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elume 31Number 4 A MEMORIAL UNIVERSITYor NEWFOUNDLAND PUBLICATION October I, 1998

Outstanding volunteers and community leaders recognized

Honorary degreesawarded at convocation

"At this stage, what

we 're looking for

primarily is advice on the

challenges people see

ahead for Memorial, the

strengths and week ­

nesses of the university,

and coming out of that

kind of discussion, the

qualities we should look

for."

Wh en th e panels co ncl udeOct. 2 with meetin gs with (heFac ulty Councils of Medicine.Pharm acy, Nu rsi ng and SocialWork. and the Penocoers AS.<;llli ­ation. the search committee willconsider the advice. as .....ell asthat from a ~t of written sub­mi...sion... and draw up a profile ofthe new presiden!.

From no minations, applica­tions and people pinpointed by asearch consultant the committeewill compile a long list for discus­sion. Th.at will be narrowed downto a short list and those candidateswill be interviewed and scrun­nized sometime early in the newyear. The search commmee could

have a reco mmend ation to theBoard of Regents by February,

The appointmen t of the nextpreside nt wi ll be made by theBoard of Regen ts. in consu ltationwith the Senate, accordi ng to theUniversity Act.

will approach whatever j'''uesthat may come up."

Edward Roberts

Presidential searchmoving forward

The searc h for Memorial' sne xt p res ide nt i ~ wellunderway. The pres iden­

tial search cornmtnec has heldfour regu lar mee ti ngs andnumerous consuuaucns withmembers of the university COIll­

muniry. meeting panels asdiverse as the Art Gallery andthe Faculty Council of Arts.

But don't expect any rusheddecision. according 10 Board ofRegents and committee chairEdward Roberts.

"We haven't set finn dead­line..," he said. "Ou r aim is tohave a new president appo intedsuffic ie nt ly far in ad vance of(Dr. Art hur May ' s ret irem entAug. 3 1. 1999) thatshc or hecan work into the job.

" T he o ther side is, we ' regoing to take the time we needto get the best candidate. And sowe have no firm deadlines, (but)

we have a great sense of theimportance of timeliness."

Mr. Robert s said the panelsprovided the committ ee with alot of feedbac k.

" I foun d (the co ns ultationprocess) extraord inar ily he lp­ful," he sa id. "I ca n' t imaginegoing ahead without it."

The sea rc h cc mm tuce isla rge r tha n p revious g roups,said Mr. Roberts. "but it' s stilla wor kable g ro up, and it'sworking extraordinarily wel l. inmy judgement. I believe everyinterest wi thin the communityis represented."

The committee as ke d th efollowing questions: What arethe strengths of Memorial Uni­ve rsity: what a re the issues.cha lle nges and opportunit iesfacing Memoria l : a nd whatexperience. skills and personalqualities should we be seekingin the next president of Memor ­ial?

"At this stage , what we'relooking for primarily is adviceon the challenges people secahead fo r Mem ori a l. thestreng ths and weak nesses of theun iversit y. and comi ng o ut oftha t k ind of d isc us sio n , th equ alities we should look fo r,"sa id Mr. Robert s. " Because it'srea lly not a mailer of an individ ­ua l's approac h o n the curren tissues. it' s how that individual

BY D AVID SORENSEN

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Certi fic ate o f Ap preci atio n forO utstandi ng Voluntary Commu­nity Se rvice. Ms. Bruneau willreceive a Doctor of Laws at the 10a.m. session of Convocation.

r.d~the R}'an (rixldridj..'t'~h. Goodridge was born in St.John's and atten-d Roslyn HeeseCo llege in Surrey, Eng land. andSt. Michael's College. Univers ityof Toronto . She al-;() attended theOntario College of Art. the Acade­mic Ju lian and th e Ecole de sBeau x-Arts in Par is, an d theCirccloReal in Barcelona. Spain.

In addit io n to worki ng as ajournalist and commentator fromI~-68 with both the CanadianBroadcasting Corporation and theSI. John's Daily News, Ms.Goodridge bas had a long and dis­tinguished involvement wi th theartistic community in Newfound­land and Labrador .

In 1968 she jo ined MemorialUnivers ity's Exte nsion Se rv icewhere she worked as the assistantdi rector of Memoria! UniversityArt Gallery in St. Joh n' s and inGande r. Gran d Fa lls. Corner

Edythe Ryan Goocllidgt'

Univers ity Botanical Garden lnc.,where "he has been the chairper­so n since 1997. She has alsoworked on the board of directorsof the fest ival 500 - Sharing the\bices even t.

In addition. she has been amember of the Human lnvesuga­tions Committee at the Faculty ofMedicine at Memorial Universityand sat on the board of directors ofYMCA Canada. Ms. Bruneau hasalso served in numerous capacitieson the hoard of the General Hospi­tal Corporatio n and was the chair­person ( from 19 87 -91 ) of theCabo t Institute of Appl ied Artsand Techn ology (now known asthe College of the Korth Atlantjc],a board \he had worked on since1977 . Ms. Bruneau has beeninvolved with the Arthritis Society.the Canada Day Committee, theJan e way Ch ild He a lth CentreAu xiliary, the Volun teer WeekCo mmittee a nd the Mea ls o nWheels program.

Ms. Bruneau has received scv­eral awards including the YMCACanada Fellowship of Honour, theCommunity Services Counc il Cer­tificate of Reco gnition for Volun­teer Se rvice and the SI. Jo hn' s

tOf!dine Bruneau

Iea n Lorraine BruneaukmLorraine Bruneau W<L\ born inxew Glasgow. Nova Scotia.Her education included regis­eed nurse training at Welte.ley

ital in Toron to and a periodcigeology study at Memorial Uni­ver-ity. Ms , Brun eau has beeninvolved in numerous non-profi tmhas served a number of othercommunity organ izations.

Her commu nity involvementba, included work with the New­foundland Sympho ny Orchestra..litre she was the c ha irpe rsonfnJn 1987-90. the Law Society of

foundland and the Memorial

Memorial University willhold its annual fall con­vocation on Friday. Oct

1.'\,Over 700 graduate and under­!f1dUJIC degrees will he awarded.ng IWO sessions of convoca­.11. During the ceremome... two

noraf)' degrees will abo be

awarded, Edythe Goodridge andjean Bruneau will both be hon­

oured wit h Doctor o f La wsdeglt'C\. In addition, IWO Memor­ial professors will be honoured

with the title professo r emerita :It

the convocation.

2 Gazette . October I, 1998

~NOTABLENominations and applications arc invited for

Dr, Robert Pai ne, professor emeritus, Anthropol­ogy, received a Dr. Phil. Honoris Causa , fromTromsc Universit y, Norw ay. on Aug. 27,

Dr. Stella AIJton. Uak sh was recently elected sec­retary/treasurer to the executive of ACCUTE(Assoc iation of Canadian College and UniversityTeachers o f English). one of the largest scholarlyassoc iations in the humanities and a member orga­nization of HSSFC (Human ities and Social Sci­ences Federation of Ca nada). Tre vor Porter. a grad­uate student in Eng lish. was appoi nted exec utiveassistan t. They both join Dr. Noreen Golfman,president of ACCtITE, for a two-year term. TheACClITE office is now set up in SN- I062; tele­phone: (709)737-8463; e-mail acc ute@mun.ca; fax(709)737-4528. More information is ava ilable athltp://www.mun.ca/accUle/

Dr. Ian Rusted. dean emeritus, has been named Dal­hou...ie University's Medical Alumnus of the Year.Born in Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland. he gaineda pre-medical diploma from Memorial College and abachelor of arts degree from Trinity College, Univer­sity of Toronto, before entering medical school at DaI­hoesie. He graduated in 1948 and spent a year at theRoyal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and ~k-Gill Uni­versity. earning a master of science. He then spentthree years as a fellow in medicine ard staff a...sistantal the Mayo Clinic in Rochester before relUming 10

Newf oundland. A memoer of the Department ofHealth, he also worked as a medical consuhant,became director of medical education and director ofthe Memorial University Research Unit In 1968 hewa.s appoimed Memorial' s first dean of medicine andthen served as vice-president of health sciences from1974 until his retirement in 1989.

President 's Awardfor Outstanding Resea

For guidelines contactEleanor BUller. Office of Research

1st Floor, Spencer Hall

Phnne: 737-4348 Fax: 737-4612E-mail: ebutlerremorgan.ucs.mun.ca

Deadline: November 30. 1998

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formally receive the distinction ofprofessor emeritus at the fall con­voc ation: Drs . Al an and Jo yceMacph erson, bot h rei ired fro mMemor ial's Department of Geog­raphy. The category of professoreme ritus is open o nly to reti redmembers of the faculty, To be eligi­ble, a person must have sen..cd atlea'" 10 yean; as a regular full-timefaculty member at Memorial andmust have held the rank of profes­sor upon retirement. The prime cri­Ierion for nomination is sustained,oul..tanding scholarly work and/orservice 10 the university, o:;l;o

and Television Commission andhas served on numerou s boardsinclud ing those of the Ca nadianConference of the Arts. the Inter­national Counci l of Museums. theNational Kanmavik Program, theResource Centre for the Arts. theSt. John' s Ea.'" End Boysand GirlsClub, the Ea."lpon Peninsula Her­itage So ciety and the HeritageFoundation. Ms. Goodridge willbe awarded a Doctor of Laws atthe 3 p.m. sesssion of Convocation.

Pm fes.·o;or emerausTwo Memorial professors will

HONORARY, conllnocd from P_I

Brook and Happy Valley. In 19lWshe became the Mt-'ffitxial Univer­sity Ar t Ga lle ry 's c urator anddi rec tor. She was the foundingdirector of the Newfoundland andL.abrndor Arts Counci l. which was..funned in 1980, and in 1982 shewas appointed director of VisualArts at the Ca nada Counc il inOttawa.

Ms . Goodridge was also thefoundi ng pre side nt of th eNewfoundland Historic Trust. Sheha.. been the Newfoundland repre­sentat ive to the Ca nadian Radio

CorrectionAGRA Monencc Atlantic recently announced a $35, 000 donation tothe Opportunity Fu nd to establi sh two sc ho larships in eng ineering , not$25.000 as was reported in la st week ' s Gazette.

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New coach for men's volleyballJust days after annocncing that the Men ' s Volleyball program at Memor­ial was reinstated. a new coac h has been named. Gay Reimer, a formermember of the Sea- Hawks, has been given the task of leading the meninto a nc.... season. Mr. Reimer, who played five years at Memorial and

captai ned the team in his last year. recentl y coached the provincialmidget team at the Eastern Canadian championships.

Mr. Reimer said he was relieved when volleyball was rein...tared andnow is looking forward the upcoming sea....on.

"We have the same cure of players but each player hit... another year'.sexperience behind them. ....-hich will help," he said.

Potato salad anyone?Often relegated to being the perennial side dish. potatoes may 001 get therespect they deserve. But spuds .....iII he fron t and ce ntre as Memorial ' sBotan ical Garde n and Do minion Stores hold the fiN Pota to Festival OLt10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be games for kids, taste testing and the crowning of theMoun t Scio Potato Peeling Champion. Karl Wells and Jim Brown fromC BC will team up with Hotel Newfoundland Head Chef Stephen watsonto judge a cele brity p otato salad competition.

For many years, St. John's has been the centre for potato research andat the pota to festival you ' ll get to see disp lays and get edvice about gro.....­

ing potatoes at home.The Botanical Garden Potato Fes tiva l will go ahead rain or shine

under tents and in the field centre at the Botanical Garden on Moun t ScioRoad . Refreshments will he served and there will be treets for kids. Thereis no admission charge.

~IN BRIEF

New scholarship for chemistryA scholarship fund has been es tablis hed throug h an anonymous gilt tohonour Dr. Douglas L. Cooper. first profe sso r emeritus and the firstdepartment head of Chemi stry at Memorial Umversiry.

Throu gh his career, Dr. Cooper was a pioneer who wa... equall y adeptat intellectual and administrative pursuie, Before he arrived at Memorial.he wa.. professor of fisberie, and chemistry at Dalhou sie University andwas instrumemal in establishing the Department of Fisheries in NovaScotia While teac hing al Memorial. he wa... charged with the respon sibil­ity of converting the Chemistry Department from a college to a univer­

sity department.Dr. Cooper's ability to build and improve organ iz..ations was recog ·

nized by Premier Joseph Smal lwood, who reques ted thathe acce pt a~­ondment in 1963 to establish the College of Fisheries, Navigation,Marine Eng inee ring and Eleclro nics - today's Marine Insl itute. Dr.Cooper did this and he remained part of the college as a.....istant to thepres ident until his retirement in 1968. He died in 1969.

1be new seholarship fund ....ill provide several scholarships valued at

a minimum of $1,5(X) annually and will be awarded to chemistry stu­dent..enlering their third year of study. Thefirst of these scholanhips willbe awarded in the 1999-2(X() scholarship year.

Dr. O XlpCr's son, Jim Cm per, manager of finance atld administration inthe Fik.-1Jlty of Engineering. said "Our fatllily is touched and pleased thatsomeone WOll ld remember Dad in such a tangible way, a way lhat willallow his memory to live on at Memorial , which he loved so de3rfy. Thefamily also expresses dcq) gmtirude to the don,'J of this very generous gift:'

Human Rights commissioner to visitIt' s time for Canadians to start talking about the broad questions concern­ing human rights. accordi ng to Michelle Falardeau- Ramsay, chief com­mis..loner of the Canad ian Human Rights Com mission.

In a tour which will bring her to seven universities ncross Canada,includ ing Memorial University, Ms. Falardeau-Ramsay said sbe hopes tostimulate discussions abo ut the incr ea singly-complex human right sissues in Canada.

" I am very pleased to be co -operating with univcr..ities acrossCanada." said Ms. Falardeau-Ramsay. 'The tour will give us an idealforum to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaru ­tion of Iluman Rights and the 21lth anniversaryof the commission. and tolook ahead to the challenges of the21srcentury:'

She begins her speakin g tour Sept. 23 at the University of Calgary and.....ill speak in the Science Lecture Theatre, mom S;-';-2109, at MemorialUniversity on Tuesda y, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. All lectures are open to the gen­

eral public free of charge.

Life quilt for breast cancerThe Life Qu ilt for Breast Cancer is a volunteer non-pr ofit organizationfounded by Judy Reimer, a quilter; nurse and breest cancer survivor. Theproject travels al-TOSS the co untry providing support for individ uals andraising awareness about the impact of breast cancer. The Life Qu ilt pm­

ject is co mposed of two completed quilts and one quil t in progress.Mem bers of the public are invited to contribute stitches to the qui lt inprogres...

Thecompleted quilts are bordered by six-inch qui lted squares crea tedby people across Canada demonstrating how their life has been effectedby breastcancer. The Life Quilt will be in 51. John ' s at the An Gallery ofNewfoundland and Labrador, located in the Arts and Cu hure Centre, OLi.2.1-25. The official unveiling and recept ion will take place at 2 p.m. onOct. 23 in the Top West Gallery. Thi s even t is open to the public.

fi rst publis he d in 1966 . From aslim vo lume list ing about 1,500phenotypes which were presumedto represent the manifesta tion of agene in eac h case, this publicationhas gro.....n to th ree fat vo lu mesholding the d ues to 9,CKXI gent..-s.

Mendelian inheritance in Man- no w av ailable on -line w ith9,700 entries - is like a phonebook with names and addresses. Itled Dr. t\k Ku... ick quite naturallyto the idea of tak ing it funhcr andprcdocing a human gene map thatwoul d show not only which genesres ide on which chromo...n mes,hut preci ...e1y w here th ey are

located. In 1973 he and colleaguesorganized the Ii,""" of what was tobecome a regu lar series of Human

Gene Mappi ng Workshops and hewas a lead ing proponent of thenow famous Human Genome Pro­ject. ...

to all its affi liated media outlets.within days, th e then EveningTelegram was featuring the highcost of attending MUN 011 its ne....1i

pages.Mr. Morn... and other University

Relat ion s staff spent so me tim etracking down the so urce of theerroneous inform ation and uttcnjpr­ing to correct the wrong impress ionreceived by membl..T.'i of the public.

"We spent some time communi­cating with the media octlec.. thathad used the mistaken information.·'he said. "a nd a grea t deal of timecommunicating with USC in aneffort to get the e rrors in thepublication corrected."

The work paid off. Th isye ar's pub licat ion not only ca r­ries th e two-se mester cos t fo rMUN, it also includes a co rrec­

tion no te pointing ou t last year'se rror. A ll ' s .....e ll on the USCfro nt th en , bUI Mr. Morri s has

one minor regre t."Sad ly:' he notes with a tinge

of irony, "Ca nadian Press has notpicked up thi s ye ar's story, andhas not broadcast widely acrossthe country that it was in errorlast year and that un iveNity edu­cat ion in Ne wfoun dland is on a

financial pa r with anywhereel se." QJ.

1959 the ex tra chro mosome inDown Syndrome was discovered."Now that researchers could actu­

ally see a cbromosorre and deter­mine its defect , there was a n

anatomica l base fo r me d ic alge ne tics , R sa id Dr. McKusi ck ,who has spent his entire career atJohns Hopkins University,

II wasn't until 196R that spe­cjfic genes on autosomal chromo­

somes were identified . In 1980.molecular genetics e ntered thefield and by 1986, 750 genes hadbeen mapped . And now th eHuman Genome Project expectsto map all human genes - esti ­mated at about 80,0(XI - by theye;lr 2005.

The explosive growth in med ­ical genetics was graph ically illus­trated by Dr. Mckusick in a slideof a ll 12 edi tions of hi s bookMendelian Inheritance in Man,

Pholo hy IlS IMS

Ollrin~ h is visit, Dr. Victor McKusick (R) d iscussed Oflf;oinf; Kl'rll'tic researc h withFaculty o f Medicine gt'l ll·ticists Dr. Elizdlll~h lves (R) and Dr. J,me Green (C) .

" Las t year. usc ca lc ula te dMemorial' s cost s ba sed on ath re e-semester academ ic year,mthl.-'f than the two semesters used

fOI" other universities," he explained."The res ult wa... tha t all the es ti­mated costs we re increa sed byat:oJ t a third. putting MenxYiai sev­eral thousand dollan ahead of thenext mosI expensive wtivers.ity: '

T hi s would have been badeno ugh, bUI~ infonnation wa.sreceived by more !han parenlS start ­ing to save for their children' s edu­

catKm."What made it partimlarly pr0b­

lematic was the umlllffl SUlr did astory last fall bao;ed on an advancecopy of the publication." Mr. Mor­ns said. The Star story was pickedup by Canadian Pra.... which sent it

versity CO.Its is much more accu­

rate than last year's, according toPeter Manis. MctTIlYial 's associatedira:tor of University Relations.

Of the 39 Canadian

universities, Memorial

ranks just above the

middle of the pock for

tuition and fees.

Dr. McKu sic k fo und e d anentire "ranch of med icine thatjdn' t exis t when he grad uated

the Johns Hopkins Univer­School of Med icine in 1946.

mginalty trained in card iologybecame fascinated with scien­di<;CtIVerles lhat proved DNA

tbt substance that tran smitsitary information from cel l

cell. He began to explore pat ­ms of inheritan ce amongems with connective disorders\\n~ a definitive bonk on the

in 1956.Itwas also in 1956 that the cor­

number of human chromo­- .u) - was identified. By

World1s best-knowngeneticist visits Memorial

Dr. McKusick has a long a..so­. n with thi s university. He

.IS a member of the selectionrommiltee fo r the fi rst fac ultytltmbers of the medical schoolback in 196 7, a nd in 1979 hereceived an ho nou rary d egree

Memorial. Durin g his three­dI~ visit last mo nth wi th h islkumalOlogisl wife . Dr. AnneWcK usick. he gave IWO lectures

spent a morning discussinghistories with the Ge netics

BY JEAN GRAHAM

Contra ry to natio nal andloc al news report s lastyear. ~1emorial is not the

t expens ive unive rsity ine eda. Quite th e contrary : a

. ~ education is one of th e

affordable.That's the news in the 1998-99ition of Guide To University

In Canada, a publication of&locationSavings P1an.s.

Of the 39 Canadian universities,r.mk...j ust abo..'e the mid­

If the pack for tuition and fees16th) and books and supplies

position. wi th six others).are only three universities

lower room lind board ratesMemorial. When USC com­all the factors it was cons id-

g. Memorial had an o ve rallof sixth.

The cu.t rnnkings~ noI com­defmiti..'e of COI.IDoe. Acadia'ty's tuition cost... (the high-

ill the co untry at $4,849 per)ioclude use of a laptop com­

for the Acadia Advantageam: the cos t.. at Co ncordiacountry' s lowest at $2,229Iy) andoIherQuebcc univer­rl'iC signifiCantly for ~udents

outside that pnn'ince . Still.)'W' s ..'er;ion of Gujtk to Uni-

BY SHARON GRAY

Geneticists at the Facultyof Medicine had an excit­ing few days in Septem­

",hen the father o f medicalI,,,,,,,,Dr. VICtor A. Mcx usick.

back 10 Memorial. As the

guest speaker in the fac-Il}'\ JOth anniversar y lecture

. he presen ted an overview

f the development of medical"":5 and also look the time towith colleagues and discu ssing research in Newfound-

4 Gazette . Octo ber I, 1998

Labrador advisory board named

Memorial researchersreceive CFI awards

Memorial University hasappointed an adviso ryboard which will pro ­

vide input to the activities of theuniversity ' s Labrador Institute.

Memorial' s acting vice-presi­dent (academic), Dr. Jack Straw­bridge announced the appoin t­me nt s Sept. 29 . The adviso ryboard incl udes the fo llo wi ngmembers: Ga il Hughes, Hap pyValley-Goose Bay ; Roxa nneNotley, Port Hope Simpson; Dar­rel l O' Br ien , L'anse au Lou p:Patsy Ralph , Labrador City; andRob e rt L. Simms , Hap pyValley-Goose Bay.

Dr. Strawbridge noted that theboard is represe ntative of manycommunity interests.

" I am pleased that the boardincludes peop le dra wn frommany walk s of life," Dr. Straw­bridge said. "This board brings adiversity of voice s and perspec ­tives to the work of the Labradorinstitute, and the ir invo lvementwill undoubtedly enhance theInstitute ' s ability to carry out itsmi ssion in th at pa rt o f o urprovince.

"The board includes represen­tat ives who are familiar withsoc io-eco nomic developmentissues, fisheries. the private sec­tor, and the field of education."

Two board posi tio ns havebeen held open , but will be soonfilled with representatives fromthe north coast of Labrador.

The Labrador Institute' s mainmission is to identify opportuni ­tic s for appl ying Memorial ' sresearch and education capa bili­ties in Labrador toward the pri­mary goa l o f pro mot ing thewe ll -be in g of pco pt c o fLabrador. It serves as a source ofinfo rma tio n an d assis ta nce inLabrador for members of the uni­versi ty co mmuni ty undertaking

projects in th e area, an d forgroups in Labrador wishing tolink with the univers ity.

The institute officia lly reportsto the vice-president (academ ic).

Gail Hughes is the executivedirector of the Labrador Co mmu­nity Development Corpora tion,located in Happy Valley-GooseBay, Labrado r. She has been aprogram officer for the CanadaEmploy ment Centre in HappyValley-Goose Bay a nd was adeve lo pme nt office r w it hLabrador Ventu re Capital Ltd .He r backg ro und a lso includeswork as a conference co-ordi na­tor with the Women's EnterpriseBureau in 51.John' s.

Roxan ne Not ley is an o ut ­reach worke r with the LabradorWhite Bear Deve lopment Asso­ciat ion, located in Charlottetown,Labrador. She has also worked asa huma n reso urce cou nse llor, adevelop ment co- o rdinator andprogram facili tator. Ms. Notleywas also involved as the chair­person of the Lab rado r MetisHuman Resource and TrainingCo mm ittee where she acted astreasurer. She is also the presi ­dent of the Port Hope Simpso nRecrea tion Committee.

Darre ll O'Brien is a fisheriesdeve lopmen t office r wit h theprovincial Department o f Fish­eries and Aquaculture. LabradorRegion . He has been a fis her­man. worked as a harbo ur super­visor, a nd a substitute teacher.He has deg rees from MemorialUniversi ty and has obtained hisFi sh erie s Ma ster IV fro m theMarine Institute. He is the mayorof L'anse au Loup an d was adi rector o f the Labrador Fisher­man' s Union Sh rimp Co mpanyLtd.

Patsy Ralph has over 18 yearsof experience in the field of eco-

no mic a nd small enterprisedevelopment. She has a broadexpe rience in business adminis­trat ion and finance , accountingand marketing. She is currently acomm unity and gove rnment rela­tions office r with the Iro n OreCo mpany of Canada and she hasworked as an economic develop­ment officer with the Departmentof De ve lopmen t a nd Rur alRe newa l. Her back ground als oincludes work as a regiona l advi­sor with the Depa rtm en t ofDevelopm ent and Tourism.

Robert 1.. Simms is a mathe-

By SONIA B. GLOVER

The Ca nadian Foundationfor Innovation' s first NewOpportunities competition

is giving research at Memorial awelcomed boost with the invest­ment of over a half a million dol­lars for infrastructure support forfive faculty me mbers appointedsince 1995.

The funding is part of a $36milli on in vestment rece nt lyannounced by CR to help launchresearch careers of new facu ltyme mbers in un ive rsities acrossCanada. Th e $554,453 awarded toMemorial accounts for 40 per centof the actual cost of the projects.wit h the remaining cos ts be ingsupported though partner contribu­tions.

Recipients of the New Oppor­tunities awa rds include Dr. LenZedel. Faculty of Science, workingin the area of ocean acoustics; Dr.Michael Gran t. Faculty of Medi­cine, studying HIV infection; and

maries and scie nce teacher whohas taug ht in Labrador and was asuperinte nd ent of Educat ion,Labrador East Integra ted SchoolBoard. He is currently the dis trictad ministrator (Labrador) for theCo llege of the North At lant ic.Mr . Si m ms has worked o n anumb er o f co mmittees andboards, includ ing the AdvisoryComm ittee on Teacher Educat ionfor Native and Northern Schoolsin Labrad or. and the LabradorInuit Education Co mmittee.

The general operat ions of theLabrador Instit ute are overseen

the Fisheries Conservation Chairgroup, consisting of Drs. GeorgeRose, Paul Snelgrove and YongChen. Their research involves theapplication of new acoustic tech­nologies to the Newfoundlandmarine ecosystem.

Dr. Kevin Keough, vice-presi­de nt (research and internationalrelations), said he is pleased withthe competition results.

"The investmen t by CFI,Memorial University and otherpartners will enable our new fac­ulty members to carry out researchwith the most modern of equip­ment. Th is investment will enahlethese new rese archers and the ircolleagues to maintain a leadingedge capacity in their fields," hesaid.

The CFI is an independent. not­for-profit corporation establishedin 1997 wit h a co ntnhutio n of$8(Xl million from the federal gov­ernment. The foundation ' s man­date is to invest in infrastructure

by a Univers ity Linson Comrtee. The comm ittee is compoof facu lty and appoi nted byMemorial' s vice-p resident (acernie) on advice of the approate deans and directors. In ill

tion. the Labrador AdvisBoard will provide direct infro m the Labrador communThe chair of the Univers ity Lson Co mmi ttee serves onLab rador Adv iso ry Board. 1director of the Labrador Instil- Harvey Best - is an ex ocio member of the both com!tees. Q;>

Dr. Kevin Keough

for research and developm eaCanadian universities, collehospitals and other not-for-presearch institutio ns. The invmcnts will he made in panneswith the private and voluntal)'!tors, as well as with all level!government. 4C

Business alumni made their wa y back to the classrooms of the Faculty of Business Administration on Sept. 17 in ashow uf suuport for Memorial' , first ye;u busin ess students. The pilgrimage was part uf the faculty's first-ever orie nta­lion effort. Thl' ('v('nt, which wa, christened A Step Up. ,.lW Studl'lll; ,mo ,llumni ll'a m up 10 cnmfJ'.'ll' in a trivia<;eavengPr hunt th,lt W,lS led by business faculty ml'mlwrs. Th,· event was sur-h ,1 ,urn"S, plans Me already in theworks for next ye,u! (l·l{) Mike fifield. Paul Walsh. Chrissey Thomson and Keith Matthews.

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SECURITY BRIEFS

missing from the Health Sciences Cen ­tre ; on Aug. 14. a bicycle was stolenfrom the front of the TSC: on Aug. 10, ablack leather walle t was sto len from theAquarene: on Aug. I I. a chi ld's bicyclewas stolen fro m Baltimore Cour t ; onAug. 18, a b lac k hook bag was sto lenfrom the QE II Library; 0 11 Aug. I I. alocker in the skywalk between the TSCand the Science Bu ilding was brokeninto (an arrest was made and the allegedperpetrator charged I; a wallet went miss­ing from the Engineering Building Aug .7; a black leather pun.e was stolen fromthe Phys Ed Building Aug . I I; a knap­sack was stolen from the TSC Aug. 2 1:worke rs ' to o ls were stole n from theBusiness Buildin g Aug. I ; five 10-foo twooden benches were stolen from thePhys Ed Buil d ing sometime betweenAug . 21 and Sept. 8: a video camera val­ued at $1 ,800 was stolen from the PhysEd Building sometime between Aug. 17­19; between Aug. 21-23, a computer wasremoved from the Phys Ed Building.• On Aug. 18, a male employee of theHeal th Sciences Centre was assaul ted bya man while riding the elevator. The sus ­pect was ident ified throug h secu ri tyvideo a nd was subseq ue ntly c hargedwith assault.

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..., ltll' Worner! St-.1-Hawks 00 Monddy al thl.'MUN fll'ld outside the Phys Ed buildi ng. The gamt'

fltXI1E'dIy eoded in a 5-5 til>. Proceeos at lilt- galTlt' Wt'flf to Ilt-Ipdt'fray lilt>CO'II of IraYl"! fof tilt­'IlG'llli'll·steam.

~ 1998•0aI} one of the 14 fire alarms involved

On July 21 there was a fire in (hein the annex .

was one report of vandalism inJ l ~'. On July II, someone broke glasscasings on the fi re ex tinguishers in theannels.' A VCR was stole n from the ScienceBuilding on Ju ly 28; a small barbecue

stolen from Squ ires House the nig htJuly 1-2.

1IriJ tI'liltllhly report is compiledfrom inlonnatjlm mode availableby the CWnl'l1JEnj'url'emml and Pamdunit. CEP i,f located in the Services Huildinx on Memorial 's St.Johll 'srumpus. telephone 737-856/. At Sir Wilfred Grenjell College, the security Offil't' isRoom AS·]HO, Art.fand Science Building, telephone637-6310.At the Marine lnstiuue,

Rood. leleplume 77H.()456 to reach flu> securityoffiu.

1k figures given below are based on theof reports made to CEP during

.Illy iIld August 1998. Incidents reponeddo nOI necessari ly resu lt in crimina ld131]tS being laid; this depends on thececome of an investigation.

411pS1 19'98•On Aug. 2, a garbage can was pushed

'ef and rolled into a parked car, causingruensive dama ge to the vehicle. and ascurity camera was pull ed down . Th eperpetrator was caugh t and paid for thedamages. A vending machine was dam­IFd at the Health Scie nces Centre Aug.5.

•Only one fire alarm involved fire . O n. 15. a fire started in a refrigerator indietary food line in the Health Sci­

Centre.•On Aug. 18 an ove rnig ht bag we nt

6 Gazette . October 1, 1998

Bergen-Memorial exchange program offers opportunity

International student studies at MI

Change of space

pan of he r research, enj oyithe s ig h ts and meet in gne w people . She sa id sh,especiall y pleased to be henjoy the beautiful wea thtsummcr. ~

industry in Norway.The experien ce wa s the fir st

time ~t s . Christophersen vi sitedCanada and she enjoyed her timein th e prov in ce . Sh e tra velledarou nd rural Newfound la nd as

Gyd d Christoph!.·r'>l-'n. d PhD student dt the Unive rsity 01 Be-rgen in NorwdY, spent the SUffirlWf w ith the Marint.' In!

Ct'ntrl' for AqUJCUItUrl' and Seafood Development. She has been completing stud ies on Kallop 1,11'\'<",' and ~J.>.l t (:~t't'(l) related to her Ph D work in Norw ay on scallop-spa r prodocnon.

Ins titute than at home at the Uni ­versity of Bergen. She will takeher experience home with herthis summer to further aid in herresearch and th e co nt in uingwork o f developin g. a scallop

Ms. Christopherse n said shewas very pleased to study at theinstitute because of its e xcellentaquaculture facilities. She foundman y more studies and proj ec tsth at co nce ntra te o n she llfishaq uac u ltu re a t the Marin e

viable grow-out systems (nurs ­eries ), in order to ensure II stablesupply of sca llops to fanners.

Scallo ps tend to su ffe r highmort ali ty in the ea rly stages oflife. and fac to rs such 3!> watertempe rat ure, sal inity an d foodsupply affect their survival andgmwth rate. One objective o f herstud ies is to prep ure the larvae 10

su rv ive from II prot e ct ed lifeindoors to the sea where they arcex posed to natural cond itio ns.Tran sfer to the se a as ea rly aspossib le is both prac tica l andeconomical since scallops re lyon the natu ral food reso urces ofthe sea.

She will take her

experience home with

her this summer to

further aid in her

research and the continu­

ing work of developing a

scallop industry in

Norway.

By NADINE H UNT

The Ma rin e In st itute' sC entre for Aq uac u ltu rea nd Sea food De ve lop ­

ment shared s tudies wit h anin ternat ional student Ihis sum­mer. Gy da Christopherse n. aPhD student at the Un iversity ofBergen in Norway, had a uniquetraining experience this sum merus a partici pa nt in the Memor­ia l/ Bergen exc ha nge pro gram .She has been worki ng cl o sel ywi th C yr Cou turier o f IheSchool of Fisheries and fin­ished up he r four-month visit atthe end of September.

She has been com pletingst ud ies on sca llop lar vae a nd"s pa t" (sca llop seed) rel ated tohe r PhD wo rk in No r way o nsca llop-spat production. In New­foundland she worked as part ofa team head ed by Mr. Co uturieron a project dealing with one ofthe bottlenecks in scallo p culti­vation. The project is a compo­nent of a broader research anddevelopment program related to

scallop culture involving aspectsof seed production headed by Dr.Pat Dabi net t , Biology , andaspects of growout. headed byDr. Jay Pa rsons, Mari ne Insti­tute.

The aevelopmenr of a scallopindustry depends on successfultra nsfer of larvae o r spat fro mthe hat che ry to economica lly

more in term s of generating reveincluding opening a gift shop andpcmiincreased public vixibihty, She wentsay tha t ga llery sta ff will be cloinvolved in the planning and developof the new fac ility. One thing she w'shortly is meet with the National GallaCanada, which refuses to send shows .current facility, to plan their involvcnea major exhibition at the new facility.

Pat ric ia C rat tan

In the meantime, the Art GallenNewfoundland and Labmdor will Ctlfltr

to make the most of their existing f3l.'iIiland to expand new outreach progrlincluding arti~s' residencies and an Arb

in the Schools program.~

Pat Grattan, director of the art gallery.anticipated the much-needed fund<, but saidthe news WfL" somewhat of a surprise.

"We were very startled at the timing ofthe announcement. but we are very happy,"she sa id. "Gallery staff and I have beendreaming about this fur over 3 decade andwoe are enorrrocsly excited about the newpeoject"

Ms. Grattan sad that for over 10 yean;,staffat the AGl"L have been trying to relo-­cate to a larger and better equipped facilityin order to accommodate more exhibitionsand provide moreservices to the public. Shesaid the gallery ha... long been bursting at theseams in its Art.. and Culture Centre loca­tioo. According to Ms. Grattan, the new angallery - which she hopes will be about4O,<XXl square fcel- will allow them to do

Premier's announcemengood news for gallerY.

BY VMAN KWA

During the official opening of theGerald Squires: Journ ey exhibi ­tion on Sept. 13. the An Gallery

of Newfoundland and Labrador receivedsome unexpected good news. During theopening ceremony, Premier Brian Tobinannounced that he would allocate funds innext year ' s bud get for what he ca lled alegacy project to commemorate the 50thanniversary of Confederation . The projectwill include a new facilit y that wouldhouse. among o ther things. a new angallery for the prov ince.

"Gallery staff and I hove been

dreaming about this for over a

decade and we are enormously

excited about the new project."

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Novelist is wired for writing

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0,. Milton fft'('O\iln

IWO areas he has a 101 10 tellus.

Anyone wanting informationabout Dr. Freeman' s seminars orwould like to meet wit h him.please call 737-8868.

The Henrietta Harvey LectureSeries was made possible by thegenerosity of the late HenriettaHarvey, a Nova Scotian who set­tled in SI. John' s in 1906.~

important ideas," It's grea t fun and a quick

and effic ient way to enco urageyou ng people to write and 10encourage thei r love of rnxlks,"he said.

~tr. Major' s ICt:ture is one ofseveral 10th anni....ersary celeb ra­lion aClivilies being held acrossCanada in 1998. T he event ispresented by Memorial Uni\'er ­sity and the Writers' Develop­ment Trust in association withDoubleday Canada and is hostedby Memoria l' s Facu lty ofArts. .....

speak to anthropo logi st s , hespe aks to the whole academiccommunity .. . he is a trained biol­ogist and knows all about arcticmammals and aNMJt the conserva­lion side of things from a biologi­cal point of view," said Dr. Tanner.

"But also his research on theimportanc e of indi genous andlocal knowledge about animals .. .it plays directly into the controver­sies that we arc having right nowbetween science und governmentover management (If resources .. .in that struggle, the voice of thelocal people who have a wisdomabout the environment. about theanimals and their survival usuallyget s left out. and Dr. freem anemphasize, !hat side of things."

Dr. Tanner added that Dr. Free­man's research is extremely rele­vant 10this province.

"He att end s confere nces allover the world and brings to us aperspective that is directly relevantto the sea l hunt and the co ntro­versy between enviro nmentalists.government and local users. I thinkit' s relevant to the cod fishery also,and the analysis of why the codfailed comes into that '" in those

celebmtes the 10th anniversary ofthe foundin g of Writers in Elec­tmnic Residence, a Canada-wideprogram for 1\Chools to access theexpertise of writers,

Mr. Major. who is the aUlhorof eight novels and was a MUN"Alumnus of Ihe Year, is responsi­ble fo r expand ing WI ER intomiddle schools and is one of ilsmiddle school progmm writers inelectronic re sidence for the1998-99 academic year. TIle pr0­

gram not only links isola tedco mmunit ies but offers thechance for students to explo re

BY SHARON GRAY

hile most of us knowNewfoundland novel­isl Ke vin Major

the tradilional mediu mprinted page. thousands of

know him through their

Bv SoNIA B. G LOVE R

lie of I~ coentry s mostdisnnguished anthropolo­~i~l\, Dr. ~lillon Free-

l~ lisiling Memorial Univer­thrs week. Dr. Freemandeliv­the Henrietta Harvey lectureyeserday evening in Mcmor­

s Arts and Admi ni strationiog. His lec ture vvas entitledWhaling Wars: Local Peo­lndc-try and Environmental-

Next stop, Much Musicr--ing up his day job, bul Dr. Wayne NP'ohit is kondlng his musicallak>nllo the CooncillOl Exceplion.ll Chil_

Hr..1OI~ a song Ihi~ ~ill on a CD ffi tittf'd At ThE' C~~O<l<k, a fund-ra ising proJKI~ by the Nation.ll

Secn1ariat. Along with the help atwt'SI CO.I5oI lather and son duo lhe M(>rren., Dr_ NO:'Sbit -.hoi il v ideo at lhe

.lht 0\MS o;tudio and at Quidi V!di which will he shown at the 19"l8 CEC con ...ention in Toronto ttusOctober.e Mt>n;t'I tll, 01. Nesb it and Chris MftH'r (R) perfcem tbe song., There Comes a Child , whi le CAMS f"fTlploy-

0'8rKori and Bill Barry iilm the det,)i1~.

\lap- ";11 share the expe­rl communicating e1ectron­lith da.....mnm.. <II the inau­'''riters in Electronic Resi·WIER) Lecture on Tues·

016. His lecture, Advancing" Culture in Schoo lsthe Use of Technology,

Distinguished anthropologistvisiting Memorial

Beside- parti cipa ting in theHarvey lecture. Dr. Free­

1Ir Henry \1an.ha1l Tory Pr0­ofAnthropoklgy at the Uni­

. of Alberta. is also holdingntal seminars during his

8 ·~ , "Gazette» October 1. 1998

~RESEARCHFisheries conservation chair making substantial progress

Positive signs in sightBY SONIA B. GLOVER

MemOrial ' s fisheries sci­

enee research and train­ing program is only a

couple of years old, but accordingto the senior research chair infisheries conservatio n, the pro ­gra m has al rea dy made majorcontributions to the knowledge ofthe state of our cod resources. aswell as to government assessmentprocesses.

Dr. George Rose said thechair"!'. main irtshore study area i..Placentia Bay and their researchhas already contributed to themanagementof the fishery in 3r-.,

"11 was our acoustic surveysand lagging studies in PlacentiaBay thai provided strong evidenceof the hea lth of the cod stocks in3Ps and thai data was used. in part... as the basis for the reopening ofthose fisheries," hesaid in an inter­view with the Gazette.

"We have provided some keyinformation for the 3Ps stockassessment in the last two yearsand we hope we will he ab le tocontinue to play that kind of role,'

he added.Dr . Ro se said besides doing

major studies on adull cod. there 'salso work invol vin g spaw ni ngpopulations .

"We located the spawni ng areasin Placentia Bay where they werevirtually un/mown ... we laggedfish on the spa wning grounds andthen allowed the fishery 10 retu rnthe tags so we krew where the fishwere going," he said "We also didbiomass estimates or surveys ofhow much fish was in some bays.All of this baseline research wasaccomplished by this chair in thelast two years ."

Th ere' s one research prn gramin part icu lar th at ' s bein g co n­d ucted hy the cha ir th at has Dr.Rose excited. It' s a northern codstudy in Hawke Channel , off the

southeast coast of Labrador. tha tDr. Rose started whe n he wasworking with DFO .

Dr. Rose lold the Gazene that amajor spawning event recent lyoccurred there, and th e HawkeChannel fish may be the key to therebuilding of the northern cod.

"T his was probably the mo stexciting thing thai has happened inrecent years because for the firs ttime we 've documented the returnof a spa wn ing population of the

northern cod to the nonhem runge.So, thi s is a maj or event in therebuilding of the cod stoc ks," hesaid .

Dr. Rose had been carrying outresearch in Hawke Channel sincethe early '90s and he admits hewas beginn ing 10 wonder if thecod wou ld ever rebu ild because upuntil now there weren't any signsofit.

But this past spring, Dr. Rosesaid the fish were back in numbers

like he had nor seen in years.'The fish were there in larger

numbers than we' ve seen in fiveyea rs. They were in good shapeand mo st of the m spawned; theywere smal l fish, but the good newsis that it looks like the stan of arebuilding processs."

Dr. Rose poi nted out thai thenorthern cod is an important panof the major research effort by thefisheM conservation chair, whichis also held by Drs, Paul Snelgroveand Yong Chen.

As senio r research chair, Dr.Rose said the nu mber one objec­tive for him is 10 develop a strongfi sh erie s science prog ram th atMemorial University can sustain.

'This chair is the beginning ofa major pro gram in fisheries sci­ence a t the university - some­thing we've never had in the pastand something I believe strong lymust exist at th is university. It'snot so important 10 me that the

chair continues, it's the programin fisheries science that must con­tinue .'

Dr. Rose said a secon d impor­tant aspect of the fishe ries chair istraining .

"It's important that we produceso me rea lly highl y-skill ed andtrained peop le in the fisheries. andabo thai we make a major contri­bution to research du ring the firstchair pe riod and I feel comfort­able that we will do thai ."

One of the areas thai the fish­eries research group will focu s onover the next year or so is to studyhow important capelin is to therebuilding of the cod fishery,especia lly the northern cod. Apostdoctoral fellow from NewZealand recently joined theresea rch tea m to study thecape lin-cod connection .

Dr. Rose believes the re is ast ro ng li nk be twee n the twospecies.

" I think capclin is probably themo s t im portant species in o urwate rs and we are going to try andtake our re search where we ca ndevelop a better understanding ofhow import a nt capelin is to therebui lding of the cod ... beca useas IT1OSI. people know, the cape lindisappe are d from the no rthe rnarea just before the cod." said Dr.R"",_

"1 think if capelin \I/'a.... impor­tanl in the decline of the cod, it'sprobably go ing to be equally ormore important in the rebuilding;and thai's one of the directions wewant 10 take the research in now:'he acced.

Dr. Ro se said bes ides cape lin,oth er spec ies also play an impor ­tant role in the functioning of codeco systems.

"Capelin is a major part. hut notthe only pa rt ... We hav e otherpeople, includ ing our graduate stu­dents, wo rk ing on other parts of

Dr. George Rose

the system, trying to understandwhat is going on there right now- what the cod po pu lations aredoing, wha t they are likely to do inthe future and on top of that. howwe should manage them:'

Although Dr. Rose believes thenorthern cod fishery will rebound,he was quick to point out that pe0­

ple mu st get used to the fact thatthe fishery o f the future will bemuch smalle r and more d ive rsi­

fied.And this, he said, is not a bad

thing. " I am not one hit pessim isticabout the future of our province or

our fisheries. Thearound here are someproduct ive ecosysteworld. They always havethere's no evidence thatare not," Dr. Rose insi

"Our wa ters are n'tcod right now or muchthey are still incredibluve...the landed valuein Ne wfound la nd hashighest it ' s eve r been in

tory in the last few yearsbe shrimp and crab. butis still producing andprime importance ." Q;l.

news & n:...:...=o:..:t:..:e:..:s=--- ---1For mor, informDtion abflut Ih,il,ms b,/OIIO', or 10 r'qu,st DppficD­tion materiets, contact RosDlindColfi"s DI th, 0ffu, of R" ' D/'fh,737./1151 or ,-mQif rollinsr @mur­jtliln.urs.mun.cliI

women and development It wlllrd~

The Shastri Indo-Canadian Instituteinvites applications for its Womenand Development Awards .....hich areavai lable in the form of -t-momhfaculty research fellowships; doc­toral awards of up to II months, pilotproject awards of up 10 2 mont hs;and 3-week vis iting lect ure tours.Work to be carried out under theseawards must have a clear develop­ment focus. The deadline for receiptof comple ted applicat ions is Oct.30.

PMA C health research Iounda­tjon a wardsRevised guideline.. and applicationforms have been received forR~arch Career Awards in HealthSciences (deadline !'Oov. 2) and forPO~ldoclOfal Fellowships in Phar­macy (deadline Dec. I) .....hil:h areoffered in partne~hip throug h the

PMAC Health Re-earch Foundationand ~IRC. In the cace of eac h ofthese awards. only one applicationpe r co mpetition may be subm ittedby the appropriate acade mic unit.The Research Career A",ard is open10 early independent career investi­gators who have up 10 five year" ofresearch experience. while the Po~t­

doctora l Fellowship in Pharmacy isopen to individuals curren tly hold­ing ajunior faculty posuion.

Excha nge feltowship relnxta tedThe Canadian Society for the Wciz­mann Institute of Science has rein­stated its CharpakIVered Exc hangeFellowsh ip which wi ll provide asupple ment (S20 .000-$2 5,llOO) to are searcher 's NSERC ResearchGrant 10 engage in colla borat ivework al the weizmann Institute fora period of vix 10 12 months. Eligi­ble applicants are Canadian scien­li sls who wi sh to join teamsin\'olved in the app lication of thephysical or chemical sciences orengineering in biological re!;ClilfCh.Deadline for submis~ion of applica­lions is Nov. 30.

~S.: RC offen new proJ:nlUl~SERC has announced a ne wUniversuy Faculty Award~ Programaimed at decreasing the under-rep­resemanon of wom en in facul typositions in the natural sciences andengineering by encouraging Caua­dian universities to appoint promis­ing female researchers to tenure­track positions in these areas . To beeligi ble for considerat ion, cand i­dates must be Canadian citizens orperma ne nt resid e nts of Ca na da,have completed a doctoral degree.not hold or have previously held atenured or tenure-track position in aCanadian university. and have beenoffered at the time of nomination atenured or tenure-track appointmenteffective on Ihe s ta rt date of theaward . Full program detail s ar eava ilable on NSERC' s website atwww.nse rc .ca . Th e deadline forsubmission of applications is Jan. I,1999.

Sh.a.~tri Ind o-Canad ian hL~til utt'

"The Shastri Indo-Canadian Inslituleinviles applications from Canadianacademics for the po!iition of \'ice-

presiden t ( Ind ia Office) for theperiod July I, 1999 to June 30,:!OOO. The rem uneration incl udesfurnished eccommodsnon in centralNew Delhi. lhe use of a car for offi­cial purposes. and a living, traveland research allowance. "The dead­line for receipt of appli cations isOCI. 30. Appficauon s ar e al soinvited by deadline Feb. I. 1999 forthe position IIf director for the 2000Summer Program in India for Cana­dia n stu de nts . Travel and liv ingexpenses. an instruclor's salary plusa small honorarium is offered.

Vis itin~ hum an tnes IellnwvhipsApplications are invited for Visit­ing Humanit ies Fellowships, ten­able at Ihe University of Windsorfor a period of four months to oneyea r during lhe 1999·2000 acade­mic year. No stipend is attached tothe fellowship, but the HumanitiesResearc h Group will provide officespace , universily affiliation~ libraryprivileges, and assist Fellow s inestablishing contacts with indh'idu­als, group~ , libraries and instilu,t ion s in Ihe Southweslern

On t ar i ol~tic h i g a n regdeadline for applications Ii

1999.

Decoonnueuon orgramThe Canadian Fitness andResearch I n ~titute has ad\the institute's Researchtions Program has beenued. The invtitutc will.continue to co nrrtbuteresearch to the fie ld throngo ing activities. Informthese activities may he view

. institute' s website at WWI\'

ing.calcl1rilhtml

(MJR mN.'t'UanJA copy of the 1997-9!lof the Canadian PoliceIre (CPRC) has beencenee does not prU'..idesarles. but is interested in~p; wilh uniVCl"'iit)Io\M~ invuh'ed in art'& Iithe centre. A CPRC ReDeve10pmenl I'n:Jposal flYlllfXO\ided for this p.upose.

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Gazette . October 1, 1998 9

New developmentsncampus make a "splash"

he southeast comer of the 51. John'scampus has been the si te of much

development rece ntly, as a new'ng trail. a new Splash Facili ty build­

am new tree plantings have sprung up

LongPond.he 3.1 km Lon g Po nd Walk. con ­

a, part of the Grand Concourse sys­oftrails that winds through the ci ty. isgcompletion. Special features of thisinclude five "little rests " donated by

Johnson Family Fo undation with theofthe Grand Concourse Authority.

,Muse and station on the eastern endpond, and a uee house. gazebo and

blind on the south side of the pond. Asthe foundation has funded an educa­

pavilion. located just west of the A u­.ic support the environmental educa­

JXOgrnIIIs offered at the Ruvarium.'til Dawe, executive officer of the

Concourse Authority, said that thewalk around the pond will be open..

Anew pedestrian bridge at Leary'swi llhe installed in the spring of 1999

u now walkers will have to walk alongCrescent to cross Leary' s Brook at

rath side of the pond," he said.new Splash Faci lity building opened,ide this summer as a centre for the

-based recreation act ivities operated byIMIiI'ersity 's School of Phy sical Edu ca­

Recreation and Athletics. Designed byCharles Cullum and constructed by

BlIiversity 's Department of Facilitiesgement, the build ing is a centre for

, g. canoeing, kayaking and wi ndsurf-

ing. The landscape and new docking faci li­ties were des igned by the Grand ConcourseAut hority, wh ich cost-shared the instal lationwith theuniversity.

"The centre was well- inaugurated thissummer. being put to fu ll use during thevery fine weat her we experienced," said Dr.Colin Higgs, d irector of Phys Ed. He notedthat eventually the facility may also be usedas a staging point for winter activities suchas cross-country skiing and ice skating.

In la te s~mmer Faci lities Managementadded a stand of A ustrian pine. linde n andwhite spruce at the easte rn edge of LongPond. Named the An niversary G rove tomark the 50th anniversary of Memorial Uni­versi ty in 1999, the tree s are available forde dicatio n with a do nat ion of $250 (seebelow) . Tho donation, which covers the cost

of the tree, plan ting and a small dedicationplaque. will go into the university 's Oppor­tunity Fund.

Victoria Collins, director of UniversityRelations and the universi ty's representativeon the Grand Concourse Authority, 'said that

the new additions to the area will enhancethe campu s environment for students ,employees and visitors.

"We ' re pleased that several of GrandConcourse walks cross the campus, encour­agin g more people to explore the universityarea ," she said. "With the advice and assis­tance of the authority, the Johnson FamilyFoundation and Pippy Park, we 'v e beenable to make many pa rts of the campusmore accessible and more attractive, wh ile

being se ns i t ive to th e ecology of theareas." .:;;;:.

(N";WS & NOn::..". con tinued from p. 9)

Immi nent dead lines

NO\'.IAbht'imrr Sol'irty of Canada - Claude P.Beaubien awardof excellence.American l.unk Association - researchgrant; Dalsemer research scholar award,Arthrilis Soc i rt~.. - research fellowship s;Metro A. Ogryzlo international fellowships.nurNlu~hs weuccmc Fund - Wellcomcresearch travel grants.Can adian HeritaRC(Departmenl oO/Cana­dian Studies '·roKr.trn - Canadian studiesleaming materialsdevelopment.Canadian Lung Ass octeuon - Canadianphy siotherapy cardio-respiratory society( research grants , fellowships and stu­dentships); Canadian nurses' respiratory soci­ety (research grants and fellowships).German Academic Exchange Service ­study visits; research grants for recent PhDsand PhD candidates; Leo Baeck Institute­lJAAD grants.Hannah Institute for the Hi~tory of Medi­clue - grants- in-aid; postdoctoral fellow­ship.Intemancnat Society of Arbo rtcuttureR~'lu'Ch Tru st - John Z. Duling gram pro­gram.:\iRe _ research personnel programs: cen­tennial fellowships, fellowships;anhritis sod­ety/M RC fellowships; Canadian Hyperten­sion Society/MRC fellowships: CanadianLung AssociationIMRC fellowships: Novar­tis (formerly Ciba-(;e igy)/MRC fellowships ;Easler Seal Research InslituteJMRC fellow­ships: Muscular Dystrophy Association ofCanadalMRC fellowsh ips: SchizophreniaSocietyof Canada/MRC fellowships.Memori al, t-"acuU~' of Mcdlclne - facultyresearch and development advisory commit­tee.NationalInstitute of Nctrinon - NIN post­doctoral fellowship.NSERC - research grdnf (individual, teamand project); equipment grants.SSHR C _ aid to occasional research confer­elKCS and intcms nonal congresses in Canada.

wenner-Gren Foundatlon for Ant hropo­logii'al Research, Inc, - small grantsprogram.

Nov. 2Burnm¢1s wencome Fund - new invesn­gator awards in the pharmacological and toxi­cological sciences.MRCIPharmaceutical ManufacturersAssoctanon uf Canada - Health ResearchFoundation - research career awards in thehcallh sciences.

NO\'.6Cal~ar)' Institute for the Humanities ­visiting postdoctoral fellowships.National Kldne j Foundauun (US) ­research fcllo......ship award.

Nm·.13Assccluuon fur Canadian Studies - visit­ing faculty lecturer programme.Canadian Psychtatrjc Research Fou nda­tion - research grants; researc h develo p­mt.'flt fellowships.

Nov.J5Canada Council - John G. Die fenbakeraward.Canadian lIemophilia Society _ operatinggrants.The Foundation for Educutiollal ExchangeBetween Canada and Ihe United States ofAmerica - 'Ihe Canada-United States Ful­bright program.Memorial , Labrador In~titllte of NorthernStudies (UNS) - northern scientific train­ing program.:\-Iemorial, Publications Subvcmlon Boardof Memorial Universi ty of Newfoundland- publications subvention.Sa n Diego Fou nd a t ion - th e HlaskcrAward for Environmental Sci ence andEngineering.Sta nford Hnman ttles Center - externalfaculty felhjwxhips.University of ClIl~arJ-Gorhache\ Foun­datinn - joint trust fund (full applica­tion).

Hco oorableFrank McKennaCounsel, Mcinnes UKJPCf & RobertsonFonner PremierofNew Brunswick

Ken DrydenPrc-ldcnr and General ManagerToronto Maple Leafs

Canadian Institutional ResearchandPlanningAssociation

October 18·20, 1998Hotel Newfoundland

Keynot e Speakers

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Issues in Higher Ed ucationPostsecondary Education and the New EconomyThe New Face of Postsecondary EducationThe World within University Colleges

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10 Gazette . October 1, 1998

~ BUDGET IN FOCUS - 1998-99

The permanent faculty salary budget for 1991S-99 is higher than the previous year becausetenure-track appointments in flute and cello, The contractual faculty salary budget is albecause of two~ticalleaves in 1998-99 that require replacements; in 19lf7-98 we hadon sabbatical.

What difTf'lTnt'n are there in theh~" for tht> two )'l'il1"S Ym'An?The navel eXpendit~ for 1997-98 include tOlJf1i undertaken by the chamber on.:he-;tra (On

the concert band and chamber choir (Newfound land), funded mainly through a wategjcgrantand the Scbool of ~Iu..ic fRf:o.,.. We do not have any budget foetouring this year. Ourget in 1997-9Kalso includes funding from a strntegic initiatives grant for a compulCflke)joint project with the Faculty of Engineering. The figures for 1998-99do not include a 530.ment fund grant for the development of new COUf"lC:> in fiddling, accordion andfolksinging,

Ho'" has the ~:hflol or Mll'oic dealt ",jth the hud~l't cue.. or recent yellrs'!We have had to eliminate our vi_siting artist concert series; in its place , we now cc...~ponsorPlus concert series with the Ans and Cu lture Ccr are. We have also had to cancel our externalprogram. and efficiencies have been sought in C\'cry aspect of uu r operations. Meanwhile,introduced SOITlC ne w revenue-generating course, of imcrest to stude nts from other discipliing Music 20 11, a course in North American I'l,Ipular Music which is being offered fi ll" thethis fall . ..

Dt M.lUft~.., yolkSthoot of M "",

Budget Q &A• What spt'd a l ctecuneaences affect th e Schuul ur :\111<Jc hud~et in~m'ml'!

Revcnae-gcne ratmg enrolments in music have increased by 20 percent since 11)95-% , and our full-time faculty complement h,l~ grownas a resun. Salaries constitute 9 1 per cent of our budgeted cxpendi­rures for I l)l)H _~), leaving us an extremely restricted operaling budgetand nil funding for major capital expcnditurev, As a small unit. we areoften disproportionately affected by year-to-year changes (such assabbatical Il'a\e\) tha t might be more evenly absorbed in larger units.We are the only academic unit on campus withou t a graduate pro­gram, which will be a major priority in the ncar future. Further growthwill. however. require additional speceand financial reSOUf\;'CS.

SChool o f Music OpHating Budget - S993.649

Total Academic Envelope - S102.794.359

SChool of Music as a perce ntage of Academic Budget - 0.97 per cent

Total University Operating Budget - S138,945,OOO

5ch~ of Music as a per centage of University Budget: 0,72 per cent

BUdget Overvi ew Ao!lH!! P-.lJdgel ed

1997-98 1998-99Operating BudgetAllocation $1,042,968 $993,649Strategic Initiative 0 55,000FRET(FlICl.l lly Research andEducall(lf1 Trust Food) 8,118 0Revenues 36 ,599 45,000Total Budg et 1,087,685 1,093,649

SalariesAcademic Salaries- Permanent 700.539 735, 739

Academic Salaries- Contractual 91 ,704 126.894

Adrmnistrative Salaries 127,125 132.316

ProIessionalDevelopment Allowance 1,956 3,000

Total Salaries 921 ,324 997,949

Operating17.000Sludenl Assistants 17,248

Travel 25 ,267 12 ,000Hosting Espeoses 414 800Materials and Supplies 37 ,58 1 28,500Repair Equipmeot 19.431 14,000Repair Building 225 1,000ecoee. Journals, Memberships 4,191 4 ,550Fellowships, Bursary 96() 0Telecommunications 11.572 12,000Rental01Space, Equipment 847 1,250External Contracts, Professional Fees 5,628 3,600

Tot al Operating 118,297 94 ,700

CapitalFurnitureand Equipment 42,997 1,000

Total Capita l 42 ,997 1,000

Total Expend itures 1,087 ,685 1,093 ,649

School of Continuing Education

\\111II: impactha,f'~ cuts had on the sdJool'!The r.mge of opected servir;:a; and the IllUTiJcn ufdi.'il3l'lCe t.Ur>eS am stlJdent.,. 1ft~ing.\\get is smnking.ForexarJllIe. this~, we ha\'e an in:rea.'ie of Ik'a'ty 15 perca1: in thelaI'1l."r CIU"'iJe registraOl::n>; b.l w-ntxu a UlIIesp:nfillg~ in needed~~. We _bIef<r~ mediaSlWJlI,:.md are stnJggIingwith the leveloflutget supp.n. o..r 5CIff isworking U 0:dicaIed, but i~ hanI-pe:.ss<;ed kl keep up, We know- it is 100gb righ.lLTt:Ni thehave hom relur.1lD IOCOIJllIain; hoo.wYer. ntx.::e\.>a)' 'i('l'vicesl;3flOOl be~win.. anThe mainlellanCe~qwIity i.\. a majorm...-ern.

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How iI'i UK'hlldl.'l1 set?Prepuratinn (lfthe budget isuJl labo....ltlve involving OIU' stalfand the vice-president (,I;lidetnic), willlfromthe CUllplmJIer's Ollice and theCaltre for InstilUtional Analysis and Planning. First. oursavK:e gl~'" ftT the corning year are set. requimJ lkvelt~rellI and delivery ma :h anisrns .a~"l'lt CCl!its estimated ml revenues~. ThaI this i.s follov.'ed by an iterali\'e fl'OCCSo'iriandadju.'ilmcut

Budget Q &AWhat i" supported h) the COI"e ope-r.lting budl:l't of the ScOOol ofContinuing Education?Thecore I~Tating budget covers 11 wide range of Ji.<.lancc-educatioo ar-.Jcilmpus-ha'it'dact ivines,OurCentre for Di'>WlCC Edocmion Developmcntand SUpplllt (COEDS), ulllk:r our Division ofOPClI Learning. is rcspcesi­hie for more lhan 170 COIIJ;,CS inullporJ.ting print, videotape, e...mail theWOOd Wide Wch and !l.·leconfereocing, ;e rving well more th an 5,(0:) stu­deoo; with arrrm:i matcly 12.00) CO\m;e registrnl;I.JllSannually. lk Centrefu- Acaocmic and MediaSeevces(CAMS) iocludt.'Sour vKloo and1eIe\i­Yon p11dut.1it1fl ar-.J SUJlX-IIl earns, a graphics and WIn.! WkleWeh unit,aninstro.:tilJllal dcveklJllTM.'1ll and sup(XJl1 ,I!ftre,and acla~'>fO(.mmultime­dia ...UWOO groop. fure~, C'~ll) 8l::tivities include rrullimedia~Jutb~\andfaruhy in nearly HXl clas.SI'1.om, and thedJplicationof '<\-erJ.llhll'>alld \'ide()tape~ fordi~ di...niluiooeach~.

AITtht-n.-!>pt"lialci~ or llOOIllldies ",him uft'('(1 your schooI's~?

Yo..(u -ciwloI hots llkIly auvires and <erolces thai:~~ bydnecttuiliooornlt'mal t'e'.­

and lhusco Ill-' .......lW in the cereopcr:tting b\4,'Cl For eUlf1lle.. theexten.si\'e 'd of progrwns.sevces of CU" C'awre for Pw;onaI ani Prot~,ionallJe\-'l'k-.pment (CI'PD) b ceJlllpk:tely ~If

5TE.\I-Nt.'1 Pn;e.."1 is 100000ly extemJ.lly 1UnJa1. C:4,~IS al-e g'Cn.TdIeS~ l'C\enue fmme.\

andtraining vidcocnlllrnL"1s, hut ispimarily suppnrtcd from thc0PlTJ.ling 1llJ4'Ct.lkdc'.elopnm~ i.,suwaJrtcd by a mix of exk."'ITIaI and em: Ip..'ratinn fuming. The tca.:hingpnrtion ofC'; i.~ buUl,'t.'ted by the various a.<tdm1ic units thmugl"'•.n the univel'"ity,but is nue than con.'rCdtuition hu m tht.'Se U"II.JJ'ie>. 'The lusts of varioos di;;tan('e materials, including UJUN: miUlUillsarxI \an" oovt.'f'OO ttuoogh student fees,

SC~ of Continuing Educa tion Operating Budget - S2,489,650

Total Academic Envelope - S102 ,794,359

SChool of Continuing Educa tion as a perc.entageof Academic Bud get - 2.42 per cent

Total Universrty Operat ing Budget - S138,945,000

5chooI of Continuing Education as a percentageof UniversityBudget 1.79 per cent

Budget Overview Actual Budgeted

1997-98 1998-99$alarl e sAcademic Sataries - Full TIme 591 ,079 $99,000

Academic Salaries - oeer 300,817 369,000

Administrative Salaries - Full Tme 1,451 ,101 1,768 ,300

Administrative Salaries - 0Ihet' 817,840 938 ,000

Protessional Development Allowance 3.202 400

Total Sala ries 2,664 ,039 3,174,700

OperatingS1udent Assistants 62 ,715 71.000Travel 68 ,153 94 ,500Hosting Expenses 6,414 23.250Materials and &.wIieS 297 ,900 30 1,700Repair Equipment 10,051 10,150Repair Buildings 9,809 1.500Inslltutional memberships 5,086 10.200Bool<, 41 ,216 24,700Journals 2,136 2,800library Materials 3,545 0TelecommunicaHons 234,934 175.000Rentalof Space 5,607 5,000 •Rental of Equipment 6,360 2,000Insurance 0 2,193External Contract 42,430 1,500Prolessioanl Fees 58 ,558 47,000Debt Service 4,663 6,000

Total Operating 859, 597 "8,493

Capital 197,611 140,000

Revenue 1,371,657 1,603 ,543

Total 2,349,590 2,489 ,650

Gazette . October 1, 1998 11

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SHOWSFalse Evidence Appearing Real, fcanningblock and while prints of Mtllltreal phtPtogr<iphef TomGihson, willbe ( Ill di'Jllayat !he Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art

Gallery until <At 31.The exhibititlll fea­lures Gibson's street poorails spanningmore than three decades. The gallery isopen10thepuIJIic Tuesday lhroogh Salur­day, II Lm.105 p.ll1. and evenings duringGrenfell College lheacre productions.lmaprrti\oe ntr; can be~ up.JIl..,..,..

program will host Ilisiting art1\l omWood. . NoIla Scotia artist \l..bo~"S and

maUs \"idtos. The artist lII.iU he in Coo1erBnd;Oct. 4-5.

IT - Memorial 's School of CmtinuingEib;ation lII.iD host an informalioo ses­!\ion m its ne..... Diploma in InfmnalionTechnologypmgrlllI1 (Ill Wednesday, Oct.7, in rocen AS·375 between 11.'40 a m.and 12.'30 p.rn. This pugr1U11 is designedfc...peupIcwith a posl~ degree,

"Bad dog, Rexl Bad dogl"

classifiedFor RentTwo·bedroom, cosy, uniq ue, two­sto rey hou se off Redcliffe Road.Country living. Surrounded by nat­ural woods, only about 10 minutesdrive from Memorial. Partly fur­nished, with fridge, electric rangeand dryer. Year's lease from Sept.1998; S600lmonth, POU. Refer­ences, da mage deposit. please; nosmokers . Phone 726-3951.

I ~etun: _ NOl:oo historian SelmaBarir.ham issdJeduledlO gillC a public kc­lure at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College <A1. 6at 6:30 p.m. The tille of !he iel.1lIre i,Enridling Tourisl: OpJunmitiesMiscori­cal Tourism. The 1a.1Ure wiD be held illAs-324and allare welcome to aIk:nd.

\l,.jti~ IIrtb1 - The Visual Ans

CORNER BROOK\"olulllrtn - There will be a pnenla­!Mill f(... Iltllunleers of !he 1m C.anadaw'inter Games ill room LC-30l onW\'Jdnesday, 0(.1, 7from 12.'40-1.' 40 p.rn..l i na UrtJert1. and Nancy Bou lcher willClm lk.1 the presenlation and evcryotleattending has a chaoce of winning a prill;.

honorary doc"tCnle hy MenuiaI Univa"loiry in 1992.GalleryInJrs areTuesdlIy COStmday fmn l1llOll 105 pm. aro Fridaysfrom 7·10 p.m., dosed Monday'S. Schooland grouplOUrs can be scheduledby call­ing 737-2427. GerakI~.' $ou'nq"continuesuntil Noll . 22. 19911.

This fall.three of the An GaIkry of :"kw­foundland and Labrador' s eJ:hiOitionspaces wiD be devOled 10a SUJVeY of theworfv; of one of N~foondland's lIUZprominent artist....GerakI Squires. GerakISquires: Jt lUlTle)' spansf(g"decadesof anrrutl.illg. The gallery i~ klCalCd in the S1.John 's AA\ and CullwcC.enlle on Allan­dale Road. Call 737-112 10 for moreinfor·mation. This e~hilJiti(1Il is the first surveyof the an i-t il.: prooU(;tion of GcrrySquires, arll(lIlg the lOO/iI importanlof ourllisuaJ arti..r.~ and links his n}ally series ofpainling., together and includes ....urks inOlher media 'ilJ(.1I a, dr,l\\/ing. ceramics.pimmaking lIl1d meral St."ulpure (includ­ing his lacest casl brooJe pieoel. Throughpia."l:Sfrom privall:arxl publicooIleclion.shere and from Ontario. Quebec and PEl .\iewcr; can trao..'C Squires' e~ ofhis rnosI compelling themes ()\'er a-IO-year penod: he has been irnpired byrdipou... sut;et.1.... clas....icaI m}1OOkJgy.ptJeU)' and!he Iantkl1lJ'l' of his~Ne.....fountlIand. a'> ....ell as by~ym­boli!ol. i~'Cf}'. SqlUres Wll\ awanlod an

Ol"OGOINGThe Memorial UniveNly Bwnical Gar­da! \\/i ll 00Id its final pair of SundaymooUng hird.....3lchesOct.4 and Oct. 18al 8 am. The &xank:al Garden is kJall ·cd It 306Mooo: Scio Road ard is '¥flse>o"at da~ a 'A'Od;. from 10 am. 10 fillCp.rn. dailr Phone 737-8590 roc rnon:

dctaih ¥xu. anyd !he abm'e. lX \'icw lbl:Wemite II hItp:I"",,.,.:murLm'fH.ltgottlm

False hidt-"fll:e Appt.wi ng Real , featunng btac k and white prints of Monlreal phologr,lphef Tom Gibson. will be OIl displ,lyallhe Sir \Vilirro Gr"""ell College Art Gallt>!)' unt il Oct. 3 I ,

Thursday. Oct. IS.Public n'adin.: _ Pkm: Berton will bereading mlm his new 1xxJk. MOCOlUtS, atthe Scho(ll of Mu.'lic Ra.ilalHall al8 p.m.

SHOWS

~T. JOll:"·S

Until Nov. 10, there wiD he an exhibitionon SO yean of FrendJ Philosophy. Therean:: around 110 [X.Jo.teri {in Fren :n ) in lhrccpa!t.s: fiN. the '50~i: ~ the Slruc­tlmdism and the Mar~ism: third Philoso·phy of Scirntl: and I'.pis\Cmology. Thisc)(hilJition is r-",~ilJle bccall'\C oflhe C0n­sulate of Fnlll(;e in Morlt:lOlJ and hi,ul/(lI'hl ('ul lurl'1, Monsieur FranL'kDuVC<IU, 'Ihe ~c\;und pari is in SN-4035(Seminar n ..11\1 uf the departrnl."lJ1 ofh (.'OCh and Spanish)and the 1.....0 Olhcr.;

an: near the A-301H (Seminar room ofthe o.'p....tmcnt of I'hik~y.)E~

is welo::me.

f"e-wfoundland l.ano.bo:ap.: and Planl'i: AnAn Exhitoi tion by Audn:y Cole. anernpkl)'Cl." of CO-"lJ!re fc. N~fwndlandStuo:JieoI.. QE II u hrary, \\/ill he hdd al theMU'oic R~ Centre.M-2lP-6. SdoJIof Music. IIIlli1 ().'t- 31. E\aytn: we1­~

~~'.Oct.1J

Classt-s .. 'iU folJt",.' Monday timnabk 01'1

rJrUda)'~

Wed~a~'. Oct. 14WtsSn Su,:irl}" - The Wfi.<a Societyinvi~ ee puNk 10a lecture by Dr. I..=tieHarris. p-csidenI .--riIUS of Menuial. It

8 p m, in Hamplun Hall in the Marinelnsntute, Ridge Road. "The topic isAsped.s of the Nacural Hiskxy of GallowsHarhour.

Friday, Oct. 8Ml.'dkine jecrure - 30lh AnnivecsaryFaculty of Medicine Lecnse Series.' Theprincipal and vice-chancellor of Mt--GillUniversity, Dr. Reman! Shapiro, willspeak (Ill the Challenge tlf Otange.' Can

Medicine Cope? From 12-1 p.m. in themainauditorium. Health scences Centre.

Lecture - 1bete will be a bil.x:hemistryseminar in the Science Builthng. room S­-*015 aI I p.rn The~ will he Dr.Qui.<;topher Loomis of !he School of_.

SuOOa)", Oct. IIFilm SI:Jri!oty - MUN film So(.-iety (.'(lO<­

tinues • the A\'alon Mall It 2 p.m. withOod.watdlen (USA 1997) 96 mins..Direded by Jill SJft'Cher. \\~th Toni Col·Ieue. Parl= Posey, U ... Klkkuw. AlannaUbach. Helen FitzpakL An absolutelydelighlful daR. comedy slarring a talentedindie-Iilm CW'> ', all of whom you'D nxog­nize. Vtty mudl a study of the cupornk:workplace, CUH·k...ull·htrs struc turesitself around the livesof four young office' tem p:s.' different wornen who bond, g0s­

sip, and compete while working for theGlobalCredit A!i.';(Jeiatiull.

Monday, Oct. 12Thanksgiving Day. fltJ w.:turn.

novdi5l Kevin MaP" will give a public~ 10 Cl."JdJnr£ the Ic.n _va:­sary of the founding of Wril('n in FJec·tronic~. Canada-....lde rrogramfoc<iChooh to~ the expertise of ....m­en. 1lrkcturt' begi~ • 4 pm, in RoomA-I043, klClIlOd in the Arb iII'Id Admini....lr.Ition Building 00 Maooria1's St.Jdm'scantpU!o. The~~ open 10 the publicand there is nn admis.o;i\ln charge.

COLONYtfAVALONF ou nda ti o n

Family 16.00 Seniors $2. 50

Students ~ 2 .00

r, $).00

en $2 ,00

Sunday, Oct. 4~ - ~IUN FilmSocietycce­I . A,.... Mall • 2 pm. lII.ith

e-fUSA 1997). Dim.1cd by.Illd rean.ing Federico I..J.wi.GonT.ikl.. ~bndy Paunlin

ClIu. Fua1lo. • diWngui!JWP his life lfaining doI.1OrS

'edIR,ilmgb10bing drugs aro-'aing India tribes, One day.

!W"'(JIJ;him10!il:t off intoIiPN:lf. 10 confirm \\/hal he

1lid1!ll.' a publern ill the ma)(.

JlIITI'=Y into the heart of dark-far IOOl"e Ill'a nightmare worldever imagined, andone part­

Ill'tlcreation.

Tuesday, Oct. 6kltur? - Notai Nc\l.fouodland

lIiIialillCS involve a mixof exlemalandcore (-,U"dling OOlIh't-1 fund ing,h:: latter st.'fVc.~ to k-'VCf'dt,'C the fooncr, For example, we~ w(lIking

h:~tarillC !Jl<.tilulc mill variolL'i facultieslU1J schtxlls 10 prL.,= ,u"l sup­IlZlgeuf progr.lm~ and COUJ'ieS that will make cxlt..11~i ve u'ot: of new

il'lchxJing the world wi&.': woo aOO e-mail. We arc abo invulved in newtllld iX\'fJ.IMIs to SUpp:X1 classroom iU1d teaching I'l"\ltahzalion at..

709..431-3100otl-8iJ-3COLONY (g~lO am ."JO pm, :'-lan. Fri)iafo.coloDy_thezol1e ,l1et

.lnforgettable experiencel

VISIT ANARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGAT FERRYLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND

led app ro xima tel y 80 km south fro m St. John 's

the Irish Loo p D rive.

Open 7 days a week un til October '9K

l:llltson the hour from 9 am - 7 pm daily

Itsit the Inter pret a tion Centre, tou r t he dig site asexcavation continues and tou r our archaeology

botatory to see t he items as they are logged .

'1 shop on site

taur a n t s , tour boats and much more near site

iml"r,.;G t:OUCATlOS, l"OIlti ltlwd from p. 10)

... Irlitiativn i'I &he School fAContinuinK t :dundion undertaldng?

" ""mgIV' lIJJSI orWI' new initiaIives an:either 'CIf.o,upputing (X"exlf:r-fu. eurnpIe. we.-c:~ oorb 'd0"acti\it)" in ttr areaof

L""'-..i..q ~lr3ini~ am~ inclOOing di<;tn:e. Ri IKeplaming Itle.qud in the areaofcoruaaark! wlrlplaoe train­lDu; iX\'lfe..'iionaI fidds. As wen. the <dlooI l' hecorning IJ¥)I"e

in nalimaI and ink'rnal:imal activi~ fa- exafT'4'le, we recently"lltt the Farultyof F.ducalion 00 a crnraa 10otTer the BEd (Sec­

.~ 10Iea:'hcr. on the Caribbean h land of Dllminica. am .....ill be!he fIDol group in January of 1m, \\~ arecxr*ring iX\;o.1 opp:ttu­

b:~ and services in!he brood area of Cllf1111ltDlityand region­aM ",...ialdevt:klJ'lnef1t in Ne\\foundland and l..abradl.T,

'I1lur§da~'. Oct. I- lbEK -will te • bioctJerni.'ItI• • Scimce Building.1'0001 S­

I Ip.a Thrsp:aUr will be Tom• • llilX'bemisuy J)qwtm=d.

Saturday, J Oct._ The~g IIDh birth­

I'OlIIeoc fWViIb anUCU-'iC

Iti M.lSic in a conccn ar thef G:d. Recital Hall in theM . 0.IliikIing aI 8 p.m.,futuring per-

oilhe .'kxumr for woodwindlit ir fhIlr and OOllC !illllata.~; and

kr~ and piano. pcrtoen ....rrsMaurtcn \bIk (piano): Catberineqnno): Joanne Kolomyjec, MiI.'hclle Cheramy (flute];

lWcn(ob.Je); Lone Buk k (dar­

~ Vaughan (hum); and

Di'o~~). General110;SWent.\kc:niln SS. TICk­

~ I'o"lilable at the dr......

12 Gazette . October 1, 1998

Student ViewWriting with confidence

Newfound land ,beactive in the WOlJlCll!ion of Memorialleader in setting upfor students. Sheto promote nutritionial.

"Numnon can lealety of careers in soent aspects of thetea ching. hcspiulresearch . salesfood and appliancefood photograph). fotions and communsysaid Mrs. Morgan.

Th e Mrs. GracEntrance Scholwas Nahlishedwith further fufrom a bequest 10

by Dr. Morgan after1995. This fund \lffer!

arships annually.at not less than $2.,

additionto the rlCI\

nutrition af M

gun has also"""'1ar ship for a nutrientering the posttion J'lrOl,TdJ11 at theToronto.her Il/mil

"The effects of prnise,

deserved, can provide

students with the confidoll

they need 10 overcome

biggest of academic

And a lust word to studenb:that you always have sorrenuunique to say. that what youvalid as what anyone elseyou can support it ~ ). and !hatto the nuts and bolts of \\that )lour insights will findmore and more. And whosomeday your professors,somethingy OIl wrote....

with the co nfidence theycome eve n the biggest ofdie".

wa s bo rn in Shauna vo n.Sas katchewan , and her fir stcareer was as a teacher near herhometown. But "he had hersight, set on a career in nutritionand in 194 1 graduated from theUnivers ity of Toronto with abachelor of household sciencedegree (BHSc). While workingas the dietitian at Upper CanadaCollege, Toront o, she began aco urtship with Mose ~torgan ,

who was then serving as a lieu­tenant in the Canadian army.Aft er th ree years at Uppe rCanada College she joined theNutrition Department of theOn tario Divi sion of the RedC fO", \ . where pan of herjob wasgrvmg nu tr ition le cture sthroughout Ontario and helpingto train homem akers for theHomemaker Service. She laterembarked 011 a freelance career,which included preparing foodfor photographs in magazines,food packages and recipe hook.s

as well as food preparation fortelevision commercials.

In 1968 she married Dr. Mor­gan. who served as Memorial' spres ide nt from 1973-81 . In

good student and clever wri ter, albeit a bitopinionated, recounted one of his fi rstexperiences with a professor in English1080. In front of the class, she called him"a n opinionated, ignorant swine: ' Maybehe was outspoken, hut he was ce rtai nlysilenced for some time after - he refusedto go to class after and ended up with apoor grade. Or one time at the WritingCenter, a Iirst year student. after showingme her first English IOHO .....riting assign­ment, nearly broke down in tears in frontof me. Despit e the red ink, I noted thatbe nea th it all shcd made some goodinsights, assured her of her pote ntial, andtwo months later "he came hack brandish­ing a B+ grade in a recent assignment anda big. proud grin. If l've learned anythingas a tutor and from these examp les in par­ticular, it's that the effect of criticism ofany kind. be it constructive or not, can befar reaching. but that the effects of praise,when deserved , can provide the students

By SHARON GRAY

The Grace Morgan Schol­arship in Nutrition hasbeen established. thanks

to an endowment given to theuniversity by Grace Morgan. Itis open to an undergraduate stu­de nt st udying nu tri tio n atMemorial and will be awardedon the basi s of scho la rs hipstanding. with preference givento a student entering the finalyear of the nutrition program.

Dr. Margaret Brosnan, Bio­che mistry, said there are veryfew scho larsh ips available forfourth-year students in the nutri­tion program and she is verypleased that this one has beenestablished.

..It is a real vote of confi­donee 10 get the recognition thatsuch a scholarship gives," saidDr. Br osnan. " It is particula rlyappropriate that the scholarshipis in Grace Morgan ' s name asshe worked actively in the fieldof nutrition for many years andwas instrumental in getting theBiochemistry Department toconsider dietetics and nutrition."

Grace (Wey ma rkj Mo rga n

Grace Morgan ScholarshipNutrition established

"What con be done for these

follen stmighl A Grade 12 Eng­

lish students now that they are

01 university?"

Well. first off. I'll strongly recommendthe resources of the Writing Center to anystudent who' s having difficulty with theirwritin g in any course , most espe ciallyEngli sh 1080. Most profs simp ly don 'thave the time to address the needs ofevery student. hut the tutors ar the WritingCenter will sit down and teach a studentsomething like su bject-ve rb agree men tfor up to 45 minute". As unenticingas such a session may appear to the stu­dent. it will make the world of differenceto his or her writing. Having worked as atutor for many such sessions. I began In

notice 01 common problem to all student'sperceived or apparent inabil-ity to write and think criti-cally - their own lack ofcon.fidence in their ability todo so.

First and foremost. thesestudents are being suddenlyimmersed in co mplete lynew ways of writing andthinking about the world. Toadd to this, people in gen­e ral and fi rst yea rs e"pe­dally have a great deal ofrespect for the intellectualopinion!'. of professors. Eng­lish. by its very nature, is adeeply intimate. introspec­tive, and therefore personalsubject. To write and thinkcritically, students need tofeel cn.nfident about the irpotential. so when a protes­sor har shly criticizes thestudent and his or her work(w hich they have beenknown 10 do), the professormay ac tually he stuntingone of the students fir stattempts to find his or her"voice."

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I' ve alway s lovedto write . I think. Iowe my love of

language to my par­ents. An act of sheerwill on behalf of mymother had me read­ing as a four yearold , and my father"squality bed time sto­rytelling never relied on a book. but wereinstead the splendid yams of his imag ina­tion. To be fair, I was also very fortunat e10 have stumbled upon a few exceptionalschool teachers and some excellent Eng­lish professors.

But I am all 100 aware that there arcmany students for whom English IOKO

instills !he fear of God. And unlike MathIOHO. from which myself and other l ike­

min ded English majors arc me rci fullyexempt. English 10RO is a required coursefor admissions in any faculty at Memorial.

Havin g wor ked two semesters at theWriting Center. I think I can suggest withat least sorne authorit y a few of the rea­sons students can become so paralyzed atthe thought of say. the use of satire inCOllntry Husband. or a critical analysis of"Mom's Blues."

First of all, many students arc not pre­pared for the standards that English IORO

has set - at least relative to high schoo lEng lish . This, I think , is because , untilnow, they were not encouraged to thinkcritically. Instead, they were spoon fedcurriculu m and regurgitation formulas bytheir high sc hool teachers. As well. itseems that once these high schoo l studentshad managed to proper ly regurgi tate theprescribed formulas. despite the neglect ofmany of the basic skills of grammar andsentence construction in the process , theywere still highly rewarded . Many disillu­sio ned stude nts, for e xa mple, hav eexpressed to me their frustration of havingdropped from a straight A English litera­ture high school student to a tenuous CEng lish IORO stude n t. And yet in myexperience , the same straight A highschool students are the first to admit thattheir English teachers have failed them .The big question is. what can be done forthese falle n straight A Grade 12 Englishstudents now that they arc at university?

Crace Morgdn (0 with Dr. Arthur May (U dod Dr. Md.g,lfto"l Brosnan (~l.