairy Food Club Scho- larship; she and Laura Forsyth of Guelph won Ault Dairy Scholarships. The C M. Switzer Scholarships went to Brian Van Camp of Blackstock and Brent Barton of Vankleek. Barbara Page of Toronto received the Garden Club of Toronto Scholarship. Patricia Quackenbush of Thunder Bay was awarded the Taggart Scholarship in Biological Engineering; James Brown of Fergus received the Farmatic Award; Katrin Asgrimsdottir of Hofn Hornafirdi, Iceland, won the Department of Horticultural Science Award; and Bryan Durst of Pelham received the Silas J. Smith Scholarship. Lynn McLaughlin of Port Perry won three awards — the Class ’05 Award, the Deloitte Haskins & Sells Scholarship and the '67 OAC Centennial Award. The OAC Associate Diploma Centennial Scholarships were awarded to Dave Johnston of Listowel, Gillian Murdoch of Toronto, Theresa Sheardown of Schomberg and Michael Watson of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Watson also received the Class '64 Associate Scholarship. The John Deere Scholarship went to Jim Harper of Mount Forest, and the William Godfrey Memorial Scholarship in Horticulture was awarded to Paul Wismer of Jordan Station. Allan Ball of Orillia received the Alois Popper Memorial Scholarship. Paul Haig of Campbellford won three awards — the Masterfeeds Scholarship, the Canadian Feed Industry Association Scholarship and the Canadian Society of Animal Science Prize. Margaret Penstone of Sudbury was awarded the Barkley's of Avonmore Scholarship. Ruth Knight of Stratford won the Bruce William Minshall Scholarship. The Robin Hood Multifoods Scholarship went to Wally Matheson of Embro. Thomas Bill of Maxville and Andy McNiven of Orillia each received a Ketchum Manufac- turing Sales Ltd. Award. The Class of 1955 OAC Scholarship went to Elizabeth Zemmelink of Palmerston, and the Bruce County Award was given to Marilyn McGillivray of Paisley. Frank E. Wolff International Scholarships were presented to Jeremy Higham of Ardrossan, Alta., D. Anne Joselin of Niagara Falls. Paul Lochbihler of Burlington. Krista Newman of Cheltenham, Monica Pohlman of Montreal and Jill Mitchell of St. Albert, Alta. Higham also received the Robert McCann Scholarship. The R.W. Pawley Scholarship went to Paul Dodds of Seaforth, and the lntervet Canada Poultry Health Prize was given to Edward Slumskie of Cheslcy. OAC Alumni Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships were awarded to 4 AT GUELPH/Nov. 30. 1988 Kim Hamilton of Peterborough, Michael Gibson of Georgetown, Claire Humber of Brantford, Cathy Stanley of Pontiac County, Que., and Jacqueline Hollywood of Amherstview. Elizabeth Thomsett of Pembroke received the J. Ross Cavers International Scholarship. Knut Karl Grimstad Memorial Scholarships went to John Capell of Scarborough and Linda Ferguson of Guelph. Josee Pettigrew of Quebec City was the recipient of the Greg Muir Memorial Scholarship, and Keith Bartlett of Etobicoke won the Monsanto Canada Inc. Scholarship. The Jack Pos Scholarship in Agricultural Mechanization was awarded to Stephen Denys of Chatham; the White Rose Nurseries Co- operative Education Scholarship was presented to Cynthia Bradley of St. Marys; and Anita Heuver of Strathmore, Alta., won the W.T. Ewen Scholarship. Gerard Kolkman of Mitchell and Kevin McAllister of Puslinch were the recipients of A.E. Wardlaw Memorial Scholarships. Tammy Archer of Castleton, Glenda Heyns of Owen Sound and Maureen Murray of Mitchell were the winners of Robert Thompson Scholarships, and Ian MacDonald of Guelph and Andor Tari of Toronto were the recipients of McArthur Humphries Scholarships. The Canadian Sheet Steel Institute Scholarship went to Stuart Seabrook of Walter Falls, and the NSP Scholarship to Paul Sunderland of Guelph. Ria Ligata of St. Catharines was the recipient of the J.A. MacFeeters Memorial Scholarship and the K.G. Murray Scholarship. Robert Harcourt Scholarships were awarded to Richard Steel of London and Andrew Jarrette of Nepean. Joseph Regan of Kelowna, B.C, won the Inter- national Flavors and Fragrances (Canada) Ltd. Scholarship; Kathryn Armstrong of Mount Forest was the recipient of the Grey County Council Scholarship; Roberta Chaulk ofGuelph won the Class '59A Memorial Bursary; and Derrick Bautista of Etobicoke received the Francis E. Chase Memorial Scholarship. OAC Proficiency Prizes were presented to Pamela Shantz of St. Agatha, Michael Terpstra of Norwood, David Palmer of Deep River, Craig Simmons of Scarborough, Miln Harvey of Cambridge, Ho- Wing Leung of Guelph, Susan Fisher of Toronto, Michael Delay of Rothesay, N .B., Susan Rowland of Toronto, Patricia Botter of Guelph. Annemarie Kaune of Petersburg and Clare Maher of Owen Sound. Shantz and Simmons also won In-course Student Scholarships; Palmer received the W.H. Minshall Scholarship; Harvey, Robert Morden of Muirkirk and Chris Mecheske of Guelph received Association of Professional Engineers Undergraduate Scholarships; and Rowland and Richard deKievit of Rockville, Maryland, won Ontario Food Protection Association Scholar- ships. DeKievit and John Gavloski of Brantford won OAC Scholarships. Terpstra, Ed Clayson of Smithville, Terri Andrew of Lakefield and Brenda Reinders of Meaford received T ennant Scholarships. C layson and Christopher Dunn of Beeton were winners of the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Scholarships. O Briefly Medical Services hours From Dec. 1 8 to Jan. 1 , 1 989, Medical Services will not be open on weekends. Weekday hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The office will close Dec. 23 at 5 p.m. for the Christmas holidays, reopening Jan. 2 at 8 a.m. On Dec. 20, Medical Services will be closed for a staff meeting. For medical emergencies, call the University police at Ext. 2245. Parking restrictions The enable snow removal, overnight parking restrictions will be in effect on campus between Dec. I and March 3 1 . There will be no parking from I to 6 a.m. in lots P. 12, 15, 23, 24, 26, 30 (excluding the section designated for horse trailers only) and 31. There will be no parking from 3 to 6 a.m. in any University lots except P. 1 3 and 1 8, the north and east sections of P. 1 9, the section of P. 30 designated for horse trailers only, P. 42 and the metered area only of P. 64. An exception will be extended to University personnel regularly working on campus during these restricted hours. A special permit can be obtained from Parking Administration if endorsed by the head of a department. Continued on page 7. Save our cellulars If you are among the many of us who have experienced some frights from mobile cellular telephone users, help may be on the way. Researchers at Simon Fraser University’s school of engineering are working on a mobile telephone that will place calls strictly by voice command. Using multiple microphones, the team hopes to develop a sophisticated hands-free mobile telephone that compensates for background noises and reverberations normally heard in a car. Brock building townhouses Brock University will be home to 360 more students next September, thanks to a new $9-inillion townhouse development on campus. Construction is expected to begin this year. The development should reduce Brock's residence waiting list by half. Each unit will be fully furnished with four single bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room arranged in a split-level design. There will be no mandatory meal plan, and students of either gender can apply in groups to live together, or individuals will be matched by the housing office. Each cluster of 15 townhouses will have a centre courtyard, and there will be 100 parking spots exclusively for townhouse residents. Travel — the united way Dalhousie University, Saint Mary’s, Mount Saint Vincent and the Technical University of Nova Scotia have signed a deal with a travel agency that should help the institutions save money on their travel bills. Besides providing the best rates, the agency will help them keep track of where the travel dollars go and provide reports on how much a trip cost, the savings the agency was able to provide and details of the types of bookings made. No loneliness for these repair people Dalhousie University has gone into the microcomputer repair business. It has introduced a hardware maintenance services department that will repair about 1,000 IBM or IBM-clone microcomputers on campus. Three technicians will also repair personal computers owned by faculty, staff and students. Off-campus repair shops charge about $65 per hour for service, compared with the $30 hourly fee to be charged by this department. Ben Johnson commission A University of Toronto faculty member has been appointed to the royal commission established in response to the Ben Johnson scandal. Johnson lost his gold medal at the summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, when tests showed that he had used anabolic steroids. Prof. Robert Goode of Toronto’s Department of Physiology and School of Physical and Health Education has been appointed to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs & Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance, which is headed by Justice Charles Dubin of the Supreme Court. The commission’s work is expected to take about a year to complete. Crime stoppers — Alberta style The University of Alberta has joined forces with Crime Stoppers of the Edmonton City Police Department. Under the co-operative agreement, when Crime Stoppers receives a tip on an alleged campus crime, it will pass the information on to campus security to investigate. U of A campus crime is mostly thefts and vandalism — up 1 0 per cent and 28 per cent respectively over the past two years — and Crime Stoppers has a success rate of making one arrest for every four calls received. AIDS statements The board of regents at Memorial University of Newfoundland has approved guidelines to deal with issues raised by AIDS. The university hopes to use the release of the guidelines as an opportunity to further AIDS education on campus. The University of Waterloo has issued for discussion a draft statement on how the university will deal with people who have AIDS or who test positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus antibody. It says the general university philosophy will be a humanitarian, compassionate and non-discriminatory approach, and people with AIDS and the HIV diseases should expect the same treatment and consideration from U of W administration, faculty, staff and students as those who suffer from other long-term debilitating diseases. here's An Ideal Stocking Stuffer! Tickets to THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA A Program of Short Ballets FRIDAY, JAN. 20TFL, '89, 8 P.M. ROSS HALL, JOHN F. ROSS HIGH SCHOOL Tickets: $10,50 - 16.50 + .50t handling Tickets available at the University Centre Box Of- fice, Sam The Record Man. The Bookshelf Cafe, The Corner in Stone Road Mall THE SLEEPING BEAUTY- KIMBERLY GLASCO VISA acid master card- 82 Y4120/&40VCJ^^!J Anorexia and bulimia: the thin syndromes rFocuS by Barbara Chance Reprinted from a FACS Sheet. Janet has always been conscious of the way she looks and how much she weighs. She’s never had more than 123 pounds on her 5’7” frame, but she’s tried every fad diet going, and is constantly on guard against getting fat. Three years ago at the age of 30, after ending a four-year relationship with an abusive man, Janet (not her real name) went on yet another diet. “Things in my life weren’t going well, my self-esteem was low," she says. "My weight seemed to be the only thing I could have some control over. So I went on a diet to lose 10 pounds." The weight came off so quickly, she wanted to keep going. “Just another two pounds, and another two pounds. 1 kept thinking, I’ve got to get rid of this as fast as I can.’” It wasn’t enough just to cut down on her food intake — she started taking laxatives, too. Within a few months, she was up to 200 pills a day. As the first 10 and 15 pounds came off, Janet’s friends and co-workers kept telling her how good she looked. “But when I kept on losing, I’d pass people in the hall at work and I’d hear them saying I looked awful. And I’d wonder, ‘Why are they saying that?’ I thought I looked great. “I’d look in the mirror and I’d see all these bones, and I’d think, ‘That’s fantastic.’ The more bones I could see, the better I liked it. It just gave me more of an incentive to lose. I didn’t have a target weight in mind. I just wanted to keep losing and losing and losing.” Her typical daily menu consisted of the top of a bran muffin and “maybe an apple if I really needed to eat.” Five months after starting on her diet, Janet was in the hospital, with her heart close to giving out. She was down to 69 pounds. “I don’t really remember what happened between the 120 pounds and the 69,” she says. “It’s all just a blur.” Begins innocently Although the onset of anorexia nervosa occurs most commonly among girls in their early teens, Janet’s progression through the illness is typical, says Prof. Marshall Fine, Department of Family Studies. It can begin innocently enough with a diet or a vigorous exercise program to lose a few pounds and end up with an extreme, sometimes fatal, loss of weight. Typically, like Janet, the anorexic has an intense fear of getting fat and a distorted image of her body, he says. While in hospital, Janet’s doctor brought her together with another severe- ly anorexic woman and had the two of them strip naked and look at each other. “We thought each other looked awful,” says Janet, “but when we looked in the mirror, we both saw ourselves as fat.” Madeline, 23, is also preoccupied with her weight. She is 5’6” and 125 pounds, and she feels enormous. Six years ago, she began a cycle of fasting, binging and purging that has damaged her health, destroyed her self-esteem and brought her close to death. The cycle always began with periods of fasting, when she would avoid even water because she was afraid it would put on weight. The hunger caused by fasting would lead to massive out-of-control binges, during which she’d eat anything, even foods she didn’t like. A jar of mustard. A tub of margarine. Pizza crusts picked out of a garbage can. “When you’re binging, you’re like a crazed animal,” she says. She’d go from one fast-food restaurant to another to avoid raising suspicions by ordering too much food in one place. “And I did a lot of shoplifting because “I couldn’t afford the mass- ive amounts of food I was eating." Sense of accomplishment For Madeline, the binging had a drug-like effect. “It was really a calming kind of thing. Then I’d wake up and think: ‘Oh, God, I’ve just eaten enough for a family of five.’” So she’d take laxatives and make herself throw up. Each time she purged, she’d feel “a sense of accomplishment that I could eat all this food and not gain any weight.” But she also felt disgusted with herself. “I remember lying on the floor in a washroom in my own vomit and crying and crying. It was humiliating. There was nothing slim or glamorous or attractive about it.” So she’d resolve never to do it again. “But then I’d be so overwhelmed with guilt that I’d binge again to relieve myself of those feelings.” The lowest point came in a suicide attempt last year. “I remember waking up in emergency, and being disappointed that I wasn’t dead.” Madeline has bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder that typically occurs in late adolescence AT GUELPH/Nov. 30, 1988 5 or early adulthood, primarily among women. In contrast to the emaciated anorexic, who may lose 25 per cent or more of her original body weight, the bulimic is usually of normal weight and doesn't appear to have any problem from the outside. But whether it’s visible or not, the physiological damage is being done, says Prof. Betty Miles, a nutritionist in the Department of Family Studies. Mineral imbalance The bulimic’s vomiting and abuse of laxatives creates a mineral and fluid imbalance in the body and lowers potassium levels in the blood, which in turn can cause changes in heart rate, says Miles. Heart and kidney problems can also be brought on by emetics and cathartics, which are widely used by bulimics to induce vomiting. The long-term abuse of laxatives results in laxative dependence, with the colon ceasing to function on its own. Laxatives can also cause dehydration and reduced absorption of essential minerals such as calcium, iron and zinc. Bulimics commonly suffer from dental prob- lems because the tooth enamel is eroded away by the continual barrage of acidic vomitus. In some cases, the repeated vomiting can lead to perforation of the esophagus, gastric rupture and hernias. Miles says. The physiological effects of anorexia can include severe constipation, cessation of menses and an intolerance to cold. If malnutrition is severe enough, says Miles, the heart rate may slow and blood pressure drop. In this malnour- ished state, the anorexic may also develop edema, an accumulation of fluids in the body. The creation of an eating disorder can involve a combination of many influences, including family, biology, culture and society, says Fine. Much of the current study in this area has focused on the role of the family in shaping these disorders. Although anorexia and bulimia are different syndromes, research has not yet found any clear differences in the dynamics of their family origins, he says. Research indicates, for example, that families of both anorexics and bulimics tend to be male- dominated and have little separation between the functions of parents and children. The parents are unable to make united decisions and solve their own conflicts, and the child (usually a daughter) gets pulled into the middle. The parents may also be overprotective and overconcemed and rigid in setting rules. "The basic issue tends to be one of control," says Fine. “Autonomy and separation are difficult for these children and their families. It’s often difficult for the children to leave home and become independent." “I was always clingy and dependent on my parents,” says Madeline. “I needed them to tell me who I was. I’ve had a really difficult time trying to establish myself as a person." Even though Janet moved away from her overprotective parents at the age of 18 in an attempt to tell them she was a separate person who could take care of herself, “they still don’t believe it . . . and I’m 33.” Loss of autonomy For overprotected children, there is a sense of loss of autonomy and control, says Fine. They may find that dieting is the one way they can obtain a sense of mastery and control over their lives. Paradoxically, however, their dieting or bizarre eating pattern can end up taking control of them. The parents of bulimics and anorexics are often perfectionistic, with high expectations of their children, says Fine. Both Janet and Made- line recall coming home from school with marks of 95 and being asked: “What happened to the other five?” These families are also more isolated from social networks than most families, and the parents raise their children to be very loyal. “We never talked to anyone outside of the family about what was going on in our lives," Janet says. In bulimic and anorexic families, there is often a lot of emphasis placed on appearance. "My sister and brother and I were always dressed perfectly, we always looked perfect, everyone always remarked what a good-looking family we were,” says Madeline. “I remember once when I was about eight, my father told me my ankles were fat, and he made me sit on my bed and twirl my ankles 100 times." This preoccupation with appearance, coupled with society’s emphasis on thinness and beauty as cultural ideals, especially for women, is a powerful influence on a growing child, says Fine. In the psychological treatment of an anorexic or bulimic child, therapists believe it’s important that the family be involved in order to deal with the autonomy issue. But parents often reject attempts to get them to enter therapy with their child, says Miles. "They may see it as a really dreadful thing that their child needs psycho- logical help and the family needs therapy. They say to themselves: ‘This doesn’t happen to people like us.’" Some parents have difficulty just acknow- ledging that their child has a problem. “Even when my parents saw me at 70 pounds in the hospital, they still wouldn’t admit anything was wrong,” says Janet. “My mother told me I was in the hospital because the doctors wanted to make money off me.” Psychologically, bulimics are generally more amenable to treatment than anorexics, says Miles. “Anorexics usually don't see their disorder as a problem that needs help. Bulimics are more likely to maintain a sense of reality." An important part of treating bulimics, says Fine, is helping them find new ways to cope with tension and stress. “Binging and purging is the way they’ve learned to release tension,” he says. “It’s become an automatic response. They need to develop new techniques.” Need reassurance Essential to the treatment of both bulimics and anorexics, says Miles, is providing reas- surance that they will not be allowed to go out of control if they start to eat normally. During the initial treatment period, there may be some rapid weight gain that is due to water retention, not fat, but it’s still terrifying to the patient. “You have to reassure them that this is normal and that you’re not going to abandon them and let them gain a lot of weight,” she says. During periods of hospitalization, both Janet and Madeline resisted efforts to make them eat. “I knew I was fat,” says Madeline. "I knew everybody was lying and that they were all just trying to make me fat.” Miles says it’s important that anorexics and bulimics have long-term follow up and support from a nutritionist or dietitian. In many cases, behavior modification approaches have proven successful, with the dietitian and client working out a contract based on rewards for a mutually acceptable weight gain. With proper nutrition, she says, most of the physical damage caused by anorexia and bulimia can be reversed. Both Janet and Madeline are still struggling with their illnesses. They both still feel fat. But there’s a difference now — they know that they're not. Recovery is slow, but it comes . . . one day at a time. “This time last year, someone put one of those little tubs of peanut butter on my tray in the hospital and I screamed,” says Janet. “Today I have ajar of peanut butter in my fridge, and I’m eating it just like a normal person." O Academic - journalist Writing for newspapers is very different from writing academic papers. That’s why Prof. Bill Christian, Department of Political Studies, likes doing it. He often writes op-ed articles for the Kitchener- Waterloo Record and the Globe and Mail on such issues as free trade, property rights and minority language rights. The different demands ofjoumalistic writing are a challenge to Christian. “When academics write for a newspaper, they can forget who the audience is," he says. “Actually, there are two audiences —the editors and the readers. You’ve got to make concessions to them, to accept their sense of newsworthiness.” Christian says academics can provide background and commentary on subjects that reporters don’t have time to do. But the academics have to develop the writing skills journalists possess. “You’ve got to have a sense of news and get the story in quickly.” he says. “You’ve got to be pre- pared to limit what you want to say. Academics can write at length, but in journalism, (you’re) limited in space, so you’ve got to pitch your argument in such a way that it fits into the newspaper’s style." The satisfaction of newspaper writing is reaching a much bigger audience. “Even if only five or 10 per cent read it, that’s a big audience compared to the audience for academic papers,” says Christian, who received his PhD from the London School of Economics and his MA and BA from the University of Toronto. Computers have become a useful tool for journalists, and Christian has used his home machine to full advantage — not just sending stories over the modem, but by using databases such as Infoglobe to help in his research. O Library /1VT Christmas hours ^ Main library Veterinary Science Friday, Dec. 16 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Dec. 1 7 and 1 8 Noon to 5 p.m. Closed Monday to Friday Dec. 19. 20,21,22 and 23 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday to Tuesday Dec. 24, 25, 26 and 27 Closed Closed Wednesday and Thursday Dec. 28 and 29 Noon to 5 p.m. (Macdonald Stewart room is closed) 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday Dec. 30 to Jan. 1 Closed Closed Monday and Tuesday Jan. 2 and 3 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Regular hours resume Jan. 4 Interlibrary services: There will be no loan or photocopy requests for interlibrary services processed through the mails after Dec. 2. All other interlibrary services will be suspended from Dec. 16 to Jan. 2 inclusive. -Inside Guelph- Department of Music Stories by Barbara Chance Music has always been an important part of life at the University of Guelph. And the Department of Music has played an important role in keeping that tradition alive, both inside the classroom and out. Inside the classroom, Guelph's music program focuses on providing a liberal education for its students, says Department of Music chair Gerald Manning. The department offers a full range of BA programs in the theory and history of music, with opportunities for performance and composition. Although some people see the BA degree in music as a lesser one than the B.Mus. perfor- mance degree, the two differ only in emphasis, not in standards, says Manning. At Guelph, music students benefit from the diversity of the campus, he says. “In addition to the solid instruction they receive in a rounded curriculum of music, they have the opportunity to study widely in the humanities and sciences — everything from child studies to physics. We have a clear commitment to liberal education." Although Guelph does not offer a B.Mus. degree and does not require prior musical training to enter its program, many students complement their studies with applied music lessons and participation in instrumental or vocal groups — both on campus and off. These include the University of Guelph Choir, which was established almost 20 years ago, the Summer Chorale, the University of Guelph Jazz Ensemble and informal chamber ensembles. Some Guelph students are also members of the local Guelph Youth Orchestra, which prac- tises in Department of Music facilities. Applied music in the department is taught by instructors from off campus. These instructors can also be hired by individual members of the University community through the department. The academic curriculum is taught by five faculty, one professional staff member and sessional instructors. With a variety of musical backgrounds and interests, they form a complementary package of teaching and research resources within the department. • Gerald Manning, appointed to the position of chair this summer (see accompanying story), has a PhD in English literature from Queen's University and holds several diplomas in music. • Gerald Neufeld, who is completing a doctor of musical arts from the University of Iowa, is a specialist in choral music and conducting. He leads the University of Guelph Choir and the downtown Guelph Chamber Choir, which has earned national awards. He is also artistic director of the Guelph Chamber Music Society. Although primarily a conductor, Neufeld plays the piano and harpsichord. • Ed Phillips, former chair of the department, is a music theorist with a PhD from Yale University. During his three-year tenure as chair, he put a major emphasis on building the collection of music holdings in the library. He is currently doing research on the music of Gabriel Faure. His applied musical training is in the organ. • Shannon Purves-Smith, a sessional instructor who teaches the collegium musicum course, is a specialist in the viol da gamba and the clarinet. She holds a B.Mus. from the Univer- sity of British Columbia. • Stanley Saunders was director of Guelph’s Division of Music from 1974 until it gained departmental status in 1984. He then served as acting chair of the new department for a year. He holds a DMA from the University of Oregon. President of the National Youth Orchestras Association and director of the Brantford Symphony, Saunders has many years of experience in conducting orchestras and bands. He teaches orchestration, symphonic music and music appreciation. • Howard Spring, an ethnomusicologist who teaches the history of jazz and leads the University of Guelph Jazz Ensemble, is doing a PhD at the University of Illinois on the musical influence of black culture in the 1920s. His instrument is the guitar. • Charles Wilson is the department's newly appointed composer-in-residence. (See Composer-in-residence Charles Wilson, the Department of Music's newly appointed composer-in-residence, has come a long way since he wrote his first piece of music at the age of 14. “It was a piano sonata in the style of Beethoven that was quite atrocious,” he says. Today, he is a recognized composer of choral music, songs, operas, chamber works, orchestral works and electronic music — with a style all his own. Although Wilson describes his music as “fairly traditional,” he says others have labelled it “radically innovative," “way out," “noise,” “strange sounds” and “avant-garde.” But no one would argue that it's not creative. And creativity is what Wilson's role as composer-in- residence is all about. Wilson has actually been teaching in the Department of Music and supervising its elec- tronic music studio for more than nine years, but the formal establishment of the composer-in- residence position was an attempt to draw attention more widely across campus to the expertise he offers students, says Music Department chair Gerald Manning. Wilson and his studio aren’t just available to music students, says Manning. They’re available to anyone at the University who’s interested in doing creative work in music and exploring new technology. Although Wilson teaches a formal course in composition, much of the time he spends with students is on an informal basis is the electronic studio. Currently equipped with a synthesizer and recorders, the studio has received funding from The Campaign to update the facilities, including the purchase of digital equipment. Naturally enough, a composer-in-residence also spends a lot of time composing. “Part of my mandate as a role model is to create some works, then play them and talk about them with the students,” says Wilson. When he can wrestle studio time away from his enthusiastic students, he does work on an opera that he is writing for radio. He also gets occasional requests to compose music for special University occasions. Recently, he wrote the fanfare and processional music for the install- ation of President Brian Segal. 6 AT GUELPH/Nov. 30. 1988 Composer-in-residence Charles Wilson and fourth-year music student Randy Nadalin confer over a mixer in the Department of Music’s electronic music studio. Photo by Barbara Chance, PRI In working with students, Wilson says his goal is to open up their imaginations. Composing is a creative, intuitive process rather than a rational, intellectual one, he says. "But the education system tends to squelch intuitiveness and produce students who are profoundly uncreative. “They become great sponges to mop up knowledge . they know theory and history, but when you sit them down to compose music, they don’t know where to start. So they go back to history and tradition and they rewrite Bach. That’s being re-creative, not creative. This is a side of education that our educational institutions miss." As composer-in-residence, Wilson aims to do his part to keep the creativity in music alive. Department of Music faculty and staff strike a Mary Woodside (seated), Patricia Law, Dudley harmonious pose in the Nicholas Goldschmidt Gibbs, Gerald Manning, Howard Spring, Donna music room. From left to right are Shannon Pollard and Stanley Saunders. Absent: Ed Purves-Smith, Gerald Neufeld, Charles Wilson, Phillips. Photo by Jack Harrison, Photographic Services accompanying story.) He supervises the elec- management unit. Under the direction of Dudley Ironic music studio, where students are Gibbs, the unit is responsible for booking and encouraged to use technology in the creation staging concerts and doing publicity for Uni- of avant-garde music. versity performing groups as well as guest • Mary Woodside, a specialist in music history, artists who appear on campus, holds a PhD in 19th-century Russian opera The department has sponsored a Thursday from the University of Chicago. She teaches noon-hour concert series for more than 20 years music theory as well as history. Her instru- on campus. It was initiated in 1968 by Ralph ments are piano and organ. Kidd, first head of the Division of Music, and his The courses provided by these faculty attract wife, Edith, first concert manager, many students from outside the department as With offerings ranging from chamber music well, particularly the courses in music to jazz, the concerts bring many distinguished appreciation. artists to campus and attract full houses from In addition to its academic function, the the University community and the city beyond. Department of Music also operates a concert Wearing Gerald Manning doesn’t have to worry about catching a head cold these days because he's wearing two hats. Well, not literally. But in his recent joint appointment as chair of the Department of Music and professor in the Department of English Language and Literature. Manning is faced with juggling the demands of two roles —administrator and academic. “The days aren’t long enough to do everything 1 want to do,” he says. This split focus between music and English isn’t something new for Manning — it’s been with him for most of his adult life. When faced with the ultimate decision of which path to follow academically, he chose literature, but was determined to have the music play on. Over the years, he has continued to blend music into his life, enjoying the sense of variety that it brings. Academically, Manning holds a PhD in English literature from Queen’s University, specializing in modern fiction. His teaching and research interests have focused primarily on American and modem literature. He also has three years of experience as an academic coun- sellor in Guelph’s BA program. Musically, Manning’s training includes the ARCT diploma in piano studies and the ARCCO in organ. An active church musician since 1 969, he now serves as organist at St. George’s Anglican Church in Guelph. He is also the University organist, providing the music for ceremonial occasions such as convocation. Manning brings to his new department a strong commitment to interdisciplinary studies. In the English Department, that commitment led to the creation of co-operative courses with the Department of History and the Centre for Gerontology Research. In the Music Department, he hopes to encourage and expand the growing relationship between music and the other disciplines on campus. “We’ve made a good start at Guelph in interdisciplinary studies,” he says, "but we need to go further to break down barriers and territorial boundaries. We need to build on the strengths of this University and the diversity of programs it provides." Raising the profile of the Department of Music on campus, in the community and in high two hats schools across the province will also be a priority for Manning during his three-year term. “It’s been a struggle to make music known at Guelph,” he says. “The department has had to work hard to make its presence felt in the community." He plans to spend time in high schools with guidance counsellors, especially in Wellington County, talking about the attractions of the program. He’d also like to see the University’s choir and jazz ensemble performing in high schools to make students more aware of what’s being offered at Guelph. Within the Department of Music itself, Manning wants to encourage the faculty "to continue their important activities and to maintain what I think is a strong curriculum. I also want us to build up the number of music majors as much as we can." Although Manning is now pursuing a musical interlude in his career, he intends to continue his teaching and research in English. “I’m keen to keep as much contact with the English Department as I can." He believes both departments will benefit from the crossover links he can provide. O Coining events Headline humor (U of G begins to recognize and avoid gender- biased forms of communication.) Briefly WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion. 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OEP Seminar - “T-CoSy: Useful and Available," noon, Blackwood Hall 211. Biochemistry Seminar - “Repair of U V-Induced DNA Damage in Human Cells," Malcolm Paterson, noon, MacNaughton 222. Computing Seminar - “WordPerfect,” noon, Computing Services seminar room. OVC Seminar - “AI in Equine Colic: A Novel Approach?" Peter Pascoe and Mary McLeish, 12:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. Workshop - “Report Writing,” Margaret Hundleby, 3 p.m., FACS 103, free. Clinical Pathological Conference - “Acute Diarrhea in a Holstein Heifer,” E. Dubovi, 3 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. Children’s Concert - Fred Penner, 4:30 and 7 p.m., War Memorial Hall, $7.50 THURSDAY, Dec. 1 Pathology Seminar - “The Effect of Dietary Fatty Acid Supplementation on Skin Hyper- sensitivity in the Dog,” M. Savic, 11:10 a.m., Pathology 220. Information Session - Library’s CD-ROM Catalogue, 3: 1 0 p.m., library information desk. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5:10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. Human Biology Seminar - “Anaeboric Energy Provision During Short-Term Tetanic Stimu- lation in Adult and Aged Rats,” Colin Campbell, 4:10 p.m.. Human Biology 108. FRIDAY, Dec. 2 Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - “Analysis of Calcium-Binding Proteins by Minigel Polyacrylamide Electro- phoresis." Sandra Neale. 1 1 :50 a.m.. Pathology 145. OVC Seminar - “Small Animal Nutrition,” Glenn Brown, 1 2:10 p.m., Clinical Studies 508. OPIRG - Annual Meeting, 4 p.m., UC 441. Women’s Volleyball - Vs Windsor, 8 p.m., Athletics Centre. SATURDAY, Dec. 3 Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. Recital - David Titterington, organ, 8 p.m., St. George’s Church, $5. SUNDAY, Dec. 4 Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 10:10a.m. .PeterClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, “Sleeping Beauties?” 2 p.m., Arboretum Nature Centre. MONDAY, Dec. 5 Schedule of Dates - Classes conclude. Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. TUESDAY, Dec. 6 Our World - “Economic Cost or Environmental Cost," 12:10 p.m., UC 441. Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m., UC 335. Physics Colloquium - "Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy (STIM) Using the Melbourne Proton Microprobe,’’ Marian Cholewa, 3 p.m., MacNaughton 1 13. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 Schedule of Dates - Registration payments due for in-course students in winter semester 1989. Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow hip, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Music Lecture — “Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Zuge, Fluge und Konzertflugel," Ed Phillips, noon, MacKinnon 203. Computing Seminar - New Technology," noon, Computing Services seminar room. Biochemistry Seminar - “The Implications of Phosphoinositide Hydrolysis, Calcium Mobili- zation and Protein Kinase C Activation in Platelet Arachidonate Metabolism," V.G. Mahadevappa, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. OVC Seminar - “The Placenta: A Possible Role in the Initiation of Parturition,” G.D. Thorburn, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Lecture - “Nutritional and Hormonal Regulation of Genes Involved in Fatty Acid Biosynthesis,” Allan Goodridge, 4 p.m., MacKinnon 1 17. THURSDAY, Dec. 8 Schedule of Dates - Examinations begin. OVC Seminar - "A Unique Marine Toxin of Mussels — Domoic Acid in P.E.I.,” Jerry Johnson, noon, OVC 2638. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5: 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening. 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Dec. 9 Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - “Purification of the Ligand- Gated Calcium Channel,” Brian Brown, 1 1:50 a.m., Pathology 145. SATURDAY, Dec. 10 Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the T rees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. SUNDAY, Dec. 11 Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies. 9 a.m., UC 44 1 : Roman Catholic Mass, 10:10 a.m., PeterClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, “Nature on the Screen,” 2 p.m., Arboretum Centre. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre - Holiday Party, 3 to 5 p.m.. free. MONDAY, Dec. 12 Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 5:10 p.m., UC 533. TUESDAY, Dec. 13 Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism, 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m., UC 335. Student Recital - Karin Micheelsen, oboe, noon, MacKinnon 107, free. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OVC Seminar - “Q-Fever," Thomas Marrie, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Have your say . . . At Guelph welcomes contributions from members of the University community. Letters to the editor, faculty, staff and student activities, articles for "Forum” — the editorial section — and speeches are welcome. If you know someone who would make a good subject for a human interest article for the “Focus” column, give us a call. Letters and editorials should be typed, double spaced and signed by the author. Each will be verified by a phone call. The executive editor reserves the right to select, edit and position all copy. If you have ideas on how to make At Guelph a more informed and involved University community publication, call or write Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre, Ext. 3864. O Correction On Nov. 1 5, Senate approved a major in product development in the B.A.Sc. program — not the B.Sc. program, as reported in At Guelph Nov. 23.0 Continued from page 4. Focus on nutrition Hoffmann-La Roche is sponsoring a lectureship series in nutritional sciences through the Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences. This year's speaker. Dr. Allan Goodridge of the department of biochemistry at the University of Iowa, will be on campus Dec. 7 to discuss “Nutritional and Hormonal Regulation of Genes Involved in Fatty Acid Biosynthesis." His talk begins at 4 p.m. in Room 117, MacKinnon building. Getting it write The Development Education Program and the Office for Educational Practice are offering a free workshop on report writing Nov. 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Room 103, FACS building. The workshop will be led by Margaret Hundleby, a professional writing consultant. Organist performs The Department of Music and St. George's Church choir present a recital with British organist David Titterington Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. at St. George’s Church, 99 Woolwich St. Admission is $5. Tickets are available at 822-1366 or at the door. Holiday party The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre will hold a holiday party Dec. 1 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. Events will include the announcement of the winner of the 1988 national sculpture competition, readings and songs by the Mad Hatter, the Mad Hatter's tea party and a children's workshop. Everyone is welcome; admission is free. Christmas cacti Guelph Field Naturalists is planning a trip to the cactus capital of Ontario, Ben Veldhuis's nursery in Dundas, Dec. 3 at I p.m. For more information, call leader Greg Meredith at 763-0531. OVC seminar series The OVC seminar series continues Dec. 2 with Dr. Glenn Brown, a nutritional consultant to the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, discussing “Small Animal Nutrition." On Dec. 7. the topic is "The Placenta: A Possible Role in the Initiation of Parturition,” with Prof. G.D. Thorburn of the department of physiology at Monash University in Australia. The seminars begin at 12:10 p.m. in Room 508, Clinical Studies. On Dec. 8, Dr. Jerry Johnson of the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of P.E.I. will discuss "A Unique Marine Toxin of Mussels — Domoic Acid in P.E.I." at noon in Room 2638, OVC main building. Sing Noel The Guelph Chamber Music Society presents an afternoon program of Christmas music fea- turing the Guelph Chamber Choir under the direction of Prof. Gerald Neufeld, Music, Dec II at 3:30 p.m. at St. George's Church in Guelph. Cost is $5 at the door. Advent concert An afternoon of “Scripture, Poetry and Music for Advent" will be presented Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. at Dublin Street United Church. The event will feature the choir and soloists of the church under the direction of Marcus Kramer, a string quartet composed of instructors from the Suzuki String School of Guelph and guest readers Mia Anderson and Michael Essex. What’s on at The Arboretum The Arboretum’s fall series of Sunday afternoon walks continues Dec. 4 with “Sleeping Beauties?” and Dec. 1 1 with “Nature of the Screen." Designed for families, the naturalist- led walks leave from The Arboretum Nature Centre at 2 p.m. Theatre in the Trees The Arboretum’s dinner theatre. Theatre in the Trees, is offering the comedy Look, No Hans!, written by John Chapman and Michael Pertwee and directed by John Liddle. Performances are scheduled for Dec. 3. 9. 10 and 1 7. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.. the play begins at 8 p.m. Cost is $29.50. Tickets are available at the University Centre box office. Ext. 3940. Silver work on display Silversmith Lois Etherington Betteridge, who taught design at Macdonald Institute from 1 95 7 to 1961. is exhibiting her work at the Art Gallery of Hamilton from Dec. 4 to Jan. 1 0. She will be giving an illustrated lecture on her work at the gallery Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. Counselling available The Marriage and Family Therapy Centre in the Department of Family Studies offers pro- fessional counselling on marital, family, sexual and relationship issues. For information or an appointment, call Ext. 6335. AT GUELPH/Nov. 30, 1988 7 Personnel report Appointments Josephine Facchini has changed employment from assistant cook to cook in the Depart- ment of Food Services. Peter McCaskell has changed employment from DPS III in the Department of Geography to systems analyst III in Computing Services. Jennifer Reader has changed employment from MTS V in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry to hazardous materials safety officer in Environmental Health and Safety. Job opportunities As of At Guelph deadline Nov. 25, 1 988, the following opportunities were available: Registration Clerk, Division of Continuing Education; part-time: Jan. 1 to March 30, July 1 to Aug. 3 1 ; temporary full-time: April 1 to June 30, Sept. 1 to Nov. 17, 1989. The following positions were available to on-campus employees only: Unit Manager, Food Services. Salary range: $536.2 1 minimum; $584.97 job rate (level 5); $709.59 maximum. Secretary II, Dean’s Office, OAC. Salary range: $320. 1 1 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Clerk II. Administration Department, Physical Resources. Salary range: $320.1 1 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Custodian 2, Housekeeping. Job rate: $ 1 0.27 per hour; probation rate: $.20 per hour lower than job rate. Custodian 4, Housekeeping. Job rate: $ 1 1 .20 per hour, probation rate: $.20 per hour lower than job rate. It is the University’s policy to give prior consideration to on-campus applicants. To determine the availability of University employment opportunities, contact employ- ment services and training, Level 5, Uni- versity Centre, or telephone 836-4900. O In touch- Some 200 students and 20 mathematics teachers representing virtually every secon- dary school in Peel County visited the campus this week to meet with Prof. Jack Weiner, Mathematics and Statistics, and to participate in the Super Math Club. Now in its seventh year, the club offers a hands-on math experience to bright, enthusiastic students in Grades 9, 1 0 and 1 1 . Participants receive an information package beforehand preparing them for the club. Completion of the assignments is the price of admission to the day. Barbara Stuart, director of the Family Studies Laboratory Schools, recently visited Lakeshore Cl in Etobicoke and John F. Ross CVI in Guelph to speak to students. O Personals For Sale: Antique brass fender and brass- trimmed firescreen, 836-3033 after 5 p.m. Hermes copy saddle, five-inch stainless steel full-cheek snaffle bit. Ext. 79039 weekdays. 1 989 calendars from Bruce Trail Association, Ext. 3864 or 2298. Net-Craft fireplace utensils (five pieces) and log holder, antique brass. Ext. 67 1 4. Prints by Bateman, Parker and Doolittle, 824-5865 after 4:30 p.m. Three-bedroom, 1 ,800-square-foot sidesplit house, formal dining room, sunken family room, fully fenced, interlocking brick driveway, immediate possession, 82 1 -2846. 24-inch Westinghouse electric range, good working order, 822-2987 after 5 p.m. Childcraft Encyclopedia, 15 volumes, Donna, Ext. 3496 or 82 1-3 145 after5:30p.m. 1985 Toyota Tercel station wagon, sun roof, David, 763-2232. 1985 Pontiac 6000, air conditioning, AM/FM stereo cassette, power brakes, low mileage. Ext. 4955 or 823-8 1 50 evenings. For Rent: Upper part of two-bedroom furnished bungalow, January to mid-April, 824-9579. Three-bedroom house from January to March, one mile from University, 836-6758. Three-bedroom townhouse, 1 1 12 baths, new kitchen, enclosed yard, $800 a month, 821-7574. Four-bedroom house on Lambert Avenue, $1,250 a month, plus utilities, available Feb. 1, 763-5506. Fur- nished four-bedroom house, in-house apartment, swimming pool, barn, on 20 acres in Puslinch, 1 0 minutes from University, family only, available Jan. 4 to Dec. 15, 1989, $1,200 a month plus utilities, 824-4189. Wanted: Please forward any spare University interdepartmental envelopes to Leisa Morrison, Communications Services, Room 034, Johnston Hall. Two housemates (pre- ferably older and non-smoking) for large, comfortable country house, about 15 km from University, Ruth, Ext. 6008. House or apartment in Guelph for five days, Dec. 19 to 23, for graduate student, two children and a nanny, Maria, Ext. 8527 Wednesday to Friday. Available: Accommodation for two horses, 846-8193. Word processing using Word- Perfect, proficient and reliable, Barbara, Ext. 2424 or 837-2277. Professional word processing, fast turnaround, high quality, low rates, 837-1410 or 822-9945 anytime. Typing and word processing, pickup and delivery, 824-2426 or 822-9157. " Personals' ' is a free service offered by At Guelph for staff, faculty and students at the University. All items must be typed, double spaced, and submitted to At Guelph one week before publication. O Hugh Hood, right, was one of a number of distinguished Canadian authors who came to campus earlier this month for the con- ference “Coming of Age: John Metcalf and the Canadian Short Story.” Organized by Prof. Tim Struthers, English Language and Literature, left, the conference featured well-attended public readings by such authors as Alice Munro, Leon Rooke and Keath Fraser. Photo by John Majorossy. Photographic Services UNIVERSITY MT UELPH At Volume 32 Number 39 Gue lph Dec. 7, 1988 Cover: Liz Kwan, one of the first winners of the R.P. Gilmor Student Life Award, receives a certif- icate and a framed University of Guelph poster from former provost Paul Gilmor, right, and President Brian Segal. HAFA student Jim Maloney was also a recipient of the award. See story, page 1. Photo by Herb Rauscher, Photographic Services Inside: President’s Christmas reception 1 Nine new NSERC awards 1 COU school tour 2 All about the University Centre 3 'Sdk UNIVERSITY VTt UELPH Gilmor award winner Jim Maloney, left, with President Brian Segal, centre, and Paul Gilmor. NSERC awards U of G researchers have received more than $1.3 million under tbe Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) strategic grants program for 1988/89. The grants include nine new awards and continued funding for an additional 16 research programs in the areas of environmental toxi- cology, energy, food and agriculture, biotechnology and industrial processes. Last year, the University received a total of $1.6 million under the strategic grants program. The decrease can be attributed to the natural conclusion of a number of three-year research projects, says Wayne Marsh, director of research services in the Office of Research. Although the total amount awarded to the University under the program is down, appli- cations for new initiatives were well-funded, says Marsh. The total amount awarded to new projects is up more than $100,000. Strategic grants provide short-term funding strategic grants (usually three years) for applied research projects that have potential social or economic benefits to Canada, he says. “Guelph has traditionally been one of the better-funded universities under the strategic grants program because tbe University’s areas of expertise tend to overlap NSERCs identified areas.” NSERC also awarded $100,000 under its microelectronics program as the first instalmen t of a three-year project headed by Prof. Dilip Banerji, Department of Computing and Information Science. The grant will support research in the computer-aided design df microelectronic chips that find their way into consumer products like computers, microwave ovens, cruise control devices and electronic fuel-injected engines. The technology and the software developed by Banerji will enable designers to produce chips faster and more reliably. First Gilmor award presented A student in the School of Hotel and Food Administration and a recent graduate of Guelph’s chemistry program are the winners of the first R.P. Gilmor Student Life Award. HAFA student Jim Maloney and B.Sc. graduate Liz Kwan, who minored in inter- national development, were presented with the award Nov. 30 for their contributions towards the betterment of student life at the University at a ceremony at the President’s House. Both have been involved in public service work. President Brian Segal and Brian Sullivan, associate vice-president, student affairs, pre- sented the award, which is named after Paul Gilmor, who served as provost from 1967 to 1987. Kwan, who is now working towards a master’s degree in social anthropology at the University of New Brunswick, was recognized particularly for her contributions on issues concerning international students and women. She served on the president’s advisory committees on social responsibility, the status of women and day care. Kwan, who is originally from Malaysia, also served as clubs commissioner and vice-president, external, of the Central Student Association. She acted as the University’s representative on the Canadian Bureau of International Education and sat on several other boards and committees. “When all of those things were happening,” says Kwan, “I had a lot of fun, I learned a lot I did it not because it was prestigious, not because it was hip. I did it because I could work with and for people. It’s a mutual process of giving and taking.” Maloney was recognized for his contributions to residence life. He was a member of Maritime Hall Council before becoming its president, chaired Interhall Council and was a member of the president's ad hoc committee on student housing. He is currently a member of the Board of Governors, the University Centre Board and the Food Services Advisory Committee. He also acts as food ombudsman. “I have a compulsion to get involved,” says Maloney. “It sort of avalanched.” Segal said the presentation was a tribute not only to Gilmor and the winners, but also “a symbol of the commitment of the University to student life.” O President’s Christmas reception Dec. 19 ^ 5 ^?" President Brian Segal will host a Christmas reception Dec. 19 in Peter Clark Hall of the University Centre from 4 to 6:30 pan. Segal invites all faculty, staff and students who are on campus at that time to join the rest of the University community to wish each other a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. O The fourth annual U of G Christmas appeal continues to Dec. 22. Sponsored by Adminis- trative Services, the Central Student Association and The Ontarion , the appeal is seeking non- perishable food items, new toys or new books from members of the University community. Contributions can be left in a large red box in the University Centre courtyard. They will be turned over to the Salvation Army in support of its Christmas appeal, says Wayne Michalski, Administrative Services, who is co-ordinating the drive. Last year, the Salvation Army dis- tributed about 3,000 toys and 800 Christmas hampers from donations collected within the city. Setting up the appeal box are, left to right, Jim Sanderson, CSA vice-president, Tim Currie of The Ontarion, M^jor John Morgan of the Salvation Army and Michalski. Pholo by David Thomas, PRI New projects funded by tbe strategic grants program are outlined below. • Prof. Lyn Kannenberg, Crop Science, received a first instalment of more than $9 1 ,000 to further work on gene pool development in com with emphasis on maturity, yield, stalk quality and com borer resistance. Already in place is a unique hierarchial open-ended (HOPE) breeding system that makes use of a full range of genetic variability in short-season germ plasm by incorporating new germ plasm sources on an ongoing basis and by promoting the continual integration of desirable genes. Improvements to the genetic material available to researchers is critical to the expansion of the corn-growing areas in Canada. • Profs. Murray Miller and Tom Bates, Land Resource Science, and Larry Peterson, Botany, will use a $71,000 NSERC award to continue studies of mycorrhizae, a symbiotic association between certain fungi and plant roots. The award will fund the first year of a project to investigate the effects of tillage on myconiiizae infection. “Recent studies have shown that soil dis- turbance reduces the mycorrhizae infection in young com roots and hence reduces early phosphorus absorption,” says Miller. “It may be that conservation tillage practices will also increase the importance of mycorrhizae fungi as stimulates to phosphorus absorption.” • A strategic grant of more than $56,000 will initiate the development of a culture system for embryonic stem cells that will improve the embryonic transfer system used by Prof. Rob Etches, Animal and Poultry Science, to produce “chimeric” chicks. The ability to culture embryonic cells, instead of transferring them directly from one chick embryo to another, is essential to transgenic research in poultry. A reliable culture system will enable researchers to introduce foreign genes before the embryonic cells are injected into a recipient embryo. • Prof. Alan Mellors. Chemistry and Biochemistry, will receive more than $53,000 this year to study an enzyme from the bacterium Posteurella haemotytica, which is responsible for shipping fever in cattle. The enzyme displays some unusual properties, including the ability to split off sugar-bearing molecules from the surface of animal cells, says Mellors. "We will be investigating whether we can use the enzyme to alter interactions between cells,” he says. • A $50,000 grant was awarded to a research team headed by Prof. Keith Betteridge, Bio- medical Sciences, to further work in embryo production and transfer in cattle. The coll- aborative two-year year project will also involve Profs. Don Rieger and Allan King, Biomedical Sciences, Dr. Bob Stubbings of Semex Canada, who is an adjunct professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, and researchers at the University of LavaL The project will aim at improving the effi- ciency with which cattle embryos can be obtained from ovaries recovered at slaughter. About 20,000 eggs per year will be collected from abattoir ovaries and used in experiments designed to improve the culture of embryos in vitro and to distinguish between potentially viable and non- viable eggs. • Physics professor Jim Stevens has developed a solid polymeric electrolyte that has potential for use in automobile batteries and windows that lighten or darken in response to radiant energy. NSERC awarded more than $49,000 this year to initiate a three-year project to develop the technology needed to commercially produce the electrolyte. In this project. Stevens will tap the expertise of Prof. Ken Jeffrey, Physics, in nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to study the motion of ions in the electrolyte. Researchers at Hart Chemicals Ltd. of Guelph will collaborate in studying tbe chemistry of the new materials and the feasibility of commercial production. • Prof. Ed Janzen, Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been granted S40.000 in the first year of a two-year project that wiD use rats as a model for toxicology studies on the effects of halocarbons like those found in industrial cleaning fluids. This project is a continuation of earlier work that pioneered a method called “spintrapping” to detect the formation of free radicals. It will broaden into the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a quantitative method of assessing the effects of halocarbons on the liver. A non-invasive technology, MRI will allow researchers to diagnose the health status of the liver both before and after exposure to toxic chemicals. • A $35,000 strategic grant will enable Prof. John DeMan. Food Science, to begin a project on the modification of fats and oils that has potential benefit to the food processing industry. Traditional technology uses hydrogenation, a chemical reaction, to make fats from oils in the manufacture of margarines and shortening. This project, however, will develop a method of modifying canola oil by using immobilized enzymes. • Prof. Nigel Bunce. Chemistry and Bio- chemistry, will continue his research on the toxicity of chlorinated compounds with a $33,000 first-year grant to test a new method for analysing polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans in environmental samples. O Last issue of 1988 The Dec. 14 issue of At Guelph is the last one this year. It will contain any announce- ments you wish made up to and including Jan. 4, 1 989, when the first issue of the new year will be published. News items for the Dec. 14 issue should reach At Guelph by Dec. 8. and for tbe Jan. 4 issue, by Dec. 21.0 AT GUELPH/Dec. 7, 1988 Coming events The schools tour Universities in dialogue with high school students WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 Schedule of Dates - Registration payments due for in-course students in winter semester 1 989. Botany Seminar - "New Applications of Microcalorimetry,” Bill Breidenbach, 10 a.m., Botany/Zoology/Genetics building. Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. Music Lecture — "Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Zuge, Fluge und Konzertflugel," Ed Phillips, noon, MacKinnon 203. Computing Seminar - New Technology,” noon, Computing Services seminar room. Biochemistry Seminar - “The Implications of Phosphoinositide Hydrolysis, Calcium Mobili- zation and Protein Kinase C Activation in Platelet Arachidonate Metabolism,” V.G. Mahadevappa, 12:10 p.m., MacNaughton 222. OVC Seminar - "The Placenta: A Possible Role in the Initiation of Parturition,” G.D. Thorbum, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Lecture - "Nutritional and Hormonal Regulation of Genes Involved in Fatty Acid Biosynthesis," Allan Goodridge, 4 p.m., MacKinnon 1 1 7. Dinner Theatre - Theatre in the Trees, Look, No Hans!, 6:30 p.m., $29.50. THURSDAY, Dec. 8 Schedule of Dates - Examinations begin. OVC Seminar - "A Unique Marine Toxin of Mussels — Domoic Acid in P.E.I.,” Jerry Johnson, noon, OVC 2638. Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5: 10 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m.. UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Dec. 9 Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. Calcium Club - "Purification of the Ligand- Gated Calcium Channel," Brian Brown, 1 1:50 a.m., Pathology 145. At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a reduced schedule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy approved by the president of the University. A copy is available on request. Views and opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. Letters to the editor, opinions, news items, speeches, faculty and staff activities, and other submissions are welcome. Deadline is seven days before date of issue unless otherwise specified. Stories may be reprinted with acknowledgment of source. Editorial office: Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre, 519-824-4120, Ext. 3864. Executive editor: Sandra Webster. Assistant editor: Barbara Chance. Editorial advisory board: Katherine Elliott, Counselling and Student Resource Centre; Fred Evers, Sociology and Anthropology; Martin Hodgson, Physical Resources; Walter Kehm, School of Landscape Architecture; Susan Mclver, Environmental Biology; Francois Part, Languages and Literatures; Vic Reimer, Personnel; Craig Sanderson, Central Student Association; Frances Sharom, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Roselynn Stevenson, Microbiology; Barbara Stewart, Family Studies Lab Schools; Joseph Woods, Graduate Student Association; Trish Walker, University Secretariat; and Sandra Webster and Gerry Quinn, Public Relations and Information. Electronic mail — NETNORTH:DOISW at UoGuelph; CoSy:swebster ISSN 0836-4478 Member: International Association of Business Communicators, Public Affairs Council for Education and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Postage paid in cash at first-class rates. Permit 1 149, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1. 2 AT GUELPH/Dec. 7, 1988 SUNDAY, Dec. 11 Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 10:10 a.m., PeterClark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. Arboretum - Sunday Afternoon Walk, “Nature on the Screen,” 2 p.m.. Arboretum Centre. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre - Holiday Party, 3 to 5 p.m., free. TUESDAY, Dec. 13 Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Inquiry into Catholicism. 4 p.m., UC 334; Faithfully Curious, 5 p.m., UC 335. Student Recital - Karin Micheelsen, oboe, noon, MacKinnon 107, free. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14 Worship - Feminist and Christian. 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge, UC Level 5. OVC Seminar - “Q-Fever,” Thomas Marne, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 508. Human Biology Seminar - “Measurement of Impact Loading During Locomotion," Mario Lafortune, 3:10 p.m.. Human Biology 108. Briefly Surplus sales The Surplus Sales Department in Blackwood Hall has the following items available for departmental purchase only: SDH605 —Model 16S Gestetner collator; SD8660 —two transcribers and dictating units; one drafting table; and SD4665 — IBM PC with dual disk drives, 265K. For more information and viewing call Ext. 8139. Theatre in the Trees The Arboretum’s dinner theatre. Theatre in the Trees, has added an extra performance of its comedy Look, No Hans! Dec. 7. All other performances are sold out. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.; the play begins at 8 p.m. Cost is $29.50. Tickets are available at the University Centre box office. Ext. 3940 Wireless modems installed Communications Services has installed a pair of wireless modems for evaluation. They will enable users to access the ROLM data switch from most locations on campus without being connected to a ROLM dataphone. With this equipment, data services such as CoSy, CMS and the library can be accessed from most rooms on campus. A modem is available for evaluation and can be obtained by calling Bob Creedy at Ext. 2589. Editor’s Note: Members of the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) — university pre- sidents, including Dr. Brian Segal, and faculty members — visited eight Ontario secondary schools in October to get first-hand impressions of the aspirations and concerns of senior students who were considering applying for admission to university. The following is COU’s report on the tour — an edited summary taken from COU’s December issue of Briefing Notes. Objectives Each fall, university student liaison and admissions offices tour the Ontario’s school boards to provide general information on uni- versity studies and specific information on their own institutions, and to answer questions on the application procedure, student aid and course mixes. This is complemented by publications sent to secondary school guidance officers with details on new programs, student residences and the limited-enrolment programs in which places are scarce and entry requirements increasingly stiff. In the last few years, the number of applica- tions for entrance to university has risen dramatically, although the demographic picture suggests that the overall number of young people of high school-leaving age is dropping. The sharp rise in the participation rate reflects a profound change in the personal and career objectives of Ontario students and their families. The universities have responded to this heightened interest in university studies, and first-year enrolments have grown accordingly, assisted by supplementary grants from the provincial government. At the same time, the universities have become increasingly concerned about the quality of the education they are able to provide to larger number of students in a climate of constrained resources. COU decided to make the visits a two-way street. The earlier pattern of school visits, which provides information from the university perspective, should be complemented by information from students and teachers on their expectations of the university experience. COU visited schools in public and separate boards in urban and rural, southern and northern, anglo- phone and francophone Ontario — Oshawa, Nepean, Timmins, Thunder Bay, London, Windsor, Paris and Toronto. They also met parents, community leaders, editorial boards of local newspapers and service clubs to get their perspective on the situation of local students and to echo the students’ and the universities’ concerns. Student voices University education is seen as a valuable asset by young people today. Students view the choice of university and program as an important decision with far-reaching consequences. Many students see university as a challenging but disorienting and perhaps impersonal experience, especially at large institutions or in circumstances where student to faculty ratios are high. They are concerned about what will be demanded of them in terms of workload and assignments and whether they will measure up. ic servants f rom Papua New Guinea who are on campus to study public adminis- tration were honored at a reception Nov. 22. They are here under the auspices of the Papua New Guinea Project (“Training the Trainers”), a program organized by Prof. O.P. Dwivedi, chair of the Department of Political Studies, and funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Pictured here, from left to right, are: Ngen Isana, Veronica Bagasel, lecturers at the Administrative College of Papua New Guinea; Mathias Vuira-Kama, principal of the college; Shelley Timoffee, assistant to the director of the PNG Project; Dwivedi; and John Bagasel, director of the PNG housing authority. The four students presented crafts f rom their country to members of the University community, the city and CIDA in appreciation of their welcome to Guelph. Phoio by David Thomas. PRI Although many of these concerns may be allayed once students have registered and adapted to their new circumstances, they are indicators that universities must take seriously in the ongoing review of the adequacy of student services. A recent comparative study of the levels of revenue and areas of expenses of U.S. and Ontario universities (see At Guelph, Nov. 9) indicated that the better-funded American institutions are able to allocate more resources to this sector than has been the case in Ontario. Accessibility Students are keenly aware of the increase in applications that the universities have experi- enced and know that entrance to certain universities and programs is highly competitive. But most of them said that admissions requirements were tough, but fair. Certain standards must be maintained, they said. They expressed confidence that Ontario's universities were generally accessible and most were optimistic that they would find a place, although perhaps not at the university or program of their first choice. Students also expressed concerns about how admission decisions are made: “Do admission officers know that the teachers in my school are hard markers?” “Is it fair to take the grades of lower years into account?” “How much do extracurricular activities, or their absence, count?” Universities are now increasingly looking at information other than simply grades — such as health and family circumstances — especially when grades alone might not qualify a marginal student for admission. Tuition and student aid Students that COU met with were not always well informed about tuition fees. Many thought that fees varied considerably by university as well as by program. Few seemed aware that fees are by and large set by the government. Students also believed that tuition fees were the universities’ main source of revenue. In fact, student fees cover only about 1 8 per cent of university operating costs. Some students were asked if they would accept higher tuition fees if there were an assurance that the increase in revenue would be used to promote the quality of education, and there was a surprisingly wide- spread support for such a move. Students seemed to know that Ontario’s tuition fees are lower than in many other jurisdictions in North America and that the province’s universities continue to be an “academic bargain." COU is currently engaged in a study of tuition fee policy as it affects accessibility and other social policy objectives. COU’s study of the funding of universities in North America confirmed that tuition fees, at both public and private institutions in the United States, are substantially higher than in Canada and in Ontario. But grants from all levels of government are also much higher. These two sources of income give American universities a level of support that can only be a matter of envy for Ontario universities. Student assistance was of great concern at many of the meetings. Students repeatedly questioned the criteria used to determine grants and loans under the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). They and some MPPs wondered why applications should be evaluated in the light of parental incomes. What if parents simply refused to contribute to tuition fees? One conclusion drawn from the tour is that universities and the government must take the responsibly to ensure that prospective students know where tuition fee levels lie, how these are set and what provision the student assistance plans make to defray them. Information exchanges Students get much of their information about what to expect from the university experience from older brothers and sisters and from friends. The tour revealed that such perceptions can be subjective and are not always fully accurate or relevant to students’ specific concerns. Impression trading will and should continue, but universities will be looking for additional ways to provide answers to the questions of prospective applicants. COU is considering a future round of visits, perhaps in conjunction with National Univer- sities Week in October 1989, and more ways to extend consultations to other stakeholders in the university enterprise — parents of secondary school students, teachers, business, labor and professional groups. O — Inside Guelph — The University Centre Phoios by Jack Harrison, Photographic Services by David Thomas Building Management Staff in this section run a number of services that are integral to the centre: • At the UC box office, you can buy bus tickets, as well as tickets for on-campus theatre and musical events. At the information desk, you can borrow magazines, arrange to take a shower or book the music practice room. • You can reserve a room for a meeting. All accredited University groups and organi- zations can use the centre’s facilities. In the last year, the UC’s rooms were used more than 5,000 times. • You can rent a computer on an hourly basis at the word processing centre. Customers can use common software packages such as WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3 and Harvard Graphics, as well as the centre's plotter and laser printer. Use of typewriters is free. • One of the most visible and most used services is the information desk. “We get asked questions about on-campus and off- campus activities," says information desk staff member Ken O’Krafka. “We have to have a good basic knowledge of the campus. We get questions from where can people get soil samples analysed to where can they take their sick cat at OVC.” Programming This section is an important part of the centre’s mandate. Ranging from noon-hour concerts and speaker series to dances in Peter Clark Hall, the live programs presented by the UC are meant to cater to different tastes and preferences on campus. “Our mandate is to provide cultural and recreational activities that aren’t offered on campus already,” says Wayne Hepburn, manager of programming. That is often accomplished by working with other groups on campus to co-sponsor events. Other groups have the grassroots support to get people to come out to the events; the UC has the personnel and expertise to organize the presentation. The UC’s programming will continue to be diverse, says Hepburn. “We’re always trying to do something better and new. That makes it interesting.” Food and Beverage This unit is responsible for the Brass Taps, for catering special licensed events in Peter Clark Hall and for providing the food at the BOO Sports Bar. As one. of the most popular spots on campus, the Brass Taps is a busy place. "You meet a lot of people in here — it’s a good social environment," says Dennis Forster, one of the bar’s 1 20 part-time employees. The Brass Taps is a good place to drop into because of the atmosphere and service, says The Games Room is a popular entertainment attraction stop in the University Centre. Some of the kitchen staff of the Brass Taps, left to right: John Liddle, assistant manager, food, Jennifer Hundleby, Lee-Ann Lyon and Marisa Van Raay. John Liddle, assistant manager, food. The emphasis is on good food and entertainment. Games Room and BOO Sports Bar These two facilities are the preferred spot on campus for patrons who like to play pool and video games or watch a sporting event on a big screen. There are many features to attract customers, says manager Craig Marlin. The Monday night snooker league and T uesday night bridge league are popular. Sports events on the big screen and visits by hockey stars like Darryl Sittler and Bobby Hull have also been well-received. The BOO Sports Bar also has the advantage of being open to everyone, including under-age students. Because it is classed as a dining lounge, minors are welcome to enjoy a soft drink with friends. Business Management This unit looks after the administration of the UC. Besides income from its operations, the UC generates revenue from premises leased to third parties. These revenues help the UC provide its many services, says Collins. “We're here to cater to the wants of the University community.” O The University Centre’s board of directors needs of everyone on campus. tries to make the centre a place that meets the Photo by David Thomas, PRI The University Centre is more than just a building. It’s the one place on campus that virtually everyone goes to, and the people in the UC directorate want to make it worth your while when you’re there. “Our purpose is to make life a little easier for students, faculty and staff,” says director Ron Collins. The UC houses a number of operations that draw people to the centre on business, but the directorate provides many other services for social, recreational, cultural and educational activities, says Collins. People tend to think about the Brass Taps, the information desk and the noon-hour concerts, but “there are a number of services we provide that are less visible,” Collins says. “We’ve always taken the approach that if a service isn’t offered on campus, we’ll consider offering it.” The UC is responsive to its clients’ needs because of its governing board, Collins says. Made up of representatives of the Central Student Association, Graduate Students Asso- ciation, staff, administration, the Faculty Club and the University of Guelph Alumni Associa- tion, the board oversees the general direction of the centre and sets operational goals. It reports directly to the Board of Governors. The UC directorate is divided into five main operating sections — Building Management, Programming, Food and Beverage, Games Room/BOO Sports Bar and Business Management. Working at the Brass Taps is a “fun job,” says Jane Hendrick, right. She and co-workers Krista Berg and Dennis F orster are three of the approximately 120 people who staff the bar. Information desk staff John O’Krafka, far left, and Maureen Blackburn, on the telephone, help people find their way around campus. AT GUELPH/Dec. 7, 1988 3 Personnel report Update on negotiations The University has completed contract negotiations with the University of Guelph Staff Association. The Canadian Union of Public Employees is scheduled to meet with the University Dec. 13 for mediation services. The new University of Guelph Police Association, previously the Canadian Guards Association, entered into first-contract negotiations Dec. 6. First-contract negotiations with the newly formed Ontario Nurses’ Association local will begin the week of Jan. 9 to 13, 1989. Negotiations with the University of Guelph Food Service Employees Association and the Canadian Union of Operating Engineers are still outstanding and are expected to begin early in the new year. Appointment Prof. Ted Swart has been appointed chair of the Department of Computing and Infor- mation Science for a five-year term that begins Jan. 1, 1989. Job opportunities As of At Guelph deadline Dec. 2, 1988, the following opportunities were available: Head Nurse, Large Animal Surgery, Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Salary range: $507.50 minimum; $587.84 job rate (level 5); $729.98 maximum. The following positions were available to on -campus employees only: Agricultural Assistant, Livestock Centre, Elora Beef Research Centre, Department of Animal and Poultry Science. Salary range: $470.84 start; $494.25 six-month rate; $5 1 7.69 one-year job rate. Clerk, Accounts Payable; temporary full- time for one year. Normal hiring range: $320.11 to $346.79. Department Computer Co-ordinator, Department of Geography. Salary range: $493.33 minimum; $57 1 .42 job rate (level 5); $709.59 maximum. Transcript Clerk, Office of the Registrar. Salary range: $320.11 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. In touch - Each fall, U of G participates in a co- operative liaison venture with all of Ontario’s other degree-granting institutions. The University Information Program (UIP) went into more than 60 school boards this year, and U of G representatives made presentations to more than 5,600 secondary school students, teachers and parents. That represents about a 1 7-per-cent increase over Personals For Sale: Apple Il/e computer: dual drive, monochrome monitor, mouse, joystick, soft- ware, 767-0386 after 5 p.m. Kidney-shaped dressing table, 836-3033, after 5 p.m. Slendertone machine, used two months; Sears padded playpen, 836-2863. 1984 Honda Accord hatchback, 822-0923. Canon Typestar 5 typewriter, needs cleaning and roller bar repair; young man's three-piece brown tweed suit, 763-5891 after 10 p.m. Custom-designed Christmas gift baskets for family, friends and co-workers, 837-2700. Three-bedroom sidesplit house, immediate possession, 821-2846. For Rent: Two newly renovated bedrooms in basement, with own bath and cooking facilities for two mature female non-smokers, University area, available Jan. 1, $290 per room per month, 836-8137 after 6 p.m. Letters to the Bravo for ‘Inside Guelph’ I would like to heartily commend At Guelph for its “Inside Guelph” series, which profiles people and units on campus. The University is a large and active community where it is near impossible to keep abreast of our vast range of interests, abilities and achievements. The competence, enthusiasm and caring of Guelph people is a source of pride to all of us. Bravo for helping us know and appreciate ourselves better! Keith Alnwick, Office of the Registrar. Modem three/four-bedroom house on Grand River between Fergus and Elora, bus service to campus, available Feb. 1 for six months, Ext. 2171 or 846-9980 evenings. Wanted: House to rent for visiting Australian professor and family from January to June 1 989, preferably near University, references available, Eugene Benson, Ext. 388 1 . Quali- fied piano teacher for nine-year-old beginner, our house or yours, 822-4474 after 5 p.m. Any Zehrs/Wardair $5 coupons that you can’t use by the Jan. 3 1 deadline, Susan, Ext. 2355. Person selling Hermes saddle and full-cheek snaffle to call Michael, Ext. 2926. Second-hand fridge in good working order, Ext. 608 1 or 836-8 1 37 after 6 p.m. Available: Riding lessons, Michael, Ext. 2926. editor Music has four permanent faculty The article about the Department of Music that appeared in the most recent At Guelph states that “the academic curriculum is taught by five faculty, one professional staff member and sessional lecturers.” There are only four permanent faculty members in the Department of Music. Prof. Edward Phillips, Department of Music. Join the celebrations Jan. 12, 1989. U of G’s 25th anniversary launch. Opening ceremonies and cake cutting, noon, Peter Clark Hall, University Centre. the same period last year. Guelph representatives will continue to make individual visits to secondary schools until Dec. 9. Assistant registrar Chuck Cunningham is in Washington, D.C., this week with repre- sentatives from the University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario and McMaster and Queen’s universities to make presenta- tions to World Bank education officers and an international school. Diane Marshall-Stewart, head teacher at the Family Studies Laboratory Schools and an academic adviser, was recently on a panel of 1 1 presenters at Thistletown Collegiate Institute. She discussed child studies — early childhood education. O wmqmmmmmmmmmmmm v l j ARCHIVED LibRAKY UNIVERSITY ^Q UELPH At Gue lph Segal opposed to changing the name of OAC What’s in a name? Plenty, according to President Brian Segal, who says he is opposed to a change in the name of OAC — one of the recommen- dations of the Report of the Task Force on Rural Resources. The report (see At Guelph, June 29) calls for the reorganization of OAC to include the establishment of a new department in rural planning and development, the creation of a division housing it and several other departments that contribute programming in rural resources, and a change in the name of OAC to reflect the college’s contributions to resource issues. The Committee on University Planning is studying the report and is expected to make recommendations to Senate shortly. Segal says he is against any tampering with the name because it has a deep-rooted history and enormous meaning for generations of students, and because it is recognized as part of the University. It is also recognized nationally and internationally as one of the leading agricultural colleges in the world. One argument for changing the name is that there are many things happening within OAC that don’t relate specifically to the traditional view of agriculture — farming and production, says Segal. “But I think the way to get people to under- stand that agriculture has changed is not to change the name of agriculture, but to change their understanding of the modernization of agriculture.” Segal says too much has been made of the “difficulties” that OAC may — or may not — have been experiencing. Every university in North America with an undergraduate agricul- ture program has experienced significant enrolment declines — regardless of whether they are called agricultural colleges, faculties of agriculture or colleges of agricultural science, he says. “The problem is not in the name. And to tamper, for marketing purposes, with something that means so much to so many is inappropriate and something that I will not support.” Except for some enrolment slowdown in undergraduate agriculture programs, OAC isn’t in any difficulty at all, says Segal. In fact, the college is very strong today, he says. More than one-third of Guelph’s graduate students come from the college, and 60 per cent of the University’s research dollars go into OAC. “You need only take a look at press clippings or any other kind of media report to see the dominance of OAC," he says. Segal says Guelph should go back to its traditional constituency and tell them that careers in agriculture are important to them and the future of the country. “And we have to go to new constituencies and explain to them that although a part of agriculture is farming and primary production, there is also much that has to do with agriculture and food in the agri- business world.” It’s here that the job oppor- tunities are the greatest. Students understand job market trends and make decisions accordingly, he says. They saw the difficulties in agriculture a number of years ago and turned away — as they have in the past two or three years in computing science and as they did in petroleum engineering just before oil prices crashed. It’s not that students don’t like agriculture and don’t like the name of OAC, says Segal. “They had a realistic sense five or six years ago that they might have difficulties in finding jobs in this sector — but this is absolutely not the case today.” Once students see the revitalization of this sector and the tremendous employment needs and demands of the food industry and agri- business, they are going to come back — from both the traditional and the urban constituencies, says Segal. “OAC has served this country, this province and this University well for many years, and will continue to do so in the future.” Senate could certainly attempt to change the name, says Segal, but he thinks it would be “hard-pressed" to do so. “Senate is not a body easily taken in by fads and is much more concerned with questions of substance than in the manipulation of symbols,” he says. “In theory, Senate could attempt to change the name, but also in theory, the Board of Governors may decide that it will only finance the programs that come under the old name." O ^GUELPH Y Gue lph Milk dumped in response to OMMB ruling distrust." This kind of decision threatens long-term research by imposing uncertainties and makes it more difficult to undertake needed studies, he says. The hormone is the subject of agricultural research efforts in both Canada and the United States because of its potential benefit to dairy producers, say Burton and McBride, who are examining the long-term effects of BST treat- ment on dairy cows. They are well into their third year of production tests and studies on the metabolic effects of the hormone. BST treatments induced a 1 5- to 20-per-cent improvement in milk production with no change in milk composition, says McBride. “Cows respond by consuming more feed, but an overall improvement in the efficiency of conversion of feed to milk has also been observed." The U of G research is conducted in partner- ship with Cyanamid Canada Inc. of Toronto. Earlier this year, Burton and McBride received a $400,000 award from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities' University Research Incentive Fund. They have expanded the scientific base of their research to look at hormone activity on tissues and organ systems in the animal’s body and have accelerated studies to confirm the full safety of the product and its effectiveness in milk production. The information obtained from the Elora studies substantiates both the safety and the continued high quality of milk from BST- treated cows, says Burton. BST occurs naturally in milk, says McBride. “There’s no difference between the substance found in milk from treated or untreated cows. To the human stomach, it’s just another food protein to be broken down and absorbed.” The potential benefits of BST to the agricul- tural industry, however, are substantial. The ability of BST to increase the efficiency of milk production is an obvious advantage to dairy farmers, say the researchers. O Conferences to focus on agricultural issues The Ontario Milk Marketing Board (OMMB) has informed U of G that milk from cows being treated with the hormone bovine somatotropin (BST) must no longer be marketed for human consumption. U of G has been disposing of milk from dairy cows involved in somatotropin research since Dec. 1. In a policy statement on somatotropin research trials, the milk board says “there is credible, well-documented evidence and authoritative assurances that milk produced from cows treated with BST has been, and continues to be, safe for human consumption.” The board says it considers the action tem- porary and that it intends to work with government. University and industry personnel in the coming months. The board has agreed to pay U of G for the milk from BST-treated cows while they are on a BST test. Profs. John Burton and Brian McBride, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, have been studying BST. including its effect on It’s Philip Wallace’s job to feed dairy cattle on test at the University’s Elora Dairy Research Centre. An electronic computer on the feed cart ensures that each animal receives the right amount Here, he delivers a total mixed ration milk production, for the past four years. Milk from 50 cows on test at the Elora Dairy Research Centre has been marketed with pre- vious agreement of the OMMB and with approval from Health and Welfare Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Dean of Research Larry Milligan says the OMMB move may have been prompted by a resolution passed by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture at its annual meeting in November, which recommended that milk from treated cows be kept separate. The milk board has been sincere in its concern for research at the University, says Milligan, “but 1 am worried about the effect of this kind of decision on the future. We have a safety system that subjects our research plans to rigorous scrutiny before we begin. According to that system and all subsequent research results, milk from cows treated with BST is safe. The decision by the board, therefore, conveys distrust of the safety system when there is no reason for to a cow on the BST treatment program supervised by Profs. John Burton and Brian McBride, Animal and Poultry Science. Photo by Mary Dickieson, PR1 Marketing agricultural products, problems with mycotoxins in com and crop management in drought situations are among the topics to be discussed in January at the annual agricultural conferences hosted by U of G and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Scheduled Jan. 3. 4, 5 and 12, the OAC conferences will bring together primary pro- ducers, researchers, industry personnel and government to discuss issues and trends in agriculture: • On Jan. 3, participants will discuss new ideas in business management and look at the challenges ahead in the marketing of Canadian agricultural products. Trade issues, the U.S. hog and pork countervail and generic advertising of dairy products will be on the agenda. Concurrent sessions will deal with computer applications in agriculture and crop management in drought situations, including discussions of tillage practices and irrigation as an alternative. • The program Jan. 4 will include practical sessions on forage crops, fish production and alternative crops. Participants in the latter session will discuss the feasibility of small- scale orchards and greenhouse operations, turf management and the value of windbreaks. • The Jan. 5 session will be devoted to a look at the changing rural society, a discussion of deer farming and a continuation of the pro- gram on forage crops. The agenda also includes the presentation of the annual Carr scholarships to graduates of the OAC degree and diploma in agriculture programs. Provided by the estate of Samuel Leister Carr, the awards recognize the adacemic ability, responsibility and leadership of two OAC graduates who are actively involved in farming. • An additional program Jan. 12 will provide an update on field crop research for agri- business personnel. Continued on page 2. AT GUELPH/Dec. 14, 1988 1 Recycle live Christmas trees? Many Canadian cities recycle Christmas trees by chopping them up to use as mulch, but Ron Kelly, supervisor of The Arboretum, suggests going one step fur- ther. He says a recycling program for live trees could benefit everybody — consumers, the nursery industry and the environment. A small spruce, pine or fir tree can be brought indoors for up to two weeks without breaking its natural dormancy, says Kelly. He and other technicians at The Arboretum have been testing the theory for several years. Conifers up to a metre in height are dug and potted up in late fall. While the trees are displayed indoors, their root systems are kept moist, says Kelly. After Christmas, the trees are planted outdoors again in a hole dug earlier and filled with leaves to keep the soil from freezing. “The transplanted trees are healthy and have continued to grow normally the following year,” he says. A potted Scots pine one metre tall would cost as much as a cut pine more than twice the size, but “the live tree will provide benefit to your home and garden for years to come,” says Kelly. Evergreen trees are natural air conditioners in summer and insulators in winter. A recycling program for live trees would be a great project for a municipality or service club to undertake, he says. People who don’t want to replant the tree on their own property could donate it to a city park or a project to plant trees along an expressway. The Christmas tree industry already has the expertise needed to produce live Christmas trees and could benefit from the demand for a new product, says Kelly. Conifers could be transplanted into peat pots in spring for potential sale at Christmas, making them easy to handle and transplant. From both an environmental and an economic point of view, recycling live Christmas trees makes sense, says Kelly. It could also provide a unique learning and sharing experience for families and communities. O Line clearing continues along The Arboretum boundaries Ontario Hydro is trimming and removing trees along College Avenue and Stone Road adjacent to The Arboretum for safety reasons and to prevent damage to hydro wires. Paul Hawkins, area forestry supervisor, is working closely with The Arboretum staff on the staged project planned to minimize effects at The Arboretum. The Arboretum is also to benefit from Hydro’s Cover: The Johnston Portico that formed the entrance to the farmhouse of Frederick Stone, and then tor many years served as me mam entrance to the ordinal Johnston Ha\\, has become a landmark on the front campus. At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph for the University community and its friends every Wednesday except during December, July and August, when a reduced schedule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy approved by the president of the University. A copy is available on request. Views and opinion^contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. Letters to the editor, opinions, news items, speeches, faculty and staff activities, and other submissions are welcome. Deadline is seven days before date of issue unless otherwise specified. 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Electronic mail — NETNORTH:DO!SW at UoGuelph; CoSy:swebster ISSN 0836-4478 Member: International Association of Business Communicators, Public Affairs Council for Education and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Postage paid in cash at first-class rates, Permit 1149, Guelph, Ontario N 1 G 2 W 1 . tree replacement program. Next year, it will receive 40 native white pine and white spruce trees that will be planted in sites away from the wires, says Ron Kelly, supervisor at The Arboretum. Hydro will also get some help from The Arboretum. The power company will receive advice on trees and shrubs that can be planted under wires and along rights-of-way that will stay well below wire heights, says Kelly. The Arboretum staff is currently evaluating various native tree and shrub species that could be used to improve the habitat, control snow, moderate local weather and also decrease the npp/t tn ncp hprhiriHpc Firewood from the current project is being piled to dry for use as fuel for the maple syrup program at the nature centre, and the chipped branches will be excellent mulch for Arboretum collections, says Kelly. O Obituary Pamela Steele The University community was saddened to hear of the death Dec. 2 of Pamela Steele, a sessional in the Department of English Language and Literature since 1980. She is survived by her husband, Bert, and four children: Richard; Marion; Phillip; and Jonathon. O Appropriate to the Christmas season, Prof. Doug I^rson, Botany, accepts the keys to a new, red four-wheel drive “laboratory” from deans Larry Milligan and Bruce Sells. Photo by David Thomas, PR1 ‘All I want for Christmas by Mary Dickieson Christmas came early this year for Prof. Doug Larson, Botany, when he received word that his secret wish for a four-wheel drive research vehicle would come true. Last week, Larson accepted the keys to a Toyota 4 Runner from Dean of Research Larry Milligan and CBS Dean Bruce Sells. The vehicle was a welcome sight to Larson ana ms research team because it means they will be able to continue field work on the Niagara Escarpment, where they are studying the effects of human traffic on the forest ecosystem. Larson’s studies of the cliff face have accelerated since his discovery last summer of an ancient forest of 600-year-old cedars near Milton, but lack of a research vehicle had threatened to strand the research team on campus. Milligan and Sells came to the rescue, says Larson, and arranged for the University to lease the vehicle until research funding can complete the purchase. “Sometimes the University is faced with a bottleneck to good research and simply has to act,” says Milligan. The discovery of the ancient cedars gave Larson the oppor- tunity to capitalize on a renewed public concern for the environment, he says, and this vehicle will help to provide the means. Sells described the vehicle as “an exten- sion of the laboratory," a piece of equipment that is vital to an ecologist. Larson says the 4 Runner is also impor- tant to his wife. Dawn, who has done a lot of walking in the interest of science over the past two years while he used the family van to transport graduate students, other scientists and equipment to remote research areas along the escarpment. This winter, Larson will also be con- ducting field work in the snowbelt region of the Bruce Peninsula. Both the vehicle’s four-wheel drive and its “Christmas red” color may prove useful if the research team gets caught in a snowstorm, says Larson. Besides, who says research can’t be fun? O Agriculture conferences Continued from page I. All sessions will be held at the John McCrae Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion at 919 Y ork Rd., Guelph. Programs run from 9:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The daily $15 registration fee includes lunch. Producers and agribusines personnel can attend any two days for S2f three days for $35 or all four days for $40. Fo registration information, call Stan Young at Ex 3933. O 2 AT GUELPH/Dec. 14,1988 Aima uorman, left, and Bev Hunter, Communications Services, deck the Christmas season with wreaths they made from natural Arboretum Nature Centre. materials at a workshop Dec. 1 at The Photo by Alan Watson. The Arboretum A salute to our first quarter- century by Ann Middleton The day of May 8, 1 964, dawned cool and showery. But by noon, the temperature had risen to over 70 degrees, and the rain showed promise of clearing. It was a promising beginning for the University of Guelph on the day the provincial legislature passed the act establishing a new non-denominational coeducational institution. The University was an idea whose time had finally come. Legislative proposals for a university went back as far as 1945. At that time, OAC alumni had a clear vision of an agricultural university that would provide leadership in research as well as teaching. Alumnus John Kenneth Galbraith’s scathing remarks on his alma mater in 1 948 not only seared the collective consciousness, they struck a responsive chord among other alumni who felt the college should broaden its mandate. “Good research work is the mainspring of . . . change and development,” Galbraith said, accusing faculty of being “inbred and inert.” The economist said of his alma mater “Real scholarship has never flourished in a civil service atmosphere.” By the early 1950s, OAC had its own advisory board, but the clear sense of direction had gone. Federation of the three colleges did not come until 1 962, but in the preceding years, the impetus to form a university was external. University of Toronto president Sydney Smith urged OAC president J.D. MacLachlan in 1957 to think in terms of a university combining OAC, OVC and Macdonald Institute. "Such an egg,” Smith wrote in a colorful vein, "would take some time to hatch, whatever be the hatcher — cowbird, eagle or bird of paradise." Serendipity also played an important role. As College of Arts Dean David Murray writes in his soon-to-be-published book on the years leading up to 1964, the University did not come into existence as part of a carefully developed and long-thought-out strategy. Plans in the 1 950s and as late as 1 963 called for the equivalent of a state university, controlled by and accountable to the minister of agriculture. In the end, that idea was rejected in favor of an institution governed by a board of governors like other Ontario universities. Murray says that when the change came, “it was dramatic in its suddenness and traumatic in its effect." OAC had been part of a government department for 90 years. The other two colleges had joined OAC in the 20th century and were part of the same atmosphere. The sudden break from the civil service and the rapid influx of students in arts and sciences meant major adjustments for faculty and staff. The federated colleges, however, were joining the mainstream movement of most provincial and state agricultural colleges in North America by fusing into a broader academic institution that included humanities and social sciences and physical and biological sciences. This move reflected a change from a rural to an urban society and set the stage for a new educational era when thousands of young Canadians would flood the university system. In the intervening 25 years, Guelph has grown from a federation of three small colleges serving the rural community to a full-fledged university with more than 10,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,200 graduate students. Faculty come from around the world and students from across the country and overseas. The celebrations • Members of the larger community will also be invited to participate in the annual community barbecue July 13. • Thousands of area people will visit the campus March 10 to 12 for the major student event of the year — College Royal — which has adopted the “Achievement and Challenge" theme. • Students will also pay tribute to the anniversary at Homecoming Weekend Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. • Alumni will mark the anniversary at a gala banquet during Alumni Weekend June 16 to 18. • The Guelph Spring Festival will pay tribute to the anniversary with “The Gents." music and mayhem from a six-voice a cappella ensemble, June 16. • The Faculty of Graduate Studies will sponsor a visit by Jules LaPidus, president of the U.S. Council of Graduate Schools, in October. He will lecture on “Graduate Studies — the Next 25 Years.” • The Office of Research will recognize a researcher of distinction in January. • The U of G Library plans a program of speakers and displays. In addition, staff are working on a quilting project that will culminate in a raffle in December. The grand finale for the 25th anniversary will be the annual campus Christmas party Dec. 8. Further details of college events will appear in the monthly 25 th anniversary calendar of events in At Guelph. Displays and awards A 25-panel photograpfiuTdispfay on the first 25 years will be set up at the opening ceremonies and used at other events throughout the year. The display, created by Doris Bumfield and Doug Schaefer of the Office for Educational Practice’s instructional support group, with backup from Nancy Sadek of the library, may also be used in sections. For example, a college might want to set up its own display section at an awards night or other college event. Twenty-five awards will be presented throughout the year to recognize people who have made important contributions to the University. A selection committee chaired by Murray is currently working on this project. Copies of the schedule of events are available from Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre, Ext. 6582. O Two anniversary books to be published Two commemorative books will be published by U of G in 1989. The Achievement, The Challenge, by Judith Colbert, chronicles the first 25 years. The 120-page book will be available in February. Dean of Arts David Murray's book on the 20 years leading up to the formation of the University will be published in the spring. Tentative title of this publication is Hatching the Cow bird's Egg: The Creation of the University of Guelph. O The University’s 25th anniversary committee, appointed by former president Burt Matthews, began meeting in 1985. The committee invited colleges, students and campus units to plan programs saluting the first quarter-century and chose “Achievement and Challenge" as the theme for the year. The committee also asked departments to invite conferences to campus during 1 989. As a result, 18,000 people are expected at conferences this summer, up 6,000 from 1988. At Guelph will run a monthly calendar of anniversary events that will include faculty, student, staff and city plans for the celebrations. Among them: • College commemorations include four stained glass windows commissioned by the College of Physical Science for the MacNaughton building and an international conference on George Bernard Shaw, arranged by the College of Arts. College of Biological Science plans include a seminar on AIDS. The College of Social Science will sponsor visiting professors, OAC a symposium for high school teachers, and OVC a conference on comparative medicine. FACS has designated the annual Human Sexuality Conference in June as a 25th anniversary event. The theme this year will be “Sexuality and Values." • Art exhibitions sponsored by the Macdonald Stewart Centre will include a show of contemporary Inuit art at the National Gallery in Ottawa Jan. 1 2 to March 26 and two shows at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre — works by 35 fine arts graduates of the last 25 years, Jan. 1 9 to Feb. 26, and art acquisitions funded by alumni, June 3 to Aug. 27. The Donald Forster Sculpture Park on the lawns of the art centre will be officially opened June 1 8 during Alumni Weekend with a reception to follow. • Two lecture series are designed to attract people from campus and community. “Science Noon" will include talks on the greenhouse effect, the science of reading wine labels and forensic science. “Achievers,” a series featuring alumni, will offer lectures by a zoo manager and an astronaut. • The University Centre will sponsor the National Ballet of Canada’s performance of three short ballets Jan. 20. • The University and the local community will celebrate together at “The Great Picnic" at The Arboretum June 24. Schoolchildren will release 2,500 balloons and are also being asked to design posters of the perfect picnic for a display at the event. Entertainment will include bands, dancers and a parade of 1960s cars. The picnic is sponsored by the City of Guelph and U of G. The 25th anniversary committee The 25th anniversary committee is made up of staff, faculty and alumni. Retired U of G people such as former CPS dean Earl MacNaughton, who chairs the committee, are playing a major role. Committee members are: Profs. Brian Allen, Allan Austin, Terry Crowley, Ted Fletcher, Elizabeth Gullette, Ted Hadwen, Tom Hulland, Pat Kyba and Gord Surgeoner. Staff members Join the celebrations Anniversary celebrations get under way with a cake cutting and lunch in the University Centre Jan. 12. Members of the campus and downtown community are invited to attend the event at noon in the courtyard of the University Centre, when President Brian Segal, along with city, county, provincial and federal officials, will participate in opening ceremonies. Members of the community are also invited to a light lunch at 1 p.m. in Peter Clark Hall of the University Centre. O are Rosemary Clark, Gary Nadalin, Gerry Quinn, Nancy Sadek and Trish Walker. Student government representatives are Ted Krofchak, Jim Sanderson and Mike Wallis. Alumni representatives are Peter Anderson and William Gregg. Retired faculty and staff members are George Barker, John Hurst, Tom Lane, Bill Mitchell, Murdo MacKinnon and Doug Waterston. O A toast to the old The University of Guelph is 25 years old in 1989. But the founding colleges go back well over a century. When toasting the 25th, don’t forget our venerable ancestors. OVC got its start in Toronto 127 years ago in 1862, OAC was established on this camjJus 1 1 5 years ago in 1874, and Macdonald Institute (now the College of Family and Consumer Studies) was estab- lished 85 years ago in 1904. O AT GUELPH/Dec. 14. 1988 3 Recognition for 25 years of service U of C honored 10 employees who have com- pleted 25 years of service at a special luncheon Nov. 30. With President Brian Segal, from left to right, are Pat Godfrey, Administrative Services; Prof. Stephen Rodd, Department of Agricultural Economics and Business; Madeline Jackson, Department of Horticultural Science; Ted Farret Jentink, Animal Care Services; and Prof. David Mowat, Department of Agricultural Economics and Business. Unable to attend were Prof. Robert Liptrap, Biomedical Sciences; Prof. Jim Hunt, Physics; Prof. Leslie Marshall, English Language and Literature; and Norbert Baumgartner and Prof. Les Thomas, Land Resource Science. Photo by Herb Rauscher, Photographic Services — Letters — to the editor CUSO says thanks CUSO would like to thank the students, peer helpers, staff, faculty and members of the University community who worked so hard to make the Third World bazaar such a tremendous success. We raised $8,200 for an agroforestry project in Nicaragua. The money will be matched three to one by the Canadian International Development Agency. Janey Southey, Guelph CUSO co-ordinator. Connie Lippold, Peer Helper. Senate meets Dec. 20 A Board of Undergraduate Studies report on implementation of learning objectives tops the agenda for Senate’s last meeting of 1988 on Dec. 20. The report is going to the academic governing body for information. Senate will be asked to act on a calendar statement on academic dishonesty and also on a Senate Committee on Educational Development report on the living and learning needs of international students. Also on the agenda for information is a report from the Senate Committee on Information Technology on allocation of computing re- sources for academic use. The meeting begins at 8 p.m. in Room 1 1 3 of the MacNaughton building. O Focus Rewards of giving back to the community “When you have something you can give. you have a responsibility to give back to the community.” That’s the philosophy that makes Solette Gelberg so active in the community. As co-vice-chair of the Board of Governors, she has a lot of opportunities to make contributions. And she stays busy — as chair of the board's pensions and benefits committee and the board’s representative on Senate and the library committee. She says an effective leader is a person who can act as a co-ordinator — someone who is “able to bring out the best in other people and work with them. The important task is to make sure people communicate their ideas with one another." Good communication is an asset in governing the University, she says. “I’ve watched this board move over the years to more openness. It’s important to have healthy communication between the board and the administration. That’s good for working towards the future. We all share the challenges, and we have to get the most out of our resources." Gelberg takes her work seriously because she sees those challenges as important. "The University is a fascinating place. It has many of the same characteristics as other large organizations, but different ones as well. There are unique forces in it simply because it’s a university, simply because it’s this university. "1 see this as a very fluid time for the Visitor Ralf Bartz, chancellor of Fern Universitat, West Germany, and colleague Friedhelm Nickolmann visited the University Nov. 25. They met with Prof. Thom Herrmann and Les Richards, Office for Educational Prac- tice, and Prof. Ab Moore, chair of the Department of Rural Extension Studies, on the recommendation of Danish researchers to observe some of the work being done at Guelph in the field of new media and technologies in university studies. The visitors were commissioned by the state minister of science for North Rhineland/Westphalia, to do the study, which also included visits to Athabasca University and the Open Learning Authority in Canada and 18 American institutions. O Pholo by David Thomas, PRI University. There are a lot of pressures for the University to grow. We have to make sure we grow in the right way.” But the most important challenge is to run the University efficiently, says Gelberg, because "it’s no secret we don’t have a lot of financial resources.” She has seen that in her work on the library committee. “It’s very painful to see the library have to drop a journal. There may be five good ones in a particular subject, but the library may be able to afford only three. “But we can’t be crying all the time that we don’t have enough money. We have to make sure we’re doing all we can to stretch our resources. We have a budget to balance, so we have to be very skilful.” Gelberg has been developing those skills over the years in her many career and voluntary activities. Currently treasurer of a major Canadian cemetery and funeral service company, she was registrar of the Board of Funeral Services, vice-chair of the Ontario Health Disciplines Board and has done consumer research, teaching and freelance consulting. She has also chaired the Guelph United Way, is a member of the Charlottetown Society and has served on the board of governors of St. Margaret’s School in Elora, the Wellington District Health Council, the Guelph Public Library Board and other public organizations. Her busy agenda isn’t a problem, though. “The loss of time is the price you pay for the reward of feeling you can make a difference in the community,” says Gelberg. “One of the rewards of being on a board like this is that you get to meet a lot of different people, to interact with them and be involved in the sharing of ideas.” O Public Relations and Information extends most hearty season’s greetings to everyone who has played a part in producing At Guelph each week. We want to thank the liaison officers across campus who sent us the news, the staff at Photographic Services who took such wonderful pictures — especially our cover shots — and the talented people in Print Publications who put it all together every Monday. We’d also like to thank the Fairway Group in Kitchener, who ran At Guelph off the presses, and the folks in the Mail Room and our friends at Torchlight Industries who made sure it reached you — one of our 8,000 readers — every Wednesday. Join us in the fun of the University’s 25 th anniversary celebrations in 1989, and read all about it in another year of At Guelph beginning Jan. 4. Cheers! Last issue of 1988 This is the last issue of At Guelph for 1 988. The first issue of the new year will be published Jan. 4. News items for that issue should reach us by Dec. 21.0 Botany grad studies receive “A” grade The Ontario Council on Graduate Studies has announced that U of G’s M.Sc./PhD program in botany has been approved to continue and has been placed in category “A". Guelph has several programs undergoing periodic appraisal in 1988/89. The botany announcement is the first to be based on sets of departmental documentation submitted last summer and is a reflection of the excellent level of scholarship achieved by the department, says Dean of Graduate Studies Doug Ormrod. Botany has greatly increased its graduate studies and research activities in recent years, he says. The “A” classification will now hold until the department’s next periodic appraisal in seven years. O Meet alumni around world Members of the U of G alumni chapters always like to meet faculty, staff and students from the University. If you’re going away, you should look up the chapter in the city you’re going to, says alumni liaison co-ordinator Betsy Allan, Alumni Affairs and Development. There are currently 10 chapters in cities throughout Canada and the world, and others are being developed. The existing chapters are in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, London, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Hong Kong and London, England. They often have social events for their members, and visitors from campus are always welcome. “Alumni are very pleased to see people from Guelph, so if faculty, staff or students are travelling there, they should contact the chapter,” says Allan, who is promoting the interaction of members of the University community and alumni. “We're trying to create a link back to the campus for graduates who can’t come back personally," she says. “They all have something in common — their three or four years at Guelph.” And for travellers, “it’s a nice way to get to know someone there. If you’re moving, it’s a good way to network socially and professionally.” If you are travelling or moving to one of those cities, call Allan at Ext. 6533. She can put you in touch with the network of chapter organizers. At Guelph will list future events of the chapters in the “Coming Events" column. O 4 AT GUELPH/Dec. 14, 1988 A new approach to Research Station Services by Owen Roberts Office of Research A three-day harvesting blitz late last month in which four combines tackled 200 acres of soybeans heralded a new era for Research Station Services (RSS), the group entrusted with the stewardship of U of G’s seven research farms. Traditionally, RSS has tilled the farms’ 3,400-plus acres mainly to grow feed and bedding for most of the 7,272 poultry, 1,894 swine, 605 beef cattle, 323 dairy cattle, 344 turkeys and 39 quail that serve the University research community. That production includes 2,670 tons of haylage, 2,200 tons of com silage, 190 tons of hay and 35,700 bushels of high-moisture corn. But the 40,000-bushel soybean crop was grown for a totally different reason: money. The first strategy suggested by the review committee was rationalization, which included a decision to have RSS approach farming like the private sector does — grow for profit wherever possible. “With this in mind, we wanted to raise a crop that would generate high returns," says Jim Mahone, director of University/OMAF pro- grams, which runs RSS. “We chose soybeans, which had the greatest potential for generating the revenue needed to support the demands placed on our resources." Mahone says RSS realized the best selling price possible by forward contracting — selling the commodity prior to harvest, before the market is glutted and the price drops. Typically in forward contracting, a grower (in this case, RSS) and a purchaser (such as a private oilseed processor) agree to a delivered price and quantity for a commodity. The buyer has to pay the agreed-on price regardless of what happens to the market. But the grower — who is legally bound to deliver the commodity — is not without risk, either, from variables ranging from insects to “acts of God." Despite the past summer’s drought, however, RSS was able to fulfil its commitment. “This was an excellent beginning for RSS in its transition from carrying out unstructured duties to performing those physical activities it does most efficiently,” says Dean of Research Larry Milligan. Water irrigation at the Arkell research station. New systems The review also suggested RSS look at alternatives to contract labor. Mahone says an obvious area to examine was the $40,000 paid to private contractors to handle and spread the burdensome three million gallons of liquid manure generated each year by the stations’ research animals. So RSS purchased two pumping and distribution systems for the Arkell and Elora research stations, to handle both manure and water. When the drought hit, the systems — which include two 95-horsepower pumps, 5,000 feet of heavy aluminum pipe and two unique “water canon” nozzles — were used for water irrigation, helping RSS realize some of the area’s finest crops of hay, com and soybeans. Following the harvest, the new systems’ manure-spreading capabilities were used. "The traditional liquid manure spreader was a Terragator — a massive vehicle with enormous wheels, practically the size of a small house,” says George Robinson, RSS farms manager. “But for fear of soil compaction and damage, it couldn’t enter damp fields in the spring or fall, even though that’s when we need the manure spread.” The $40,000 savings realized by not having to hire the Terragator means the new water/ manure-spreading system will pay for itself in one-quarter of its 15-year life expectancy. Being able to irrigate properly was also a great service to researchers, says Mahone. “From a research perspective, it allowed us to grow the highest protein hay possible — again, despite adverse weather conditions — which is imper- ative to scientists whose results depend on being able to feed the best-quality material possible to their animals.” Photo by Owen Roberts, Office of Research In fact, this year’s hay had the highest protein content ever produced by RSS — 2 1 to 24 per cent — at least three to four per cent higher than in other exemplary years. The RSS review also determined that certain activities at some research stations could be carried out more efficiently by private con- tractors. One example was localized hay production. Rather than grow it at the Arkell research station and pay high transportation costs to move it to Elora to feed the animals there, RSS elected to buy hay from Elora area producers. Mahone says this measure contributed substantially towards transportation costs savings. More time for service Harvesting at the Ponsonby research station. Phoio by Owen Roberts, Office of Research The increased use of local contractors meant RSS had more time to devote to service to researchers. As a result, RSS got involved in a new agroforestry site development, supplying workers and machinery to till the soil and plant and harvest the crops (soybeans, com and barley) involved. It also participated in the offloading, transportation and storage of western Canadian hay cubes for a special feed research project at Arkell and assisted in a specialized haylage storage experiment in three silos at the Elora beef centre, designed to compare storage capabilities and nutritional value of each treatment. Meanwhile, RSS had its regular maintenance to conduct, including cutting about 600 miles of grass along roadways during the summer. All this, with fewer staff than ever, because RSS cut back its temporary personnel in the summer by six people. “The University is genuinely fortunate to have personnel as dedicated as George Robinson and the RSS staff,” says Mahone. “It has been a real privilege and pleasure to watch them rise to this challenge.” Mahone says RSS has also made great strides towards the improved animal care at the research farms by working closer than ever with the University’s animal care committee, the Ontario Ministry of Government Services and OMAF. “The co-operation shown by these organi- zations in improving facilities significantly advanced the care research animals receive.” he says. "This is a significant factor in the success and credibility of research projects by University scientists.” O In late 1987, the Office of Research was given a mandate to revitalize RSS as a Uni- versity-wide service operation. To that end, an exhaustive review of RSS was conducted last May, led by Prof. Larry Martin, chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, Prof. Bev Kay, chair of Land Resource Science, Prof. John Thompson, chair of Horti- cultural Science, and Prof. Bill Braithwaite, Agricultural Economics and Business. "RSS had to find ways to rationalize its operation and contractual costs such as manure handling and feed hauling,” says Braithwaite. Martin says the review committee was con- cerned about the escalating costs of servicing the research stations. “The most important impact of our study,” he says, “is that RSS now has firm mandates for core, service and farming activities, with appropriate budgets that are unanimously supported by the deans of research, OVC and OAC, as well as the president of the University and the deputy minister of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF)." Private-sector farming AT GUELPH/Dec. 14. 1988 5 Coming events WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14 Worship - Feminist and Christian, 10:10 a.m., UC 533; Ecumenical Holy Communion, 12:10 p.m., UC 533; Immanuel Christian Fellowship, 5 to 7 p.m., 287 Water St.; Community Fellow- ship, 5 to 8 p.m., OTAS lounge. UC Level 5. OVC Seminar - “Q-Fever,” Thomas Marrie, 12:10 p.m.. Clinical Studies 5 1 0. Botany Seminar - "Importance of VA Mycorrhizal Fungi in Tallgrass Prairie,” Barbara Hetrick, 2 p.m., BGZ 1 1 7. Human Biology Seminar - “Measurement of Impact Loading During Locomotion,” Mario Lafortune, 3:10 p.m., Human Biology 108. THURSDAY, Dec. 15 Worship - Relationships: The Central Concern of Jesus, 4 p.m., UC 335 ; Exploration in Medi- tative Prayer, 5. 1 0 p.m., UC 533; Social Evening, 6 to 9 p.m., UC 334/335. FRIDAY, Dec. 16 Schedule of Dates - Examinations conclude. Worship - Liturgy of the Word, 8:10 a.m., UC 533. SATURDAY, Dec. 17 Guelph Field Naturalists - Annual Christmas Bird Count, Arboretum Centre, call Mike Cadman, 822-9834, for information. Concert - Messiah Singalong, Guelph Chamber Choir, 7 p.m., Dublin Street Church, $5. Faculty activities SUNDAY, Dec. 18 Worship - Morning Worship Service, University Bible Studies, 9 a.m., UC 44 1 ; Roman Catholic Mass, 1 0: 1 0 a.m., Peter Clark Hall; Ecumenical Campus Ministry, 8 p.m., UC 533. MONDAY, Dec. 19 Reception - President’s Christmas Reception, 4 to 6:30 p.m., Peter Clark Hall. TUESDAY, Dec. 20 Senate - Meeting, 8 p.m., MacNaughton 1 13. MONDAY, Jan. 2 Winter Orientation- Campus Tours, 1 1 a.m. — meet at Ut? information desk; International Student Luncheon, noon, UC 44 1 ; New Student Welcome Luncheon, noon, UC 442; Orientation Information Booth, 1 to 4 p.m., Peter Clark Hall; New Student Registration, A A A-IZZ, 1 :30 to 2 p.m., JAA-QZZ, 2 to 2:30 p.m., RAA-ZZZ, 2:30 to 3 p.m., Peter Clark Hall; A Glance at Guelph, 6 p.m. — meet at information desk, UC Level 1; Monday Night Movie Mania, 7 p.m., East Residences Fireplace Lounge. TUESDAY, Jan. 3 Art Classes - First day of registration for children’s art classes, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Ext. 3158. Winter Orientation - Mature Student Workshop, 9 a.m., UC 103, call Ext. 6200 to register. Getting Ahead at Guelph! A Workshop Day, 9:30 a.m., UC 441; BA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., MacKinnon 1 17; Course Timetable pickup, 3 to 4 p.m., UC 332; Mature Student Workshop, 7 p.m., UC 103, call Ext. 6200 to register. Awards Prof. Ab Moore, chair of the Department of Rural Extension Studies, makes the first pre- sentation of the George W. & Mildred B. Moore Scholarship to Melissa Buenaventura of Guelph. Named in honor of Ab Moore’s parents, the award is given to a student in the M.Sc. Briefly program in the department who obtains the highest academic standing in the first year of study involved in distance education appli- cations of community technology in rural and remote communities. Photo by Jack Harrison, Photographic Services At the recent annual meeting of the Bovine Mastitis Research Workers of America held in Kentucky, Prof. Don Barnum, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, and professor emeritus Frank Newbould, also VMI, received distinguished service awards. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment recently presented a recognition plaque to the University in connection with the selection of former graduate student John Maxwell Gunn for a 1 988 excellence in student research award. Gunn, a 1 987 PhD graduate of the Department of Zoology, won the award for his research on the role of episodic acidification in the extinction of lake char populations. His supervisor was Prof. David Noakes. The recognition plaque was accepted on behalf of the University by Prof. Doug Ormrod, dean of graduate studies. O Prof. Ab Moore, Department of Rural Extension Studies, and Elizabeth Black Office for Edu- cational Practice, were invited to lead a work- shop on “Delivery of International Education by Electronic Means" at the annual conference of the Canadian Bureau for International Education held in Winnipeg last month. Two teams from U of G competed m the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair intercollegiate judging competition. The degree team, consisting of Andrew Lindsay of Elora, Chris Gwyn of Ottawa, Keith Rook of Pembroke and Arthur Versloot of Mouth of Keswick, N.B., placed second in the dairy classes. The diploma team, consisting of Lisa Chappell of Barrie, David Cleave of Norval, Gary Brown of Guelph and Cathy Stanley of Shawville, placed third in the overall team competition, third in the rabbit section and first in the sheep section. Cleave was the top individual competitor. Prof. Peter Kevan, Department of Environ- mental Biology, attended the International Conference on Beekeeping in Tropical Countries in Cairo, Egypt, where he presented a paper entitled “Producing Centrifugable Honey Comb Without Foundation: The Waxed-Wire Method and Possible Value for Varroa and Africanized Bee Problems.” It was co-authored with Paul Kelly and Beth Rathwell, also of the Department of Environmental Biology. O WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 Schedule of Dates - Classes begin. Winter Orientation - Library Orientation, see schedule at library information desk; CSA Open House, all day, UC 273; Academic Counsellor’s Open Houses, all day — Biological Science, McNally House, Ext. 2704; Physical Science, MacNaughton 440, Ext. 6435; OAC, Johnston Hall 162, Ext. 2116, FACS, FACS 139, Ext. 2409. CUSO seeks microscopes donation CUSO is seeking two microscopes for use in two Third World community health centres. Janey Southey, Guelph CUSO co-ordinator, says U of G departments upgrading equipment have previously donated their old equipment to CUSO. Southey hopes that there are departments with microscopes that could be used for basic diagnosis, such as blood and stool samples, at the Deukusum Community Health Post and the Uvu Women’s Association Health Centre. Con- tact Southey at 823-1328. O Botany seminar Barbara Hetrick of the department of plant pathology at Kansas State University will discuss "The Importance of VA Mycorrhizal Fungi in Tallgrass Prairie” at a botany seminar Dec. 1 5 at 2 p.m. in Room 117 of the Botany/ Genetics/Zoology building. Sing Noel The Guelph Chamber Choir presents a “Messiah” singalong, under the director of Prof. Gerald Neufeld, Music, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. at Dublin Street United Church. Cost is $5. Scores will be available for $1. A deal on meals With a PCH Gold Card, if you buy 10 meals, each worth $3.95 or more, you get the 1 1 th free. The free meal includes entree, salad, bread and beverage. The cards are available at the Peter Clark Hall soup kitchen. Nominations sought for Hilliard award The OAC Alumni Foundation is seeking nominations for the 1989 T.R. Hilliard Dis- tinguished Agricultural Extension Award. Presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to agricultural extension in Ontario, the award consists of a citation and $ 1 ,000 to be used for an extension, research or educational project of the recipient’s choice. The award is named in memory of the late T.R. Hilliard, former deputy minister of agri- culture and food. Nominees should be resident in Ontario. They may be employed in agricultural extension by government, agricultural organizations, institutions, industry or U of G, or they may be producers or other individuals who have made an outstanding voluntary contribution to agricultural extension. The 1988 winner was television producer Ross Daily of London, host of CFPL-TV’s Sunday afternoon agricultural program, “This Business of Farming.” Nominations should be forwarded to the OAC Alumni Foundation, c/o Dean Freeman McEwen, Johnston Hall, by Feb. 28, 1989. Nominations should include supporting background information for the selection committee, including educational and work experience, and a brief summary statement prepared and signed by two nominators. O Helping out in Nicaragua If you want to have a really meaningful vacation, tecNICA, a non-profit, non-political agency, arranges two- to four-week placements for volunteer skilled trades people and professionals with government agencies in Nicaragua to teach or consult. A variety of skills is needed. Ability to speak Spanish is helpful, but not necessary. For more details, call Prof. John Prescott, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Ext. 4716. OVC seminar series The OVC seminar series continues Dec. 1 4 with Dr. Thomas Marrie of Dalhousie University discussing “Q-Fever” at 12:10 p.m. in Room 5 1 0, Clinical Studies building. Q-Fever accounts for 20 per cent of all pneumonia cases admitted to hospitals in Nova Scotia. Marrie studies the epidemiology of the infection, documenting human infections associated with various animals such as cats, wild rabbits and cattle. Surplus sales The Surplus Sales Department in Blackwood Hall has the following items available for public purchase: SD#647 — Decwriter III; HDS Concept DVT terminal; three Volker Craig terminals (4 1 5 APL); SDH677 — two stainless steel tanks, 37” by 14 1/2” by 14 1/2”; seven glass funnels, 4,000 ml. There is a big demand for used IBM Selectric and correctable type- writers. Departments are requested to contact Surplus Sales if they have any not in use and wish to declare them surplus. Call the office at Ext. 8139. Contributions welcome At Guelph welcomes contributions from members of the University community. Letters to the editor, faculty, staff and student activities, articles for “Forum” — the editorial section — and speeches are welcome. If you know someone who would make a good subject for a human interest article for the “Focus” column, give us a call. Letters and editorials should be typed, double spaced and signed by the author. Each will be verified by a phone call. The executive editor reserves the right to select, edit and position all copy. If you have ideas on how to make At Guelph a more informed and involved University community publication, call or write Public Relations and Information, Level 4, University Centre, Ext. 3864. O The Counselling and Student Resource Centre Posing a toast to the centre’s new look are, left opened its doors to the University community to right, Norm DeMers, Rev. Ed Den Haan, Nov. 29 to show off its renovated quarters. Katherine Elliott and Debbie Kemp. 6 AT GUELPH/Dec. 14, 1988 Photo by D.vid Tho mu , PR1 Mandate to increase graduate enrolment The library was one of the recipients of a special edition of the Guelph Regional Project’s (GRP) new bibliography of historical materials on Wellington County. Pictured, left to right, are Prof. Gil Stelter, Department of History, chair of the GRP faculty research group; University, school and community libraries in Wellington County were recently presented with a new bibliography of historical books, brochures and essays about the region. Guelph and Wellington County: A Bibliography of Settlement and Development since 1800 will benefit teachers and students of local history, genealogists, archivists, municipal offices, museum staff and heritage groups. The 350-page volume was compiled as the first step in a U of G research effort to study the Upper Grand Valley region. The Guelph Regional Project was initiated by Prof. Gil Stelter, History, who chairs a faculty group interested in research on the region. The project has been funded since June 1 987 by a University research excellence grant. The special edition presented to libraries, schools, museums and archives in the county was made possible by a donation from Mary Sutherland of John Sutherland and Sons Ltd. in Guelph. Her gift has been “crucial in enabling the University-based project to make this research tool available promptly to users in the wider community,” says Dr. Elizabeth Bloomfield, who co-ordinated production of the bibliography. The bibliography contains more than 1,700 references to general surveys and works about the settlement process, social structure, economic development, natural and architectural land- Gloria Troyer, library associate in archival and special collections; Ellen Pearson, associate librarian, information services; Bob Logan, publications and liaison, library; and Elizabeth Bloomfield, co-ordinator of the bibliography. Photo by David Thomas, PRI scapes, cultural and social institutions, government and administration, and specific geographical localities. It cites more than 600 authors and provides information on more than 160 Wellington County localities, 1,700 individuals and 1,000 businesses, municipalities, churches, schools, clubs and societies. Referenced materials can be found in eight different public libraries and archival collections. Next spring, the Guelph Regional Project plans to publish a compilation of personal and family data based on the biographies in the 1 906 atlas of Wellington County and a volume of maps illustrating the territorial organization of the region since 1 800. In addition to its value in providing an information base of primary and secondary source materials on Wellington County, the Guelph Regional Project constitutes a model approach to the study of local and regional history that might be useful in other regions. The bibliography and inventory resource databases can be made available to the public on computer through a system similar to the University library’s CD-ROM system. Individual copies of the printed bibliography can be purchased through the Media Distribution Office in Day Hall for $20 each, plus postage and handling. For more information, call Ext. 2967. O Plans to increase graduate student enrolment at U of G were reaffirmed recently by President Brian Segal. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Segal noted that the Uni- versity has solid undergraduate resources and that there is a mandate for both undergraduate and graduate studies — with their common interests — to work towards achieving excellence. He also referred to the academic strategic plan that calls for filling out the graduate studies component of the University and reaffirmed Guelph’s planning efforts in this direction. Graduate departments are being encouraged to expand their graduate study activities by the allocation of direct funding support for addi- tional students and by the provision of more seating spaces for graduate students. Segal called on departments having difficulty re- sponding to these incentives to seek assistance in the broader college and graduate faculty context. The mandate for increasing graduate enrol- ment is expected to continue, he said, but he expects differential rates of growth among academic units depending on the particular circumstances of each unit. Both joint and interdisciplinary programs should be encouraged, he said. And all avenues should be explored in the possible implementa- tion of new joint/interdisciplinary programs. Segal called for integration of different themes and components and for the use of different structures, when necessary, to address a multidisciplinary theme. He recommended that, where appropriate, graduate studies should move beyond disciplinary and departmental boundaries. Such developments should be consistent with societal needs and occupational opportunities and should ensure that graduate students gain the appropriate knowledge and skills required. The meeting also included presentations by Prof. Gil Stelter, History, chair of the Board of Graduate Studies (BGS), and by the dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Doug Ormrod. Stelter said several new graduate programs The Department of Computing and Information Science (CIS) is inviting high school students from across Ontario to enter its fourth annual software development contest. Open to all students with an average of 75 per cent or higher, the contest gives participants an opportunity to develop their computing interests outside the classroom and compare their skills as computer scientists, says Prof. A1 Dyer, CIS. First prize is a $2,000 fellowship to U of G, $500 cash and a commemorative plaque. Second prize is a $1,000 fellowship, $250 cash and a plaque. The third-place winner will receive a $300 fellowship and commemorative plaque. Last year’s first-prize winner was Martin have recently been brought forward to BGS. Guelph is somewhat behind the rest of Ontario universities in its implementation of graduate programs and is now in a “catch-up” phase, he said. As a result, graduate study activities have not yet reached a peak. He said these developments are a reflection of a natural maturing process in specific dis- ciplines as members of the graduate faculty achieve international recognition. He added that the goal of excellence and expansion in the area of graduate studies should not be regarded as being achieved at the expense of the undergraduate program, but rather as comple- mentary to it. Ormrod gave a progress report on enrolment and program development. He said the total number of graduate students has increased by 1 1 per cent in the past year to almost 1,400, with the greatest numerical increase in OAC and the largest percentage increases in the colleges of Arts and Social Science. Only the College of Physical Science decreased in graduate student numbers. The number of visa graduate students has increased by 16 per cent. Of the 258 visa graduates attending Guelph, 45 per cent are exempt from differential fees and an additional 28 per cent are on differential fee waiver scholarship, said Ormrod. Some 27 academic units qualified for a share of the $420,000 currently being distributed to help with the departmental costs of additional students, he said, and about 100 additional seating units are being installed this semester. The number of graduate faculty approved for supervision of students continues to increase, said Ormrod. There has been about an eight- per-cent increase in the past two years. Statistics on women in graduate studies were presented for the first time. The proportion of women students pursuing a master’s degree is 43 per cent, but the proportion of women taking doctoral studies is only 29 per cent. Ormrod called for a study of the reasons for this overall decline between the master’s and doctoral programs. O Pergler of Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, who won for his computer program "Moving Body,” a physics lab simulation. Mark Stoodley of Leaside Secondary School in East York won second prize fora "Tiny Programming Language Compiler." Third prize went to Pin Chung of A Y. Jackson Secondary School in North York for his design of a video game called “The Running Man.” Students must work individually to develop a computer program that supplements the high school computer science curriculum or is of personal interest. Entries will be accepted until Feb. 15, 1989. For more information, call Dyer at Ext 2711.0 History scholars benefit from new bibliography CIS invites entries in student contest Research Deadly bacteria quickly identified with new kit by Owen Roberts, Office of Research U of G researchers have developed a diagnostic kit that can quickly identify a bacteria group known to cause fatal infections in some hospital patients in a matter of days. Produced by a team led by Prof. Joseph Lam, Microbiology, the kit is composed of monoclonal antibodies that can identify all 1 7 strains of the deadly bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Typically, Pseudomonas invades humans whose immune systems are suppressed, inoper- ative or in shock — such as burn victims, cancer patients and people undergoing transplants. It causes high fever, tissue damage and pneumonia. Treatment is difficult because the bacterium is highly resistant to antibiotics and antiseptics. Speed is imperative in identifying the bacterium's presence to prevent it from spreading. Conventional identification, which involves culturing bacteria from the patient’s blood or sputum, takes at least 12 hours. Lam’s kit reduces that test period to less than five minutes. The kit consists of 17 different kinds of monoclonal antibodies, produced from clones of antibody-producing cells specific to each strain of bacterium. Individual antibodies are attracted to their own specific bacterium, where they settle in clumps. As well, antibodies from the kit can be attached to chemicals that will fluoresce under ultraviolet light. By observing either the clumping reaction between a patient’s blood or sputum sample and the various antibodies from Lam’s kit, or studying the sample under the microscope, medical personnel can determine the strain of bacterium they’re dealing with. The kit, expected to retail for about $500, can be used to analyse up to 500 samples. The university is negotiating marketing rights for commercial distribution with a private company. Lam’s research is supported by the Medical Research Council and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. His efforts are now concentrated on using the antibodies as probes to study the cell surfaces of the various Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria to try to create a vaccine that will prevent the infection by helping to kill the organism. O Several staff in the Office of the Registrar were honored Nov. 23 for their work on the Student Information System software at the second series of presentations of certificates of inno- vation by Industrial and Innovation Services. Front row, left to right: Doug Weaver, Barbara Connolly, and Peter Tron, who is now registrar at Wilfrid Laurier University. Back row: Ross Garbig, Mark Taylor, Tom Rockola, Bob Auger and Arnold Holmes. Holme accepted a certi- ficate on behalf of the Office of the Registrar as a unit. Photo by David Thomas, PRI AT GUELPH/Dec. 14, 1988 7 Personnel report — Appointments Leonard Zaifman of Waterloo has been appointed senior systems analyst, and Leon Loo of Guelph has been appointed analyst I, both in Computing Services. Job opportunities As of At Guelph deadline Dec. 8, 1988, the following opportunities were available: Area Director, South and East Residences, Department of Residences. Salary range: $29,464 to $34,630 per year. Head Cafeteria Helper, Food Services. Start rate: $8.99 per hour; job rate: $1 1.03 per hour. Porter, Food Services. Start rate: $7.96 per hour, job rate: $9.77 per hour. Laboratory Assistant, Molecular Biology and Genetics; grant position. Rate: $5.50 per hour (negotiable). The following positions were available to on-campus employees only: Secretary II, Employee Relations, Personnel. Salary range: $320.11 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Secretary II, Animal and Poultry Science; maternity leave Jan. 13 to May 12, 1989. Normal hiring range: $320.11 to $346.79 per week. Scheduling Clerk, Maintenance. Salary range: $320. 1 1 minimum; $369.95 job rate (level 5); $460.78 maximum. Central Supply Technician, Veterinary Teaching Hospital; temporary full-time — leave of absence with indeterminate return date. Normal hiring range: $320.1 1 to $346.79 per week. Custodian 4, Housekeeping. Job rate: $ 1 1 .20 per hour; probation rate: $0.20 per hour lower than job rate. It is the University’s policy to give prior consideration to on-campus applicants. To determine the availability of University employment opportunities, contact Employment Services and Training, Level 5, University Centre, or call 836-4900. O • A contract position is available for a research technician MTS III in the Depart- ment of Land ResourceScience. The position, requiring a B.Sc. or equivalent, is for three years beginning January 1989 and is funded through an NSERC strategic grant. The job includes assisting with growth chamber, laboratory and field studies on VA mycorrhizal relations in corn; routine determination of root length and VA mycorrhizal colonization; assisting with separation and identification of VA mycorrhizal spores; and establishment of mono-specific cultures of VA mycorrhizal. Applications should be submitted by Dec. 31 to Prof. Murray Miller, Land Resource Science, Ext. 2482. O Positions elsewhere The Developing Countries Farm Radio Network (DCFRN) is seeking an executive director to succeed founder George Atkins, who has retired. DCFRN gathers simple, practical agri- culture and health information from developing countries and then produces English, French or Spanish information packages. These are distributed worldwide to farm broadcasters and other rural communicators who, in turn, adapt the information to local conditions and disseminate it in the local language to the people they serve. The incumbent must have experience in organization of periodical production of a communication product, in rural develop- ment overseas, in administration and fund raising and in non-governmental organi- zations. The person must also have a know- ledge of French and/or Spanish and hold a university degree or equivalent in communication, adult education or a business-related field. Salary is negotiable. Interested persons should send a resume by Dec. 30 to Patricia McCraw, Chair, Board of Directors, DCFRN, 15 University Ave. E., Guelph NIG 9Z9, or call 836-6940. O The University of Sherbrooke is seeking a rector to assume duties June 1, 1989. Candidates are asked to send resumes by Dec. 1 6 to Le Comite de mise en candidature en vue de la nomination du recteur, University of Sherbrooke, Case postale 2245, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1J 3Y3. O In touch The Secondary School Advisory Council, made up of representatives from numerous school boards and University personnel, met Dec. 7 to discuss liaison activities and curriculum developments. Individual school visits for the fall semester are coming to an end as the Christmas season approaches. Liaison officers made more than 400 independent visits to Ontario secondary schools, reaching more than 14,000 students — an increase of 21.8 per cent over last year. Secondary school campus tours reached 1 ,874 students — an increase of 41 per cent over last fall’s visitation program. O Personals For Sale: Marantz 2270 stereo receiver, ThorensTD125 Mkll turntable, Wallensack 4780 cassette deck with Dolby, two AR3A speakers, Sony 19-inch Trinitron color television, unpainted indoor shutters, garbage disposal, Ext. 3551 or 836-2868. Fourteen- inch steel rims for 1 985 Celica or any model Toyota from 1982 up, Ext. 6706 or 836- 8154. Hand-held mini-cassette dicta- phone/recorder, Elmo professional Super 8 projector with dub feature, eight-point dear head, 836-3499 after 5:30 p.m. Three- bedroom, 1 ,800-square-foot sidesplit house, immediate possession, 821-2846. Head 1 90-cm downhill skis with poles, no bindings; Nordica men’s ski boots, size 9 1/2, 837- 0279. Seven-piece living room set, three- piece kitchen set, four-piece antique parlor set, 836-3259 after 5 p.m. Older three- bedroom house, completely renovated, modem eat-in kitchen, deck, main-floor laundry, skylight, Jacuzzi, five appliances, 1 1/2 baths, cedar-fenced yard, close to downtown and University, available immediately, 836-4 1 73. 1 978 Mazda GLC for parts, with two Michelin snow tires, Ken, Ext. 6254 or 856-4472, after 4 p.m. For Rent: Two spacious rooms near Uni- versity, utilities and laundry included, $275 and $300 per month, non-smokers, 823-8350. Wanted: Female graduate student, non- smoker, needs return ride, Guelph to Uni- versity of Waterloo, four to five days per week beginning in January, Kelly, 836- 8057. Any Zehrs/ Wardair coupons you can’t use by the Jan. 31 deadline, Susan, Ext. 2355. Persons to share four-bedroom house, 25-minute walk to University, 2 1/2 bathrooms, washer and dryer, two bedrooms available Jan. 1, mature non-smokers pre- ferred, Jim, Ext. 8527 or 767-0932. Available: Experienced copy and dictatypist with sound medical terminology to do typing on IBM-compatible equipment using WordPerfect 4.2, Brenda, 822-8342. Baby- sitter available to babysit in her home on New Year’s Eve, Dorothy, 837-2636, after 5 p.m. Thank you: Isobel Lander wishes to thank friends of the family for their good wishes, generosity, hospital visits, telephone calls and love. "Personals” is a free service offered by At Guelph for staff, faculty and students at the University. All items must be typed, double spaced, and submitted to At Guelph one week before publication O