Thought for the week Canada is a collection of 10 provinces with strong governments loosely connected by fear. Dave Broadfoot DOWOTOWN! r^ UELPHillil i University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Volume 36 Number 32 Oct. 7,1992 Society must restrain excesses to preserve Earth, graduates told See How CIBC Aerogold™ VISA* Combines the Best of Both Worlds. Free Aeroplan miles with every single purchase is the shortest distance to free trav el Get us working/oryou! CIBC: Premium gold credit card benefits ™A«rogold is •trademark of Air Canada. •CIBC, AIR CANADA Registered users ol Marti Air Canada Aeroplan: Premium travel benefits CIBC 23 College Ave. West 824-6520 That’s our mom! MA philosophy graduate Karen Houle, right, receives double con- gratulations from her twin daughters, Cezanne, left, and Kuusta. Below, acting president Jack MacDonald, left, preps John Bell Award winner Prof. Howard Swatland for the convocation proces- sion. Giving advice in the back is Chancellor Lincoln Alexander. Photos by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications by Roberta Franchuk University Communications Humans are recklessly ignoring their responsibilities to the planet and to future generations, American soil scientist Daniel Hillel told graduates at morning convocation Oct. 2. People need to set aside their childish willingness to exploit na- ture for their own gratifi- cation, said Hillel. “Just as a mature per- son must learn to consider the cir- cumstances and needs of others, so a mature society must restrain its excessive impulses and con- sider both the rights of future gen- erations and the needs of other species.” The world that sustains us is beautiful, he said, but it is also small and fragile. He urged the graduates to listen to the Earth’s signals of distress and do their best to protect Hillel received an honorary doctor of sci- ence degree at the cere- mony for graduates of CBS, CPES, OAC and the University School of Rural Planning and Development. At the same ceremony, the first director of the Inside: United Way holds first incentive draw .... 3 Why women should vote yes’ 4 And now for some looney tunes 5 Calendar 7 What's the dirt on campus? ....... 8 UNIVERSITY o/ QUELPH School of Engineering, retired professor Hugh Ayers, received U of G’s medal of merit. Think for yourself Graduates at afternoon convoca- tion were encouraged to think for themselves and to know when and how to question authority. Prof. Howard Swatland of the departments of Animal and Poultry Science and Food Science, recipient of this year’s John Bell Award, told graduates of the College of Arts, FACS and OVC that a sense of humor and a rock-solid ego are both important qualities to have when not follow- ing the rules. “The continued survival of our democratic society hin- ges on sound independent thinking by those who vote and who assume posi- tions of auth- ority, which is why our schools and universities are the only hope of braving a stormy sea of environ- mental, economic and social chal- lenges we’ve got before us.” Use knowledge At evening convocation. Prof. Lynn McDonald, chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, challenged graduates of the College of Social Science to examine their expecta- tions for the study of social sci- ence. The founders of the discipline and the scholars of today sought to use their knowledge to solve the social problems of the times, she said. The modem world has added new challenges, including an awareness of finite environ- mental resources, but graduates have already had some prepara- tion to face these challenges. “I hope that you use the knowledge and the skills you have gained here to address the real problems of the world, including both the great problems of social injustice, as in the past, and the new problems as we seek to live more peaceably and justly with our environment.” □ Daniel Hillel Hugh Ayers Lynn McDonald HI 2 At Guelph /Oct. 7, 1992 Student speak Steering committee tackles restructuring Making CONTACT CONTACT, a help and safety phone line for students, opened up Oct. 1. Staffed by trained student volunteers, the service is available to anyone in the University com- munity, on or off campus. Program co-ordinator Jennifer Campbell says volunteers are trained to give information or make referrals on a range of situa- tions, including roommate dis- putes, depression and rape. 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Member Public Affairs Council for Education, Council forthe Ad- vancement and Support of Education, Canadian Public Relations Society Inc. and Inter- natinal Association of Business Communicators. ISSN 0836-4478. Against Sexual Assault and a member of the Safe City Commit- tee and Sexual Assault Response Committee. She also hosts a cur- rent issues radio show on CFRU. David Giuliano, a master’s stu- dent in rural extension, has been named human rights commis- sioner. A former United Church minister, he has experience in na- tive communities and race rela- tions and is involved with Men Against Violence Against Women. He graduated from Guelph with a BA in history and philosophy and holds a master’s in divinity and theology from Queen’s. Van Egmond and Giuliano can be reached at Ext. 2629 or in Room 244 of the UC. Ride on Queen’s Park The Central Student Association and Graduate Students Associa- tion will provide eight buses for students interested in going to Queen’s Park on National Students’ Day Oct. 21 to protest underfunding. The buses are free and will leave at noon from the University Centre front entrance. Nationwide exchange The Board of Undergraduate Studies has approved a new pro- gram that will enable student ex- changes between universities across Canada. The Canadian University Stu- dent Exchange Partnership will allow students enrolled in any program at U of G to link with any other Canadian university par- ticipating in the program. The aim of the program is to give students a chance to explore broader curriculum choices, im- prove linguistic skills and get a' better understanding of Canada.O Restructuring of Ontario’s univer- sities moves one step further with the appointment of a steering com- mittee to make recommendations to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU). The committee is chaired by Bernard Shapiro, deputy minister of MCU, and Colin Graham, ac- ting chair of the Ontario Council on University Affairs (OCUA). Other members, chosen by the groups they represent, are: ■ MCU: Jan Donio, assistant deputy minister of student sup- port and corporate services. ■ OCUA: Joy Cohnstaedt, chair; and Jill Vickers of Carleton University. ■ Canadian Union of Public Employees: Moma Ballantyne, senior research officer. ■ Comite consultatif des affairs ■ Thanks to all for the support This summer, I came to appreciate my good fortune in the friends I have made, as well as the support I have received, here at the Univer- sity. After my father, Kenneth Gillis, died in June, the kind thoughts, flowers and condolences I received from the University community were of much com- fort. A collection was taken up and used to dedicate a tree in memory of my father at the Wall Custance Memorial Forest in The Ar- boretum and to make a donation to the Children’s Restoration Forest. Many of the donors chose to remain anonymous, but I want each of them to know how much francophones: Dyane Adam, president. ■ Confederation of Ontario University Staff Associations: Barbara Johns, president. ■ Council of Chairmen of On- tario Universities: Roberto Grosso, Laurentian University; and David Pady, Wilfrid Laurier University. ■ Council of Ontario Univer- sities: Peter George, president; Robert Prochard, president, University of Toronto; Marcel Hamelin, rector. University of Ottawa; and Catherine Ross, University of Western Ontario. ■ Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associa- tions: Saul Ross, president; and Mary Frances Richardson of Brock University. Ontario Federation of Students: their kindness and support meant to me and my family. Many, many thanks to all. Nancy Chambers TVeasurer’s Office President must melt into U of G What do we need in a president? 1. We need a full-time president. Someone with 36 titles such as director of IBM Canada hasn’t enough time, energy and spirit to fulfil all the responsibilities of a president. If we appoint someone who only spends about an hour a day on presidency work, it will be a misfortune for the University. We can’t make the same mistake again. 2. We need a president of the University of Guelph. Only someone willing to sac- Shawn Rapley, president of Carleton University’s Stu- dents' Association. ■ Ontario Graduate Association: Chris Clark, chair. A representative of the Aborig- inal Education Council has yet to be named. In its work, the committee will be guided by the statement on postsecondary education issued by Minister of Colleges and Uni- versities Richard Allen in July, which says “a new paradigm of postsecondary education is a goal worth our best efforts.” The first task of the committee is to identify the issues and establish priorities for them. A restructur- ing agenda will be prepared from this work and should be presented to Allen by Oct. 31.0 rifice the next five or 10 years of his or her life to U of G could lead the University to its goals. A career president or a political president only uses the position to reach a career or political goal. Such a person could, for ex- ample, use U of G as a spring- board to becoming president of a larger university or moving into government. This kind of person has no spirit at all to work for U of G. How can anyone whose spirit isn’t here possibly do a good job of running the University? Spirit is the most important part of a human being. 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VISIT OUR ppp MODEL SUITES TODAY j ' SALES OFFICE — 836-320S J !U-; r 107 BAGOT STREET, GUELPH j j !■ OPEN DAILY 10-8, SAT. SUN 10-6 " Letters to the editor At Guelph /Oct. 7, 1992 3 Oh, what a feeling A seat belt is important even at six kilometres an hour, this student discovered as she tested the OPP’s “seat belt convincer" last week in Branion Plaza. The OPP, Campus Police and the Wellness Centre set up the display to kick off Seat Belt Awareness Month in October. Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications Strads tune up for Ontario tour The exquisite sounds of four decorated Stradivari instruments owned by U of G benefactor Herbert Axelrod will soon fill concert halls throughout On- tario in support of the University’s Institute of Ich- thyology. From Nov. 2 to 6, The American String Quartet will play the precious instruments for music students and other Ontario residents in five cities — Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, London and Hamilton. Sponsored by Xerox Canada Ltd., the Royal Bank and Axelrod, the tour will feature morning and after- noon concerts for music students and evening per- formances for U of G alumni and the general public. The instruments were collected by Axelrod over several decades and are now on permanent loan to the Smithsonian Institution. Each of the instruments has a long pedigree of its own. The two violas were made for the Spanish court. The viola, one of only 1 3 made by Antonio Stradivari, survived the French Revolution, and the cello was rescued from an eccentric English gentleman. An international authority on living and fossil fish, Axelrod gave U of G the Santana Brazilian fossil collection that forms the nucleus of the Institute of Ichthyology. A display from the collection of 1 10- million-year-old fossils will travel with the Strad tour. The American String Quartet, consisting of violinists Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, violist Daniel Avshalomov and cellists David Geber, plays widely in Europe and North America. The quartet gave preliminary concerts in April 1991 for Guelph-area music students and members of the President’s Council. For the public concerts in November, tickets are $16 and are available at the University Centre box office. □ OCUA to hear campus concerns Representatives from U of G academic groups, bargaining units and student organizations will get a chance to discuss some of their concerns with the Ontario Council on University Affairs (OCUA) in November. OCUA holds regular hearings with Ontario universities and provincial organizations repre- senting faculty, staff and students. Guelph’s turn comes Nov. 27 at Wilfrid Laurier University. Topics to be covered at the OCUA hearing include: ■ follow up on reviewing pro- gram quality; ■ review of the undergraduate and graduate program ap- provals policy; ■ review of services for disabled students and the Access for Disabled Students funding en- velope; ■ external and internal com- munity relationships; and ■ review of Northern Mission Grants. To prepare briefing notes for the meeting on these and other topics, an ad hoc group has been formed through Institutional Analysis and Planning. Members of the group were selected by the bar- gaining units and other campus organizations and may also serve as members of the U of G delega- tion at the hearing. At the first meeting of the group Sept. 29. a number of small work- ing groups were set up to address the issues. □ Lecture to explore your choices for good health New program cuts convocation costs Does technology keep our food “green” and nutritious? What are the health implications of “cholesterol-free” packaged food? What is designer food? Find out the answers to these and other ques- tions Oct. 19 when U of G marks National Science and Technology Week with a free public lecture and panel discussion on “Choices for Good Health: The Green En- vironment and Your Nutrition.” Organized by the Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences, the lecture begins at 7 :30 p.m. in Room 103 of the University Centre. “Increased public awareness of the true relationship between nutrition and toxicology is a key to good health,” says nutritional scien- ces professor Tammy Bray, acting academic vice-president and past president of the Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences. Bray will moderate a panel discussion and help field questions from the audience. Panel members will include colleagues from the Department of Nutritional Sciences — Profs. Henry Bayley, Bruce Holub and Jim Kirkland — as well as Prof. Vernon Thomas, Zoology, and Prof. Keith Solomon, director of the Centre for Toxicology. National Science and Technology Week, a week of lectures and presentations across the country, is sponsored by the Canadian Federa- tion of Biological Sciences to raise public awareness about nutrition and health. On-campus sponsors of the lecture are the Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Centre for Toxicology and the Food Coun- cil.CJ Friday’s convocation program looked a little different than usual. That’s because it contained the programs for all three ceremonies. In the past, a program has been printed for each ceremony. Tricia Halley of the Registrar’s Office estimates that about $ 1 ,000 was saved in printing costs. If reaction to the new format is good, winter convocation pro- grams may also be combined. □ Donating to the United Way could mean sunny days ahead Campus United Way volunteers get all fired up at the cannon in Branion Plaza as they gather for the official kickoff Of the U of G campaign. Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications Remember that summer we didn’t have? A four-day cruise could erase those rainy memories. Four days and three nights aboard a Florida cruise ship with all expenses paid is the grand prize in the United Way incentive draw for faculty, staff and retirees. The grand prize for the student draw is an all-expenses-paid weekend in Toronto. Both travel packages for two were donated by TTI Kortright Travel Ltd. Second prize in both categories is a chance to be president for a day, trading places with acting president Jack MacDonald. United Way donors who give $50 or more will be eligible for the Oops! In last week’s update on the campus United Way campaign, we gave the wrong name for the UW treasurer. Apologies to At Guelph readers and to Pat Hoare in Financial and Ad- ministrative Services, who is the "real” treasurer. She ar- ranged to redirect any pledge forms that were sent to the wrong department in time for Monday’s incentive draw. But in future, return pledges to your area canvasser or to Hoare. □ incentive and grand-prize draws. The winners from Monday’s in- centive draw were: ■ Carolyn Pawley, U of G Library — business cards, per- sonalized stationery and en- velopes from Printing Services. ■ David Douglas, University School of Rural Planning and Development — a $20 gift cer- tificate from the Boo Bar. ■ Barbara Cardow, Counselling and Student Resource Centre — the book Hatching the Cowbird's Egg , courtesy of Alumni Affairs. ■ Fred Dahms, Geography; Jackie James, Compensation and Benefits; Lou-Ann Pod- more, Continuing Education; Jane Watt, Human Resources; and Reid Kreutz wiser. Geog- raphy — 50-pound bags of potatoes from the Department of Environmental Biology. ■ Cal Swegles, Employment Ser- vices and Training, a bonsai tree from the Bonsai Club. ■ Rose Odorico, Registrar’s Of- fice — free enrolment in a cer- tificate course offered by Continuing Education. ■ Jan Jofriet, School of Engineer- ing — $25 worth of cleaning supplies from Housekeeping. The two remaining draws will be held Oct. 19 and Nov. 2, with the grand-prize draw scheduled for mid-November. An addition to the faculty/staff prize list is $25 worth of cleaning supplies from the Housekeeping Department. The contact is Ed Martin. Ifyou’re interested in the prize of one- year’s free parking, make sure your pledge form is in by Oct. 1 9. You’ll have an opportunity Oct. 13 to find out how your donation will be spent at a campaign exhibit and information day in the Uni- versity Centre. Representatives from the 38 United Way agencies in the Guelph and Wellington County area will be on hand to explain the programs that are sup- ported by United Way dollars. The campus goal for 1992 is $140,000. Other UW activities planned on campus include a University- wide baseball tournament Oct. 17. Register your department’s team by calling Loreen Kelly at Ext. 6567. For information on all United Way activities, call the campus information line at Ext. 8800. □ 4 At Guelph /Oct. 7, 1992 Commentary Why women should vote Wes’ on Oct. 26 Scholarships in memory of 14 killed by Lynn McDonald Canadians are at a crucial time of choice as the Oct. 26 referendum approaches. Women face a difficult dilemma because, although many groups got much of what they wanted in the Charlottetown Accord (like the triple-E Senate and the in- herent right to aboriginal self- government), women made no significant gains. They were heard at the community meetings early in the consultation process, but were shut out of the men’s club at the end. 1 share the frustration of the Na- tional Action Committee (NAC) at this exclusion, but do not share its decision to urge women to vote “No." Canada desperately needs this accord. It is not perfect and it is certainly not inspiring, but it is serviceable. Women got equality rights and affirmative action in the Constitution in 1982. Most of what we need now does not re- quire constitutional amendment. Ii needs ordinary legislation and adequate budget, for which we need more political clout. The Aug. 28 accord disappoints by not improving the status of women, but it does not make any- thing worse. NAC claims that equality rights are weakened, but fails to give specifics. Native women should have been in- cluded in the process, but NAC exaggerates here as well. In Section 52, the accord specifi- cally reaffirms genderequality for aboriginal people. The federal government could help consider- ably by explaining how Section 52 would work, by announcing that genderequality will be on the table at the first First Ministers’ Conference on Aboriginal Con- stitutional Matters (referred to in Section 53) and by ensuring that the Native Women’s Association of Canada is at the table at that meeting. The contention that the accord “makes future shared-cost pro- grams, including a national sys- tem of child care, a virtual impos- sibility” is simply unfounded. True, provinces will be able to opt out of shared-cost programs with compensation, but they have al- ways had the right to participate or not. 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No con- stitution can make a government spend money on any program it doesn’t want, as we have just seen with the cancellation of family al- lowances. We will only achieve national programs on child care and violence against women by political persuasion, for which we need a strong and credible NAC to lead the way. NAC is worried that, with opting out and compensation, some provinces might choose to run a social program differently from others. But provinces already run their health-care and social-assis- tance programs differently, without the accord. The Quebec Pension Plan ac- tually gave women a better deal than the Canada Pension Plan, pioneering the inclusion of homemakers, which was only later taken up by the rest of Canada. If uniformity had been required, we might never have gotten this important reform. Nor does the accord threaten old social programs. Rather, it actual- ly sets out policy objectives for the “Social and Economic Union,” including, but not limited to, health care (including univer- sality and comprehensive cover- age); adequate social services and benefits regarding access to hous- ing, food and basic necessities; high-quality primary and secon- dary education; and reasonable access to postsecondary educa- tion. Full employment and a rea- sonable standard of living are goals, with sustainable and equi- table development and equaliza- tion payments to the poorer provinces. NAC does not recog- nize any of this. The right-wing National Citizens’ Coalition does, coming out against the accord for being too committed to social programs. N AC’s call for proportional rep- resentation deserves support, but we cannot expect results at this round. To change the electoral system for the House of Com- mons to even partial proportional representation would entail mas- sive changes to our whole politi- cal system. The implications must first be carefully thought through and a broad consensus achieved. The Aug. 28 accord at least takes one modest step by opening up, for the first time, the possibility of gender equity in the Senate. In- stead of knocking the accord for not guaranteeing it in every prov- ince, women should be working to get it in at least some provinces. When Canadians see that it works just fine, they will be more willing to extend it to other provinces and consider it for the House of Com- mons, too. I urge Canadian women and men to support the accord in the Oct. 26 referendum. If British Colum- bia will lead the way on gender equity, B.C. women should be front and centre for the “Yes” side. NAC should reconsider its opposition so that it can play a constructive role in the debate, both now and for the longer-term changes women need. Prof. Lynn McDonald is chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. A former president of NAC and a former MP, she is a member of the National Canada Committee. The U of G Faculty Association has established two scholarships in memory of the 14 women who were massacred Dec. 6 at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique. The Dec. 6 Memorial Scholar- ships, valued at $1,500, will be awarded each year to two female students — one in the College of Physical and Engineering Science, the other in a graduate program in the School of En- gineering. Recipients will be selected on the basis of academic performance, with some con- sideration given to financial need. According to the calendar description of the award, it is designed to attract women into professions dominated by men. □ Brampton Rotary Club invests in environment The new Faculty of Environmen- tal Sciences has its first scholar- ship, thanks to a gift from the Brampton Rotary Club. And the first students to receive it are Nicole Gaudet and Bruno Puiatti of Brampton, who will each receive $1 ,000 a year. The Rotary Club has set aside $100,000 for the scholarship, tenable over 30 years. This demonstrates the club’s commit- ment to the environment, says club president Richard Brown. Two recipients of the scholar- ship will be chosen each year from applicants from Brampton secon- dary schools who are entering the Faculty of Environmental Scien- ces. They must demonstrate sig- nificant academic achievement, personality and communication skills. Prof. Michael Moss, associate dean of the new faculty, says he’s pleased to have a scholarship al- ready in place for the first semester of the program. □ We’d like to hear from you Members of the University community are invited to sub- mit opinion pieces for the “Commentary” section of At Guelph. 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This summer, however, zoology graduate student Harry Vogel and student research assistant Lisa Doran embarked on a project to gain new insights into loon be- havior and communication by recording loon calls at remote sites in Northern Ontario. Vocal tagging “Vocally tagging individual loons adds to our knowledge about loons’ fidelity to breeding sites and their mates as well as their life span and movement pat- terns,” says Vogel. “It’s ironic that we use this bird’s image so much but know so little about it.” Dodging July and August rain- storms, the two researchers pad- died a 16-foot aluminum canoe loaded with sound equipment in the waters of Algonquin Provin- cial Park, quietly observing and recording loon yodels, wails and tremolos. They suspect the birds’ recorded calls, which will be analysed this fall, will support the theory that adult loon calls are individual sig- natures that uniquely distinguish each bird. “Vocal tagging is a non-intrusive way to discover this information, which is important to monitor the health of loon popula- tions and the success of conserva- tion efforts,” says Vogel. The researchers’ canoe was equipped with a variable-speed UHER reel-to-reel tape recorder, the standard for field acoustic re- search. Sound was gathered through a tripod-mounted micro- phone backed by a transparent plastic parabolic reflector to focus the sound waves on the micro- phone and follow the subjects, which would sometimes paddle to within 10 feet of the canoe. To attract the loons, the researchers had a tape player on board to broadcast the calls of other loons. Vogel hopes that associating the calls with specific loons will help determine areas where distinctly related groups of the birds breed. This knowledge will lead to a more accurate assessment of population trends and the success of conservation measures, he says. This research was supported by the Environmental Youth Corps program of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Canadian Wildlife Foundation. □ Publisher to give workshop Sandra Woolfrey, the director of Wilfrid Laurier Press, will be on campus Oct. 29 to discuss scholar- ly publishing. She will give a general session at 2:10 p.m. in Room 442 of the University Centre, then will meet with individual faculty. Topics to be covered include selection of an appropriate publisher and ap- plications for the aid-to-scholarly publication program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Re- search Council. Anyone wishing to arrange a private meeting with Woolfrey should call the Office of Research at Ext. 3082. □ SSHRC grant rules change The Research Board has approved a number of changes to the small research grant (under $5,000) and conference travel grant programs that are funded from U of G’s general research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. One of the major changes is the elimination of the spring research grant competition. After the fall competition closes this Nov. I, there won’t be another one until Nov. 1, 1993. Other changes, which are all ef- fective May 1, 1993, include a lifting of the restriction on travel to the Learned Societies’ meet- ings and introduction of a limit of one conference travel award per faculty member in a 12-month period. New program descriptions and application forms are available from the Office of Research in the Reynolds Building. □ Beetles could help keep purple loosestrife under control by Margaret Boyd University Communications Three beetles that feed on the weed purple loosestrife will be released and monitored next spring by U of G biologists. This weed with European origins has become a familiar sight along riverbanks and in wet- lands with its tall purple stalks of flowers. It is so prolific that it has taken over wetlands and choked out all native vegetation in some areas. With no native predators in North America and no herbicides registered in Canada for use against the plant in or close to water, scientists have looked to biocontrol to restrain it. “The best long-term solution is GUELPH POULTRY Remember Us This Harvest Season For Plump, Juicy, Farm Fresh T URKEYS, CAPONS, DUCKS & GEES E We offer a tasty variety of wholesome foods, all carefully prepared in our kitchen. The perfect solution to your hectic schedule. GUELPH POULTRY MARKET Kortright just off the Hanlon Kortright Plaza Mon.-Wed. Thurs.-Fri. Sat. Sun. 763-2284 / biocontrol, but it takes years to develop,” says Prof. John Laing, Environmental Biology, who received the beetles recently from the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture (USDA). And even biocontrol won’t erase purple loosestrife, he says. “The aim is to reduce it so it does not outcompete other species.” The beetles were tested and screened stringently by Agricul- ture Canada, the USDA and the International Institute for Bio- control in Europe. Two of the beetles — Galerucella cal- mariensis and Galerucella pusilla — are leaf-eaters. The third — Hylohius transversovirtatus — is a root-borer. These three were selected be- cause, out of 42 plants tested, they fed only on loosestrife and mini- mally on a related plant. The bee- tles lay their eggs only on purple loosestrife. When the eggs hatch, the larvae feed on the leaves, weakening the plant. Since arriving at Guelph, the beetles have been quarantined and raised to another generation to en- sure they harbor no parasites or disease. The root-feeding beetles are currently in storage for winter, the leaf-eaters are in culture. The first-year releases will be made in the Guelph area to monitor the establishment, sur- vival and spread of the beetles. Prince Edward Island and Man- itoba will be making releases of material from Guelph next spring. and releases have already been made in the United States. It’s not known if the beetles will adapt to Canada’s climate, says Laing. Researchers are now look- ing at biotypes of the beetles from more northern climates in Europe. On average, it takes four established insects to have effec- tive biocontrol, he says. Bio- control used in conjunction with chemical control may be neces- sary to reduce the loosestrife problem. Laing has been swamped with requests for the beetles, but first- year releases will be confined to the Guelph area for ease of monitoring. After the first year, samples of the beetles will be col- lected and taken to other areas. □ CLIP S SAVE If you are one of the 1 .76 million drinkers in Ontario who exceed 12 drinks a week and feel life would be better if you could cut back to moderate drinking levels, call drink)(wise HEALTHY OPTIONS FOR DRINKERS (519) 824-3417 CUP 4 SAVE CLIP 4 SAVE CLIP 4 SAVE 6 At Guelph /Oct. 7, 1992 PSA launches handbook A handbook for professional staff members has been launched this fall, a product of a co-operative effort between the University ad- ministration and the Professional Staff Association (PSA). The handbook contains infor- mation about the association, a copy of the memorandum of agreement between the PSA and the University, and a selection of human resources policies cover- ing such topics as employment, career development and compen- sation. It has been distributed to all on-campus professional staff, whether they are PSA members or not. The handbook is designed as a reference guide and will supple- ment the human resources manual, which is available on- line. Because some employees cannot access the manual by com- puter, the handbook will be up- dated whenever there is a change in human resources policy. Deadline nears for CSB payroll deduction plan The deadline for applying for Canada Savings Bonds through payroll deduction is Oct. 16. All permanent full-time employees are eligible for the plan. Deductions will be made in 25 equal instalments beginning Nov. 5. Application forms are available from departmental administrative secretaries. Those who purchased the 1991 series can pick up their bonds from Revenue Control on Level 4 of the University Centre begin- ning Oct. 30. □ Bed & Breakfast For visitors who like peace and quiet in the country after a hectic day. consider elegant and charming accommodations in a beautifully landscaped 5-acre set- ting. 10 minutes from the university. Reasonable rates. Country Spirit 856-9879 The PSA is pleased with the amount of co-operation and sup- port the project received from the University, says association presi- dent Adrian DeLy zer of the Office of Graduate Studies. That support allowed the PSA to produce the volume at low cost, mainly through volunteer work, he says. Jose Robinson of Student Health Services, a member-at-large of the PSA executive, oversaw production with the help of Bill Apsit of Human Resources, Rick Nigol of Continuing Education, Jane Morley of the Counselling and Student Resource Centre, Barbara Stuart of the Department of Family Studies and local artist Brian Fray. Work began on the handbook last year, and more than 700 copies were produced this sum- mer. Any professional staff who have not received a copy should check with their supervisors or call the PSA office at Ext. 6994.0 Visitor Noted environmental scientist Theo Colbom will visit the Col- lege of Biological Science Oct. 14 and 15. While here, she will speak in the college’s Third Decade seminar series on her recent book. Chemically Induced Alterations in Sexual Development: The Wildlife! Human Connection. A senior fellow of the W. Alton Jones Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund, Colbom has pub- lished extensively on environ- mental issues and has produced reports for several major agen- cies, including Health and Wel- fare Canada. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin and is currently researching connections • between environmental factors and epidemics of reproductive problems. □ WHEN; buying* or selling your home. Call RICK TODD 837-1300 Sales Representative $139,900 - VJ m O n Semi Exhibition Park a^Vnew kitchen, • 139,900 - Five Bedrooms Country-size lot, new subdivision, 'aragc, across from park, 3bed rooms up, I down, 2 baths. Ideal family location • 179,500 - Fabulous Home Immaculate 3+ bedrooms, walkout to covered patio and beautiful perennial gardens. Raised bungalow. Quiet cres- cent backing onto parkland. $189,900 - Stately Home Main floor office with separate entrance. Formal living room, dining room, rec room, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths Perfect family home Spacious 2500 sq. ft. brick. 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For a private viewing of these properties, please call: Barbara Pritlove Sales Representative Royal City Realty Limited 763-2222 Our people Prof. Vladimir Rasper, Food Science, gave a plenary talk on “Rheology — An Evolving Tool for Research and Quality Testing” at the ninth international Cereal and Bread Congress in Paris. While in France, he also par- ticipated in seminars at the cereal and carbohydrate labs of the In- stitut de la Recherche Agronomi- que. An open house will be held Oct. 29 for Jim Cooper, who has left Financial and Administrative Ser- vices after 24 years. The open house begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Faculty Club. RSVP by Oct. 15 to Edna Mclsaac at Ext. 3452. Prof. Gail Grant, Sociology and Anthropology, presented two papers at the Learned Societies conference in P.E.I.: “Gendered Dysphoria: Mad Women/Angry Men” and “Women Abuse/ Women’s Quiescence.” She also presented a paper on “Myths and Metamorphoses” at the Folklore Meetings. Judith Nasby, director of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, has been appointed to the Canada Council Art Bank Advisory Com- mittee. Susan James of International Education Services is spending five months in Akure, Nigeria, working on a pilot project called “Arusha Charter in Action." She received a professional award from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for the project. A total of 17 Cana- dians received CIDA’s profes- sional awards this year, including Neil Irwin of the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, who is now in Costa Rica. John Joyner of Career Services delivered a paper on “Occupa- tional Professionalization” at a national conference on co-opera- tive education in Halifax. At the conference, he was recognized for meritorious service by the Cana- Classifieds For sale professional couple, references, $689 plus utilities, 837-8538. New slide trays, Ext. 2965. 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The finished basement has a walkup to the double garage. $323,900 Call Peter Ellis, M.A. '70 Associate Broker 836-2050 dian Association for Co-operative Education. Profs. Tammy Bray and Bill Bettger, Nutritional Sciences, spoke at a symposium on “Nutri- ents Involved in Free-Radical Generation and Defence” at the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Biological So- cieties. At the summer research conference of the Federation of American Societies for Ex- perimental Biology, Bray spoke on “Trace Elements in Anti- and Pro-Oxidants," and Bettger dis- cussed “Physiological Roles on Zinc in the Plasma Membrane.” Prof. O.P. Dwivedi, Political Studies, has been re-elected a vice-president for the North American region of the Interna- tional Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration. He was also appointed project direc- tor of the working group on en- vironmental policy and manage- ment. Dwivedi recently gave a keynote address at a workshop on technology and development or- ganized by the Institute for Politi- cal and Social Studies of the Bul- garian Academy of Sciences. Prof. Walter Kehm, Landscape Architecture, presented the paper “Toward the Recovery of Nature” at conferences on regional landscape planning and environ- mental conservation at the University of Tokyo and the Osaka Prefecture University. Prof. Mary Woodside, Music, has been elected secretary/ treasurer of the New York State and St. Lawrence chapter of the American Musicological Society for a two-year term. She has also been elected to the board of direc- tors of the Edward Johnson Foun- dation for a three-year term. Baljit Singh, a graduate student of Prof. Onkar Atwal, Biomedi- cal Sciences, chaired a session and presented a paper at a com- bined meeting in Boston of the Electron Microscopy Society of America, the Microbeam Anal- ysis Society and the Micro- scopical Society of Canada. His paper was entitled “Ultrastruc- tural Study of Uptake of Monastral Blue by the Pulmonary Intravascular Macrophages of Sheep in the Presence and Ab- sence of Surface Coat.” Prof. Victor Ujimoto, Sociol- ogy and Anthropology, has been reappointed U of G’s repre- sentative on the Guelph and Dis- trict Multicultural Centre Board. Michale Lindinger of the School of Human Biology, Gayle Ecker of the Equine Research Centre and Prof. Henry Staempfli, Clinical Studies, pre- sented the poster “Blood Ion and Fluid Homeostasis During and After Prolonged Exercise in En- durance Horses” at the American Physiological Society’s annual meeting in Colorado. □ It doesn’t cost a fortune to start making one. Investors has helped over 400,000 Canadians achieve a more secure financial future for as little as $50 a month. Call 836-6320 (office) or 766-1858 (home) f Im/estorS / Building futures 'Group / since 1940. 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Music - Mel Brown and the Homewreckers bring their blues jam to the Brass Taps Fridays from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11 Cycling Club - An 80-km lunch ride to St. George (weather per- mitting) and an off-road ride leave from the UC at 10 a.m. Arboretum - Migration is the topic of the Sunday afternoon walk beginning at 2 p.m. at the nature centre. Tuesday, Oct. 13 Physics Colloquium - Gerald Rickayzen of the University of Kent at Canterbury looks at “Models of Inhomogeneous Molecular Fluids” at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton 113. Current Issues in Agriculture - Martha Crouch of the University of Indiana discusses ‘The Science and Ethics of Biotechnology” at 4 p.m. in Crop Science 1 16. Music - Karoake arrives at the Brass Taps tonight and tomorrow night. Wednesday, Oct. 14 Open House - The Women’s Resource Centre on UC Level 2 will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors are asked to bring a donation of canned goods for Marianne’s Place. Concert - Miles and Porteous per- form at noon in the UC courtyard. Food for Thought - “Alternative Visions for the Agriculture and Food System” are described by Rod McCrae, co-ordinator of the Toronto Food Policy Council, at 12:10 p.m. in Animal Science 141. Third-Age Learning - TAL- Guelph’s fall lecture series con- tinues with “Mystery of the Advent of Man” with Prof. Ron Brooks, Zoology, at 10 a.m. and “From Uncle Tom to Les Miz: What’s Canadian in Canadian Theatre?” with Prof. Alan Filewod, Drama, at 1 :30 p.m. Lee- Worship Catholic mass is celebrated Sun- day at 10:10 a.m. in Thombrough 164, Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church (Anglican/United/Presbyterian), runs Sunday at 1 1 a.m. in UC 442. Midweek — A Time with God provides an opportunity for reflection and meditation Wed- nesday at 12:10 in UC533. The Student Christian Move- ment meets to discuss politics, society and spirituality T uesday at noon in UC 335. The Lutheran Student Move- ment meets Friday at noon in UC 444. □ tures are in The Arboretum Centre. Admission for single lec- tures is $2.50. Zoology Seminar - U of T’s John Eadie looks at “Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Birds and Bugs” at 4 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Cycling Club - A 40-km novice ride to Puslinch Lake leaves from the UC at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 Concert - Soprano Carol Lynn Reifel and pianist John-Paul Bracey of Queen’s University perform at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in MacKinnon 107. CBS Lecture - Noted environ- mental scientist Theo Colborn speaks on “Chemically Induced Alterations in Sexual Develop- ment: the Wildlife/Human Con- nection” at 1:10 p.m. in MacNaughton 113. Friday, Oct. 16 Current Issues in Agriculture - Learn about agricultural jour- nalism from reporter Jim Rohman of the Kitchener-Waterloo Re- cord at 3 p.m. in Crop Science 116. Nutritional Sciences Seminar - “Hepatocyte Glutathione Content in PEM Rats: Regulation by Hor- mones and Substrate Avail- ability” is presented by Petra Goss, 1 1 a.m. in Animal Sciences and Nutrition 141. Cycling Club - A 25 to 35-km off-road ride leaves the UC at 5 p.m. Music in Residence - Join the U of G Orchestra for a free concert at 8 p.m. in the Eccles Centre Sunday, Oct. 18 Cycling Club - Two rides leave at 10 a.m. from the UC — an Eden Mills-Brucedale ride of 39 km and an off-road trip of 35 to 55 km. A bike workshop will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. at 61 Tiffany St. W. Monday, Oct. 19 Drama - The Golden Age by Louis Nowra opens at 8 p.m. at the MacKinnon Inner Stage and con- tinues nightly until Saturday. Tickets are $6 Monday to Wed- nesday, $7 Thursday to Saturday. Tuesday, Oct. 20 Senate - Senate meets at 8 p.m. in MacNaughton 113. Physics Colloquium - Peter Rand of Brock University looks at “The Role of Water in the Energetics of Protein Conformation Changes" at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton 113. Wednesday, Oct. 21 Third-Age Learning - TAL- Guelph’s fall lecture series con- tinues with “Mystery of Hypno- tism” with dental surgeon Victor Rausch at 10 a.m. and “The Na- tional Theatre and Contemporary Around town Art on tour Take a stroll through the studios of 20 artists and artisans during the seventh annual Guelph Studio Tour Oct. 1 7 and 1 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pottery, paintings, photography, jewelry and other art forms will be demonstrated by the artists in their studios. Pick up a map with locations from the tourist information bureau in the Eaton’s Centre or at 23 Wyndham St. N. Remember and release The AIDS Committee of Guelph and Wellington County will hold a candlelight vigil on the theme “Remember and Release” Oct. 8 for all people who have been af- fected personally by HIV or AIDS. For more information, call Jan Robertson at 763-2255. Second City live The national touring company of Second City will give three perfor- mances at the Theatre on the Grand in Fergus Oct. 9 and 10. Shows are at 8 p.m. Oct. 9 and at 2 and 8 p.m. Oct. 10. Tickets are $20 plus tax and are available at the UC box office and the Book- shelf. A comedy tonight The Guelph Little Theatre opens its 58th season with Neil Simon’s California Suite. The play con- tinues until Oct. 17. Other produc- tions planned for this year are Arsenic and Old Lace, Noises Off! o ATfe Doug Weaver Investment Executive BURNS FRY LIMITED Interest Rates - A Double-Edged Sword W^hen interest rates are low, it's great if you owe money but not so great if you're investing money. Today it's difficult to find good solid returns on the money you have to invest — especially if you want a high level of security. 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Fashion Show - A free fashion show sponsored by Establo and Tribute. Tickets for the entire season are $36; individual shows are $10. For ticket information, call the box office at 82 1 -0270. Be a sport The Guelph Civic Museum presents the exhibit "We Are the Champions! The History of Sports in Guelph” until Jan. 31. Urban design Henry Kock of The Arboretum will give a multimedia presenta- tion on land-use planning Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at The Loft on Carden Street. He will compare land-use planning in North America and northern Europe. Young musicians The Suzuki String School begins its 1992/93 season Oct. 18 with violinist Paule Barsalou and pianist Ken Gee performing 20th- century works. Other concerts in the series are scheduled for Nov. Leather takes place at noon in the UC courtyard. Food for Thought - “Compare the Share: Who Gets the Con- sumer Food Dollar?” is the topic of MP Ralph Ferguson at 12:10 p.m. in Animal Science 141. Biochemistry Seminar - Prof. Stan Leibo, Biomedical Sciences, describes "Cryobiology of Mam- malian Gametes” at 1 2: 10 p.m. in MacNaughton 222. Zoology Seminar - “Evolution of Sociality in Lions” is the topic of Craig Packer of the University of Minnesota' at 4 p.m. in Axelrod 259. 29, Feb. 14 and March 28. All begin at 3 p.m. in Chalmers United Church, 50 Quebec St. Subscrip- tions are $45 for adults. $35 for students and seniors. Individual tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at Carden Street Music and the Bookshelf. Sadie Hawkins dance The AIDS Committee of Guelph and Wellington County and 33 Mac are hosting a Sadie Hawkins dance Oct. 10 featuring live enter- tainment and a buffet. Tickets are $5. Come dressed as your favorite character from the '50s and ’60s and win a prize. The dance begin' at 9 p.m. at 33 Macdonell St. Food drive The Guelph Food Bank is holding its Thanksgiving food drive until Oct. 12. 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Here’s a sum- mary of the status of some of U of G’s construction projects. ■ The OVC Learning Centre, on the site of the old grey bam, is on schedule and should be finished in December. ■ The Athletics Centre pool is close to schedule and should be completed by May 1993. ■ The addition to the Landscape Architecture Building is now open. ■ Board of Governors has ap- proved funding of $1,125 mil- lion to begin outfitting the interior of the addition to the Food Science Building, which has been completed on the ex- terior. This money will fund re- search and office space occupying about 60 per cent of the interior. ■ Land is being levelled near the Turfgrass Institute in prepara- tion for the planting of turf plots. ■ New greenhouses are going up behind the Crop Science Build- ing. funded by the University and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. The new structures will contain some parts from the green- houses that used to stand be- hind the old horticulture building and were taken down in the winter. About 30 parking spaces were lost in P 1 0 because of the new construction. ■ Discussion continues on the fate of the area near the Univer- sity Centre formerly occupied by several greenhouses. Park- ing, green space or a combina- tion are options under con- sideration. □ Construction of the new pool behind the Athletics Centre is scheduled tor completion in May 1993. Phobo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications Ethics focus of political studies prof’s research Prof. Maureen Mancuso joined the Department of Political Studies in January after 2 1/2 years as an assistant professor at the Univer- sity of Wind- sor. She re- ceived her BA from McMaster and her mas- ter’s from Carleton. After a year in Ottawa as a parliamentary in- tern, working as an assistant to Jean Chretien and James Mc- Grath, she went to England to earn her PhD at Oxford’s Nuffield Col- lege. Her research focused on ethics, corruption and morality in the British political system. Political ethics is still the focus of her work here, and she is cur- rently organizing a workshop with politicians, academics and other groups to help set directions for her research. She is also teach- ing courses on comparative politics and statistics. She and her husband, Kevin Porter, live in Guelph. Active in sports, Mancuso revived the department’s softball team this summer and helped lead them to a division title. □ Maureen Mancuso Forest work leads history scholar to science career Prof. Ann Hahnel, newly arrived in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, was originally a history scholar. But several years of work in forestry after graduation showed her that science was ac- tually her calling. After completing her doctorate in developmental biology at the University of Washington in Seat- tle, she headed north to the University of Calgary for a post- doctoral position. Hahnel has been working with mammalian embryos, studying the way they develop before they implant in the uterine wall. Learn- ing which molecules control the processes of development has im- plications for both animal and human re- search. She arrived at the Univer- sity at the end of August and is setting up a laboratory and arranging research grants, as well as assisting in some veteri- nary histology courses. Outdoor pursuits, including hiking, climbing and horseback riding, are enjoyed by Hahnel and her husband, Roy Meidinger, who has joined the staff of the Depart- ment of Molecular Biology and Genetics.O Ann Hahnel Give your Savings Strength in Numbers. For the 10-year period ended August 31, 1992. 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Montgomery journals published Thought for the week W e all need some kind of fairy tale, else we c nor live. _ ^Discover,# , . , DowntownIi Lucy Maud Montgomery ^fJELPH’||j| Volume 36 Number 33 by Margaret Boyd University Communications The third volume of The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery , edited by English professor Mary Rubio and professor emeritus Elizabeth Waterston, is being pub- lished this month by Oxford University Press of Canada. This is the long-awaited sequel to the first two volumes of Montgomery journals, which were published in 1985 and 1987 and became surprise best-sellers, selling more than 25,000 copies in total. The third volume — covering the years 1921 to 1929 — is a portrait of social history in the 1920s, a troubled marriage and motherhood by one of the world’s most popular women’s authors. It describes Montgomery’s difficul- ties in juggling her demanding personal and professional lives. During this period, she has the responsibilities of mothering two young boys, caring for her hus- band, Rev. Ewan Macdonald, as he suffers from recurrent attacks of depression, meeting parish obligations and facing everyday struggles of a domestic and social nature. Volume III covers the years when Montgomery wrote the first and second Emily books, her adult novel The Blue Castle and Magic for Marigold. By this time, she had become famous and well- loved by readers around the world. The journal chronicles the suc- cessful conclusion of her lawsuit against an unscrupulous publisher over the ownership of intellectual property that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. It also describes the disappointing out- come of a tempest-in-a-teapot lawsuit arising from a minor automobile accident. As the book opens, Montgomery is still living in Leaskdale, Ont., but in mid-decade, her husband accepts a call to Norval, Ont. His depressions, so vividly described in the second volume of journals, now darken into what was then known as “religious melancholy.’’ In 1919, Macdonald suffered a major breakdown and became vir- tually incapacitated both physi- cally and mentally. The journal’s account of his health problems, which were concealed from his parishioners, provide a fascinat- ing history of mental illness during that time. “In describing a decade of mar- riage, there is nothing in literature that equals it for honesty or pathos or humor,” says Waterston. She and Rubio began editing the handwritten journals in the early 1980s at the request of Montgomery’s son, Stuart Macdonald. Macdonald had ar- ranged for the journals and his mother’s scrapbooks to become part of U of G’s archives. Seven of the 10 volumes were written in Ontario and chronicle the social history of this area. After Stuart Macdonald’s death in 1982, his widow placed the remaining memorabilia in the University’s Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection. Rubio and Waterston have plans for a fourth and perhaps fifth jour- nal, covering the remainder of Montgomery’s life. Rubio is also working on a biography of the author. The journal project has received support from U of G and the So- cial Sciences and Humanities Re- search Council. □ This 1 927 photograph of Lucy Maud Montgomery appears on tl of the third volume of her journals. Photo courtesy of u o Wanted: Montgomery readers People over 50 who have read Anne of Green Gables or other books by L.M. Montgomery are being sought for a reader-response project. English professor Mary Rubio and professor emeritus Elizabeth Waterston, editors of the Montgomery journals, want to find out what influence this renowned Canadian author has had on people’s lives. Rubio and Waterston will use the reader responses in their writ- ings about Montgomery’s impact and reach. “Montgomery is the kind of writer people keep reading all their lives,”says Rubio. “They see new things in her books as they grow older. People have a lot to write about her. We’ve had some fascinating human-interest stories.” Specifically, the editors want to know what readers liked about Montgomery’s writing, when they first read her books and under what conditions, whether they read some books over and over, what their favorite books were and why, what effect her books had on their lives or the lives of other people, and why they think she’s so popular. Rubio and Waterston have al- ready received several hundred letters — mostly from women — about Montgomery’s impact. A common theme of these letters is the positive effect the author’s writings have had. “She is very empowering to women readers," says Waterston. In addition to Montgomery’s positive attitude, readers cite her use of humor and her ability to get things said. “Her characters make fun of male arrogance or pomposity, but it is done in a gentle way.” says Waterston. “Women respond to being able to laugh at things sacred.” In addition, readers often men- tion the bonds that are created by reading Montgomery together with their mother, a sister or a friend, she says. “There is a net- work of Montgomery readers.” Reader responses to Montgomery books should be sent to the L.M. Montgomery Project at U of G. Respondents are asked to enclose a complete return address on their letters, so Rubio or Waterston can contact them if they have any questions. □ Oct. 14, 1992 Review of presidential applications under way by Martha Tancock University Communications Now that the Oct. 1 deadline is past, the Presidential Search Com- mittee is sifting through a “sub- stantial” list of applications and nominations for the top position at U of G. At a public forum in War Memorial Hall last week. Board of Governors chair Bill Brock, head of the nine-member commit- tee. said there was a “substantial response" to advertisements placed in Canadian and interna- tional publications. He said the committee is reviewing applica- tions before it begins interviews and hopes to complete its search by the end of this year. Brock reiterated the com- mittee 's resol ve not to disclose the names of candidates on a 'lion list unless they all agree to do so. Only 17 students, staff and faculty turned out for the public forum. Deans and directors who report to the president had met earlier in the day with the search committee. Committee secretary Betsy Allan later suggested that the scant turnout was "a reflection that people feel comfortable with the information they have received” about the search process. A job description ap- peared Sept. 9 in At Guelph. The forum was held to give those who were absent for similar meetings in July a chance to ask questions and express views Continued on page 3 Inside: University presidents urged to promote teaching 3 What’s next for the harassment policy? . . Breathing a little easier Calendar Batter's up for the United Way We just opened a CIBC branch in your home, office, car, cottage. LINK UP is 24-hour, fully- automated telephone banking-f/ie ultimate convenience ... only from CIBC. 23 College Ave. West 824-6520 CIBCS C LinkUp Getusworhngfry*- Aflagtjiwad Mark of CISC. ■ Pay bills including major credit cards/department stores ■ Account balances,including VISA ■ Transfer between accounts ■ MUCH,MUCH MORE....: I 2 At Guelph /Oct. 14, 1992 Letters to the editor Job evaluation process begins Earlier this year, the Joint Univer- sity/Professional Staff Associa- tion (PSA) Committee agreed to move from the Hay job evaluation system to the Aiken plan for professional and managerial posi- tions. After broad consultation across campus, the University took the positive initiative of moving all supervisory staff into the newly created professional/managerial group, effective Aug. 13. In keeping with the joint Univer- sity/PSA goal of introducing a long-term salary policy and estab- lishing a salary grid, it was agreed that the job evaluation process should be conducted by a joint committee with broad repre- sentation and gender balance. Implementation of this process began in August with the forma- tion of the professional/mana- gerial steering committee, which has equal representation from the University and the profes- sional/managerial group and is responsible for policy decision. I am chairing the committee, which consists of Barbara Abercrombie of the President’s Office, Brent Harwood of Physi- cal Resources, Janet Kaufman of the Employment and Educational Equity Office and Elaine Kirby of the Registrar’s Office. 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Membership of the joint evalua- tion committee (JEC) has been finalized, and about 80 positions have been identified for initial evaluation. These will serve as reference points for the remaining evaluations of about 430 posi- tions. Training sessions have been set up for members of the JEC and the steering committee. Incumbents of reference positions will soon be contacted by Human Resources and will receive training on how to complete a job fact sheet. We anticipate that the initial evaluations, final review and documentation of the reference positions will be completed by late 1993. After that, the JEC will begin to evaluate the remaining positions. We encourage everyone to get involved in this process. The steering committee and Human Resources welcome your com- ments. We are confident that with the move to the Aiken plan, not only will the legislative requirements of Ontario’s Pay Equity Act con- tinue to be met, but the joint process of job evaluation and resulting long-term salary policy will also go a long way in recog- nizing the valuable and unique contributions made by profes- sional and managerial staff at the University. Philip John Department of Animal and Poultry Science Don’t compare environment with health I have just read the article “Wanted: Eco-Doctors with Holistic Approach To Environ- ment” in the Sept. 30 issue of At Guelph. Please! Enough ecosys- tem “health,” already. Perhaps this anecdote, published in Medical World News in 1974 by the chair of surgery at the University of Arizona, will help explain why. “One day when I was a junior medical student, a very important Boston surgeon visited the school and delivered a great treatise on a large number of patients who had undergone successful operations for vascular reconstruction. At the end of the lecture, a young student at the back of the room timidly asked: ‘Do you have any con- trols?’ Well, the gTeat surgeon drew himself up to his full height, hit the desk and said: ‘Do you mean did I not operate on half of the patients?’ The hall grew very quiet then. The voice at the back of the room very hesitantly replied: ‘Yes, that’s what I had in mind.’ Then the visitor’s fist real- ly came down as he thundered: ‘Of course not. That would have doomed half of them to their death.’ God, it was quiet then, and one could scarcely hear the small voice ask: ‘Which half?’” Sure, the idea of parallels be- tween the general practitioner and the specialist in medicine and the broadly trained environmental manager and the specialist en- vironmental manager is intuitive- ly appealing. It may even make sense. It doesn’t cost a fortune to start making one. Investors has helped over 400,000 Canadians achieve a more secure financial future for as little as $50 a month. 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Environ- mental scientists go through a similar diagnostic procedure. From an array of hypotheses about the causes of some environ- mental “ailment,” they deduce the most probable. Currently, there is great debate about just how we decide whether there even is a problem, i.e., what constitutes environmental “health” and how we might ac- tually measure it. This is no small issue, burdened as it is by the fact that every interest group has its own definition of how a “healthy” environment ought to look. Unlike obvious lesions, painful joints or any other symptom that humans know makes them “feel bad,” what humans presume to know about what is ailing the en- vironment sometimes turns out to be wrong. The societal costs of misdiag- nosis and mistreatment can be staggering. Not only might limited resources be wasted in futile attempts to cure the wrong problem (or a non-problem), but the original problem (if it exists) also goes unchecked. That’s why the parallels be- tween our health systems and our means of dealing with environ- mental problems end at the processes doctors, veterinarians and ecologists go through to deduce most probable causes. When it comes to treatment, medical practitioners and en- vironmental scientists should go in different directions. A vet-tumed-wildlife-ecologist friend likes to relate the tale of the rural vet who tries a blitz of cures on a sick horse because you’re taught in vet school that “it’s bet- ter to wonder why an animal lived than to know why it died.” This may be fine if the cost of a mistake is one dead horse, but it is simply not good enough if the cost of misdiagnosis on a grand scale is a dead ecosystem. Rather, scientists should test whether the hypothesized cause of a symptom is, in fact, what they think or whether something else is. Because medical ethics simply won’t allow us to not treat half the patients, the health metaphor is an inappropriate model for environ- mental studies. To those who might argue that we’ve got only one world and therefore no oppor- tunity or time to study properly the varied hypotheses about what’s wrong in it (let alone use controls), I argue that that’s all the more reason to be concerned about the costs of being wrong. The real irony is that specialists in veterinary medicine seem poised to serve as broadly based generalists capable of diagnosing environmental health. Don’t get me wrong. I’m delighted to see so many jumping on the environ- mental bandwagon. Better that than total disinterest. I just wish more knew where they were going or how to steer. Prof. Tom Nudds Department of Zoology Group lobbies for families The Family Friendly Policy Group is a loosely organized group that lobbies to increase family sen- sitivities at U of G. It emerged from some faculty discussions in the Department of Family Studies after the morale survey, but it is not a creature of any one department or college. We welcome new members from faculty, librarians, staff and stu- dents across campus. We take it as a given that all of us are overburdened between work and family responsibilities. As such, we have as few meetings as possible. In fact, we usually communicate via the written word. To date, our activities have most often consisted of circulating position statements among mem- bers, then using them to lobby the appropriate people. All members are encouraged to initiate debate on issues that interest them. If you’d like to get involved with the group, call Prof. Joseph Tindale, Family Studies, at Ext. 3796. Profs. 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In March 1 990, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada establ ished an independent com- mission of inquiry “to examine the ability of univer- sity education to adapt rapidly to the needs of a Canada that is and will continue to be increasingly dependent on the essential national resource of well- educated citizens.” The findings and recommenda- tions of that commission were published in 1991 as the Smith Report. A primary concern of the report is the status of teaching in the universities. In the words of Dr. Stuart Smith, “teaching is seriously undervalued at Canadian universities and nothing less than a total recommitment to it is required.” To this general concern he adds a list of specific ones, including the imbalance between the perceived value of research and teaching, the relative disregard of teaching in regard to hiring, tenure and promotion decisions, and the undue extent to which scholarship is defined and measured exclusively on the basis of research publication, while ignoring the range of scholarly activities essential to producing effective teaching and learning. As recipients of the 3M Teaching Fellowship, we share many of Smith’s concerns and conclusions regarding the current status of teaching in Canadian universities. From our experiences at universities across the country, teaching is indeed undervalued, at times to the extent that in several institutions, new colleagues are encouraged to neglect teaching so they can get on with the business of research publi- cation that will earn them tenure and promotion. Use your influence Because of this neglect and demeaning of universities’ central mission, we are urging you to use your influence and office as president of a Canadian university to initiate, promote and facilitate discussions and activities that will enhance the status and improve the overall quality of teaching within your university. Although we respect the important role that re- search has, and know from our own practice the fundamental way in which research, broadly defined, contributes to good teaching, we hope through your leadership that the education of under- graduate students will become recognized as a mis- sion of your university no less important than re- search, that good teaching will become as highly recognized and valued as good research, and that those faculty who are truly excellent in teaching are no less valued and celebrated than those who excel in research. As president, you have the capacity to enhance the status of teaching in many ways. You can: ■ stress, publicly and repeatedly, the importance of effective teaching and bring attention to those teaching and learning activities that are meritorious; ■ encourage the reporting of innovative teaching activities in annual reports and newsletters; ■ foster experimentation and innovation in the cur- riculum and the ways in which it is presented; ■ ensure that your university has done all it can to provide a physical and intellectual environment that facilitates good teaching and learning; ■ encourage the establishment of several annual teaching awards throughout your faculties and celebrate those who receive them; and ■ ensure that sabbatical leaves for teaching and cur- riculum-related projects are not only permitted, but encouraged. Provide information on teaching Your university’s encouragement and nurturing of good teaching can be demonstrated and furthered through the presence and support of an instructional or educational development office that disseminates information on teaching and learning, that plans and offers workshops, seminars, conferences and cour- ses on teaching, and that co-ordinates peer-consult- ant and peer-support programs. If your university has a graduate program, it should make available to graduate students intending to enter the professoriate a course on university teaching. The above suggestions are a few of the ways in which the quality of teaching and learning can be enhanced and more highly valued. But none of the above strategies will fully achieve their intended goals until effective teaching is recognized as a demanding, challenging and worthy scholarly ac- tivity, and that excellence in this scholarly activity, on its own merit , can justify tenure and promotion to all professorial levels. Despite the all-too-frequent protest that good teaching is difficult to measure, we all recognize what it is and does. Good teaching inspires and motivates. At its best, it demands a thorough grasp of the breadth and depth of its subject matter, rigorous criticism and original approaches to intel- lectual issues. It requires the regular assimilation and synthesis of new knowledge, the consequent reor- ganization of the old and the development of innova- tive learning materials, teaching strategies and tech- niques. It demonstrates a love of learning and a concern for one’s students and discipline, and it elicits intellec- tual excitement and personal boldness. It nurtures in students independent thinking and a commitment to lifelong learning. It motivates students to leam how to leam and to care about their personal success and the well-being of others. Effective teaching is a most demanding creative and scholarly endeavor. In our judgment, the time has come for university presidents to examine the extent to which their universities are truly committed to excellence in teaching. It is time for universities to publicize and reinforce standards of teaching effectiveness and to mandate the highest of teaching expectations. Your leadership is needed to direct Canadian universities back to their most practical and important task: teaching. □ Renaming pays homage to horticultural roots The old horticultural science building will be officially renamed the H.L. Hutt Building Oct. 23 in honor of the first head of horticulture at Guelph. When it was built in 1 89 1 , the building and its attached green- houses were designed ex- clusively for horticultural in- struction. It now houses the Department of Geography and sections of the departments of Mathematics and Statistics and Chemistry and Biochemistry. H.L. Hutt headed Guelph's horticulture department from 1893 to 1914. He also lectured in horticulture and later taught landscape gardening. Hutt’s family has maintained ties with U of G. The late Ted Hutt established the H.L. Hutt Memorial Fellowship for a graduate student of horticul- tural science in memory of his father. A 1 923 graduate of OAC, T ed Hutt was on faculty at Cornell University for 3 1 years until he retired in 1965. U of G awarded him an honorary decree in 1974. Hutt family members and friends will be on hand for the renaming ceremony, which beeins at 10:30 a.m. O The great debate Last week’s debate between federal NDP leader Audrey McLaughlin and Reform Party leader Preston Manning packed the house at War Memorial Hall, but these demonstrators had to be content with waving their placards outside the hall. Almost 50 members of the media turned out for the debate, which was tele- vised live on CBC Newsworld. Photo by Margaret Boyd. University Communications Search committee narrows down the candidates for top position Continued from page I about the search. It was also an opportunity to respond to the job description. The audience asked questions about criteria for choosing a president. Should the candidate live in Guelph, be an agent of change or a healer, be male or female, be able to get along with the vice-president, academic? Heather Heath of the Employment and Educational Equity Office asked how the committee would line up its priorities based on the presidential job description when interviewing candidates. “What are your musts and nice-to-haves?” Prof. Carole Stewart, committee vice- chair and dean of the College of Arts, said “we don't have a template in which we say the president must have this characteristic and this characteristic and this charac- teristic. . . . What’s important is to have someone we think is going to do a very good job at running the University.” She said the job description is a “broad guide against which we can compare candidates.” Consultant Bruce Ward of Heidrick and Struggles Canada, Inc., who has been hired to help the search committee, said can- didates must show a demonstrated ability to deal with issues U of G will face in the next five years. They will be judged on their accomplishments and must currently hold positions with similar scope and com- plexity, he said. The applicants include some women, said Brock. The University “could well expect both women and men to be on the short list. Without question, both men and women are qualified for this position.” Kay MacLeod of the Office of the Vice- President. Administration, asked whether the committee thought a president should live in Guelph. Living in Guelph “may or may not be an issue” in the selection process, said Brock. It’s “most important to get the best- qualified person, and if that person lives in Guelph, it would be a tremendous benefit.” He said a future president would be ex- pected to lead the University in the next capital campaign, in response to a question from Gerry Quinn, vice-president for University affairs and development. Doug Badger of Computing and Com- munications Services asked whether the committee is looking for another “agent of change” or a “healer.” Brock said it’s critical that the new presi- dent have “the capacity to manage change in a constructive manner.” Stewart added that "although a period of no change might be nice, realism suggests that it is not pos- sible.” Responding to a query from OVC as- sociate dean Alan Meek about the relation- ship between a new president and the academic vice-president. Brock said the ability to work together is important. "And there’s no question that we will have to take that into account." He said it's desirable to find someone with a "collegial approach and one that’s not fractious and domineer- ing.” Interviewed after the meeting, Bill Pattison, a search committee member named from Board of Governors, noted that if the number of applicants represents the appeal of a university. Guelph is “very appealing." He also suggested that women were not well represented among ap- plicants. The search committee has received, and will continue to welcome, letters and faxes from U of G alumni, staff, faculty and students about the presidential search, said Allan. Pattison. whose briefcase bulged with such missives, said the entire University community wants to see a collegial ap- proach in the new president. There’s a definite feeling that the president should be close to Guelph physically, mentally, intel- lectually and emotionally, he said. □ 4 At Guelph /Oct. 14, 1992 Commentary The sexual harassment policy — where does it go from here? by Keith Cassidy The announcement that proposed changes to the sexual harassment policy have been tabled by Board of Governors and that the policy has been sent back for wider con- sultation and review is welcome. The issues involved are so com- plex and sensitive that a patient, deliberate and mutually respectful process of discussion, without a rigid deadline, is essential for the achievement of a policy everyone can live with. It should be stressed that in ques- tioning some of the changes, doubt is not being cast on the abilities and good intentions of the advisory board that proposed them, nor is the remainder of the report being disputed. The prob- lem with the changes under dis- pute is not that they are trying to achieve a bad goal, but rather that they ignore other important values and goals of the University in their attempt to reach it. Right to speak freely Insulting and threatening speech should not find a home on cam- pus, but the attempt to free us of it should not imperil our right to speak freely and bluntly about controversial issues, sometimes in a fashion that others may find of- fensive. Institutions based on religious creeds should, it is arguable, have the right to impose limitations on what is taught. But U of G is not an institution based on a creed and cannot hold as acceptable any single view of political, religious. social or sexual matters, nor can it criminalize or prohibit any view of these matters that is not prohibited by Canadian law. Academic freedom is not a frill or a pious phrase; it is at the ab- solute core of what a responsible university does. Free speech is important for the whole of society, but its protection is a par- ticularly urgent task in a univer- sity environment. Turning to the specific policies under discussion, what are the problems? For one thing, these policies are not just an expansion of the existing policy — which prohibits actual sexual harass- ment — but they also move to a radically new view of what may be regulated. The proposed policy would bring under scrutiny and poten- tially criminalize a wide range of expressions of opinion about gender and sexual roles by creat- ing an offence called “gender harassment.” This is defined as “gender-based abuse of a non-sexual nature. It is based on sexist or stereotyped as- sumptions about one sex in the workplace, classroom, residences or other university environment.” It is held to include “denigrating signs or cartoons, belittling or in- sulting comments, jokes in poor taste or teasing remarks.” This would not be confined to those made to an individual, but would include those made as general ob- servations and assertions. What is to be regulated here is not conduct but speech, and Give your Savings Strength in Numbers. For ihe 10-year period ended August 31. 1992. Trimark Fund investors earned 16 , 6 % Trimark Fund Latest 1, 3 & 5 year performance to August 31. 1992: 14.3%, 6.1%, and 6.3% respectively. 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Race, ethnicity, religion, physical ap- pearance — shouldn’t all these and more be included in our fledgling speech code? Some may rejoice at the prospect. But the result would be to circumscribe the discussion of almost all con- troversial topics, hardly a healthy thing in a university. In addition, people should recognize that what will be restricted is not just other people’s speech but their own as well. A favorite target of “denigrating” and “belittling” speech on univer- sity campuses is religion. How many wish to see such discussions barred? This is not to defend such speech, of course, but to make the point that at a university, people take for granted a wide-ranging right to speak their minds, some- times in an offensive way. It will be objected that this is to overstate the case and that only a handful of truly offensive remarks will be suppressed, because the people who will enforce the policy are fair-minded and reasonable. To express skepticism about this is not to imply a lack of trust in the sexual harassment ad- visers, who have done their jobs well and with good judgment. The problem is that in five, 10 or 20 years, a different group of ad- visers may bring a far less rea- sonable set of standards to bear. That this is not just a theoretical danger should be apparent if we contemplate the example of Ryer- son Polytechnical Institute, which was cited by Alan Borovoy of the Canadian Civil Liberties Associa- tion during a debate at U of G earlier this year for the abuse of speech rights under such a code. But the problem goes much deeper than the fact that the range of regulated speech will tend to grow and that we should not put our basic free-speech rights in the hands of a shifting group of ap- pointees that may or may not come to reflect a narrow or- thodoxy. Even more crucially, we should recognize that it’s not always pos- sible for even the most fair- minded person to be able to tell the difference between “belit- tling” speech and tough, legi- timate criticism. That’s because legitimate speech sometimes is “belittling,” at least in the eyes of those whose views are under at- tack. Speech restrictions, however well intentioned, will produce a chillier climate for the honest dis- Portrait and graduation photography by Ask about our special packages HERITAGE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY 821-6770 26 Hramosa Rd ♦ Guelph Concerned about your indoor air quality? ♦ air duct cleaning ♦ carpet & upholstery cleaning Valerie Poulton CALL TODAY 836-7340 At your service! 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One appendix to the report that initiated these policy proposals contains the suggestion that “sexism” may be identical to “an- tifeminism.” Surely the feminist movement needs the kind of searching criticism that can only come from those who dissent from some of its central tenets. It may not enjoy such criticism, but that is surely no reason to stop it. Not defined The word “homophobia” also presents a problem. No attempt is made to define it, and it could be held to include not only expres- sions of hatred against homo- sexuals, but also any sort of dis- cussion about or objection to a gay lifestyle. What should be done? With respect to those policies that ad- versely affect free speech, the University should make it clear that it will not undertake any sweeping attempt to regulate speech. What it can do to address the problems identified by the com- mittee is twofold. It can educate members of the University com- munity about the importance of civility in our dealings with each other — and not just on gender issues. The University may also legitimately protect its members from speech that goes beyond opinion and becomes harassing and threatening. In this way, personal threats of harm or persistently obnoxious comments directed at an in- dividual can be distinguished from the legitimate exercise of free speech. This can be done not as part of a nebulous concept of “gender harassment,” but in the context of a larger policy protect- ing individuals from any kind of harassment. Such policies need to be written with care, however, and adequate safeguards must be built into them. Can this be done? Yes, but it will require patience, good will and time. I hope that these are not among the things in short supply during this period of limited resources. Prof. Keith Cassidy is an associate professor in the Department of His- tory. We’d like to hear from you Members of the University community are invited to sub- mit opinion pieces for the "Commentary” section of At Guelph. Articles should be no longer than 1.200 words and should be submitted on disk. □ At Guelph /Oct. 14, 1992 5 Research report Horses with heaves breathe easier with Aeromask Pesticide containers recycled as fenceposts Profs. David Tesarowski, left, and Laurent Viel try out their Equine Aeromask on equine volunteer Sassy. by Owen Roberts Office of Research Horses with a debilitating asthma- like condition called heaves will soon be breathing easier, thanks to the development of a respiratory tool called the Equine Aeromask. The device — a clear, light- weight polycarbonate shroud that fits over a horse’s snout — was created by OVC’s equine respiratory laboratory, led by Profs. David Tesarowski and Laurent Viel, Clinical Studies. It borrows metered-dose inhaler technology developed for people with asthma by Michael Newhouse and Myma Dolovich of Hamilton’s Firestone Regional Chest and Allergy Unit. “The Aeromask is a fine ex- ample of the interaction between veterinary and human medicine,” says Tesarowski. “Animal modelling of human disease is common, but here, we’ve used humans as the model for horses.” Common disorder The Aeromask gives veteri- narians and horse owners an un- precedented opportunity to ad- minister a host of anti-inflam- matory and bronchial medications to treat progressive obstructive airway disease (commonly called heaves), one of the equine industry’s most common disor- ders. Heaves affects a large propor- tion of young racehorses and up to 75 per cent of all stabled horses six years or older, says Viel. Be- cause there is no cure or effective treatment, many horse owners are forced to euthanize chronically affected animals. The study of heaves has been of interest to both veterinary and human medicine researchers be- cause of its similarity with human asthma. Both have remarkably similar origins in the airways leading to the lungs. Heaves and asthma attacks occur when the muscle inside the airways constricts in response to external stimuli like dust, pollen, mould or cold, dry air. Horses cough and heave their abdomen (thus the popular name of the dis- ease) to try to counter the resulting shortness of breath and to expel the air trapped in their lungs. Thanks to advances in research. humans suffering from an asthma attack reach for their metered- dose inhaler, popularly called a “puffer,” which contains medica- tion to control inflammation or to relax the airway muscles and let normal breathing resume. Most adults simply put an inhaler to their mouths, activate the canister and inhale a dose of the medica- tion. For children and others less able to use inhalers effectively, Newhouse and Dolovich devel- oped a compatible device called the Aerochamber. About the size of a common flashlight, one end covers a user’s nose and mouth or fits inside the mouth, and the other end is designed to accept a metered-dose inhaler. When the canister is ac- tivated on the inhaler, medication is propelled into the chamber and effectively delivered through a one-way valve as the user inhales. With horses, however, there has been no practical way to ad- minister inhaled respiratory medications. Instead, vets and horse owners relied on oral or in- travenously administered bron- chodilators like steroids, which produce unpleasant side effects and over time cause problems such as laminitis (rotation of the bone within the hoof) and in- creased susceptibility to infec- tions. Because this type of medication is delivered by the bloodstream en masse to the whole body, large doses are required just to be sure it gets to the muscles that need it. In addition, because the medica- tion takes time to be absorbed by the tissue, the process is slow. That’s where the Aeromask comes in. It works by directly tar- geting medication to a horse’s respiratory tract, like human metered-dose inhalers do. The mask, which has a snug silicone seal and valves for ex- pired air, is Fitted over the end of the horse’s snout. An Aerocham- ber affixed with a metered-dose inhaler is then attached to the mask. Pressing the release button on Photo by Owen Roberts, Office ol Research the inhaler propels medication into the Aerochamber and through a valve into the Aeromask, where the horse in- hales it as part of a normal breath of air. The entire procedure takes less than five minutes and can be done by almost anyone, says Tesarowski. Development of the Equine Aeromask is a major step forward for the OVC respiratory lab, which is dedicated to the study of equine airway disease. Active re- search under way involves the causes of respiratory allergies, factors contributing to pulmonary hemorrhage in horses and the comparison of horses that have heaves with people who have asthma. This research is supported by the Firestone Foundation and the On- tario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The Equine Aeromask is being developed and marketed commercially by the Trudell Medical Group of London. □ by Margaret Boyd University Communications The million agricultural pesticide containers used annually in Canada could find new life as curbstops. posts and asphalt. Al- ready, the plastic containers are being reincarnated into fenceposts tor Alberta rural roads, after first undergoing testing at U of G. Tests conducted at Guelph's Centre for Toxicology by en- vironmental biology professor Keith Solomon and graduate stu- dent Alice Vandersluis found the recycled plastic products con- tained pesticide residues well below acceptable levels. “The concept is to recycle these containers." says Vandersluis, "but the end product has to be environmentally friendly.” Safety tests The tests were conducted by running rainwater and well water (representing acidic and alkaline water respectively) over recycled fenceposts to simulate natural weather conditions. “We found that to simulate a typical application rate (of pes- ticide) in the field, it would take a couple of million fenceposts on one hectare to achieve the ap- plication rate." says Vandersluis. “Pesticide residue levels did not vary significantly between the two types of water.” Another test for pesticide residues involved rubbing curb- stops with cheesecloth for a given time at a given weight. The residue levels were one-one- thousandth of the acceptable daily intake for the pesticide. Pilot project Studies will continue over the next two years to ensure human and environmental health at the manufacturing stage. “We want to try to find out why some of these pesticides get absorbed into the plastic,” Vandersluis says. The results of this research have spurred the farm community, in- dustry and the Ontario govern- ment to take action. In June, the ministries of Agriculture and Food and the En- vironment. in co-operation with AGCare (Agricultural Groups Concerned About Resources and the Environment) and the As- sociation of Municipal Recycling Co-ordinators, launched the On- tario pesticide container recyling pilot project. Throughout the month, spent containers were received at six southwestern On- tario locations for recyling. A second collection is under way this week, continuing until Oct. 17. For details about recy- cling sites, call Craig Hunter of OMAFat 837-5021. The research was funded by the Association for a Clean Rural En- vironment in Manitoba, the Crop Protection Institute and the U.S. National Agricultural and Chemi- cal Corporation. □ Women more suited than men for off-farm work by Margaret Boyd University Communications Throughout Europe and North America, most farm families depend on off-farm work for a significant part of their income. “Women and men working off farm is criti- cal for income earning,” says Prof. Tony Fuller, University School of Rural Planning and Development, who has studied the issue for more than 20 years. Fuller, who served as research adviser to the Arkleton Trust for a recently completed five-year European Commission study en- titled Farm Family Pluriactivity in Western Europe , says farm women often face a “triple burden” — as working women, as wives and mothers and as farm workers. “The apparent flexibility in most households for off-farm work is women,” Fuller says. “Women are more educated than men and have more marketable skills." The study looked at 6,500 farm families in 12 European countries from 1987 to 1991. Three hundred farm families were inter- viewed in 24 study areas over the five-year period. Patterns that emerged in the study include: ■ Women in northern European countries tend to have higher-status off-farm jobs than women in more southern European countries. ■ More than 60 per cent of farm families have at least one member employed in full-time or part-time work off farm. ■ Farm size has little effect on the tendency for farm people to work off farm, although farm men are less likely to work off farm as farm size increases. ■ Some 28 per cent of farm women work off farm. ■ In Europe, the average income from sour- ces other than on-farm or off-farm work (i.e., income from social transfers) is 21 per cent. ■ Cultural values affect off-farm work. In the Netherlands, for example, it’s not very acceptable for women to work off farm, whereas in Ireland, two-thirds of women do so. ■ Participation of women in the off-farm labor market was lowest in the study areas in Germany, Netherlands, southern Italy and Greece; it was highest in France, Por- tugal, the United Kingdom and Spain. ■ Off-farm jobs are strongly influenced by the labor market conditions in the local area. The European study revealed conflicting views about farm women working off farm, says Fuller. Some women said off-farm work was a step towards liberation, increasing autonomy and improving gender roles. Others said the extra job didn’t change their home and family life; it merely increased their workload. Fuller plans to continue his research with an examination of the implications of off- farm work on farm women in Canada. □ 6 At Guelph /Oct. 14, 1992 New tax law could open door to bigger donations If new provincial legislation is passed giving university donors a 100-per-cent tax break, U of G’s development office will be poised at the starting gate to appeal to potential benefactors. “It will be like a gold rush,” says development officer Don Stephenson of University Affairs and Development. Universities will be competing especially for gifts from those with assets like real estate, stocks and bonds, which have appreciated in value, he says. The University Foundations Act, introduced for first reading in June, provides an improved tax incentive to potential donors. The bill would allow the province to establish Crown agencies at each university to receive donations and distribute them within the in- stitution. Donors giving to univer- sities through Crown agencies would get a tax credit applicable to their full income. Currently, donors get tax credit for up to 20 per cent of their in- come. The credit can be carried forward for up to five years. Stephenson estimates the proposed legislation would ap- peal to fewer than one per cent of donors, but he expects it would open the door to some larger gifts. Ontario has lost donations to British Columbia, which was first with similar legislation, he says. New Brunswick is also consider- ing establishing Crown agencies for universities. University Crown agencies would be governed by a board of five to 1 1 persons named for three-year terms by the province. Each board would make an annual financial report to the government and be subject to a review after three years. □ Police beat University Police report the fol- lowing occurrences from May to August. Disturbances and malicious damage: Officers investigated 25 incidents of damage totalling $5,769, 10 disturbances and six noise complaints. Harassment and assaults: Police received complaints of one Level I assault, one Level D assault and three obscene/nuisance telephone Gerry lall ( B A M 6 A 1 »> '»'■ has the KEYS to Selling you r Home. 824-9050 24 HOURS calls. Thefts: Some 104 cases of theft involving University and private property were reported. Valued at $30,596, the property included bicycles, cash and computer and laboratory equipment. Police also investigated five reports of break and enter. Trespassing: Police checked 46 suspicious persons, giving nine warnings and three summonses. Alarms: Response was made to 24 false electronic alarms for emergency assistance, 13 false emergency phone alarms and 26 fire alarms, 1 9 of which were false. Vehicle offences: Sixteen motor vehicle collisions were inves- tigated. A number of charges were laid and warnings issued under the Traffic Act. □ Grad news The final examination of Sheri Wolfe, an M.Sc. candidate in the division of applied human nutri- tion in the Department of Family Studies, is Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. in FACS 233. The thesis is “The Zinc Status of a Group of Pregnant Adolescents at 36 Weeks Gesta- tion Living in Southern Ontario.” The adviser is Prof. Rosalind Gibson. □ Savour the flavour! Put a little spice in your life . . . ♦ Large selection of spices and herbs, oils and vineears ♦ Gourmet Coffee Beans ana Teas ♦ Rootham's Preserves ♦ Spices Mixes from The Orange Crate ♦ Patak's Products ♦ No. 81/ Elephant Brand Basmati Rice ♦ Cajan Creole "Hot" Nuts TAKE-OUT COFFEE, TEA, / AMAICAN PATTIES. MUFFINS AND MORE! 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The title of the paper was “The Two Measures and the Longer and Shorter Ways.” Several members of the Depart- ment of Family Studies have presented papers recently: ■ Prof. Kerry Daly spoke on “Reshaping Fatherhood: Find- ing a Model" at the annual meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association in Charlottetown. ■ Graduate student Ursula Donovan discussed “Nutri- tional Status of Some Female Vegetarian and Omnivorous Adolescents” at the Interna- tional Congress of Vegetarian Nutrition in Virginia. ■ “Gender Differences in Self- Efficacy Toward Healthy Eating Behaviors” was the topic of Prof. Judy Sheeshka at the Society for Nutrition Education meetings in Washington. ■ Prof. Ed Herold discussed his research on Canadian tourists and sex-trade workers in the Publications The Proceedings of the En- tomological Society of Ontario , Vol. 122, contains an article by Prof. Peter Kevan and graduate student Mark Offer, Environmen- tal Biology, and W.A. Straverand T.M. Laverty on “Pollination of Greenhouse Tomatoes by Bum- blebees in Ontario,” as well as an article by Kevan on “Honeybees (Apis Mellifera : Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Fonofos on Sweet Corn ( Zea Mays'. Poaceae).” Kevan is also author with Prof. Hung Lee and professor emeritus Reg Schuel of “Sugar Ratios in Nectars of Varieties of Canola.” Prof. Bram Cadsby, Economics, recently published two papers. “Experimental Tests of Richar- dian Equivalence,” with Murray Frank, appeared in Economic In- quiry, Vol. 29. “Tum-of-Month and Pre-Holiday Effects on Stock Returns: Some International Evidence,” with Mitchell Ratner. appeared in the Journal of Bank- ing and Finance, Vol. 16. Prof. Gail Grant, Sociology and Anthropology, is author of “That Was a Woman’s Satisfaction” in the Journal of Ora! Histoiy and a chapter on “Myths and Metamor- phoses” in the forthcoming book Undisciplined Women. □ Dominican Republic at the In- ternational AIDS Conference in Amsterdam. ■ At the University of Queens- land in Australia, Prof. Leon Kuczynski presented “A Developmental Model of Children’s Responses to Paren- tal Control.” ■ Prof. Debbie O’Connor spoke on “Folate Status During Preg- nancy and Lactation” at the joint meeting of the Interna- tional Union of Nutritional Sciences Committees on Nutri- tion During Pregnancy and Lactation, and the International Society of Human Milk and Lactation. ■ A paper on “Balancing Work and Elder-Care Responsi- bilities: A Comparison of Data from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom” was presented by Prof. Anne Martin Matthews at the Inter- national Sociological Associa- tion meetings in Stockholm. 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CBS Lecture - Environmental scientist Theo Colbom speaks on “Chemically Induced Alterations in Sexual Development: the Wildlife/Human Connection” for the CBS Third Decade seminar series at 1:10 p.m. in Mac- Naughton 113. Raithby Lecture - Reg Preston of the Agricultural Research Centre in Cali, Columbia, speaks at 7 p.m. in Animal Science and Nutri- tion 141. His topic is “Improving South-South Communication: The Need for Innovative Ap- proaches to Postgraduate Train- ing in Agriculture.” Friday, Oct. 16 Current Issues in Agriculture - Learn about agricultural jour- nalism from Jim Rohman, food and agricultural editor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record , at 3 p.m. in Crop Science 1 1 6. Nutritional Sciences Seminar - “Hepatocyte Glutathione Content in PEM Rats: Regulation by Hor- mones and Substrate Avail- ability” is the topic of Petra Goss at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Cycling Club - A 25- to 35- kilometre off-road ride leaves from the UC at 5 p.m. Music in Residence - Join the U of G Orchestra for a free concert in the Eccles Centre at 8 p.m. Music - Mel Brown and the Homewreckers bring their blues jam to the Brass Taps Fridays from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 Cycling Club - Two rides leave at 10 a.m. from the UC — an Eden Mills/Brucedale ride of 39 km and an off-road trip of 35 to 55 km. A bike workshop will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. at 61 Tiffany St. W. Monday, Oct. 19 Nutrition Lecture - U of G marks National Science and Technology Week with a free lecture and panel discussion on “Choices for Good Health: The Green Environment and Your Nutrition” at 7:30 p.m. in UC 103. Sponsored by the Department of Nutritional Scien- ces, the Centre for Toxicology and the Food Council, the discus- sion will be moderated by Prof. Tammy Bray, acting associate vice-president, academic. Drama - The Golden Age by Worship Catholic mass is celebrated Sun- day at 10:10 a.m. in Thombrough 164, Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church, offer- ing services for a creative, wor- shipping, searching community (Anglican/United/Presbyterian), runs Sunday at 1 1 a.m. in UC 442. Midweek — A Time with God provides an opportunity for reflection and meditation Wed- nesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533. The Student Christian Move- ment meets to discuss politics, society and spirituality Tuesday at noon in UC 335. The Lutheran Student Move- ment meets Friday at noon in UC 444.0 Prof. Mary Cyr performs on the viola da gamba at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Oct. 24. Louis Nowra opens at 8 p.m. at the MacKinnon Inner Stage and con- tinues nightly until Saturday. Tickets are $6 Monday to Wed- nesday, $7 Thursday to Saturday, and are available at the UC box office. Tuesday, Oct. 20 Senate - The October meeting of Senate begins at 8 p.m. in Mac- Naughton 113. Philosophy Seminar - Robert DiSalle of the University of Western Ontario presents the paper “Understanding Space- Time Theories: Their Metaphysi- cal Claims and Empirical Con- tent” at 2 p.m. in MacKinnon 029. Physics Colloquium - Peter Rand of Brock University looks at “The Role of Water in the Energetics of Protein Conformation Changes" at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton 1 13. Wednesday, Oct. 21 Third-Age Learning - TAL- Guelph’s fall lecture series con- tinues with dental surgeon Victor Rausch on the “Mystery of Hyp- notism” at 10 a.m. and Prof. Ann Wilson, Drama, discussing “The National Theatre and Contem- porary British Drama” at 1:30 p.m. Lectures are in The Ar- boretum Centre. Admission for single lectures is $2.50. Arboretum - Learn how to treat your backyard birds to some gour- met delights at this evening pro- gram describing seed types and feeders. Meet at the nature centre at 7 p.m. Registration is $7 and includes two kilograms of your own personalized seed mix. To register, call Ext. 2 1 1 3 by Oct. 1 6. Fashion Show - Establo Leather sponsors a free fashion show at noon in the UC courtyard. Food for Thought - “Compare the Share: Who Gets the Con- sumer Food Dollar?” is the topic of Lambton-Middlesex MP Ralph Ferguson at 12: 10 p.m. in Animal Science 141. Biochemistry Seminar - Prof. Stan Leibo, Biomedical Sciences, describes “Cryobiology of Mam- malian Gametes” at 12:10 p.m. in MacNaughton 222. Zoology Seminar - “Evolution of Sociality in Lions” is the topic of Craig Packer of the University of Minnesota at 4 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Cycling Club - A 30-km ride to Arkell and Aberfoyle leaves from the UC south doors at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 Concert - The Athena Trio, featuring a violinist, cellist and pianist from the Cleveland Sym- phony, performs at the free noon- hour concerts at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in MacKinnon 107. Engineering Seminar - David Crombie, head of the Royal Com- mission on the Future of the Toronto Waterfront, speaks on ‘The Toronto Waterfront and the Sustainable City” at 2 p.m. in the Eccles Centre. Friday, Oct. 23 Cycling Club - A 25- to 35-km off-road ride leaves from the south doors of the UC at 5 p.m. Nutritional Sciences Seminar - “The Modification of Proteins by Reaction with Malondialdehyde on Their Susceptibility to Hy- drolysis by Cellular Proteases” is detailed by Haleh Mahmoodi at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Saturday, Oct. 24 Concert - Prof. Mary Cyr, chair of the Department of Music, per- forms on the viola de gamba, ac- companied by Sandra Mangsen on harpsichord, at 8 p.m. at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Tickets are $8 general, $6 for stu- dents and seniors, and are avail- able at the door or from the Department of Music, Ext. 3988. Sunday, Oct. 25 Cycling Club - A 65-km ride to Breslau and an off-road ride leave from the UC at 10 a.m. Arboretum - The Sunday after- noon walk explores the magic and myths of Arboretum creatures, beginning at 2 p.m. at the nature centre. Tuesday, Oct. 27 Physics Colloquium - George Stegeman of the University of Central Florida discusses “Non- linear Optics of Conjugated Poly- mers” at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton Building 113. Dance - Montreal Dansem pre- sents exciting and original modem dance at noon in the UC courtyard. Women’s Studies Lecture - Columnist and author Doris Anderson discusses her latest book. The Unfinished Revolution, at 8 p.m. in MacNaughton 113. Wednesday, Oct. 28 Food for Thought - Prof. Ron Downey, assistant dean of OVC, looks at “Professional Ethics in Agriculture Education" at 12:10 p.m. in Animal Science 141. For information about placing a notice in Calendar, call Ext. 2592. 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Third World support To mark World Food Day Oct. 1 6, the Development and Peace Committee of the University Catholic Community will be selling Bridgehead coffee and tea in the University Centre courtyard. Owned by Oxfam, Bridgehead is an alternative trading company that pays a just price for Third World products and deals only with producers who are just to their employees. Students to visit U of G will play host to potential students at two liaison events this fall. Prospective engineer- ing students can get a glimpse of the School of Engineering’s programs at an information day Oct. 21. Professional engineers and faculty will be on hand to answer questions. On Nov. 1, more than 1,000 high-school students, families and friends are expected for the third annual Fall Preview Day. Visitors will receive campus tours and infor- mation about admissions, academic programs, student ac- tivities and other aspects of university life. 1867 Globe displayed A copy of a Confederation Day newspaper is on display in the Wellington County Room of the library until the end of the year. The fouupage July I. 1867, issue of The Globe, on loan from Quelph Tfijjune jjubli^ier^ Ray^ Padlcy. is mounted in an oak display stand that can be rotated to see both sides of the two-page spread. Hit the (off) road An inaugural meeting to form a Guelph off-road bicycling as- sociation will be held Oct. 20 at 8:15 p.m. at St. James the Apostle Church. The group will address concerns such as trail access, development and main- tenance. For more information, call 763-3325 before 6 p.m. or 823-1066 after 6 p.m. IH The University Centre presents MONTREAL DANSE U.C. Courtyard OCT. 27 Noon - FREE EXPRESS YOURSELF! Now you can use your University Express and Express Plus card at Legends Bottomless soups, salads and hot breads our specialty Steak, chicken and seafood 763-8535 4 Open 7 days a week 4 1 1 a.m. to midnight Stone Road Mall 4 2nd Floor 4 Cineplex Odeon Level 8 At Guelph /Oct. 14, 1992 Step up to bat for the United Way Help the campus United Way campaign round the bases to its $140,000 goal — and have some fun in the bargain — by par- ticipating in the UW baseball tournament Oct. 17. There’s room for 24 teams of 12 players each — staff, faculty, students, retirees, spouses, children and friends. There are no age limits and everyone’s welcome to join in the fun. Each team’s $120 registration fee goes directly to the United Way cam- paign. Loreen Kelly of Computing and Com- munications Services is chief organizer for this event, and she’s got some surprises in store for participants and winners. Refreshments will be provided throughout the day for players, with a coupon grab for prizes donated by local businesses. Players on the two winning teams will take home baseball caps and other prizes. Registration forms for the tournament are available at the Athletics Centre intramural office, Gryphs, Brass Taps, the Faculty Club, the graduate students’ lounge, the Central Student Association office and the UC information desk. For more informa- tion, call Kelly at Ext. 6567. Don’t forget to return your United Way pledge card by 4 p.m. Oct. 1 6 to be entered in Monday’s incentive draw. For faculty and staff, every $50 donation entitles them to a ticket in both the incentive and grand- prize draws. For students, donations over $5 qualify for a prize. Faculty and staff can make their dona- tions to their local canvasser or to Pat Hoare in Financial and Administrative Services. Students can make their dona- tions at the Connection Desk on Level 3 of the University Centre. The next draw dates for faculty and staff are Oct. 19 and Nov. 2. The year’s parking permit will be one of the prizes given out i Oct .19. The dates for the student draws are Oct. 21 and Nov. 4. Several additional incentive prizes have been added for the draws. For faculty and staff, the new prizes are a Marci Lipman "Literacy" T-shirt, donated by Janet Kauf- man of the Employment and Educational Equity Office, and a face cord of firewood, two dozen eggs, a dressed rabbit for the table and a subscription to Compass magazine from Martin Royackers of the Campus Ministry. For the student draw, the additions are a pair of tickets to U of G Choir’s Nov. 21 concert, donated by Dudley Gibbs of the Department of Music, and a pair of tickets to the Royal City Musical Productions show Anything Goes , donated by Lois Lamble of the Department of Economics. Grand-prize winners will be announced at the end of the United Way campus cam- paign in mid-November. A student and a faculty/staff winner will each win an all- expenses-paid vacation package from TTI Kortright Travel Ltd. Second prize in both categories is the chance to be U of G’s president for a day. For an update on the United Way cam-j paign and its activities, call the informa-' lion hotline at Ext. 8800. □ Library displays women’s history In October 1929, women were declared to be “persons” under Canadian law. This famous decision led the way for women to receive the vote and other rights. To commemorate the progress of women in history, October has been designated Women’s History Month in Canada. The month’s events kicked off with an Ottawa conference spon- sored by the Ontario Women’s History Network on “Historical Perspectives on Women in the Political Process.” U of G is also planning activities for the month, beginning with a display in the library of women’s history, organized by Gloria Troyer. The Department of History has also arranged a display on the main floor of the MacKinnon Building, featuring scholarship on women’s history done by mem- bers of the department. They are also sponsoring an informal round-table discussion on “Women's His- tory in Canada” Oct. 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. in MacKinnon 229. Speakers include Wendy Mitchinson of the University of Waterloo. The Women’s Resource Centre is in the midst of planning ac- tivities to commemorate the month. Look for more informa- tion later in October. Tying in with the theme is the Women’s Studies Lecture Oct. 27 by columnist and author Doris Anderson, who discusses her most recent book, The Unfinished Revolution, at 8 p.m. in Mac- Naughton 1 13. □ Human Resources invites campus to open house Human Resources is throwing open its doors Oct. 23 from 1 0 a.m. to noon for its first open house. All members of the Human Resources team will be on hand to meet and explain their services to members of the University com- munity. Displays will feature some of the functions performed by the department. Draws will also be held for a variety of prizes, including lunch for two at the Whippletree cour- tesy of Hospitality Services, a plant from the Department of Hor- ticultural Science, personalized memo pads from Graphics and Printing Services, U of G Christmas cards courtesy of University Communications, an ice-cream voucher from the Department of Food Science, and a one-hour sightseeing flight for three courtesy of Human Resour- ces. □ TOUCH, PLAY and EXPERIENCE rHE MAGIC OF SCIENCE, THE WONDER OF NATURE, THE JOY OF DISCOVERY FOR CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 104 Join us for our Saturday, October 17th 7 ' Hartley the Amazing Magician will be performing all day for your enjoyment & wonder. We are the store with a difference for the inquiring, imaginative, thinking mind. SIMPLY WONDERFUL TOYS and GIZMOS f Holographs "N Located one block north of the Eaton Centre IN DOWNTOWN GUELPH 1 Hour FREE PARKING at rear 1 60 WYNDH AM ST. NORTH (Baker St. lot) GUELPH, ONT. 824-5682 - — A f- Guelph Thought for the week I'm not concerned about wliat other people think. I can sleep with myself. I don't have to sleep with the rest of the world. _ Discoveries Jack Morris DOWNTOWN [£ University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Volume 36 Number 34 Oct, 21, 1992 Wide consultation under way on sexual harassment policy by Roberta Franchuk University Communications Greater input from faculty, employee and student groups is being sought on the issue of sexual harassment. The Office of Student Affairs and the Sexual Harassment Ad- visory Committee are inviting groups to discuss and comment on the committee’s report, released this summer, and on proposed changes to the University’s sexual harassment policy. Deans, directors, chairs, heads of bargaining units, student com- mittees and other groups are en- couraged to discuss the issues in- volved and submit comments to the Office of Student Affairs by Nov. 6. The report was also to be dis- cussed by Senate at its Oct. 20 meeting and will be examined by the Academic Council Oct. 26. This newest round of consul- tation comes after concerns were raised- with Board of Governors about the implications of the report and proposed policy chan- ges. Board members questioned the legal implications of some of the changes, and some faculty members submitted letters to the board pointing out possible con- New additions In this issue, At Guelph launches two new columns. “Green up Guelph,” con- tributed by the Ontario Public Interest Resource Group, aims to improve environmen- tal awareness. It debuts on page 6. “Sports Shorts.” a look at campus sports by the Department of Athletics, ap- pears on page 8. □ Inside: OK! United Way! ... 3 Campus recycling has a long way to go ... 3 Where do politicians draw the line? .... 5 Student speak .... 6 Calendar 7 The no-guilt battle of the bulge 8 flicts between the policy and mat- ters of academic freedom. The changes to the policy were delayed to allow these concerns and others to be discussed more fully in the University com- munity. Consultation had been carried out on the policy before it went to the board, says Brian Sullivan, as- sociate vice-president for student affairs, although the process was "faster than normal.” “This was because of the per- ceived importance of the issue and the desire to act on the commit- tee’s recommendations," he says. “But it’s clear through the reac- tion that a number of groups on campus wanted more input. The effort to move expeditiously from the report to provisions did not provide enough time, and people signalled that.” The academic freedom issues in particular had not been an- ticipated by the committee, he says, and will have to be looked at more closely. Sullivan sees benefits in the wider consultation process be- cause it will bring the issues to the attention of more people. “This means a heightened awareness and a deeper level of shared understanding, and that can only be positive.” Comments are sought in par- ticular on the following points: ■ Gender harassment: Is the proposed definition clear? Would the inclusion of gender harassment be an unacceptable constraint? ■ Sexual orientation: Should the policy include a definition of harassment based on sexual orientation, which is already prohibited under the Ontario Human Rights Code? How should that definition be worded? ■ Sexual harassment: Are there concerns about removing the requirement that harassing be- havior be persistent to qualify as sexual harassment? Should the policy include the cate- gories of visual and written harassment? ■ Third-party complaints: Should the policy include a mechanism for third-party complaints? ■ Assaultive offences: Should assaultive offences be included in the policy as a form of un- wanted sexual attention? Anyone with comments on these issues, the general policy or the committee’s report can direct Continued on page 2 Beefing up the facts Animal science professor Brian Kennedy is part of a team working to help farmers evaluate the genetic potential of their livestock quickly and efficiently. See story, page 5. Photo by Angela Bart Restructuring will improve library services: Black Recent restructuring of the U of G Library prompted by last year’s internal review is designed to preserve the library’s mission and enhance its services, says chief librarian John Black. The restructuring follows a two- month study of the library’s func- tions, services, organization and resources by the Chief Librarian’s Council, with broadly based staff input. It responds to the current service needs of library users, developing trends in academic library services and the Uni- versity’s general financial situa- tion, Black says. No staff layoffs or job losses are involved in the restructuring, he says. “The library’s essential, central academic role continues to be recognized despite the current difficult financial times." The changes were examined by the Senate Library Committee and the Senate Committee on University Planning in the spring, then approved by the academic vice-president and associate vice- president. Library staff worked throughout the summer to imple- ment the plan. The library’s three subject- related public-service divisions have been replaced by Reference Services, headed by Ron MacKinnon, formerly a librarian in the old science and veterinary science division. He is respon- sible for reference services at the existing humanities, social science, science, and government publications and documentation (formerly the documentation centre) desks. A new general reference collec- tion area and service desk, with appropriate materials transferred from other subject floors, has been established on the first floor of the library. It, too, reports to MacKinnon, as do the archives and special collections (under Nancy Sadek), the media resour- ces unit (under Krys Mooney) and the veterinary science section. David Hull, former head of the science and veterinary science division, has been named librarian in charge of veterinary science. This responds to a recommenda- tion out of the internal review and directs attention to collection development needs, says Black. It also addresses the service im- plications of the new OVC learn- ing centre and other OVC pro- gram initiatives, he says. Bernard Katz, formerly head of the humanities and social science division, has been named head of library academic support, a new position responsible for collec- tion assessment and evaluation, as well as liaison with the Board of Graduate Studies, Board of Un- dergraduate Studies, Senate Library Committee, college library committees, the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies and other university bodies. Lome Bruce of the humanities and social science division has Continued on page 2 HR to host open house Human Resources on Level 5 of the University Centre is throw- ing open its doors Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to noon. All members of the Human Resources team will be on hand to meet and explain their ser- vices to members of the Univer- sity community. Displays will feature some of the functions performed by the department. Draws will also be held for a variety of prizes, including lunch for two at the Whip- pletree, a plant, personalized memo pads. U of G Christmas cards, ice cream and a one-hour sightseeing flight. □ See How CIBC Aerogold™ VISA* Combines the Best of Both Worlds. Free Aeroplan miles with every single purchase is the shortest distance to free travel CIBC: Premium gold credit card benefits na AafOQOld m a trademark of A* Canada •CIBC. AIR CANADA Ragrtanad ua*re of Maifc. Get usvxntanjfo r y au ' Air Canada Aeroplan: Premium travel benefits CIBC 23 College Ave. West 824-6520 2 At Guelph /Oct. 21,1992 Letters to the editor Restructuring talks should include staff I am constantly amazed at the way the University administration ig- nores the contributions of staff to the academic life at this institution. In the Sept. 23 At Guelph article “Academic Restructuring Team Named," we see that of the 14 members on the Senate subcom- mittee charged with designing a “blueprint for academic restruc- turing,” only one is a staff mem- ber. There are no members familiar with the operations level of the University. The statement “the committee is . . . charged with recommending ways to enhance faculty career development (italics mine), sup- port learning objectives and respond to social needs" shows a lack of interest in staff career development. It’s as if the administration believes that the only teaching done here is by faculty and that staff are nameless peasants whose contribution to the University is negligible. I suggest that the Senate Com- mittee on University Planning in- volve more staff members, or the University will continue to have pretty buildings with no money to operate -them, fancy equipment that no one knows how to use or repair and undergraduate students who are struggling in oversub- scribed courses with little hope of At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph every Wednesday ex- cept during December, July and August, when a reduced sched- ule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy and an editorial advisory board. The policy is available on request. Views, opinions and advertise- ments contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. At Guelph will not be liable for damages arising out of errors or omissions in ads beyond the amount paid for space. At Guelph welcomes contribu- tions from the University com- munity, including letters to the editor, opinion pieces, publica- tions and news about faculty, staff and student activities. Deadline is Thursday at noon unless otherwise specified. Ar- ticles may be reprinted with per- mission ol Ihe executive editor. Offices: University Cbm- munications, Level 4, University Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1. Telephone: 519-824-4120, Fax; 519-824-7962. Office hours: 8:30 am. to 4:45 p.m. Executive editor: Sandra Webster, Ext 3864. Editor: Barbara Chance, Ext. 6580. Writers: Martha Tancock, Ext. 6579, and Roberta Franchuk, Ext. 2592. Advertising co-ordinator: Ceska Brennan, Ext. 6690. Production: Linda Graham, Ext 6581. Subscriptions: $44.00 (in- cludes GST); outside Canada, $51.00. Member Public Affairs Council for Education, Council for the Ad- vancement and Support of Education, Canadian Public Relations Society Inc. and Inter- natinal Association of Business Communicators. | ISSN 0836-4478. acquiring effective laboratory ex- perience. I implore the administration to include everyone who works here in its program to improve and restructure. Faculty make up less than 15 per cent of U of G em- ployees, yet make up more than half of this restructuring subcom- mittee. Staff need more repre- sentation, if only to provide a much-needed perspective on the front-line operations of the University. There is an air of unreality waft- ing from the senior administrative offices. They are not hearing from the people who have to live with the consequences of their decisions. Include staff on the restructuring committees and elegant solutions will be revealed. Continue to ignore staff and the University will continue to suffer the consequences of a divided and alienated workforce. Brent Mersey Department of Botany UW kickoff a big success The official opening day for U of G’s United Way campaign was truly amazing. The sun shone and several hundred hungry supporters gathered at the cannon on Branion Plaza to listen to the opening remarks and buy a hot dog and Coke. We’re pleased to report that the barbecue raised $500 for the campaign. The United Way communica- tions committee would like to ex- tend heartfelt thanks to the stu- dents who helped make the barbecue such a success: On- tarion editor and master painter Drew Avis, musicians Brent Jones, Greg Dorter and Paul Butters, and the Interhall volun- teers (organized by Rick Dorr), whose enthusiasm and cooking skills were much appreciated. We’d also like to acknowledge the generous support of Shopsy’s, Coca-Cola and Hospitality Ser- vices. Three cheers to the entire University community for their continuing support of this cam- paign. Sheila Attwell Hospitality Services Harassment policy Continued from page 1 them to their employee or student group or to the Office of Student Affairs. After comments are received, Sullivan will meet with the Sexual Harassment Committee and other interested parties to prepare a package of recommendations to be presented to Board of Gover- nors at its Nov. 26 meeting. Fur- ther changes could also be made at the following meeting Feb. 25. The board will seek a legal opinion before making any chan- ges to the policy. Work is also continuing on a response to report recommenda- tions that do not require policy changes and board approval, says Sullivan. These include the ap- pointment of a third sexual harass- ment adviser and streamlining of the hearing panel procedures. Copies of the committee’s report are available from the Office of Student Affairs on Level 4 of the University Centre, Ext. 3868. □ FREE PUBLIC SEMINAR Presented by ^^|brightsie>e financial SERVICES INC. INCREASE YOUR WEALTH Special Guest Speaker: Joanne Mulligan, Vice President, Trimark Investment Management Inc. SEMINAR HIGHLIGHTS □ TAXES — 4 ways to lower your taxes — How to generate tax free income □ R.R.S.P.s — How they become more than just a tax-saver — Why you must increase your rate of return □ INFLATION — How it affects your income requirements — How to beat it and hedge your investments O CASH — What to do about today's low interest rates — How to increase your rate of return DATE: Monday, November 2, 1992 TIME: 7:30 p.m. PLACE: Holiday Inn, Guelph (by Stone Road Mall) Please call Robert Denis at (519) 821-8246 to reserve your seat REGISTER EARLY FOR A FREE BOOK: The first 200 people to register and attend the presentation will receive a copy of the new 1992 edition of The Canadian Price Waterhouse Personal Tax Advisor. ^TRIMARK MUTUAL FUNDS BRIGHTSIDE FINANCIAL “SERVICES INC. AMF funding deadline nears The deadline for submissions for funding proposals to the Alma Mater Fund (AMF) is Nov. 2. The fund supports projects that enhance U of G’s image and are normally outside the University’s operating budget. This includes scholarships, special lectures and unique programs to enhance the physical facilities and environ- ment on campus. Funding is typi- Library restructuring been named senior librarian in a newly created position in the col- lections development division, which is headed by Tim Sauer. Bruce will help address the library’s role in collection deve- lopment, as recommended by the internal review. Because of these changes and the need to fill the openings that have occurred, a number of senior librarians have asked for and received changes in their assign- ments, says Black. Jim Brett has moved to science reference; Ralph Daehn has trans- ferred to cataloguing. Moshie Dahms and Gaby Pal are acting co-ordinators for humanities and science reference, respectively. Flora Francis is co-ordinator for social science reference. Carol Goodger-Hill has transferred from cataloguing to government publications and documentation, and Helen Salmon has taken up the new post of co-ordinator of general reference. Four entry-level positions for librarians in Reference Services were recently filled to bring the librarian complement back to its mandated level, says Black. Task descriptions for a number of part- time co-ordinator assignments for librarians are being developed to deal with various library functions that must be addressed systemati- cally. This includes interlibrary loans, CD-ROM data- bases, publicity, special events, on-line searching and electronic network cally between $1,000 and $25,000. Past projects supported by the AMF include renovations to War Memorial Hall, Winegard Visit- ing Professorships and education- al outreach programs for the OVC Wild Bird Clinic. Applications are available at the offices of Annual Giving and Sup- port Services in Alumni House. □ Continued from page 1 access services. Previous management changes resulting from the internal review saw Carolyn Pawley move to head of cataloguing and Ellen Tom named to a new position as head of acquisitions. “All these changes represent a significant move forward in our ability to fulfil the library’s mis- sion within the University,” says Black. □ Paris semester seeks co-ordinator U of G faculty are invited to apply for the position of co-ordinator of the Paris semester for winter 1994. The co-ordinator will live in Paris and be responsible for ad- ministering the program and teaching two courses.For more in- formation, call Prof. Ian Lubek, Psychology, at Ext. 2162 or 3980 by Nov. 13. □ Going national The second in a series of special reports on U of G will appear in the Oct. 23 national edition of The Globe and Mail. The two- page report will focus on water. Produced by the Globe and Mail, with content defined by U of G and information provided by Guelph faculty, the report is funded completely by advertising. □ Wednesday is Double stamp day for FREQUENT DINERS" Club Members Get your card stamped. Buy 5 entrees & get your 6th entree free! DON'T MISS OUT! If you are not a member, join today! Call for reservations Ext. 3500 ♦ 4th Floor, UC ♦ North Elevators At Guelph /Oct. 21, 1992 3 “Pitch a fish at Rich," said the sign. So staff and students paid 50 cents to fling sopping sponge fish at Prof. Richard Moccia, Animal and Poultry Science, to raise funds for the United Way. The event raised about $40. Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications Baseball teams raise $600 While the Blue Jays were warming up in Atlanta, five United Way teams were trying to stay warm in Guelph during Saturday’s charity baseball tournament. Four student teams and an entry by the Campus Police scored more than $600 for the U of G United Way campaign. The tournament winner was Team Tequila, with most valuable players BA student Jen Conroy and B.Sc. student Matt Keogh. Second place went to the police entry, the Chieftains, with most valuable players Sue Christensen and Brian Taylor. Tourney umpires were Brad Cooney of the Department of Microbiology and Paul Rickies of Semex Canada. All winning players received baseball caps, and Team Tequila earned a $25 gift certificate from the Press Box sports bar. Gryphs Lounge donated caps for the MVPs. The three other student teams were the East Epidemics, the Last-Minute Spoilers and the Sphincters. All participants received a gift certificate, coupon or prize donated by a Guelph business. Coffee was served throughout the day, courtesy of Hospitality Ser- vices, with donuts donated by the Walk Kelly/Woodlawn Road and Victoria Road Tim Hortons. Cash donations from the Shakespeare Arms, Harrison Ex- ecutive Driving Service, Com- puter Hardware Services, Red Car and Budget Rent-a-Car provided the caps and pizza for all players. Student Housing Services made the Eccles Centre available for be- tween-game warmups. The tournament was organized by Loreen Kelly of Computing and Communications Services. As of Oct. 19, total cash and payroll pledges were $75,269, which represents 53.6 per cent of this year’s campaign goal of $140,000. Participation rates for the four top divisions are: Continuing Education (70.6 per cent); Office of the Registrar (66 per cent); Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (60 per cent); and Office of the Vice-President, Administration/ Human Resources (54.2 percent). Winners of the Oct. 19 incentive draw will be announced in next week’s At Guelph. The final in- centive draw will be held Nov. 2, with the grand-prize draw — travel packages or the chance to be president for a day — to take place after the Nov. 6 closing of the campus campaign. □ Some refuse to recycle, audit finds A waste audit of Uof G shows that recycling efforts on campus have a long way to go. Misinformation and lack of co- operation are two of the biggest barriers faced by the University’s waste-reduction program, accord- ing to an audit performed this spring by engineering student Alexander Hall, now employed by Ontario Hydro. Large amounts of recyclables are still being collected as waste, says the report, and some people are reluctant to participate in the recycling program because they believe erroneously that it costs the University money. The report goes on to say that not enough emphasis is given to the idea of reducing waste, rather than reusing or recycling it. Hall provides some important infor- mation about the progress of the University’s recycling efforts, says Roger Jenkins, head of Physical Resources. Co-operation needed “It points out the difficulties in changing the way people think and act,” says Jenkins. “Although the current programs are working well, there is a definite need for more co-operation campus- wide.” The waste audit was part of Hall’s final project for the en- vironmental engineering design project course. The audit aimed to help the University comply with the recommendations of Ontario’s waste-reduction action plan, introduced in February 1 99 1 by Environment Minister Ruth Grier. With the help of staff in Housekeeping and other depart- ments, Hall analysed the Uni- versity’s waste production over a period of several weeks, as well as the economic benefits of waste reduction. He found that much work remains to be done before the campus can truly be called “green.” Some of his findings: ■ Despite the presence of blue boxes, office areas are still sending large amounts of recyclables into the waste stream. Hall surveyed the gar- bage produced on two floors of the MacKinnon Building and found that 70 per cent of the garbage by weight was made of recyclable materials, especially fine paper, newsprint and cardboard. ■ Some people are reluctant to participate in recycling pro- grams because they believe the University has to pay to have the materials removed. Actual- ly, almost all recyclables are removed free of charge, and the University has to pay ever-in- creasing tipping fees for dis- posing of garbage in landfills. ■ Recycling is saving the Univer- sity money. About $7,500 was saved in the 1992 winter semester from the newsprint and co-mingled materials (plastic, glass and tin) that Corrugated cardboard boxes and wood scraps won’t be welcome in regular garbage containers after Nov. 1. Tough new regulations at the City of Guelph landfill sites mean the University will have to keep a closer eye on the kinds of garbage it takes out. Corrugated card- board, recyclable wood, tires and drywall are not accepted, and anyone bringing in loads contain- ing those materials may receive warning or fines, or even be banned from using the site. The Grounds Department is looking for co-operation from everyone on campus to keep these banned materials out of the regular garbage containers. Spe- cial green containers for cor- rugated cardboard have been set up at dozens of spots across cam- pus. Wood and other materials are were recycled instead of being sent to the landfill. ■ Finding ways to reduce con- sumption is also important, but as the report notes, “some people will not change their consumptive habits unless the issue of self-interest is in- volved." At some other institu- tions, conservation measures require faculty to purchase all supplies, including stationery, out of their own research budgets. One way for the University to improve waste reduction and recycling efforts would be to hire a full-time waste management co- ordinator, says Jenkins, but this would only be done if salary costs could be recouped in savings from waste-reduction programs. The co-ordinator would also be responsible for educating mem- bers of the University com- munity. □ collected by Grounds. The green bins accept only clean corrugated cardboard. Con- tamination is still a problem, says Mike Bladon, head of Grounds. He emphasizes that all styrofoam chips and packing materials must be removed from cardboard boxes before they are put into the con- tainer. Beer cases, lined cardboard and boxboard such as cereal boxes are not acceptable. Grounds can also supply small blue boxes inside buildings for recyclables, although individual departments or areas have to take responsibility for emptying the containers into the larger recy- cling bins. If you have questions about what materials can be recycled, call Paul Cook at Ext. 2054 or Bladon at Ext. 3460. □ Keep cardboard , wood scraps out of garbage Take fire alarms seriously, says chief by Roberta Franchuk University Communications A ringing fire alarm means one thing: clear the building. This simple rule is often ignored, how- ever, as recent incidents on cam- pus have shown. When mechanical faults set off the fire alarms in the University Centre Oct. 8 and 9. many people did not follow the basic instruc- tions posted in the building, says fire chief Norm Hinds. When the fire alarm rings, everyone in the building must exit using stairs, not elevators. Police and fire officers respond to all alarms, and entrances should be kept clear to allow them access to the building. Once the area is pronounced safe, they will let people back into the building. It’s not necessarily safe to return when the fire alarm stops ringing, says Hinds. People should wait until told it’s safe to return. During last week’s University Centre alarms, many people did not even leave the building, says Hinds. Others entered before they received clearance or even while the alarms were still ringing. All these actions could be dangerous or even fatal in a real emergency, he says. An alarm may mean a fire, gas leak, mechanical defect, prank or fire drill, but it’s not up to the people in the building to decide what an alarm means, he says. All alarms should be taken seriously and procedures followed. “Com- mon sense is all that’s required." Fire drills are run regularly in all buildings according to the provin- The provincial government passed new legislation last week that could open the door to larger dona- tions to Ontario universities. The Universities Foundations Act will allow donors to claim lax credits for gifts worth as much as 100 per cent of their annual in- come. Until now. they were limited to tax credits equal to 20 per cent of their incomes. “I think it’s terrific. "says U of G development officer Don Stephenson. “It allows donors to do some exciting tax planning and to save tax dollars. If it's a benefit cial fire code. For drills, the time it takes to clear the building is noted. A building the size of the University Centre, with 600 to 800 occupants, should be emptied in five minutes, says Hinds. A fast evacuation is not as important as a complete and orderly one. Instructions on what to do in case of a fire or fire alarm are found near elevators, stairwells and fire alarms. □ to consumers, it’s a benefit to us.” Peter George, president of the Council of Ontario Universities, is equally enthusiastic about the new law. “This legislation is one of the approaches universities have been recommending to pro- vide alternate means of funding,” he says in a press release. To qualify for the full tax credit, donors must direct gifts to Crown agencies set up at individual universities. These foundations will be governed by a board of five to 1 1 persons named by the province.O New legislation for donors could benefit universities 4 At Guelph / Oct. 21,1 992 Research report Database helps breeders choose better stock by Owen Roberts Office of Research A massive effort is under way at U of G to help Ontario livestock producers genetically evaluate their herds on farm, animal by animal, for optimum performance and competitiveness. Animal science professors Brian Kennedy, Jim Wilton and Ted Bumside of the Centre for the Genetic Improvement of Live- stock (CGIL) have won a two- year, $850,000 contract from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) to develop an ALL WORK. OR ALL PLAY! Your Choice! Need to present a professional image? Turn to Thrifty. Need a special car to spice up the weekend? Turn to Thrifty. In fact, you can count on Thrifty for the perfect car for almost any occa- sion. Call today! 824-5300 152 Wellington St. E. 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These results will be incorporated into modules for portable microcomputers that OMAF tech- nicians can take on farm and help individual producers measure their herds. “We’re working for farmers who are trying to produce food efficiently and use the technology that’s available to them,” says Wilton. “We’re moving quickly. Given the changing world markets and international com- petition, there’s a definite sense of urgency.” The project addresses the need for fast and accurate genetic evaluation. Fanners routinely make decisions about which animals to market and which ones to keep in their breeding stock. Often, those decisions are based on obvious or easily determined traits such as leanness or weight gain. 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OMAF tech- nicians, who take current herd in- formation off the farm when they leave and plug it into CGIL’s mainframe computer, help ensure the database is always up to date. “This puts OMAF in a world- wide leadership position,” says Kennedy. “There are on-farm sys- tems and national databases operating separately elsewhere, but this is the only one I know of that integrates the two and gives breeders an evaluation of their own herd tied into the average of the competition.” Ultimately, the researchers hope to add information from trials designed to select animals that produce the most flavorful and tender meat. “That’s the response the in- dustry needs for consumers,” says Wilton. ‘There’s no sense raising animals that aren’t capable of producing what people want to buy.” □ Awards NSERC and U of G’s industry co-op program have provided funding for two student re- searchers. Prof. Peter Dobos, Microbiology, received $29,250 from NSERC and $9,750 from Merck Frosst for graduate student Heike Kilgus’s work on “Identifica- tion, Isolation and Cloning of the Cellular Receptor for In- fectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus.” Prof. Ross Nazar, Molecular B iology and Gene- tics, was awarded $22,800 by NSERC and $7,600 by John Labatt Limited for co-op stu- dent Thomas Tompkins to study “Recombinant DNA.” Agriculture Canada has provided $53,200 to Prof. Bev Kay. 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At a time when the public is questioning the moral fabric of the political system, Mancuso is analysing where politicians draw the line on potentially shadowy ethical issues that, although not necessarily illegal, undermine public confidence. Patronage appointments ex- emplify how the views of poli- ticians can contradict popular wisdom, she says. “Politicians from both sides of the floor tolerate these appointments be- cause they assume that, once in power, they’ll be engaging in the same sort of thing. But it’s hard for them to convince the public that patronage is just part of the game.” In early November, a workshop organized by Mancuso will bring together political scientists from McMasterUniversity, the Univer- sity of Montreal, York University and the University of Calgary to clarify this disparity in opinion. At the workshop, participants will create a survey to be ad- ministered to the public, poli- ticians, the media and other in- fluential groups. It will etch out how each group views situations ranging from patronage appoint- ments and influence peddling to conflict of interest. Mancuso believes the survey will help alleviate the dearth of empirical evidence reflecting the public’s attitude towards political ethics. In addition, it may give politicians some ethical fodder to ponder. The absence of formal rules to clarify where prudence ends and the illicit begins means they have to follow their con- science instead of a rule book. “That,” she says, “can lead to trouble.” The Canadian legislative sys- tem, for example, is modelled after British parliament and falls prey to similar pitfalls. Implicit in the British system is the ideal that the legislators themselves — those most intimate with the daily rigors of government, rather than outside watchdogs — are best equipped to decide when col- leagues are acting unethically. The public questions that ap- proach because it tends to hide scandals and, coupled with a lack of concrete rules, often allows guilty legislators to plead ig- norance. Canada is not alone in this prob- lem. Mancuso says the British Political ethics is Prof. Maureen Mancuso’s specialty, but she maintains a keen watch on Canada's constitutional progress. Photo by Sherry Mackay, Office of Research system often accommodates be- havior that North Americans would consider unscrupulous. Some British legislators act as consultants to outside lobbies or corporations that wish to “bend the ear" of government officials, she says. They act as little more than caterers, arranging for in- fluential members of parliaments to meet with the outside groups in soirees held in the halls of the legislature itself. “The question is whether these politicians are acting on their own beliefs or simply because they’re being paid by the interest group,” she says. In contrast, members of the U.S. Congress must adhere to stringent codes of conduct, which dictate their public behavior, limit their outside associations and income, and require disclosure of this in- formation. In addition, external committees keep an eye open for possible violations. Still, even this codified system has not curtailed the outbreak of scandal, as evidenced when former house speaker Jim Wright resigned after he tried to skirt rules capping outside income. Canada has not been immune to problems. The spate of scandals that rocked the first term of the Mulroney government and beleaguered the Ontario NDP government has catalysed a grow- ing rift in how the public and elected officials view govern- ment handling of ethically dicey situations. “Everyone is drawing the line of acceptability in different places,” says Mancuso. “There’s a big gap in understanding, and that’s what I’m hoping to fill.” The workshop is being sup- ported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research CounciUJ OUR VALUES GO THE DISTANCE! UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH FACULTY AND STAFF! WHY PAY MORE?!! BECOME PRICE CLUB PRIVILEGE MEMBERS. SAVE UP TO 60% OFF REGULAR RETAIL PRICES ON ITEMS FOR YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL NEEDS! Food and beverages, health and beauty products, stationery, clothing, electronics, major appliances, seasonal items... We have them all... and much, much more! price club KITCHENER 4438 King Street East PROTECT Kitchener. 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The OCNA has produced a series of ads to protest Bill 40, a labor law reform bill that would, among other things, prohibit the use of replacement workers during a strike. A press release prepared by the opposing student papers describes the ad campaign as “a blatant self- interested abuse of the power of the media." “Newspapers have a special responsibility to provide balanced and fair coverage of news,” says Drew Avis, editor-in-chief of the Ontarion. “To take an active part in opposing or supporting legisla- tion in the way that OCNA has done is totally unacceptable.” The decision to run the ad cam- paign was made unanimously by the board of directors of the as- sociation, says Anne Lannan of OCNA member services. The board is elected by the 275 com- munity newspapers that are active members of the association. University and college student newspapers hold non-voting memberships in the association and do not participate in the elec- tion of board members. Of the ap- proximately 10 student papers that are OCNA members, none were consulted directly about the campaign. Avis says. Newspapers are businesses that will be directly affected by Bill 40, says Lannan, and the ad cam- paign was designed to catch the attention of the provincial govern- ment and possibly provoke chan- ges to the bill. The OCNA ads were distributed to all member papers, she adds, but each paper was free to decide whether or not to run them. D Green up Guelph $259,897 - Reduced for Action! Executive bungalow, old University area! 1,822 square feet, three spacious bedrooms on main floor and one bedroom down. Added attraction - income pro- ducing three-bedroom apartment with own entrance. A smart buy! For more details or ap- pointment to view, please call GEORGE OR NINA SHEPHERD, Sales Repre- sentatives, Realty World, Youngblood- Atkinson Realtor. 821-6191 Are you ready to green up your life- style? 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Humanists at large The Kitchener-Waterloo- Cambridge-Guelph Humanists Association will meet Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kitchener Public Library, 85 Queen St. E. Featured is a panel discussion on “Living Without Religion.” Have a birdie Keep fit with adult recreational badminton every Wednesday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Centen- nial CVI. Become a member or pay as you play just bring your own racket. Meet at the school or call Jenny at 824-5049 or Diana at 72 1 -3985 for information. □ by Scott McNichol CSA endorses union The Central Student Association (CSA) has endorsed the efforts of the Educational Worker’s Or- ganizing Committee (EWOC) to organize a union of graduate stu- dent teaching assistants (TAs) and service assistants Oct. 7. “If TAs aren’t happy, under- grads won’t be happy either, and our education suffers,” said CSA president Nona Robinson. During a debate on the issue, concerns were raised about programs whose funds may be stretched too thin to pay union wages. EWOC assured the CSA board of directors that a collective bargaining unit would work out an agreement that would be fair to both parties. “What we’re trying to achieve is a formalized way of addressing our concerns,” said EWOC chair Cathy Bayliss. “The ultimate goal of the union would be to reach an enforceable agreement that is ef- ficient, professional, equitable and fair.” For more information about the CSA endorsement, call Robinson at Ext. 8328. Safety audit planned A campus safety audit is scheduled for Oct. 21 to examine lighting on campus, signage, es- cape routes and any potential hazards. Everyone is welcome to participate, especially women, says Andrew Noble, CSA vice- president internal. The audit will start at 8:30 p.m. from the CSA office in Room 273 of the Univer- sity Centre and end at midnight. For more information, call Ext. 6742. CSA to meet The CSA will hold its annual general meeting Oct. 28 at 5:15 p.m. in the Bullring. 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Tickets are $7 and are available at the UC box office. Friday, Oct. 23 Africa Week - The African Stu- dents Association sponsors an arts display and sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the UC courtyard, with a fashion show from noon to 2 p.m. Open House - Human Resources welcomes visitors to its first open house from 10 a.m. to noon. Nutritional Sciences Seminar - ‘The Modification of Proteins by Reaction with Malondi aldehyde on Their Susceptibility to Hy- drolysis by Cellular Proteases” is detailed by Haleh Mahmoodi at 11 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Engineering Seminar - "Global Nitrogen Cycling in Greenhouse Gases” is the topic of Tadashi Yoshinari at 2 p.m. in Thombrough 1 12 A. Economics Seminar - Marcel Boyer of the University of Montreal speaks on “Location Equilibria, Distortions and In- complete Information” at 3 p.m. in MacKinnon 236. Evolution and Systematics Seminar - John Beatty of the University of Minnesota discus- ses “The Classical Balance Con- troversy” at 3:10 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Music - Mel Brown and the Homewreckers bring their blues jam to the Brass Taps Fridays from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Cycling Club - A 25- to 35- kilometre off-road ride leaves from the UC at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 Africa Week - A soccer tourna- ment with the African Students Association, the Waterloo African Students Association, Link Kitchener and other groups begins at 1 p.m on the soccer fields, followed by dinner and a dance beginning at 6:30 at St. Matthias Church. Concert - Prof. Mary Cyr, chair of the Department of Music, per- forms on the viola de gamba, ac- companied by Sandra Mangsen on harpsichord, at 8 p.m. at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Tickets are $8 general, $6 for stu- dents and seniors, and are avail- able at the door or from the Department of Music, Ext. 3988. Sunday, Oct. 25 Cycling Club - A 65-km ride to Breslau and an off-road ride leave from the UC at 10 a.m. Arboretum - The Sunday after- noon walk explores the magic and myths of Arboretum creatures, beginning at 2 p.m. at the nature centre. Monday, Oct. 26 Blood Donor Clinic - The Red Cross brings its travelling blood bank to the UC. EXPRESS YOURSELF! Now you can use your University Express and Express Pius card at Legends Bottomless soups, salads and hot breads our specialty Steak, chicken and seafood 763-8585 ♦ Open 7 days a week ♦ 1 1 a.m. to midnight Stone Road Mall ♦ 2nd Floor ♦ Cineplex Odeon Level Our Position BUY CANADA Midland Walwyn is bullish on the Canadian economy. We feel that remarkable opportunities still exist in the Canadian bond market. Declining secular trends in inflation and interest rates will cause our dollar to appreciate in world currency markets. 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Third-Age Learning - TAL- Guelph’s fall lecture series con- tinues with a discussion of “Olympic Mysteries” by retired human biology professor John Powell at 10 a.m. and “Drama, Theatre and the Myth of the Liberal Education" by Prof. Ric Knowles, chair of the Department of Drama, at 1 :30 p.m. Lectures are in The Arboretum Centre. Ad- mission for single lectures is $2.50. Economics Seminar - John Weymark of the University of British Columbia describes "Strategy-Proof Social Choice with Continuous Preferences” at 4 p.m. in MacKinnon 236. Zoology Seminar - “Santana For- mation Fossils in Northeast Brazil” are described by John Maisey of the American Museum of Natural History at 4 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Cycling Club - A 43-km novice ride to Hespeler leaves from the UC at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 Pathology Graduate Seminar - Rob Wiebe discusses “Cytokine Binding by Alpha-2-Macro- globulin and its Biological Ef- fects” at 11:10 a.m. in Pathology 2152. Lecture - The Ontario African Working Group and Senate’s women and development sub- committee present Mariam Mujir Keregero of Tanzania on “The Role of Women in Household Food Security” at noon in Mac- Kinnon 132. Concert - Russian pianist Balint Vazsonyi performs at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in MacKinnon 107. Friday, Oct. 30 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - Zhaoming Xu presents “A Mechanistic Study of Effects of Dietary Zinc Deficiency on Liver Microsomal P450 System in Rats” at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Sci- ence and Nutrition 141. Economics Seminar - “A Com- pendium on Applications of Infor- mation Theory in Economics and Econometrics” is the topic of Essie Maasoumi of Southern Methodist University at 3 p.m. in MacKinnon 236. Sunday, Nov. 1 Arboretum - Autumn’s rainbow of color is featured on today’s afternoon walk. Meet at the nature centre at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 Lecture - Author Margaret Atwood comes to Peter Clark Hull at 8 p.m. The evening will include I Can Help. 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Worship Catholic mass is celebrated Sun- day at 10:10 a.m. in Thombrough 164, Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church, offer- ing services for a creative, wor- shipping, searching community (Anglican/United/Presbyterian), runs Sunday at 1 1 a.m. in UC 442. Midweek — A Time with God provides an opportunity for reflection and meditation Wed- nesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533. The Student Christian Move- ment meets to discuss politics, society and spirituality T uesday at noon in UC 335. The Lutheran Student Move- ment meets Friday at noon in UC 444.0 DISNEY !*A*G*I*C CALL US! 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The main focus of the program, says Enjoy! supervisor Pat Richards, is on patterns of eating and activity. The program stresses activity rather than exercise, she says, because “exercise has a negative connotation for a lot of people. It means they have to come here and do something strenuous.” Activity, on the other hand, can include everyday ac- tions such as walking to work. The program grew out of a need on campus for more information on lifestyles, says Richards. Pilot projects and training for consul- tants began last year, as she and co-ordinator Linda Barton set out to discover what people wanted to know and who would benefit. Now, confident in the strengths of Enjoy!, they’re ready to give their services more exposure. The. program provides three types of service: information shar- ing, seminars and one-on-one consultations. Consultants, often applied human nutrition students and fitness leaders, are selected and trained in helping people make healthy choices. The seminar series “The Fat Fight — How to Win,” which was presented last year, will run again throughout the fall and winter. It is led by Barton with the help of several consultants. The first part of the series provides information on body image and weight concerns; the second part gives participants skills to change their eating and activity habits. Richards describes the sessions as “good, solid infor- mation in a warm, fun and non- threatening setting.” For people who want more in- formation or who have specific questions or concerns, the one-on- one consultations may be the best alternative. With the help of a consultant, individuals can ex- amine their lifestyles and find ways to improve their eating and activity habits. The emphasis of the consul- tations is away from diets, says Richards. Instead, people are en- couraged to be active, to plan and eat good meals, to handle stress without turning to obsessive ac- tivities such as overeating and to make themselves count. Guilt is not used to control clients. “We support them, but we don’t tell them they’re bad when they slip. It’s normal behavior to go two steps forward and one step back.” The fee for private consultations is $15 per session for students, $25 for non-students. Most people need three to five consultations over a period of a few months to make sure their new habits are working well for them, says Richards. The consultants can also refer clients to other resour- ces, such as counselling, if problems are beyond the limits of their training. The response by people on cam- pus to Enjoy! initiatives such as this summer’s walking club prove there is a strong need for the pro- gram, she says. It can provide helpful information for everyone who is concerned about health, whether they need a lot of help or just a little reassurance. For more information about the Enjoy! program, call Richards at Ext. 2742. □ Rome, here I come! Sports shorts To keep you up to date with the sports scene on cam- pus, the Department of Athletics will be contributing a regular column to At Guelph. For more information about campus athletics, call Ext 2216. Athletes of the week Women’s basketball team member Karen Schroder was female Gryphon athlete of the week for the week of Oct. 12. Co-captain of the team in her fifth year, Schroder has strong offensive and defensive skills, which earned her numerous tournament all-star awards last season. She’s expected to lead the Gryphons in scor- ing this season and got off to a good start with 1 8 points in the team’s first pre-season victory over Wilfrid Laurier. Schroder hails from Tillsonburg and is finishing up her bachelor of science in agriculture. Chris Duench of Windsor, a first-year member of the men’s soccer team, was male Gryphon athlete of the week. He’s the back central defender for the team and is the “sweeper.” Consistently good performances by Duench have anchored the Gryphon defence, allowing only one goal in the past three games. He has organized and led the defence, giving it confidence and composure thanks to his reliability. Duench is working towards his bachelor of commerce degree. On the scoreboard ■ Women’s soccer Oct. 7: Waterloo 2 Guelph 0 ■ Men’s volleyball Oct. 7: Guelph 5 Sheridan 0 ■ Field hockey Oct. 8: Toronto 5 Guelph 0 ■ Men’s soccer Oct. 8: Guelph 1 Waterloo 0 ■ Football Oct. 10: Guelph 12 Waterloo 8 ■ Rugby Oct. 10: Guelph 5 Waterloo 3 ■ Women’s basketball Oct. 12: Guelph 54 Laurier 51 Coming up at U of G Guelph plays field hockey against Western Oct. 2 1 at 7:30 p.m., men’s basketball against Queen’s Oct. 23 at 8 p.m., football against Toronto Oct. 24 at 2 p.m, rugby against Toronto Oct. 24 at 1 p.m., men’s soccer against Wilfrid Laurier Oct. 25 at 1 p.m. and women’s soccer Oct. 25 against Laurier at 3 p.m. □ Filling out those entry forms paid off for Barb Stuart, director of the Family Studies laboratory schools, when her name came up as the grand-prize winner in the Express T rip to Rome contest sponsored by Hospitality Services and Retail Operations and Primo Foods Ltd. Arrivederci! 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RESERVATIONS: 519-821 -GOLF (4653) Open Daily: 11 a.m.toll p.m. Conveniently localed on old Hwy. 6 (Brock Rd.) Jusl south ol U of G -=T Enquiries concerning golf membership welcome. Thought for the week This is the greatest thing to happen in baseball. The best team won. U.S. columnist George Will ^Discover,^ DOWNTOWN Q lJIIPII University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Volume 36 Number 35 Oct. 28,1992 No need for provincial watchdog, hearing told by Martha Tancock University Communications Universities don’t need an exter- nal monitoring agency to judge how responsibly they spend public money. And staff and students need a bigger voice in decision making. Those were two of the strongest messages delivered to the provin- cial Task Force on University Ac- countability at a public hearing on campus Oct. 19. Attention at the hearing focused mostly on the composition and role of Board of Governors, a major issue in the task force’s June discussion paper. Not explicit enough Another government agency is unnecessary, said B of G member Bill Pattison. It would be expen- sive and boards could do the job if the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) gave them more explicit accountability guidelines, he said. “Up to now, I don’t think the requirement for accountability . . . has been ex- plicit enough.” Acting president Jack MacDonald, a member of the task force, said such an intermediary body is central to the credibility of an accountable university system. “We’d rather not do it unless it has a purpose,” he said. “Its pur- pose is credibility.” It would not be interventionist, it would respect universities’ individuality and, coming under the umbrella of the Ontario Council on University Affairs (OCUA), it would be in- dependent of government and universities, he said. Prof. Leonard Conolly, acting academic vice-president, said there’s no need for another level of bureaucracy, but if MCU decides to set up a monitoring agency, it should reconsider the proposed link with OCUA. There is potential for conflict of interest in a monitoring agency that is an OCUA subcommittee, he said. In a nine-page brief, the U of G Staff Association (UGSA) sought more say on campus committees. Its 800 members are virtually “voiceless,” said Brent Mersey of the Department of Botany, chair of the UGSA committee on uni- versity accountability. Staff are excluded from key U of G com- mittees and Senate, he said, and they need more representatives on B of G. “If universities are to be effec- tive ... all employees must be respected for their contribution to the academic life and health of the institution,” he said. Students also called for a bigger voice on campus governing bodies. Marty Williams, student rep on B of G, said students should make up one-third of an expanded 30-member board. There are currently three students on Guelph’s 24-member board. In a brief, students proposed reducing external represenatives on the board to a minority from a significant majority. They argued that external board members are out of touch with university cul- ture. Inside: Included in this issue are the Bookshelf Cinema’s Off the Shelf and a flyer from Market Square Condominiums. Focus on the U of G Research Park ... 5-7 Making the teaching/ research link 8 Fall harvest in jeopardy on research farms . . 9 Two classes Williams said he is disturbed to find that a “board within a board” exists at U of G. He said he has discovered — like peeling off the skin of an onion — at least two layers. There are two classes of board members — internal and external. And internal repre- sentatives such as students are ex- cluded from key bodies such as the Executive Committee, he said. There’s no use having student representation on the board if it is not real representation, he said. Six members of the 12-member task force stopped in Guelph as part of a tour of Ontario cam- puses. The group will present a final report to MCU in December. The task force agrees with strengthening the governing boards at universities and recog- nizes staff as major stakeholders, said chair Bill Broadhurst. But it prefers a modest majority of ex- ternal members on governing Continued on page 2 Pumpkin patch kid Five-month-old Brady Scott, whose mom, Sharon, works in Human Resources, was the youngest visitor among the more than 200 who turned out last week for the first Human Resources open house. Winners of the door prizes were Cathy MacLean, Dick Bod, Tom Carey, Bruce Rush, Diane Kormendy, Andrea Mudry Fawcett and Lili Campagnolo. Photo by Roberta Franchuk Senate airs concerns about proposed changes to sexual harassment policy Senate debated contentious amendments to the University’s sexual harassment policy in a wide-ranging discussion Oct. 20. Senators voted overwhelmingly to accept the policy for informa- tion, but did raise concerns about academic freedom, definitions of terms such as gender harassment, sexism and homophobia, and the powers of a University hearing panel. The debate moved beyond an agenda of identified concerns over gender harassment, sexual orientation, definition of sexual harassment, third-party com- plaints and assaultive offences. Prof. Chris Gray, Physics, past chair of the Advisory Committee on Sexual Harassment, antici- pated and tackled some of the stickier issues in a handout prepared by the committee. In short, he argued that: ■ There is no need for a survey to determine if sexual assault is a problem at U of G. The results would match those of recent university surveys where a con- sistent seven per cent of under- graduates responding say they have been raped by an acquain- tance or on a date, i It is legal for U of G to hold hearings into allegations of as- saultive sexual harassment of- fences. Such hearings would not usurp the legal system. The University would determine whether community standards of behavior have been violated and not whether criminal be- havior has occurred, said Gray, i Prohibiting gender harassment will not hobble academic freedom. Gender harassment is illegal under the law forbidding sexual discrimination. “In ad- dition. many persons would argue that harassment is not a valid teaching or research method and not defensible as an exercise of academic free- dom,” the committee stated in the handout. In 1992, a report of the Senate Committee on Academic Freedom stated that academic freedom is a defence of those who challenge estab- lished beliefs and conventional wisdom, not a defence of harassment. The definition of gender harassment is not vague and unworkable. It is gender-based abuse of a nonsexual nature, such as sexist remarks in a classroom and signs denigrat- ing one of the sexes. Because there are infinite examples, the policy lists a few and falls back on relying on the judgment of a reasonable person, a standard used by human rights tribunals. Frivolous complaints are un- likely if the definition of sexual harassment changes to allow complaints of single incidents as well as repeated ones. There have been no frivolous com- plaints among the 80 made to U Continued on page 2 Up to 84% in Commission Savings Full range of INVESTMENTS. ^^^^^OISCOUNT BROKERAGE Get the edge on DISCOUNT BROKERAGE ° C1BC 23 College Ave.W., Guelph 824-6520 2 At Guelph /Oct. 28, 1992 Senate airs concerns of G’s sexual harassment ad- visers in the past two years, said Gray, and if a complainant wishes to pursue what is judged a frivolous complaint, the hear- ing panel can recommend a penalty against the com- plainant ■ A third-party complaint cannot lead to a finding of guilt based on hearsay. The witness must use his or her name. ■ Homophobia, a word used in the report, is not ill-defined. It is clearly defined in leading dic- tionaries, the committee says. Prof. Keith Cassidy, History, spoke strongly against a policy he said could threaten academic freedom. Reiterating a stance he took in a recent letter to At Guelph, Cassidy warned that the Univer- sity must be “careful that what- ever policy is established, it must not be one that acts as a chilling factor over the free exchange of ideas on campus.” He suggested that the definition of gender harassment was too sweeping. Gender and sexual harassment are not appropriate on university campuses, he said, but “let’s deal in a fashion that is clearly specific and make sure freedom of speech will not be im- pinged on.” Cassidy also found it disturbing that Alan Borovoy, lawyer for the Canadian Civil Liberties Associa- tion, “had serious reservations about the policy.” He was refer- ring to Gray’s earlier remarks in response to a suggestion from Prof. Brian Calvert, acting chair of the Department of Philosophy, At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph every Wednesday ex- cept during December, July and August, when a reduced sched- ule applies. 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Sexual harassment adviser Prof. Gerry Hofstra, Environmental Biology, said the advisory com- mittee sees the need for a big education role because the “level of ignorance among faculty and administration is high” about sexual harassment. Calvert also wanted the policy to balance examples of unacceptable sexist remarks with gender-based No need for watchdog remarks that are not considered sexist. Prof. Alistair Summerlee, Biomedical Sciences, said such a list “cast in stone” could be used in a subversive way to justify sexual harassment. Prof. Michael Keefer, English, said he’s surprised at the resis- tance to the policy. He suggested that Canadian debate is condi- tioned by U.S. debate. The U.S. First Amendment is categorical and absolute, whereas Canada’s law is “sensibly contextualist,” he said. “It is important for us to recognize that our own discourse may be colored by things we read in the American media and reflect a different legal culture.” Prof. Diana Brydon, English, said “academic freedom is impor- tant, but it goes along with ac- countability.” She believes academic freedom would be en- hanced by the policy because members of the University would recognize that gender harassment has no place here. ‘The problem with arguments so far is that they assume we do not have a chilly climate,” she said. “I know this is not the case by the number of students who come to me with complaints, and I have no place to send them.” Prof. Bill Hughes, Philosophy, questioned the legitimacy of third- party complaints. If hearsay is defined as third-party testimony and is unacceptable in criminal courts, why is it acceptable in this policy, he asked. On the question of jurisdiction. Gray said a University hearing panel would operate under the Civil Tribunal Procedures Act. Prof. David Josephy, Chemistry and Biochemistry, praised the policy, but said much of it could be defended “on common sense” without the wealth of appendices. He said a sexual harassment panel should be considered in the same context as any other quasi-legal University tribunal. Those sitting on such panels are trusted to make sound judgments, he said. “I wonder why it would be any dif- ferent with sexual harassment hearings.” Stephanie Van Egmond, the Central Student Association women’s commissioner, said having a sexual harassment policy “sends a message that women are valued at this institu- tion.” It offers women the pos- sibility of lodging a complaint and is less intimidating than taking complaints to criminal court, she said. “This is not a com- fortable place to be.” Prof. Gordana Yovanovich, Languages and Literatures, ex- pressed concern that students could abuse such a policy by com- plaining about professors who weren’t “politically correct.” Gray said safeguards include the possible penalties against those making frivolous complaints. □ Continued from page 1 boards, he said. MacDonald said a board with less than a majority of external members and weighted in favor of internal factions could raise ques- tions of credibility in the outside community. The task force also intends to look at board composition in light of Stephen Lewis’s recommenda- tion in his recent report on racism that university governing bodies reflect the changed society of On- tario, said Broadhurst. Pattison, who also chairs B of G’s audit committee, said govern- ment budgeting rules should be changed to include depreciation if universities are to get the basics of fiscal accountability right. As a lieutenant-governor in council provincial appointee to the U of G board, Pattison said an external monitoring agency would usurp and make redundant his and other appointees’ role — to protect Ontario citizens’ inter- est in university education. UGSA said it supports full and open financial accountability, value-for-money accounting — not supported by the task force — and academic autonomy for uni- versities. It wants the administra- tion to recognize the contribution of all employees to effective pro- gram delivery. It recommends standard budgeting procedures and supports an open and suppor- tive relationship with the local community. UGSA was most concerned about employee relations at the University. “Our human resource system is a mess,” Mersey said. “Chronic, systemic inefficiencies in human resource management ... are kill- NATURAL HOLISTIC THERAPY A CLINICAL ALTERNATIVE FOR: 4 Headaches? ♦ Allergy? 4 Back Pain? ♦ Fatigue? 4 Joint Pain? 4- Women’s Problems? 4- Sports Injury? 4- Chronic Diseases? 4- Face Lilting? 4- Whiplash? 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The following prizes were awarded in the Oct. 19 United Way draw: ■ A bottle of wine — Neil Car- son, English; ■ Two crested wine glasses — Lynn McDonald, Sociology and Anthropology; ■ Double-room accommodation for two in residence in the sum- mer of 1993 — Camie Steele, Registrar’s Office; ■ One-year non-preferred park- ing permit — Donald Mac- Laurin, HAFA; ■ Set of four leather coasters — Andrew Curtis, Department of Animal and Poultry Science livestock centre; ■ A dozen bran muffins — John Phillips, Molecular Biology and Genetics; ■ A copy of The Guelph Spring Festival — Nancy Bligh, English; ■ Lunch for two at the Cutten Club — Doug Badger, Com- puting and Communications Services; ■ Marci Lipman “Literacy” T- shirt — Richard Moccia, Animal and Poultry Science; ■ Two pairs of tickets to the Royal City Musical Produc- tions show Anything Goes — Total: $90,143 Rob Brown, School of Land- scape Architecture, and Ben- jamin Lu, Molecular Biology and Genetics; ■ Car wash, grease job and oil change — Howard Swatland, Animal and Poultry Science; ■ Pair of tickets to a lecture by Margaret Atwood — Cathy Gartley, Population Medicine; ■ Pair of tickets to a lecture by Pierre Berton — Paula Delogu, Counselling and Student Resource Centre. There’s one more incentive draw Nov. 2 before the campus campaign ends Nov. 6. As of Oct. 26, the campaign had raised $90, 1 43 towards it $ 140,000 goal. Each $50 donation ensures your name is entered in the incentive draw and the grand prize draw, which will be made in mid- November. First prize in the faculty/staff draw wins a Miami cruise for two donated by TTI Kortright Travel Ltd. In the stu- dent draw, which requires a dona- tion of $5, the prize is an all-ex- penses-paid weekend for two in downtown Toronto, also courtesy of TTI Kortright Travel. Second- place winners will have the chance to be U of G president for a day. Winners will be announced Nov.. 23 on United Way Volun- teer Appreciation Day. The Department of Crop Science Variety Club held its own raffle last week, raising $215 for the United Way. First prize of din- ner for two at Latino’s went to David Clements. Two second prizes of dinner for one at McDonald’s were also awarded.O New Montgomery journals launched English professor Mary Rubio, left, and professor emeritus Elizabeth Waterston take a look at one of the original diaries of Lucy Maud Montgomery with the author’s grandson David Macdonald. The three were on hand for last week’s launch of the third volume of Montgomery’s journals, edited by Rubio and Waterston. Photo by Roberta Franchuk. University Communications A Stradivari extravaganza The American String Quartet will perform on four David Geber, Axelrod, violist Daniel Avshalomov legendary Stradivari instruments owned by Univer- and violinists Laurie Carney and Peter Winograd. sity benefactor Herbert Axelrod Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $1 6 and are available at the University at War Memorial Hall. Above, from left, are cellist Centre box office. Photo by Herb Rauscher, Photographic Services Commonwealth writers to visit Winners of the 1992 Common- wealth Writers Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, will be on campus Nov. 5 to 7 to participate in a conference on “Gender/Colonialism/Post- Colonialism.” The winners will participate in plenary sessions on campus and readings at the Book- shelf Cinema. The Commonwealth Writers Prize will be presented Nov. 4 at Toronto’s St. Lawrence Hall. Winner of the prize for best book will receive $20,000. A prize of $4,000 is awarded for best first book, and eight prizes of $ 1 ,000 are given at the regional level for best entries and best first books. This is the second year the awards have been presented in Toronto and administered by Prof. Diana Brydon, English. Last year’s winners were David Malouf of Australia for best book and Pauline Melville of the Carib- bean for best first book. Commonwealth literature provides Canadians with a context for understanding theirown litera- ture as part of a global system, says Brydon. "I see the prize as an ideal way ta bring writers and critics together from around the Commonwealth to promote cross- cultural understanding,” she says. Established in 1987 by the Com- monwealth Foundation, the Com- monwealth Writers Prize is awarded annually to writers in four regions: Africa; the Carib- bean and Canada; Eurasia; and Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Any work of published prose fiction by a citizen of the Commonwealth is eligible for the prize. Regional winners for best book and best first book were an- nounced in July. Regional win- ners for best book are Rohinton Mistry, the Caribbean and Canada, for Such a Long Journey, Ama Ata Aidoo, Africa, for Chan- ges; Louis de Bemieres. Eurasia, for Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord-, and Albert Wendt, Southeast Asia and the Sourh Pacific, for Ola. Regional winners for best first book are Lawrence Darmani, Africa, for Grief Child ; Amit Chaudhuri, Eurasia, for A Strange and Sublime Address ; Robert Antoni, the Caribbean and Canada, for Divina Trace-, and Beryl Fletcher. Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, for The Word Burners. There were more than 200 entries for this year’s competition. All regional winners will be in Toronto for the awards presenta- tion and will read from their works at Harbourfront Nov. 2 and 3. In Guelph, they will give readings Nov. 7 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Bookshelf Cinema. For more information about the conference “Gender/Colonial- ism/Post-Colonialism,” call Ext. 3249 or 3252. □ AUCC asks for tighter gun controls Governments must move quickly to strengthen current controls on firearms, says the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). The association passed a resolu- tion this month urging the federal government to strengthen gun control legislation and calling on all governments to improve en- forcement of Canada’s gun con- trol laws. “Recent events on university campuses demonstrate the need for stricter controls on firearms," says AUCC chair Kenneth Ozmon, president of Saint Mary’s University, in a press release. “Firearms were used in the tragedy at the Ecole Polytech- nique almost three years ago and in the recent Concordia Univer- sity incident. In the latter, legally acquired handguns were used. “AUCC believes that stricter gun control provisions could reduce the incidence of mass kill- ings. We are adding our voices to the growing list of organizations and individuals convinced and in- sistent that Canada must have more effective gun control.” The AUCC resolution specifi- cally calls for improvements in the screening procedures for ac- quiring and registering all guns. It also urges laws prohibiting the possession of handguns except for members of the armed forces and Faculty and staff members with experience abroad are invited to become part of an information net- work for students looking into work or study programs overseas. International Education Ser- vices (IES) is putting together an orientation package for these stu- dents. giving them information on the country they will be visiting, how to set up contacts and other valuable tips. To do this, they need help from members of the University community. Faculty and staff can add their law enforcement officers, which is also the action called for in a Concordia University petition now circulating across Canada. The petition has already garnered more than 15.000 signa- tures at Concordia, and copies have been sent out to other univer- sities, including U of G. □ names to the package on a list of people with experience in other countries. Students can use the list to find people who can provide them with information and ad- vice. To be added to the list, drop a note to program co-ordinator Sheila Gruner at IES on Level 4 of the University Centre, indicat- ing the places you have visited and your areas of expertise. For more information, call Gruner at Ext. 6918.0 Wanted: Faculty, staff with overseas experience 4 At Guelph /Oct. 28, 1992 Student speak About 200 students marched on Queen's Park Oct. 21 to voice their concerns about tuition increases and underfunding of postsecondary education. Photo by Scott McNichol, University Communications Take universities out of provincial hands, urges CSA position paper The Canadian government should take over postsecondary education from the province of Ontario and reform the federal tax system to direct more funds from corpora- tions to universities, says a posi- tion paper on university under- funding by the Central Student As- sociation (CSA). Prepared by CSA external vice- president John-Paul Boyd, the paper also calls for the abolition of tuition, a national system of grants for postsecondary students and increased university account- ability. System underfunding was also the target at a National Student Day march on Queen’s Park Oct. 21. Guelph students joined stu- dents from universities across On- tario at the provincial legislature to demonstrate against cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Pro- gram (OSAP), operating grant decreases and tuition fee jumps. Ontario’s NDP government has backed down on its stated goals of mi. Sweet & Sour, Tart or Smooth Put a little spice in your life . . . ♦ Large selection of spices and herbs, oils and vinegars ♦ Gourmet Coffee Beans ana Teas 4 Rootham's Preserves 4 Spices Mixes from The Orange Crate ♦ Patak's Products 4 No. 817 Elephant Brand Basmati Rice ♦ Cajan Creole "Hot" Nuts TAKE-OUT COFFEE, TEA, JAMAICAN PATTIES, MUFFINS AND MORE! 45 Cork Street E. Downtown Guelph eliminating tuition fees and in- creasing accessibility, says Boyd. Changes are being proposed to OSAP that would eliminate all grants, leaving students with large loans to pay back when their education is complete, he says. The province may be contemplat- ing tuition increases of $600 to $800, about 30 per cent of current fees. And government funding has not kept pace with increased enrolment, he says. At U of G, more than 30 per cent of classes have at least 100 stu- dents, says Boyd. According to the position paper, Guelph needs about 1 5 per cent more classroom space, 40 per cent more laboratory space and at least 5 1 per cent more library space to cope with its 1991/92 enrolment levels. □ by Scott McNichol Student input sought The Office of Student Affairs and the Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee are inviting student groups to comment by Nov. 6 on proposed changes to the Uni- versity’s sexual harassment policy. Brian Sullivan, associate vice- president for student affairs, says he and the committee are looking for comments on the proposals dealing with gender harassment, harassment on the basis of sexual orientation, allowing complaints on the basis of a single incident, third-party complaints and in- clusion of assaultive offences. Send comments to the Office of Student Affairs on Level 4 of the University Centre. Copies of the Sexual Harass- ment Advisory Committee’s report are also available through the office. Focus on women’s issues Stephanie Van Egmond, newly appointed CSA women’s commis- sioner, is seeking female students interested in becoming members of a women’s issues commission. The group will direct Van Egmond in her position and advise her on issues involving student repre- sentation. Van Egmond says the commis- sion will work with her in organiz- ing the Montreal massacre com- memorative service Dec. 6 and International Women’s Week events for the first week of March 1993. 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CSA in the black Financial statements for the past five months show the Central Stu- dent Association (CSA) is in good shape, says association president Nona Robinson. “We have enough money to cover our expenses and more,” she says. “We are well within our budget.” This is a major accomplishment given the tight budget the CSA is working with this year, says Robinson. She attributes the bright financial picture to under- budgeting of student fees, cut- backs and restructuring in CSA office staff, and the money man- agement of last year’s CSA presi- dent. Chris Powell. Business abroad Applications for the fall 1993 busi- ness studies London semester and the La Rochelle exchange pro- gram will be available Nov. 2. Stu- dents in the commerce program and business-related fields are in- vited to apply. For applications, call or visit Johanne Doucet in Room 1 1 1H of the FACS Build- ing, Ext. 3972. The La Rochelle exchange in- volves senior undergraduate and graduate business students at Guelph and SupdeCo La Rochelle in France. Ten French students are currently on campus and four Canadians are in La Rochelle. Like Guelph, La Rochelle spe- cializes in the agribusiness sector and draws students from across the country to learn about the food industry. The exchange program is designed to expose students to a different culture and different ap- proaches to business problems. For more information, call the program’s academic co-or- dinator, Prof. Francis Tapon, Economics, at Ext. 355 1 . Support for United Way The OAC Student Federation has donated $300 raised during Aggie Week to the United Way campus campaign. 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Guelph, Ontario, N1H 4C9 ScotiaMcLeod Trusted investment advice since 1921 At Guelph / Oct. 28, 1992 5 □ RESEARCH PARK □ Park provides the link The Research Park has grown to be the success it is today because of many people’s dedication, determination and confidence in the project. In 1982, U of G’s Board of Governors approved the con- cept of a technobusiness park for the 39 acres on the south- west comer of Stone Road and Gordon Street, across from facilities owned by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. U of G envisioned the centre as a site for research-oriented companies and corporate ven- ture teams, but it wasn’t until 1987 that the park got off the ground. It was renamed the Guelph Research Park and had its first tenant on board — Agriculture Canada’s Health of Animals Laboratory. Central to the development plan was a multi-tenant build- ing providing shared space for organizations appropriate for the park but not requiring a building of their own. In July 1991, the Research Park opened up the 39,500- square-foot first phase of the 59,500-square-foot building. “Today the Research Park is growing by leaps and bounds,” says Prof. Larry Milligan, vice- president for research. “We now have nine tenants, with others in the works.” The main purpose of the Re- search Park is to establish a synergy between U of G and organizations with similar re- search interests, says Milligan. Indeed, links between the University and the Research Park’s tenants have provided greater opportunities for all parties involved. □ Agriculture Canada — Health of Animals Labs ■ ^ ■ Agriculture M T B Canada Agriculture Canada's Health of Animal Laboratory supports Canadian agriculture’s reputa- tion in both domestic and foreign markets for health, safety and quality. The lab was the Research Park’s first tenant and sits prominently in the park at 1 10 Stone Rd. Health of animals research supports the food production and inspection branch regulatory programs, deliver- ing the technology and methodology to detect, control and eradicate animal diseases and uncover the presence of biological and chemical con- taminants in food. The location of the centre enables interaction with re- search at U of G and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food’s new Laboratory Ser- vices Centre. □ CENTRE UNIVERSITY VQ UELPH AN IDEAL BUSINESS SETTING FOR RESEARCH and INDUSTRY Research-driven corporations are breaking new ground at the University of Guelph Research Park. This 30-acre Park also accommodates tenants who choose to construct their own office and laboratory facilities. Space is available now for you to join Semex Canada, Tremco Limited, the Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation, George Morris Centre, Lipid Analytical Laboratories, Compusense and Agriculture Canada in the University of Guelph Research Park. Take advantage of exceptional growth opportunities in an ideal business setting. For leasing information contact Mattcis Realty Ltd., Research Park Centre, Suite 310, (519) 836-8060 or for general information about the Park, (519) 767-5003. / he Research Park is a project of the Office of Research and the University' s Real Estate Division. Congratulations to the University of Guelph Research Park and best wishes for continued success. Were proud to play a part in developing your communications programs. Ginty Jocius & Associates 6 At Guelph / Oct. 28, 1 992 Agriculture Canada’s regional office offers 6 one-stop shopping’ ■ ^ ■ Agriculture U T M Canada Agriculture Canada’s Ontario regional head office in U of G’s Research Park serves an ever- increasing number of clients lo- cated on the campus and in the Guelph area. Consolidation of offices in Toronto, Hamilton and Guelph to this new location provides “one-stop shopping” to agricul- tural stakeholders from U of G, industry, the provincial govern- ment and others. The con- solidation has also streamlined internal operations to improve Agriculture Canada’s level of service. About 220 federal employees now work in the facility. Leased by Public Works Canada, the building is home to units of the food production and inspection branch, agrifood development branch, human resources branch, finance and resource management direc- torate, real property and cor- porate management direc- torate, and the Farm Debt Review Board. The improved visibility and corporate presence of Agricul- ture Canada in the Research Park significantly strengthens links with all parties involved in the agrifood industry park. The administrative centre is located just southwest of the Research Park Centre on Stone Road. □ Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation Research partnerships aim to provide mutual benefits for all participants. But it isn’t often ‘perfect fit’ that such collaborations hold as much promise as the arrival of the Ontario Dairy Herd Im- provement (DHI) Corporation to the Research Park. It’s a perfect fit, one that’s been in the making for more than 20 years, when U of G first led the drive towards com- puterized milk recording. Ontario DHI and University researchers routinely share data for park and ideas central to the corporation’s mandate of bet- tering dairy herds in the province through certification, on-farm management and genetic improvement. When Ontario DHI took possession of 7,900 square feet of office space on the second floor of the Research Park Centre, that col- laborative spirit grew even stronger. □ Lipid Analytical Laboratory Research supports national push for healthier foods The Lipid Analytical Labo- ratory (LAL) is located on the first floor of the Research Park Centre. The lab is fully equipped with advanced tech- nologies and chromatographic systems for conducting joint re- search for a wide range of private and public interests. Many Canadian-based opera- tions, both commercial and academic, lack the lab facilities and expertise to conduct exten- sive lipid (fat) analyses and as- sociated research. That’s where LAL comes in. U of G’s leading role in mesh- ing food technology research with the development of more nutritious designer foods is complemented by LAL’s focus on lipid research and analysis. The move is on to develop foods lower in total fat, low- density cholesterol, saturates and trans-fatty acids. There’s also a push to develop foods high in Omega-3 fatty acids, which have recently been es- tablished as essential nutrients in the diet of all Canadians by Health and Welfare Canada. LAL is also providing analyti- cal and research services on im- portant lipid compositional parameters in domestic animal feeding trials, as well as in human population studies and clinical research trials for medi- cal centres. □ Semex Canada Improving the genetics of Canadian cattle industry WSEMEX CANADA Semex Canada, which operates from its own facility in the Research Park, is the export arm of Canada’s artificial insemi- nation (AI) industry. It is responsible for the design, management and implemen- tation of genetic and AI programs throughout Canada. Semex’ s research focuses on embryo transfer, animal breeding, animal manage- ment and animal health. In 1981, Semex received a Canada Exports Award, one of 15 given by External Af- fairs and International Trade Canada to successful or- ganizations in the export business. Semex, which did $30 million worth of busi- ness in 1990, is active in al- most 70 countries around the world. In a unique industrial partnership with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Semex is a major supporter of re- search at U of G. The com- pany sponsors the Smiley- Reeds-McDonald chair in animal biotechnology, the research chair in the molecular biology of the mammalian embryo and the J.C. Rennie chair in animal- breeding strategies. Semex Canada’s research effort is also co-ordinated with research funded by the Canadian Association of Animal Breeders. The Semex building is lo- cated on Stone Road across the lane from the Research Park Centre, adjacent to Agriculture Canada’s On- tario regional head office.O Cascott Property Management Services Taking care of business The Research Park and Re- search Park Centre are managed by Cascott Property Management Services Inc. The company is responsible for everything from monitoring noxious weed control to wel- coming new tenants, says Fred Mogelin, who runs Cascott with his wife, Susan. The Research Park Centre is fully automated and access is computer controlled. “We’ve had the prescribed number of glitches common to any new facility coming on stream,” says Fred Mogelin, “and that means personal inter- vention, sometimes at four in the morning. Our effort is to minimize discomfort to the tenants and have this building reflect the flagship status that it deserves.” U of G’s former property manager, Fred Mogelin worked on campus for more than 21 years. 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L5E 2L7 (416) 278-4104 Fax (416) 278-7738 At Guelph / Oct. 28, 1992 7 Tremco Canada Limited Attitude and location attract Tremco to park TRCmCO Tremco Canada Ltd., Canada’s largest manufacturer of quality sealants, caulking, speciality rust paints and coatings, and roofing products and systems, has established a specialty polymer design laboratory in the Research Park Centre. The company chose to locate in the Research Park because of its proximity to U of G and because of the University administration’s pro-industry attitude, says Hamdy Kahlil, Tremco’ s manager of research and development. “Our association with the University gives us capabilities we didn’t have within our own operation, enhancing our diver- sity and offering joint research opportunities,” says Kahlil. Besides, “Guelph’s central- ized location between Water- loo and Hamilton puts us close to three universities at the same time. We believe it’s the right place to be.” Tremco has a particular inter- est in drawing on the expertise of researchers in the Depart- ment of Chemistry and Bio- chemistry, especially those with expertise in electrospin analysis. □ The George Morris Centre Innovative leadership in the agrifood industry GEORGE I MORRIS 1 CENTRE I A new board of directors, new facilities on the first floor of the Research Park Centre and the naming of its first executive director have launched the George Morris Centre into its second full year of operation. OAC Dean Rob McLaughlin, chair of the board, says the George Morris Centre has found an ideal home in the Re- search Park. “It’s appropriate that the centre be located here and in Guelph, which continues to es- tablish itself as a focal point for agriculture in Canada,” he says. The George Morris Centre is Canada’s only institute dedi- cated to policy research and public education in the agrifood industry. Its mission is to provide innovative leader- ship in agrifood excellence by provoking dialogue on relevant policies and issues. Also calling the centre home is the new Agrifood Network, a communications partnership dedicated to enhancing aware- ness and improving under- standing of Ontario’s agrifood system. □ Compusense Inc. Computerizing the senses Compusense, the Research Park’s newest tenant, has opened Canada’s most state- of-the-art sensory evalua- tion laboratory on the first floor of the centre. The company’s com- puterized sensory analysis (CS A) sys- tem, a sophis- ticated tool for rra measuring Era consumer preferences, will be central to the lab. The system has a proven inter- national per- formance record with major clients that include General Foods, NutraSweet and Avon. “Guelph is becoming the centre for food research in Canada,” says company COMPUSENSE’ president Chris Findlay, a University of Guelph food science graduate who com- pleted his master’s degree and PhD work here. “We want to be on the lead- ing edge of research, so it makes sense for us to be here and be part of the synergy ■ that makes i Guelph so uni- que.” Sensory analysis is a prerequisite for product in- troduction or refinement. Compusense’s CSA system, developed in conjunction with U of G re- searchers, eliminates much of the time, labor and inter- pretation traditionally as- sociated with sensory analysis and evaluation. □ UNIVERSITY VGUELPH CASCOTT Property Management Services Inc. 14 Station Street Eden Mills, Ontario NOB 1 P 0 (519) 856-9091 IFdX (519) 856-4087 Congratulations and Best Wishes to All the Tenants of the Guelph Research Park. Susan and Fred Mogelin Commercial & Residential Property Managers Congratulations to the University of Guelph for the success of the Research Park Centre and to our clients for their new accommodations. The University of Guelph, Research Park (Phase 1) Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation — New Corporate Head Offices — Milk Testing Laboratory Tremco Research Laboratory Hart Chemical — New Corporate Head Office George Morris Centre and the AGM Food Network Compusense Inc. — Computerized Sensory Analysis Facility FRYETT PARTNERSHIP INC. ARCHITECTS 45 SPEEDVALE AVENUE, EAST, GUELPH. ONTARIO N1H 1J2 TELEPHONE 519 836-1201 FAX 519 822-7170 HAVE YOUR SAY AND BE PAID FOR IT! We need taste testers for product evaluation. You can be paid to have a say in what new food products hit the supermarket shelves in the future. Tests are conducted at our Stone Road facility. It's easy and it's fun. For more information, call our 24 hour a day number. 823-0663 COMPUSENSE' 150 Research Lane, Suite 107 ♦ Guelph, Ontario 8 At Guelph /Oct. 28, 1992 Commentary Give undergraduates a chance to participate in campus research Editor’s note: Debate over the relationship between teaching and research led to the creation in 1991 of the teaching and re- search subcommittee of the advisory com- mittee to the vice-president for research. Four members of that committee — Prof. Norman Gibbins, Microbiology; Jim Mahone, director of agrifood and rural programs; Prof. Larry Milligan, vice- president for research; and associate OAC dean Bruce Stone — have written a discus- sion paper entitled ''Enhancing the Teach- ing/Research Association.” Summarized here, the paper suggests measures for en- suring maximum mutual enhancement of teaching and research experiences for stu- dents and faculty at U of G. Anyone with comments on the paper should send them to Milligan. A university differs from other education- al institutions in that both teaching and research are integral and companion processes contributing to the scholarly ex- periences of its students and faculty. Realizing the potential of this unique com- bination is a primary responsibility of a university in fulfilling its obligations to society. Teaching and research are component processes that lead to learning and the op- portunity for scholarship. In teaching, stu- dents are encouraged and expected to learn material that is normally new to them, but not necessarily new to society as a whole. In this context, learning is essentially an individual experience, aided by teachers and peers. In research, scholars are encouraged and expected to leam of matters that are new both to them and society as a whole. In this context, learning is both an individual ex- perience and an enhancement of the collec- tive knowledge of society, aided by peers, students and teachers. The achievement of learning provides the opportunity for scholarship. Scholarship is seen as a combination of: ■ the collating and ordering of knowledge; ■ the generation of new pathways of learn- ing and information acquisition, and the recognition of the novel insights and in- tellectual opportunities that arise from this process; ■ the identification of deficiencies in the matrices of knowledge; and ■ the application of creativity and syn- thesis in the expansion of understanding and the development of wisdom. Scholarship engenders the need for learn- ing and therefore for research and teaching. It is necessary, within the context of U of G, to reaffirm the complementarity and synergism of teaching and research, the condition of being learned and the all- pervasive ambience and objective of scholarship and wisdom. Because teaching and research contribute to learning and scholarship at the individual and societal levels, they have much in com- mon. It is inappropriate and unfortunate, therefore, that they are widely perceived to be so distinct as to be competitive in terms of the time, resources and rewards that the University community believes should be allocated to them. Closer association needed There are numerous reasons for develop- ing a closer association between teaching and research. Involving undergraduate students in re- search as a process of inquiry will make them more comfortable with the unknown and prepare them to respond positively to the professional and personal problems they will face in a world where change is one of the few certainties. Undergraduates must be involved in the total intellectual process of their university. Implicit distinction and separation of teach- ing and research are a barrier to this. Closer involvement of research and teaching will enhance the quality, im- mediacy and relevance of undergraduate programs. The vitality, stimulation and creativity of undergraduate students will become an ad- ditional source of intellectual power in the research process. Developing a greater appreciation of the nature, function and role of research and scholarship among our students will result in more support and sympathy for research and scholarship among society at large. The substantial scholarship necessary for effective teaching requires, by definition, learning and the research that leads to learning. The same teaching scholarship has great potential for the identification of new and fruitful avenues for independent scholarly investigation. The enhanced breadth of scholarship resulting from the mutualism of teaching and research will help develop the am- bience needed for interdisciplinary programs and perspectives. The presenta- tion of such programs will be one of the primary expectations society will have of universities in the future. Enhancement of the teaching/research as- sociation in undergraduate programs will result in well-prepared and motivated graduates, equipped to enter the workforce or embark on graduate studies. Effective measures vary Effective measures for enhancing the teaching/research connection will vary with the discipline, the degree of prepared- ness of the students and the preferences of the instructor. The intent of this discussion paper is therefore to suggest examples of generic approaches, which would be imple- mented by procedures appropriate to specific circumstances. Some of these ap- proaches are already effectively in place in various contexts in our programs. To the extent that it is possible, under- graduate students should have oppor- tunities and guidance to initiate and pursue a scholarly investigation of their own at least once. To this end, undergraduate programs should make adequate provision for research/project courses and should consider reinstating the undergraduate thesis in the specialized honors program. The academic and intellectual flexibility and independence required of under- graduate students to take advantage of re- search-oriented initiatives will be en- hanced by exposure to courses (including introductory courses) that are predominant- ly concept-driven, rather than information- driven. Such an approach develops more effectively the ability to resolve problems, whether basic or applied. Students should continue to be en- couraged — and required — to evaluate the quality of the premises and information discussed in their courses and to consult critically the primary literature. Instructors should take every opportunity to discuss their own scholarly goals and research approaches, as well as those of their colleagues across campus, and to generate and encourage comment and criticism. Informal interaction with graduate stu- dents (especially teaching assistants) should be encouraged. Specifically assign- ing part of a course to this activity may be appropriate. Tutorials, department visits and guest in- structors are used in many courses to pro- vide insight into the research dimension of a discipline. This approach should be ex- panded. The availability of scholarships to allow undergraduate students to participate in scholarly investigation should be discussed vigorously with classes and individuals. Concerted efforts should be made to en- courage faculty and departments to provide more opportunities for undergraduates to participate in research and to make a direct contribution to the process. Graduate programs have great potential for enhancing the link between research and teaching. The training of graduate teaching assistants should include substan- tial consideration of this issue. In the recruitment of new faculty and academic administrators, commitment to the enhancement of research/teaching synergy should be included as a selection factor. Within the University, the close relation- ship between teaching and research should be emphasized to new faculty during their orientation, normally by the chair of the department involved. Recognition of the role and results of scholarship as driving forces equally for teaching and research should be reflected appropriately in the peer evaluation process used to assess faculty performance. The learning objectives of the University should be amended to provide explicitly for continued enhancement of the research/ teaching connection. Mission commitment Enhancement of the relationship between teaching and research should be a major element of the University’s operating plan. It should be included in the mission state- ments of both the Office of the Vice-Presi- dent, Academic, and the Office of the Vice- President, Research. Responsibility for implementing measures to enhance the teaching/research link in U of G programs should be assumed jointly by the academic vice-president and the vice-president for research. □ Research awards Prof. Ian Duncan, Animal and Poultry Science, received $2,500 from the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency for his work on ‘’Starve Out in Turkeys." Henry Kock of The Ar- boretum was awarded $20,000 by the Ministry of Natural Resources for the project “Rare Woody Plant." Environment Canada has provided Prof. Doug Larson, Botany, with $56,740 for his “Cliff Edge Forest Research.” Prof. Jacek Lipkowski, Chem- istry and Biochemistry, received $20,000 from NSERC and $20,000 from the Centre for Chemical Process Metallurgy for “Investigations of the Level- ling and Grain-Refining Effects by Organic Additives in Nickel Electroplating.” Prof. Tanya MacLaurin, HAFA, was awarded $ 1 5,000 by Canada Pork Inc. to examine “Cooking Yields and Consumer Acceptance for Selected Pork Cuts.” NSERC's bilateral exchange program has provided $2,077 to Prof. Ann Oaks. Botany, to study “Molecular Mechanisms of Nitrogen Assimilation in Plants” in Japan. Prof. Larry Peterson. Botany, received $7,609 from NATO for the project “Interaction Between Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Roots.” Prof. Bill Woodward, Nutri- tional Sciences, was awarded $3,000 by McKellar Structured Settlements Inc. for his work on “Immune Functions and Im- munomodulation in Malnutri- tion." Prof. Ron Brooks, Zoology, has received funding from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources for three projects: $16,385 to study “Population Fluctuations of Small Mammals in Algonquin Park.” $ 15,000 for his work on “Population Biology of the Wood Turtle" and $5,600 for "Monitoring of Amphibians in Algonquin Park.” Prof. Ralph Brown, School of Engineering, was awarded $99,380 by Maple Leaf Grocery Products for the project "Infrared Treatment of Grain for Disinfes- tation and Improved Quality and the Development of a Control Strategy for Maintaining Process Consistency and Efficacy.” Prof. Mansel Griffiths, Food Science, received $ 1 00,000 from OMAF’s Ontario food-process- ing research program to study “Time/Temperature Conditions for Effective Pasteurization of Dairy Liquids.” Allelix Crop Technologies has awarded Prof. David Hume, Crop Science, with $35,000 to study the “Effect of Abscisic Acid (ABA) Analogs on the Productivity of Winter Canola in Ontario.” Prof. Mark Hurtig, Clinical Studies, received $24,000 from the Morris Animal Foundation for his work on "The Molecular Biology and Early Diagnosis of Developmental Orthopedic Dis- ease.” Upjohn Company awarded $33,730 to Prof. Ken Leslie, Population Medicine, to study "The Efficacy of a Pirlimycin- Containing Mastitis Intramam- mary Infusion Formula Com- pared with Two Positive Controls in Lactating Dairy Cows with Clinical Mastitis." Prof. Kelly Meckling-Gill, Nutritional Sciences, received $10,000 from Victoria Hospital for the project “RNA, DNA, ASP Contents in Muscle Biop- sies of Chronic Hemodialysis Patients.” Prof. David Swayne, Comput- ing and Information Science, has been awarded $16,571 by En- vironment Canada’s Atmos- pheric Environment Services for “Lagranglan Trajectory Analy- sis by Microcomputer.” Profs. Paul Voroney, Land Resource Science; Lambert Otten, School of Engineering; and Jack Trevors and Hung Lee, Environmental Biology, received $185,000 from the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto for the “Test and Evaluation of Composted Kitchen and Yard Waste for Field Crop Production and for Garden Use.” The Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition has awarded Prof. David Waltner-Toews. Popula- tion Medicine, $ 1 0 1 .308 to study “The Impact of Pet Ownership on the Health and Health-Care Utilization Among People over 65 Years in Ontario." □ Funding news Information on the following fellow- ships is available from the Office of Research in the Reynolds Building, Ext. 6927. Cardiovascular disease The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario offers two scientific fel- lowships for research related to the prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Applicants must have a recent PhD or MD with expertise in the behavioral sciences, epidemiol- ogy or related disciplines. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 13. Genentech, MRC funding Genentech, Inc., and the Medical Research Council of Canada are offering two postdoctoral fellow- ships in the -fields of pulmonary biology, neurobiology or en- docrinology. Applications are due Nov. 15. Stanford fellowships The Stanford Humanities Centre offers six research fellowships to members of humanities depart- ments and other scholars inter- ested in humanistic issues. Both senior and junior fellowships are available. Submissions are due Nov. 16. □ At Guelph /Oct. 28, 1992 9 Research report This fall's unco-operative weather means staff at the Elora Research Station have to make hay when the sun shines. Above, Bill Steel takes advantage of a break in the weather to run a forage harvester through a cornfield next to the Elora Road. Photo by Owen Roberts, office of Research Farms face a troubled fall harvest by Owen Roberts Office of Research Troublesome, frustrating and stressful — that’s how research farm manager George Robinson describes the situation on the seven research farms U of G runs for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The harvest is at least three weeks behind and getting later all the time. The incessant rain and cold that plagued farm workers throughout the spring and summer has per- sisted. Some crops have been har- vested, but much of the com and soybeans — two of the farms’ main crops — is still standing in the fields. And if the weather doesn’t break, their future is ques- tionable. Situation intense “We’re not going to hell in a handbasket, but the situation is in- tense,” says Robinson. “We’re really at the mercy of the weather. Farmers have great internal op- timism, but it’s being tested.” The research farms grow 1 ,200 acres of com, 600 acres of hay, 400 acres of soybeans and 300 acres of grain crops such as barley and wheat. That constitutes most of the feed and about half of the bedding needs of U of G’s re- search animals. Hay is the first crop to be har- vested, usually in early June. Nor- mally, it is cut and either left to cure in the fields before baling or is chopped immediately as “haylage” and put into a silo for storage. In both cases, the hay is later fed to animals for protein and fibre. In a good year, farmers can get up to three cuts of hay. This sum- mer, however, most got one (the research farms got two). And the combination of cold, rain and wet fields diminished the hay’s pro- tein content. Early in the season, there were fears that the hay crop would be inadequate both in quantity and quality, but some well-timed breaks in the weather provided relief. Robinson says workers man- aged to harvest 3,500 tonnes of haylage and 500 tonnes of baled hay, with the protein content stay- ing above 15 per cent, only about three to six percent below normal. “The weather for curing and storing hay was lousy, but surpris- ingly the quantity wasn’t down too much,” he says. “The quality is not at its highest standard, but it’s acceptable and palatable to the animals, and there’s enough to keep them fed through the winter.” Cereal crops, the next to be har- vested, were about three weeks later than normal, again because of the wet and cool weather. The straw from these crops is used for animal bedding. ‘The rain made that straw dif- ficult to harvest and bale, but we have an adequate supply,” says Robinson. The biggest challenges are hap- pening now. Continued inclement weather has left the fields wet and. in some cases, impassable. That has backed up the entire farm sys- tem, including crop harvesting, manure spreading and fall tillage. “The same amount of work will have to be done, except in a shorter period of time,” says Robinson. “Harvest and every- thing else is late, but winter will be on time, and there are many things that need to be done. ’’ Farm workers have no other choice than to wait to get on the fields, he says. Entering wet areas now could create ruts and com- paction that would damage the soil for years to come. Right now, however, that’s a moot point. Com and soybeans can’t be har- vested until they’ve dropped to a targeted moisture content, and right now they’re only at about half that level — at least, some parts of the plants are. “We have soybeans that are dry on top and green on the bottom, and com with cobs that vary in moisture by 50 per cent on the same stalk," says Robinson. “ Moisture levels are all over the map. ” Farm workers are hoping for an "open November" with minimal snow and frost, so they can get the remainder of the crops off, he says. They expect to maintain at least three weeks of around-the- clock harvest vigils just to catch up. □ Why do young offenders go straight? by Margaret Boyd University Communications Young offenders who turn from criminal to law-abiding behavior have much to tell about the process of turning around, say U of G researchers studying this group. These individuals have learned to survive in a non-criminal world and often credit a suppor- tive person for helping them turn around, says Paul Hubert, a graduate student in the Depart- ment of Psychology. He cau- tions, however, that each case is unique and says there’s a need to individualize training programs for young offenders. “Research and writing have largely been on the early be- havior and background of re- cidivists — those who carry delinquent behavior into adult- hood,” says Hubert. This dis- torts the whole approach to what is helpful to the young person in trouble and to society in general, he says. Factors influencing change may be ignored. Hubert’s study — one of the most detailed analyses of this group — is based on in-depth interviews with 20 men who had turned away from serious criminal activity following adolescence. The Canadian Psychological Association awarded Hubert the 1992 Criminal Justice Award for his preliminary report on the study. The average age of the men in the study was 30, and the average number of years since their last conviction was 10. To enter the study, they had to have at least three convictions be- tween the ages of 12 and 18. Their records ranged from hard- core crime to minor drug con- victions. The study found: ■ all 20men had drug oralcohol problems as youths; ■ a strong link existed between dealing with early drug and alcohol problems and crimi- nality (today 60 per cent of the men abstain from alcohol and 90 per cent abstain from illegal drugs); ■ wives or girlfriends were most often cited as positive influences, followed by parents and the process of "growing up”; ■ 70 per cent of the men’s families were intact (higher than would be expected for youths in trouble with the law); ■ 50 percent of the families had problems with alcohol, and some of the men had been physically or verbally abused at home; ■ almost none had spent quality time with their fathers. Young offenders with serious records face huge societal bar- riers in their efforts to change, says Prof. John Hundleby, Psychology, who has studied young offenders for more than 20 years in a series of lon- gitudinal studies. “Delinquency in adolescence is common, an estimated 95 per cent of male teens having done something for which they could have been charged," Hundleby says, “but our concern has been with those with serious criminal records, a much smaller group. Turnaround makes them re- markable, important people. We need to recognize that the be- havior of young people can change and that information as- sociated with change will give direction in our search for what to do with the young person in serious trouble. ”□ Life found inside rocks usually seen only in deserts A whole community of micro- scopic organisms — algae, fungi and perhaps lichens — has been discovered living inside limestone cliffs in Ontario. Known as cryptoendolithic (meaning hidden inside rocks) or- ganisms, these life forms have previously only been found in the harsh environments of the An- tarctic, Egypt’s Negev Desert and Colorado’s mountains. It’s believed the organisms live inside rocks to escape the wind and cold. “It is unexpected and exciting to find cryptoendolithic organisms living in the mild environment of southern Ontario,” says Prof. Doug Larson, Botany. Larson found the organisms in early June while he and colleague Uta Matthes-Sears were harvest- ing trees along a I imestone cliff on U of G property. Some of the tree roots were set in rocks; when the rocks were split open, bright green lines were found. The lines, just below the surface of the rock, were identifiable under the microscope as algae, fungi and perhaps even lichens. Larson has subsequently found the organisms in other limestone cliffs near Milton and along the Niagara Escarpment. “This cryptic community of plants, animals and other or- ganisms has been found living in- side the rocks, although we don’t know how many species are present,” he says. “Despite this, we must now recognize that the rocks are alive in the same way the soil is alive." He does know colonization of the cryptoendolithic organisms is rapid because the original dis- covery was made on a cliff face that was quarried until 40 years ago. Still, the discovery raises more questions than it answers, he says. What species are present? Where else are they found? And what role do they play in the an- cient cliff ecosystem? He specu- lates that some of them may help fix atmospheric nitrogen for the ancient eastern white cedars living on the cliffs, because other studies have shown that the trees are not nutrient-limited. Larson and Matthes-Sears will try to answer these questions with the help of Profs. George Barron, Environmental Biology, and Joe Gerrath. Botany. “This discovery opens a door we didn’t know ex- isted." Larson says. Cl 10 At Guelph /Oct. 28, 1992 Notices Arboretum volunteers Volunteers are needed at The Arboretum to help maintain the collections throughout the winter, to staff the nature centre on weekends and to help with the junior naturalists’ program. To volunteer, call Ext. 21 13. Worldly sale International Education Ser- vices and the Canadian Interna- tional Development Agency are sponsoring a sale of clothing, jewelry, arts and crafts from around the world Oct. 29 to 3 1 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the University Centre courtyard. Goods are from such countries as India, Afghanistan, Nepal, Thailand, Ecuador and Guatemala. Spookfest for kids Guelph Museums presents a Halloween spookfest for children of all ages Oct. 31 from 1 :30 to 4 p.m. The day features games, activities, costumes, contests and prizes. To register, call 836-1221. London bank accounts At least 60 alumni and faculty who have participated in U of G’s London semester have out- standing bank accounts with the Royal Bank of Scotland. If you suspect you have an account there, write to the bank at 1 89- 191 Camden High St., London, England NW1 7BP, to request that the account be closed and any money be sent to you. For more information, call Cascott Property Management Services Inc. at 856-4412. Bazaar happenings CUSO is looking for volunteers to help with its One World Bazaar Nov. 1 2 to 1 4 in the UC courtyard. If interested, call Joanna at Ext. 6205. College Royal advisers College Royal is looking for in- terested people to serve as ad- ministrators and faculty ad- visers. Duties include attending meetings and acting as resour- ces to the executive. All mem- bers of the University com- munity are welcome to apply to College Royal president Chris Clement Ext. 8366. South America Julie Keeliside and Ray Cislo present slides of their year-long bicycle adventure through eight South American countries, in- cluding Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 103 of the University Centre. The free talk is sponsored by the Cycling Club. Development news Eurodad , a publication about the European Network on Debt and Development, is available for viewing in International Education Services on Level 4 of the University Centre. KNOWLEDGE INTEGRITY SERVICE 7 * 2 / Gerry lall has the KEYS to Selling your Home. 824 9050 V ROYAL CITY K K A I T V • I I M I T V II Grad news The final examination of Joan Krochko, a PhD candidate in the Department of Botany, is Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. in Axelrod 309. The thesis is “Storage Protein Synthesis in Zygotic and Somatic Embryos of Alfalfa.” The adviser is Prof. Derek Bewley. Interested members of the University community are invited to attend. □ WE PRINT BOOKS! For over 17 years Ampersand Printing has been providing book printing excellence at a reasonable price. We can help you from manuscript through to bound copies. Call Clive Lewis at 836-8800 or write Ampersand Printing, 123 Woolwich St., Guelph N1H 3V1. OK, Blue Jays! There were some tense moments at the closing game of the World Series Saturday night, but the Toronto Blue Jays pulled through to become the first team outside the United States to win baseball’s most coveted prize. Earlier games in the series also provided some exciting moments for baseball fans like U of G students Steve Clarke, left, and Chris Richardson, shown here celebrating a Blue Jays homer in the Boo Bar last week. Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications Sports shorts Athletes of the week Male Gryphon athlete of the week for the week of Oct. 19 is Kyle Walters of St. Thomas, a running back for the football team. A first-semester B.Sc. student, Walters earned this recognition for his outstanding performance in the Gryphons’ recent win over York. Throughout the game, he had 17 carries for 124 yards. The honor for female Gryphon athlete of the week goes to the entire field hockey team for tying York University, the fourth- ranked team nationally. The Gryphons are currently third in the standings. On the scoreboard ■ Men’s soccer Oct. 14: Guelph 1 McMaster 1 ■ Women’s soccer Oct. 14: Guelph 0 McMaster 1 ■ Football Oct. 15: Guelph 25 YorkO ■ Field hockey Oct. 17: Guelph 1 Waterloo 1 ■ Men’s basketball Oct. 17: Guelph 95 Sheridan 63 ■ Men’s rugby Oct. 17: Guelph 3 Western 0 ■ Men’s soccer Oct. 17: Guelph 2 Brock 0 ■ Women’s soccer Oct. 17: Guelph 1 Brock 1 ■ Men’s basketball Oct. 18: CANADA SAVINGS BONDS Canada Savings Bonds from Midland Walwyn. No line-ups, no fees, no problems! The recent volatility in Canadian interest rates has made many investors take o second look at Canada Savings Bonds. Remember, CSBs offer: • High Liquidity • Competitive Returns • Security • Purchase Flexibility Before you buy at your bank or trust company, call Clara M. Marett at (519) 822-8830 to see how Canada Savings Bonds can best suit your personal portfolio. Clara M. Marett MIDLAND WALWYN $259,897 - Reduced for Action! 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One bedroom in house, on bus route, $300 a month, Ext. 4803 or Available 767-0418 or 821-8281 after 5 p.m. Three-bedroom house, two cats ne- gotiable, available from Nov. 15 to Free couch, perfect for students, ugly but comfortable and functional, 766-0490 evenings. At Guelph /Oct. 28, 1992 11 Calendar Thursday, Oct. 29 Pathology Graduate Seminar - Rob Wiebe discusses “Cytokine Binding by Alpha-2-Macro- globulin and its Biological Ef- fects” at 11:10 a.m. in Pathology 2152. Lecture - The Ontario African Working Group and Senate’s women and development sub- committee present Mariam Mujir Keregero of Tanzania on “The Role of Women in Household Food Security” at noon in Mac- Kinnon 132. Sulawesi Forum - “Socioeco- nomic and Environmental Analy- sis of Rural Roads in Sulawesi” is the topic of Profs. Wayne Pfeiffer, Agricultural Economics and Business, and Richard Kuhn, Geography, at noon in UC 441. Concert - Russian pianist Balint Vazsonyi performs at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in MacKinnon 1 07. Friday, Oct. 30 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - Zhaoming Xu presents “A Mechanistic Study of Effects of Dietary Zinc Deficiency on Liver Microsomal P450 System in Rats” at 11 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Economics Seminar - “A Com- pendium on Applications of Infor- mation Theory in Economics and Econometrics” is the topic of Essie Maasoumi of Southern Methodist University at 3 p.m. in MacKinnon 236. Music - Mel Brown and the Homewreckers bring their blues jam to the Brass Taps Fridays from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Cycling Club - A 25- to 35- kilometre off-road ride leaves from the UC south doors at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 Arboretum - Autumn’s rainbow of color is featured on today’s afternoon walk. Meet at the nature centre at 2 p.m. Cycling Club - T wo rides leave at 10 a.m. from the UC — a 45-km jaunt to Everton and an off-road trip of 25 to 35 km. Monday, Nov. 2 Lecture - Author Margaret Atwood comes to Peter Clark Hall at 8 p.m. The evening will include readings from her book Good Bones. Tickets are $5 general, $3 for students and seniors, and are available at the UC box office. Worship Two Catholic masses for the dead will be offered on All Soul’s Day Nov. 2 at 8 a.m. and 12:10 a.m. in UC 533. Catholic mass is also celebrated Sunday at 10:10 a.m. in Thornbrough 164, Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church, offer- ing services for a creative, wor- shipping, searching community (Anglican/United/Presbyterian), runs Sunday at 1 1 a.m. in UC 442. Midweek — A Time with God provides an opportunity for reflection and meditation Wed- nesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533. The Student Christian Move- ment meets to discuss politics, society and spirituality Tuesday at noon in UC 335. The Lutheran Student Move- ment meets Friday at noon in UC 444.0 Tuesday, Nov. 3 Physics Colloquium - Winegard Visiting Professor AJf Sjolander of Sweden discusses “Transition from a Supercooled Liquid to a Glass: Mystery or Not?” at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton 113. Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days - T-shirt paint- ing runs from 8 to 10 p.m. in UC 536. Wednesday, Nov. 4 Third-Age Learning - TAL- Guelph’s fall lecture series con- tinues with “Mystery of Proph- ecy” with retired history professor James Gow at 10 a.m. and “Be- hind the Scenes, Part 1 " with John Snowdon at 1:30 p.m. Lectures are in The Arboretum Centre. Cost of single lectures is $2.50. Women’s Wednesdays - The Women’s Resource Centre presents Prof. Isobel Heathcote, Engineering, speaking on “Op- portunities and Obstacles for Women in Science,” at noon in UC 107. Performance - Gerry Watson demonstrates billiard trickery at noon in the UC courtyard. Food for Thought - Prof. Doug Pletsch, Rural Extension Studies, looks at farm foreign aid at 12:10 p.m. in Animal Science 141. Biochemistry Seminar - Pathol- ogy professor Pat Wright des- cribes “Extreme Alkaline En- vironments and the Regulation of Nitrogen Metabolism in Fish” at 12:10 p.m. in MacNaughton 222. Economics Seminar - Hal White of San Diego University discusses “Neural Networks and Market Ef- ficiency” at 4 p.m. in MacKinnon 236. Zoology Seminar - Craig Hawryshyn of the University of Victoria explains ‘The Sensory Biology of Migration in Pacific Salmon” at 4 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Strad Rocks Concert - The American String Quartet per- forms on Stradivari instruments at 7:30 p.m. at War Memorial Hall. With them are a selection of fossil fish from the U of G collection donated by Herbert Axelrod. Tickets are $16 and are available at the UC box office. Films en Francais - La Maison Francaise commence une serie des films hebdomadaire avec Kluane a 20 h. dans le Grand Salon, Lennox-Addington. Ad- mission gratuite. Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days - Michael Leshner discusses his recent vic- tory with the Ontario Human Rights Commission in its ruling that the Ontario government can- not discriminate against same-sex couples. The talk begins at 8 p.m. in UC 103. Thursday, Nov. 5 Pathology Graduate Seminar - “A Study of the Selenium, Vitamin E and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Dairy Cat- tle in Ontario” is presented by Hege Brun-Hansen at 11:10 a.m. in Pathology 2152. Concert - The Claudell String Quartet of Montreal performs at the free noon-hour concerts at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in Mac- Kinnon 107. Readings - As part of the con- ference “Gender/Colonialism/ Post-Colonialism,” English pro- fessors Dionne Brand and Janice Kulyk Keefer of Guelph and Kristjana Gunnars of the Univer- sity of Alberta will read from their works at 3 p.m. in UC 103. Friday, Nov. 6 Physics Colloquium - Winegard Visiting Professor Alf Sjolander of Sweden discusses “Transition from a Supercooled Liquid to a Glass: Theoretical Aspects?" at 10 a.m. in MacNaughton 101. Nutritional Sciences Seminar - “The Formation of Lysoplas- menylethanolamine via Phos- pholipase A2 in Agonist- Stimulated Human Platelets” is described by Marco Turin i at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutri- tion 141. Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days - “Making the Links: Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism and Homophobia” is the topic of a panel discussion at noon in UC 442. Human Biology Seminar - Stephen Perry discusses "Fric- tional Coefficients of Human- Steel Interfaces” at 12J^^m. in Human Biology 209. Readings - As pan of the con- ference “Gender/Colonial- ism/Post-Colonialism," authors Smaro Kamboureli of the Univer- sity of Victoria, Thomas King of the University of Minnesota, Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Leon Rooke will read from their works at 1:30 p.m. in UC 103. Evolution and Systematics Seminar - “Practical Purposes for Perverse Practices: Interspecific Mating and the Evolution of Sperm Parasitism in Ants” is the topic of Gary Umphrey of the University of Western Ontario at 3 : 1 0 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Saturday, Nov. 7 k Readings - As part of the con- ference “Gender/Colonialism/ Post-Colonialism,” regional win- ners of the Commonwealth Wri- ters Prize will read, at 1 :30 p.m. at the Bookshelf Cinema. Concert - The Guelph Chamber Choir and the Leslie Fagan Singers conducted by Gerald Neufeld present “African Sanc- tus” at 8 p.m. at War Memorial Hall. Tickets are $ 1 3 general, $ 1 0 for students and seniors, and are available at the Carden Street Music Shop. Sunday, Nov. 8 Arboretum - The Sunday after- noon walk teaches you to use your senses to experience nature. Meet at the nature centre at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9 Zoology Seminar - Michael Kaspari of Texas University looks at “Nest Founding, Niche Partitioning and the Organization of Neotropical Ant Assemblage” at 4 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Tuesday, Nov. 10 Physics Colloquium - “Com- puter Math in First-Year Physics Teaching" is the topic of Bill Baylis of the University of Windsor at 4 p.m. in Mac- Naughton 1 13. FREE PUBLIC SEMINAR Presented by BRIGHTSIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. INCREASE YOUR WEALTH Special Guest Speaker: Joanne Mulligan, Vice President, Trimark Investment Management Inc. 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LET S TALK!! 12 AtGuelph/Oct. 28, 1992 The pizza de resistance Food and diet focus of U of G’s display at the Royal Winter Fair by Margaret Boyd University Communications A recipe for a healthy pizza, a computer program to help im- prove the diet and a look at some of the technological wizardry be- hind Canadian food products are all part of U of G’s display at the 1992 Royal Winter Fair Nov. lOto 21 . Located on the main floor of the Coliseum Building in Knob Hill Lanes, the Guelph exhibit will in- clude information about career and educational opportunities in the Fields of food and nutrition. Pizza will be used to illustrate the nutritional components of food. The ingredients of a typical pizza — pepperoni, bacon, moz- zarella cheese and mushrooms on a white crust — and an “alterna- tive" pizza that meets Canada’s Food Guide recommendations will be compared nutritionally. A recipe for the "alternative” pizza — containing low-fat mozzarella, shrimp, mushrooms, green pep- pers, fresh tomatoes, pineapple, onion and garlic on a whole wheat crust — will be available. “Our goal is to show people what is in a typical pizza and how to make small changes to reduce fat, decrease salt and increase fibre,” says Prof. Kelly Meckling- Gill, Nutritional Sciences. A computer program that provides analysis of individual meals or diets will suggest chan- ges for optimal nutrition. The pro- gram will be conducted by nutri- tional science students. Pizza will also be used to show how raw agricultural products are transformed into food products through technology. The transfor- mation of wheat to dough, milk to cheese, tomatoes to sauce and meat to pepperoni will be high- lighted. This aspect of the display will also highlight research by U of G food scientists in the produc- tion, processing and nutritional aspects of these commodities. OAC’s new ACCESS display will highlight three new industry- driven courses in the area of food. Information about independent study certificate programs in meat basics, viticulture (grape grow- ing) and oenology (wine produc- tion) will be available. Other OAC ACCESS adult learning op- portunities include four distance education degree courses in food chemistry, food processing, food microbiology and food analysis, and four continuing education courses in bread, cheese, sausage and processed meats, and ice cream production. □ Trees fall victim to vandals Branches littered Winegard Walk Oct. 22 after vandals at- tacked 16 maple and two spruce trees, causing several hun- dred dollars worth of damage. Two of the maples will have to be completely replaced at a cost of about $500 each, says Mike Bladon of Grounds, and the other trees will have to be trimmed and repaired. Anyone with information about the vandalism is asked to call Campus Police at Ext. 2000. 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Name Complete address Postal code Telephone number VISIT OUR WAREHOUSE TODAY! fimmm wmmmmsA l ■ Thought for the week Never learn to do anything: if you don't learn, you'll always find someone else to do it for you. _ ^Discover.,— DOWNTOWN lip G UELPH University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Maclean 9 s survey puts Guelph third Volume 36 Number 36 Nov. 4, 1992 by Martha Tancock University Communications Guelph ranks third in its category this year in Maclean's magazine’s second annual attempt to compare Canadian universities. This week, the national magazine slotted Guelph behind Waterloo and Simon Fraser universities, but ahead of nine other universities in one of three categories. “We're pleased we did so well, but disappointed we didn’t come first," Derek Jamieson, director of analysis and planning, said Mon- day. Maclean's faxed copies of com- parison charts to university presi- dents on Sunday, two days before the magazine appeared on news- stands. As of press time Monday, U of G had not received copies of the full edition. Guelph ranked second — be- hind Waterloo — for quality, in- novation and preparing leaders of tomorrow in the opinion of senior university, public and corporate officials and recognized research fellows surveyed across the country. "I’m pleased with the reputa- tional ranking from senior in- dividuals," said Jamieson. Maclean’ s grouped Guelph with 1 1 other "comprehensive” univer- sities. Guelph ranked ahead of Victoria, York, Carleton, New Brunswick, Memorial, Regina, Concordia, Windsor and Quebec universities. Acting president Jack MacDonald said Monday that U of G considers itself at or near the top of the list of comprehensive universities, "and that is where we are.” MacDonald said he could not comment further until he sees the full edition. Inside: MCU asks universities to mirror communities they serve 3 What to do with Cruickston Park? . . . 3 Constitutional team shoots, but fails to score 4 A cow never forgets 5 Playing on 8 UNIVERSITY ^G ueleh The magazine ranked the aca- demic offerings of Canadian universities by comparing data supplied by each institution on their students, classes, faculty, finances and libraries. Guelph ranked first for faculty with PhDs, for humanities grants and for alumni support. It placed 11th, however, for class sizes, showing larger classes than the others at all undergraduate levels. Jamieson finds this “surprising because we have a favorable stu- dent/faculty ratio compared with other Ontario universities.” Chuck Cunningham, assistant registrar for liaison, said the academic ranking “is not going to hurt us in terms of recruitment. We’ll see high school students at- tending university information programs with Maclean's rank- ings under their arms.” But those rankings tell only part of the story, said Cunningham. Students choose a university for its residential life and support ser- Continued on page 2 Born to be wild A combination of the United Way’s casual day and Halloween brought out some closet bikers last week at the library's Acquisitions and Bibliographic Search section. The campus United Way cam- paign has raised $103,957, 74.3 per cent of its $ 1 40 ,000 goal . Photo by Roberta F ranchuk Ranking rules change Last fall, in its first attempt to rank all Canadian universities, Maclean's slotted Guelph in eighth place. But that was before it changed the rules. When the first ranking issue ap- peared last October, an eager public practically inhaled it off the newsstands. It sold 46,000 copies, almost four times the weekly average in 1 99 1 , topping the sales of every other Maclean ’ s issue ex- cept the 198 1 edition featuring the wedding of Prince Charles. But the magazine smarted when even the highest-ranking univer- sities discounted its information- gathering methods and criteria for comparison. For its first venture into university ranking — a lucra- tive publishing sport among na- tional U.S. publications for years — Maclean’s compared under- graduate arts and science pro- grams at 46 Canadian univer- sities. McGill. Queen’s. Mount Allison, Toronto and McMaster were the top five. This time out, Maclean's hired special editor Ann Dowsett Johnson to steer its ranking effort. She consulted with universities across the country and spent hundreds of hours refining criteria with the help of the Ontario Coun- cil of University Planning and Analysis (OCUPA). Maclean’s “tried very hard to improve the quality and per- tinence of the data collected," said Derek Jamieson, U of G’s director of analysis and planning. He and research associate Cathy Beattie worked on the OCUPA account- ability committee to help define what should be reported. The magazine used the OCUPA committee’s report as a basis for discussions with universities across Canada, said Jamieson. In the end, it chose not to follow some of the recommendations. Maclean's compared similar universities in three, rather than OCUPA’s recommended five, categories. “It’s important to stress that categories were estab- lished so that comparisons within groups would be more defensible than comparisons across the range of all universities," said Jamieson. “The process has improved, but it is still flawed." The OCUPA committee was disappointed that Maclean's did not adopt all its recommenda- tions, he said, but the magazine needed a national perspective. "What we proposed was ap- Continued on page 2 Lest we forget Everyone on campus will have a chance to ponder the losses of war and the fragility of peace at the annual Remembrance Day service Nov. 1 1 in War Memo- rial Hall. This year’s service will be led by Rev. Ed Den Haan of the Campus Ministry, with addres- ses by acting president Jack MacDonald and a representa- tive of the Central Student As- sociation. Music for the ceremony will be supplied by the student group Jazarus, with a special piece by members of the U of G Choir. The service will also in- clude a video display combin- ing footage of Canada at war with slides of flowers, friends and other symbols of peace. A special symbol of the Uni- versity’s history — a silver rose bowl filled with red roses — will again sit at the front of the hall during the service. The bowl was donated by Kathleen Dowler Riter, a 1915 graduate of Macdonald Institute, in memory of her friend RAF Cap- tain John Play ford Hales. Hales, an OAC faculty member until 1916. was killed in France in 1918. The bowl has a pattern of leaves and shells and is in- scribed: "And from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be.” The Remembrance Day ser- vice begins at 10:55 a.m. All classes will be dismissed from 10:45 to 1 1 :20 a.m. so all mem- bers of the University com- munity can participate. □ Bondar to address winners U of G, in presenting the scholar- ships to entering students. The ceremony begins at 9:45 a.m. in the Eccles Centre. Canada Scholarships, valued at $8,000 over four years, are awarded for outstanding aca- demic performance. □ Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first female astronaut, will address U of G students receiving Canada Scholarships Nov. 6. Bondar, a 1968 zoology graduate of Guelph, will join Bill Winegard, federal minister for science and a former president of CIBC Investments At CIBC, we re especially proud to offer our customers investments that meet virtually every investment objective. You can select from our wide range of CIBC Mutual Funds to meet your personal investment preference. Talk to one of our knowledgeable, professional Mutual Funds representatives today!. nxuswodwaPy 0111 CFBC 23 College Ave. W., Guelph °* 824-6520 RFrfTB 'Offered by CIBC Securities Inc . a subsidiary ol CIBC. These investments are not insured by the Caratfan Depot* Insorjrve Corporation or guaranteed by the bank Their value a subjectto market fluctuation 2 At Guelph / Nov. 4, 1 992 Student speak Protest march U of G students plan to march to MPP Derek Fletcher’s office Nov. 1 2 to protest and raise awareness of tuition increases and university underfunding. The march leaves from Johnston Green at noon and will proceed down Gordon Street to Fletcher’s office at Quebec and Yarmouth streets. Students join committee Two students and a U of G grad- uate have joined Guelph’s aca- demic restructuring committee. Senate named graduate student Robin Hicks, undergraduate stu- dent Chris Parent and graduate Ann Vaughan to the 14-member subcommittee of the Senate Com- mittee on University Planning. Chaired by Prof. Leonard Conolly, acting academic vice- president, the committee will con- sult University constituencies over the next year and make a pro- gress report next June about chan- ges to the academic structure. Lighting a problem Lighting around OVC will be the focus of a report from the second CSA campus safety audit held Oct. At Guelph \ is published by the University ot Guelph every Wednesday ex- cept during December, July and August, when a reduced sched- ule applies. 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CSA looks inward The structure and powers of the Central Student Association (CSA) executive will be examined closely before the 1993 CSA elec- tions, says association president Nona Robinson. A committee will be set up to explore ways the CSA structure can run more smoothly with more consensus and less formality, she says. The committee will have to report its findings before the next election at a general meeting in January. CSA structure was just one of many issues that came up at the association’s annual general meeting Oct. 20. Members also approved a plan to include sup- plemental lists of students’ ex- tracurricular activities on trans- cripts. A transcript would then serve as a resume of activities such as athletics and volunteer work. Students voted unanimously to condemn an increase in ancillary fees — fees added to basic tuition for use of campus services — without student input. Robinson called for a student referendum to be held for any in- crease in ancillary fees over 1 0 per cent. Students supported a motion by Andrew Noble, CSA vice-presi- dent internal, to develop a policy that will work to stop harassment of any kind across campus. Gay awareness days Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days continue until Nov. 7. Events and activities aim to raise awareness of issues that affect the lesbian, gay and bisexual community. Events include Blue Jeans Day Nov. 5, a book sale and table dis- play in the University Centre courtyard Nov. 4 to 6 and a noon- hour panel discussion of “Making the Links: Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism and Homophobia” Nov. 6 at noon in UC 442. 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The co-ordinator is a faculty adviser to TSS, providing leadership in developing teach- ing and learning on campus, serving as a liaison person with faculty, advising TSS on teach- ing development strategies and program planning, and chairing the Academic Consulting Team. Candidates should be recog- nized as good teachers, be will- ing to share their experience and enthusiasm for teaching and be excited by the challenge of developing teaching at U of G, says TSS director Don McIntosh. For more informa- tion about the position, call McIntosh at Ext. 2972. □ Maclean ’s ranks Guelph third Continued from page l vices as well as for its academic strength. “Guelph has one of the strongest student services” in the country, he said. “That has not been factored in in any com- prehensive way.” Cunningham said his staff will not raise the issue of the Maclean's rankings at university information meetings. “It is im- portant for young people to use their own criteria” for choosing a university. MacDonald said he would en- courage students not to pick a uni- versity based on the magazine sur- vey. Guelph is grouped with other universities that have three or more doctoral programs, $2.5 mil- lion or more in sponsored re- search, more than 10 graduate dis- ciplines or majors, and more than five disciplines each in arts and science and in faculties other than arts and science. Except that they have no medi- cal schools, Guelph and Waterloo could have qualified for com- parison with universities that have more than 15 PhD programs, more than $30 million in spon- sored research, more than $10 million in federal research grants and more than 25 doctorates granted in 1991. Of the 22 criteria Maclean’s used to compare universities, Guelph had the second-highest number of entering students with an average of at least 75 per cent. It ranked third in the proportion of entering students who graduate, in the number of classes taught by tenured faculty, in the size of the operating budget and in the per- centage of the budget allotted to student services. U of G’s entering students had the fourth-highest average grade. And the library had the fifth- largest book holdings per stu- dent.O Ranking rules change Continued from page 1 propriate for Ontario and may not have been appropriate for other parts of the country.” Mike Kupferschmidt and Murray Stinson of Analysis and Planning, who provided the data for Maclean s, say the magazine’s treatment this year was more com- prehensive. “They did work hard at tightening up their definitions,” said Stinson, “but there were still some ambiguities.” The biggest change, they say, was going beyond undergraduate arts and science programs to com- pare graduate programs, research and professional schools. 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SUN 10-6 At Guelph / Nov. 4, 1992 3 Cruickston Park Farm features woodlots, tilled land and a 19th-century manor. Arts centre, golf course, cemetery? Committee grapples with future of Cruickston Park by Martha Tancock University Communications Ideas have been rolling in on what to do with Cruickston Park Farm. Turn it into an arts park, a golf course, a retirement community, a cemetery or a mathematics in- stitute, say some of the dozens of people who’ve made suggestions to the Cruickston Park Farm Ad- visory Committee. Or consider a gravel pit, a provincial park, a future Olympic site for equine competition, a home for the Royal Winter Fair, a corporate campus, a centre for sustainable agriculture or a Cambridge subdivision. Conference centre The most common suggestion is to develop the 980-acre property near Cambridge as a conference centre. The property, a 1968 gift to U of G from Matthew Wilks Keefer, is located just south of Highway 401 and features a 19th- century mansion. “The committee is not sure any one of these uses is likely to hap- pen in the immediate future,” says committee chair Prof. Jim Taylor, Landscape Architecture. What is clear, however, is that the property will not be used for a single purpose, he says. “The property is so diverse, it could lend itself to a range of things.” It includes land that can be deve- loped, agricultural fields, wood- lots and wetlands as well as dwell- ings and farm buildings. Site potential The 1 1 -member advisory com- mittee began gathering informa- tion about Cruickston after the University came into full posses- sion of the property in 1990. The committee held a retreat in the spring to examine the potential of the site and has since been review- ing ideas and expressions of inter- est. A public information meeting is planned for Nov. 18 before the committee gives the president its final report in December. “We hope an open meeting will raise other ideas or issues,” says Taylor. The report will outline guidelines for future development of the property rather than specify a particular plan. It will also out- line the committee’s response to major issues that have been raised. As a basis for its report, the com- mittee aims to: ■ respect the nature of the gift. Although Keefer left no specific conditions for using the property, the committee believes it has a moral respon- sibility to practise good land stewardship and retain the in- tegrity of significant site values. ■ link property use with teaching and research directly or in- directly through endowments generated from use of the property. ■ consider the property an asset that must provide a significant endowment to the University. “We need some fairly creative schemes to meet these three potentially conflicting objec- tives,” says Taylor. “Because the University is experiencing fund- ing constraints, an endowment is extremely important, and how that asset is managed is critical." Leasing the property or entering into joint academic or commercial ventures are options, he says. Selling it in the short term is probably the “least attractive” op- tion. What to do with the 17,500- square-foot mansion is a major issue, he says. Should it be re- stored for use, boarded up, severed from the property and sold? It is certainly “the most ex- pensive item to maintain in its present unused state," he says. When it comes to planning, should the University be proac- tive or sit back and see what hap- pens? The committee “leans towards initiating strategic plan- ning before any sales or commit- ments are made so that the University has some idea where the property is going,” says Taylor. The Real Estate Division, which manages the property, is keeping abreast of current development planning in the surrounding — and growing — urban municipal- ities, he says. If the property is to be managed over time, what role should facul- ty, staff and students play in this management? The committee is examining the possibility of a steering committee that could help the Real Estate Division make strategic decisions. □ More Cruickston ideas? Bring them to open house An open house will be held Nov. 18 to provide members of the University community with in- formation about Cruickston Park Farm and to get their input on what should be done with it Information kits will be avail- able and site information will be on display in the foyer of the Landscape Architecture Build- ing from 5 to 9 p.m. The Cruick- ston Park Farm Advisory Com- mittee will address issues in a presentation at 7:30 p.m. Information kits will also be available at a booth in the University Centre courtyard Nov. 16 and 17 from noon to 1:30 p.m. For more information, call Board of Governors secretary Betsy Allan at Ext. 3438 or Prof. Jim Taylor, Landscape Architecture, at Ext. 8745. □ Universities asked to mirror communities The province is pressing univer- sities to make sure their govern- ing bodies represent Ontario’s changing society. Not only is this a major issue for the Task Force on Univer- sity Accountability, but it is also the thrust of renewed and separate calls from the minister of colleges and universities. Richard Allen is asking uni- versities to respond by Dec. 1 8 to draft guidelines that suggest governing bodies mirror the in- ternal and external communi- ties they serve. The guidelines were drafted from the responses of presidents and board chairs to Allen’s request 17 months ago for reaction to questions about board composition. The guidelines propose a 36- member board, with most members coming from outside the university community. They are to be chosen not only for their skills and experience, but also with the aim of achiev- ing gender balance and reflect- ing the ethnic and linguistic mix of the communities the univer- sities serve. The province plans to continue making its own ap- pointments to boards. Allen’s action is prompted by Stephen Lewis’s recent task force report on racism in On- tario. Lewis recommended that college and university govern- ing bodies reflect Ontario's changed society. U of G’s Senate will likely get a chance to discuss the guide- lines at its November meeting. Senate’s views, along with the response of acting president Jack MacDonald, will be pre- sented to Board of Governors before they are passed on to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU). MCU will also consult com- munity groups about how to identify nominees for the governing bodies from the community. The standard 36-member governing board being recom- mended by MCU would consist of seven faculty, four students, three staff and 22 external members, six of whom would be provincial lieutenant-gover- nor-in-council appointments. The balance would be ap- pointed by the university itself. One or two ex officio members could be added for senior ad- ministrators. Acting president Jack MacDonald says a 36-member board is too big. (Guelph has 24 members on its board.) “We also don't understand why all universities have to have the same size board,” he says. U of G doesn’t have a room big enough to accommodate an ex- panded board, he says. □ Prototype for universities Minister of Colleges and Uni- versities Richard Allen wants to know by Dec. 18 what univer- sity presidents, board chairs, students, staff and faculty think about his proposed model for university governing bodies. Should governing boards: ■ be a standard size of, say, 36 members? ■ have a specified number of seals for faculty, staff, stu- dents and provincial appoin- tees? ■ have a majority of external members, including provin- cial appointees? ■ have faculty representatives equal in number to combined totals of staff and student reps? ■ hold open elections to select all internal members, includ- ing faculty, staff, students and ex officio members? ■ establish an internal mix through legislation — as will be required for lieutenant- governor-in-council ap- pointments — or use alter- native methods such as memoranda of under- standing? The Task Force on Accountability is also asking university communities whether changes should be made in the composition, size and appointment pro- cesses for boards to make them more effective and ac- countable. In his guidelines memo of Oct. 15, Allen says he hopes the task force’s final report, ex- pected in December, will "in- form the process of finalizing and implementing these guide- lines.” To effect the changes, he intends to amend the Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act or introduce an omnibus act applicable to all universities, he says. O Who’s on the board? Twenty-four people sit on U of G's Board of Governors — the chancellor, president, four provincial appointees, seven board-appointed external members, four alumni, three faculty, one staff member and three students. Except for stu- dents, members are appointed or elected for three years. Sixteen of the board mem- bers are from off campus. The four provincial repre- sentatives are lieutenant- govemor-in-council appoin- tees. The seven external reps are recommended by the board's membership com- mittee. The four alumni are recommended by University Affairs and Development. External members bring a range of experience to the board, including corporate management, engineering, law, banking, arts man- agement, veterinary medi- cine and broadcasting. On campus. Senate elects three tenured faculty to the board, staff elect one full- time non-teaching staff mem- ber and students elect two un- dergrads and one graduate student for one-year terms. The membership commit- tee agreed in January 1991 to pursue gender equity over the next few years. There are nine women on the board. □ 4 At Guelph / Nov. 4, 1992 Commentary The constitutional Dream Team’: they shoot , but they fail to score by William Christian The “Dream Team” seemed invin- cible. They had Chretien at centre, Mulroney covering the right wing and McLaughlin, the left. They had two ol the best defenders in the land, Bourassa and Rae. On goal, Ovide Mercredi could be counted on to make save after save of the historic gains for native people achieved in the negotiations. What’s more, they had the strongest bench in the history of Canadian politics, a thousand elected federal and provincial politicians and thousands more municipal councillors. There was even a talented cheering section of labor leaders, economists and academics all ready to stand up for the “Yes” side. What happened? The favored explanation seems to be that the public distrusts politicians and is letting them know that through the referen- dum. In my view, the answer is somewhat more complex. For much of our history, Canadian politics operated on what political scientists call a con- sociational model. That’s a fancy way of saying that what usually happened in federal/provincial relations was that the prime mini- ster got together with the premiers, made a deal, then waited until the next election to find out whether the voters liked it or not. ALL WORK. OR ALL PLAY! Your Choice! Need to present a professional image? Turn to Thrifty. Need a special car to spice up the weekend? 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Their proponents point to their success in Australia, Switzerland and California as a reason to try them. But it takes experience and some training before voters can handle a novel political tool like a referendum. Perhaps the question of the break up of the country wasn’t the right time to start experimenting with a new electoral device. Given the complexity of the Charlottetown proposals, many — if not most — voters felt unable to master the details, and they responded to what they identified as the salient issue. This turned out to be the role of Quebec. It’s popular to say the “No" vote was not a rejection of Canada, just a rejection of the Charlottetown Accord. This argument is mis- leading. In Quebec, an alliance of nationalists and moderate sepa- ratists rejected the accord because it did not transfer enough power to Quebec and did not adequately acknowledge the province’s dis- tinctiveness. In the West, the accord was mas- sively rejected because it did not adequately acknowledge the prin- ciple of fundamental equality among the provinces. In other words, it gave too much power to Quebec. Historically, Ontario has served as a buffer between the two com- peting visions, but that is no longer possible. The 50/50 split in this province shows that On- tarians themselves are deeply divided about the character of Canada and that their political leaders can no longer stand above the fray and mediate. The accord has not been rejected because Canadians are satisfied with the status quo. Far from it. They voted “No” because they want more radical changes than the accord contained. It is highly unlikely that those different demands can be recon- ciled, although nothing in politics can ever be ruled out as impos- sible. The result of the Oct. 26 referendum probably marks the end of Canada as a transcontinen- tal, bilingual nation. 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Rural planning director wants closer campus ties The emphasis is on co-operation and information at the University School of Rural Planning and Development (USRPD) as Prof. Don Reid begins a five-year term as director. The general direction of the school’s work has already been well developed by his predeces- sor, Prof. David Douglas, says Reid, but there is still room for closer ties to other departments on campus, particularly the Depart- ment of Rural Extension Studies and the School of Landscape Ar- chitecture. All three academic units have similar concerns related to plan- ning, rural areas and develop- ment, he says. "USRPD and the School of Landscape Architecture have always had a close associa- tion, not only within the Univer- sity, but also in professional ac- tivities. The same could be said with respect to the Department of Rural Extension Studies.” Working groups of faculty members in the three departments have been set up to examine the potential for collaboration in the areas of teaching, community out- reach and research. Reid is also putting a greater em- phasis on faculty communication. “Our faculty are doing things throughout the whole world, but everyone is so busy we’ve had no opportunity to share our research with our colleagues inside the school. We will try to provide time, space and organization to share what we’re doing.” The school has already Prof. Don Reid developed a strong combination of academic and practical work, as shown in its accreditation from the Canadian Institute of Plan- ners, and a balance between inter- national and domestic projects, says Reid. These strengths are reflected in the growing number of students attracted to the school’s programs, which are all graduate-level. “The only difficulty is finding places for the good students who apply,” he says. A faculty member since 1985, Reid is also an associate professor in the School of Landscape Ar- chitecture and an adjunct profes- sor in recreation and leisure studies at the University of Water- loo, where he received his grad- uate degrees. He has worked with the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation and is past presi- dent of the Ontario Research Council on Leisure. □ Our people Prof. Peter Dobos, Microbiology, recently returned from Korea, where he attended the second in- ternational symposium on “Infec- tious Viruses in Fish,” organized by the Research Centre for Molecular Microbiology at Seoul National University. Dobos spoke on ‘The Molecular Biology of In- fectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus.” Prof. Fred Evers, Sociology and Anthropology, presented the results of his project “Making the Match Between University Grad- uates and Corporate Employers” to the Corporate Council on Edu- cation in Toronto. The focus of the presentation was on the bases-of- competence skill construct that Evers has developed with Univer- sity of Western Ontario business professor James Rush. Retired psychology professor Harry Hurwitz presented a paper on “The Notion of the Objective and the Subjective" at the First International Congress on Be- haviorism and the Sciences of Be- havior at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Earlier this year, he presented the paper “In Praise of an Open Society: the Philosophy of Karl Popper” at the University of Ostrava in Czecho- slovakia. CPES Dean Iain Campbell pre- sented three papers this summer at the Third International Conferen- ces on Nuclear Microprobes in Sweden. He also visited the Uni- versity of Witwatersrand in South Africa and lectured at the NATO Advanced Study Institute of Quantitative Microbeam Analysis in Scotland. □ Satisfy your appetite DINE IN or TAKE OUT Large menu selection of ^eUvety £ specialty & vegetarian dishes tcuVr CATERING New and varied catering menus for parties & special occasions We use chemical-free foods Mon.-Wed. 11-8 ♦ Thurs.-Fri. 11-9 ♦ Sat. 11-6 245 Edinburgh Rd. S. ♦ Edinburgh Plaza at Municipal ♦ 824-0657 At Guelph / Nov. 4, 1992 5 Research report Software assesses water pollution in the Third World Special-purpose environmental computer software developed by a U of G research laboratory is designed to help developing countries assess pollution sour- ces. Prof. David Swayne, Com- puting and Information Sci- ence, says a self-help system called RAISON — Regional Analysis by Intelligent Systems on a Microcomputer — is being used successfully in Mexico, China, Zanzibar, Brazil and Malaysia. “The people who come to us for help end up solving prob- lems themselves,” he says. “We help shape their information and customize their software so they can address their particular problem.” RAISON was developed by Swayne, along with scientists from the National Water Re- search Institute and ES Aquatic Inc. of Kitchener. It offers what Swayne calls “an environmen- tal spreadsheet.” By putting in- formation like industrial sites and river courses into a com- puter model, sources of pollu- tion can be readily identified, he says. Such precision reduces the need for sampling sites across a broad geographic region, saving time and money. One of RAISON’s original applications was to predict how various acid rain-reduction scenarios would affect Eastern Canada. To accomplish this, RAISON needed to overcome previous problems associated with localizing the impact of acid rain — specifically, the ac- knowledgment of local dif- ferences in soil, vegetation and geology, which all affect a waterway’s ability to neutralize acid rain. “The variables are different, but the principles we use for the international applications are the same as for the acid rain model," says Swayne. “The system’s mapping capabilities make it useful in many areas.” The RAISON lab’s success has started drawing internation- al students to U of G for train- ing. Current sponsorship in- cludes students affiliated with the Mexican Institute for Water Technology and the Mexican Institute for Ecology. Most clients have a particular interest in water quality, says Swayne, but all have better communications as a goal. “Within organizational frameworks, the breadth of ap- plication and compatibility with other RAISON implemen- tations has the potential to lead to healthy data flow within management structures, such as local to state to national govern- ments, and between agencies at the same level. This can help economic and agricultural modelling, forestry manage- ment and water resources modelling communicate pos- sible effects on each other." This research is sponsored by Environment Canada. □ Frank Doyle, an agricultural assistant at the Elora Dairy Research Station, knows trom experience that many dairy COWS do not like to be led. Pholo by Owen Roberts, Oftice of Research A cow never forgets Bad memories of people turn calves into skittish cows by Owen Roberts Office of Research You can lead a horse to water, but it’s not so easy to lead a cow — especially if she’s got a chip on her shoulder. Dairy cows are particularly skit- tish when they’re being led from their stalls, campus animal wel- fare researchers have found. The reason? Being led means high human contact, and cows that have bad memories of people just don’t appreciate it. Apply soon for research funding Information on the following programs is available from the Of- fice of Research in the Reynolds Building, Ext 6927. Co-operative security External Affairs and International Trade Canada has established a co-operative security competition program to fund projects that will advance understanding, know- ledge and public discussion of co- operative security issues. This includes research, publications, conferences and seminars. Deadline dates are Nov. 30 for the March competition and June 30 for the October competition. Humanities award The Konrad Adenauer Research Award is given annually to a lead- ing Canadian scholar whose re- search in the humanities or social sciences has earned international recognition. At least two can- didates should be nominated by universities each year. Nomina- tions should be submitted by Dec. 1 to the Royal Society of Canada, PO Box 9734, Ottawa KlG 5J4. Proposals sought The Institute for Chemical Science and Technology is accepting re- search proposals in four areas: in- dustrial catalysis, industrial waste management and environmental quality, polymer properties and structure, and separation science and technology. Proposals are due Dec. 1. Also due Dec. 1 are proposals for Imperial Oil Limited’s university research grants program. Niagara stewardship The grants program of the Niagara Escarpment Heritage Protection and Land Stewardship, ad- ministered by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, supports implementa- tion of the Niagara Escarpment Plan, protection and stewardship of the escarpment and increased public awareness of its value. The foundation considers applications for support in the areas of com- munications and public education, research, fund raising and stewardship. Deadline for applica- tions is Dec. 1. In aid of forests The Forestry Canada/NSERC re- search partnership program sup- ports graduate and postdoctoral projects related to the priority re- search needs of Canadian forests. Priorities focus on forest manage- ment systems, forest product development, biotechnology, im- proved pest-management tech- niques and atmospheric change. Applications are due Dec. 1 . □ “It seems to be a matter of ex- perience for the cows," says Prof. Frank Hurnik, Animal and Poultry Science, who conducted the study with research associate Nora Lewis at the Elora Dairy Re- search Station. “We found that in more than one-quarter of our tests, cows were difficult to handle. We think it relates back to their up- bringing or some unpleasant ex- perience in their past. If they weren’t handled gently as calves or were treated for a painful medi- cal problem like mastitis, they’re wary of human contact.” Handling ease is an important factor in handler safety and animal well-being. Holstein dairy cows, which typically weigh be- tween 1,400 and 1,500 pounds, can do damage to both themselves and their handlers if they vigorously resist being led. “Dairy farmers have an interest in ensuring that their cows are easily handled, for personal safety, labor productivity and animal welfare,”. says Hurnik. Behavior problems can be bred out of a herd. Among the traits dairy farmers look for in their animals is manageability. But good breeding doesn't count for much if the animals have a bad experience with people and carry it throughout their lives. Hurnik says exposure to posi- tively reinforcing experiences with a handler may. over time, negate these effects. “Nevertheless, experience — particularly early experience — has strong and long-lasting effects on animals," he says. "Calves ex- posed to frequent gentle handling develop into heifers that are more easily led and more relaxed. Studies indicate that cows, properly handled at calving, show an improvement in temperament and behavior. There are strong relationships all around.” This research was sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food. □ GUELPH POULTRY Social science database accessible by computer Researchers can avoid a trip to the library now that U of G’s main- frame computer lists resources and services offered by the Inter- University Consortium for Politi- cal and Social Research (ICPSR). Using the command ICPSR, re- searchers can call up a guide to the world’s largest social science data archive. The archive contains more than 9,000 studies of orig- inal research data on economics, geography, politics, sociology and psychology compiled since 1962. U of G joined the consortium in March. Based at the University of Michigan, ICPSR is supported by 320 member academic institu- tions around the world. The documentation centre at the library continues to manage ac- tual archive catalogues. Comput- ing and Communications Ser- vices helps researchers retrieve, use and store data files. 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Come listen to radio con- tacts from around the world. For more information, call 836-1482. Focus on El Salvador A discussion of development in El Salvador gets under way Nov. 1 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Chalmers United Church on Quebec Street. For more information, call the Guelph International Research Centre at 822-31 10 or International Educa- tion Services at Ext. 6914. Free trade forum The focus committee of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a forum on free trade Nov. 18 at the Guelph Holiday Inn. Guest speakers are John Gerry lall has the KEYS to Selling your Home. 824-9050 24 IIOl KS » ROYAL CITY H F. A I. T V • I. I >1 I T E D McDermid. minister of state for finance and privatization, and Gord Wilson, president of the On- tario Federation of Labor. Cost is $35 per person, $10 for students. For registration information, call 822-8081. Donate blood A blood donor clinic runs Nov. 12 from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Guelph Police Station on Fountain Street. Scotland in art An art show at the Framing Ex- perience, featuring works on Scot- land by retired English professor Allan Austin, opens Nov. 15 with a wine and cheese reception from 2 to 4 p.m. The show continues to Nov. 30. Hit the trail The Guelph Trail Club holds its annual general meeting Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Edward Johnson School. McMichael visit The Guelph Arts Council is spon- soring a bus trip to the McMichael Gallery Dec. 9. Tickets for the full- day event are $35 for members, $45 for non-members, and include lunch. To register, call 836-3280. A comedy tonight Arsenic and Old Lace , the Guelph Little Theatre’s second show of the 1992/93 season, runs for three weekends beginning Nov. 26. Per- formances are at 8 p.m. except for a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7.50 for seniors on Thursdays. Suzuki music Works by Mozart and Handel- Halvarsen are featured at the Nov. 29 concert in the Suzuki Chamber Music Series, featuring Martin Beaver on violin, Mana Beaver on viola and Ken Gee on piano. The concert begins at 3 p.m. at Chal- mers United Church. Tickets are $ 1 5 for adults, $ 1 0 for students and seniors. A Mexican evening The Wellington County Museum and Archives presents “An Eve- ning in Mexico” Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. The evening will include a slide presentation and director’s tour of the exhibition “Mexico: Culture, Craft and Costume.” Tickets are $13. To reserve a ticket, call 846- 0916 by Nov. 22. 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J This column provided by the Guelph chapter of the Ontario Public Interest Resource Group offers ideas on how people can reduce the environmental im- pact of the things they do. For more information, call OPIRG at Ext. 2129 or 824-2091. Watch your wash waste Washing dishes is one way we use up water in the kitchen. Some people prefer to wash dishes by hand rather than use an automatic dishwasher because of the energy used, but today we can buy dish- washers that use energy fairly ef- ficiently. The most energy-efficient dish- washer will have an energuide rating of 83 kWh per month; the least efficient will range closer to 1 10 kWh. If you’re willing to pay for the extra energy, you’ll find that dishwashers will often use less water than the average person doing the task by hand. It’s best to use dishwashers only for full loads and to use the energy saver or shortest cycle. With the following tips, however, you can save a lot of water by changing your habits when dish washing by hand. Rinsing dishes uses too much water if done inefficiently. Don't leave the water running when rinsing. Instead, keep a separate sink half full of hot water and dip the washed dishes in it. If you have only one sink, gather your clean dishes on a rack and use a spraying device or improvise a second basin for rinsing. The water left over from rinsing can be used for other cleaning pur- poses, such as washing counter tops, cupboards, floors and walls.O “Video Globally — Video Local- ly,” two days of screenings and a workshop dedicated to the use of video for community develop- ment, social change and demo- cratic communication, runs Nov. 13 and 14 on campus and down- town. Veteran New York media ac- tivist Karen Ranucci will host the screenings, provide examples of international grassroots video- tapes and conduct a full-day workshop for those interested in producing videos for social change. The free screenings and work- shop are sponsored by Ed Video Media Arts Centre and U of G’s Centre for International Pro- grams, with support from the Sports shorts This column provided by the Department of Athletics aims to keep you up to date with the sports scene at U of G. For more information about campus ath- letics, call Ext. 2216. With admission requirements constantly on the rise, today’s ath- letes must not only excel in their sport, but they must also excel in their classwork if they want to play varsity sports. This relation- ship is the guiding principle be- hind the CIAU Academic All- Canadian program. Introduced three years ago, the program recognizes athletes who excel in their sport while main- taining academic excellence. 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Concert - The Claudell String Quartet of Montreal performs at the free noon-hour concerts at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in Mac- Kinnon 107. Readings - As part of the con- ference ‘‘Gender/Colonialism/ Post-Colonialism,” English professors Dionne Brand and Janice Kulyk Keefer of Guelph and Kristjana Gunnars of the University of Alberta will read from their works at 3 p.m. in UC 103. Psychology Colloquium - “Par- enting Style and Parental Scaf- folding of Children’s Learning” is discussed by Michael Pratt of Wilfrid Laurier University at noon in MacKinnon 230. Friday, Nov. 6 Physics Colloquium - Winegard visiting professor Alf Sjolander of Sweden discusses “Transition from a Supercooled Liquid to a Glass: Theoretical Aspects” at 10 a.m. in MacNaughton 101. Nutritional Sciences Seminar - “The Formation of Lysoplas- menylethanolamine via Phos- pholipase A2 in Agonist- Stimulated Human Platelets” is described by Marco Turini at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutri- tion 141. Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days" - “Making the Links: Racism, Sexism, Hetero- sexism and Homophobia” is the topic of a panel discussion at noon in UC 442. Human Biology Seminar - Stephen Perry discusses “Fric- tional Coefficients of Human- Steel Interfaces” at 12:10 p.m. in Human Biology 209. Readings - As part of the con- ference “Gender/Colonialism/ Post-Colonialism,” authors Smaro Kamboureli of the Univer- sity of Victoria, Thomas King of the University of Minnesota, Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Leon Rooke will read from their works at 1:30 p.m. in UC 103. Evolution and Systematics Seminar - “Practical Purposes for Perverse Practices: Interspecific Mating and the Evolution of Notices MBA career fair The Career Centre is hosting an MBA fair in the UC courtyard Nov. 5 from 1 1 a.m. to 2 pjn. Representatives from a number of North American MBA schools will be on campus to answer questions. For more in- formation, call Ext. 6202. At the art centre “Facsimile,” a collection of portraits by Ontario artist Stephen Andrews, runs at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre until Jan. 17. Gary Spearin’s “unspeakable,” a multidiscipli- nary installation spanning all three levels of the gallery, con- tinues to Jan. 10. Spearin will give a talk on his work Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. at the centre. Theatre in the Trees The Arboretum dinner theatre production of Don't Dress for Dinner runs Nov. 7, 14, 21 and 28. Doors open at 6 p.m., the buffet begins at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $39 and are available at the UC box office. Ext. 3940. For reservations, call Ext. 2113. UGSA meets The annual general meeting of the U of G Staff Association is Nov. 26 at noon in UC 103. Everyone is welcome. Benefit auction An art auction to benefit the Sunrise Equestrian and Recrea- tion Centre comes to Creelman Hall Nov. 21. Tickets are $15, with a cash bar and hors d’oeuvres reception. Viewing begins at 6:30 p.m.; the auction is at 7:30 p.m. Up for sale are works by Albert Casson, Ken Danby, Nan Hogg, Marlene Jofriet and others, along with mementos such as a jersey signed by Rocket Ismail. Ticket orders and information are available at 837-0558. Learn to relax The Stress Management and High Performance Clinic is of- fering a short course in introduc- tory relaxation skills beginning Nov. 1 1 and running for six Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. in UC 334. Fee depends on class size, with students eligible for a subsidy. For more information, call Ext. 2662. Beef at the club The Faculty Club's annual roast beef buffet supper is Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 plus tax, with a limit of one guest per member. Pick up tickets at the club office. CUSO bazaar The annual CUSO One World Bazaar comes to the University Centre courtyard Nov. 12 to 14 and features crafts and clothing by Third World artisans. Hours are 1 1 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 12, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 13. and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 14. Proceeds go to support small-scale self- help projects in the Third World. COMIC GUESTS NICK CRAINE + JASON STEPHENS SUNDAY NOV. 15th, 11a.m. - 5p.m. University Centre, University of Guelph Admission: Gen. $4. 00/Stud. $2.50 DEALER INFORMATION (519) 824-4120. EXT 3903 hockey guest H FFto OF 1972 CAN AO A/RUSSIA SERIES PAUL HENDERSON Scenes of South America are highlighted at a slide show Nov. 1 0 at 7:30 p.m. in UC 1 03. The photos were taken by Julie Keeliside and Ray Cislo on a year-long bicycle tour. The talk is sponsored by the Cycling Club. Sperm Parasitism in Ants” is the topic of Gary Umphrey of the University of Western Ontario at 3:10 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Music - Mel Brown and the Homewreckers bring their blues jam to the Brass Taps Fridays from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 Readings - As part of the con- ference “Gender/Colonialism/ Post-Colonialism,” regional win- ners of the Commonwealth Writers Prize will read from their works at 1:30 p.m. at the Book- shelf Cinema. Concert - The Guelph Chamber Choir and the Leslie Fagan Singers conducted by Gerald Neufeld present “African Sanc- tus" at 8 p.m. at War Memorial Hall. Tickets are $ 1 3 general, $ 1 0 for students and seniors, and are available at the Carden Street Music Shop. Sunday, Nov. 8 Cycling Club - A 35-kilometre ride to Cambridge and an off-road ride leave from the UC south doors at 10 a.m. Arboretum - The Sunday after- noon walk teaches you to use your senses to experience nature. The walk begins at 2 p.m. at the nature centre. Monday, Nov. 9 Zoology Seminar - Michael Kaspari of Texas University looks at “Nest Founding, Niche Par- titioning and the Organization of Neotropical Ant Assemblage” at 4 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Tuesday, Nov. 10 Physics Colloquium - “Com- puter Math in First-Year Physics Teaching" is the topic of Bill Baylis of the University of Windsor at 4 p.m. in Mac- Naughton 1 13. Concert - Nova Scotia's Rankin family brings the sounds of Celtic music to War Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18.50 general. $16.50 for students and seniors, and are available at the UC box office. Wednesday, Nov. 11 Third-Age Learning - TAL- Guelph’s fall lecture series con- cludes with a discussion of “Mysteries of the Unseen World" by Evelyn Mackay at 10 a.m. and “Behind the Scenes. Pan II" with John Snowdon at 1:30 p.m. Lec- tures are at The Arboretum Centre. Cost of single lectures is $2.50. Women’s Wednesdays - The video Inequity in the Classroom begins at noon in UC 107. Discus- sion will follow. Biochemistry Seminar - John Wilkins of the University of Manitoba outlines "Functional Modulation of Beta-1 (VLA) In- tegrin Adhesion Molecules" at noon in MacNaughton 222. Gerontology Seminar - Francois Beland of the University of Montreal outlines some "Quasi- Experimental Research in Geron- tology” at noon in UC 429. Food for Thought - The series concludes with Peter Rzadki ot the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food discussing "Brave New Europe: Agriculture and the EEC” at 12:10 p.m. in Animal Dining solo or with a group . . . A comfortable, friendly atmosphere For lunch, dinner, dessert or Sunday brunch the BOOKSHELF CAFE 41 Quebec Si. 821-3333 or for a more casual gathering, visit the GREEN ROOM upstairs cocktails, wine, beer, tapas Science 141. Films en Francais - Une serie des films hebdomadaire continue avec Mon Oncle Antoine a 20 h. dans le Grand Salon, Maison Francaise (Lennox-Addington). Thursday, Nov. 12 Concert - Toronto Baroque, featuring Elissa Poole on baroque flute and Vivian Soponitskaia on harpsichord, plays at 12:10 and 1 : 10 p.m. in MacKinnon 107. Friday, Nov. 13 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - "Hyperalimentation of the Pig" is the topic of Ian Seddon at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Saturday, Nov. 14 Chemistry Seminar - The annual Saturday seminar of the Guelph- Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry features Rus- sell Rodrigo speaking on "Alkaloids. Antibiotics, Myco- toxins. Lignans and Steroids: Eclectic Excursions in Natural Product Synthesis" at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton 1 13. Concert - U of G Choir conductor Prof. Robert Hall sings and plays piano at 7:30 p.m. at Chalmers United Church. Tickets are S7.50 general. $5 for students and Worship Catholic mass is celebrated Sun- day at 10:10 a.m. in Thombrough 164. Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church, offer- ing services for a creative, wor- shipping, searching community (Anglican/United/Presbyterian). runs Sunday at 1 1 a.m. in UC 442. Midweek — A Time with God provides an opportunity for reflection and meditation Wed- nesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533. The Student Christian Move- ment meets to discuss politics, society and spirituality Tuesday at noon in UC 335. The Lutheran Student Move- ment meets Friday at noon in UC 444. □ Join Us for a fu refilled musical cruise where... I Enjoy these Cole Porter favourite: .-. “I Get a Kick Out of You" "Blow, Gabriel, Blow' ( T "You're the Top' pj ‘It's De-Lovely' ’eg "Friendship' and “Anything Goes" Nov. 19-22, 25-28 War Memorial Hall University of Guelph BOX OFFICE: North American Trust (formerly First City I rust) 97 Wyndhant St. N., Guelph 837-0821 liox office opens November 2, 199' 8 At Guelph /Nov. 4, 1992 Through the magic of photography, vocalist Prof. Robert Hall accompanies himself on piano. Photo by Martin Schwalbe. Photographic Services Presenting a duo with a difference The unusual musical duo of Robert Hall and Robert Hall will perform at Chalmers United Church Nov. 14. Hall, a professor in the Department of Music and conductor of the U of G Choir, will do double duty as pianist and vocalist at the concert, thanks to a Yamaha Disklavier. The instrument is a small grand piano with some surprising fea- tures. Although it functions as a normal piano, it can also repeat what has been played into it like a player piano of old, but with the subtle variations of the original rendition. At the same time, it can be interfaced with other electronic instruments. Hall plans a program of light classical music, including duets with one part prerecorded by him- self. He will also sing the vocal parts, accompanied by himself, for several selections, some of which have electronic orchestral voices added to the background. Yamaha has loaned the Dis- klavier to Hall for the recital, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7.50 general, $5 for students and seniors, and are available at the Carden Street Music Shop, the Department of Music and at the door. □ Larry Smith Guelph 763-8411 smith SECURITY Your Partner in Protection • Home and Business Alarm Systems • Kodak Photo Identification Systems • 3M Window Films • Card Access Control Systems • Video Surveillance Equipment Canada Saving Bonds — Maturity Notice Series 40 Matures November 1 , 1992 Wayne Snow Alternatives are also available: Provincial Bonds, Eurobonds, Coupons. We would like to thank the University community for the wonderful response they have shown for our investment alternatives. Contact 0 ScotiaMcLeod Wayne Snow or Mel Gardner 763-0371 or 1-800-265-2999 Mcl Gardner Name Address Citv: Prov. Postal Code Tel: (Bus) (Res) Mail to Wayne Snow or Mel Gardner •„ Suite 301 . 42 Wyndham St. N. Guelph. Ontario, N1H 4C9 ScotiaMcLeod Trusted investment advice since 1921 He may be retired, but the music still plays on by Roberta Franchuk University Communications Although Prof. Stanley Saunders officially retired in August after 1 8 years in the Department of Music, his schedule shows that his musi- cal talent is still in demand. He is teaching one course at U of G this semester, “Introduction to Music,” and is the musical direc- tor and conductor of the Brantford Symphony Orchestra. He will be travelling throughout North America and the United Kingdom over the next year to conduct, ad- judicate and offer clinics and master classes. Keeping up this level of activity comes naturally to Saunders. He joined the College of Arts as music director and professor in 1974 and helped bring it to the status of a full department, serv- ing as chair until 1986. He oversaw development of the U of G Civic Orchestra, which he directed, as well as the campus jazz ensemble and concert band. To help bring music to life for students, he began credit courses in applied music. “You really get to appreciate music a lot more when you get your hands dirty, so to speak,” he says. Campus concerts brought music to the local community, and the programs attracted some of the top names in music, who came to give classes and clinics. He was also active in the Guelph Spring Festival and with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Saunders began his musical career in his native Wales, per- forming on violin and clarinet with the country’s National Youth Orchestra. He graduated from the University of Wales, then worked with BBC symphonies and other major British orchestras. An in- vitation to teach summer school at the University of Oregon brought him to North America. After staying to complete his master’s and doctoral degrees at Oregon, Saunders moved on to a Prof. Stanley Saunders teaching position at Mount Al- lison University in New Bruns- wick, then to U of G. Although he and his wife, Barbara, had some qualms about giving up their life in England to move to Canada, they've never been disappointed, he says. “North America is the land of opportunity and has given us the chance to combine all the ad- vantages of Europe with those of North America.” His native land still draws him back, however, and one of the highlights of his career was a 1986 stint as professor-in-residence at his alma mater. Retirement will give Saunders time to work on his latest books. Musical Forms and Structures to 1600 and The Symphony. He may also have time to “play farmer” on his country property near Guelph. “Farming teaches you humility. You can put £eed in the ground, but you can’t make it come up.” A long-time member of the cam- pus Cardiovascular Club, he con- tinues his routine of a daily 10- kilometre run with Prof. Donald Stevens, Zoology, and Les Richards of Teaching Support Services. “One of the nice things about music is that it doesn’t have boun- daries,” says Saunders. “I can as- sociate with veterinarians, scien- tists, everyone on campus. Being in music is like having an interna- tional passport.” □ Concerned about your indoor air quality? ♦ air duct cleaning ♦ carpet & upholstery cleaning STEAMATIC thetolal cleaning service CALL TODAY 836-7340 Valerie Poulton At your service! Enjoy lunch or dinner in our exceptional restaurant where every table has a ^ . view of the golf course. 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Acting president Jack MacDonald has asked Janet Kaufman, director of employment and educational equity, to chair a 15-member task force examining non-sexual discrimination and harassment on campus over the next year. She will also lead the search for a new part-time human rights adviser. No formal policy Until now, there has been no for- mal U of G policy for dealing with campus complaints of racial dis- crimination. Although there are special student and administrative offices that can and do act on human rights complaints, the University “is hardly at the forefront on policy development," says Kaufman. Local school boards, for instance, already have policies in place, she says. Stephen Lewis’s recent report on racism in Ontario has focused more attention on this issue, says search for human Kaufman. “This is a significant issue that needs to be addressed.” The newly formed Race Rela- tions Commission on campus has documented 30 reported incidents of racist remarks and behavior by faculty, staff and students over the past year. And a survey of graduate students last winter found that more than half of those who responded had experienced some form of sexual, religious, ethnic or racial discrimination at the University. Of the non-white graduate population who responded, 30 per cent said they had experienced discrimination on the basis of color and race and 25 per cent on the basis of eth- nicity. Kaufman says the task force does not intend to carry out further surveys on racial discrimination on campus. “If we say we don’t tolerate discrimination, then we don’t need to know how much is going on. There may be people who will say: ‘Prove to me there is a problem.’ We’re beyond that stage." Creating a task force was prompted, in part, by the Race Relations Committee’s push for a rights adviser more open process in developing a policy, says Kaufman. Last winter, a subcommittee of the Educational Equity Advisory Committee began examining the need for a race relations policy. Made up of advisory committee members, students and staff with backgrounds in this area, the group prepared a draft report for the president last spring. Statement of values Broadening its focus to all forms of non-sexual discrimination, the group recommended developing a statement of values and a dispute- resolution mechanism as well as reviewing programs and services for any evidence of systemic dis- crimination. This is the core of the new task force’s mandate. Acting on criticisms from the 45-member Race Relations Com- mission that the group had not been open enough, Kaufman recommended a task force be created with greater repre- sentation from those affected by discrimination. Members of the new task force will include three employees, three students, three See HUMAN RIGHTS, page 2 Liz Cockbum of the Department ot Rural Extension Studies models one of the backpacks that are bringing practical education to the women of rural Cameroon. See story, page 8. Photo by Sherry MacKay. Office ot Research It can pay off Included in this issue of At Guelph is PARTNERS, a financial-planning newsletter published twice a year through University Affairs and Development. Its goal is to provide readers with cur- rent information that will benefit them financially. To receive future issues of PARTNERS , call Don Stephenson at Ext. 6498.0 Work advances on revamped OMAF agreement Inside: Campus groups welcome forum .... 3 Implementation of Phase 3 on schedule . 4 Potato pest meets its match in the trenches . 5 More training needed to deal with child sexual abuse 6 Gryphons edge closer toVanierCup 6 by Owen Roberts Office of Research A task-management structure has been, established for the Univer- sity/OMAF agreement restructur- ing exercise (see At Guelph, Sept. 23). The project’s executive director, OVC associate dean Alan Meek, says a structure developed with input from the Canada Consulting Group recognizes the need for broad consultation and senior ex- ecutive involvement. ‘Two task forces have been es- tablished to examine the agree- ment from both an administrative and research perspective,” says Meek. “These cover the breadth of areas the restructuring exercise will initially address.” The administrative task force will develop various options for administering the agreement, then evaluate these against a set of criteria to reach a consensus on an institutional vision. These may include increased flexibility in the agreement, mak- ing more of the resources com- petitively available and achieving administrative efficiencies. Once that’s accomplished, the task force will draft a mission statement and broad strategy that will form the basis of an opera- tional plan to be developed in the new year. The administrative task force will be chaired by Prof. Larry Milligan, vice-president for re- search. Members are Meek, CPES Dean Iain Campbell, Jim Mahone of the Office of Research, OAC Dean Rob McLaughlin and OVC Dean Ole Nielsen. The second group, the research task force, will make recommen- dations for program consolidation within the agreement. There are currently about 25 separate pro- grams within the agreement; offi- cials believe these can be stream- lined. The consolidation exercise is designed to take a systems ap- proach to the overall research ac- tivity under the agreement, enable research problems that span com- modities and disciplines to be ad- dressed more readily, foster inter- disciplinary research and achieve operating efficiencies. “We want to ensure that the agreement is dynamic and helps the Ontario agrifood system deal with emerging issues,” says Meek, who will chair this task force. Other members are Profs. Wally Beversdorf. Crop Science; See OMAF, page 2 Maclean’s numbers don’t tell it all, says MacDonald U of G is pleased it was ranked so highly in the Maclean's university Survey — sixth in Canada and third among medium-sized universities — says acting president Jack MacDonald. But the ranking process doesn’t capture all the impor- tant characteristics that con- tribute to a good university, such as overall environment and educational goals, he says. “A student’s comfort with a university cannot be reduced to a set of numbers.” Maclean's magazine’s second annual university ranking issue put U of G sixth among Canada’s 46 universities for ex- cellence and innovation, in the opinion of university, govern- ment. corporate and research leaders. Guelph’s reputation put it in the same company as Waterloo. Queen's, Toronto, McMaster and McGill universities, con- sidered the top five schools in the country. Among medium-sized uni- versities, Guelph ranked third behind Waterloo and Simon Fraser and ahead of nine other universities.O /OTiy / 0 INVESTORS CIdL edgi DISCOUNT BROKERAGE Get the edge on DISCOUNT BROKERAGE _ . ° C1BC 23 College Ave. W„ Guelph Up to 84 % in Commission Savings. rxi 824-6520 Full range of INVESTMENTS. Student speak by Scott McNichol OMAF restructuring progresses Jobs on disk Career Services is offering two software packages providing im formation on jobs for graduating students. Career Search is a databank of 2.000jobs, listing companies with positions to be filled, job descrip- tions and brief histories of the companies. Students can search for jobs by three categories: in- dustry of interest, location and program of studies. Career Search is free and available on a 5 1/4- inch floppy disk that operates on IBM or compatible machines. The second package, ACCIS, provides a list of companies and information on how to apply to the company that best suits the student’s interests and qualifica- tions. Cost is $10. Both packages can be obtained from the Career Services desk on Level 3 of the University Centre Halloween cheer Decked out in costumes, members of the Off-Campus Union of Stu- dents (OCUS) visited several seniors' homes and the children’s ward of the Guelph General Hospital on Halloween, "We felt that since the children in the hospital weren’t able to get out for Halloween, we would bring Halloween to them,” says organizer Peggy Hoar. Because so many OCUS mem- bers wanted to participate in die program, they decided to visit seniors’ homes as well, she says. At the hospital, the visitors passed out hand-made get-well cards and toys donated by Wendy'son Wellington Road and Biway at Stone Road Mall. Seniors were entertained by skits, magic acts and juggling. Hoar says she hopes to repeat the program again next year. Reaction to Maclean’s I surveyed students last week about their reaction to the Maclean's article ranking Cana- dian universities and received the following comments: Kimberley Groenendyk, second-year political science. “What is the purpose of grading the quality of university education as a whole when we are all over- crowded and underfunded, with insufficient course selections and crowded classes?” Nona Robinson, Central Student Association president: “I think Maclean's is falling short on rating quality of students, includ- ing facilities, options and services available.” Jeff Marek, fourth-year English: “Although I don’t think Guelph makes any pretensions to be on the ultra-elite pecking order of Canadian universities, I do think that the latest rating reveals what we’ve known all along — that Guelph is no longer a second-rate option for people who didn’t get into Western.” Cl Human rights focus of task force At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph every Wednesday ex- cept during December, July and August, when a reduced sched- ule applies. 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Kaufman says students could make up close to, if not, 50 per cent of the committee with three seats plus the possibility of stu- dents among the four members at large. She is hoping students rep- resenting minorities and mar- ginalized groups will volunteer or nominate members to speak for them. At Guelph welcomes contribu- tions from the University com- munity, including letters to the editor, opinion pieces, publica- tions and news about faculty, staff and student activities. Deadline is Thursday at noon unless otherwise specified. Ar- ticles may be reprinted with per- mission of the executive editor. Offices: University Com- munications, Level 4, University Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1. Telephone: 519-824-4120, Fax: 519-824-7962. Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Executive editor: Sandra Webster, Ext. 3864. Editor: Barbara Chance, Ext 6580. Writers: Martha Tancock, Ext 6579, and Roberta Franchuk Ext. 2592. 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Human rights adviser While members are being recruited for the task force, a six- person search committee led by Kaufman will also begin looking for a part-time human rights ad- viser, who will mediate com- plaints of human rights violations on campus. The one-year appoint- ment is expected to start Dec. 1 . In addition to mediating com- plaints, the human rights adviser will be expected to maintain con- fidential case records and statis- tics and serve as a resource person on the task force. The search committee will in- clude one staff and one faculty member, one undergraduate and one graduate student and a repre- sentative from Human Resources. They will recommend a candidate to the president. Job descriptions have been dis- tributed throughout the Univer- sity and to interested student groups. For a copy, see postings in Human Resources and on office bulletin boards or call the job hot- line at Ext. 6146. Applications will be accepted up to Nov. 18. □ Continued from page 1 Tammy Bray, Nutritional Scien- ces; Dan Butler, Clinical Studies; Anne Croy, Biomedical Sciences; Stewart Hilts, Centre for Land and Water Conservation; Bev Kay, Land Resource Science; Walter Kehm, Landscape Architecture; Lynn McDonald, Sociology and Anthropology; Marc Le Maguer, Food Science; Dennis Murr, Hor- ticultural Science; Bruce Stone, OAC dean’s office; Gord Surgeoner, Environmental Biol- ogy; and David Waltner-Toews, Population Medicine. This task force will also recom- mend criteria that can be used in determining the balance of resources among the programs. Once the new program areas have been finalized, the means for developing their strategic objec- tives and mode of operation will be addressed. Both groups will report to a steering committee consisting of Milligan; Prof. Leonard Conolly, acting academic vice-president; Derek Jamieson, director of Analysis and Planning; John Miles, director of Financial and Administrative Services; Jane Watt, assistant vice-president for human resources; and the aca- demic deans. In turn, this commit- tee will advance recommenda- tions to a senior executive group made up of Milligan, Conolly, ac- ting president Jack MacDonald and Charles Ferguson, vice-presi- dent, administration. The first phase of the three- phase project, which involved a situation analysis of current OMAF programs, resource al- location and problems and issues, is wrapping up. Next comes the visioning phase through Novem- ber and December, which will revolve around the activities of the administrative and research task forces. Phase 3 of the project, slated for January through May of 1993, will involve development of a detailed operational plan for im- plementing the vision arising out of Phase 2. It is to incorporate both administrative and research ele- ments. Implementation of the plan will then begin. “I’m confident that this is a realistic outline and schedule,” says Milligan. “We believe that through this restructuring, the needs of OMAF will be met or exceeded, high-quality, socially relevant research will be delivered and the integrity of the University will be preserved.” □ Letters to the editor Ask questions about landfill The University community is in- vited to attend a meeting in the Guelph Council Chambers on Guelph’s future landfill site Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. We at U of G pride ourselves in being part of a “green” com- munity. Yet the proposed site is near the Speed River and close to one of the wells Guelph is con- sidering for its future water source. We need to question this. The Speed is a tributary of the Grand, which is a drinking water source for many members of the University, alumni and their families in Brantford, Cayuga, Six Nations and Dunnville. Come out and ask questions about how close the proposed site is to the Speed. Let’s be good neighbors to people downstream and wise planners for Guelph’s own future. Ella Haley Guelph Associate VP up for review A committee has been ap- pointed to carry out the five-year performance review of Brian Sullivan, associate vice-presi- dent for student affairs. Mem- bers of the University commu- nity are invited to submit com- ments to the committee by Nov. 20 . Chaired by acting president Jack MacDonald, the review committee consists of Andre Auger, director of the Counsel- ling and Student Resource Centre; Prof. Ernest Dalrymple-Alford, acting dean of the College of Social Science; Prof. Terry Gillespie, Land Resource Science; Christine Gottardo, president of the Graduate Students Associa- tion; undergraduate student Sam Kosakowski; Prof. Sandy Middleton, Zoology; Bill McNaughton, director of the University Centre; and Irene Thompson, assistant director in Student Housing Services. □ HOW DOES YOUR INTEREST RATE COMPARE? PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN BOND CALL ME TODAY! Clara M. Maretl 822-8830 M IDLAND WALWY N BLUE CHIP THINKING™ * Yield to motority Jun 01 /01 os of Od 30/92. Price & yield subject to chonge. No Assembly « Required f The book has been a traditional Christmas gift since holiday gift giving began. It imparts wisdom and joy, can be shared with family and friends and passed on through generations. This Christmas, The Bookshelf can help you find the perfect gift for every person on your shopping list. And our Cafe and upstairs Green Room, will offer some respite for the weary feet of holiday shoppers. The Bookshelf staff wish you a very merry Christmas. The Bookshelf 41 Quebec St. Downtown Guelph 821-3311 At Guelph /Nov. 11, 1992 3 Staff, student groups welcome new forum Roberta Franchuk University Communications Students, staff and faculty on the newly created Consultative Forum greet it as a step in the right direc- tion toward better communication in the University community. Heads of all bargaining units and student groups, along with acting president Jack MacDonald, make up the membership of the infor- mal group. Meetings will be held about once a month to discuss common interests and concerns. Response following the first meeting Nov. 3 was positive. “I think it’s an excellent idea,” said Lois Lamble of the Department of Economics, chair of the exempt group. “This will provide a forum for the heads of all student and staff units to discuss problems we have in common.” Prof. Ron Hinch, Sociology and Anthropology, president of the U of G Faculty Association, agrees. “It’s nice to be able to sit down across the table from someone and hear what they have to say face to face,” he said. Graduate Students Association president Christine Gottardo said she’s surprised that a communica- tion vehicle like this did not al- ready exist at Guelph. “To me, it’s just common sense.” MacDonald sees the forum as “a signal that the University is changing the way it does things and that it is listening to what its faculty, staff and students are saying.” The group is not intended to re- place the normal bargaining pro- cess, where formal procedures are established. Each unit or group will continue to deal directly with the University over contracts and other issues specific to them. Gen- eral concerns, however, can be discussed freely at the meetings. Diane Boyd, president of the U of G Staff Association, said the advantage of the larger forum is that members can talk about the common areas they wish to see changes in. Each unit’s separate bargaining process may then find it easier to make those changes. Morale was the topic on the table at the first meeting. Although the 1 990 morale survey brought some important issues to light, there has not been enough news about what’s been done as a result of the survey, forum members agreed. A second study should be under- taken, but only after the effective- ness of the first has been shown, they said. “There’s an atmosphere of skep- ticism among staff,” said Lamble. “It’s important that people know that something has resulted from the survey.” Although early reactions to the forum are optimistic, some mem- bers have adopted a wait-and-see attitude about its long-term effec- tiveness. Some, including Central Student Association president Nona Robinson, question if the forum goes far enough. “If you’re going to gather together the heads of all the bar- gaining units and student groups, which is a fairly powerful group of people on campus, you’re wast- ing the potential of the group if you just bat around ideas,” she said. Robinson suggests the forum could eventually expand to an ad- visory role, perhaps reporting to Board of Governors as part of the board’s commitment to increas- ing its accountability. Some members, such as Kath Beaven of the Centre for Interna- tional Programs, chair of the Professional Staff Association, wonder if the group will still exist under a new president. “I’d be horrified if a new presi- dent didn't continue the forum," said Beaven. ‘The damage would be incalculable.” Other members of the forum are Gary Predon of Hospitality and Retail Services, president of the U of G Food Services Association; Brian Dobrindt of Physical Resources, chief steward of CUOE; Don Gruber, president of CUPE; Maria Hiltz of Student Health Services, representing the Ontario Nurses’ Association; and Garry Ferris of Security Services, representing the University Police Association.^ Stringing them along Violinist Laurie Carney, a member of the American String Quartet, gives students a closer look at one of the priceless Stradivari instruments owned by University benefactor Herbert Axelrod. The quartet toured southwestern Ontario last week, giving afternoon concerts to schoolchildren and evening concerts to the general public. Pholo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications United Way passes 86 per cent of goal The campus United Way cam- paign has raised $120,963 — 86.4 per cent of its $140,000 goal. Win- ners of the third incentive draw, held Nov. 2, are: ■ Silk rep tie with U of G crest — Brian Allen, Animal and Poultry Science. ■ Tickets to Theatre in the Trees — Peter Goddard, History. ■ Brass Taps mug — Debbie Kron, Computing and Com- munications Services (CCS); Bram Cadsby, Economics; John Greenwood, Botany; Hoshang Pesotan, Mathe- matics and Statistics; and Tom Smith, CCS. ■ Color portrait sitting and 8 by 10 print — Liz Ewan, History. ■ Chocolate almond torte — Terry Crowley, History. ■ Two litres of icecream — Matt Jurima, Grounds; Bill Moore, Agricultural Economics and Business; Xining Xu, History; Kim Hartwick. Agricultural Economics and Business; and David Bruce, CCS. Home-baked pie — Bruce Sells, College of Biological Science. The book One Animal Among Many — Peter Williams, En- vironmental Biology, i Face cord of firewood — Marion Steele, Economics. A dressed rabbit — Sylvia Jane Rigby, Botany. ■ Two dozen eggs — Ellen Goddard, Agricultural Eco- nomics and Business. ■ Subscription to Compass — Pat Shewen, VMI. ■ Two albums by the Bird Sisters — Lina Bowen, University Centre Administration. ■ Setofhousekeyscuttoorder — Lynn Barrington, UC ad- ministration, □ USRP&D grad abducted A U of G graduate who has been working in the African nation of Sierra Leone has been abducted by a group of Liberian rebels. Michael O’Neill, a 1991 graduate of the master’s program in the University School of Rural Planning and Development, was working with the Red Cross-af- filiated relief organization Africare when he disappeared Oct. 23. Officials from the U.S. State Department have told O’Neill’s family in Buffalo that he may have been abducted by a group led byi rebel Charles Taylor, who has been fighting against the Liberian government since 1989. The group is believed to be responsible for kidnapping five American and four Liberian nuns a few days before O’Neill’s disap- pearance. The nuns were later found shot to death. Taylor has denied any involvement in the deaths. The State Department has received word that O’Neill has been sighted by a “very reliable source” near the border between Liberia and Sierra Leone, says O’Neill’s brother, Tom. He is believed to be in good health. □ Volunteers sought for bone marrow match Promoting alcohol awareness Student wellness educator Marlene Pfaff and souvenirs from the Wellness Centre's alcohol University mascot Griff present acting president awareness program. The theme is “Every Week is Jack MacDonald with a button and squeeze bottle, Alcohol Awareness Week!" Photo by Roberta Franchuk. University Communications Gopi Paliyath, a research as- sociate in the Department of En- vironmental Biology, is looking for a potential blood marrow donor for his 14-year-old son, Raghesh, who was diagnosed in 1989 with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Gopi Paliyath says his son’s bone marrow type is different from that of his immediate family members. And a search for matching bone marrow in North American and European registries has been futile. The Canadian Red Cross Society has offered help in screening potential bone mar- row donors. Paliyath says the chances of finding a match are best among members of the East Indian community, but all volunteers are welcome. Bone marrow type is determined by a simple blood test. Volunteers should be between 17 and 59 and be eligible to donate blood. An information session will be conducted for the volunteers. If you are will- ing to be tested, call Paliyath at Ext. 4374 between noon and I p.m. or at 1-886-1412 week- days from 9 to 1 1 a.m. and 2 to I I p.m. and anytime on weekends. □ 4 At Guelph /Nov. 11. 1992 Implementation of Phase 3 recommendations on schedule Steering groups have been work- ing since February to custom fit changes recommended in Phase 3 of the internal review, and their reports are in final stages of preparation. If the reports are ac- cepted, changes could be intro- duced beginning in January. In some areas. Phase 3 proposals have already been implemented. In others, further consultation is taking place with those affected by restructuring in non-teaching functions of colleges. The groups have largely focused on improving service and administrative processes as well as on training staff for flexibility, says Mike Kupferschmidt of Analysis and Planning, one of two project officers assigned to help groups develop plans for change. Addressing change Kupferschmidt says he and Gary Nadalin of Conference Services have been addressing concerns about changes resulting from all phases of the internal review. Concerns raised have been more “symptomatic of short-term change and not of long-term problems,” he says. “People are beginning to recognize that change is pan of the life of any economically viable institution.” The project officers have been advising groups in 11 areas. Progress varies among the work- ing groups. Undergraduate academic ad- vising and counselling: Three working groups will have reports for the Advising and Counselling Co-ordinating Group this fall. The Subcommittee on Advising and Counselling for First-Year Students is working on a more flexible system that would eliminate entering students’ con- fusion about — and give them greater responsibility for — their choices of programs and courses. It has proposed a pilot project with the University College Project to test a different model for advising new students. If ap- proved, it would begin in the fall of 1993. After further consultation with students, the subcommittee will make recommendations for strengthening advising at the department level. The Task Force on Administra- tive Support and Student Respon- sibility aims to give program counsellors, and eventually all un- dergraduate students, access to a computerized degree-audit pro- gram to help them chart their own courses of study. Counsellors now have access to the audit system, and a selected group of under- graduates will test it this winter. It may be in place by next June. The Subcommittee on Depart- mental Undergraduate Academic Advising has conducted a survey of departmental advisers about how they are selected, their terms of appointment, their roles and responsibilities, their training and how they are evaluated, supported and recognized. After further con- sultation with students, the sub- committee will consider recom- mendations for strengthening de- partmental advising. The Committee on Co-operative Education has prepared a position paper outlining the philosophy and purpose of co-op education at U of G. It is being reviewed by the work-study subcommittee of the Board of Undergraduate Studies (BUGS). Meanwhile, some Phase 3 recommendations have been im- plemented. These include pub- lishing a manual for co-op co-or- dinators by spring 1993, revising workshops for first-year co-op students, streamlining co-op pro- gram administration and market- ing the co-op program by phone instead of scheduling visits. Promote extension Continuing education and the colleges: A discussion paper prepared by Virginia Gray, chair of Continuing Education, on the relationship between colleges and her division has been reviewed by deans and will be presented to the Vice-President’s Advisory Coun- cil this fall. Continuing Education is still promoting its extension ser- vices to identify and foster new opportunities for co-operative ac- tivities with colleges. Program and course ad- ministration: The registrar is responsible for the typographical quality of the undergraduate calendar, calendar revisions are now made on a flexible desktop system and academic considera- tion forms are simpler. This fall, the Editorial Advisory Committee of BUGS will develop a proposal for revising the calen- dar process to provide more time to gather information about new courses and programs. Development: Gerry Quinn, vice-president for University af- fairs and development, has adopted Phase 3 recommenda- tions to centralize fund raising and development on campus, to simplify levels of reporting in the development unit and to create four alumni officer positions to meet the needs of alumni associa- tions and colleges. Phase 2 recommendations resulted in a 10-year business plan that has been reviewed by Execu- tive Group and approved by Board of Governors. The development office is com- municating with deans regularly to better support specialized fund- raising projects. And a central fund-raising information system has improved information and statistical records. Administrative functions: Research administration: A six-member task force chaired by Wayne Marsh of the Office of Re- search agreed with Phase 3 recommendations. In its report, the group recom- mended clear classification of awards for accounting purposes and training of departmental staff to keep a single system of research trust accounting to avoid dupli- cate accounting. Finance: Following Phase 3 recommendations to simplify and streamline financial transactions. Financial and Administrative Ser- vices will see a new automated purchasing system introduced over the next 12 months. A new training program called FRS BASICS is now being of- fered to administrative staff, and other courses in financial and ac- counting procedures are being developed. Human Resources informa- tion system: Bill Apsit of Data and Records Management chairs a 16-member steering committee that has detailed the capabilities and features that a new manage- ment information system should have. . Phase 3 recommended simplify- ing and automating human resources processes to avoid duplication and to improve data entry and retrieval. Job description Training and certification of administrative officers: A nine- member working group under Jane Watt, associate vice-presi- dent for human resources, is finalizing a standardized job description for administrative of- ficers in college offices. Up to now, skills and respon- sibilities of such personnel have varied across departments. Once the skills required were identified, the group developed guidelines for a certification program. Certification courses in areas such as financial, human resour- ces and academic administration are scheduled to begin in 1993. Certified administrative officers Portrait and graduation photography by Ask about our special packages HERITAGE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY 821-6770 26 Eramosa Rd ♦ Guelph Concerned about your indoor air quality? ♦ air duel cleaning ♦ carpel & upholstery cleaning CALL TODAY 836-7340 Valerie Poulton At your service! will have upgraded skills consis- tent with their responsibilities and authority. Provincial transition funding will help pay for this pro- gram. Scholarship administration: A six-member working group led by Prof. Tammy Bray, acting as- sociate vice-president, academic, is surveying academic units about scholarship administration, which the internal review said should be better co-ordinated. Security: Chaired by Charles Ferguson, vice-president, ad- ministration, this working group is reviewing the philosophy, man- date and style of security on cam- pus and is expected to report in a month. It will then be decided if further consultation is required. Computing support: Two working groups have already sub- mitted reports to the Information Technology Strategy Committee (ITSC), which will co-ordinate future computing initiatives at the University. Set up guidelines A seven-member group, headed by Derek Jamieson of Analysis and Planning, has set up guidelines to be followed by academic units that wish to hire staff for computing systems projects. A second 11 -member group, chaired by Ron Elmslie, director of Computing and Communica- tions Services, has given ITSC a long-term plan to co-ordinate campus computing systems. Vehicle use: A report was presented to Executive Group at the end of October by an eight- member group headed by Roger Jenkins, director of Physical Resources. Cresap consultants recommended a reduction in the University’s fleet in favor of greater use of short-term rentals, leases and personal vehicles. The group is establishing guidelines for efficient manage- ment of transportation support and has explored an optimal mix of owning, leasing and using per- sonal vehicles, as well as inter- departmental sharing. Research infrastructure Technical support: Some Phase 3 recommendations con- cerning technical service staff have been implemented as part of college budget reductions. Others are being reviewed by two inde- pendent groups whose work will continue indefinitely. The research infrastructure sub- committee of the Advisory Coun- cil to the Vice-President for Re- search is preparing an inventory of research equipment and facilities on campus and is look- ing at possibilities for inter- departmental sharing of resources and maintenance. A second group, the eight-mem- ber steering committee on terms and conditions of temporary, part- time and contract employees, is reviewing Phase 3 recommenda- tions dealing with staff not clas- sified as permanent full-time. The Cresap report supported concerns expressed by staff in the employee morale survey and the employ- ment equity census about equity in compensation, benefits and training opportunities. □ At Guelph /Nov. 11, 1992 5 Research report Photo by Sherry MacKay, Office ot Research Trench warfare beats beetles by Owen Roberts Office of Research In the war against Colorado potato beetles, re- searchers have taken to the trenches with great suc- cess. A team of researchers from U of G and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) has found that shallow plastic-lined trenches dug be- tween last season’s beetle-infested potato fields and this season’s emerging fields will trap up to 80 per cent of the insects crawling from one field to the other. That’s a better kill ratio than insecticides, most of which the beetles are increasingly resisting. “I’m amazed that trenches have been so effective,” says team leader Prof. Mark Sears, Environmental Biology. “What we have here is a passive, non- chemical method of controlling the potato industry’s biggest problem, which is costing Ontario producers more than $3 million a year.” The research team conducted the experiment on a 10-acre field near Alliston, one of Ontario’s leading potato regions. There, they dug a 12- to 16-inch- deep, three-foot-wide trench at regularly spaced in- tervals between an established potato plot and a new one. They lined the trench with standard mulching plastic, heaping dirt on the sides to keep the plastic in place. Sensing an emerging crop in a new nearby field, the beetles started their march forward from their overwintering location in last season’s field. When they did, they slipped into the trench and were unable to get out. “They were just like cats pawing at a door,” says Sears. “They scratched and scratched, but couldn’t make any headway.” Unable to reach food, the beet- les eventually starved or dehydrated in the trench. Why didn’t they just fly out of the trench? The answer, says Sears, is central to the project’s strategy. Colorado potato beetles have a natural ten- dency to walk from their overwintering sites to new fields nearby. They’ll only fly if the field is not within walking distance. Unique to their flying regimen is that they search for a perch to fly from. In the trench, however, there is no perch, so when the beetles crawl in en route to a new adjacent field, they simply can’t — or won’t — fly out. The researchers knew the project was a success by both observing the dead beetles in the trench and by comparing the potato plants behind the trenches with those at intervals where the beetles were allowed free access. There, hungry beetles virtually destroyed the first five rows of potato plants. But behind the trenches, there was minimal injury. Trench warfare is one of several non-chemical defences the team has been examining. Others in- clude a predacious stink bug that preys on beetles’ eggs and larvae and a propane flamer that wreaks havoc on the beetles’ antennae and other sensory mechanisms. Another possibility is the use of early-maturing border rows of potatoes that attract beetles so farmers can target their insecticides mainly on those rows, rather than on whole fields. This research is sponsored by OMAF’s Food Sys- tems 2002 program, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment’s pesticides advisory committee and the Ontario Potato Growers’ Association. □ warfare is defeating. Awards The E.P. Taylor Equine Re- search Fund awarded $10,000 to Prof. John Field, Clinical Studies, to study “Feasibility of Bioabsorbable Screw Usage in Longbone Fracture Repair in the Horse.” The Ontario Milk Marketing Board has provided: i $10,000 to Profs. David Kelton, Kerry Lissemore, Wayne Martin, and Jan Sargent, Population Medi- cine, and Robert Jacobs, Pathology, for “Develop- ment and Validation of a Herd-Level BLV Testing Program”; i $8,400 to Profs. Ken Leslie, Population Medicine; Donald Barnum and Bonnie Mallard, Veteri- nary Microbiology and Im- munology; and John Lumsden and Robert Jacobs, Pathology, for “Identification of Factors Important in Resistance to the Development of Chronic Staphylococcus Aureus Mastitis in Dairy Cows”; and ■ $7,600 to Profs. Pat Shewen and Douglas Hodgins, VMI, to study “Immune Response of Neonatal Dairy Calves to Antigens of Pasteurella Haemolytica in the Absence of Maternal Antibodies." In the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, the On- tario Pork Producers Market- ing Board has provided $3, to Prof. Brian Kennedy for “Development of Selection In- dexes to Increase Economic Efficiency of Pork Produc- tion" and $10,000 to Prof. J.m Squires for “Construction of an Automated Device for Analysis of Boar Taint Ster- oids."0 More training needed to help professionals deal with child sexual abuse , study finds by Margaret Boyd University Communications More training programs and resources are needed to educate professionals dealing with child sexual abuse, according to a na- tional study conducted by a team of researchers in the Department of Family Studies. The three-year study, “Meeting the Challenge: Educating Profes- sionals for Child Sexual Abuse Treatment,” was designed to iden- tify education and training needs among professionals providing treatment for child sexual abuse. Four groups were surveyed — clinicians, administrators of ser- vice agencies, professional schools and training programs, and noted experts in the field. More reported cases At stake is effective treatment for children, families, adult sur- vivors and offenders. Although child sexual abuse was first iden- tified as a serious social problem in Canada in 1983/84, “it probab- ly has been occurring since humanity began,” says Prof. Donna Lero. In the past 10 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of reported cases of child sexual abuse and in the demand for treatment of the prob- lem, she says. Lero — co-author of the report with Profs. Judy Myers-Avis and Claude Guldner, notes that it is difficult to respond to the increas- ing demand for treatment without greater training resources. In the surveys, many professionals men- tioned their need and desire to upgrade their skills in dealing with child sexual abuse. “Like many other social problems we’ve become aware of, there is a lag between identifica- tion of the prevalence and serious- ness of a social problem and having the resources in place to deal with the problem effective- ly,” she says. Training limited “In our opinion, leaving it up to individual therapists to obtain the appropriate training on their own time with limited attempts to make high-quality training avail- able in different parts of the country is not adequate for the problem. The price we are paying is really unconscionable in terms of the human pain and suffering involved.” The report recommends that professional programs across Canada include, within required course work, a core of knowledge and skills relevant to child sexual abuse, as well as knowledge specific to providing treatment for this problem. Opportunities for professionals to obtain training in more advanced skills should also be developed for professionals across Canada. “This requires a co-ordinated ef- fort at both the federal and provin- cial levels and a shared commit- ment on the part of treatment agencies, professional and train- ing programs and professional as- sociations,” says Lero. Males underserved The report found that: ■ More than a quarter of sur- veyed treatment agencies reported that child sexual abuse is a factor in 50 to 100 per cent of their cases. ■ Treatment professionals have greater expertise in providing therapy to women than men. As a result, males (victims, sur- vivors and offenders) are notably underserved in both in- dividual and group therapy. ■ Professionals have greatest ex- pertise in individual and family therapy, which are the most available forms of treatment. Group therapy, often con- sidered an essential part of of- fender and survivor treatment, is relatively unavailable. ■ Less than half of professionals have received specific instruc- tion in child sexual abuse during their professional train- ing. Although the situation is improving (recent graduates are much more likely to have received some training in this area), 20 per cent of profes- sional programs in 1990 still did not offer any instruction in child sexual abuse, and many provided coverage on only an introductory level. ■ Although some professional education programs plan to ex- pand their curriculum on child sexual abuse, 80 per cent do not. The single greatest barrier to increasing coverage in this area is that program content is at capacity. ■ Areas of core knowledge and skills relevant to treating child sexual abuse, such as normal child development, human sexuality, gender and power dynamics, and group and fami- ly therapy skills, are not in- cluded in many programs. “Providing effective treatment for child sexual abuse not only benefits the victim, but it also has a positive impact in other areas such as family functioning, inter- personal relations and overall health and well-being." says Lero. “It is extremely important to break intergenerational cycles of child sexual abuse and to address the short- and long-term consequen- ces of this problem.” The lack of resources for male victims and offenders is par- ticularly troubling, she says, be- cause it means opportunities to prevent child sexual abuse in the future are being lost. "Effective treatment and prevention go hand in hand.” The study was funded by the national welfare grants division of Health and Welfare Canada. Copies of the report are available from the Department of Family Studies. □ Deadline dates Applications are due Dec. 1 for ■ Medical Research Council studentships and Centennial Fellowships. ■ American Council of Learned Societies awards for U.S. citizens to do advanced graduate or postdoctoral work in East European and Chinese studies in humanities and social sciences. ■ Canadian Diabetes Association scholarships, fellowships and graduate studentships. ■ Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute grants. ■ Canadian National Institute for the Blind grants and fellow- ships through the E.B. Baker Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness. ■ Institute of Chemical Science and Technology seed grants. ■ International Society of Ar- boriculture small grants for re- search on shade trees. ■ Japan Foundation grants and fellowships to do research or pursue creative projects in Japan. □ 6 At Guelph /Nov. 11, 1992 Notices Berton to speak Pierre Berton speaks at Peter Clark Hall Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. The talk will include readings from his recent book, Niagara. Tickets are $3 general, $2 for students and seniors. Call Ext. 4367 for more information. Location change The location for the U of G Staff Association’s annual general meeting Nov. 26 at noon has been changed to UC 442. Deck the halls Make natural Christmas orna- ments at an Arboretum work- shop Nov. 25. Cost is $20. Register by Nov. 20 at Ext. 2113. One-act plays One-act plays directed by stu- dents are being presented in lower Massey Hall this month. "One-Acts One” runs nightly from Nov. 20 to 22 at 8 p.m. “One-Acts Two” plays Nov. 27 to 29 at 8 p.m. Admission is $3 at the door. Xmas alternatives Under the Tree , a publication about creative alternatives to a consumer Christmas, is avail- able on a one-week loan from International Education Ser- vices on Level 4 of the Univer- sity Centre. Authors to read Carousel magazine, the Central Student Association, the On- tarion and CFRU-FM are spon- soring a reading by authors Diane Schoemperlen and Steven Heighton Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. at the Albion Hotel. Schoemperlen is author of four books, including the short story collection The Man of My Dreams , which was nominated for a Governor General’s Award. Heighton is the editor of the literary magazine Quarry and author of Flight Paths of the Emperor. Admission to the reading is $3. A Royal affair U of G is at the Royal Winter Fair until Nov. 21 with a display focusing on food and nutrition. Located on the main floor of the Coliseum Building in Knob Hill Lanes, the display includes a computer program to improve the diet and a look at some of the technological wizardry behind Canadian food products. Toronto debut Andreas Thiel, a former student in the Department of Music working with Anya Laurence, will give his Toronto debut reci- tal Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. at the Jane Mallett Theatre of the St. Lawrence Centre. Thiel, the 1984 winner of the Edward Johnson music competition, will perform the Canadian premiere of a major work by American composer George Rochberg, as well as works by Schubert, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Tickets are $17 general, $14 for students and seniors. For ticket information, call 416-366-7723. Sports shorts Vanier Cup beckons Guelph football Gryphons defeated the Western Mustangs 45 to 10 this weekend at SkyDome to win the Yates cup and champion- ship of the Ontario University Ath- letics Association. They now advance to face Queen’s University in the Churchill Bowl to determine the winner of the Ontario-Quebec as- sociation. The game is Nov. 14 at 2:30 p.m. at SkyDome. The win- ner will advance to the Vanier Cup. National soccer Soccer players from across Canada will converge on U of G Nov. 12 to 15 for the national soc- cer championships. Six teams from five regions will compete. The University of British Columbia represents Canada West, Dalhousie represents the Atlantic region. Concordia repre- sents Quebec, Laurentian repre- sents Ontario East and McMaster represents Ontario West. Guelph rounds out the roster as host team. Play begins Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. The Gryphons play later in the day at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. On Sunday, the bronze medal game begins at 1 1 a.m., followed by the championship at 2 p.m. Tickets for the round-robin play are $5 general, $3 for students. For the medal games Sunday, tickets are $7 and $4. Tournament passes are $15 and $10. Tickets are available at the cashier’s of- fice or the issuing room in the Athletics Centre. □ Classifieds For rent Stone cottage, 1 1/2 bedrooms, woodstove, appliances, garden, Waterloo Avenue area, occupancy negotiable, $700 a month plus utilities, Laurie, Ext. 2368 or 763- 8068. Large one-bedroom apartment in house, close to downtown, available Dec. 1, references, $531 a month, 823-8261. One-bedroom apartment in Vic- torian house, study, porch, private entrance, Waterloo/Glasgow area, available Dec. 1, $715 a month in- cluding utilities, 763-5976. Three-bedroom house, Pais- ley/Edinburgh area, appliances, ref- erences, $875 a month plus utilities, 648-2008. For sale Hiking boots, leather, waterproof Gore-Tex, woman’s size 9, Allison, Ext. 8367 or 763-3380. Wall unit, two pieces with matching oak night tables; stereo with speakers, equalizer; Steve, 766- 4810 after 6 p.m. Heinzman upright grand player piano with scrolls, Bell piano, chest freezer, Pat or Paul, 787-1306. Wire dog cage for small to medium dog, Becky, 824-6015 after 5 p.m. Cedar rails, Victor, 821-8406. Three-bedroom condo close to campus, May 1 , no agents, John or Peter, 836-9613 or 651-9809. Wanted Ride from Belwood Estates to University, Pat or Paul, 787-1306. Available Babysitting, Clair Road area, non- smoker, babies welcome, refer- ences available, Libby, 821 -8406. “Classifieds” is a free service available to staff, faculty, stu- dents and alumni of the Univer- sity. Items must be submitted in writing by Thursday noon. For more information, Call Ext. 6581. Human Resources report KNOWLEDGE INTEGRITY SERVICE Dog walkers get their due Gerry lall SALES REPKKSKST M IX h iB-A., M.H.A.i ...Price is a KEY... to Selling your Home. Animal -Care Services recently ac- knowledged the dedication of par- ticipants in the unit’s paid dog- walking program with mementos recognizing their years of service. One-year awards went to David Adams, Katherina Shreeram, Pam May, Kirk Pinkowski, Jennifer Hopper, Tracy Sutherland, Enna Dzedets, Mark McAlpine, Kelli WE PRINT BOOKS! Gilson, Jackie Root, Mara Grant and Charoul Lekx. Long-time service awards went to Gloria Herter, Wendy Pinkowski and Kathy Smith, who have all been with the program for more than three years. The dog-walking program cur- rently has 25 walkers on staff, working 1 80 hours a week. □ Appointments Helen Astins has been named ad- ministrative assistant in the Department of Pathology. Dinnie Baker has been named development officer with Univer- sity Affairs and Development. Sherry Baris, Paola Hohenadel, Joy Leschiutta-Rothwell, Hilary Ledingham and Britta Wright have been appointed child-care teachers in the infant, toddler and preschool programs at the U of G Child-Care Centre. Margaret Boyd has been named external communications officer with University Affairs and Development. Barbara Bulger has been ap- pointed records co-ordinator in the Office of the Registrar. Mary Chisholm has changed employment from head cafeterial helper to assistant manager in Hospitality and Retail Services. Lynn Mayhew and Victor Natale have also been appointed assistant managers. By the fireside, warm & cosy Put a little spice in your life . . . ♦ Window gardens ♦ Books 4- Bodums ♦ Spices & herbs, oils & vinegars ♦ Gourmet Coffee Beans & Teas ♦ Rootham's Preserves ♦ Spices Mixes from The Orange Crate 4- Patak's Products 4- No. 817 Elephant Brand Basmati Rice ♦ Cajan Creole "Hot" Nuts TAKE-OUT COFFEE, TEA, JAMAICAN PATTIES, MUFFINS AND MORE! 45 Cork Street E. Downtown Guelph 837-8610 Lenore Latta has been appointed writing services co-ordinator in the Counselling and Student Resource Centre. Prof. Ted Swart, chair of the Department of Computing and In- formation Science, will be acting dean of the College of Physical and Engineering Science for 1993 while Dean Iain Campbell is on administrative and study leave. While Swart is serving as acting dean, Prof. Mary McLeish will be acting chair of CIS. Prof. Joseph Tindale will act as chair of the Department of Family Studies from Jan. 1 to April 30, 1993, while Prof. Donna Woolcott is on study leave. Job opportunities As of At Guelph deadline Nov. 6, the following opportunities were available: Grounds Laborers, Grounds Department. Rate: $13.04 per hour. The following positions were a\’ailahle to on-campus employees only: Custodian 3, Housekeeping Department. Job rate: $13.56 per hour; probation rate: 20 cents an hour lower than job rate. Computer User Services Assis- tant, OVC Computer Group. Salary range: $14.44 minimum; $18.05 job rate (Level 5); $21.66 maximum. To determine the availability of employment opportunities, visit Human Resources on Level 5 of the University Centre or call 836-4900. Canada Saving Bonds — Maturity Notice Series 40 Matures November 1 , 1992 Alternatives are also available: Provincial Bonds, Eurobonds, Coupons. We would like to thank the University community for the wonderful response they have shown for our investment alternatives. Contact ScotiaMcLeod Wayne Snow or Mel Gardner 763-0371 or 1-800-265-2999 Tel: (Bus) _ _ (Res) m o Wayne Snow or Mel Gardner Suite 301 , 42 Wyndham St. N. Guelph, Ontario. N1H 4C9 ScotiaMcLeod Trusted investment advice since 1921 At Guelph /Nov. 11, 1992 7 Calendar Thursday, Nov. 12 CUSO Bazaar - The annual One World Bazaar features crafts and clothing by Third World artisans from 1 1 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the UC courtyard. The bazaar continues Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Concert - Toronto Baroque, f e a t u ri n g Elissa Poole on the ba- H roque flute fy % and Vivian ***•' Soponitskaia WF* 1 - s on harpsi- chord, per- forms at V 12:10 and Elissa Poole 1:10 p.m. in MacKinnon 107. Seminar - “The High Cost of Capitalist Agriculture” is des- cribed by Brewster Kneen, author of From Land to Mouth, at noon in MacLachlan 101. The seminar is presented by the departments of Rural Extension Studies and Sociology and Anthropology. Friday, Nov. 13 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - “Hyperalimentation of the Pig” is the topic of Ian Seddon at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Human Biology Seminar - Ted Putman of McMaster University looks at the “Regulation of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Activity in Humans During Exercise” at noon in Human Biology 209. Land Resource Science Semi- nar - William McGill of the University of Alberta describes “Environmental Management: People as Constructive Members of Ecosystems” at 12:30 p.m. in Richards 124. Economics Seminar - Benoit Laplante of Laval University presents “The Market Response to Environmental Incidents in Canada” at 3 p.m. in MacKinnon 236. Music - Mel Brown and the Homewreckers bring their blues jam to the Brass Taps Fridays from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 Chemistry Seminar - The annual Saturday seminar of the Guelph- Around town Take me to the river The Riverlands, a video examining the importance of the river areas of Guelph, can be ordered from the Riverlands Association through the Guelph Information Centre. Call 821-0632 for details. Hit the trail The annual general meeting of the Guelph Trail Club is Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Edward Johnson School. Christian Farmers meet The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario will hold its annual con- vention and banquet Dec. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Italian- Canadian Club of Guelph. The theme is “Agricultural Education: Training Tomorrow’s Leaders.” Register at 837-1620; deadline is Nov. 27. Duelling keyboards Organist Erik Gero and pianist Sandor Szabo join forces in a key- boatd concert Nov. 22 at 3:30 p.m. Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry features Russell Rodrigo speaking on “Alkaloids, Antibiotics, Myco- toxins, Lignans and Steroids: Eclectic Excursions in Natural Product Synthesis” at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton 113. Concert - Music professor Robert Hall does double duty as vocalist and pianist at 7:30 p.m. at Chal- mers United Church. Tickets are $7.50 general, $5 for students and seniors. Sunday, Nov. 15 Collectibles Fair - Featuring more than 80 tables of collec- tibles, the fair runs from 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Centre. Tickets are available at the door. Arboretum - Today’s afternoon walk explores how animals and plants prepare for winter. Meet at the nature centre at 2 p.m. Cycling Club - Two rides leave at 10 a.m. from the UC — a 32- kilometre novice ride to Hespeler and an off-road trip of 25 to 35 km. Tuesday, Nov. 17 Senate - The November meeting of Senate begins at 8 p.m. in Mac- Naughton 113. Population Medicine Seminar - Garry Newbound of the Atlantic Veterinary College presents “Production of Monoclonal An- tibodies Against Leukemia Plas- mablasts Isolated from Chinook Salmon Infected with Plas- macytoid Leukemia” at noon in OVC 1438. Physics Colloquium - Eric Pinnington of the University of Alberta describes “Laboratory Astrophysics Using Lasers” at 10 a.m. in MacNaughton 101. Wednesday, Nov. 18 Women’s Wednesdays - Chap- lain Lucy Reid discusses “Women and the Church” at the Women’s Resource Centre’s noon discussion in UC 107. Biochemistry Seminar - Guilio DiDiodato explains “P-Glyco- protein: an ATP-Driven Drug Ef- flux Pump" at 12:10 p.m. in MacNaughton 222. Economics Seminar - “Interna- tional Control of Stochiastic Ex- Veme Harrison of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre puts the finish- ing touches on artist Gary Spearin’s installation “unspeak- able," which is on display at the centre until Jan. 10. Photo by Roberta Franchuk temalities” is the topic of Prof. Ray Rees at 4 p.m. in MacKinnon 236. Zoology Seminar - "Calcium Homeostasis: From Cell to Whole Fish” is presented by Tom Moon of the University of Ottawa at 4 p.m. in Axelrod 259. ENJOY Presentation - Making positive lifestyle changes is the focus of “The Fat Fight: How to Win, Part II” at 5:15 p.m. in the Hall of Fame lounge in the Ath- letics Centre. Sign up outside AC 1 32 or call Ext. 2742. Open House - Information about the University’s Cruickston prop- erty will be on display in the foyer of the Landscape Architecture Worship at Dublin Street United Church. The program will include Bach’s “Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue” and “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor," Schubert’s “Fantasia in F Minor” and Luchinetti’s “Concer- to for Two Organs.” Tickets are $7 at the door. Satisfy your appetite DINE IN or TAKE OUT Large menu selection of specialty & vegetarian dishes CATERING New and varied catering menus for parties & special occasions We use chemical-free foods Building from 5 to 9 p.m. The Cruickston Park Farm Advisory Committee will address issues in a presentation at 7:30 p.m. Films en Francais - Le film heb- domadal re est Jesus de Montreal a 20 h. dans le Grand Salon, Maison Francaise (Lennox-Ad- dington). Admission gratuite. Thursday, Nov. 19 Zoology Seminar - Tony Sinclair of the University of British Columbia asks “What Synchro- nizes the Snowshoe Hare Cycle Across Canada?" at 1 1 a.m. in Axelrod 259. Pathology Graduate Seminar - Graduate student Malcolm Weir investigates "Familial Cutaneous Vasculopathy of German Shep- herd Dogs" at 1 1:10 a.m. in Patho- logy 2152. FairNovember-The 18th annual show and sale of Canadian crafts kicks off today at 10 a.m. and runs until 9 p.m. in the UC courtyard. The show continues until Sunday. Admission is free. Concert - Pianist Alma Petchersky performs at the free noon-hour concerts at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in MacKinnon 107. Friday, Nov. 20 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - David Kitts of the University of British Columbia looks at “Casein Digestion Products and Calcium Absorption” at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Saturday, Nov. 21 Art Auction - Works by Albert Casson, Ken Danby, Marlene Jofriet, Nan Hogg and others go on the auction block in Creelman Hall to raise funds for the Sunrise Having alcohol related problems? For a FREE information package call Equestrian and Recreation Centre. Viewing begins at 6:30 p.m.; the auction is at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15. For ticket informa- tion, call 837-0558. Concert - The U of G Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Prof. Robert Hall, Music, present a St. Cecilia’s Day Concert Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. in Chalmers United Church. Tickets are $8 general, $6 for seniors and students. Sunday, Nov. 22 Cycling Club - A 40-km ride to Guelph Lake and an off-road ride leave from the UC south doors at 10 a.m. Arboretum - Red sky at night, sailors’ delight? Leam the truth behind some weather-related folk wisdom on the Sunday afternoon walk beginning at 2 p.m. at the nature centre. Catholic mass is celebrated Sun- day at 10:10 a.m. in Thombrough 164, Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church, offer- ing services for a creative, wor- shipping, searching community (Anglican/United/Presbyterian), runs Sunday at 1 1 a.m. in UC 442. Midweek — A Time with God provides an opportunity for reflection and meditation Wed- nesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533. The Student Christian Move- ment meets to discuss politics, society and spirituality Tuesday at noon in UC 335. The Lutheran Student Move- ment meets Friday at noon in UC 444. □ drink) (wise HIM run OPtICNS 10* ORINKUS Guelph 824-3417 Kitchener/Waterloo 1-742-8534 Toronto 1-416-922-3750 Join Us for a fun- filled musical cruise where... Enjoy these Cole Porter favourites :. ‘I Get a Kick Out of You" ^ "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" l f 'You're the Top" AJ "It's De-Lovely" eg “Friendship" and “Anything Goes" Nov. 19-22, 25-28 War Memorial Hall University of Guelph BOX OFFICE: North American Trust (formerly First Qly Trust) 97 Wyndham St. N., Guelph 837-0821 box office opens November 2, 1992 Fair Rovember 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 Thurs. S Fri. 10am-9pm Sat. 10am-6pm Sun. llam-5pm - Admission Free - ONE WORLD BAZAAR From the other side of the world, colourful and unusual gifts, hand crafted by third world artisans Bringing the Third World to you ... \ Back this year for three days! UNIVERSITY CENTRE, University of Guelph Thursday, Nov, 12 - 1 1 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13- 10a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The One World Bazaar is opendal on behalf of CUSO by the East Asia Company Lid. CUSO' s proceeds will be used lo fund small scale, self help projects in the Third World These funds are matched 2 lo 1 ly the Government Please pad this notice or pass it on 8 At Guelph /Nov. 11,1992 German students on exchange Seven German students are study- ing on campus as part of the 1992/93 Ontario/Baden-Wurttem- berg exchange. Coming from the universities of Freiburg, Heidelberg, Konstanz and Hohenheim, the students are enrolled in programs ranging from physics to economics. They will be here for three semesters. The program is part of the relationship the provinces of On- tario and Baden-Wurttemberg have developed in the fields of education, government ad- ministration and the arts. Fifty stu- dents are selected yearly from each province to participate in the exchange. The exchange has personal, academic and cultural-political dimensions, says co-ordinator Prof. Renate Benson, Languages and Literatures. It is meant for students who wish to extend their expertise in their chosen field of study, as well as to familiarize themselves with the culture of another nation. Students interested in 1993/94 exchanges should call Benson at Ext. 3883 or 3182.0 MIXED MEDIA (/( vied' SAME DIFFERENCE Backpacks full of information empower rural African women by Sherry MacKay Office of Research Training in health, agriculture, business and education is riding on the backs of Cameroonian women. In 1989, the $600,000 Buea Guelph Project, a four-year women’s training program in human resource development, was launched by the Canadian International Development Agency (CEDA) to bring practi- cal education to rural Cameroon, where most of the country’s six million women live. Backpacks were chosen as the vessels for the training material — 16 manuals and books selected by Cameroon’s As- sociation for Creative Training (ACT) — and have gone on to become symbols of women’s empowerment around the country. Encourage network ‘The packs are designed to en- courage women to network, share information and move towards self-sufficiency,” says Liz Cockbum, Rural Extension Studies, Canadian co-ordinator of the Buea Guelph Project. “Dissemination of information at a grassroots level is very ef- fective and, more importantly, an empowering method of education,” she says. Backpack-equipped trainers regularly visit rural Cameroon, linking up with existing women’s groups and holding workshops and seminars with them. They discuss the materials in the pack, such as the books Where There is No Doctor, Women Working Together and A Guide to Community Revolving Loan Funds. At the conclusion of the ses- sion, the trainers leave a back- pack or materials for the villagers’ future reference and for sharing with others. Field workers from the women’s groups are trained how to use the resource kit and they incorporate local material into new teaching tools for adult learning. ‘The process has led to effec- tive networking of groups of grassroots women, information sharing and skills development through non-formal education,” says Cockbum. The material for the backpacks was collected by four Cameroonian women — a founder of a women’s food co- operative, a nursery school teacher and literacy teacher for women, a trainer for other ACT teachers and a secondary school teacher. In 1988. they came to Guelph to study management techniques and to find teaching materials relevant to local needs. Since then, there have been several training milestones. In 1990, organizers again visited Guelph to further develop the trainers’ program in materials production, editing and desktop publishing. Improve autonomy Last year, four ACT repre- sentatives and a delegate from the Cameroon Ministry of Social and Women’s Affairs came to U of G for a participatory manage- ment course. Out of that process, the long-range work plan was reassessed and decentralized so there would be high level of autonomy in the regions. Cockbum has been working to link the project with non- governmental organizations so it can be self-sufficient once CIDA support ends. One route to self-sufficiency is the income generated by selling the backpacks to other organiza- tions, such as CUSO and the Canadian Co-operative As- sociation, which have purchased the packs for similar projects in Sierre Leone, Ghana and Nigeria. □ New faces TRIMARK WE MANAGE TO OUTPERFORM. For the 10-year period ended September 30, 1992, Trimark Fund investors earned 17 . 8 % Latest 1 , 3 & 5 year performance to September 30, 1992: 27.3%, 9.4%, and 8.3% respectively. 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Prof. Judy Sheeshka graduated from Guelph this spring, but she hasn’t left the Uni- versity. With her PhD in ap- plied human nutrition in Judy Sheeskha hand, she re- turned to the Department of Fami- ly Studies as an assistant professor in a unique position. Half her time is spent on cam- pus, where she supervises and teaches graduate students and does research on nutrition. The rest of her time is spent as a com- munity nutrition consultant with the regional municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth. She works at the teaching health unit affiliated with the department of public health services, en- couraging and assisting research done by the area’s public health nutritionists. She’s helping to find ways to evaluate the programs they’ve developed and assisting with writing up the work for pub- lication. Sheeska sees herself as a link between U of G and health units, bridging the gap between research and practice. “It’s quite exciting," she says, “and it will benefit stu- dents to do placement projects and thesis research in an applied way.” Before coming to Guelph, she received a bachelor of home economics from the University of British Columbia, then taught as a sessional instructor in the foods lab there. She returned fo school to finish an undergraduate pro- gram in nutrition, then moved to Ontario to do an internship as a dietitian. This experience con- vinced her to change the focus of her work from clinical to nutrition education and community nutri- tion. So she came to Guelph for graduate work. Sheeska’s PhD research looked at the factors that keep people from developing good eating habits. She led a series of on-cam- pus seminars to teach people prac- tical skills in shopping and cook- ing. Now settled in Guelph, she keeps busy with a variety of ac- tivities, including cycling, swim- ming and aerobics. She also en- joys cooking and foreign films. □ ROYAL CARIBBEAN Cruise- 5 from$l 399 Departures from Miami or San Juan Early booking DISCOUNTS and SPECIALS on now CALL TODAY Subject to availability and change at anytime TSmff KORTRIGHT TRAVEL 987 Gordon at Kortrlght ♦ 822-3400 or 836-0061 Guelph Thought for the week A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking. __ ^Discover Martin H. Fischer DOWNTOWN f^ LELm | IJ| University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Volume 36 Number 38 Nov. 18, 1992 Watchdog committee serves grad students A double header Craig Stevens, right, a philosophy and English you didn't get all your holiday shopping done at student, makes a friend at the CUSO Third World the bazaar, never fear, because Fair November Bazaar, held last week in the University Centre. If is headed here this weekend. Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications Measuring academic quality could be difficult and costly: OCUA brief by Martha Tancock University Communications Graduate students now have a direct pipeline to the academic vice-president for voicing con- cerns about stipends and working conditions. Up to now. Graduate Studies Dean Doug Ormrod has acted as the messenger between graduate students and the academic vice- president. Not satisfied with con- veying sometimes “third-hand” information from students, Ormrod worked with Lisa MacCormack, then president of the Graduate Students Associa- tion (GSA), to create the Vice- President, Academic’s, Advisory Committee on Graduate Student Matters. “It’s something whose time had come,” said Ormrod last week after the committee’s first meet- ing. “We need to steadily improve Prez for a day U of G has a new president — for a day, that is. Prof. Suzy Lake, Fine Art, has won the United Way’s "President for a Day” contest and will take over the duties of acting president Jack MacDonald Nov. 23. He, in turn, will teach her photog- raphy class Nov. 20 and her studio class Dec. 4. Watch At Guelph for results of the switch. Winner of the grand prize of a Florida cruise donated by ITI Kortright Travel was won by Owen Roberts of the Office of Research. As of Nov. 1 6, the campus campaign had raised a total of $126,000, 90 per cent of its $140,000 goal. An appreciation day lunch for campus volunteers will be held Nov. 23. □ Inside: MacDonald addresses harassment policy . . 3 Switch to Aiken plan begins 3 Ontario groundwater contaminated . . ... 5 A sign for the times . . 8 the financial position and working conditions of graduate students,” said Ormrod. “This is a challeng- ing time to do that.” Advocating a long-term ap- proach, the dean said attempts should be made every year to im- prove the financial position of stu- dents. “We need to attract the best students, and we need to have a reputation for providing for stu- dents.” Student fees, stipends, costs and awards vary from university to university, he said. “We needed to have a place to discuss openly all aspects of the finances that have an impact on graduate students.” Because the academic vice- president often has to decide the final allocation of resources, the students believed it was important to discuss their point of view directly with the person in that position, said Ormrod. Graduate students want to avoid surprises such as last year’s an- nouncement of a 19-per-cent fee increase (later reduced to 12 to 1 3 per cent), said current GSA presi- dent Christine Gottardo. She wel- comes the chance to hear what the administration is planning and to express students’ concerns. “Anything that increases com- munication is a good thing.” Ormrod likens the committee, which also includes faculty repre- sentatives, to a collective watch- dog for graduate student interests. It will try to “establish guiding principles to make sure graduate students are not inadvertently dis- advantaged by financial deci- sions.” The committee will also review work-space quality and learning resources. For many years, an existing ad- visory committee to the president has recommended changes in an- nual rates for teaching assistants, said Ormrod. But the scope of this committee was “too narrow to function in a broader way.” The nine-person advisory com- mittee meets monthly with Prof. Leonard Conolly, acting aca- demic vice-president. In addition to Gottardo, members are Prof. Brian Derbyshire, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology; Prof. Mary Ann Evans, Psychol- ogy; PhD student Randy Giroux; and master’s students Sandra Houston and Peter Norman. Ormrod and Prof. Susan Pfeiffer, associate dean of Graduate Studies, serve as resource people for the commmittee. □ A U of G committee supports the idea of academic accountability, but says a proposed system of reviewing the quality of academic programs could be costly. The 19-member ad hoc com- mittee outlines its concerns in a brief to be presented next week to the Ontario Council on University Affairs (OCUA). The Guelph brief also suggests guidelines for a program ap- provals policy, one of five topics up for discussion this year at OCUA’s annual hearings. Present brief Guelph will present its brief to OCUA Nov. 27 at Wilfrid Laurier University along with McMaster University and the universities of Western Ontario and Windsor. This year, OCUA asked universities for their opinions about reviewing program quality, program approvals policies, services and funding for disabled students, com- munity relationships and north- ern mission grants. To respond to OCUA’s ques- tions, U of G established the ad hoc committee in September. Members represent faculty, employee and student groups as well as administration. In its brief, the committee agreed that arguments for academic accountability are compelling, but the cost of reviewing program quality in the specified time period would be prohibitive. Guelph budgets about $100,000 a year to review only three units. The committee es- timates a proposed seven-year review of all departments — not counting interdisciplinary units — would double the cost. It also argued that it would be initially difficult to define system-wide standards by which to judge quality. Any outside audit committee should judge only the process of academic quality review at each university, not the actual quality of programs, it said. And an audit committee should not only judge how academic reviews are conducted, but also the proce- dure universities follow to intro- duce new programs. Existing services On the question of reviewing services and funding for the dis- abled, the committee submitted a description of U of G’s exist- ing services and funding. A U of G delegation will be prepared to discuss the Uni- versity’s internal and external community relationships in ad- dition to topics in the written brief, says committee member Derek Jamieson, director of Analysis and Planning. □ CIBC Investments At CIBC, we're especially proud to offer our customers investments that meet virtually every investment objective. 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As a result, orientation may be reduced to two days or may start on a Monday rather than a Tuesday. The Board of Undergraduate Studies was to return with a revised schedule for approval at the Nov. 17 meeting of Senate. Spring timetable a hit Spring semester students and faculty liked the new timetable in- troduced this year so much that Senate has voted to repeat the scheduling experiment next spring. The new system replaced the usual staggered time-slot system and featured uniform class times. It was introduced on a trial basis to accommodate part-time stu- At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph every Wednesday ex- cept during December, July and August, when a reduced sched- ule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy and an editorial advisory board. The policy is available on request. Views, opinions and advertise- ments contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. 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Member Public Affairs Council for Education, Council for the Ad- vancement and Support of Education, Canadian Public Relations Society Inc. and Inter- natinal Association of Business Communicators. ISSN 0836-4478. dents, who make up the majority (78 per cent this year) in spring semester. Twelve-week courses ran at the same time Monday, Wednesday and Friday; six-week courses ran Tuesday and Thursday. Students surveyed found the timetable easier to remember. The consistent class times made it easier to co-ordinate other ac- tivities and particularly benefited part-time students with jobs. Faculty surveyed found the revised timetable effective and even noted improvements in at- tendance. The surveys were con- ducted by the Student-Environ- ment Study Group. Extended learning For Shirley Senoff, learning goes beyond the classroom. A fourth- year honors English and French stu- dent, Senoff is one of five BA students on Senate. As a member of U of G’s academic governing body, she also serves on two sub- committees — the Board of Un- dergraduate Studies and the Policies and Procedures Commit- tee. Senoff says her extracurricular activities are a “different kind of experience than from the class- room. You learn that students really can effect change.” And Senate has given her a new perspective on faculty and the ad- ministration, she says. “We are all working together.” In addition to her studies and Senate duties, Senoff likes to play piano and is a great fan of spec- tator sports, especially Gryphon basketball. She is also a member of the College of Arts Student Union and was a co-editor of Carousel magazine. CSA needs reps Positions are still open for CPES and OVC representatives on the board of the Central Student As- sociation, says president Nona Robinson. At its Nov. 1 1 board meeting, the CSA appointed one new CPES representative, Rob Croghan, but has openings for two more, she says. OVC still has no reps on the board. This week, Robinson and CSA vice-president external John-Paul Boyd are representing Guelph at a general meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students in Ottawa. HAFA Oxford exchange The School of Hotel and Food Ad- ministration will introduce its first exchange program in September. Each year, two senior HAFA students will spend a semester at Oxford Polytechnic taking hospitality management-oriented credit courses. At the same time, two students from the British school will take their places in Guelph. The reciprocal arrangement was initiated by Prof. Jo Marie Powers. Although the program of- ficially starts in September, there are already two British students here and a Canadian in Oxford on letters of permission, she says. HAFA has also begun a study- abroad program for 30 students near Nice, France. 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Negotiations are under way to have the successful can- didate relieved of some teach- ing duties in the home depart- ment. Candidates should have good administrative and teaching skills, an interest and expertise in feminist studies and a com- mitment to interdisciplinary education. Send applications by Dec. 1 5 to College of Arts Dean Carole Stewart in the MacKinnon Building. □ Letters to the editor Professional salary offer out of line We are writing to express our con- cern over the offer the administra- tion recently made to professional staff — one per cent for the current year, with a loss of professional development allowance, and two per cent for next year, with the allowance reinstated. The offer for this year amounts to a cut in com- pensation for professional staff with salaries of $55,000 or less. It seems clear that this offer, which is wildly out of line with increases awarded this year to faculty and unionized staff, is a result of two things — the Uni- versity’s paucity of funds, espe- cially following the decision of faculty and staff not to reopen their agreements, and the profes- sional staffs lack of clout or legal protection. Needing to cut costs wherever possible, the beleaguered ad- ministration has chosen to achieve savings in an area where the absence of an agreement seemed to permit a free hand. But to take away with that hand seems to us in these circumstances total- ly unacceptable. Hard-pressed though we are, the principle of equity (even if it can- not yet be honored altogether) surely demands a better response than this. We must look to prin- ciples of equity and the fulfilment of our mission, and although these may well come into conflict, we must not determine a possible tar- get for savings on the basis of vulnerability. Even in purely instrumental terms, the price that the Univer- sity community will pay in the long run to achieve this saving now is too great. We simply can- not afford to treat our co-workers so shabbily. The distance between an offer that is in line with settle- ments made to other employee groups and an effective cut stretches the good will of valued colleagues too far. We therefore call on the administration to make a better offer. Constance Rooke, Chair, Department of English Ken Mose, Acting Chair, Department of Languages and Literatures Len Adams, Chair, Department of French Studies Eric Reiche, Chair, Department of History Brian Calvert, Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy Ric Knowles, Chair, Department of Drama Mary Cyr, Chair, Department of Music Ron Shuebrook, Chair, Department of Fine Art Obituary Peter McMullen, assistant director of Computing and Communications Services, died Nov. 1 1 at the age of 39. A 1976 B.Sc. graduate of ihe Department of Computing and Information Science, he joined the University after gradua- tion. He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane, and two daughters, Becky and Sarah. A memorial service will be held Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. at the Arboretum Nature Centre. □ CAREFREE LIVING AT CAREFREE PRICES! UNIT IB CASH PRICE $ 79,900 4 New luxurious 1,2,3 bedroom units 4 Air conditioned 4 Upgrades included 4 Choose your colours from builder samples 4 Extra storage areas 4 Appliances 4 Parking // / / < 5 T euace C)c/o?dt Terms and prices subject to change without notice F.O.E. VISIT OUR MODEL SUITES TODAY SALES OFFICE — 836-3205 107 BAGOT STREET, GUELPH OPEN DAILY 12-8, FRI. 12-8, SAT. SUN 11-6 JSEL --^Minium i At Guelph /Nov. 18, 1992 3 Employee, student groups get a voice in academic revamping Employee and student groups have been invited to appoint liaison persons to the University’s academic restructuring commit- tee. The 14-member committee is- sued the invitation recently after Prof. Ron Hinch, Sociology and Anthropology, president of the U of G Faculty Association, ap- pealed this summer for official employee group representation. “I think it’s a reasonable com- promise,” says Hinch, “but it’s still not what we would prefer. The UGFA wanted to play more than an advisory role, he says. Nonetheless, participation by liaison persons will “help to strengthen whatever document comes about” because of the wider consultation. The committee — a subcommit- tee of the Senate Committee on University Planning (SCUP) — consists of the academic vice- president, one staff and seven faculty members, two students, an alumnus and a SCUP repre- sentative. The liaison persons will be in- vited to meetings regularly, says committee chair Prof. Leonard Conolly, acting academic vice- president. These briefing sessions will allow the committee to bring employee and student groups up to date on its discussions and to hear their comments and advice. The committee will also hold open sessions and consult Univer- sity constituencies over the next year and make a progress report next June to Senate about changes to the academic administrative structure. Questions on restructuring too broad, says University U of G plans to respond only brief- ly to 22 sweeping questions posed by a provincial committee whose aim is to restructure Ontario’s en- tire university system. Universities were given two weeks to respond to questions that are “too broad and comprehen- sive,” says Prof. Leonard Conolly, acting academic vice- president. The province’s agenda is “not very helpful,” he says. In an open letter Oct. 30, the university restructuring steering committee appointed last July by Minister of Colleges and Univer- sities Richard Allen asked univer- sity communities to respond to the 22 questions by Nov. 18. It sought opinions about quality of education, autonomy and ac- countability, co-operation among universities and colleges, acces- sibility, responsiveness to com- munity needs, funding and cost- effectiveness. U of G is eager to participate in constructive discussions on provincial restructuring, says Conolly, but finds it difficult to respond to such an unfocused agenda. In the University’s response, ac- ting president Jack MacDonald suggests the restructuring com- mittee narrow its focus to “a few key issues of critical importance and then develop a set of possible alternative approaches.” These should then be circulated for comment among universities, he says. The provincial restructuring committee will submit its interim report to Allen Nov. 23. □ F"’ Wanna buy a university? The Central Student Association made a point ofG. The CSA also organized a march to the office about university underfunding last week with signs of Guelph MP Derek Fletcher. across campus advertising a liquidation sale of U Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications Switch to Aiken evaluation begins Over the next three weeks, 80 professional and managerial staff will be shown how to fill out job fact sheets as the switch from the Hay system of job evaluation to the Aiken plan begins. In August, the University and the Professional Staff Association struck a Professional and Managerial Job Evaluation Steer- ing Committee to oversee job evaluations for the Aiken plan. The process could take about two years to completely re-evaluate about 510 positions. Although the University used the Aiken plan to implement pay equity a few years ago, it con- tinued to use the Hay system for salary administration purposes for professional and managerial staff, says Jane Watt, assistant vice- president for human resources. The Aiken plan is widely used by industry and government, says committee steering chair Philip John, Animal and Poultry Science, and it is used to adjudi- cate pay equity complaints under the Human Rights Code. It shows consistent results, can be applied to all jobs in an organization and is user friendly when it comes to collecting job information, he says. By next fall, 80 key positions Job fact sheet The 80 professional and mana- gerial staff who are the first to have their jobs evaluated under the Aiken plan are being urged to sign up for any of the following 90- minute training sessions to learn how to fill out a job fact sheet: ■ Nov. 19, 9 to 1 0:30 a.m.. Alum- ni House boardroom. ■ Nov. 26, 9 to 10:30 a.m.. Animal Science and Nutrition 141. will be evaluated, says John, and they will be used as references for future evaluations of the remain- ing 430 professional and managerial staff. Watt doesn’t expect wide chan- ges in the valuation of a job except where the content of the job has changed, perhaps due to restruc- turing. □ sessions set m Dec. 1, 1:30 to 3 p.m., UC 442. m Dec. 9, 10 to 1 1:30 a.m., UC 442. ■ Dec. 11, 1:30 to 3 p.m., UC 442. The 80 positions, which will serve as reference points for the University’s other 430 profes- sional and managerial jobs, repre- sent each significant job level among professional and mana- gerial staff. □ Commitment to fighting harassment still strong: MacDonald The following is an open letter to the University community from acting president Jack MacDonald. In response to campus concerns about the schedule for considering changes to the sexual harassment policy, I offer the following progress report. After receiving the annual report of the Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee in September, I began discussions on the correct procedure for approving and im- plementing the recommendations as quickly as possible. Normally, policy recommendations of this kind come to Board of Governors only aftercareful examination by a board com- mittee or another University body, so that any inconsistencies or loose ends can be sorted out. In this case, it was decided to take the proposed policy revisions directly to the board in September, to introduce the issues and sound out board opinion. As it turned out, both the board and a sizeable segment of the University community judged this approach to be rushing mat- ters. At the September meeting, B of G received not only a package of proposed amendments to the sexual harassment policy, but also a number of letters from faculty concerned about certain aspects of the amendments and suggesting that the changes had not been given to the ap- propriate University committees to review. Board members themselves raised questions about some of the recommenda- tions. After a discussion, they deferred taking action and asked the administration to hold consultations on campus, with spe- cial reference to the issues that were raised in debate and in the letters. The under- standing was that the matter would come back to the board as soon as possible. Brian Sullivan, associate vice-president for student affairs, was given the respon- sibility of carrying out these consultations and making any needed revisions to the proposals. With the co-operation of many groups on campus, and working with some urgency to try to resolve the issues before the November board meeting, he solicited the views of Senate, the Joint Faculty Policies Committee, the U of G Faculty Association and others. Many people took the time to submit their views in writing, and these were taken into account. Additional legal ad- vice was sought as needed. I think everyone involved in this consul- tation went through a learning process, as the experience of the sexual harassment advisers and committee, combined with reasoned argument and debate, was brought to bear on the issues. As a community, we appear to have reached a remarkable convergence of opinion on the advisory committee’s recommendations about the policy, par- ticularly on the need for including gender harassment, assaultive offences and a mechanism for receiving third-party com- plaints. The Joint Faculty Policies Committee has found no conflict with faculty policies. Both this group and the UGFA have recommended that the sexual harassment policy include a statement that nothing in the policy or the changes proposed to it is intended to restrict academic freedom as defined in faculty policies. What now remains to be done is to redraft some of the original proposals to reflect the tenor of the consultations and to place the package before the board for approval. It has been decided to use the board’s executive committee to make recommendations to the full board. This follows usual board practice of having a small group devote the necessary time to presenting the resolutions to ensure they will be adopted with confidence. The drafting work is still going on. Unfortunately, despite efforts to con- vene a meeting of the board executive in mid-November, it cannot meet until January. This means the policy amend- ments will not be on the board’s Novem- ber agenda but, if all goes well, will be considered at the February meeting. Although the delay in consideration is undoubtedly frustrating for the advisers, who must deal with complainants, I believe it will result in a sounder policy, one that has the support of a majority of our community. That is necessary if we are to present the report to the board ap- propriately. As a university, we remain committed to providing and maintaining a climate where incidents of gender and sexual harassment, including sexual assault, do not occur. There has been no diminish- ment in the administration’s resolve to see our existing policy made stronger. Nor. I believe, does the board have any other intention than ensuring that U of G has a policy that addresses real problems effec- tively and that can be administered properly. I welcome comments or questions from members of the University community on this issue. To that end. I have arranged to be available in my office Nov. 20 from I to 2 p.m., when people can drop by without an appointment to discuss the is- sues with me. My office is located on Level 4 of the University Centre. □ 4 At Guelph /Nov. 18, 1992 Building internal, external relationships focus of UA&D This is part of a continuing series outlining some of the changes that have taken place on campus based on recommendations from Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the internal review. University Affairs and Develop- ment (UA&D) was created as a result of Phase 2 of the internal review. It brings together many of the University’s outreach and communications activities, which are aimed at building relationships internally and externally. The unit’s broad mandate is to identify, cultivate, solicit and pro- vide stewardship to the Univer- sity’s constituencies. This in- cludes faculty, staff, students, parents of students, alumni, governments, business, associa- tions and friends. Building good relationships results in long-term benefits for both sides, says Gerry Quinn, vice-president for University af- fairs and development. 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Building relationships also heightens public perceptions of the importance of postsecondary education for Canada and the need for greater government sup- port, says Quinn. “It improves U of G’s oppor- tunities for receiving charitable donations. Even with adequate government funding for opera- tions, gifts are needed to enhance the institution’s teaching and re- search functions via scholarships, research chairs, library acquisi- tions, laboratory equipment and building renovations.” UA&D consists of seven units that carry out a variety of func- tions, but all have the same goal — building relationships. Office of the Vice-President In addition to its overall finan- cial and administrative respon- sibility, Quinn’s office in Alumni House co-ordinates activities within the seven departments, with a focus on marketing the University. Emphasis is placed on fund raising, alumni affairs, new initiatives and entrepreneurial ac- tivities. Advancement Programs and University Protocol work within the office and support a variety of community relations programs, including a speakers’ bureau and Community Advisory Council. Advancement Programs, run by Rosemary Clark, is primarily in- volved in generating revenue through eamed-income ventures. In University Protocol, Joan Barr An advertisement promoting U of G’s ‘Transition Series” will run in a Nov. 1 9 Globe and Mail supple- ment on education. The series consists of seven workbooks — six for students and one for parents — designed to help students make a successful transition from high school to university. The series was written by Katherine Elliott of the Coun- co-ordinates major events on campus, including visits by high- profile and distinguished people. Fund raising UA&D has prepared a 10-year business plan that outlines a strategy for raising private-sector donations to U of G during the 1990s, says Quinn. Approved by Board of Governors in June, the plan includes goals, an action plan and a strategy for financing the cost of fund raising. Three units have fund raising as their primaiy mandate — Devel- opment, Annual Giving and Sup- port Services, and Advancement Research. All three operate out of Alumni House. Development Led by Marilyn Robinson, Development is an externally oriented fund-raising operation. Its purpose is to raise money to support U of G’s priority pro- grams and projects by cultivating external and internal constituen- cies, including alumni, friends, corporations, associations and foundations. This unit’s primary functions are identifying and cultivating poten- tial major donors, soliciting gifts and maintaining donor steward- ship. The last involves regular communication with donors to ac- knowledge their gifts and update them on the status of projects they funded, thus encouraging their fu- ture support. Development also deals with planned giving, gifts that involve selling and Student Resource Centre. U of G students, faculty and staff can buy the series at a reduced price of $9.95. It is available through mail order from the Uni- versity Bookstore. For an order form, drop by the Admissions Of- fice on Level 3 of the University Centre. □ tax and financial planning, includ- ing wills, bequests, charitable an- nuities, trusts and life insurance. Many of these gifts are gifts-in- kind, such as land, buildings, securities, livestock, books and equipment. Annual Giving and Support Services Managed by Paulette Samson, this unit consists of the direct an- nual mail and telephone solicita- tion programs, which operate as part of the University’s annual alumni solicitation program called the Alma Mater Fund. The unit contains records, treasury and mail units and a sys- tems and information function. The records, treasury and systems areas support research, cultiva- tion, solicitation and stewardship activities in Advancement Programs, Alumni Affairs, Development and Advancement Research. Advancement Research Advancement Research, led by Pam Healey, provides support to the various units within UA&D in the form of strategic planning, feasibility studies for major capi- tal projects, market research into revenue-generating oppor- tunities, maintenance of statistics, generation of annual reports for internal and government use and research on prospective donors. It also manages cultivation and stewardship activities and provides resource material. Alumni Affairs Helping the University’s 60,000 alumni “stay in touch” is what this unit is all about. Headed by Trish Walker, it focuses on cultivation — enhancing relationships be- tween U of G and its alumni, stu- dents and their parents. Alumni Affairs provides support to alumni and constituent group associations, organizes special events, helps develop alumni chapters and co-ordinates an ex- tensive campus tour program for potential students, parents, seniors, schoolchildren and other visitors Communications University Communications Headed by Mary Cocivera, this unit is responsible for internal and external communications and developing the University’s image to cultivate sup- port for its mission and goals. Located on Level 4 of the University Centre, it consists of two units — Internal Com- munications, managed by Sandra Webster, and External Com- munications, managed by Andrea Mudry Fawcett. University Communications is involved in all aspects of com- municating the University’s mes- sage to internal and external au- diences. This is achieved through contacts with media, the weekly newspaper At Guelph, the Guelph Alumnus magazine and many publications for potential students and donors, business leaders and government policy makers. In ad- dition, Ann Middleton works with groups on campus to help them achieve their communication needs through strategic planning. Graphics and Print Services Also responsible for com- munication, this unit is headed by Craig McNaught. It provides photographic, graphic, desktop publishing, printing and duplicat- ing services to faculty, staff, stu- dents, alumni and friends of the University. Graphic art and desktop publish- ing services are located in Black- wood Hall; printing is in the base- ment of the MacNaughton Building. Duplicating from copy centres is available in the Univer- sity Centre, OVC and the Mac- Kinnon Building. □ Transition series marketed CHRISTMAS IS COMING . . . Now’s your chance! Visit Guelph’s LARGEST toy store for kids 4 to 104. 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A U of G-led study of groundwater quality throughout the province found that nearly one-third of the 1,300 wells sampled were con- taminated. According to the survey: ■ 31 per cent had unacceptable levels of coliform bacteria; ■ 20 per cent exceeded fecal coliform bacteria levels; and ■ 12 per cent had higher-than- acceptable concentrations of nitrate. “Those with groundwater wells should have their water supplies checked regularly,” says study co- chair Prof. Mike Goss of the Centre for Land and Water Stewardship. “This is a significant problem.” Groundwater contamination can have negative effects on human health. Coliforms occur naturally in soil and decaying vegetation, but their presence in water can indicate fecal contamination. The presence of fecal coliforms sug- gests that a water supply has been contaminated with human or animal feces. This contamination is associated with a variety of intestinal ill- nesses in humans, including giar- diasis, which causes cramps, diar- rhea and abdominal bloating, and campylobacterosis, which also causes diarrhea. The nitrate in the water comes from the breakdown of soil or- ganic matter, animal manure or fertilizer, and can cause a tem- . porary blood oxygen disorder that is particularly harmful to children. “Contamination can come from certain farm practices and private sewage systems and can be ex- acerbated by poorly maintained wells,” says Goss. "Wells that were older than 60 years, as well as shallow-dug or bored wells, showed the greatest frequency of contamination.” The study was a co-operative ef- fort involving Agriculture Canada, the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA), the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) and the Ontario Ministry of Health, along with U of G and the University of Waterloo. OMAF identified possible groundwater contamination risk areas in Ontario according to agricultural land use and physical properties such as soil type. Once the appropriate geograph- ic locations of the wells were selected, local OSCIA commit- tees identified specific farms that met farming practice and soil type criteria. The survey involved wells from every Ontario county. A questionnaire was developed to collect the information needed from each farm to interpret the well-water quality data. In the spring, OSCIA provided each participant with an individual confidential report of the inter- preted results. Goss says the project was the first of its kind in both scale and scope. “Having the expertise and diversity of the participants in- volved in the research lends not only to the accountability, but also to the value of the project,” he says. The project received $710,000 from Agriculture Canada under the Canada-Ontario Environmen- tal Sustainability Initiative. □ Toronto garbage may live anew as compost by Steve O’Neill Office of Research Organic kitchen and yard waste from Toronto households may one day be used as compost, inside the city and out In the largest pilot project of its type in Canada, a research team at U of G is analysing samples of compost from leaves, grass clippings and vegetable matter from about 15.000 Metro Toronto homes for potential use in gardens, lawns, nurseries, parks and elsewhere. The year-long project is being sponsored by the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. Team member Prof. Jack T re vors, En- vironmental Biology, says the results may serve as a blueprint for waste reduction in other large centres. Making commitment ‘The municipality is really making a commitment to find- ing an alternative to landfill,” says Trevors. “Garbage is a resource — it’s only waste if you don’t know what to do with it.” This interdisciplinary project brings together researchers from three areas on campus — Trevors and Prof. Hung Lee from the Department of En- vironmental Biology, Prof. Paul Voroney from the Depart- ment of Land Resource Science and the School of Engineer- ing’s Prof. Lambert Otten, along with research assistants Shelly Anne Andrews, George Halet and Julian Winter. The research team is follow- ing the garbage through each stage of composting. The ma- terial is source separated and collected in Toronto, Etobicoke and North York, then enclosed in a large digester, where it is agitated and kept ai elevated temperatures to speed up the composting process. Outdoor bunkers After several weeks in the digester, the material is placed in outdoor aerated bunkers for about six weeks of curing. Suitably composted samples are then sent to Guelph for analysis. Trevors says the researchers are interested in factors like the effects of seasonal variations in the makeup of the compost as well as its bacterial, metal and pesticide content. The final results of the tests should yield information on composting tailored to this part of Canada, along with compost that could be used in municipal projects by Metro Toronto or sold to homeowners and others who need organic fertilizer or soil amendment material. Practical concerns There are several practical concerns that must be con- sidered before this could be a workable waste-management program, says Trevors. These include non-organic con- tamination collection logistics (especially from apartment buildings) and the public's will- ingness to accept a compost facility in its own backyard. “It also depends on public par- ticipation,” he says. “Our main interest is making sure the pro- ject is scientifically sound. □ Deadline dates in the Office of Research Applications are due Dec. 1 for: ■ George Lunan Foundation grants. ■ Ontario Heritage Foundation Niagara Escarpment research grants. ■ Social Science and Humanities Research Council (U.S.) grants for advanced international re- search. ■ Imperial Oil Limited grants. Dec. 14 is the deadline to apply for: ■ Canadian Red Cross Society project grants and major equip- ment grants. ■ Arthritis Society multi-centre grants and research grants. Applications are due Dec. 1 5 for the Canada Council’s grants for visiting foreign artists and Dec. 18 for the Natural Sciences and En- gineering Research Council’s un- dergraduate student research awards. Dec. 31 is the deadline for: The Sante, Ethique et Libertes Henri Chambaz Award for original work contributing to ethical reflection or practice in the field of health care. Hamilton Foundation E.B. Eastbum Fellowships. NATO fellowships. World Bank Robert S. McNamara fellowships. (Ap- plicants must call directly for forms.) □ IS YOUR RETIREMENT PLANNING ON COURSE? At ScotiaMcLeod, we’ve charted successful investment courses for thousands of people, helping them to reach their goal of a comfortable, worry- free retirement If you are wondering whether your retirement planning is on course, the answer can be found with a ScotiaMcLeod RSP Kit. It’s like a compass that can help direct you with informed discussions on critical nccd-to-know topics such as: ♦ maximizing your RSP contribution ♦ the advantages of self-directed RSPs ♦ retirement investment alternatives ♦ $8,000 lifetime over-contribution rule ♦ the effects of lax-deferral on your investments and much more! 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That’s what Anne Marie Stewart, assistant deputy minister of citizenship and head of the Ontario Anti-Racism Secre- tariat, told a group of U of G stu- dents, faculty and staff on a recent visit to campus. Stewart outlined the mandate of the Secretariat and discussed a few concerns about race relations and anti-racism on campus. The Secretariat is trying to create a province “where everyone’s ra- cial heritage is valued,” she said. This means recognizing that tradi- tional systems and beliefs are based on racist assumptions about minorities and that some groups have been denied access to posi- tions of power. Universities, like many other large institutions, must help find where systemic barriers exist and must move to dismantle them, said Stewart. Young Canadians of minority heritage often feel denied and ex- cluded in their universities be- cause of the way admission decisions are made, how life on campus is regulated or how education is presented, she said. But to make effective changes in society, racist beliefs, values, sys- tems and behavior must all be ad- dressed, she stressed. Merely changing one aspect is not enough. Students and faculty expressed interest in using the resources of the Secretariat to investigate is- sues of racism or to learn how to shift courses away from a Eurocentric perspective. □ Bed & Breakfast For visitors who like peace and quiet in the country after a hectic day, consider elegant and charming accommodations in a beautifully landscaped 5-acre set- ting, 10 minutes from the university. Reasonablerates. This column is provided by the Department of Athletics. The football Gryphons went down to defeat against Queen’s Univer- sity Saturday at the SkyDome, losing the Churchill Cup 23 to 16. Season in review With fall semester sports wrap- ping up, here’s a summary of what Gryphon athletes have ac- complished over the past few months. The women’s cross-country team narrowly missed a berth at the CIAU championship and finished fourth at the OWIAA championship. Team member Kathy Butler earned a spot at the CIAU championship after win- ning the OWIAA women’s title and setting a new course record. She finished second at CIAU. The men’s team showed solid improvement this year, with many members turning in personal bests at the OUAA championship. The women’s field hockey team finished the regular season with six wins, three losses and three ties, earning them third spot in the standings and ranking them third at the OWIAA championships. There, Guelph beat Waterloo 2 to 1 to take home a bronze medal. Teams members Liz Esposito and Karen Fry were named first-team all stars. The men’s golf team started the season in first place and never looked back. Under coach Dick Freeman, the team finished first at every invitational it attended, with Graham Card winning one tour- nament and Mark MacDonald winning two. The team went on to finish first at the OUAA cham- pionships, with MacDonald cap- turing an individual silver medal. All five members of the team, which also includes Trevor Scott, Jeff O’Connor and Trevor Hunter, got the nod as all stars. The men’s soccer team finished second in its division and ad- vanced through the playoffs until losing to Wilfrid Laurier in the semi-finals. The team ended its season competing for the CIAU championship, but failed to earn a spot in the finals. Players Dieter Kohlmaier, David Beck, Shayne Campbell and Ray Wark and coach Colin Kelly were named OUAA west division all-stars. The women’s soccer team finished its season two points be- hind fourth-placed Waterloo and missed the playoffs. But the season ended on a positive note with mid-fielder Lynne Forsyth being named to the OWIAA west division and the CIAU all-star teams. The rugby team has a short season with only seven league games. The squad scored four wins and laid claim to third spot in Division 1, but didn’t make it to the OUAA semi-finals. □ Donations sought for grad’s rescue Friends of a U of G graduate miss- ing in Sierra Leone are seeking donations for a rescue effort. Michael O’Neill, a 1991 graduate of the University School of Rural Planning and Develop- ment, disappeared Oct. 23 from the African country, where he was working with the relief organiza- tion Africare. The U.S. State Department has informed his family that he has probably been abducted by a Liberian rebel group. O’Neill’s wife, Millie, and their two children are still in Sierra Leone, but are being hampered in their efforts to get information about him, says Clare Wastenays, a U of G student and friend of the O’Neill family. Friends in North America are concerned that O’Neill’s case is not getting the attention it deserves from the State Department and Red Cross, she says. Barry Fogerty, a long-time friend of Michael O’Neill’s, has flown to the country to try to speed up local rescue efforts. Donations are being sought to cover the cost of his trip, plus the cost of bringing his wife and children back to Canada, if neces- sary. Donations are being col- lected in USRP&D by Sally Stod- dart. Ext. 2151. □ Having alcohol related problems? For a FREE information package call drink) (wise HfAl my OPTIONS TOR ORINXCRS Guelph 824-3417 Kitchener/Waterloo 1-742-8534 . . . .I?'. 0 .". 1 . 0 . A^ 6 ;??. 2 ;?7.5p. WE PRINT BOOKS! For over 17 years Ampersand Printing has been providing book printing excellence at a reasonable price. We can help you from manuscript through to bound copies. Call Clive Lewis at 836-8800 or write Ampersand Printing, 123 Woolwich St., Guelph N1H 3V1. Classifieds Wanted bier," The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter," The Ship Builder" and Tykes toy items such as playhouse The Music Maker," Ext. 6580. or slide, Jeff, Ext 8770. 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The centre’s hours are Tuesday through Sun- day from noon to 5 p.m. and Thursday until 9 p.m. Zoology Seminar - Tony Sinclair of the University of British Columbia asks “What Synchro- nizes the Snowshoe Hare Cycle Across Canada?” at 1 1 a.m. in Axelrod 259. Pathology Seminar - Graduate student Malcolm Weir inves- tigates “Familial Cutaneous Vas- culopathy of German Shepherd Dogs” at 11:10 a.m. in Pathology 2152. Lecture - “Building Community Spirit” is the topic of Eramosa Township councillor Dale Hamilton at noon in MacLachlan 101 . Concert - Pianist Alma Petchersky performs at the free noon-hour concerts at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in MacKinnon 107. Friday, Nov. 20 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - David Kitts of the University of British Columbia looks at “Casein Digestion Products and Calcium Absorption” at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Music - Mel Brown and the Homewreckers bring their blues jam to the Brass Taps Fridays from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Drama - “One-Acts One,” stu- dent-directed one-act plays presented by the Department of Drama, run tonight, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. in lower Massey Hall. Admission is $3 at the door. Saturday, Nov. 21 Art Auction - Works by Albert Casson, Ken Danby, Marlene Jofriet, Nan Hogg and others go on the auction block in Creelman Hall to raise funds for the Sunrise Equestrian and Recreation Centre. Viewing begins at 6:30 p.m.; the auction is at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15. For ticket informa- tion, call 837-0558. Concert - The U of G Choir, con- ducted by Prof. Robert Hall, Worship Catholic mass is celebrated Sun- day at 10: 10 a.m. in Thombrough 164, Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church, offer- ing services for a creative, wor- shipping, searching community (Anglican/United/Presbyterian), runs Sunday at 1 1 a.m. in UC442. Midweek — A Time with God provides an opportunity for reflection and meditation Wed- nesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533. The Student Christian Move- ment meets to discuss politics, society and spirituality Tuesday at noon in UC 335. The Lutheran Student Move- ment meets Friday at noon in UC 444. □ Music, present a St. Cecilia’s Day Concert at 8 p.m. in Chalmers United Church. Tickets are $8 general, $6 for seniors and stu- dents. Sunday, Nov. 22 Cycling Club - A 40-kilometre ride to Guelph Lake and an off- road ride leave from the UC south doors at 10 a.m. Arboretum - Red sky at night, sailors’ delight? Learn the truth behind some weather-related folk wisdom on the Sunday afternoon walk beginning at 2 p.m. at the nature centre. Tuesday, Nov. 24 Molecular Biology and Genetics Seminar - “Lineage-Specific Gene Expression During Devel- opment of the Nematode Caenor- habditis Elegans" is the topic of Jim McGhee of the University of Calgary at 1 1 a.m. in Axelrod 309. Physics Colloquium - “The Cleanup of Former Nuclear Weapon Test Sites in Australia” is the topic of Peter Johnston of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton 113. Lecture - Pierre Berton will speak at 8 p.m. in Peter Clark Hall. The talk will include readings from his recent book, Niagara. Tickets are $3 general, $2 for students and seniors, and are available at the UC box office or at the door. Wednesday, Nov. 25 Women’s Wednesdays - Lee Aubin of MediaWatch speaks on Anything goes Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, presented by Royal City Musical Productions, opens Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. in War Memorial Hall and matinee Nov. 22. For ticket infor- mation, call 837-0821. Santa Claus’s pets The Guelph Humane Society in- vites you to have your pet’s picture taken with Santa Claus. Sittings are from 1 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 22 and 29 and Dec. 6 at the society’s office at 500 Wellington St. W. The cost of $6 includes a framed print and bag of goodies. Other items, including Christmas crafts, will be available for purchase. An evening in Mexico The Guelph Museum’s exhibition “Mexico: Culture, Craft and Cos- tume” opens with a reception Nov. “Combatting the Use of Female Sexuality in the Media” at noon in UC 107. Economics Seminar - Prof. John Livemois looks at “Using Auto- matic Tax Changes to Control Pollution Emissions” at noon in MacKinnon 237. Films en Francais - Une serie des films hebdomadaire continue avec Cordelia a 20 h. dans le Grand Salon, Maison Francaise (Lennox-Addington). Admission gratuite. Thursday, Nov. 26 Pathology Graduate Seminar - Graduate student Tanya Ross describes “Immunity to Rhodo- coccus Equi in the SCID/Beige Mouse” at 11:10 a.m. in Pathol- ogy 2152. UGSA Meeting - The U of G Staff Association holds its annual general meeting at noon in UC 442. Concert - Musicamerata, per- forming on violin, viola, cello and piano, concludes the noon-hour concert series for the fall semester with performances at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in MacKinnon 107. Ad- mission is free. Board of Governors - The board meets at 4 p.m. in UC 424. 28 from 8 to 10 p.m. The evening will include a slide presentation and tour by museum director Robin Etherington and Mexican refreshments. On hand will be the cultural attache for Mexico, Hector Gonzales. Tickets are $13 general and $11 for members of the Wellington County Museum and Archives. To reserve, call 846- 09 16 by Nov. 22. A chance for romance Tickets are now on sale for the Guelph Arts Council's annual fund-raising draw. Fete Roman- Friday, Nov. 27 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - Helen DeSalis looks at “The Ef- fects of In Vitro Fatty Acid Sup- plementation on Murine Mac- rophages” at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 306. Economics Seminar - “En- dogenous Technological Pro- gress and Growth: A Search Theoretic Approach" is discussed by Dan Peled of Technion at 3 p.m. in MacKinnon 236. Evolution and Systematics Seminar - Brian Brown of the Smithsonian Institution presents "Army Ants, Phorids and Tropi- cal Forest Fragments" at 3:10 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Drama - "One-Acts Two," stu- dent-directed one-act plays presented by the Department of Drama, run tonight, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. in lower Massey Hall. Cost of admission is $3 at the door. Sunday, Nov. 29 Arboretum - What does an insect do when the snow flies? Find out the secrets of “Wee Winter Wildlife” at the Sunday afternoon walk, leaving from the nature centre at 2 p.m. tique. First prize is a gourmet din- ner for six in an elegant heritage home in Guelph, complete with limousine service. Tickets are $10 each, three for $25, and can be purchased from members of the council 's board or from the office at 1 0B Carden St. McCrae’s 120th Guelph Museums will celebrate the 120th anniversary of John McCrae’s birthday Nov. 30 from 7 to 9 p.m. at McCrae House on Water Street. For more informa- tion, call 836-1482. □ » CS»Aj I^fi DntarioN present pieRRe seRTON Peter Clark Hall Tuesday, November 24, 1992 Including Readings from " Niagara " 8 pm s 3 General s 2 Student/Senior Ticket Info. Call Ext.4368 P DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR... Look into the health benefits of massage. 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Part of the funding must be used for educating and training the University com- munity in the area of safety. U of G is offering seed funding of up to $500 for individual projects that will meet that goal. Proposals must suggest an ac- tivity that will enhance current safety activities or introduce new safety measures, must show that women’s safety con- cerns are being addressed and must indicate how the proposed initiative or activity could be maintained in the future. Priority will go to initiatives that apply to a number of cam- pus constituencies (i.e. faculty, staff and students) and pro- posals for which no other fund- ing source is available. Special attention should be paid to the safety needs of women with dis- abilities, women of visible minorities and members of the gay and lesbian community. Innovative forms of program- ming or activities are en- couraged, as are programs that will help change male behavior and attitudes regarding vio- lence against women. Proposals are due Dec. 1 1 and must include a detailed budget. Salary costs are not eligible. Send applications to: Safety In- itiatives Proposal, Office of Student Affairs, UC Level 4. □ TRIMARK WE MANAGE TO OUTPERFORM. For the 10-ycar period ended September 30, 1992, Trimark Fund investors earned 17 . 8 % Latest 1 , 3 & 5 year performance to September 30, 1992: 27.3%, 9.4%, and 8.3% respectively. Trimark Fund INVEST YOUR SAVINGS WHERE THEY’LL REALLY GROW. a TRIMARK MUTUAL FUNDS AU rciums, audited by Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants, arc historical annual compounded total rales of return and reflect changes in unit value and distributions reinvested. They do not lake into account sales charges or administrative fees payable by unitholders which would have reduced returns. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Your unit value and investment returns will fluctuate. Important information about any mutual fund is contained in its simplified prospectus. 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Sign language is not based on words, says Hunter, a fourth-year women’s studies student. Instead, hand gestures are used to com- municate entire concepts. The sign classes are informal, says Coleen Larade, head instruc- tor and a second-year psychology student. They offer general know- ledge with an emphasis on con- versational sign language. This semester, about 25 people have registered in the beginner class and 15 in the advanced. Classes will be offered again in January. For people who can’t at- tend the weekly classes, the club is holding a one-day workshop Nov. 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. A sign- up sheet is posted outside Room 233 of the University Centre. The club has a resource library open to everyone, containing material useful to anyone doing research for papers or seminars. Hunter says. Club members aren’t trained to interpret for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, but they do work on campus with Services for Students who are Disabled and off campus with the Canadian Hear- ing Society. There’s a big interest in learning to sign at U of G, says Hunter, and classes are well attended. She hopes people will be inspired by what they learn through the club to continue on their own. “We see ourselves as a connec- tion point,” she says. “We try to give as much background to mem- bers as they want, and they can take what they learn and move forward with it.” □ Clarification In the Nov. 11 At Guelph story “Staff, Student Groups Welcome New Forum,” Maria Hilts of Stu- dent Health Services was iden- tified as the Ontario Nurses’ Association’s representative to the Consultative Forum. 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Choose us for your Christmas parties and special dinners. ★ ★ ★ Lunch entrees from $5.85 All Dinner entrees under $20.00 Special Christmas menu Thought for the week The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. T& Discover — — ly University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Volume 36 Number 39 Nov. 25, 1992 Guelph gets $600,000 pay equity windfall by Martha Tancock University Communications U of G will get $600,000 more than expected from the provincial government following a surprise announcement 10 days ago that Queen’s Park will raise funding for pay equity this year. “This is exceedingly good news,” acting president Jack MacDonald told Senate Nov. 17. The University expected to receive only a little more than it did last year — $407,000. Instead, the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) announced that U of G will get $1 .022 million — an extra $600,000 — to help offset the cost of implementing pay equity. Guelph has already spent about $9 million on pay equity to meet the requirements of legislation passed in 1989. It spent $1.9 mil- lion in 1990 and $3.6 million in both 1991 and 1992. On the basis of a complex provincial funding formula, the University has eligible costs of $2.1 million a year. U of G did not budget for the extra $600,000, so it’s uncertain how it will be spent, said MacDonald. Before any decisions can be made, the University must find out whether the money is a one-time grant or annual base funding, he said. The University must also wait until the end of November, when the province is expected to an- nounce whether it will honor its commitment to a two-per-cent in- crease in base funding in 1993/94, he said. MacDonald told Senate the equi- ty money could be used to further collapse U of G’s $3.3-million operating deficit to $2 million, as approved by Board of Governors. In an interview, he said uncer- tainty about tuition fee increases may also be a factor in how the equity money is spent. Asked if the new equity funds will affect the salary negotiations of employee groups, MacDonald said that dealing with salaries as equitably as possible is one of many priorities, but “the ultimate decision with how to deal with this windfall rests with the board.” Last year, MCU spent $5 million on pay equity transfers to Ontario universities. This year, it has set aside $ 1 7.6 million plus $2 million carried over from 1991/92. The province’s original plan was to spend $14 million last year and at least $7 million this year. □ Ooh, that tickles! Human Biology stu- dent Paul McEwan may look like he has mastered the art of tree sitting, but in fact, he's helping to raise money for the United Way. McEwan was a par- ticipant in a tram- polinathon last week, one of several events organized by InterHall Council for students in residence. The stu- dents raised $800, helping to bring the campus campaign total to $130,000, 93 per cent of this year's $140,000 goal. Win- ners of the United Way grand-prize draw for students were an- nounced last week. Nancy Angus, a bach- elor of applied science student, will be presi- dent for a day. BA stu- dent Peter Vungbluf won the weekend for two at a Toronto hotel, donated by TTI Kort- right Travel. Photo by Roberta Franchuk. University Communications Lobby continues for two per cent Senate gives nod to PhD in rural studies Persistent rumors that the Ontario government may cancel its com- mitment to a two-per-cent increase in university base funding next year have spurred a “lobbying blitz” by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU). Inside: Castro’s brother visits campus 3 Farm women counted for first time 3 ‘Chilly’ climate slow to warm up 4 A feather in their cap . 5 Insert: Included in some issues is an advertising flyer from the College Inn. Physics professor Ross Hallett, U of G’s representative to COU, told Senate last week that the council’s effort was prompted by a rumor that universities will have their funding frozen in 1993/94. In 1991, the province promised publicly funded bodies increases in base funding of one, two and two per cent over three years beginning in 1992/93. But “the probability is that it will be one, zero, question mark,” said Hallett. The provincial government is expected to announce its final decision about 1993/94 university funding at the end of November, he said later in an interview. He said the Treasury, which met 10 days ago with the government’s policies and priorities committee, has given COU reason to believe that zero per cent is a real pos- sibility. “We hope this is not the case,”, he said. During October and November, university presidents and senior administrators have met with Ministry of Colleges and Univer- sities (MCU) officials and opposi- tion party education critics. COU is urging community leaders to tell MCU that universities desperately need a two-per-cent increase in funding. “We’re hoping that even if there is a preliminary decision (to can- cel the increase), there may still be some time to influence that decision,” Hallett said. But he’s not optimistic. The On- tario government has a record of clawbacks that makes financial planning difficult, he said. “We certainly have a very frightened provincial govern- ment” that tends to overreact in the face of current recession pres- sures, said Hallett. The dilemma universities face, he said, is that “the government doesn’t recog- nize universities as being oppor- tunities for investment, but as costs to be controlled.” □ Guelph is on the brink of offering a new multidisciplinary PhD pro- gram in rural studies that is unique in North America. Approved last week by Senate, the program will offer students an opportunity to study and research problems facing rural com- munities in Canada and around the world and seek ways to ensure their survival. “There is no question that this is a concern looking for creative solutions," OAC associate dean Bruce Stone told Senate. He was one of three faculty who endorsed the program proposal presented by Graduate Studies Dean Doug Ormrod. CBS Dean Bruce Sells also en- dorsed the program. “There are many urban studies programs, but no equivalent rural studies programs,” he said. “This pro- gram is well-conceived and we are well positioned to take a leadership role. We should go for it.” Prof. Lynn McDonald, chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, added that the pro- gram builds on traditional strengths in agriculture and rural extension studies at Guelph. With 68 urban studies programs in Canada and the United States, “it’s about time” to focus on rural studies, she said. The thesis program spans economic, social and environ- mental perspectives. Faculty from eight departments and schools will provide students with a broad, integrated approach to local and international rural development. See RURAL, page 3 S-IT ‘D/"' 1 INVESTORS LI-DL. epge Get the edge on Up to 84% in Commission Savings. Full range of INVESTMENTS. DISCOUNT BROKERAGE CIBC I Set unties Iru. CIBC 23 College Ave. W., Guelph 824-6520 'R*ud on a »urv»v ol iMiting brokerage fimu In March 1991 2 At Guelph /Nov. 25, 1992 Letters to the editor Take a chance on new president I’d like to add my support to those who have already urged the Presidential Search Committee to give serious consideration to a candidate who places a high priority on good teaching. It would be thoroughly out of step with the University’s explicit dedication to quality teaching that our next president not be enthusiastically committed to our teaching aims and objectives. But I want to go further than just to urge members of the committee to select a candidate committed to teaching. I wish to urge them to jettison the tone that pervades their stated guidelines. In par- ticular, I hope the committee will not be too impressed with a At Guelph is published by the University of Guelph every Wednesday ex- cept during December, July and August, when a reduced sched- ule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy and an editorial advisory board. The policy is available on request Views, opinions and advertise- ments contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. At Guelph will not be liable for damages arising out of errors or omissions in ads beyond the amount paid for space. At Guelph welcomes contribu- tions from the University com- munity, including letters to the editor, opinion pieces, publica- tions and news about faculty, staff and student activities. Deadline is Thursday at noon unless otherwise specified. 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They should be much more than that They should be men and women with a vision that focuses on the quality of academic programs rather than on the smooth operation of the “busi- ness.” I’m not suggesting members of the committee ignore previous ad- ministrative experience, just that they be prepared to take a chance. I suggest they look for someone whose vision of academic pro- grams excjtes them, rather than someone whose experience com- forts them. Above all, I ask that they resist (at least on this occasion) the temptation to recycle. The fact that someone has been a president somewhere before should be a strike against his or her can- didacy. Above all, the committee should look for someone young, some- one with a deep commitment to the need to rekindle the excite- ment involved in learning, some- one who will take a direct interest in the intellectual life of the University community. U of G is not an intellectual com- munity. That’s not to deny there are signs of intellectual life in the various units; there clearly are. But as our presidents have retreated from direct involvement in the ongoing intellectual life of the University as a whole and have retreated to administration, away from the “madding crowd” of both faculty and students, the community as an intellectual community has begun to die. In other words, we need someone at this juncture in our history who is prepared to give intellectual rather than administrative leader- ship. The histories of the better universities show that they achieved greatness by virtue of their presidential leadership. Robert Maynard Hutchins was only 30 (with barely one year of administrative experience as dean of Yale Law School) when he was appointed president of the University of Chicago. He served in that capacity for 30 years and led it to the highest ranks among the best American universities. This is the time to raise our sights and look for someone young and intellectually alive, willing to take us to the top. Prof. Fred Vaughan Political Studies Seating plan mars concert On Nov. 4, 1 attended a delightful concert by the American String Quartet in War Memorial Hall. Unfortunately, the experience was marred for me and many others by the seating arrangements. When I purchased my tickets, I was assured that seating was not reserved, but would be on a first- come, first-seated basis. We ar- rived early to obtain a front seat, only to be told that the front two- thirds of the hall had been “reserved for the sponsors and their guests.” Arriving half an hour early enabled us to sit five rows from the back of the hall, while the front remained empty. This situation continued until six minutes after the scheduled beginning of the concert, at which time the guests swept in and occupied all the front seats. 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She is survived by her hus- band, Jim, a retired faculty member in the Department of Pathology and former Liberal MP for Guelph, and four children, Elizabeth, Anne, James and Donald. □ after almost every movement of each piece. It was unfortunate that a large percentage of Guelph’s regular supporters of the arts was relegated to the back of the hall, where the acoustics are anything but lively. Whoever arranged this concert might have taken the trouble to have the box office in- form prospective patrons of the intended seating arrangements. Had they been warned, a number of regulars might have chosen not to attend. In the future, it would be helpful to know when reserved blocks for special guests will make it impos- sible to obtain good seats in War Memorial Hall. Prof. Fred Dahms Department of Geography Student speak by Scott McNichol Food drives planned The College of Social Science Stu- dent Government is holding a food drive for the Guelph Food Bank and hopes to collect 1 00 pounds of canned goods by Dec. 1 1 . Donations can be dropped off in Room 245 of the University Centre. For more information, call Ext. 8525. The Graduate Student Lounge will hold its second annual food drive Dec. 1 to 1 8. All non-perish- able food items will be accepted. “We collected 200 pounds last year,” says lounge manager Bonnie Steuemol, “and we hope to do as well or better this year.” Commission opens doors Doors are being opened for the newly formed Race Relations Commission and Resource Centre, says spokesperson Leon Hall, a fourth-year B.Sc. student. The commission was formed last summer by several students who believed issues of racism and race relations were not being ad- dressed satisfactorily by the University administration and Central Student Association (CSA), Hall says. Since then, the commission has been granted club status by the CSA and has received financial support from the College of Arts Student Union and the College of Social Science Student Govern- ment. In addition, the commission will have representation on U of G’s new 15-member Presidential Task Force on Human Rights. To date, the commission has 45 registered members, but “now that there is something in place, we hope to get more people in- volved and networking,” says Hall. Meetings are open to everyone and are held alternate Mondays and Thursdays. The next meeting is Dec. 3 at 5 p.m. in Room 429 of the University Centre. The commission is also a resource centre, says Hall. The group already has a number of books, videos and audiotapes available, but would welcome any donations of materials. For more information, call CSA human rights commissioner David Giuliano at Ext. 2629 or Hall at 824-1497. Wasting no time Murray Froebe, a third-year agriculture student, is making the most of uni- versity. Froebe has been actively involved with College Royal for the past three years as Talentfest director, assis- tant director of public relations and now director of public rela- tions. In addition, he’s a member of the Agricultural Economics Society and a representative for the Guelph student chapter of the Canadian Agricultural Marketing Association. Froebe, who is taking a full course load this semester, says the time commitment to his extracur- ricular activities is “like taking two extra courses, but the ex- perience I’ve gained is worth it.” He also enjoys sports, playing hockey when he can, doing scuba diving and taking courses offered through the Athletics Centre. Froebe, who hails from Carman, Man., plap6 on a career in the agricultural business sector, pos- sibly as a commodity broker or an agribusiness marketer. □ Murray Froebe HOW DOES YOUR INTEREST RATE COMPARE? °/o* PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN BOND CALL ME TODAY! 822-8830 m idland walwy n BLUE CHIP THINKING™ * Yield to maturity Jun 01/01 as of Oct 30/92. Price & yield subject to change. At Guelph / Nov. 25, 1992 3 Farm census counts women for first time Ramond Castro, second from right, was part of a Cuban delegation that visited campus last week. With him, from left, are Prof. Brian Buckrell, Equine Re- search Centre director Andrew Clarke, Arrochar Pat, a standardbred that resides at the centre, and OVC Dean Ole Nielsen. Photo by Owen Roberts Castro’s brother tours embryo lab U of G’s expertise in embryo biotechnology sparked a visit to campus last week by a Cuban delegation led by Ramond Castro, brother of Cuban president Fidel Castro. Ramond Castro, a dairy farmer regarded in his country as the grandfather of Cuban agriculture, toured the Animal Biotechnology Embryo Laboratory, the Equine Research Centre and the Ponson- by Research Station, as well as Semex and United Breeders. He also met with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food officials, visited commercial food enterprises and distributors and attended the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. This was Castro’s first visit to the greater Toronto area. Three years ago, he visited Ottawa. “He wanted to come to Guelph to look at agricultural tech- nologies and facilities, especially those concerned with embryo transfer,” says Prof. Brian Buckrell, who co-ordinated the OVC portion of Castro’s tour and has worked with Cuban agricul- tural officials previously on re- search programs. Buckrell says embryo transfer is an important part of Cuba’s animal-breeding strategy, par- ticularly now for the production of donkeys used to haul coffee beans and other commodities from the hills where they’re produced. “Cuba is in an energy squeeze,” says Buckrell. “Donkeys and mules are used extensively for agricultural transportation, and the Cubans are very interested in technologies that can improve the quality of their stock.” Buckrell praised the Cubans’ knowledge and understanding of animal embryo biotechnology. “The Cubans are extremely knowledgeable and well read in areas of applied genetic improve- ment,” he says. “They’ve invested in equip- ment, and now they’re working on upgrading their personnel. We expect there to be continued col- laboration between agriculture in Ontario and Cuba.” □ Durham College food science grads can transfer credits to B.Sc. program by Owen Roberts Office of Research The integral role of Canadian women in farming received offi- cial recognition last week at a cam- pus news conference when Statistics Canada unveiled the results of the 1991 census of agriculture. The 1991 census marked the first time more than one person per farm could be reported as a farm operator. In essence, that meant farm women — who were recognized as farming partners by practically everyone but census takers — would finally be a part of the survey. As expected, farm women fea- tured prominently in the census. Statistics showed that two- operator farms accounted for one- third of all Canadian farms. Of those, 87 per cent were managed by one man and one woman. All but eight percent were married to each other. “These results suggest the role of women in managing and owning a farm business and generating equity can’t be over- looked,” says OAC Dean Rob McLaughlin. “Farm women’s contribution to agriculture has long been an essential part of farming; data from the census statistically supports that input.” The results were presented by Lynda Kemp of StatsCan, a 1984 graduate of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business. She credited farm or- ganizations and farm women's groups with having provided the impetus for including women in the census. Past surveys didn’t represent the reality of Canada farms, said Kemp. “We know through com- mon sense that there were multi- ple partners making farm decisions.” Census changes like the addition of farm women can be the result of consultation meetings with census officials. In Ontario, con- tent consultations for the next census, scheduled for 1996, will be held in January 1993 in Lon- don and at U of G. □ Other findings Other significant data garnered by the 1991 census of agriculture in- clude; ■ Most farms in Canada (63 per cent) were run by single operators. Of these, six percent were women. British Columbia had the highest percentage of sole female operators (13 per cent); Prince Edward Island and Manitoba each had the lowest (four per cent). ■ Farms with three or more operators — combinations such as husband, wife, son and daughter, as well as corporate- owned farms — accounted for just four per cent of all farms. ■ Canada’s farm population was 3.2 per cent of the total popula- tion. Ontario had by far the highest farm population — 226,750 — representing 2.2 per cent of the total provincial population, down from 2.6 per cent in the 1 986 census. ■ The average Canadian farm operator was 47.5 years of age. Ontario was slightly above the average; Quebec, at 44.3, was lowest. ■ About one-third of the male farm operators worked off the farm at other jobs an average of 72 days a year. Female farm operators worked 63 days a year off farm. ■ Ninety per cent of farm operators in Canada lived on their farms. □ The path is a little smoother for graduates of Durham College’s food and drug technology program to pursue a degree in food science at U of G. In a new agreement approved by Senate Nov. 17, Guelph will give advanced standing to graduates of the Oshawa college’s three-year program who want to complete a B.Sc. in food science. “We have had Durham College students in the past and they’ve done very well, but the assign- ment of credits has been some- what arbitrary,” says Prof. Doug Goff, Food Science. “We wanted to get something in place to fix the number of credits.” Removing barriers between col- leges and universities is “a terrific thing,” says Goff, who spear- headed the agreement. “From the perspective of a high school stu- dent making a decision about a career . . . this opens the door to a Rural studies PhD approved Continued from page 1 Graduates of the program can look forward to a wide choice of job prospects, say the authors of the program proposal. There is a growing need for people who un- derstand the complex nature of rural sustainability in an increas- ingly environmentally conscious world, they say. Global sustainability issues will be addressed in the program, which aims to attract international students, says the proposal. And “there will be an important place . . . for women and aboriginal people, who are at the forefront in addressing issues of social mar- ginalization and empowerment in the rural sustainability context.” The new program will not re- quire additional faculty, facilities or resources, the proposal says. If it is approved by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies by spring, the program will begin in the fall of 1993. It will involve faculty from the departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Agricultural Economics and Business, Land Resource Science, Geography. Environ- mental Biology and Rural Exten- sion Studies, the School of Landscape Architecture and the University School of Rural Plan- ning and Development. □ lot more flexibility.” The Department of Food Science plans to reserve 1 5 spaces in its program each year for Dur- ham College grads with an average of at least 70 per cent. Goff expects between five and 10 of the spaces to be filled next fall. Entering with 15 transfer credits, the college grads would be expected to complete 25 cour- ses in five semesters to earn a B.Sc. “It’s a way of completing a de- gree in a relatively short time with maximum benefit,” he says. Goff plans to actively recruit college grads for the B.Sc. pro- gram as a way of boosting dwin- dling food science enrolment. “Our enrolment is eroding badly and the job market is not,” he says. “We’re trying very, very hard to get the message out that there is a good job market for food science grads, and this is a good program.” Guelph and Durham already work together to promote con- tinuing education courses in food science and to co-ordinate re- search projects. This new agree- ment was modelled after one be- tween Centennial College and U of G involving marketing programs. □ COU paints a gloomy picture for universities There’s good news and bad news in the Council of Ontario Univer- sities’ (COU) annual report. The Financial Position of Universities in Ontario 1992, released this fall. The good news is that even in these recessionary times, un- employment among university graduates is significantly lower than among non-graduates, with graduates less than half as likely to be unemployed. At the end of 1991, 84 per cent of the popula- tion with university degrees was participating in the labor force. Graduates also earn 58 per cent more on average than the popula- tion as a whole. The bad news is that provincial support for universities continues to decline compared with support for other levels of the educational system. Ontario universities still rank at or near the bottom in provincial support across Canada. “Given the valuable contribu- tion universities are making to our province’s economy, it’s difficult to understand why the system is among the most poorly funded in Canada," says COU president Peter George. The report notes that Ontario’s support of its universities has not kept up with the province’s eco- nomic development. In addition, grant increases to universities have been consistently lower than increases to other government- supported institutions such as hospitals and secondary schools. The picture grows even bleaker when compared with universities in other provinces and in the United States. Whether using funding per student, funding per capita or other indicators, Ontario continues to rank at or near the bottom of provinces in supporting its universities. All Canadian uni- versities receive significantly less funding than those in the States. Funding has also not kept pace with increasing numbers of stu- dents. COU estimates that enrol- ment would have to be reduced by 21 per cent to produce funding levels per student equivalent to those received in 1977/78. Num- bers of faculty and staff have not increased at the same pace as numbers of students. "Ontario universities make an important contribution to the province’s development,’’ con- cludes the report. “This fact is not obvious from the government’s spending priorities.” □ 4 At Guelph / Nov. 25, 1992 Commentary 6 Chilly’ climate getting warmer, but still a long way to go by Isobel Heathcote School of Engineering Editor's note: This commentary is based on Prof. Isobel Heathcote’s recent talk at The Women’s Re- source Centre on opportunities and obstacles for women in science. Let me say at the outset: I’m not really an engineer. In high school, I was advised that girls couldn’t do mathematics and chemistry very well, and I’d be best to stay away from them. As a result, I took English, history and languages and graduated with a university scholarship in the humanities. At university, I found my cour- ses frustrating and not linear enough. I began gravitating in- stead to math and the natural sciences (chemistry was still too terrifying). My graduate work began in ecology, but ended in a study of the physics of lakes. Only then did 1 find a niche where I was comfortable: engineering — a discipline that is linear, quantita- tive and applied. For the last 15 years, I have worked as an en- vironmental professional in an en- gineering environment. On the whole, my experience has been positive. Working with environmental problems can be a discouraging business — the problems are just too large and the solutions are too distant. For me, however, applying my engineer- ing training has meant I can develop real solutions to real problems and can see the tangible results of that work in environ- mental improvements. Much has been written about the “chilly climate” for women in en- gineering. Indeed, I have ex- perienced the odd bit of frostbite myself. The occasional idiot still suggests I sit where he can see my legs (or worse still, puts a groping hand on one). Some jobs were closed to me because, well, we just couldn’t have women in the field camps, could we? They swear there. Virtually all my colleagues are male, so I have few women of similar training and interests to talk to. But the hardest challenge of all has been balancing parent- hood with my career. I have three children, aged 10 months to nine years, and a hus- band who is also a professional. The juggling we do is no different from that in other two-career fam- ilies, but it’s much different from the world that existed when older male engineers were trained. I joined the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in the late 1970s, at a time when virtually every manager was a male sanitary en- gineer. 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As these managers approached retirement, they sought out promising younger staff to take over committee and project work. They looked first to those who spoke their language, and there is no question in my mind that my engineering background opened that first door for me and gave me an advantage over the biologists and economists in that system. But my male managers carried little responsibility for child-rear- ing (let alone child-bearing) or household tasks and were able to function as if their home lives did not exist — an option not open to someone who is heavily pregnant or dealing with any one of a thousand childhood emergencies. Those days are largely gone, along with the old-fashioned managers. But today’s work- places are still struggling to catch up with the changing family struc- ture. In the School of Engineering, many of my male colleagues share parenting or grandparenting responsibilities. They face the same demands on their time as I and other mothers do. Like me, they often find themselves simply unable to work the 15-hour days expected in many disciplines. Most of us try to limit work at home to protect precious hours with the family. Most have developed highly efficient work habits, discovering that you don’t have to work long to work smart. Last January, I attracted a lot of attention on campus by bringing my infant son to work with me. Far from trying to prove a point or set an example, I was simply trying to reach what for me was a workable balance between home and career. This was an intensely personal decision, made in con- sultation with my director and my family, but one which rapidly — and somewhat embarrassingly — became highly public. The media attention did two things. First, it showed students that women can have an academic career and a family, but that the balance isn’t always straightfor- ward or obvious. Many students have expressed their gratitude and their relief at knowing this. They may not want to make the choice I’ve made, but at least they know the choice is possible. The media attention also put the issue of work versus family on the University’s agenda. From the tone of several letters and com- ments, it became clear that the issue is a deeply emotional one for many people. These are not women’s issues; they are parent issues. Increasingly, our society is asking men and women to share the responsibility for parenthood, but many workplaces — and professions — are failing to ac- commodate this shift. Clearly, these are not issues limited to engineering. Hardest hit are the students who struggle to raise children during their studies. The lack of maternity benefits for students and the lack of universal, subsidized day care mean that for many prospective academics, there is simply no good time to have a baby until the tenure decision is past — often late in the child-bearing years. Michael Royce, chief counsel with the Association of Profes- sional Engineers of Ontario, has argued that the workplace is in- hospitable to female engineers and lawyers. I would argue that it is the responsibility of employers and professional associations to educate themselves and their clients about the nature of the modem family, and to be creative in developing acceptable alterna- tives to traditional arrangements. The U of G Child-Care Centre will soon explore an important op- tion by offering evening and weekend care on a trial basis. Other options could include meet- ings at home rather than at the office and job sharing. U of G has taken important steps to meet changing societal de- mands on the family, but we still have a long way to go. When the burden is shared and the system makes the burden tolerable, more women will stay in school, enter professions and teach at univer- sities. 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In July, the minister of industry, trade and technology announced a new five-year funding program for the institute and the other six Ontario Centres of Excellence, which were launched in 1987. Part of the July funding an- nouncement included the unveil- ing of support for Prof. Richard Protz, Land Resource Science, his research associate Heather McNaim and graduate students Duncan Wood and Chris Duke. Expand on imagery The research team they’re part of also includes personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food, Agriculture Canada, the University of Water- loo and other institutions dedi- cated to developing a land-use monitoring system that will ex- pand on earlier satellite imagery research and include all of southern Ontario. “With this team. I’m very op- timistic that we will have a land- use monitoring system in place for Ontario within the next five years,” say Protz. Identify residue For the past few years, the re- searchers have been evaluating the use of satellite imagery to identify crop residue of various crops in Oxford County, the rural site for the provincial Geographic Information System (GIS) — a computerized information base of all roads, field boundaries, hous- ing sites and utilities. Through that effort, they have shown that with satellite technol- ogy, a monitoring system can measure crop residue and identify at least 85 per cent of all crops grown. Protz says the need for a monitoring system arises from the negative legacy of monocropping. row-cropping and the absence of conservation tillage. Eroded soil and the run-off of pesticides and herbicides ended up in the water system and the Great Lakes. Monitoring technology has ad- vanced rapidly since last year’s launch of the European Space Agency’s Earth Resources Satel- lite (ERS-1), which has a radar sensor enabling it to generate clear images through cloud cover. Previously, the only operating satellites had visible or infra-red sensors, which cannot penetrate clouds. But ERS-1 measures in the microwave range, giving re- searchers a consistent source of data for assessing land use that is not dependent on the weather. The clear images and data that Protz’s research team will draw from the ERS-1 will be integrated with the GIS system, which al- ready contains significant infor- mation on Ontario land systems. such as field and property boun- daries, water mains and power lines. Protz says a land-use monitoring system will respond to society’s demand for a sustainable agro- ecosystem and eventual zero pol- lution. Government support Until July, Protz’s research had been largely supported by OMAF, Agriculture Canada, the Canada Centre for Remote Sens- ing (CCRS) and the Provincial Office for Remote Sensing (PRSO). Guelph scientists are also par- ticipating in a CCRS-led project using airborne radar, which invol- ves researchers from Waterloo, Sherbrooke and Laval univer- sities, OMAF, Agriculture Canada and PRSO. □ by Sherry MacKay Office of Research Light as a feather? Not if you con- sider the 20,000 tonnes of feathers Canada’s poultry industry grap- ples with annually as a waste product. To help reduce the waste, U of G researchers are working out a way to use recycled, processed feathers as a feed supplement for chickens. Graduate student Irene Doyle and Prof. Jim Atkinson, Animal and Poultry Science, say feeding chickens hydrolyzed feathers — feathers that have been boiled at a high temperature, dried and ground into meal — offers the birds a high source of protein, while giving the environment a break. And adding an enzyme cocktail to the feather meal may improve its digestibility, they say. “Feathers as a byproduct of the chicken industry should not just be thrown away,” says Doyle. “They’re a cheap and readily available source of protein, and the reduction of feathers as waste can have significant environmen- tal implications.” Commercially processing feathers for feed has been con- ducted on a limited basis for many years. Compusense has officially opened its doors in the U of G Research Park Centre as Canada’s most state-of-the-art sensory evaluation laboratory. Central to the lab is the company’s computerized sensory analysis (CSA) system for measuring consumer preferences, which was developed in conjunc- tion with U of G researchers. There are more than 70 Com- pusense sensory facilities operat- Feathers are rich in protein — 85 per cent of their composition — but it exists mostly in a highly fibrous state that is neither soluble for processing nor digestible as feed. Feed manufacturers hy- drolyze the feathers to initiate the protein breakdown and make the amino acids in the protein more available to the animals using it. Even with this additional processing measure, the abun- dance of feathers and their negli- gible cost makes feather meal price-competitive as a feed in- gredient. Doyle and Atkinson’s research involved using commercially available enzyme products to en- hance protein breakdown and make the animo acids even more accessible. The researchers found treated feathers were up to 1 2 per cent more digestible than non- treated feathers. Atkinson says feather recycling helps address some of the ever-in- creasing environmental concerns related to farming. “If the feathers can be efficiently manufactured into feed instead of ending up as waste, the environment will be spared and farmers will have a less expensive feed option." □ ing worldwide for clients that in- clude Campbell Soup Supply, General Foods Inc. and Johnson & Johnson. Being in the right place at the right time had a lot to do with Compusense becoming as suc- cessful as it has. says company president Chris Findlay, a PhD graduate of the Department of Food Science. In 1986, the Kentucky-based bourbon giant Jack Daniels was looking to introduce several new products, the first time it had launched anything new in more than 100 years. The company was swamped with the data it had to deal with for sensory analysis — taste, smell and visual appeal. Enter Findlay. Speaking that year at the annual Institute for Food Technology conference in Dallas, he captured the imagina- tion of BrownForman, the maker of Jack Daniels. Company repre- sentatives were impressed with his description of CSA. It was not so much a breakdown of tradition but a leap of innova- tion on the part of Brown-Forman that led to Compusense’s first deal, says Findlay. Compusense incorporated in September 1986; the Brown-Forman deal was con- summated seven months later. Findlay sees a big benefit in locating his new sensory centre close to the campus. "Guelph is becoming the centre for food research in Canada,” he says. “We want to be on the lead- ing edge of research, so it makes sense for us to be here and be part of the synergy that makes Guelph so unique." □ Funding opportunities Information on the following programs is available from the Of- fice of Research in the Reynolds Building, Ext 6927. Support for defence The Centre for Studies in Defence Resources Manage- ment is supporting research in the field of defence economics and defence resources manage- ment Applications are due Dec. 15. Gas industry R&D British Gas, the parent com- pany of Consumers Gas, is call- ing for research and develop- ment proposals focusing on natural gas vehicles and as- sociated refuelling infrastruc- ture, high-efficiency gas heating and cooling of buildings, co- generation and power genera- tion. and industrial processes using natural gas. Proposals relating to all gas in- dustry technologies will also be considered. Where appropriate, British Gas is willing to act as the in- dustrial partner in applications for support from federal or provincial research funds. Deadline for applications is Dec. 11. Materials research The Ontario Centre for Materials Research is encourag- ing increased co-operation be- tween industry and universities with the following programs: ■ Academic employees in in- dustry — applications due Dec. 31; ■ Industrial practice scholar- ships — applications due Oct. 31; ■ Awards for Ontario industrial employees in Ontario univer- sities — applications can be submitted at any rime; and ■ PhD graduate student scholarships in co-operative materials research — infor- mation is available from the Office of Graduate Studies. Dairy Bureau funding The Dairy Bureau of Canada provides funding for research in the area of nutrition and health related to dairy products. Revised guidelines for grant and contract applications are avail- able from the Office of Re- search. Anyone interested in the grant-in-aid program should submit a letter of intent by Jan. 1,1993. Provincial exchange The Ontario-Quebec Commis- sion for Co-operation promotes co-operation and exchange be- tween the two provinces in educational and cultural matters. The commission encourages co- operative efforts in scholarship and research as well as exchan- ges of students, faculty and staff between universities in Ontario and Quebec. Applications are due Jan. 8, 1993. □ Sensory lab sets up shop in Research Park 6 At Guelph /Nov. 25, 1992 Retirees look for ways to contribute to University The U of G Retirees Association (UGRA), bom out of concerns about pension matters, is now looking for other ways it can con- tribute to the University’s devel- opment, says association president Archie McIntyre. Speaking at the annual retirees’ luncheon sponsored by the University, McIntyre said the as- sociation has established a com- mittee, chaired by UGRA vice- president Bob Logan, to draft proposals for discussion with a liaison committee set up by the University. Before the formation of the as- sociation in 1991, retirees had no organized forum through which they could communicate collec- tively with the University ad- ministration, said McIntyre. He noted that the association had made an important contribution to the recent deliberations of the President’s Task Force on Pen- sions, largely through a report spearheaded and written by Earl MacNaughton. The UGRA, which includes retirees from all segments of U of G’s staff and faculty, welcomes new members. 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On hand for the ceremony was retired University shepherd Harry Palmer, who worked in the sheep bam for 37 years and lived in a house next to the bam that has since been tom down to make room for the U of G Child-Care Centre. Palmer, who considers his shepherding years “the happiest time of my life,” has many fond Flags at half mast? U of G lowers flags in front of the University Centre and OVC to half mast after the death of a member of the University community. If you see the flags lowered and wish to have more information, call Roberta Franchuk in Univer- sity Communications at Ext. 2592, who will provide you with the information that will be reported in the obituary notice in the next issue of At Guelph. □ Retired University shepherd Harry Palmer and toy lamb Mary welcome alumni at a recent ceremony to unveil the Alumni House donor board. Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications memories of helping students prepare their sheep for College Royal. He was a special guest at the opening of Alumni House in 1987. To make sure everyone remem- bers the roots of Alumni House, Palmer donated a toy lamb named Mary that welcomes all visitors in the Alumni House foyer. He drops in occasionally to check that Mary is being well tended. The history of Alumni House is also commemorated by a pair of 18th-century shepherd’s staves donated by 1937 OVC graduate Jim Pinkney. A scrapbook is in the works to recognize the many alumni and classes who have donated to the building and furnishing of Alumni House. □ Green up Guelph FOR SALE Old University Area Unique home in old university area with many special fea- tures, 4 bedrooms, 2nd floor master bedroom with solarium, skylights & deck, new kitchen with solid maple cabinets, new heat-efficient gas furnace, $500 yearly heating costs. One block from schools, in prime condition. $195,000. 821-1858 This column is contributed by the Guelph chapter of the Ontario Public Interest Resource Group (OPIRG). 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Seminar - The Chemistry and Biochemistry Club and the Microbiology Club present Donn Kushner of the University of Toronto speaking on “Travels with Halophiles” at 5:10 p.m. in Chemistry and Microbiology 260. Friday, Nov. 27 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - Helen DeSalis looks at “The Ef- fects of In Vitro Fatty Acid Sup- plementation on Murine Macro- phages” at 11 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 306. Human Biology Seminar - Prof. Geoff Outerbridge explains “Neurophysiology of Motor Con- trol in Humans” at 12:10 p.m. in Human Biology 209. Economics Seminar - “Endoge- nous Technological Progress and Growth: A Search Theoretic Ap- proach” is the topic of Dan Peled of Technion at 3 p.m. in Mac- Kinnon 236. Evolution and Systematics Seminar - Brian Brown of the Smithsonian Institution discusses “Army Ants, Phorids and Tropi- cal Forest Fragments” at 3: 1 0 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Drama - Student-directed one-act plays presented by the Depart- ment of Drama run tonight, Satur- day and Sunday at 8 p.m. in lower Massey Hall. Admission is $3 at the door. Sunday, Nov. 29 Arboretum - What does an insect do when the snow flies? Find out the secrets of “Wee Winter Wildlife” at the Sunday afternoon walk, leaving ffom the nature Around town A museum Christmas The Guelph Civic Museum celebrates Christmas with a party Dec. 12 from noon to 4 p.m. The afternoon will feature live festive music, a kiddies’ craft table and a Christmas market place. Admis- sion is free. Out for blood The last blood clinic of the year is Dec. 10 at the Guelph Police Sta- tion at Wyndham and Fountain streets. Help the Red Cross get ready for the holiday season. Solstice celebration The Kitchener-Waterloo- Cambridge-Guelph Humanists Association is holding a winter solstice potluck party Dec. 10 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Chicopee Community Centre at 141 Morgan Ave. in Kitchener. Everyone is welcome. Festival history Guelph author Jean Little and composer James Gordon present readings from the historical memorabilia book Guelph and Its Spring Festival Nov. 29 at 3 p.m at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Admission is free. Murder at the GLT The Guelph Little Theatre’s second production of the season. Arsenic and Old Lace, opens Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. and runs weekends until Dec. 12. There is also a Sun- day matinee at 2 p.m. Dec. 6. Tick- ets are $10 for adults, $7.50 for seniors for Thursday shows. For ticket information, call 821-0270. Youth orchestra performs The Guelph Youth Orchestra’s fall concert is Nov. 29 at 3 p.m in the E.L. Fox Auditorium. The pro- gram features Christy Vaughan as the soloist for Handel’s “Viola Concerta,” plus works by Brahms and Schumann. Tickets are avail- able at the door. Cost is $6 general, $4 for seniors and students, $20 for a family of four or more. Handel’s Messiah The Bach Elgar Choir of Hamilton presents Handel’s Messiah Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Great Hall of Hamilton Place. Tickets range from $ 1 5 to $25 for adults and $ 1 0 to $20 for seniors and students. Call 416-527-5995 for ticket in- formation. □ centre at 2 p.m. Cycling Club - Two rides leave at 10 a.m. ffom the UC — a 30- kilometre novice ride to Arkell and Aberfoyle and an off-road trip of 25 to 35 km. Art Exhibit - “The Art of William Liddell: A 15-Year Survey” opens at the Faculty Club with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. The show continues to Dec. 22. Monday, Nov. 30 Microbiology Seminar “Growth Strategy of Bacilli” is the topic of Ron Doyle of the University of Louisville at noon in Animal Science 141. Drama - The Drama Depart- ment’s second fall production is Tornado by Prof. Judith Thompson. It opens tonight at 8 p.m. on the Inner Stage and con- tinues until Dec. 5. Tickets are $6.50 Monday to Wednesday, $7.50 Thursday to Saturday, and are available at the UC box office. Tuesday, Dec. 1 Physics Colloquium - Catherine Morriss of the Loeb Research In- stitute discusses “Neuron Abuse: What We Have Learned by Blow- ing up and Shrinking Cells” at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton 1 13. Music - Prof. Howard Spring, Music, hosts a jazz night begin- ning at 7:30 p.m. in the Faculty Club. The program will feature the U of G Jazz Ensemble, guitarist Paul Butters, the Steve McKenzie Jazz Trio. Everyone is welcome. Wednesday, Dec. 2 Women’s Wednesdays - The Women’s Resource Centre’s series winds up with a boast fest at noon in UC 107. Biochemistry Seminar - “Bio- chemical Mechanisms of Os- moregulation” is the topic of Emmalee Marshall of the Depart- ment of Microbiology at 12:10 p.m. in MacNaughton 222. Concert - John Goddard leads the U of G Concert Band at 5:30 p.m. in the UC courtyard. Films en Franca is - Cyrano de Bergerac commence a 20 h. dans le Grand Salon, Maison Francaise (Lennox-Addington). Admission gratuite. Thursday, Dec. 3 Pathology Seminar - Graduate student Peter Holz investigates “The Reptilian Renal Portal Sys- tem and Its Effect on Drug Kinetics" at 1 1 : 10 a.m. in Pathol- ogy 2152. Friday, Dec. 4 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - “Nutrition and Food Research in the Private Sector” is the topic of Gilbert Leveille of the Nabisco Biscuit Co. at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Worship Catholic mass is celebrated Sun- day at 10:10 a.m. in Thombrough 164, Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church, offer- ing services for a creative, wor- shipping, searching community (Anglican/United/Presbyterian), runs Sunday at 1 1 a.m. in UC 442. Midweek — A Time with God provides an opportunity for reflection and meditation Wed- SAVE MONEY AND TRAVEL to TORONTO In Comfort! Veme Harrison, left, and Steve Robinson of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre prepare to cover Evan Penny’s Mask in the Donald Forster Sculpture Park to commemorate “Day Without Art," a national day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis. North American art institutions will observe the day Dec. 1 . Photo by Roberta Franchuk Notices Martial arts clinic A one-day workshop intro- ducing the basics of shotokan karate, aikido, kendo, iaido and self-defence is scheduled for Nov. 28 at the Athletics Centre. Beginners and ad- vanced martial artists are wel- come. Admission is free. The clinic runs ffom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the combatives room. Alumni view video U of G alumni in Calgary and Edmonton gathered this week to listen to a talk by admis- sions counsellor Christine Toews and to view the Break- ing New Ground video. Alumni met Nov. 23 in Cal- gary, Nov. 25 in Edmonton. 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The first thing to confront her when she settled in was the col- lege budget. Along with the rest of the campus, the college is being forced to do more with fewer resources. Although provincial priorities for restructuring have not yet been set, Stewart says signals are al- ready being sent out that the col- lege must listen to. Increased un- dergraduate enrolment and frozen levels of funding are going to be the way of the future, she says, and universities have to start thinking about how to adjust. Stewart plans to appoint two task forces to look at the structure of the college. The first will look at two general questions: “What should students have learned in the College of Arts before they graduate?” and “What should we as a college be doing?” Once the answers to these ques- tions have been sketched out, the second task force will look at cur- rent course offerings to see which are the most useful and which could be changed or eliminated. There’s a lot of room for more interdisciplinary collaboration — both in and outside the classroom, says Stewart. An example of such collaboration, she says, is the college’s upcoming symposium on Lorenzo de Medici, which will have input from the departments of History, Fine Art, Languages Carole Stewart and Literatures and Philosophy. There are also tentative plans for a small arts festival this winter involving the departments of Fine Art, Music and Drama. It’s students most of all who will benefit from programs that span the disciplines, says Stewart, whose primary interest lies in im- proving the educational ex- perience for undergraduate and graduate students. Attracting more graduate stu- dents continues to be difficult for the college, she says, and the main reason is simply money. “It’s hard for humanities to get external support for graduate stu- dents. SSHRC (the Social Scien- ces and Humanities Research Council) has much less money than NSERC (the Natural Scien- ces and Engineering Research Council), and this lack of money is a strong inhibitor against in- creasing graduate programs.” Lack of funding also means big- ger teaching .loads for faculty, leaving them with less time to su- pervise grad students, says Stewart. “It’s difficult for people to agree to take on more commit- ments at the graduate level if they are already teaching five, six or seven courses at the under- graduate level.” Research is also endangered when faculty must put all their resources into teaching, she says, and that actually undermines the quality of teaching. “University teaching and learn- ing are about learning what is new in the area. What distinguishes university teaching from high school teaching is that university teachers are people in the process of forming the body of knowledge that is being taught.” Along with restructuring, the college will be facing changes as faculty retire or leave and are replaced by new members. Some departments will be seeing high turnover before the end of the cen- tury, she predicts, and they will have to be careful in their appoint- ments to ensure that the range and quality of programs is maintained. At the same time, equity issues NATURAL HOLISTIC THERAPY A CLINICAL ALTERNATIVE FOR: ♦ Headaches? ♦ Allergy? ♦ Back Pain? ♦ Fatigue? ♦ Joint Pain? ♦ Women's Problems? ♦ Sports Injury? ♦ Chronic Diseases? ♦ Needleless Face Lifting? ♦ Whiplash? 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"^Discover DOWNTOWN Charles Dickens Ojelph University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Volume 36 Number 40 Dec. 2, 1992 Zero base funding ‘incredibly bad news’ by Sandra Webster University Communications T he Nov. 26 Queen’s Park announcement that there will be no increase in base funding for universities in 1993/94 is “incredibly bad news” for Guelph, says acting president Jack MacDonald. “Our basic grant for 1993/94 will suffer a net loss of $600,000 rather than an anticipated increase of approximately $2.2 million. Any potential increase in operat- ing support due to tuition fee increases will likely be offset by planned reductions in student enrolment.” MacDonald says the only pos- sible relief “would be a commit- ment on the part of the govern- ment to put the recently announced pay equity grant of $600,000 into our 1993/94 base budget, and we have no idea if this will occur. If it does not, our total operating income will actually be less in 1993/94 than the 1992/93 value of $161 million.” Guelph is now seeking clarifica- tion of the details of last week’s announcement and waiting for Why is this man smiling? And why is he wearing that funny hat? See page 5. Inside: Faculty shortage unlikely 3 President for a day . . 5 Sulawesi report due in new year 7 Laser measures global wanning gases .... 8 Mourning a lost pet . . 9 Insert: Included in some issues is an advertising flyer from the College Inn. further information about special- purpose grants, to be outlined at a meeting this month with Richard Allen, minister of colleges and universities. The government announced that the base funding allocation has been capped at the 1992/93 level for 1993/94. Another two percent — $56 million — is available for restructuring and maintaining en- rolment levels in colleges and universities. “But this is one-time money and it won’t be added to the base,” says MacDonald. “We also don’t know yet what share will go to universities and how we will qualify for this money.” University executive heads and the two restructuring committees are to meet with Allen Dec. 15 to discuss initiatives that may be funded from this allocation. Specific purposes In other funding news, the Min- istry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) announced that $43.8 mil- lion will be reserved from the 1993/94 base allocation. But this money is earmarked for specific purposes — faculty renewal, spe- cial-purpose grants for aboriginal. French-language and midwifery programs, and restructuring at the Ontario College of Art. “This is yet another example of how MCU is increasingly specifying and restricting the way in which universities can spend their sparse resources,” says MacDonald. Queen’s Park also announced that in 1994/95, the base alloca- tion will be increased by $28 mil- lion. But no decisions have been made on how to distribute these funds, and the acting president is not optimistic that the govern- ment will follow through with this promise. In addition, MCU announced a 6.97-per-cent tuition increase next year, a reduction in student grants and an increase in loans. (See accompanying story.) See BUDGET, page 10 Wreathed in smiles Arboretum staff members Chris Earley and workshop held last week. Chris Irvine of Donna MacWilliam display some of the results Country Silks provided tips on how to create of The Arboretum’s winter ornaments decorations from natural materials. Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications Students feel shocked , betrayed by Martha Tancock University Communications U of G student leaders say they’re shocked and betrayed by the Ontario government’s announcement that tuition fees will go up and grants will drop. “I was not expecting anything like this from the New Democrats,” said Rick Smith, external vice- president of the Graduate Students Association. Students across Ontario voted for the NDP because of their unambiguous platform of freezing tuition fees and moving to an all-grant system, he said. “They’ve gone in the opposite direction. It’s unfor- givable.” The Ministry of Colleges and Universities an- nounced it will raise tuition fees $ 1 32 to $2,026 next year. It has also made major revisions to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP): ■ There will be more loans ($130 million more for a total of $800 million) and fewer grants. ■ Student debt levels will increase, but any debt exceeding $5,570 a year will be forgiven. ■ Funding for bursary and work/study programs will double to $5.4 million from $2.7 million. ■ Interest payments on loans will be lowered for low-income graduates. Nona Robinson, president of the Central Student Association (CSA), called the government’s decision to raise tuition $ 1 32 “appalling." The NDP “had a policy to reduce tuition fees to zero, and it’s done nothing but raise them," she said. “I understand there are constraints. (But) all I hear are cuts to OSAP, cuts to OSAP. The only people who will be able to afford to go (to university) will be those with parents who can afford to send them." Smith and John-Paul Boyd, CSA external vice- president, are convinced that higher tuition fees and fewer grants will create even greater barriers to postsecondary education. “If you have to rely on (government) loans, you’re looking at extra debts,” said Boyd. “The debt barrier is growing larger and larger.” The spectre of debts as large as, or higher than, $15,000 will deter students from entering university and could lead others to interrupt their studies, said Boyd. The tuition fee increase is "only compounded by our administration adding ancillary fee increases. It’s discouraging." To make ends meet, many students will have to hold down part-time jobs, which will further impair their studies, he said. “It’s very scary that the government's demolishing access to our univer- sities.” Smith and Boyd intend to ask local NDP MPP Derek Fletcher to oppose the latest budget changes. “We think he’s honor bound to do so because stu- dents helped elect him," said Boyd. MCU has set up a toll-free line to respond to inquiries about OSAP revisions. The number is 1- 800-265-8529. □ CIBC Investments At CIBC, we're especially proud to offer our customers investments that meet virtually every investment objective. You can select from our wide range of CIBC Mutual Funds* to meet your personal investment preference. Talk to one of our knowledgeable, professional Mutual Funds representatives today!. (Jet us worhngfcryW CIBC 23 College Ave. W., Guelph 824-6520 'Offeied by CIBC Securities Inc . a subsidiary ol CIBC These investments are not insured by the Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation or guaranteed by the bank Their value s subject to market fluctuation 2 At Guelph / Dec. 2, 1992 Letters to the editor Windfall could achieve equity How to spend the University’s pay equity windfall? What a dilemma! I could suggest that Guelph use it to achieve equity in pay equity on campus by giving U of G Staff Association members the money still owed to them from 1990. Two-thirds of all total adjust- ments were denied to us. That rep- resents about $1.3 million, but I’d settle for $600,000. Just a sugges- tion. Sheila Trainer Department of Zoology Students are employees, too As the new chair of the Education Workers’ Organizing Committee (EWOC) — a group of graduate students/teaching assistants work- ing to establish a local chapter of the Canadian Union of Education- al Workers on campus — I would like to comment on the article “Watchdog Committee Serves Grad Students” in the Nov. 18 issue of At Guelph. The article and the committee members quoted in it never men- tion the status of graduate students as teaching assistants. We are not only students, but we are also employees of the University, just as faculty and staff are. Our committee believes that our concerns as University employees are different than those we have as At Guelph students. Although we appreciate the effort made by both the ad- ministration and other graduate students to create new outlets to improve communication, we believe this new advisory com- mittee will only be able to deal with issues related to our work as students and not as employees. There is no question that issues surrounding student fees, costs and awards need to be discussed because they affect all graduate students. But issues of stipends and working conditions affect only teaching assistants (TAs) and service assistants (SAs), many of whom are graduate students, some of whom are not. As educational workers, we need to deal with the administra- tion through a committee trained to deal exclusively with matters related to working conditions as outlined under Ontario labor law. Only if this committee becomes a union and is recognized as such by the Ontario government will the University administration be bound to abide by the agreements reached. Although we don’t question the good will and genuine interest some graduate administrators have shown in the past, we need a legal collective voice in the negotiation process so that in- dividual departments aren’t free to reinterpret regulations or create new guidelines, as we know has happened in the past. We believe Graduate Studies Dean Doug Ormrod’s use of words might be misleading be- is published by the University of Guelph every Wednesday ex- cept during December, July and August, when a reduced sched- ule applies. At Guelph is guided by an editorial policy and an editorial advisory board. The policy is available on request. Views, opinions and advertise- ments contained herein do not necessarily reflect official University policy. 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Member Public Affairs Council for Education, Council forthe Ad- vancement and Support of Education, Canadian Public Relations Society Inc. and Inter- natinal Association of Business Communicators. ISSN 0836-4478. cause only a union can sign a “col- lective agreement.” Any other kind of organization or committee is not a “collective” in this legal sense. If we can’t negotiate with the University as a union, we’re afraid we might end up just like Guelph’s professional staff — receiving an offer “wildly out of line with increases awarded this year to faculty and unionized staff,” as a Nov. 18 letter to At Guelph from department chairs in the College of Arts notes. We hope sympathetic department chairs won’t have to come to our rescue in the future because we will have the same legal protec- tion thousands of TAs and SAs across the province already enjoy. EWOC is determined to find the best solutions to the problems we are experiencing as employees of U of G. In case we are “inadver- tently disadvantaged by financial decisions” made by the Univer- sity, we would like to have the collective power of a union to speak on our behalf. Mayte Gomez EWOC Chair Exempt group falling behind Having read with interest the recent letter from the College of Arts regarding the salary offer to professional staff “with salaries of $55,000 or less,” I would like to add that some of the exempt staff make $30,000 or less and have even less incentive to perform. Satisfy your appetite DINE IN or TAKE OUT Large menu selection of v* yvc specialty & vegetarian dishes CATERING W\f New and varied catering menus for parties & special occasions We use chemical-free foods Mon.-Wed. 11-8 4 Thurs.-Fri. 11-9 ♦ Sat. 11-6 245 Edinburgh Rd. 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Call it what you will, it is non-existent at the moment, yet those at job rate depend on these “crumbs” as recognition for a job well done. We are all making less than last year, but apparently we rate low on the University’s list of priorities. Dorothy Collins Office of the Associate Vice-President, Academic PSA continues salary talks The professional staff team returned to the table last week to resume discussions with the University administration. Dis- cussions progressed sufficiently to warrant a second meeting in about two weeks. We ask all profes- sional staff to please be patient. We appreciate your interest and support. Kath Beaven Chair, Professional Staff Association O’Neill friends say thanks Members of the group Friends of Michael O’Neill, based in the University School of Rural Plan- ning and Development, would like to thank everyone who gave moral and financial support to our efforts to deal with O’Neill’s abduction by rebels in Sierra Leone. On Nov. 27, we received the good news that he has been released by his captors. We appreciate the generous con- tributions from students, alumni, staff and faculty, as well as the help of the campus Catholic com- munity. Our fund-raising cam- paign was very successful, allow- ing Barry Fogarty, a close friend and colleague of O’Neill’s, to travel to Sierra Leone to provide support to his wife and children and seek information about his whereabouts. We would also like to thank everyone who signed the letters of concern that were sent to Washington, D.C., to the senators and member of Congress for O’Neill’s home town of Buffalo. Indira Ganaselall, Elin Gwyn, Clare Wasteneys and Ellen Woodley University School of Rural Planning and Development Awards Prof. Murray Miller, Land Resource Science, has been elected a fellow of | the Soil Sci- ence Society of America, the only Ca- nadian to receive the honor this year. The fellowship was be- stowed last month at the society’s annual meeting in Minneapolis. Murray is also a fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science and the Agricultural Institute of Canada. Prof. John Sutton, Environ- mental Biology, has received the Ministry of the Environment’s 1992 Excellence in Research and Technology Devleopment Award for his work on biological pest control. Professor emeritus Rex Barrell, Languages and Literatures, has been recognized as a World Intel- lectual by the intercontinental Biographical Association of Cambridge, England. □ DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR... Look into the health benefits of massage. 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A reception will follow at the Service Hardware Gal- lery at 25 Macdonell St. On Dec. 7, a commemorative service will be held in the University Centre courtyard at noon. The focus of the service will be on the need for change and the need to talk about violence against women, says Central Student Association women’s commissioner Stephanie van Egraond. The service will be followed by discussion groups and a 2 p.m. reception in Room 103 of the University Centre. In addition, the Engineering Society will hold a commem- orative service Dec. 7 at 11:40 a.m. by the memorial garden in the Thombrough Building. □ Feared shortage of faculty unlikely in Ontario, says report by Martha Tancock University Communications As the professors hired during the 1960s boom reach the threshold of retirement in the 1990s, predic- tions of faculty shortages have be- come widespread. Governments have heard worried choruses of university presidents pleading for funds to recruit new faculty before the anticipated mass exodus. But a report published last month by a Council of Ontario Universities-commissioned task force brings a soothing message. It says don’t worry — too much. Chaired by Derek Jamieson, U of G’s director of Analysis and Planning, the task force on faculty renewal refutes the tenacious and widely held belief that a severe faculty shortage will occur by the end of the century. “People have been worrying about the baby professor boom and bust for some time,” says Jamieson, but “if current condi- tions continue, we do not foresee a shortage of faculty over the next 15 years.” Enrolment has doubled in the past 10 years in doctoral programs in Ontario, and universities such as Guelph have been hiring facul- ty in anticipation of a shortage, he says. Still, the task force cautions universities to beware that cir- cumstances beyond their control could make faculty recruitment difficult in the next few years. “As working conditions deteri- orate at Ontario universities due to lack of funding . . . (this could lead to) a loss of faculty to other juris- dictions and other sectors of the economy,” says Jamieson. Lower appeal Dwindling funds, larger classes and fewer resources could lower the appeal of Ontario universities for potential faculty and could also drive away current faculty looking for bigger salaries and more favorable working condi- tions, he says. Only 40 per cent of Canadian PhDs find jobs at Canadian universities. The rest move into government and the public ser- vice (36 per cent) or into business and industry in the private sector (22 per cent). Between 1986 and 1990, faculty additions to Ontario universities came from new graduates (40 per cent), faculty at other Canadian universities (15 percent), faculty at foreign universities (13 per cent) and from those in the non- university sector (16 per cent). The supply of potential PhD candidates for faculty vacancies is not a problem in Ontario, says Jamieson. PhD enrolment has “grown so enormously over the past 10 years. That’s why we don’t have such a problem as they have in the States, where enrol- ment in doctoral programs has been pretty well flat.” Humanities only If demand for replacement faculty in the United States, Australia and Great Britain remains unchanged over the next few years, faculty shortages will be modest and confined to the humanities, says the task force’s report. But if those countries begin recruiting more aggressive- ly, Ontario universities will also face more acute shortages in the biological and physical sciences. The report urges the Council of Ontario Universities to watch for any changes in the academic labor market over the next few years. U of G tried to avert anticipated shortages by establishing a facul- ty renewal fund in 1988 and hiring new faculty, says Jamieson. As a result, faculty are not predomi- nantly in one — retiring — age bracket. “The age distribution is not nearly as skewed as has been implied,” he says. Recruitment for additional faculty positions has stopped, however, because of funding cuts. One of the strengths of the report is its examination of faculty renewal across different dis- ciplines, says Jamieson. It provides a detailed look at faculty recruitment, turnover and ap- pointments and doctoral student enrolment in the humanities and the social, agricultural, biologi- cal, applied and physical sciences. The data provide a useful base for analysing shifts in faculty demand and supply, he says, and they should be updated yearly to reduce the chance of surprises. The report focuses on faculty numbers. “None of this answers the question of quality," says Jamieson. “If conditions continue to deteriorate, we may very well lose our best faculty." In the worst-case scenario, if faculty shortages are indeed acute, he says, universities might be forced to cut enrolments and hire more part-time faculty. □ Well-known children’s author Bob Munsch adds a kick to his storytelling at the U of G Child-Care Centre, where he was invited to share the magic of his stories last week. Photo by Roberta Franchuk I get a kick out of you Contributions to wellness recognized Linda Barton, a graduate student in the Department of Family Studies, is this year’s winner of the R.P. Gilmor Student Life Award for her contributions to health and wellness on campus and in the community. Barton earned a degree in biol- ogy and spent several years in the working world before her inter- ests in health, nutrition and fitness led her back to school at Guelph. She received a B.A.Sc. in 1991, then entered the master’s program in applied human nutrition. A student representative for FACS, she is also one of the or- ganizers of the Enjoy wellness program in the Department of Athletics. Through seminars and consultations, she has helped many people on campus make healthy changes in their lifestyles. Linda Barton She has also worked with the Hamilton-Wentworth Health Unit and the Wellington County Board of Education. Barton was nominated for the Gilmor Award by Pat Richards, fitness co-ordinator in the Depart- ment of Athletics. In her nomina- tion letter, Richards described Barton as a credit to the Univer- sity. “She demonstrates a strong sense of community and always considers herself as a repre- sentative of the University of Guelph. She has been very giving and sensitive to students, staff and faculty.” The Gilmor Award is given an- nually to recognize people who have made contributions to en- hance the quality of student life at U of G. It is named in honor of Paul Gilmor, who was provost from 1967 to 1987. This is the fifth year the award has been presented. □ Officer charged with assaulting student Metro Toronto Police have charged one of their officers with assault and suspended him with pay after receiving a complaint from U of G biology student Leon Hall about an incident at a police rally at Queen’s Park last month. Police from across the province were demonstrating Oct. 28 against proposed provincial gun regulations at the rally, where Hall and another Guelph student, Nathalie Younglai, were bearing placards in favor of the new legis- lation. Hall lodged a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office after a group of men attending the rally tore his banner, told him to leave and surrounded him. As CBC cameras filmed the incident, a man took off his jacket and said: “Let me handle this, guys,” recalls Hall. The man then shoved Hall several times while the others watched. The 24-year-old fourth-year stu- dent was not physically hurt. He and Younglai both filed com- plaints shortly after the incident. but have yet to receive any response, says Hall. He also filed a complaint with the Metro Toronto Police chief Nov. 17. But he credits Toronto lawyer Paul Copeland, who complained to Metro police after seeing a television clip of the incident, and a CBC reporter who made in- quiries for prompting a sub- sequent investigation. After the Attorney General’s Of- fice contacted the police, the in- ternal affairs department of Metro police investigated the incident and charged one of their officers. In a Nov. 26 news release, they said they are continuing to inves- tigate whether any other Metro officers were present at the inci- dent. The Office of the Police Com- plaints Commissioner is conduct- ing a parallel investigation to try to identify officers from other On- tario forces who might have been present, says commission spokes- person John Yoannou. Constable Anthoney White of No. 5 1 Division has been charged with assault and suspended with pay pending the outcome of judi- cial proceedings Dec. 17, said the press release. □ Snow removal limits campus parking To enable Grounds staff to remove snow from campus park- ing lots, the following restric- tions will apply between Dec. 1 and Mar. 31. No parking is allowed from 1 to 6 a.m. in lots P12, PI 5. P23, P24, P26, P30 (excluding the horse trailer section) and P3 1 . No parking is allowed from 3 to 6 a.m. in any campus lot ex- cept PI 3 (east section only), PI 8, the north and east sections of PI 9, the horse trailer section of P30. P42 and the metered areas of P64 and P25. Special permits may be ob- tained from Parking Ad- ministration by staff working during restricted hours. □ 4 At Guelph /Dec. 2. 1992 Board of Governors Revised budget comes in under projected $2-million deficit A clearer picture of U of G’s 1992/93 financial status was presented to Board of Governors last week in the form of the revised Ministry of Colleges and Univer- sities (MCU) operating budget, containing concrete information on transition funds, revenue from tuition and special government funding grants. The projected general deficit in the budget presented to the board in May was $3.3 million. The board approved only a $2-million deficit and asked that the remain- ing $1.3 million be found in the operating budget. Layoffs were contemplated as a last resort to cover these “unallocated savings,” but it was announced in July that layoffs would not be necessary. Funds to cover the unallocated savings have now been confirmed from a variety of sources, says John Miles, director of Financial and Administrative Services. These sources, which are out- lined on Chart 1, are: ■ Faculty contributions — Facul- ty pledged $450,000 in fiscal ALL WORK. OR ALL PLAY! Your Choice! Need to present a professional image? Turn to Thrifty. Need a special car to spice up the weekend? Turn to Thrifty. In fact, you can count on Thrifty for the perfect car for almost any occa- sion. Call today! 824-5300 152 ellington St. E. Guelph 15 Passenger Van Available at this location Rent a vehicle from this location and get an official Wayne Gretzky Calendar for only 99t Proceeds to CNIB For worldwide reservations 1-800-FOR-CARS'" (1-800-367-2277). KMHH MT .JCa CarRenta! Because It’s Your Money. © Thrifty features quality products ol the Chrysler Corporation and other fine cars. A licensee ol Thntty Rent-A-Car System. Inc. 1992/93 to help avert staff layoffs. Of this, $349,000 has been paid to the University, with the remainder going to special projects or departmen- tal initiatives. ■ Renovation funding — The MCU capital fund grant for renovation projects was $388,000 higher than expected. An equivalent amount, which originally had been allocated from the operating budget, was freed up and applied to unallo- cated savings. ■ Costs for the internal restruc- turing — The original estimate for these costs has been reduced by $400,000. This amount, which had already been budgeted, was diverted to the unallocated savings. The money to cover the remainder of the unallocated savings, $186,000, comes from revised figures for institutional revenue and expenses. These figures are broken down here and in Chart 2. Extra revenue came in the form of: ■ $50,000 from an MCU special- purpose grant for women’s safety initiatives. ■ $916,000 in transition funding from the provincial govern- ment. This money allows U of G to free up $425,000 that was previously allocated in the original May operating budget. ■ A tuition revenue increase of $500,000 due to higher-than- expected enrolment in the spring and fall semesters. ■ $50,000 from the administra- tive portion of the new graduate student application fee. There was, however, a decrease of $289,000 in the contract ser- vice fees received from the On- tario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, which means a loss in revenue. The $9 1 6,000 in transition fund- ing came with some strings at- tached, says Miles. It was broken down into amounts to be applied to specific projects or areas. In some cases, U of G had already budgeted funds for these areas. The transition funds were used in these areas, freeing up the University’s money to be applied elsewhere. The revised expenses are: ■ $50,000 for women’s safety in- itiatives funded by the MCU special-purpose grant. ■ An increase of $500,000 in the budget for teaching units, the library and graduate studies to support additional enrolment. Another $131,000 came from transition funds and was ear- marked by the province to fund work on the Guelph-Waterloo- McMaster video link. ■ $230,000 for energy-efficiency Chart 1 Where the $1 J million in unallocated funds came from: Faculty contributions $349,000 Freed from renovations $388,000 Saved from restructuring costs $400,000 Extra funds based on changes in revenue and expenses (see Chart 2) $ 1 86.000 Total $ 1,323,000 Good friends . . . Entertaining. Put a little spice in your life . . . 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Costs of the inter- nal review make up $5.58 million of that total, and the balance forms the projected general deficit of $1.97 million. The figures for the revised budget do not include the extra $600,000 in funding for pay equi- ty announced by the province in November. No decisions have yet been made about the distribution of these funds. Other business In other business, the board also heard that the Pension Reform Im- plementation Group is working with B of G’s Pensions and Benefits Committee on priorities and a budget. The group will report to the committee in mid- to late January. A report from the committee on the group’s recom- mendations should come to B of G at its Feb. 25 meeting. Proposed revisions to the sexual harassment policy will also be brought forward at the February meeting, announced acting presi- dent Jack MacDonald. Executive Committee first has to review the recommendations before presenting them, and the committee will not be able to meet until January. A letter from the Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee expressing concern about the delay in revising the policy was presented to board members. A new “faculty policy for departmental chairs” was ap- proved to replace the section en- titled “chairman of a department” in the University’s academic ad- ministrative policies. A future issue of At Guelph will provide further details of the change. □ Chart 2 Changes in revenue and expense items Additional sources of revenue: Women’s safety initiatives $50,000 Transition funds $916,000 Tuition fees $500,000 Graduate student application fees $50.000 Total $1,516,000 Less reduction in OMAJF contract service fees $289.000 Total additional institutional revenue Where the revenue went $1,227,000 Women’s safety initiatives $50,000 Teaching units, library, graduate studies $500,000 ♦Video link $131,000 ♦Energy-efficiency projects $230,000 ♦Staff training initiatives $130,000 Total expenses $1,041,000 Total revenue $1 .227.000 Total extra funds available $186,000 * The funds for these projects were specifically allocated by the province in its transition funding announcement, included in the University’s original budget. but were not Faculty Club aiming to boost membership The Faculty Club is on the lookout for new members. 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The fine art of being president Picture this! “I’ll rule as a benevolent dictator” was fine art profes- sor Suzy Lake’s first promise of what she would do as president of U of G for one day. When she moved into the fourth-floor University Centre office Nov. 23, however, she ran into some limits of power. “I was frustrated that they wouldn’t let me take the budget from Economics and transfer it to the Fine Art Department. I figured it was their job to make money work, so if we took their money away from them, they could figure out how to deal with it.” That disappointment aside, however. Lake soon settled into the routine of being president — meet- ings and more meetings. Her schedule, worked out with the President’s Office, was a whirlwind of ap- pointments with people from across campus. ■ 8 a.m. A working breakfast and briefing on the day’s schedule with Barbara Abercrombie, direc- tor of the Office of the President, on the day’s events, and a discussion about donations to Guelph with Gerry Quinn, vice-president for University affairs and development. ■ 9: 1 0 a.m. The president joins the honorary degrees subcommittee of the Senate Executive Committee to discuss future recipients. ■ 10 a.m. Roger Jenkins of Physical Resources presents possible plans for the greenhouse area near the University Centre. ■ 10:30 a.m. Educational equity is on the agenda as the Vice-President, Academic’s, Advisory Com- mittee meets. ■ Noon. Lunch at the United Way Volunteer Ap- preciation Day. ■ 1 p.m. The subject turns to race relations on cam- pus in a meeting with Janet Kaufman, employment and educational equity co-ordinator; Brian Sullivan, associate vice-president, student affairs; and human rights commissioner David Giuliano. ■ 1 :30 p.m. Mary Cocivera and Ann Middleton of University Communications consult with the president on the format of the University’s new brochures. ■ 2 p.m. The president reads and responds to the day’s mail. ■ 3 p.m. A tour and inspection of the animal-care facilities with Wayne Marsh, director of Research Services. ■ 4:30 p.m. Press briefing with Sandra Webster and Andrea Mudry Fawcett of University Com- munications. Lake calls her experience in upper administration highly educational because it “demythified” the position of president. Her day in power also gave her a better idea of how the system works, knowledge she can use in her own department, she says. Now, if they’d only let her keep the President’s House □ Florida, here I come! All decked out in his holiday duds is Owen Roberts of the Office of Research, winner of the grand prize in the United Way’s in- centive draw — a four-day Florida cruise. Here, he dis- cusses the details of his travel plans with Judy Anger of TTI Kortright Travel, which donated the trip. Armed with his experience of taking pictures of rocks in a geol- ogy class 35 years ago, along with some household props and copious notes, acting president Jack MacDonald took up the chal- lenge of teaching Prof. Suzy Lake’s introductory photography couse. For three hours, he taught stu- dents how to trim, dry mount and spot retouch prints, helped oc- casionally by “technical instruc- tor” Lake. His background in physics also came in handy when discussing subjects like the properties of adhesives. “I enjoy teaching,” he says, “and to teach something about which you know very little is particular- ly challenging. But I had a lot of fun and I learned something. I just hope the students didn’t suffer too much." Macdonald’s second foray into fine art is still to come, when he critiques the individual perfor- mances of students in Lake's per- formance art class. Here he con- fesses to be on weaker ground, although he notes that some people claim his job involves per- forming art. Would he do it again? “Absolutely. It's good fun, and if it helps the United Way at all, I’m just delighted.” □ Student winners named The student United Way cam- paign has drawn to a close. Win- ner of the all-expenses paid weekend for two in Toronto, donated by TTI Kortright Travel, is second-year geog- raphy student Peter Yungblut. Nancy Angus, a first-year FACS student, will switch places with acting president Jack MacDonald as president for a day in January. Other incentive prize winners are: ■ Lunch for two at the Whip- pletree — Ken Glasier. ■ One dozen muffins — David Taylor. ■ Brass Taps mugs — Tanya Tomassini, Greg Downer, Rayanne Osbum, Huleen Vrewel and Lindsay Aitkin. ■ A $20 gift certificate from the Boo Bar — Colleen Madill. ■ Two tickets to a student theatrical production — Norm Sutherland. ■ A large pizza — Michelle Quick. ■ U of G sweatshirt — Dean Hennings. ■ A book of the winner’s choice — Janet Dayman. ■ A calculator — Barb Muir. ■ A fuzzy black bear — Nick Betik. ■ A home-baked pie — Jason Shack. ■ A bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken — Michelle Lye. ■ $10 library Vendacards for duplicating — Erin Mackie, Andrew Cunsolo, Jackie Fraser. Joanne Reid and Gayle Jones. ■ Gryphon hat — Mandy Bavis and Mary Ann Grekin. ■ Two tickets to the Royal City Musical Productions show Anything Goes — Julian Barick. ■ Two tickets to a U of G Choir concert — Christa Virtue. ■ Two tickets to the Pierre Berton lecture — Peter Yungblut. □ 6 At Guelph / Dec. 2, 1992 New faces Playwright 6 a coup’ for Department of Drama For Judith Thompson, the play’s the thing. She writes them, she directs them, she’s acted in them. Her works have been performed across Canada, in the United States and abroad. She’s won two Governor General’s Awards and is up for a third. And now she’s come to U of G to share her pas- sion for the theatre with the actors, directors and playwrights of tomorrow. Thompson, who joined the Department of Drama as associate professor this summer, has be- come a major force in Canadian theatre in the 13 years since she graduated from the National Theatre School. A 1976 drama and English graduate of Queen’s University, she entered the theatre school an aspiring actor and came out three years later a budding playwright. Her first play. The Crackwalker , was bom and nurtured at theatre school and has since been produced from Vancouver to Judith Thompson Halifax, as well as in New York and Australia. Her other stage plays are White Biting Dog, I Am Yours and Lion in the Streets, the latest nominee for a Governor General’s Award. Thompson has also developed a solid reputation as a director of her own works and others, includ- ing productions at the Shaw Fes- tival and Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre. In addition to her stage work, she has written numerous radio plays and screenplays for television and film. She recently finished a television movie called Life with Billy, which has begun filming in Halifax, and has completed the first draft of a feature film on Canadian writer Elizabeth Smart, to be directed by Patricia Rozema, director of I Have Heard the Mer- maids Singing. Since arriving at Guelph, Thompson has also been busy adapting her award-winning radio play Tornado for the Drama Department’s second student production of the fall semester. Directed by Steven Bush, it runs until Dec. 5 at the Inner Stage in the MacKinnon Building. Thompson welcomes her ap- pointment at Guelph as a chance to get more actively involved in the dramatic process. “It’s easy to YOU CAN SHOP ON CAMPUS Stocking Staffers for everyone on your list! Visit us for Christmas . w gifts and supplies OPEN 7 DAYS . A WEEK - V;, WE ACCEPT EXPRESS ' w;.'.. CLUB CARDS THE PHARMACY r ffiinl DO TH* SAM* *<>0*1 YOU CAN BUY UNLIMITED QUANTITIES A T WHOLESALE PRICES! DISCOVER THE PRICE CLUB DIFFERENCE! 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There’s specula- tion that because greenhouse gases absorb infra-red radiation, an increase in their levels will promote rising temperatures and "dry out” the atmosphere. The need to gauge the presence of these gases prompted the re- searchers to develop the laser. “We had to have a fast-response device to measure trace gas fluxes,” says Thurtell. “We need to evaluate where major sources of trace gases are in the world and figure out how to minimize green- house gas emissions.” Profs. George Thurtell, left, and Gary Kidd are using this diode laser gas detector to measure greenhouse gases more accurately. Photo by Sherry MacKay, Office of Research The laser can collect and process 10 trace gas measurements per second. It works by sending out a continuous beam of monochro- matic infra-red energy, which is absorbed by the trace gas at No Service Charges for a year At Canada Trust, you can eliminate your day-to-day Service Charges lor the next year! Simply DIRECT DEPOSIT! 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In addition, U of G graduate students Isobel Simpson and Lin Mei measured methane fluxes in the Philippines last March. ‘The technology provides ex- cellent opportunities for graduate students to address environmental problems around the world,” says Thurtell. This summer, Thurtell, Kidd, Prof. Ken King and research as- sistant Claudia Wagner-Riddle used the laser to study trace gases in four different field systems at I Can Help. It takes solid financial planning to reach your financial goals. I can help you with: ► Mutual Funds >■ Guaranteed Investment Certificates ► Registered Retirement Savings Plans ► Registered Education Savings Plan ► Life and Disability Insurance ► Annuities Call 836-6320 (office) or 766-1 858 (home) to find out more. J Investors J Group cotton/poly E-< knits tt "~r T-shirts L*— v. pants ( ) | skirts ' ^ tops jackets dresses j belts ■! tights a split skirts sweats accessories the Elora Research Station. Be- cause fertilizer increases trace gas emissions by increasing soil nitrogen and affecting soil micro- organisms, the researchers have been comparing measurements from fertilizer-treated soil plots with those from untreated plots, as well as gauging the effects of various field crops, pasture, com, alfalfa and small grains on trace gas fluxes. These measurements will be compared with emissions from other locations, including a deciduous forest plot at CFB Bor- den, Boreal forest locations at Prince Albert, Sask.. and Nelson House, Man., and lake sites at Dryden and Kenora. Research leading up to the development of the laser earned Thurtell, Kidd and postdoctoral student Martti Heikinheimo the Norbert Gerbier-Mumm Interna- tional Award from the World Meteorological Organization in 1992. 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Walton, the new co-ordinator of Uof G’s $800,000 beef research program (which in- cludes the Elora Beef Research Centre), is overseeing significant changes to the pro- gram that will both streamline it to accom- modate a 17-per-cent budget cut and focus it around current industry trends. “In these tough times, we’re responding with as much creativity as possible,” says Walton. “We’re concerned with moving forward with our projects, and we par- ticularly want to work with others who have an interest in beef research.” Beef production is big business in Ontario — about $800 million in farm gate receipts alone. But changes in the status quo have made Guelph researchers rethink their pro- gram strategies to align with the industry’s evolving needs. One of the biggest changes is geographic. New commercially driven initiatives in Western Canada, highlighted by the open- ing of modem beef-processing facilities there, have resulted in fewer calves being shipped to Ontario for feedlot finishing and processing. Ten years ago, three times as many western cattle were being fed in On- tario. “Under these circumstances, it’s some- what more difficult to justify research here on the finishing phase of production,” says Walton. In addition, there are other feedlot facilities available to Guelph beef re- searchers working collaboratively with Agriculture Canada and faculty at the Ridgetown College of Agricultural Tech- nology. “It’s a costly duplication to maintain animals here and in Ridgetown,” says Walton, “so OMAF has agreed to us reduc- ing the number of animals we keep here, expecting the collaboration between Guelph and Ridgetown to continue.” Further reductions include cutting the beef cow herd from its normal 180 to 120 by next May. Much of the reduction will come from eliminating the fall calving herd, another initiative consistent with in- dustry directions. “In the industry, most cows calve in the spring," says Walton. “For us, calving cows twice a year instead of just once is an ex- pense we can no longer afford.” Enough information has been collected on cows that calve in the fall to allow the work to finish, he says. Further significant savings are expected at the Elora farming operation of Research Station Services because of reduced needs for feed, supplies and manure disposal. Another change coming involves staff- ing. The beef program has traditionally of- fered steady year-round employment for the 1 0 research farm employees attached to the beef program. Eliminating much of the feedlot research and the fall calving pro- gram means the loss of 3.5 positions — one technician and the equivalent of 2.5 agricultural assistant positions. Walton says the remaining resources will initially be focused on the program’s two main projects. One, led by Prof. Dave Mowat, uses nutritional means to mitigate the effects of shipping stress on calves being moved from cow-calf operations to feedlots. The other, involving Walton and Profs. Jock Buchanan-Smith and Jim Wilton, concerns economical strategies for overwintering beef cows of two breed types for spring calving. Mowat’s research suggests that a dietary deficiency in chromium decreases a calf s ability to fight disease. He and Prof. Bonnie Mallard, Veterinary Microbiology and Im- munology, are studying the effects of a chromium supplement to bolster disease resistance. They recently received $200,000 for this research from a col- laborative funding program involving in- dustry, the Natural Sciences and Engineer- ing Research Council and Agriculture Canada. These studies are concerned mostly with calves’ health during their first two months (out of 10 normally spent on the feedlot). Traditionally, the calves studied by Mowat have gone on to be used by other re- searchers involved in feeding and carcass analysis. That added appreciable main- tenance costs to the program for feed, manure disposal and processing. Now, the calves will be sold as soon as Mowat’s research is complete. Walton, Wilton and Buchanan-Smith ’s research is designed to optimize winter feeding strategies for cow-calf operations. Balancing a feeding program for a herd over the winter is a delicate procedure. If it’s too lean, cows lack energy reserves for calving in the spring and don’t recover well after giving birth. If it’s too rich, it cuts into farmers’ already scant profits. Current research aims to determine the optimal feeding program for two breed types that will allow the cow to both produce a healthy calf and get pregnant for the next year. Walton is optimistic that the interest in beef research can be strengthened. Beef production is a key element of sustainable agricultural production in Ontario. Meat quality — especially carcass charac- teristics, tenderness and marbling — is still an imperative. Research in this area will continue under the direction of Profs. Ron Ball, Buchanan-Smith and Wilton, using the meat science laboratory on campus. Also from a health perspective, nutrition- al scientists like Profs. Tammy Bray and Bill Woodward are finding that meat may have new uses. They believe a compound in meat called glutathione may play a role in nutrition and preventing disease. “Despite the current budget cuts, we have a large base of OMAF funding at the University that should be responsive to new strategic initiatives,” says Walton. “We have good facilities and a hard-working staff. This is still one of the best places around to conduct beef research, and we are optimistic that we can compete effectively for some restoration of the program." □ Pet loss difficult for owners , vets by Margaret Boyd University Communications The death of a beloved pet — a black Afghan hound named Wally — led OVC researcher Cindy Adams to recognize a “gap in service” in the veterinary profession. That gap is effective support for pet owners. Although it’s not part of veterinary school curriculum, most veterinarians have to help clients deal with pet loss on a regular basis. In fact, a survey by Adams found that vets deal with death six times as often as medi- cal doctors do. “It can be difficult and emo- tionally draining to deal with grief-stricken people,” says Adams, who is looking at grief as a result of companion animal death while on a three-year Secord-Currey Fellowship at OVC. “There are no provisions for mourning beloved pets.” There is, however, a growing need for vets to become more supportive of grieving clients. she says. As the relationship be- tween people and pets strength- ens, clients are seeking a veteri- nary team that recognizes this relationship. Making provisions for grieving clients is a practice-management issue for vets, says Adams. She recommends, for example, that vet clinics set aside a morning or afternoon specifically for euthanasia, so grieving pet owners can receive the time and attention they need. She also advises vets to pay at- tention to their “softer side.'* In- stead of giving clients a lot of technical information about euthanasia, they should. en- courage clients to take their time to make a decision. “It is a difficult decision," says Adams. “People are left with a lot of guilt, even if they know it’s the best thing.” She also advocates involving children — if they want to be involved — in the euthanasia procedure. She suggests a pamphlet be developed to help people better understand pet death and the mourning process. While at OVC. Adams plans to develop a theory of grieving fol- lowing companion animal death. It will be an extension of her master’s thesis, for which she developed and marketed a train- ing workshop on “Effective Sup- port for Grief-Stricken Gients." The workshop allowed clinic employees — often for the first, time — to talk to one another about dealing with grievirlg clients. The workshop looked at ihe relationship between humans and animals, the phases of griev- ing, people at risk, dealing with distraught people, children and pet loss, bumout and stress in vets and euthanasia procedures; The workshop had a practical component that allowed par- ticipants to act out situations. “The feedback I received showed the veterinarians and clinic staff became more confi- dent in working with really dis- traught people.” Adams says. □ Funding opportunities Information on the following programs is available from the Of- fice of Research in the Reynolds Building, Ext. 6927. Green Plan Environment Canada is accepting proposals under the Green Plan in- itiative on the use of economic in- struments to achieve environ- mental objectives. Ottawa is providing $1.4 million for the research program, which aims to promote the development of an academic research network and to further research into the ap- plication of Economic instruments to resource management and specific environmental problems facing Canada. Proposals are due Jan. 15. Collaborative grants The application process for NSERC’s new collaborative project grants involves submitting a notification of intent to apply for a grant by Jan. 15 and submitting the application itself by April 30. The new application forms are now available in the Office of Re- search. Venetian study The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foun- dation grants fellowships to en- courage research in Venice and the Veneto on projects related to the history, culture or environment of the city or territories once subject to it. Applicants must be British or Commonwealth nationals with ex- perience in advanced research. Applications are due Jan. 18. □ Deadline dates The following are due Jan. 1 : ■ Letters of intent for the Dairy Bureau of Canada’s grants-in- aid for nutrition research. ■ Nominations for the Informa- tion Technology Association of Canada's awards for research contributions made during the past five years. Academics must be nominated by their university. Jan. 2 is the deadline for prelimi- nary proposals to the Whitaker Foundation for medical research projects involving innovative use of engineering techniques or prin- ciples. □ 10 At Guelph /Dec. 2, 1992 Student speak CFS continues fight The Canadian Federation of Stu- dents (CFS) Conference held Nov. 16 to 20 in Ottawa worked out an agenda for the next six months, says John-Paul Boyd, Central Stu- dent Association (CSA) vice- president, external. In addition to continuing its traditional fight against under- funding, tuition increases and stu- dent loan cuts, the CFS will be strengthening its campaign to en- sure the federal government keeps its promise to abolish the three- per-cent administrative fee on stu- dent loans, says Boyd. A highlight of the conference was the acceptance of graduate students from McGill University as members of the CFS, he says. “This certainly sets a precedent. The McGill grads are the first members from a Quebec univer- sity.” All U of G students are members of this national organization, which provides three main ser- vices to students, says Boyd. It operates as a national lobby group, runs awareness campaigns and provides research on the is- sues facing students across Canada. 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Commissioner sought The Central Student Association is seeking a new human rights com- missioner. Andrew Noble, CSA vice-presi- dent, internal, says he has received a letter of resignation from current commissioner David Giuliano citing personal reasons for leaving. He will stay until the end of the semester. Noble is organizing a hiring committee made up largely of rep- resentatives from the Human Rights Commission and the Race Relations Commission. The human rights commissioner acts as an advocate for persons with disabilities, people of color and any other individual or group on campus who may be subject to discrimination. The commissioner is also responsible for organizing educa- tional activities designed to eliminate prejudice on campus. The job requires good com- munication and organization skills and knowledge of dis- crimination issues, says Noble. People with related experience will receive priority. Applications must be submitted to the CSA office by Dec. 4. 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Contracts with the U of G Faculty Association and U of G Staff Association, representing $87 million, expire in 1993. “Our ability to achieve balance and equity among our employee groups has been dealt a very severe blow by this funding news,” says MacDonald. Salaries and benefits represent more than 80 per cent of the University’s Grad news The final examination of Michael Walsh, a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy, is Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. in MacKinnon 132. The thesis is “Blanshard on Truth and Necessity.” His adviser is Prof. John Leslie. Interested members of the University community are invited to attend. □ Correction In the Nov. 25 At Guelph article “A Former Sheep Bam Says Thanks,” the creator of the Alumni House donor board was incorrectly iden- tified as Kim Turner. The board was crafted out of wood by Kim Turnbull, a 1977 graduate of OAC. □ operating dollars. 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Tickets are $7.50 at the UC box office. Friday, Dec. 4 Nutritional Sciences Seminar - “Nutrition and Food Research in the Private Sector” is the topic of Gilbert Leveille of the Nabisco Biscuit Co. at 1 1 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141. Human Biology Seminar - Prof. Bill Leonard offers “Tales from the Taiga: The Population Biol- ogy of the Evenki Herders of Siberia” at 12:10 p.m. in Human Biology 209. Evolution and Systematics Seminar - Prof. Roy Danzmann, Zoology, asks “What Can a Meas- ly Small Piece of DNA Tell Us About Fitness and Life History Variability in Rainbow Trout Anyway?” at 3: 10 p.m. in Axelrod 259. Concert - The U of G Jazz Society presents Jazarus at 8 p.m. in Thombrough 100. Tickets are $3 and are available from the UC box office, at the door or from members of the society. Our people Dale Lockie, manager of pension investments, has been elected to the board of directors of the Pen- sion Investment Association of Canada. The American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) has named Prof. John Ogilvie, School of Engineering, this year’s distinguished speaker for the North Atlantic region. In this role, Ogilvie will visit schools where a student branch of ASAE exists and give a talk on “Engineering to Feed the People: Who’s to Do It?” In September, Ogilvie presented a paper at the Roomvent ’92 con- ference in Denmark and visited four research units dealing with livestock ventilation in Europe. Nancy Campbell, curator of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, has been elected to the board of Mercer Union, an artist-run centre in Toronto. Tannis Berry, a recent PhD graduate of the Department of At Guelph holiday schedule At Guelph will publish two more issues in 1992 — Dec. 9 and 16. The first issue in the new year will be published Jan. 13. Copy deadline for that issue is Jan. 7 at noon. □ Having alcohol related problems? 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Guest performers from the or- chestra are conductor Henry Janzen on viola and Jose Molina on violin. The concert also fea- tures musicians from Wayne State University, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the University of Western Ontario. The program will include works by Mozart and Faure. Tickets are $8 general, $6 for students and seniors, and are available at the door or from the Department of Music. Botany, is this year’s U of G nominee for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s doctoral awards. Her adviser was Prof. Derek Bewley. Prof. Lambert Otten was one of 19 international experts invited to participate last month at “Toward Common Ground: The International Workshop on Biodegradabilty” in Maryland. He was also an invited speaker at the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Associa- tion’s meeting in Amsterdam, dis- cussing “Composting in Canada.” Virginia Gray, director of Con- tinuing Education, was acclaimed for a second term as president of the Ontario Council for Univer- sity Continuing Education, an af- filiate member of the Council of Wednesday, Dec. 9 Plant Biology Seminar - Martin Canny of Carleton University dis- cusses “Sap, Blood and Sea Water: The Osmotic Environ- ments of Life” at 3:30 p.m. in Axelrod 1 17. Friday, Dec. 1 1 Human Biology Seminar - Ted Steegmann of the State Univer- sity of New York talks about “As- sessing Human Productivity in China” at 12:20 p.m. in Human Biology 209. Tuesday, Dec. 15 Senate - The last meeting of the year begins at 8 p.m. in Mac- Naughton 1 13. Worship Catholic mass is celebrated Sun- day at 10:10 a.m. in Thombrough 164, Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thurs- day and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church, spon- sored by the Anglican, Pres- byterian and United churches ecumenical campus ministry, will hold a service of remembrance and reflection to commemorate the Montreal massacre Dec. 6 at 1 1 a.m. in UC 442. Midweek — A Time with God provides an opportunity for reflection Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533. □ Ontario Universities. John Joyner of Career Services was a delegate at the Toronto World Conference for Education and Communication on Environ- ment and Development. He operated a display booth on en- vironmental co-op programs at the Curricula and Resources Fair. Prof. Val Davidson, Engineer- ing, co-chaired a food-processing symposium at the 42nd Canadian Chemical Engineering meeting. Two papers from the school were presented at the meeting — “A Fuzzy Expert System for a Bread Crumb Dryer” by Davidson and Sandra Ausma, and “Determina- tion of Thermal Properties of Peanuts for Drying and Roasting Processes” by Davidson, Huu Doan and Prof. Ralph Brown. □ CLOTHING, UNGERIE, FASHION ACCESSORIES AND PERFUME J>145 Wyndham St., downtown Guelph 763-5657 1-14 Thurs. k Fri. until 9; Sundays 12-4 ♦ Dec 14-24 Mem -Fri 10-9 ♦ D• Guaranteed Investment Certificates ► Registered Retirement Savings Plans >- Registered Education Savings Plan ► Life and Disability Insurance >• Annuities Call 836-6320 (office) or 766-1 858 (home) to find out more. Vets can play useful role in environment I was recently sent a copy of Prof. Tom Nudds’s letter “Don’t Com- pare Environment with Health,” which ran in the Oct. 14 issue of At Guelph. It would seem that he is trying to make two major points — that our knowledge is inadequate to ac- curately identify environmental problems and that veterinarians are “jumping on the environmen- tal bandwagon,” “poised to serve as broadly based generalists capable of diagnosing environ- mental health.” I believe he is being disin- genuous with regard to the first point and is mistaken on the second. No one with a genuine concern for the continued existence of life on this planet (reducing the con- cept of environmental health to its baldest terms) would argue that we have the knowledge with which to consistently identify sig- nificant perturbations in ecosys- tem function and to act to correct their undesirable effects. Much further study, using sound scien- tific designs (including controls) will be needed, before we begin to approach, if we ever do, this level of understanding. 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Other interventions, such as land-use planning, environmental impact mitigation, landscape design and wildlife management, try to use what scientific know- ledge there is available to us to push environmental changes in directions that seem most desirable. All are based on imper- fect knowledge, but they repre- sent “best guess” approaches and are driven by necessity. In this, they are somewhat analogous to medical diagnosis and interven- tion. Veterinarians, through the study of disease and health in domesti- cated and wild animal popula- tions, may be able to play a useful role in obtaining and using infor- mation on our ecosystems and the effects of our activities. I don’t believe there is any desire to — using Nudds’s metaphor — grab the wheel of the environmen- tal bandwagon. There are already a lot of hands on the wheel and far too many backseat drivers. Nudds also seems to have some concern about the use of a medical metaphor in the description of en- vironmental health. Of course, if he’s thinking of the traditional physical exam/diagnosis/pre- scription (and possibly cure), he is correct. But this model of medical science is appropriate for only an individual patient and, even then, one with a relatively simple, un- complicated condition. Medical specialists do make marvellous and ingenious interventions, but in the end, all individual patients die. The core of medical science is the enormously subtle and com- plex interaction of body systems that allows homeostatic survival of the whole. The focus of medicine is likely to gradually shift to preventive interventions that allow those systems to self- maintain for as long as possible. If an approach to ecosystem health uses a medical metaphor, the preventive model is a far more likely approach than that feared by Nudds. It would seem that our environ- mental problems are broad enough and so pervasive that those working in the field would welcome the contributions and participation of interested scien- tists of all disciplines, including those whose training offers a slightly different perspective. I hope I haven’t got Nudds wrong on this. Douglas Campbell Western College of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan Support from chairs lauded The College of Arts chairs who recently wrote to At Guelph criticizing the University’s treat- ment of professional and mana- gerial staff are to be congratulated for their support of these staff in a public forum. It’s great to see this type of activity from them. But there are two points that need clarification. First, there are at least seven unions on campus. To my knowledge, the only unionized staff group asked to reopen its contract was the U of G Staff Association (UGSA). CUPE’s contract, for example, expired in April and a new one is still under negotiation. Secondly, it is standard operat- ing procedure for the University to treat groups unequally. One prime example is the pay equity settlement. The non-unionized group got its full pay equity settle- ment while the UGSA got only one-third of its settlement in the first year. Thanks again to the chairs. Keep up the pressure and support for staff. Alan Miller UGSA Past President NATURAL HOLISTIC THERAPY A CLINICAL ALTERNATIVE FOR: 4 Body Pain? 4 Allergy? 4 Quit Smoking? 4 Drug Addiction? 4 Stop Drinking? 4 Women's Problems? 4 Sports Injury? 4 Chronic Diseases? 4 Needleless Face Lifting? 4 Whiplash? 4 Stress? Disposable Needle or Needleless Laser Acupuncture New Patients Welcome Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Clinic Macdonell St., Suite 206, Guelph (in front of City Hall) ^ ^ Reler to your U of G Benefits program for possible coverage. 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The campus campaign committee has regrouped its canvassers for a one-day blitz to help meet the shortfall. Canvassers will be passing the hat Dec. 1 1 in hopes that those who gave before — and those who didn’t — can find a few more loonies to help out the United Way. Donations Day will also be taking place across the city and throughout Wellington County. Bring a sandwich so you can donate your lunch money or collect the loose change in your desk drawer. In the 11th hour of their fund-raising effort, Guelph and Wellington United Way organizers say that every dollar counts. Money raised on “D-Day” will also bring U of G’s campaign closer to achieving 100 per cent of its goal. If all faculty and staff donated just $3, the campus campaign could reach its goal of $140,000, says campaign co-chair Virginia Gray, Continuing Education. □ First mourn. Then work for change Shrouded in white and marked with a single red rose, the 6, 1989, massacre was marked Monday by commemorative cannon in Branion Plaza stands as a stark reminder of the services in the University Centre and in the Thombrough victims Of the Montreal massacre. The anniversary of the Dec. Building. Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications Drug companies welcome proposed legislation to protect patents by Owen Roberts Office of Research T he protection of intellectual property — an important issue in university research — is at the centre of the current controversy over pending federal drug patent legislation. Canada has been the only country in the developed world that does not treat new pharmaceutical inventions the same as all other inventions. All patented inventions are protected for 20 years from the date of filing for a patent. Most patented products are able to get on the market within two or three years from filing of the patent application, leaving in- ventors 17 years of market exclusivity before a competitor can sell a copied ver- sion of their product. A minimum of seven years For pharmaceutical products, it normally takes about 10 years of research before a new medicine comes on the market. All of this time comes off the patent clock and hypothetically leaves inventors with the remaining 10 years as their period of market exclusivity. But in Canada, a generic drug can be brought on the market a minimum of seven years after the original patented medicine is first sold through a process called com- pulsory licensing, even though the original products are still under patent. Ottawa’s Bill C-91 proposes to eliminate the process of compulsory licensing and to oblige generic manufacturers to wait until the patent expires before bringing their copy on to the market. In effect, the bill gives the last three years of missing patent protection back to the pharmaceutical patent holder, resulting in a patent term of 20 years consistent with international standards of intellectual property protec- tion. The bill recognizes three factors: ■ that technologically sophisticated developments like new therapeutic drugs are too costly for manufacturers to create and develop in Canada (and elsewhere) without added protection and incentive; ■ that industrial development is totally de- pendent on research, development and technology transfer; and ■ that proper recognition and handling of intellectual property is a prerequisite for Canada to have the credibility to attract investment. Brand-name drug companies say that if Bill C-91 is passed, more than $500 million in new research and development and capi- tal investment will accrue to Canada by 1 996. They point out that a change in legis- lation in 1987, which brought Canadian law more in line with international stand- ards, resulted in drug companies funding more than $1 billion worth of new research and development in Canada, a quarter of it at universities and hospitals. “Great things are happening in Canada because of that change,” says Prof. Francis Tapon, Economics, who has studied the Canadian pharmaceutical industry exten- sively. “It’s been good for graduates and for drug companies. They’re being rewarded for making a long-term investment in Canadian research.” But generic drug companies say the proposed bill will force them out of busi- ness. Consumer groups and others say the bill’s acceptance will drive up the cost of drugs and strain provincial and employer- sponsored health plans. Estimates range wildly, but even the most conservative — from the federal government — has the legislation costing Canadians about $100 million a year by 2000. Need to recoup costs “The brand-name pharmaceutical in- dustry needs the extended period to recoup the costs of research before being faced with competition from those who copy their innovations," says Judy Erola, presi- dent of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada. She says this protection is particularly important in the pharmaceutical industry because the costs of developing a new medicine average around $268 million. It takes 10 to 12 years from the date of filing the patent before the product is ready to be marketed, and that period is deducted from the time the product has a protected market. Tapon says the situation is worse in Canada because of the slow federal drug review system (now under federal review itself), which makes new drug approvals six times slower than in places like Europe. For these reasons and others, he says, the extended patent protection window is needed. “It will put us in line with ourcompetitors, increase research and not have the dis- astrous effect on consumer prices that some are predicting. This is a very competitive industry. Many companies are doing re- search in the same areas. If one invents a vaccine, for example, another one could come up with a variant of this vaccine in a short time and would compete with the original innovator." Weigh against benefits Estimates that consumers will end up paying more for drugs may be true in a few cases, says Tapon. “But these must be weighed against the benefits stemming from world-class research being conducted in Canada,” he says. Adds Brian Cox, U of G’s director of collaborative research and development: “When people say it will cost millions of dollars, what they’re not factoring into the calculation is the cost of Canada being in an uncompetitive position to develop a home-based pharmaceutical industry and create jobs and prosperity.” Tapon points to the federal price-monitor- ing watchdog, the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board, which is in place to prevent drug prices from skyrocketing. “Even firms that have a temporary monopoly on a product are not free to raise prices at will,” he says. And he doubts that generic drug manufac- turers will be forced out of business. “They’ll still have access to off-patent drugs, many of which are used in current treatment.” In fact, he says, the generic industry appears to have a bright future. 'The best proof is that a number of brand- name pharmaceutical companies have recently established their own generic sub- sidiaries to sell drugs that lose patent pro- tection.” U of G acknowledges the acquisition of new knowledge and university-industry collaboration in both its industrial interac- tion policy and its inventions policy. “ University research results must be made available to Canadian society in a form that facilitates their maximum use and overall benefit,” says Prof. Larry Milligan, vice-president for research. “In many cases, patenting is an essential component of transferring technology.” Milligan says patenting is particularly necessary when substantial time and cost are invested by industry to further develop . a university-generated innovation into use- able technology. The income generated by the resulting technology is shared by the inventor, the university and industry. The university’s share can help strengthen and advance its research programs. Cox, who handles patent administration for U of G, says that unless there’s an appropriate form of protection, industry has little incentive to invest in the development of a technology and take it to the market- place. “The most famous example is the dis- covery of penicillin,” he says. When Fleming discovered penicillin in 1926, he refused to patent it, believing it should be given freely to the world. But without patent protection, no industrial company would take the significant risk of investing in what was then a new and unproven idea. Forced to take action Without protection, penicillin did not be- come available to the public until years later when the Second World War forced governments to take action and impose in- dustrial protection. Antibiotic developments have sub- sequently produced profound benefits to human health and well-being, have created substantial wealth and high-paying jobs and have given rise to an enormous amount of research, says Cox. Patenting also enables ethical institutions to protect against misuse or misrepresenta- tion of their discoveries, he says. Without patent rights, there is no way to control the standards of performance or reliability of an invention or discovery that carries the institution or inventor's named 4 At Guelph /Dec. 9, 1992 Research report Funding deadline dates Applications must be submitted by Jan. 8 for ■ The Ontario Ministry of Col- leges and Universities’ On- tario/Quebec exchange pro- gram. ■ Telecom Canada’s award for achievement in research that has involved the co-operation of Canadian universities and the telecommunications in- dustry. Applications are due Jan. 15 for the following: ■ Canadian Red Cross Society career development awards. ■ The Canada Council’s Ex- plorations Program (prelimi- nary descriptions). ■ Grants through the science sub- vention program of Environ- ment Canada’s Atmospheric Environment Service and NSERC. ■ Ministry of the Environment grants through the Pesticides Advisory Committee and en- vironmental research program. ■ Ontario Ministry of Health’s personnel fellowships. ■ American Philosophical So- ciety grants-in-aid. ■ Canadian Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis summer student scholarships. ■ Muscular Dystrophy Associa- tion of Canada predoctoral fel- lowships in genetic and muscle research and summer fellow- ships. ■ Ontario Heritage Foundation student grants for archeological research. ■ Ontario Thoracic Society grants-in-aid. Applications are due Jan. 3 1 for the Secretary of State’s Canadian ethnic studies visiting lecture- ships. grants in ethnic studies and ethnic studies conferences. □ Robert Beriault. manager of the Animal Biotechnol- Braga and Elisabetta Quaini, an Italian exchange ogy Embryo Laboratory, right, demonstrates artificial student who is doing graduate research at Guelph on insemination (Al) technology to Prof. Francesco the Italian Al industry. Desperately seeking Juliana? L Julie Gazzola, formerly of r ~ n Creative Travel, is now at t Speedvale Travel, located in the old Root Plaza. Julie invites her regular clients and new customers wC to visit at her new location. 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Call for an appointment and get the 1992-93 Edition of the CANADIAN PRICE WATERHOUSE PERSONAL TAX ADVISOR FREE! Cl BRIGHTSIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 790 Scottsdale Dr. Guelph, Ont. NIG 3L8 Tel: 519-821-8246 BSc.tAgr.) Fax: 519-836-8807 Chartered Photo by Sherry MacKay. Office of Research Research exchange program opens doors across Atlantic by Sherry MacKay Office of Research A U of G research exchange pro- gram has led an Italian student to a job as export manager for the largest pasta maker in Europe. In 1990, an exchange program brought Gigi Zenti, a graduate student from the Catholic Univer- sity of Sacro Cuore in Milan, to the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business to finish his course work and do research for his graduate thesis. It was that research — on the Canadian-U.S. market for specialty cheeses — that gave him exposure to international com- panies and helped him land a job with Barilla, says Prof. Francesco Braga, Zenti’s supervisor and co- ordinator of the exchange pro- gram. Zenti now represents markets for Barilla in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, England, the Far East and Japan. U of G and the Catholic Univer- sity of Sacro Cuore signed an of- ficial agreement in July to promote an exchange of students between the two universities. Over the last five years, 15 stu- dents from Milan have come to study at U of G. Braga says one of the goals of the exchange is to give students at the two universities a chance to take advantage of different teach- ing tools and to conduct research in the other university's areas of specific strength. “This exchange is an excellent opportunity for a student to be completely immersed in a new culture and to be exposed to new opportunities,” says Braga. The program also aims to en- courage joint research programs between the two universities. So far, the exchange has been limited to master’s students in agricultural economics and busi- ness, but the two universities are in the process of opening up the exchange to undergraduate stu- dents and students in other dis- ciplines such as art history, sociol- ogy, classics and languages. The earliest opportunity for a U of G student to go to Milan on the exchange is January 1992. For more information, call Braga at Ext. 2763. □ At Guelph holiday schedule At Guelph will publish one more issue in 1992 — Dec. 16. The first issue in the new year is Jan. 1 3. Copy deadline for that issue is Jan. 7 at noon. □ Do you remember painting the Guelph campus cannon? Every member of the Guelph campus community has seen the cannon painted or been part of a late night painting party. Multi-coloured and layered 1/4 inch paint fragments taken from the cannon have been embedded in clear magnifying desk paperweights. These attractive paperweights developed by a Guelph alumni are a must to remember the spirit of the University of Guelph cam pus. You might even recognize a colour that you painted the cannon. Included is a story card on the history of the cannon. Order before Christmas and we will also send you a paint chip keychain! FREEH Send $19.95 plus $4.00 for shipping and handling. Order two and pay only $34.95 plus $5.00 S&H. Mail your order along with a cheque or money order lo: T. Mitchell 62 First Street Orangeville, Ontario L9W 2E4 Order now for Christmas delivery FINE FOOD and SPIRITS Luncheon Specials daily Country Garden Fare & Back 'ome Selections — a tasty selection whatever the time of day. selection and sen/ice evening .entertainment 767-6003 Campus Estates Plaza - just south of U ot G on Gordon At Guelph / Dec. 9, 1992 5 Confidential counselling program helps employees deal with stress by Roberta Franchuk University Communications The department was short-staffed, employees were working long hours, frustrations were mounting. John was feeling stressed and un- happy. Then he heard about the University’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Staff in Human Resources put him in touch with a counsellor he could talk to confidentially about the frustrations of his job. “After- wards, things got better,” says John (not his real name). EAP helps about 100 people each year with problems like John’s, as well as personal, mari- tal, financial and alcohol pro- blems. All these problems take their toll on employees, says Stu Brennan, manager of Employee Relations, but EAP is there to help. Confidential help for troubled employees is at the heart of EAP, which has been operating on cam- pus since 1975. Information on local resources and referrals to counsellors, legal aid or financial specialists are available quickly and usually at no cost. Emotional and marital difficul- ties are the most common prob- lems people seek help for, says Brennan, but inquiries about stress, finances and medical problems are also frequent. Al- cohol and drug abuse makes up a small but important aspect of the program, he says. The focus is on prevention, get- ting help before problems become serious, says Brennan. Dealing with difficulties early means employees have a better chance of solving them, and the University benefits because employees take less time off work and are more productive, he says. Value teaching, research equally, urge 3M fellows Teaching deserves the same scholarly recognition as tradi- tional research, say this year’s crop of 3M teaching fellows. This was one of three recom- mendations made by the 10 1992 winners of Canada’s only national teaching award, who met recently to discuss the im- balance between teaching and research. Included in the group is Prof. Joe Cunsolo, Mathe- matics and Statistics. The fellows said teaching and research should be valued equal- ly and that rules governing ap- pointments, promotions and tenure allow for varying em- phasis between the two. They also suggested that teaching faculty “in marginal, insecure, limited-term appoint- ments ... be granted status and rewards equal to those for facul- ty who produce traditional re- search.” □ Brennan also stresses the program’s confidentiality. Em- ployees are not required to give their names when they call for referrals or information, and no records are kept or accessed by Human Resources. John is glad the program was there for him. “It’s important to have a place that’s not on the side of the employees or on the side of management. They try to stay in the middle and find the common ground. In the future if I have a problem, I won’t be afraid to go and talk about it, because I’m not afraid of having anything come back to haunt me.” When employees call with problems, they get quick referrals to local resources, whether a bank manager, credit counsellor or al- cohol treatment group. EAP can cut through red tape and offer fast access to help, Brennan says. Employees are referred to an ex- ternal agency for ongoing coun- selling, but on-campus counsel- ling sessions are available for temporary relief and to provide help if clients are placed on wait- ing lists by other agencies. The counselling services, once run through the Counselling and Student Resource Centre, are now supplied by an independent coun- sellor contracted through Human Resources. There is no charge for services provided on campus. John only wishes he’d heard about the program earlier. “I didn ’t know anything about it,” he says. “Now I realize I could have used it even sooner.” □ Hitting the wall Members of the Outdoors Club showed off some fancy footwork last week as they took turns scaling a wall set up in the University Centre courtyard. The demonstration was aimed at generating interest in a campus rock-climbing club. A wall like this one, which was loaned by Inner Fission, will be set up next semester in the Athletics Centre. 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Dates to remember ■ New student registration begins Jan. 5. ■ The add period and late registration begin Jan. 6. ■ First class meetings are Jan. 7 and 8. ■ Late registration ends Jan. 8. Regular classes being Jan. 1 1. Second-language study Students wishing to improve their proficiency in their second official language can apply to the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Endow- ment Fund Award Program. The program grants at least six awards of $5,000 each to enable students to spend one year con- tinuing their program of study in their second official language at another institution. Candidates must be Canadian citizens or per- manent residents in their second or third year of university and must be fluent enough in their second official language to pursue their studies in that language. Applications are due in the Registrar’s Office by Jan. 15. For more information, call Pat Strongman at Ext. 6032. Arctic research Support for graduate research in arctic environmental studies is available through the Atmospheric Environment Service of Environ- ment Canada. Preference will be given to proposals involving the physical and biological sciences at the High Arctic Weather Stations. For information, write to the As- sociation of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, 130 Albert St., Suite 201 , Ottawa K1 P 5G4. □ Worship Catholic mass is celebrated Sun- day at 10:10 a.m. in Thombrough 164, Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533 and Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. in UC 533. The Open Door Church (Ang- lican/United/Presbyterian), runs Sunday at 1 1 a.m. in UC 442. Midweek — A Time with God runs Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. in UC 533. The Student Christian Move- ment meets to discuss politics, society and spirituality Tuesday at noon in UC 335. The Lutheran Student Move- ment meets Friday at noon in UC 444. □ Notices Ventilation shutdown During the Christmas break, from Dec. 24 at 4:30 p.m. to Jan. 4 at 8 a.m., ventilation will be shut down in most buildings across campus. Heating will be maintained. Anyone with specific requirements for ven- tilation during this period should call Dan Maclachlan in Building Operations, Ext. 2025. Senate meets Senators will hold their last meeting of the year Dec. 15 at 5 p.m. in Room 113 of the Mac- Naughton Building. Save your stamps Your Christmas mail can keep on giving if you save the stamps and send them to Prof. John Pratschke, chair of the Department of Consumer Studies. The stamps will be sold, and the money will be donated to the Milk for Cuba Campaign. All undamaged stamps can be used. Cut around the envelope, leaving a small margin of paper around the stamp. For more information, call Pratschke at Ext. 6907. It’s a party! The library will hold its Christmas party Dec. 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the President's House. All current and former employees are invited. RSVP to Bev Kostal at Ext. 2159. Sturgeon seminar The Institute of Ichthyology, in co-operation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, will hold a seminar on the biology of lake sturgeon Dec. 10 in Toronto. For more information, call Andrew Rossiter at Ext. 4483. Canada Council line The Canada Council has estab- lished a toll-free number for the public — 1-800-263-5588. The number is in service during regular business hours, Mon- day to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Holiday reception A holiday reception for all in ternational students will be held at Alumni House Dec. 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by Alumni-in-Ac tion. To attend, call Ext. 6934. Open house The Centre for International Programs will hold a Christmas open house Dec. 16 from 3 to 6 p.m. The centre is located at 15 Univereity Ave. E. Our people Steve Robinson, programs co- ordinator of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, has been ap- pointed to the steering committee of the Ontario Art Gallery Educators Group. The Platys, a group of students led by Donald Cockburn, Brian Steele and Shawn Wentworth, organized a “Platy Party” this fall to raise funds for The Arboretum. Some 115 students turned out, raising a total of $150. The Platys hope to hold benefit events every semester to support areas such as The Arboretum and the library. Prof. Vlad Rasper, Food Sci- ence, attended China’s Second In- ternational Agricultural En- gineering Conference organized by the Beijing Agricultural En- gineering University. He gave a plenary talk on “New Approaches to Processing Cereal Crops” and chaired a technical session on “Food Processing and Post-Har- vest Technology.” Prof. Lynn McDonald, chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, led a colloquium and spoke to a women’s studies class at Brock University on her research on the female founders of the social sciences. Prof. Robin Davidson-Arnott, Geography, has been seconded half time to the water policies branch of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. He will join a group working on developing technical guidelines for a new policy on shoreline management of Ontario’s Great Lakes. Prof. Mary Cyr, chair of the Department of Music, performs on viola da gamba and baroque cello on the newly released CD Cantate pour le jour de la Saint- Louis on McGill Records. This is the first recording of the Jean- Philippe Rameau cantata, which Cyr discovered in 1978. The CD also includes three other Rameau cantatas. Owen Roberts of the Office of Research has been re-elected president of the Eastern Canada Farm Writers Association. □ MCU supports better services for students with disabilities Bruno Mancini, co-ordinator of the University’s Centre for Dis- abled Students, welcomes a provincial report that recognizes how tough it is to find qualified interpreters for deaf students. “Getting interpreters is difficult, and the report identifies that there are just not enough to go around,” says Mancini. The report contains 127 recom- mendations aimed at improving services for deaf, deaf/blind and hard-of-hearing persons in sectors including postsecondary institu- Graduate news Having alcohol related problems? For a FREE Information package call drink) (wise HEALTHY OPTIONS FOR DRINKERS Guelph 824-3417 Kitchener/Waterloo 1-742-8534 Toronto 1 -41 6-922-3750^ m m , The final examination of John Ball, a PhD candidate in the Department of Zoology, is Dec. 1 1 . The lecture is at 9 a.m. in Axel- rod 259, followed by the exam at 10 a.m. in Axelrod 168. The thesis is “Diet Choice and Underwater Foraging Behavior of Canvasback Ducks: Looking Beneath the Sur- face.” The adviser is Prof. Tom Nudds. The final examination of PhD candidate Eric Brown, Chem- istry and Biochemistry, is Dec. 15 at 2: 10 p.m. in UC 427. The thesis is “Relationships Among Struc- ture, Function and Redox State of Purified PutA Protein from Es- cherichia Coli." His adviser is Prof. Janet Wood. The final oral examination of Lizhen Wang, a PhD candidate in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, is Dec. 17 at 1:10 p.m. in Animal Science and Nutri- tion 141. The title of the thesis is “Estimation of Genetic Para- meters and Responses to Selec- tion for Production Traits in Broiler Populations.” Wang’s su- pervisor is Prof. Ian McMillan. □ tions. It was commissioned last year by Minister of Colleges and Universities Richard Allen after York East MPP Gary Malkowski presented a resolution in the legis- lature calling for a review of provincial policies and practices. Recommendations about train- ing sign language interpreters and note takers are pertinent to Guelph, says Mancini. The report suggests certifying interpreters, setting standards for interpreters and note takers and implementing computer note taking and closed- caption reporting. Such recom- mendations are positive, he says, but “whether this is possible, I don’t know. It all comes down to how much money is available.” Because of the difficulty in ob- taining qualified interpreters, he welcomes the report’s attention to training and licensing more of them. In the past, the centre has tried recruiting freelance inter- preters and interpreters from the Canadian Hearing Society. □ WE PRINT BOOKS! 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Feel confident Developed by a Toronto family in 1972, wen-do is designed to be a short, practical self-defence course suitable for women of all ages, sizes and levels of fitness. It draws on several recognized martial arts to teach effective physical resistance, helping women feel confident in their ability to avoid danger and protect themselves. “Wen-do emphasizes the in- tegration of mind and body,” says Brown. “Someone who is well- trained but not confident is not effective in defending herself.” The course also covers aware- ness of violence against women — likely situations for attacks, for example, and how to avoid poten- tially dangerous situations. Bodies as weapons On the physical side, partici- pants are taught how to get out of common chokes and holds. These can range from an overly friendly bear hug in a social situation to a threatening neck hold. They are also taught to use their bodies as weapons, using arms, knees and elbows to hurt their at- tacker or to force him to release his hold. Blocking punches and defend- ing against knife attacks are also covered, along with how to escape when pinned to the ground. Using knives or other weapons for self-defence is not encouraged in the class for several reasons, says Brown. Unlike a knife or gun, a woman’s arm cannot be used against her. And her hands Library Christmas hours The library will operate on a reduced schedule and services over the holidays. On Dec. 19 and 20. the main library will be open from noon to 5 p.m. The veterinary science library will be closed. From Dec. 21 to 24, both the main library and the veterinary science library are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Both libraries are closed Dec. 25 to 27, open Dec. 27 to 30 from noon to 5 p.m. and closed again Dec. 31 to Jan. 3. Library services are limited during this period. For refer- ence service hours, call Ext 3617. □ are always with her, whereas a weapon might not be accessible at the time of an attack. “We emphasize the positive power of using your body as a weapon,” she says. The comfort and safety of the women in the course is always emphasized. Women practise kicks, hits and throws on pillows and mats, not on each other. Participants also learn about overcoming the cultural influen- ces that may inhibit them from defending themselves, says Brown. “Women are socialized to be quiet, gentle, polite, to give people the benefit of the doubt. We talk about conditioning; we practise yelling, breathing and overcoming the responses that we are raised with.” Although many women who take the course never have to use the physical techniques they learn, they find the course a “tremendous confidence-build- er,” she says. ‘They’ve never felt they had the power to defend themselves, but now they don’t have to be scared.” The weekend sessions will run Jan. 16 and 17 and Jan. 30 and Feb. 6. Enrolment is limited to 20, so register early. □ If the ag rep in Cochrane, Ont., hadn’t kept an OAC under- graduate calendar hanging on his bulletin board in the 1940s, Prof. Stan Young might never have be- come a crop science professor and U of G’s co-ordinator of agricul- tural extension. Young, who officially retired from the University Sept. 1, says that OAC calendar of long ago was an inspiration to his family, and the agricultural representative was a symbol of education to the farmers of the area. “We’d say: ‘There’s no way any one of us could take courses from OAC, but wouldn’t it be great if we could?”’ he recalls. After his graduation from high school in 1945, his mother encouraged him to apply to the college, and he was accepted. He set off for Guelph in the caboose of a freight train with a cheque for $77.50 and $5 in cash to begin his studies. While working towards his de- gree in field husbandry. Young spent his summers as a weed in- spector for the district of Coch- rane. This was his introduction to the value of extension work in educating people about better ways to do things. After graduating and working for several years for the Depart- ment of Agriculture, he headed Prof. Stan Young south to Cornell University to continue studies towards master’s and doctorate degrees. He returned to Guelph in 1959 to teach in the Department of Crop Science and co-ordinate its exten- sion program. In 1969, his job expanded to in- clude extension for the entire col- lege. For five years, he also served as director of the two-year as- sociate diploma program in agriculture. Extension is still Young’s main interest, and he speaks enthusias- tically of the successful programs, activities and publications that have been developed. They in- clude improving the quality of forages, increasing the acceptance of com and soybeans, promoting weed control and encouraging sustainable agriculture. “My goal has been to ensure that OAC has maintained as direct a connection as possible with the rural community,” he says. Keep- ing up contacts with people is an important part of that. It’s rural Ontarians who’ve made his career possible and rewarding, he adds. Young says retirement won’t stop his work; it will just give him more time to study the things he’s interested in. He’s still on campus, teaching this semester while finishing up some projects for ex- tension programs. Travel is also on the agenda for him and his wife, Audrey, includ- ing plans to visit their four children in the United States and Ontario. As an aside, he notes that OAC calendars had an influence on other members of his family. T wo brothers also came to Guelph. (One of them, Les, eventually be- came a professor in the Depart- ment of Animal and Poultry Sci- ence.) 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Jack MacDonald Acting President Four candidates short-listed for president Search committee plans to make recommendations to B ofG in February Inside: OHIP changes will hit pocketbooks 3 Pension reform costs due in February .... 3 He got by with a little help from his friends . 5 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . 6&7 The year in review . 8&9 Have a green holiday . 12 The Presidential Search Commit- tee expects to present its final choice for president to the February meeting of Board of Governors. Since the October deadline for applications and nominations closed, the nine-person search committee headed by B of G chair Bill Brock has reviewed more than 100 candidates. After inter- viewing 12, committee members have narrowed the Field to four, said committee secretary Betsy Allan last week. The short-listed prospects will be interviewed again before the committee makes its Final recom- mendation to the full board Feb. 25. The search will remain closed, said Allan. “Because at least one individual requested anonymity, the entire list will remain con- Fidential.” At least one of the Finalists is a woman, said College of Arts Dean Carole Stewart, vice-chair of the search committee. All four come out of the university sector “in one sense or another," she said, and not all are currently working in Canada. Stewart refused to say whether there were any internal candidates on the short list. There were a number of impres- sive candidates, she said, “al- though initially, we were worried. We wondered why anyone would want to take on such a position" in these difficult times. "We were pleased at the number of com- petent candidates.” If the board accepts the recom- mended choice in February, the name of the new president should be revealed in early March after- negotiations have begun on salary and conditions of employment, said Allan. □ CIBC Investments At CIBC, we're especially proud to offer our customers investments that meet virtually every investment objective. You can select from our wide range of CIBC Mutual Funds* to meet your personal investment preference. Talk to one of our knowledgeable, professional Mutual Funds representatives today!. G& us workngjkryou' CIBC 23 College Ave. W., Guelph 824-6520 'Offered by CIBC Securities Inc., a subsidiary ol CIBC Those investment* are not insured by the Canadian deposit Insurarce Corporation or guaranteed by the bank Their value is svbject to market fluctuation 2 At Guelph /Dec. 16, 1992 Letters to the editor Does committee have any power? In the Nov. 18 issue of At Guelph , a front-page article announced that a new committee had been formed — the Vice-President, Acad- emic’s, Advisory Committee on Graduate Student Matters. Graduate Studies Dean Doug Ormrod is quoted as saying the committee’s time had come. Like they say timing is everything. Is it a coincidence that the teaching as- sistants are currently working towards unionization? Is this an attempt to undermine the organiz- ing efforts? In the article, Ormrod likens the committee to a "collective watch- dog” for graduate student inter- ests. Don’t be fooled by the word “collective.” In Webster’s Dic- tionary, it is defined as “a co- operative unit or organization.” In no way can this committee take the place of a collective agree- ment. How can it when one player (the University) holds all the cards? What real power does this com- mittee have? If a faculty member and graduate student have a dis- agreement over working condi- tions, hours of work or wages. 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Prof. Marion Steele Department of Economics AMF grant funds HAFA executive-in-residence visit A grant from the Alma Mater Fund brought Bill Dover, former vice- chair and president of General Mills Restaurants of Canada, to HAFA last month as executive-in- residence. Now president of W.P. Dover and Associates, he has more than 30 years’ experience in senior management positions in the hospitality industry, experience he shared with HAFA’s faculty Awards Prof. Derek Bewley, Department of Botany, has received the gold medal of the Canadian Society of Plant Physi- ologists, the society’s most presti- gious award. The award recognizes his research in seed germination and biology, his development of programs for Derek Bewley Graduate news The final examination of Tracey Reynolds, a PhD candidate in the Department of Botany, is Dec. 16 at 9 a.m. in Axelrod 309. The thesis is “Strategies for Survival in the Desiccation-Tolerant Fem Polypodium Virginianum. 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The seminar is at 1 0 a.m. in Biomedical Sciences 1642, fol- lowed by the defence at 1 1 a.m. in Clinical Studies 2527. The thesis is “Health and Productivity of Calves in Smallholder Dairy Farms in Kiambu District, Kenya.” The adviser is Prof. John McDermott. The final examination of PhD candidate James Rude, Agricul- tural Economics and Business, is Dec. 21 at 9:30 a.m. in Mac- Gifts For Nature Lovers! BIRDFEEDING SUPPLI NATURE GIFTS 951 Gordon Street - Guelph (Kortright & Gordon) (519) 821 -BIRD and students through a week of talks and informal meetings. Dover lectured to students in marketing, human resources, operation analysis, business and policy and other courses. He also gave two special presentations on service excellence and govern- ment affairs, which drew faculty and students from across cam- pus£J the Department of Botany, his teaching and his numerous publi- cations. Prof. Jim Stevens, Department of Physics, has been elected a fel- low of the American Physical Society in the division of high polymer physics. A member of the society for 35 years, he was recognized for his work on the physical and chemical properties of fast-ion conductors and polymeric melts. □ Lachlan 228. The thesis is “The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Canadian Dairy-Processing Industry.” Rude’s adviser is Prof. Ellen Goddard. The final examination of Henry Wynands, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is Jan. 4 at 2:10 p.m. in UC 424. The thesis is “The Characterization of Electro- deposited CdSe Thin Films.” Wynands’s adviser is Prof. Mike Cocivera. Members of the University com- munity are invited to attend. □ Concerned about your indoor air quality? ♦ air duct cleaning ♦ carpet & upholstery cleaning Valerie Poulton CALL TODAY 836-7340 At your service! The Guelph Campus Co-operative & Co-op Bookstore would like to thank the UofG students and faculty for their tremendous support in our fall semester. We look forward to serving you in January! o yC *L s & At Guelph /Dec. 16, 1992 3 Campus reps discuss impact of OHIP changes by Roberta Franchuk University Communications C ampus medical staff, ad- ministration, students and faculty are discussing the impact that planned changes to the On- tario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) will have on U of G. Announced by the province in November and scheduled to come into effect Jan. 1, the changes limit OHIP coverage of third- party services. This means that medical slips, examinations and other medical services that are required by a third party will now have to be paid for either by the third party or by the patient. This is expected to save the provincial government about $20 million in 1993. The changes have implications for students, faculty and staff as well as for the University ad- minstration, says Jose Robinson of Student Health Services. One important effect is that faculty and students will have to take another look at the practice of requiring medical excuses for academic ab- sences. If a faculty member requests a medical certificate to excuse a stu- dent from missing a class or exam, the student must go for a medical examination while ill for the visit to be covered by OHIP. If a student requests a medical certificate after the illness has passed, OHIP will not provide coverage, and either the student or the University will have to pay the fee for the assessment. This fee will vary with the ser- vices provided and could range anywhere from $25 to $75 for an examination, Robinson says. Student Health Services sees about 100 students requesting medical slips each week during exams. Members of the administration, faculty, student body and campus medical staff were to meet this week to discuss the revisions in University policy that may be necessary due to the changes in OHIP coverage. A letter will go out to depart- ment chairs to outline the results of the meeting and to ask for feed- back. Other changes will affect staff and faculty as well as students. Medical examinations needed to admit children into a day-care program will now have to be paid for by the parents. Certificates required for entrance to an educational institu- tion or athletic program will also not be covered under OHIP. Dis- cussions will take place later next year to examine the impact this will have on varsity athletics, says Robinson. Medicals required of U of G employees when they start work- ing on campus or when they are off work because of illness will continue to be paid by the Univer- sity, she says. A decrease in the number of stu- dents seeking medical slips may result in a drop in OHIP revenue for Student Health Services, says Robinson, but “it would be crys- tal-ball gazing to estimate the amount.” If services are freed up for others who may need them, the impact on total revenue may be minimal, she adds. O There’s no business like snow business Snow is falling, schools are closed, roads are treacherous: is the University open for work and classes? Official U of G policy states that the University is to remain open and in full operation at all times. In some situations, how- ever, operations may be limited to only the most essen- tial services. When the weather is threatening, listen to the local radio stations or call individual departments to find out about class cancellations or opera- tion restrictions. News is also broadcast through the usual on-campus reporting structure, including electronic bulletin boards and memos. The decision to restrict operations is made by the president, based on informa- tion about weather, road condi- tions and other problems. If employees can’t report for work, they have the option of taking paid personal leave, using available vacation credits, docking overtime or charging the time off as ab- sence without pay. This also applies to time taken to allow an employee to leave work ear- lier than normal. For information about the University's policies related to emergencies and inclement weather, see sections 512 and 513 of the Human Resources Manual. □ Costs of implementing pension reform to be unveiled in February By February, preliminary figures should be ready on how much it will cost to implement the recom- mendations of the Presidential Task Force on Pensions, says Sheena Bamsey of the OVC Com- puter Group, chair of a group struck last summer to implement the reforms. The task force’s proposed reforms include full inflation protection for pensioners, merger of the three University pension plans and improvements in early- retirement benefits, plan por- tability, survivor benefits and long-term disability provisions. Detailed cost analyses of most of the pension reforms will be ready for presentation to the Board of Governors pensions and benefits committee in late January, but the merger proposal will require more extensive preparation, says Bamsey. "Efforts to define the shape and the cost of a pension plans merger will stretch into February, with substantial effort throughout the remainder of the year to establish the ratification process for a merger,” she says. She expects the full Board of Governors will review all pension reforms and costs in late February. The timetable for change will be based on the five-year plan and priorities contained in the pension task force report, says Bamsey. The task force, of which she was a member, recommended im- plementing reforms from 1992 to 1996. Bamsey says the Pension Reform and Implementation Group will serve as a “focus for change,” working closely with the pension and benefits committees of both the board and the Univer- sity. The committees themselves are examining their roles within the campus community, as recom- mended by the pension task force. The board committee is looking at its scope and membership: the University committee is studying its role as a communications agent in pension matters. Like Bamsey, many of the mem- bers of the seven-person im- plementation group were also part of the original pension task force, including task force chair Prof. John Benson, Economics. Other members of the group are Charles Ferguson, vice-president, ad- ministration; Don Gruber, Physi- cal Resources; Prof. Barry Millman, Physics; Eunice Cum- mings, Biomedical Sciences; and Prof. Roger Horton, Botany. Resource persons to the group are Dale Lockie of Pension Invest- ments, University treasurer Roger Phillips and Vic Reimer of Human Resources. □ Retiree pensions to increase in new year Retirees who are receiving University pension pay- ments can look forward to an increase in the new year, after an ad hoc adjustment of the formula used to calculate the yearly adjustment of benefits was made by the Board of Governors in November. An additional $500,000 will be paid out over time, says Vic Reimer, manager of Compensation and Benefits in Human Resources. The ad hoc increase is funded by the plan’s assets that have accumulated from contributions and investments, he says. “This increase indicates that the University is con- cerned about indexing relative to its retirees," says Reimer. U of G’s pension plan allows benefits to increase by an amount based on the consumer price index (CPI), a measure of the rise in the price of consumer goods over a 12-month period. The basic formula for the pension benefit increase calculates the increase by subtracting 2.5 per cent from CPI. With CPI at four percent, the formula set the benefit increase at 1.5 per cent as of Sept. 1, 1992. The adjusted formula approved by B of G for 1992/93 allows an increase of CPI minus two per cent, so the actual benefits will increase by two per cent instead of 1.5. The adjusted increase is retroac- tive to Sept. 1, 1992. Retirees can expect to see the increase on their pension cheques for January or February, says Reimer. About 1,200 retirees will be affected by the adjustment. The board approved the same ad hoc adjustment last year for 1991/92 benefits. Finding an improved formula for indexing pension benefits is a priority for the Pension Reform and Implementation Group, he says. □ 4 At Guelph /Dec. 16, 1992 Research report Ottawa freezes budgets of three granting councils to 1992 levels Federal Finance Minister Don Mazankowski’s fiscal and eco- nomic statement has taken its toll on the scientific community. Pre- viously announced four-per-cent increases in program funding for the three federal granting councils in 1 993/94 and 1 994/95 have been withdrawn. Instead, the budget of each of the councils has been frozen at 1992/93 levels. As a result, programs are being pulled or postponed as ad- ministrators try to figure out how they’ll meet the research com- munity’s needs. “There will not be enough resources to do all we had planned to do next year," says Peter Morand, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Re- search Council (NSERC). “This is disappointing news.” One of the first things to be postponed is the introduction of NSERC’s new collaborative projects grants program. Many re- searchers were deep in the throes ALL WORK. OR ALL PLAY! four C/ioice! Need to present a professional image? Turn to Thrifty. Need a special car to spice up the weekend? Turn to Thrifty. In fact, you can count on Thrifty for the perfect car tor almost any occa- sion. Call today! 824-5300 15 Passenger Van Available at this location Rent a vehicle from this location and get an official Wayne Gretzky Calendar for only 990 . Proceeds to CNIB For worldwide reservations 1-800-FOR-CARS"' (1-800-367-2277). 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Grant and scholarship alloca- tions will be decided at NSERC’s January meeting. “Council is asking the research community to understand that these measures are a result of the serious economic situation in the country and that everyone has been asked to contribute,” says Morand. “University research and training have not been singled out.” Paule Leduc, president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), called the federal budget decision regrettable, but said it will not af- fect support to researchers cur- rently holding SSHRC awards. □ Funding opportunities Information on the following programs is available from the Of- fice of Research in the Reynolds Building, Ext. 6927. Pediatric AIDS The Pediatric AIDS Foundation provides pediatric research grants, short-term pediatric travel grants and special two-year renewable pediatric scholar awards. Letters of intent are due Jan. 12. Kidney research The Allied Health Council of the Kidney Foundation funds research grants, doctoral fellowships and graduate scholarships for allied health professionals working in nephrology and urology. Applica- tion deadline is Feb. 15. Corporate co-operation The 1993 Corporate/Higher Education Forum seeks nomina- tions for two $5,000 awards aimed at promoting and recognizing ex- cellence in furthering cor- porate/university co-operation in research. The Bell Canada/Forum Award goes to the outstanding individual researcher or team doing co- operative research of major sig- nificance. The Xerox Canada/ Forum Award honors achieve- ment in advancing corporate/ university research collaboration. Only work performed in Canada is eligible. Nominations close March 1. Entiy forms are avail- able from the Office of Research. 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Prof. Ward Chesworth, Land Resource Science, received $51,870 to study the effects of hydrogen ions in high-acid- content mine drainage water and their impact on biological processes in aquatic ecosys- tems. The industrial sponsor is Dofasco. Prof. Richard Corsi, School of Engineering, was awarded $80,000 in conjunction with Canadian Petroleum Products for his efforts to determine op- timal operating parameters for the application of biofilters, a potentially efficient and low- cost technology for controlling emissions of toxic air con- taminants during soil remedia- tion. Prof. Ed Janzen, Clinical Studies, received $32,186 to develop a method of ESR spec- troscopy to measure the effects of ultraviolet radiation on polyurethane based materials. Tremco Canada is the industrial sponsor. Prof. Scott MacKenzie, Com- puting and Information Science, was awarded $81,585 in conjunction with Architel Systems Corp. to develop port- able, functional, easy-to-use keypad- and pen-based com- puting systems. □ Research awards The Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association award- ed $5,000 to Prof. Michael Goss of the Centre for Land Steward- ship to cany out a nitrogen budget on 10 farms in Huron County. Prof. Richard Corsi, School of Engineering, received $15,653 from Enviromega Ltd. to study “Emissions of VOCs from In- dustrial Drop Structures.” Prof. Rod Gentry, Mathematics and Statistics, received $11,500 from Environment Canada for “Derived Temperature Analysis — the Growing Season and Growing Degree Days.” Forestry Canada awarded Prof. Glenn Fox, Agricultural Eco- nomics and Business, $3 1 ,676 for an “Impact Assessment of Sclero- derris Canker in Ontario.” The Ontario Ministry of Agri- culture and Food (OMAF) awarded Prof. Don Grieve, Animal and Poultry Science, $13,300 to produce a meat tech- nology manual. OMAF also awarded $133,500 to Prof. Rick Yada, Food Sci- ence, for his work on “Determina- tion and/or Monitoring of Factors Regulating Process Quality of Potatoes Grown in Ontario.” Prof. Ken Leslie, Population Medicine, received $12,810 from Health and Welfare Canada for “An Evaluation of a Method of Studying the Efficacy of Pre- Milking Teat Germicides Using an Experimental Challenge with Streptococcus Auberis and Staphylococcus Aureus.” The Ontario Milk Marketing Board has awarded the following: ■ $10,000 to Profs. David Kelton, Jan Sargent, Kerry Lissemore and Wayne Mar- tin, Population Medicine, and Robert Jacobs, Pathology, for “Development and Validation of a Herd-Level BLV Testing Program.” ■ $8,400 to Prof. Ken Leslie, Population Medicine; Donald Barnum and Bonnie Mallard, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology; and John Lumsden and Robert Jacobs, Pathology, for “Identification of Factors Important in Resis- tance to the Development of Chronic Staphylococcus Aure- us Mastitis in Dairy Cows.” ■ $7,600 to Prof. Pat Shewen and Doug Hodgins, VMI, for “Immune Response of Neona- tal Dairy Calves to Antigens of Pasteur ella Haemolytica in the Absence of Maternal Anti- bodies.” Prof. Praveen Saxena, Horti- cultural Science, was awarded $108,000 by Advanced Agro En- terprises for his work on “Artifi- cial Seeds in Horticulture Crops.” The Canadian Association of Animal Breeders awarded $5,000 to Prof. Jan Thorsen, VMI, for “Detection of Bovine Diarrhea in Bulls by an Enzyme-Linked Im- munosorbent Assay.” Prof. Paul Voroney, Land Resource Science, received $10,000 from Simon Fraser Uni- versity and the Eastern Indonesia University Development Project to fund a fellowship for Adelina Siregar to study “Effects of Management on Nitrogen Mineralization of a Fall Rye Rota- tion Crop.” □ A 15 C College Driving School 4-2 ♦ Defe _ ia l attentl S gW en, °The C a " ca" a,i DEC. 2 (Serving Guelph Since 1965) hours in-class Instruction ♦ 15 lessons in the car nsive driving taught ♦ Maximum insurance discount °; s / - 11 ^ NEXT COURSES START: *| Mon.-Thurs. 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As his wife, Millice, worked from their home in Sierra Leone to try and locate him, the family’s friends in Guelph raised money to send a fellow student to the country to lobby the U.S. State Depart- ment. the Red Cross and other agencies for O’Neill’s release. He was freed Nov. 27. O’Neill says he was treated as an “honored guest” while in the hands of the group, which has been struggling with the regime that took control of the country in an April coup. RUF leader Foday Sanko guaranteed death to anyone who harmed O’Neill. Still, he had no way of contacting his family, friends or the Red Cross. It was his Red Cross affiliation that made him the target of the group, O’Neill believes. The RUF had been trying to contact the Red Cross through neigh- boring Liberia, but when that country’s civil war escalated and closed the border, the Sierra Leone group resorted to more direct methods. When they captured the town where O’Neill was working, he was taken prisoner, along with his Red Cross driver and landlord, and moved to the city of Pendenbu to meet Sanko. There, the RUF leader tried to convince them that Sierra Leone civilians need humanitarian aid from the Red Cross. They saw civilians suffering from the lack of food, water, shelter and medical aid. And contrary to the claims of the Sierra Leone govern- ment, O’Neill saw civilians bombed by a jet belong- ing to ECOMOG, the West African militia fighting in Liberia. ‘That was hard,” he says. “There were bodies all over.” Twenty civilians died in the attack, he says. Michael O’Neill, home at last. Photo by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications and although he tried to help the wounded, he had no supplies to treat them with. The rebels also showed the captives the hospitals and relief agencies already in place. O’Neill and the others were told they were free to go at any time, but because of Sanko’s order to protect them, none of the military commanders would take the responsibility of escorting them back home through dangerous territory. It was only when they had signed a release form taking responsibility for their own safety while moving through the buffer zone between the govern- ment and the rebels that O’Neill and his driver, Ali Bangura, were allowed to go. Their walk to safety brought them to the govern- ment lines that evening. In the next few days, O’Neill was debriefed by the U.S. State Department and reunited with Millice and their children, Owen and Sheila. The family is grateful for all the help they received from their Guelph friends in the form of concern, money and support, says O’Neill. “It was an in- credible effort people made on our behalf.” They are now planning to enjoy their Christmas holidays, taking time to “appreciate our family and friends much more,” he says. “It’s going to be a very good Christmas.” O Rideau Hall rose garden competition co-ordinated by landscape architect When Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn and his wife, Gerta, depart Ottawa, they will leave a rose garden legacy in their wake. But not just any rose garden. This garden will symbolize and celebrate Canadian unity on the 125th anniversary of Confedera- tion. The garden’s desigp — to be unveiled this week — was decided through a national com- petition co-ordinated by Prof. Jim Taylor, Landscape Architecture. More than 100 landscape ar- chitects expressed interest in the competition — a response well beyond what Taylor expected — and 36 of those submitted detailed entries by the Dec. 1 deadline. Although he didn’t think the Hnatyshyn’s Canadian unity theme would appeal to Quebec landscape architects, Taylor was pleasantly surprised at the response from that province. “I don’t think the country will fall apart, if the rose garden com- petition is any indication,” he says. Winner of the $5,000 prize is A.D. Regehr Landscape Ar- chitects of Toronto. Their design uses roses to relate the story of Canadian immigration and the resulting ethnic diversity that came out of that immigration, says Taylor. At the same time, it celebrates the native population. The design is in the form of an arc that represents a string of time over Canada’s 125 years. Along the arc is a series of a small rose gardens, each telling a story of a different ethnic group. The garden, which will occupy a prominent position near the front of Rideau Hall, recognizes the land's heritage landscape quality, says Taylor. “It doesn’t cut down a single tree.” The winning designer may also get a chance to carry out the landscaping, he says. There are no budget limits, and the project will be paid for through a public fund- raising campaign, not with government funds. □ Corporations help fund labs , headquarters for toxicology on campus by Steve O’Neill and Owen Roberts Office of Research Canada’s corporate toxicological community has thrown its support behind a $2-million fund-raising venture to establish laboratories for U of G’s Centre forToxicology and headquarters for the Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres (CNTC) on campus. Money raised through the effort will be channelled into the Federal Building at 620 Gordon St., which will be renovated to be both a permanent research and lab facility for the Centre forToxicol- ogy — one of CNTC’s nodes — as well as an administrative office for the network itself. This initiative coincides with the appointment of Prof. Keith Solomon, a long-time leader in toxicological research at U of G, as the Guelph centre’s director. Solomon served as associate director of the Guelph-based Canadian Centre for Toxicology before it was incorporated into the CNTC. Former OAC dean Freeman McEwen, one of the founders of the Centre for Toxicology, calls the restructuring “a long-awaited venture and a very important one for Ontario. The centre will offer an unbiased, credible source for information on toxicology.” Guelph’s Centre for Toxicol- ogy, established in 1982, earned a reputation as a solid research facility despite funding problems during the 1980s. It played a lead role in developing the Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres in 1988, an organization aimed at sharing related research on a na- tional level. Last year, the network was awarded $14.1 million through the federal Green Plan. The net- work gave the Guelph Centre for Toxicology operating funds for research projects, but by its man- date, was not able to support capi- tal projects. So Solomon teamed up with Ron Moses, associate director of collaborative research develop- ment in the Office of Research, and others to approach Canadian companies with an interest in the benefits of toxicological research. The $2-million goal was the result. “This development will be of great benefit to Guelph students," says Prof. Nigel Bunce, co- ordinator of the University’s toxicology program. “The new labs represent a wonderful oppor- tunity to further enhance toxicological education here.” Solomon says the renovation of facilities to good laboratory prac- tice standards will add a useful capability to campus. "The federal funding allows us to estab- lish a critical mass of toxicologi- cal expertise on campus to better serve regional and national needs,” he says. The Gordon Street project will be phased in over three years, al- though the centre will start oc- cupying the premises in January. Moses says the organizers’ 1993 priority is to establish a task force with representatives from in- dustry to decide the most effec- tive way of developing the new facilities. □ Turfgrass symposium Jan. 4 to 6 The Ontario Turfgrass Sym- posium will run Jan. 4 to 6 on campus. Keynote speaker is James Beard, a professor of turfgrass physiology and ecology at Texas A&M University, who will speak Jan. 5 at 1 1 a.m. on “Turfgrass Trends for the 21st Century." The symposium will feature workshops and seminars on topics of interest to the industry as a whole as well as individual sec- tors involved in lawns and landscaping, sports turf and golf courses. Also planned is a trade show featuring more than 100 turfgrass industry suppliers and services. For registration information, call Continuing Education at Ext. 3956. □ To our friends, our valued customers, we extend a heartfelt wish for a joyous holiday season filled with song, merriment, and the warm glow of family and friends. Have a happy ^ and safe Christmas. A DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR... Look into the health benefits of massage. 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This year, he’s competing with Margaret Atwood’s Good Bones — of which there are still signed copies in the campus shop — Douglas Adams’s Mostly Harmless , another wacky science fic- tion from the author of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , Pierre Berton’s autographed Niagara and The World of Trisha Romance, a coffee-table album of paintings by the Niagara-on-the-Lake artist. Judging by its strategic location on a shelf next to the cashier, the third and latest volume of The Journals ofL.M. Montgomery, edited and signed by U of G English professor Mary Rubio and professor emeritus Elizabeth Waterston, is expected to be among the season’s bestsellers. Calendars also go quickly at this time of year, feeding appetites that range from the sublime to the ridiculous. Twisting in rotating stands are glossy Audubon reproductions, Adopt-A-Whale monthly foldouts and ocean panoramas, as well as cartoons and architec- tural retrospectives of a disappearing struc- ture — the outhouse. To find a publication that is truly, deeply Guelphian, look no further than a section identified as “Campus Authors.” Offerings range from Your Patient's Anatomy by Prof. Stan Blecher, Human Biology, to The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre, edited by Prof. Eugene Benson, English, and Prof. Leonard Conolly, acting academic vice-presi- dent. A new book on the shelf is Guelph and Its Spring Festival, essays compiled by Conolly and Gloria Dent on the festival’s history, the Royal Opera House and the arts in Guelph. Conolly has also collaborated with Benson on a volume of essays called English-Canadian Theatre: Perspectives on Canadian Culture. Novels and poetry by U of G authors hold their own next to scholarly works about soil science and graveyards. Selections include English professor Janice Kulyk Keefer’s 1992 novel Rest Harrow and poems by Prof. David Waltner-Toews, Population Medicine. There are literary excursions, such as Gothic Fictions, essays edited by English professor Kenneth Graham, and Fear of the Open - Heart, essays on contemporary Canadian writers edited by Prof. Connie Rooke, chair of the Department of English. Or there are philosophical discursions — The Journalist in Plato’s Cave by Prof. Jay Newman, Philosophy, and Critical Choices: Ethics, Science and Technology, a collection of essays edited by retired political studies professor Henry Wiseman, Jokelee Vanderkop and Prof. Jorge Nef, Political Studies. Stocking stuffers for those interested in Canadian heritage include: Housing in the Countryside by Prof. Walter Kehm, director of the School of Landscape Architecture; Snake Hill, An Investigation of a Military Cemetery from the War of 1812, edited by Prof. Susan Pfeiffer, Human Biology, and Ronald Williamson; and notes from a con- ference on The Immigrant Experience edited by Prof. Catherine Kerrigan, English. History and politics ex patria surface in his- tory professor Ted Cowan’s Scottish folk his- tory The People's Past, political studies professor Fred Eidlin’s profile of the Czech Communist party and sociology professor Frans Schryer’s Ethnicity and Class Conflict in Rural Mexico. Social scientists look at child care in Canada (Prof. Donna Lero, Family Studies) and stu- dent well-being around the globe (Prof. Alex Michalos, Philosophy). Animal scientists Profs. Joe Geraci and David St. Aubin, Pathology, look at the well-being of ocean dwellers in the book they’ve edited on Sea Mammals and Oil: Confronting the Risks. Two volumes of record keep each other company: Waterston’s bibliography of travel writers who documented their journeys through Canada before 1900; and the Shaw Festival Production Record, compiled by ad- junct drama professor Dan Laurence. □ Gloria Vidovich, a part-time employee of the U of G Bookstore displays some of the books by campus authors that may find their way into Christmas stockings this year. Photos by Martha Tancock, University Communications Far away from home by Margaret Boyd University Communications I nternational students at U of G don’t have to feel lonely during the holiday season. The campus guarantees all inter- national students a chance to cele- brate a Canadian Christmas with a local family, says international student adviser Don Amichand. “For every person who wants a place to go for Christmas, we will find one," says Amichand. “No one has to be lonely.” Amichand, who has been plac- ing international students with Guelph families at Christmas for the past 24 years, remembers his own first Christmas in Canada. As an international student attending the University of Regina, he spent the holiday with a family in Rivers, Man. It was a memorable experience, he says, and he still keeps in touch with the family. Most of the 780 international students from 80 countries attend- ing U of G this year will make their own plans for Christmas. A small percentage go home; others spend the holiday with local fami- ly members and friends. Provi- sions are also made for interna- tional students who want to stay in residence over the holidays. Amichand estimates about 60 to 70 international students will re- quest a placement with a Guelph family this Christmas. To place them, the Counselling and Student Resource Centre works closely with campus chaplains and area churches and service clubs to find host families. In addition, a num- ber of students volunteer to take international students home for the Christmas break. Host families can be flexible in extending hospitality to interna- tional students. The students may stay with the families for a day, several days or several weeks, depending on their schedules. The program has had great sup- port from the community over the years, says Amichand. Many host families call the University each year, offering to share their Christmas celebrations with an in- ternational student. “There are many faculty and staff, too. who call year after year,” he says. “The already strong community support of this University becomes even more apparent over the holiday season. There is a lot of goodwill.” Sharing Christmas with an inter- national student is an enriching experience for both the student and the host family, says Amichand. For many of the stu- dents, it’s their first experience of Christmas and a snowy winter. “For people with small children, sharing Christmas celebrations can be a fascinating experience for both sides,” he says. Efforts will be made to accom- modate students who decide at the last minute they want a place to go for Christmas. They should call Amichand at Ext. 3954 by Dec. 1 8 or Rev. Ed Den Haan at Ext. 2392 by Dec. 24. □ With a song in her heart at Christmas Adrenalin runs high the night the curtain drops on an amateur stage show. Just when the rough edges smooth out and the cast is so-o-o polished, it’s closing night! Wait a minute. The 29-member cast of Anything Goes, the Cole Porter musical presented in November by Royal City Musical Productions Inc., is still surfing on that adrenalin wave. After the roar of applause subsided at the final performance in War Memorial Hall, the cast made plans to sing together again — for Christmas. Alumni affairs officer Sue Lawrenson, who played a leading role as Hope, was among RCMP singers presenting a medley of Anything Goes tunes and Christ- mas carols recently at the Elliott Home for the elderly. Lawrenson and her sister, Karen, who played the role of Virtue in the show, are also performing in a carol service at St. Alban’s Church in Glen Wil- liams. The holiday season is a perfect segue out of the show. “During the show you’re on such a high, you know you’ll have to come down,” says Sue Lawrenson. “But if you know you’re going to perform at Christmas time, that really helps.” Besides, “Christmas and music are so special for me, the more I can do at Christmas time, the hap- pier is my season.” A native of Guelph, Lawrenson has been singing since she was in grade school and a teacher recog- nized her talent. Further en- couraged at Centennial High School, where she travelled with the Meistersingers, she enrolled in Wilfrid Laurier University’s music program. After graduating in 1986, she “loved singing so much, I didn’t want to make a career out of it.” Instead, she returned to Guelph and landed a job working on U of G’s capital campaign for three years. That fund-raising experi- ence translated into an 18-month stint raising money for McMaster University. Back at Guelph for the past two years, her current job in- volves helping U of G alumni as- sociations organize special events. Away from the office, music is still a big part of Lawrenson ’s life. In addition to her theatre work, she sings with local church choirs and often performs with her sister, a 1980 music graduate of Guelph. □ No, Sue Lawrenson doesn’t nor- mally wear an evening gown and pearls on the job; this is one of the costumes she wore in Anything Goes. At Guelph / Dec. 16, 1992 7 Vegetarian Christmas celebrates the Earth by Margaret Boyd University Communications Christmas should be an enjoy- able culinary challenge, says Anne Lukin, chef at Massey Hall coffee shop and author of two vegetarian cookbooks. Lukin, who considers it her mission to dispel misconcep- tions about vegetarian cooking, notes that being a vegetarian is not about deprivation. At Christmas, even though the traditional dinner includes turkey, a delicious vegetarian feast can be enjoyed. In fact, vegetarian fare fits in with the Christmas theme of being thankful, she says. “Vegetarian cooking cele- brates the abundance of things to choose from and the bounty of the Earth.” In her second cookbook. On the Road to Vegetarian Cook- ing, published late last year by Second Story Press, Lukin tries to solve a problem many people face — what to feed vegetarian guests. “Traditional meat eaters or those who are beginning to cut out meats don’t know how to proceed,” she says. “I have tried to take the intimidation out of vegetarian cooking.” One problem people have is figuring out what to put on the plate to replace meat, says Lukin. She suggests making an acom squash the central focus, serving it baked and stuffed with rice, herbs and beans. Learning to use foods such as tofu, tempeh, beans and grains can open up a whole new world of cooking. “Don’t regard it as a cross,” she says. “The challenge of vegetarian cooking is to take North American favorites and turn them into vegetarian dishes." For Christmas dinner, Lukin suggests trying something non- traditional — Indonesian coconut sauce for carrots and cauliflower, mashed sweet potatoes with pecans or carrots braised in apple cider with honey and cinnamon. These ideas and more can be found in her cookbook. “Vegetarian cooking is about a change in attitude, a widening of new traditions,” she says. "Many other cultures are vegetarian in basis, and many ideas can be borrowed from their cuisines." Lukin believes that interest in vegetarian diets is here to stay. At the coffee shop, she and her co-manager, Sharon Bishop, have seen a growing interest in vegetarian food among their clientele. Lukin notes that many restaurants now offer vegetarian options, and many health food and grocery stores offer convenience vegetarian foods. “People can’t change over- night,” she says. “Try one or two vegetarian meals per week. You might like it." □ Old St. Nick, alias Tom Smith of Computing and Communications Services, prepares to hand out gifts collected by the local Sertoma Club. Helping him out are elves Tracey Alberico, left, of Human Resources and Elaine Curran of Admissions, along with Mrs. Claus, a.k.a. Frances Jack of Academic Records. Photo by Martha Tancock, University Communications Invisible Santa makes dreams come true by Martha Tancock University Communications T om Smith has 400 gifts to deliver this Christmas. That many children have already told him — the invisible Sertoma Santa Claus — exactly what they want to find under their tree. And they won’t be disappointed. For the past nine years. Smith, a senior analyst in academic computing systems for Computing and Communications Services, has been playing St. Nick to hundreds of needy children in the Guelph area as well as dozens of native children in the Moose Deer Point reserve near Parry Sound. The Sertoma Club’s Christmas Dream Program “provides a little brightness in the lives of disadvantaged children,” says the surrogate Santa. He is one of 10 Santas who made a pre-Christmas run Sunday in bor- rowed vans with costumed elves to deliver wrapped gifts and stockings full of candies and coloring books. As chair of the nine-year-old dream pro- gram, Smith begins organizing in the fall. First, local social agencies identify those needy children whose parents have agreed to enter their names. The children make a request for something they really want. Sertoma Club members — there are only 21 — look for anonymous sponsors who will buy a gift for one of the children. The club then supplies sponsors with the child’s first name, age and desired gift, and suggests where to find the gift within the $35 price limit. Sertoma will buy gifts for any child for whom it cannot find a sponsor. On Saturday, sponsors took their gifts to Bishop Macdonell high school, where stu- dents volunteers wrapped them in time for the Sunday delivery. Along with a gift, children received stock- ings donated by Big V drugstores filled with coloring books from Home Hardware and stuffed with candy. When the dream program started nine years ago, Sertoma delivered gifts to about 1 00 children. The numbers have quadrupled as the program becomes better known and the need increases, says Smith. “I daresay lots of children are going to have a pretty bleak Christmas and we’re not going to find out about them. There are probably some pretty desperate people who don’t know where to get help." For three years, he has also organized a gift run to Moose Deer Point Indian Reserve near Parry Sound. Not only does the club deliver presents to about 50 children, but it also prepares gifts for needy elders in the community west of Moon River. This effort is financed entirely by Sertoma. Smith approaches individuals and employee groups on campus for sponsor- ships. “I’m not afraid to ask for donations." He’s well known in the University com- munity, which he joined in 1981 as a teach- ing assistant in computing science. Original- ly a glazier metal mechanic with Scott Glass, he changed careers after enrolling pan time at U of G in 1979. Christmas season is hectic for Smith and his Sertoma colleagues. He devoted most evenings and weekends to the dream pro- gram, but once he has delivered the gifts, he turned his sleigh south to Florida for a two- week respite. Then it’s back to twice-month- ly meetings and other fund-raising en- deavors. The Guelph chapter of the Sertoma Club, headed by Judy O’Donnell of the Office of Research, raises money from bingos, golf tournaments and hot dog sales to provide office space for local charitable organiza- tions in a house it owns in Guelph. □ Holidays can be a lonely time Christmas is a time of joy when families sing carols around the piano, gather at a twinkling tree to exchange gifts, sit down to a sumptuous feast of turkey and home- made plum pudding, and raise their glas- ses to toast in the new year. So why do some people dread it so much? Why, when everyone is together, is there such a nagging sense of loneli- ness? And why, when it's all over, is there that miserable feeling of emptiness? “I’ve noticed people saying that Christmas is difficult and depressing and yet they feel they ought to be having fun,” says campus minister Lucy Reid. “But it’s not as simple as that.” During this season of compulsory jollity, “it’s important to do some inner journeying,” she says. That empty feeling, that vague depres- sion after the festivities are over, occurs because "we haven’t really been in touch with our deeper level of being,” she says. People have to give time and attention to what moves them most deeply, she says, rather than skate along the surface. Emotions and expectations run high during a traditionally family time. “We operate at a level we don’t usually operate at,” says Reid. “Our deepest longings for peace and harmony and connectedness" surface at Christmas. The contrast can be stark between what we yeam for and what we have, she says. Rather than bury their feelings under the tinselled tree, people should “carve but an oasis of time in all the jollity to just be with those feelings at a deeper level.” Student counsellor Liz Honegger says focusing inward may be helpful for some, but not for all. If conditions in the home are stressful, she suggests having alterna- tive plans in place and lining up a support network to turn to. Call a friend, go to a movie, go skating, go out for coffee. The emphasis on togetherness at Christmas makes any loss or separation all the more pointed, says Honegger. Feeling sad or uncomfortable about such things is normal, she says. “For people with losses, Christmas makes the hole feel bigger because of the hype; it some- how exaggerates how empty it feels." She says it’s important to recognize that tensions are normal in families. Christmas may be stressful, she says, but it’s also a time when families solidify their roots. “Some families don’t do it any other time of year.” □ 8 At Guelph /Dec. 16, 1992 A year in review: the ups and downs, the highs 1992 was 12 months of change, clouded by uncertainties and cluttered with surprises. It was goodbye to President Brian Segal and goodbye to funding. Amidst the gloom, however, came beams of progressive news: new graduate programs, new educational and research links, pension reform, teaching awards and national recognition in the ratings game. On these pages. At Guelph offers some high- lights of a year that will go down in memory as one of the most challenging for Ontario universities. Forget the pomp and circumstance! There are grass and grubs to be explored, as this youngster discovers during a spring convocation ceremony on Johnston Green. Photos by Roberta Franchuk, University Communications January ■ President Brian Segal aims for zero tolerance of violence against women and supports the Advisory Committee on Sexual Harassment’s emphasis on education in its first annual report. ■ Astronaut and U of G graduate Roberta Bondar rockets into orbit in the space shuttle Dis- covery on its Jan. 22 mission. ■ The W. Garfield Weston Foun- dation gives $1 million to cre- ate a research chair in food- packaging technology. ■ Winter enrolment of new stu- dents drops in keeping with the University’s aim to reduce un- dergraduate enrolment to below 12.000. ■ The U of G Child-Care Centre celebrates its second anniver- sary. ■ Reviewers are named to ex- amine U of G’s involvement in the Sulawesi Project. ■ Segal warns of more belt tight- ening after Queen’s Park an- nounces it plans to limit increases to universities to one per cent in 1 992/93 and two per cent in each of the following years. February ■ Phase 3 of the internal review focuses on changes to non- teaching activities in the seven colleges and recommends more consultation. ■ The federal Green Plan gives $14.1 million over five years to the Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres, to which Guelph belongs, for research of toxic substances that threaten the environment and health. ■ In its preliminary report, the Presidential Task Force on Pensions says U of G should improve indexation, early- retirement criteria and termina- tion provisions. ■ A spruced-up War Memorial Hall reopens for winter con- vocation. During the cere- monies, Canadian engineer Claudette MacKay-Lassonde receives an honorary doctor of science, and Clare Rennie, former deputy minister of agriculture, is named an honorary fellow of U of G. ■ Roger Phillips of Kraft General Foods is named the Univer- sity’s new treasurer. ■ A survey is planned to identify safety issues for women on campus as the first step in im- proving campus safety using a $50,000 provincial grant. ■ A proposed master’s degree in creative writing is approved by Senate, but put on hold until funds are available. ■ Segal says he and administra- tors plan to consult with stu- dents, staff and faculty about the 1992/93 operating budget and the need to rein in a grow- ing deficit. March ■ OVC professor Ron Downey is named to the newly created Col. K.L. Campbell Chair in Animal Welfare, which aims to explore ways to replace the use of animals in research. ■ The feared Michelangelo virus fails to infect any computers on campus, but other viruses are discovered. ■ A record number of desperate students seek financial relief through government grants, loans and bursaries, special ap- peals and part-time work. ■ Guelph catches up to other universities by charging a $35 fee for graduate program ap- plications. ■ College Royal stages its 68th annual open house. ■ Administrators unveil a three- year budget to gradually eliminate the University’s $14- million deficit. April ■ Digging begins for the new $3- million, 25-metre swimming pool. ■ Electronic mail goes campus wide. ■ Two research chairs are created in the Department of Food Science to detect food pathogens in dairy products and to find uses for milk com- ponents. Funding comes from the Natural Sciences and En- ■ gineering Research Council, the Ontario Milk Marketing Board and the Ontario Dairy Council. ■ Co-op students find it harder to get summer placements be- cause of a weakening Canadian economy. ■ The Cruickston Park Commit- tee aims to explore develop- ment options for the 980-acre property near Cambridge be- queathed to the University. ■ The top female athlete of the year is track star Heather Noble, a nutrition student. Top male athlete is football player Frank Marof, a student in ■ management economics. ■ A committee is named to review Segal’s appointment in the fourth year of his five-year term. ■ Elinor Bolger retires after 26 years as executive secretary for three vice-presidents and three presidents. Ellen Pearson, head of the library’s projects and development division, retires after 23 years. Guelph’s first agrometeorologist, Ken King, retires after 36 years. ■ History departments at Guelph, Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier universities join resources to offer a PhD program in 1993. ■ The province gives Guelph $407,000 towards its $5.4-mil- lion costs of implementing pay equity. An appeal goes out to faculty and librarians to help avert staff layoffs by pledging money, taking reduced workloads or unpaid leave or waiving profes- sional development funds. ■ Segal resigns to become pub- lisher of Maclean s magazine and senior vice-president of Maclean-Hunter Canadian Publishing. May ■ Administrative vice-president Charles Ferguson appoints a committee to look for options to a possible staff layoff. The grandchildren of Guelph- born, world-renowned tenor Edward Johnson donate his ar- chives to the U of G Library. ■ Students feel the pinch of Ontario’s budget with a $10 in- crease in the minimum weekly amount expected from working students applying for Ontario Student Assistance Plan sup- port. ■ The campus drug plan switches to generics. ■ The Central Student Associa- tion (CSA) elects teachers of the year: Profs. Phil Sweeny, Microbiology, and Evan Legakis and Helier Robinson, Philosophy. ■ Faculty and librarians pledge $900,000 over three years to help the University reduce the need for temporary staff layoffs. That brings to $ 1 .3 mil- lion the amount U of G must shave from its budget. ■ A coroner’s jury rules that suicide was the cause of death of U of G student James Harrison, who died in a fall in South Residences Dec. 8, 1990. ■ In an effort to erase $14.9 mil- lion from the base budget, the administration proposes a five- year budget th • .alls for freez- ing senior administrators’ salaries and cutting five per cent from departmental bud- gets. An appeal to unions ends in their refusal to reopen con- tracts. New student fees are in- troduced; athletic and medical fees rise. ■ The committee considering temporary layoffs says a five- day staff layoff may be the only way to save $1.3 million. June ■ Two CPES students captu re the Winegard and Forster medals: undergraduate Nicolas Tremblay and graduate student Michael Organ. ■ A bright spot in a gloomy fiscal picture — the University’s de- velopment group raised $17.9 million in private-sector pledges, $ 10 million more than its goal for 1991/92. ■ Six hundred timber framers from across the continent donate their labor to complete a 132-foot wooden covered bridge in Guelph. ■ Academic vice-president Jack MacDonald is named acting president effective Aug. 1 . ■ Alumni Weekend includes a rededication of the newly renovated War Memorial Hall. ■ More than 1,600 students receive degrees at spring con- vocation. Hotelier Isadore Sharp, earth scientist William Fyfe, engineer James Ham, former International Develop- ment Research Centre presi- dent David Hopper and author Joy Kogawa receive honorary degrees. Three retired OVC professors are also honored: Harry Downie and Donald Horney receive medals of merit; Jim Raeside is named professor emeritus. ■ Guelph makes eight bids for transition funds from the province. ■ U of G’s animal-care staff and Animal-Care Committee win a national award for excellence. ■ Guelph becomes the third university in Ontario to offer a master of fine art degree in studio practice. ■ Segal sends employee groups a letter announcing the post- ponement of a five-day staff layoff at Christmas. ■ Professional staff are offered a flexible self-funded leave plan. ■ Ken MacKay, senior project officer for information technol- ogy. retires after 24 years of directing computing changes on campus. OAC students throw caution to the wind in the annual Aggie Week bed race in September. At Guelph /Dec. 16, 1992 9 and lows, the good, the bad and the ugly Brian Sullivan, associate vice-president for student affairs, plays the fall guy in the dunk tank at the annual community barbecue. ■ The final report of the pension task force recommends merg- ing the University’s three plans. ■ Senate urges a semi-open search for president. July ■ Physical Resources con- solidates in the J.C. Hersey Building. ■ Cut-off marks for new students rise to 80 per cent or higher as U of G attempts to curtail first- year enrolment. ■ Prof. Paul Hebert, chair of the Department of Zoology, is named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. ■ Prof. Nigel Bunce, Chemistry and Biochemistry, is named one of the province’s top teachers by the Ontario Con- federation of University Facul- ty Associations. U of G’s new police bicycle patrol. ■ The campus says good-bye to Segal. ■ Botanist Doug Larson dis- covers ancient cedar wood debris almost 3,000 years old on the Niagara Peninsula. The rings could unravel some of the mystery of climate changes since deglaciation. ■ Cara pledges $100,000 to FACS for a teaching and lab addition. ■ Prof. Carole Stewart, Philoso- phy, is named new dean of the College of Arts. ■ Three hundred faculty sign a petition supporting Senate’s call for a semi-open presiden- tial search. September ■ Prof. Joe Cunsolo, Mathe- matics and Statistics, becomes the ninth U of G faculty mem- ber to win a national 3M Teach- ing Fellowship. ■ Guelph wins $916,000 in tran- sition funding from the pro- vince for four projects. ■ The presidential search com- mittee seeks opinions about what people want in a new president. ■ Carleton geography professor David Knight is named dean of the College of Social Science. ■ University Police are using bicycles to patrol the campus. ■ The University Centre ad- ministration takes over opera- tion of the Bullring from the CSA. ■ The campus hiring freeze is lifted. ■ The second annual sexual harassment report contains recommendations on gender harassment and third-party complaints. ■ Alan Watson becomes new director of The Arboretum, succeeding zoology professor Keith Ronald. ■ Undergraduates return in unex- pectedly high numbers. ■ The rules get stricter for mature students seeking to enrol at Guelph. For one thing, they must have been out of high school at least five years, not two as before. ■ MacDonald kicks off the cam- pus United Way campaign at the homecoming game against Wilfrid Laurier. This year’s campaign goal is $140,000. ■ For the first time in its 27-year relationship with U of G, the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food reduces its sup- port by $1.5 million. Support for red meat and land steward- ship programs is also cut. ■ Restructuring moves beyond the administrative to the aca- demic arena. A committee is struck to rethink the Univer- sity’s academic organization. ■ Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell expand the window of opportunity for fast-food consumption in Centre Six. ■ A new master’s program in aquaculture is U of G’s re- sponse to a growing interest in and concern about fish farming in Canada. ■ Agricultural engineering at U of G goes the way of the dodo. ■ HAFA aims to fill a credential gap and make a grab for Canadian students heading south for advanced studies by offering a master’s program in hospitality management ■ Board of Governors postpones a vote on amendments to the sexual harassment policy after faculty members complain about a lack of consultation. ■ Women’s safety on campus is expected to improve with a $50,000 grant from the province. ■ A first-year student is rushed to a Toronto hospital with bac- terial meningitis. October ■ Three scientists receive honors at fall convocation. Soil scien- tist Daniel HiUel receives an honorary degree, retired en- gineering professor Hugh Ayers is awarded a medal of merit, and food science profes- sor Howard Swatland receives the John Bell Award. ■ Two scholarships for female engineering students are created in memory of the 14 women slain in the Montreal massacre. ■ The Smithsonian Institution releases four Stradivari instru- ments owned by U of G benefactor Herbert Axelrod for an Ontario tour. ■ The third volume of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s diaries is launched. ■ The Presidential Search Com- mittee begins sifting through a short list of candidates for the top job. ■ A waste audit by engineering student Alexander Hall reveals that campus recycling efforts are hampered by misinforma- tion and a lack of co-operation. ■ Wide consultation begins on sexual harassment policy chan- ges. ■ In a position paper, the CSA calls on the federal government to take over postsecondary education. ■ Universities don’t need to be monitored on how they spend their money, campus repre- sentatives tell a provincial task force on accountability. ■ U of G graduate Michael O’Neill is abducted by Liberian rebels in Sierra Leone and is not released until late November. ■ After airing concerns, Senate votes overwhelmingly to sup- port changes to the sexual harassment policy. November ■ The Cruickston Park Farm Ad- visory Committee holds an open house to give the public one last chance to make sug- gestions before it makes its final report about how to use the 980-acre gift. ■ Maclean’s magazine ranks Guelph third among “com- prehensive” universities in its second annual comparison of Canadian universities. ■ A new task force on human rights is to examine racism and come up with a policy on non- sexual discrimination. The search for a part-time human rights adviser begins. ■ Communication is expected to improve with the creation of a monthly consultative forum where employee and student group reps can talk about com- mon problems. ■ Graduate students welcome a new committee that will give them a chance to discuss work- ing conditions and stipends with administration. ■ Rural communities and their survival is the focus of a new multidisciplinary PhD pro- gram. ■ Guelph gets $600,000 more than expected in pay equity funding this year. ■ Fidel Castro’s brother Ramond visits campus. ■ Another community college link is forged, this time be- tween Durham College’s food and drug technology program and Guelph’s Department of Food Science. ■ A land-use monitoring system using satellite images links U of G with Ontario’s Institute for Space and Terrestrial Sciences. December ■ Worst fears are realized as Queen’s Park breaks an earlier promise to increase funding by two per cent in each of the next two years. Students are shock- ed at another seven-per-cent in- crease in tuition fees and a freeze on grants. ■ Family studies graduate stu- dent Linda Barton wins the R.P. Gilmor Student Life Award for contributing to health and wellness on campus. ■ The campus United Way cam- paign raises a total of $ 1 30,900, 93.5 per cent of its goal. ■ The Presidential Search Com- mittee announces it has nar- rowed its list of candidates down to four and that the list will remain confidential. □ Former College of Arts dean David Murray adds his name to a list of Canadians who want Quebec to remain part of this country. Special constable Gary Ferris wheels his way across campus as part of 10 At Guelph /Dec. 16, 1992 Classifieds For sale Boy's micron skates, sizes 3 and 6. 823-1559. 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Prof. Geoff Sumner-Smith has been named acting chair of the Department of Clinical Studies while Prof. Danny Butler is on administrative leave. Job opportunities As of At Guelph deadline Dec. 1 1 , the following were available: Orientation Co-ordinator, Counselling and Student Resource Centre, temporary leave, contrac- tually limited from Jan. 4 to Sept. 30, 1993. Normal hiring range: $34,845 to $40,943 a year. The following were available to the spectator stands for two full days of hockey, but strapped on their own blades Saturday after- noon to skate with Santa Claus. The tournament made history this year, with four women’s teams competing for the first time. An OAC ’85 team received the women’s championship trophy. There were also 22 men’s teams — 1 2 competitive teams and 1 0 in on-campus employees only: Baker, Hospitality and Retail Ser- vices. Salary: $13.11 start rate; $16.09 job rate (’91/92 rates). Agricultural Assistant, OVC Isolation Facility, contractually limited from February 1993 to Jan. 30, 1994. Normal hiring range: $13.17 to 14.71 an hour, subject to committee review. □ See you in the new year! This is the last issue of At Guelph for the fall semester. The first issue of the new year is Jan. 13. Copy deadline for that issue is Jan. 7 at noon. □ a social division. OAC ’82 players defeated a Mills Hall team for the competi- tive division championship, and the Faceoffs beat Bio Sci in the consolation final. In the social division, the Kleinburg Pigs defeated the Screaming Iguanas for the championship. OAC ’79A took the consolation trophy over OAC ’85. Trophy presentations were made by Trish Walker, director of alumni affairs. The weekend tournament also included a Friday night wine and cheese party in the Faculty Club, a family skate and a collection of food items for the Guelph Food Bank. Tournament organizers were Rudy Diemer, an OAC ’85 graduate who is now an artificial insemination technician at United Breeders in Guelph; Brian Tapscott, OAC ’81, a fur farm specialist with the Ontario Minis- try of Agriculture and Food; Prof. Alfons Weersink. OAC ’82, Department of Agricultural Economics and Business; Mike Van Beek, OAC ’81, owner of Classic Lines Landscape Service; and Bill Seegmiller, OAC ’83, a field extension co-ordinator for United Breeders. □ Human Resources report A Memorable Gift. y A watercolor original or print by local artist Marlene Jofriel is a gift to treasure. Her note cards of familiar Guelph scenes make a thoughtful gift of . , the season loo. 4 jV srJt/* Visit the studio . . . x a- feel free to * browse & chat ^ with the artist. Mon.-Fri. 10a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Studio. 105 Wyndham SI. N. 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At Guelph /Dec. 16, 1992 11 Development conference International Education Ser- vices is hosting a “Working in Development” conference Jan. 22 and 23. Cost is $ 1 2. Registra- tion deadline is Jan. 11. To register, call Ext. 6915. Aboriginal education A conference on aboriginal postsecondary education will be held at the University of Win- nipeg Feb. 1 8 to 20. Participants will discuss an agenda for the long-term participation of the aboriginal community in post- secondary education. Speakers include Grand Chief Ovide Mercredi of the Assembly of First Nations and Yvon Dumont, president of the Manitoba Metis Federation. Deadline for registration by mail is Jan. 1 5. For more infor- mation, call Stan Manoakeesick at 204-786-9190. New Year’s Day levee The New Year’s Day levee with the lieutenant-governor of On- tario is open to members of the U of G community. The levee is Jan. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the lieutenant-governor’s suite at Queen’s Park. Forages ’93 The Ontario Forage Council presents “Forages ’93” Jan. 14 at Kemptville and Jan. 15 at Woodstock. Topics include forage quality, hay marketing Notices and forage harvest manage- ment Preregister by Jan. 8 or register at the door. Write to the Ontario Forage Council, Box 1121, Guelph, N1H6N3. TVavel grants The Canada- Asian Centre and Asia Pacific Foundation offer 20 travel grants of $5,000 to full-time graduate students in international business programs to do research in Southeast Asia. The deadline for applications is Jan. 10. For more information, visit International Education Services on Level 4 of the University Centre. Skating party An old-fashioned skating party is the format for the Rotary Club Skateathon Jan. 9 at the Gryphon gold arena. Public skating is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for $2 per person. Tickets for groups are available from the Rotary Club. Call Len Haslam at 836-9195, Call for papers The deadline for submitting papers for the 1993 biannual meeting of the East Asia Council's Canadian Asian Studies Association is Jan. 15. The theme is “Canada’s Response to the Asia Pacific Challenge.” For more informa- tion, visit International Educa- tion Services on Level 4 of the University Centre. Our people Prof. Dilip Banerji and graduate student Ben Halley, Computing and Information Science, presented a paper on “Optimal Register Allocation and Binding in Behavioral Synthesis” at the Canadian Conference on VLSI in Halifax. Co-authors of the paper are Prof. Tom Wilson, CIS, and Richard Deadman of Mitel Corp. Prof. Eugene Balon, Zoology, hosted Karel Hensel of Czecho- slovakia at the Institute of Ich- thyology, where she spent a month studying U of G’s coelecanth collection. Prof. John Pratschke, Con- sumer Studies, led a series of workshops and seminars on inter- national marketing in Cuba last Publications The Proceedings of the En- tomological Society of Ontario, Vol. 122, contains an article by Prof. Peter Kevan and graduate student Mark Offer, Environmen- tal Biology, and W.A. Straver and T.M. Laverty on “Pollination of Greenhouse Tomatoes by Bumblebees in Ontario,” as well as an article by Kevan on “Honeybees ( Apis Mellifera : Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Fonofos on Sweet Corn (Zea Mays: Poaceae).” Kevan is also author with Prof. Hung Lee and professor emeritus Reg Schuel, Environmental Biology, of “Sugar Ratios in Nectars of Varieties of Canola ( Brassica Napus)." “Identification of Bent DNA and ARS Fragments in the Genome of Choristoneura Fumi- feranaD Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus,” written by Prof. Peter Dobos, Prof. Peter Krell and Ho YunLee, Microbiology, and Basil Arif of the Forest Pest Manage- ment Institute in Sault Ste. Marie, appeared in Virus Research 24. Prof. Bram Cadsby, Economics, has published two papers recent- ly. “Experimental Tests of Richardian Equivalence,” with Murray Frank, appeared in Economic Inquiry, Vol. 29, and “Tum-of-Month and Pre-Holiday Effects on Stock Returns: Some International Evidence,” with Mitchell Ratner, appeared in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 16. Prof. Gail Grant, Sociology and Anthropology, is author of “That Was a Woman’s Satisfaction" in the Journal of Oral History and a chapter on “Myths and Metamor- phoses” in the book Undis- ciplined Women. “Adolescent Sex Offenders and Social Skills Training,” by Roger Graves, Kim Openshaw and Prof. Gerald Adams, Family Studies, appeared in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Com- parative Criminology, Vol. 36. Prof. Chris McKenna, Econom- ics, is author of “Counter-offers in the Theory of Individual Job Search," which appeared in Economics Letters 38. “Use of Bacitracin in the Prevention and Treatment of Ex- perimentally Induced Idiopathic Colitis in Horses” an article by Prof. Henry Staempfli, Clinical Studies; Prof. John Prescott, Veterinary Microbiology and Im- munology, Prof. Laura McCutcheon. Pathology; and Robert Carman of Technilab, was published in Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 56. Prof. Hans Bakker, Sociology and Anthropology, edited Vol. 1 of the Integrated Rural Develop- ment Review as part of the Guelph-Wageningen exchange. Graduate students Vivian Nicholson and Leonel Mendoza and Prof. John Prescott, VMI, published “Immunoblot Analysis of the Humoral Immune Re- sponse to Pythium Insidiosum in Horses with Pythiosis” in Journal month. He also presented the ple- nary address on “The Internation- al Environment for Business” in Havana and Santiago de Cuba. The work of June Clark- Greenberg, a sessional instructor in the Department of Fine Ait, was part of the “African- Canadian Odyssey” exhibit in the Power Plant Gallery in Toronto. Prof. Chandler Kirwin, Fine Art, spoke on “The Bubble Repu- tation: Leonardo da Vinci and the Sforza Horse Project” at the an- nual conference of the Univer- sities Art Association of Canada last month in Victoria. “The Con- struction of the Feminine in the Paintings of Emily Carr” was pre- sented by Prof. Gerta Moray. □ GUELPH and its * Spring Festival THE BOOK ABOUT GUELPH. ITS MUSIC, AND ITS PEOPLE ♦ $25 (G.S.T. included) AVAILABLE AT: The Bookshelf, Duncan McPhee, Guelph Civic Museum, Guelph Spring Festival 10B Carden Street 4- 821-3210 of Clinical Microbiology, Vol. 30. Prof. Bill Graf, chair of the Department of Political Studies, edited The Internationalization of the German Political Economy, part of the Macmillan Internation- al Political Economy Series. A paper entitled “Experimental Infection of Severe Combined Immunodeficient Beige Mice with Mycobacterium Para tuber- culosis of Bovine Origin," written by graduate student George Mutwiri and Prof. Soren Rosen- dal, VMI; Prof. Danny Butler. Clinical Studies; and Prof. Julie Yager, Pathology, appeared in In- fection and Immunity, Vol. 60. Prof. Gauri Mittal, School of Engineering, had three publica- tions in Proceedings of the 38th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology: "Role of Fat in Pork Breakfast Sausages," with Prof. Shai Barbut, Animal and Poultry Science; “Test Con- ditions for Measuring Water- Holding Capacity of Beef Products,” with Barbut and Ming Zhang; and “Heat and Mass Transport Modelling During Meatball Cooking," with Edeen Huang. □ Because friendship and good kwill of those we serve is the foundation of our business, it is our pleasure to say " thank you" and to wish you all the blessings and /oys of a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. 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Photo by Martha Tancock ’Twas the night before Christmas And all through the campus, not a creature was stirring except . . . by Martha Tancock University Communications A s a snowy silence settles over the campus between Christmas and New Year’s, a few hollow hallways will echo with the solitary footsteps of a janitor consigned to holiday duty. “It’s a pretty dead place,” says Ken Steer, head of Housekeeping. Not that dead, says lead house- keeping hand Don Baker. He and two others are working three six- hour days each during the holiday period, and Baker is on call Christmas and New Year’s Day. They’ll be emptying garbage cans, dust mopping and cleaning washrooms in any buildings that are open or used during the week. Two things he can count on: post-surgery cleanup in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and mopping up athletic dressing rooms after a game. These are pre- dictable, says Baker. There are usually some emergency surgery and a basketball or volleyball tournament over the Christmas season. What is unpredictable has formed the stuff of housekeeping — no. University — legend. He remembers well the year the pipes burst in Johnston Hall and flooded the residence. Students departing for the winter break had left win- dows open. The balmy weather had turned bitter overnight, freez- ing the water in the radiators. When they ruptured, the pipes gushed a tidal wave of destruction that took a full staff two weeks to dry out. Ceiling tiles fell, wool carpets shrunk, books curled and com- puters conked out in the wake of the water. Baker wore high rubber boots to wade through the rooms with a vacuum. On one Christmas Eve, he had finished his shift and was picking up some last-minute groceries when his beeper went off. He raced back to campus to inves- tigate a flood in the MacNaughton Building. Someone had left a laboratory tap running, the sink had plugged and the water had seeped from the third floor to the basement. “People have got other things on their mind,” says Baker. He turned the tap off, took the groceries home, returned and mopped up for 3 1/2 hours. Baker won’t be the only person prowling the campus over the holiday break. International stu- dents unable to go home are housed together temporarily in Watson Hall. They — and other students — can use the library Dec. 27 to 30 when it opens from noon to 5 p.m. Faculty and stu- dents with keys will likely be in and out of labs during the week. They might also watch a hockey match between Sweden and Guelph tentatively scheduled for Dec. 29. Because of the presence of the overseas team, Gryph’s Lounge manager Craig Moore has decided to open the pub New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day and Jan. 2 and 3. “This is unusual for the holiday period,” says Moore, but “it’ll be quite fun. People will be in a good mood.” It will also be business as usual at the campus police station and fire hall. The University will have 24-hour service, with at least two security officers, one fire preven- tion officer and a dispatcher on duty for each shift. Fire prevention officers will be making their semester inspection of residence buildings to ensure they meet with fire code stand- ards, and will be available to respond to fire or medical emer- gencies or physical emergencies such as burst pipes. Security staff will be checking buildings and monitoring activity on campus. □ Green up the holidays A “green” Christmas — in the environmental sense — can be enjoyed by following these 10 tips from The Arboretum. ■ Recycle your Christmas tree. After Christmas, put the tree out by a bird feeder to use as a perching site for birds or cut up the limbs and place over plants in the garden to protect against winter kill and frost damage. Many municipalities now collect trees for mulch. ■ Use a living Christmas tree and replant it after the festive season. A small spruce, pine or fir tree less than four feet tall can be brought indoors for up to one week without break- ing its dormancy, says Henry Kock, plant biologist at The Arboretum. He advises buy- ing only trees that were potted up in early fall to ensure the roots are well established. Trees should be well watered while indoors. Preparation for a living Christmas tree must begin in the fall. A hole should be dug in a sheltered spot, and soil for replanting purposes should be stofed where it will not freeze. ■ As an alternative to a tree, decorate with evergreen branches, dried flowers and berries gathered from out- doors. Sprigs of holly, bit- tersweet and crabapple fruit are not only nice to look at, says Kock, but they also bring people closer to nature. ■ Give gifts that are non-con- sumptive and encourage en- vironmental awareness. Be- fore buying anything, con- sider quality. Question buy- ing any gift if it will soon end up in a landfill site. As an alternative to gift giving, con- tribute to a charity or to a non- profit environmental group. Recycle wrapping paper by opening gifts carefully and putting paper in a box to save for reuse. Use newspapers or brown paper bags to wrap gifts, ad- ding ribbon to provide color. Buy Christmas lights with a low wattage and use a timer to avoid wasting energy. At Christmas dinner, use lo- cally grown vegetables such as squash and cabbage instead of imported produce. Avoid using tinsel, which is non-recyclable, on trees. In- stead, make popcorn strings or other ornaments. Making decorations gives a sense of creativity, says Kock. Go for a walk in the park on Christmas Day. “What better way to celebrate than to renew our spiritual and natural relationship with our world?” he says. □ ‘ University Communications OCrt^ "'So,,