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Every first-year student will be invited to a one-on-one interview

Student orientation

Fourth-year Computer Engineering student Myriam Guirguis looks as though she's climbing the Hall Building, but it's really a plastic mountain on the Terrasse during Orientation Week.

BY BARBARA BLACK

I n a determined effort to make sure first-year students don't become

discouraged by their university experience, the Dean of Students Office is making orientation a last year.

Instead of a whirlwind affair of only two or three days, the University Orientation Program will be staffed year-round, taking a more measured, thoughtful approach to the pressures faced by incoming students.

Introductions to every corner of the University are being spread over the next three weeks. Students may take tours of the campus on any weekday, without appointment . Part-time and graduate students are naturally invited to all orientation activities, but they also have welcoming sessions of their own.

Libraries and Computing Services have designed introductory tours to

IN THIS ISSUE

Schools for

tough times

Marcel Danis becomes Vice-Rector, IR

Activists and administrators are

being prepared to cope with

tighter public budgets.

Pages 2 and 3

New profs

Teaching and Learning

Services bolsters support

in the classroom.

Pages

· Summer alive

Plenty went on under the

summer sun, from student

research to golf games.

Pages 6 and 7

The Hon. Marcel Danis has been appointed Vice-Rector, Institu

tional Relations, for a five-year term that began July 1.

Danis has been associated with Concordia since 1968, when he began lecturing at Loyola College. In 1971, he became an assistant pro- ii:

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fessor in political science and was ~

made an associate professor in 1977. ~ In 1994-95, he was Vice-Dean, 3

§ Academic Planning, in the Faculty -g,

of Arts and Science, and since June ~

1995 , he has been the Faculty's Vice-Dean, Administrative Affairs . .

He has a BA in Political Science from Loyola College (1965) and a Master of Arts in Political Science from Fordham University in New York (1966). He also completed a licence en droit at the Universite de Montreal (1971).

From 1984 to 1993, Danis was the Progressive Conservative member of Parliament for Vercheres. He

served as deputy Speaker of the House of Commons (1984-90), deputy house leader, Minister of State for Youth and Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport (1990-91), and as Minister of Labour (1991-93).

He succeeds Harald Proppe, who had been Interim Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations and Finance, since July 1994.

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all year long explain their jargon and give the first-year students basic information.

In late October, all first-year students will be invited by their Faculty to discuss any problems they may have with someone from Counselling and Development. It's an extraordinary commitment, considering there are about 3,000 firs t-year students - but Director Sup May Graub said that it can be done over a two-week period.

New projects Christina Sbrocc:hi has been sec

onded from Financial Aid and Awards to run the program until spring, when it will be re-evaluated. She invites units across the University to propose new projects, or to discuss sharing the cost of existing programs for first-year students. She can be reached at 848-4330, -3535, or [email protected].

On Orientation Day, two weeks

ago, students got a warm welcome and workshops on student finances, academic strategies and available support.

Social activities organized by the Concordia Student Union were free at the gate for first-year students, thanks to a new orientation fee of $35 for full-time and $25 for part

time students. Counselling and Development

will give the following workshops in September and October: The ABCs of Concordia University; Choosing/Changing Your Major; Learning From Your Textbook; Learning from Lectures; Preparing for and Taking Exams; Time Management for First-Year Students; Critical Steps to Career Success; Managing First-Year Stress; and ProblemSolving in Your First Year.

For dates, see page 11.

Larry English, C.A., is University's first CFO The Board of Governors has

appointed an alumnus with a strong background in institutional financing as the University's first Chief Financial Officer.

Larry English, C.A., began his five-year term on July 22. He received his BComm from Concordia in ii:

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1978, and a graduate D iploma of ~

Accountancy from McGill University ~

in 1981. He became a chartered § § administrator in 1980 and a chartered

accountant in 1981. English was Director of Finance

at St. Mary's Hospital, where he oversaw an efficiency plan involving $13 million, or 20 per cent of the hospital's operating budget.

Before joining St. Mary's in 1989, he held positions in audit and accounting with the Federal Business Development Bank, Victor, Gold and Co., and Pannell Kerr Foster. English has taught courses

-sipee 1984 at Vanier College.

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The portfolio of the Chief Financial Officer was part of the Office of the Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations and Finance, until an administrative reorganization last fall, meant to save the University $290,000 over the next two years.

Chief financial officers are rare in Canadian universities, and English is the only one in Qiebec. He will report directly to the Rector.

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IMCD summer workshops tackle community organization

Activists scra111ble to stay in step BY SYLVAIN COMEAU

About 600 community and social activists were on campus in

June to sharpen their skills for the tough times ahead.

The Institute in Management and Community Development's Summer Program, comprising a day-long opening forum and 49 training sessions, was held from June 17-20 on the Loyola Campus. This was the fourth summer session for the Institute, which operates from Concordia's Centre for Continuing Education. It was the biggest session yet.

Frances Ravensbergen, who led sessions in English and French on organizational development, said that change itself is the single greatest challenge facing today's activists.

"For a long time, the rules were very clear about the government's role, how business would react to

them, and how to mobilize people," Ravensbergen said. But in the past decade, as some of their original battles were won, community workers have had to find new sources of funding, build new coalitions and develop new mandates.

Ravensbergen, who works on the training and consultation team of Community Education Services of the Montreal Catholic School Commission, said that groups must support their members through a period of rapid change.

'When change affects an organization, one of the first questions people ask is, Where is my place?' Groups must make sure that everyone knows what their place is going to be in the new organization, even if that place is outside the organization. People can't function without a sense of how they fit in."

Michael Baffoe, who teaches a course in community organizing at

the Centre for Continuing Education, addressed the key issue of networking.

"Community groups cannot do their work without some networking and collaboration with other groups," Baffoe said. "But problems emerge when there is a dependency on bigger, louder or more powerful groups. The ideal is interdependency, and a fair exchange of resources and ideas."

Baffoe, director of the Black Star Project, a Big-Brother-style program for black Montrealers, pointed out that networking permits groups to break intimidating problems down into smaller tasks, offering moraleboosting dividends. "Community organizing is frustrating most of the time, so it's good to see that others are in the same boat," he said. "Even if that doesn't provide solutions, it gives you strength."

First-ever national Jewish studies conference at Concordia

Love affair with learning BY RACHEL ALKALLAY

The first all- Canadian Jewish Studies Conference was held last

June at Concordia's downtown campus, attracting more than 120 faculty, students and community members.

The two-day conference, called A . Heritage in Transition: Jewish Stud

ies in Canada, took place under the auspices of the Joint Chairs of Concordia's Chair in Qyebec and Canadian Jewish Studies and the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University.

"The Conference was important because it was the first time Canadian scholars got together to discover what others were doing research on," said Religious Studies P rofessor Norma Joseph, who organized the event with colleagues Michael Oppenheim, Ira Robinson, Frank Chalk, Michael Brown and others

from McGill, Qyeen's and the University of British Columbia.

"It enabled us to look at Judaism and the Canadian context together. It gave scholars a chance to network with other scholars and enabled graduate students to see the vast and important field of Judaism," Joseph said.

Vice- Rector Academic Jack Lightstone, also a Religious Studies professor, opened the conference by saying, "Canadian Jews have struggled with the boundaries of social spheres and identity. Being Jewish in C anada is about straddling both sides of the fence.

W orkshops included topics such as women's studies (a particularly lively session), the history and culture of Sephardic J ews, J ewish thought, H olocaust studies, the social and scientific study of Jews and Judaism, Jewish history, cultural studies and classical textual study.

The keynote panel on the role of the

scholar and the community included Lightstone, York University's Sydney Eisen, and Miriam Roland, a community activist who is also on Concordia's Board of Governors.

"Nobody lives an ivory-tower existence any more," Eisen said, giving examples of Jewish leaders from academe .

Roland said that Judaism recognizes study as life-long learning: "Learning should led to ethical living, and building a more compassionate , just society." The panel agreed that the Jewish community ~

::> has to stop looking for heretics in its ~

midst, and battl e ignorance of ~

Judaism and Jewish history. ~ g The Joint Chair is partially funded 1l:'

by the multiculturalism program of ~

Heritage Canada, which was represented at the conference, as was the Israel consulate and the CanadaIsrael Committee.

Jane Stewart elected to Royal Society . p sychology professor Jane Stewart

has been elected to the Academy of Science, Life Sciences Division, of the Royal Society of Canada.

Stewart is a researcher in neural and hormonal control of appetitive motivation. Her studies. on the role of Pavlovian conditioning and the stimulus properties of drugs have led to important advances in addiction theory. She made international news last year when she and colleague Shimon Amir published a paper on their work on circadian rhythms in the British-based journal, Science.

Stewart has been at Concordia since 1963. She helped build the Psychology Department into one of

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C oncordia's greatest strengths, including the Centre for Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology, of which she is director.

The Royal Society of Canada was founded in 1882, and is based in

Ottawa. Its mandate is to promote and develop learning and research in the arts and sciences, which it does through its three constituent academies .

Jane Stewart was one of 60 new fellows elected this year, plus three foreign fellows and one specially elected fellow. The formal induction will take place in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 22.

Last year, Computer Science Professor Ching Y. Suen was made a fellow of the Royal Society. Suen, who heads the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, is also Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science.

CONCORD I A'S THUR S DA Y REPOR T

Computers are a boon to building and civil engineers

BY SYL VA IN C O MEAU

The Centre for Building Studies organized the Third Canadian

Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering in August at the Sheraton Centre.

Professor Claude Bedard, of the Centre for Building Studies, organized the event, which in the past, dealt strictly with the civil side. This edition gave equal emphasis to building engineering.

Computer modelling, for example, has improved the reliability of structures, particularly in natural disasters

such as earthquakes. "With computers," Bedard said,

"calculating the impact of earthquakes on a given structure is routine, no matter what size building. Doing it by hand would be long and tedious, almost unthinkable."

Another key area is the internal environment of a building. "A lot of parameters affecting the quality of the building environment - heat, humidity, air fl.ow - are inter-related. Computers are ideally suited for controlling and monitoring these factors simultaneously."

The conference was sponsored by the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering.

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The School of Community and Public Affairs combines political idealism with personal warmth

School with a family feeling BY JOANNE LATIMER

The School of Community and Public Affairs feels like home

for Professor Marguerite Mendell, whose comfortable, lived-in office reflects her personal commitment to its 85 students.

Mendell has been principal of the School for five years, and is one of two full-time faculty members at the helm of the program. Over its 17 years, the SCP A has acquired a reputation for molding public servants with initiative and activists with tact.

"The School is interdisciplinary," Mendell explained. 'We teach students how to interpret public policy surrounding hot topics, and the positions of interest groups relating to those issues." '

Mendell, who received her doctorate in 1983 from McGill University in comparative economic systems and the history of economic theory, came to Concordia in 1985, and was charmed.

"There was this lovely house on Mackay St. with highly motivated students and ·very small classes," she recalled. "I was asked to come in and give the students a policy focus on economics, rather than a technical one."

Looking for controversy Prospective students are inter

viewed for admission, and competition is fierce. Once accepted, they may specialize in the subject of their choice (most pick political science, economics or history), but they must take micro- and macro-economics, the history of post-Confederation Canada, a study of Canadian government and politics, sociology and seminars on social issues. They must also organize a public panel discussion on a controversial topic, such as health care, O!iebec-Canada relations or aboriginal rights. SCP A seminars are given in French and English.

The students get a taste of the real world through summer internships. Perry Cake, a 1984 SCPA graduate, has placed more than 200 students in the private, public and non-profit sector.

One effect of recent downsizing, Calce has noted, is that employers are presenting interns with more responsibility than ever. This gives them a challenge, but it also has the effect of a cold shower. 'When they see the complexity of the work force," Calce said, "they see the value of more education. About 60 per cent of our students go on to gradu-ate work or law school." ,.

a: Lauren Small, now studying for a ~

Master's in Pu,blic Policy and Public t.i .. Administration at Concordia, is a ~

typical graduate. She did her sum- § -UJ

mer internship in Rhode Island with ~

the Commission for Human Rights, :E

where she researched a number of harassment cases.

Small appreciated the fact that the

School tried to forge links between academia and the community. "It really encouraged me to get involved in extracurricular activities," she said. Small has been active in the Graduate Students' Association as well as a national lobby group, the Canadian Federation of Students.

"The School is very demanding," she said. It's very much like a graduate program. The classrooms are small, and a lot is expected of you."

A range of speakers Students who are accepted into

the SCPA graduate as members qf the School, but unfortunately receive no other designation. Small said, however, that the SCPA is being appraised with a view to making its program an academic major.

As many as 20 guest speakers appear in a year, speaking on any topic that can be brought under the broad heading of community affairs, from international human rights to ecology, and from poverty to aboriginal land claims.

This year's popular visiting scholar, former federal cabinet minister David MacDonald, will return next year to teach two courses. And Bob Rae, the former premier of Ontario, will teach part of a seminar this fall.

The School has the support of an active advisory board of volunteers from the public, private and community sectors who help in various ways, with advice, talks and occa-

sionally, offers of internships. Mendell and her assistant co-ordi

nator, Political Science Professor

Daniel Salee, also would like to cre

ate a graduate certificate in commu

nity economic development. "I was

part of a group that founded the

Montreal Community Loan Associa

tion in the east end a few years ago,"

Mendell said. "It has grown, and now

it's available for the entire city."

In 1987, Mendell helped to found

the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political

Economy, named for a distinguished

Hungarian political economist. It is

located in the same building as the SCPA, and will hold an internation

al conference next November titled

Reciprocity, Redistribution and Exchange: Re-embedding the Econ

omy in Culture and in Nature.

Most recently, Mendell has

worked with colleagues from the

Universite du O!iebec on a project

for the federal Office of Regional

Development on alternative financial

instruments that have emerged in

O!iebec, including so-called social

investment, where "micro-credit" is

offered to marginalised people. Some of the SCPA students worked on

this project, too.

She observed that as the old polit

ical parties give way to community

action and the lobbying of interest

groups, what her students learn is

becoming more relevant than ever.

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT

COMPILED BY BARBARA BLACK

This column welcomes the submissions of all Concordia faculty and staff to promote and encourage individual and group activities in

teaching and research, and to encourage work-related achiev.ements.

Congratulations to Vishwanath V. Baba (Management), who was honoured with a plaque for his contributions as editor-in-chief from 1991-96 of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.

Palmer Acheson (TESL) gave a paper, "Constructing a Simple Oral Communicative Test," at the thirtieth ·annual conference of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, held at Keele University, England, in April. In May; he was a member of a panel dealing with the preparation of second-language teachers, part of a symposium organized by Heritage Canada.

Karin Doerr (Modern Languages and Linguistics) gave a lecture in May at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Beersheba, Israel, as part of a three-day symposium titled Belated or Timely Memories? The Last

· Phase of Survivor Literature.

Cyndra J. MacDowall (Photography) has received a grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec to work on an art project she calls Girls n Guns. It will deal with women, violence and "the contradictions in women arming for self-defence," MacDowall said. "The resulting work will combine photography, sculptural elements and a handbook."

Michael Orsini, a Concordia journalism graduate, CTR copy editor for the past three years, and, as of last spring, a Master of Arts in public policy, won a $2,000 Young Investigator Award at the 11th International Conference on AIDS, which was held last July in Vancouver. The Globe and

Mail wrote a precis of his presentation, in which Orsini said AIDS activism has had a good news/bad news effect on homosexual men. While it has liberated their spirit and improved their treatment by doctors, extreme activism has hardened the public stereotype of the aggressive gay zealot

Marie-Helene Bernard, a working lawyer and a spring graduate of Concordia's Diploma in Institutional Administration, has been selected for a 1996-97 orchestra management fellowship with the American Symphony Orchestra League. She started in August with a two-week orientation in Washington, D.C., and will be assigned to a series of three residencies with professional orchestras of different budget sizes. In addition, she will spend two weeks in New York City learning about the commercial music industry.

The summer 1996 issue of History of Photography is devoted to Canadian subjects, and features an illustrated article by Jana L. Bara on Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in Canada. Bara earned her BFA, MFA, and PhD from Concordia, and now teaches at two Montreal colleges.

Congratulations to Jarmilla Kavena, a student in the Department of Printmaking and Photography, who won a $2,000 prize in the annual Lato-Quebec Printmaking Competition. Her work was called Sadness is Chemical.

Pierre-Paul Savoie, an alumnus of the Contemporary Dance program, was a co-winner of the 1996 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize for choreography. It was awarded in June at Ottawa's National Gallery during the Canada Dance Festival, after the world premiere of Poles, by Savoie and Jeff Hall, with whom he shared the award.

Hats off to the following thespians, who were in the Lyric Singers' popular year-end show, held in May in the D.B. Clarke Theatre: Cynthia Hedrich (Alumni Affairs). Roberto Chen-Rangel (Vice-Rector, Services). Jane Hackett (Dean of Students) and Nancy Steward (Faculty Personnel).

Welcome to new staff: Howard Bokser has been appointed editor of Concordia University Magazine, which brings news four times a year to alumni. Bokser, who was most recently assistant editor of the McGill alumni magazine, replaces the award-winning Kathleen Hugessen, who will draw on her veterinary background to pursue a career in science journalism. Welcome also to Caroline Hakim, a programmer-analyst in Computer Science.

Farewell and thank you: Dr. Naomi Bercusson, who has worked at Health Services since 1980, has moved to Israel. She has asked that instead of gifts, friends donate to a new fund for special needs at Health Services.

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personal correspondence, and letters venting an opinion about the integrity of co/leagues wi!! not be published

Kusy will not run again

The recent announcement soliciting nominations in the search for a new Dean of Graduate Studies and Research has prompted me to write this letter.

I want very much to thank the Concordia University community for the wonderful opportunity I have had over the past five years as Dean of Graduate Studies. It has been a

very enriching time of my life. I have decided, however, not to submit my name for consideration in this search.

On a personal note, I would like very much to thank all those people with whom I have worked, especially the entire staff in the School of Graduate Studies, who have made my life so agreeable, professionally and personally.

Martin Kusy

Dean of Graduate Studies and Research

Administrative appointments

Provost added to title·

J.ack Lightstone's title has changed from Vice-Rector, Academic, to

rovost and Vice-Rector, Research. The change reflects the reorgani

zation of the administration made last spring. The associate vice-rector positions were eliminated, and Lightstone assumed direct responsibility for the research portfolio. Research policy is administered through the School of Graduate Studies, so Dean Martin Kusy's title has changed to Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.

The title of provost has been used here less often than· in Britain, but Rector Frederick Lowy says that its use is increasing among Canadian universities to denote the highest academic officer.

Donald Boisvert, who was Associate Vice-Rector, Services (Student Life), has been appointed Dean of Students. He succeeds Acting Dean

Roger Cote, who continues as Director of Financial Aid and Awards.

Maureen Habib , whose most recent title was Co-ordinator of Employment Equity, is now the Administrator of the Language Institute in Continuing Education.

Capital Campaign Director Carole Kleingrib has announced that Sylvie Battisti will replace her as Director of Annual Giving on an interim basis.

Appointments to the staff of the Capital Campaign include the following: Andrea Segal will be Capital Campaign Assistant, Sarni Antaki will be Communications Officer, and Karen McTavish will be Capital Campaign Secretary. Chris Mota will be responsible for the overall planning, management and co-ordination of the University Community Division of the campaign.

IN MEMORIAM

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Lyell Walker died August 23 from complications resulting from HIV. He enrolled at Concordia in the Communications Studies program in 1986, joined the Audio-Visual Department as student technical assistant, and qualified as a provincially licensed theatrical projectionist.

His health prevented him from finishing his degree, but he continued to work in the cinemas until April of this year. Lyell's good humour and optimistic attitude towards adversity was an inspiration to his colleagues.

SEPTEMBER 12, 1996

Three new members of Board of Governors

Three distinguished Montrealers have joined Concordia Univer

sity's Board of Governors. They are Ronald L Corey, Hazel P.W. Mah and Alain Benedetti, who will represent the community at large on the University's senior governing body from July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1999.

Ronald L. Corey, C.M., is a member of the Order of Canada. He has been president of the Montreal Canadiens hockey club since 1982 and the new Molson Centre. He began his career in the brewing industry as Director of Marketing at the Molson Brewery in 1971. He became President of O'Keefe Brewery in 1979, as well as Vice-President and Managing Director of Carling O'Keefe of Canada for eastern Canada.

From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Corey was Chair of the Board of the Montreal Port, and Director of Canada Ports Corporation. His cur.rent directorships include Banque Laurentienne, Reno-Depot Inc. and Transamerica Life Companies. Mr.

Corey has been active with the Qyebec Heart Foundation, Centraide, Foundation Farnijeunes Saint-Henri and a number of local hospitals and religious foundations.

Hazel P.W. Mah is founder and managing director of the Mah Family Group, whose current operations include Le Piment Rouge restaurant and Sherlock's Bar and Billiard Club in Montreal, and Ma Soba Pan Asian Noodles in _Boston, Mass.

Before entering the restaurant business, Ms. Mah was head of the analystics products division of Ayerst International (1975-79), controller of Performance Sailcraft Canada (1973-75) and statistician for the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (1968-72). She represented the government of the Republic of China at Expo 67.

Mah holds a BComm from Ming Chuan College in Taiwan (1962), a B.Comm (1976) and a Master's of Business Administration (1981)

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CTR will publish every two weeks This year will see a new publication schedule for Concordia's Thurs

day Report. Instead of publishing an eight-page paper more or less weekly, it will be a 12-page paper every two weeks.

CTR will not be smaller; in fact, there will be slightly more pages in total than last year. The paper's irregularity always caused some confusion among readers, and a 12-page paper will provide more flexibility in the way it is designed. Our colleagues at McGill University made this change several years ago with success.

This will obviously require some adjustment for those sending notices of events for the Back Page listings, as the interval between issues will always be two weeks. We will try to help as much as possible.

- Barbara Black


from Concordia University. She has also served on the board of the Centaur Theatre.

Alain Benedetti, FCA, is a managing partner in the Ottawa, O!iebec and Atlantic regions for Ernst and Young. Since his admission to the partnership in 1979, Benedetti has practised in the corporate, public and entrepreneurial sectors, specializing in accounting, auditing, insolvency and corporate finance and consulting.

A Loyola College alumnus (BComm 1970), he graduated from McGill University (1972), and became a chartered accountant in 1973. He completed a management diploma from the University of Western Ontario (1988) and became a Fellow Chartered Accountant in 1994. He has been President of the Canadian Club of Montreal, a board member of St. Mary's Hospital, and member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of the Portage Foundation.

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Centre for Teaching and Learning Services makes its debut at faculty orientation

Renewed support for teachers BY BARBARA BLACK

Afresh attack on timidity, misun. derstanding and old lecture

notes. That's the idea behind the Centre for Teaching and Learning Services, which launched its new name and expanded role at the third annual orientation session for incoming faculty on Aug. 20-21.

to scramble to find them beds for the night.

"That was part of the drama," said the Centre's assistant director, Heather MacKenzie. "Orientation provides a meeting place, a focus for new faculty. They're full of ideas and enthusiasm, and they're always so appreciative. A lot of department chairs attended orientation. It was absolutely wonderful."

of welcome-back workshops held just before the start of classes.

Students gave the beginners some advice: At l_east try to learn our names, to show you know we're individuals. And even if you're scared, don't let the class see you sweat.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning Services is an amalgam of the Lacolle Centre for Educational Innovation and the Learning Development Office (LDO). Lacolle was closed last spring because renovating the rambling rural estate would have _ been too expensive.

year to an average of 15 professors per session. Here · are some topics being offered this semester: Teaching and Technology, Media in the Classroom, Students with Learning Disabilities, Computer-Based Tutorials, Reducing Conflicts in Grading, and The Large Class.

The Centre is considering other activities. These include a course on university teaching, support for teaching awards, a standard evaluation questionnaire ( there are now about 70), material for professors'

teaching dossiers, work with curricu

lum committees, support for the self-appraisal process, and working with the Faculties' teaching teams.

Rovinescu will build on her exper

tise by directing a program in com

munity-based learning, a growing field which sees students earning aca

demic credit by working in the field. Faculty mempers are welcome to

take any of the Centre's 18 three-hour

workshops. For a list of topics and dates,

or to register, call 848-2495.

Senior administrators welcomed 17 people to the session, including two 1995 hires, several limited-term appointments, and most of the latest tel).ure-track appointments (See list, this page). A couple of them arrived so recently that their new friends had

With more than two days of workshops and social events, the newcomers had a chance to meet some of their colleagues and get plenty of advice from the old hands. Some also took advantage of a blitz

Months of research by the five education specialists who make up the two units led to a merger proposal, which was approved by Senate in May. As a result, Lacolle director Olivia Rovinescu has joined MacKenzie, the LDO's Ron Smith, Heather Adams- Robinette and Linda Church to create the Centre. (Lacolle's secretary, Diane Moffat, is standing in for Adams-Robinette, who is on leave.)

Welcome to these tenure-track faculty members:

In addition to the LDO's customary orientation session, teaching development grants and teaching workshops, the Centre will administer a voluntary mentoring program. Several of the newcomers have expressed interest, and MacKenzie said that mentors will soon be provided for them.

The LDO gave 35 workshops last

Buildings, computers, rock and roll lead new offerings at Concordia

Courses for all tastes Cutting millions of dollars from

the budget doesn't mean we're resting on our laurels. Here are just some of this semester's new or unusual course offerings:

As building design becomes ever more complex, engineers and architects find that going back to school gives them a definite advantage in the job market. The Graduate Certificate in Building Studies is aimed at professionals in the construction industry or related fields. Students can specialize in any of five concentrations: Building Envelope, Building Science, Construction Management, Energy Efficiency or Indoor Environment.

Craig Morrison, a student in the PhD in Humanities program, is also a musician and the author of Go Cat Go! Rockabilly Music and its Makers (University of Illinois Press, 1996). He has already been widely interviewed about his three-credit course in the Music Department, Rock and Roll and its Roots.

Well-known local trumpeter Dave Clark will teach Jazz Styles, which is tailored for students who are not specializing in music. It includes classic jazz recordings, live in-class performances, and rare films .

A version of The Visual and Per-

forming Arts in Canada I is now available to students not enrolled in Fine Arts. Taught by experts across the spectrum of the lively arts, it draws hundreds of students and auditors every year.

Free spirits are flocking to Video 350: Video History and Theory, which is a course in this avant-garde art form offered by the Interdisciplinary Studies program.

The Master's in Applied Social Science, now entering its second year, is designed for working professionals, such as educators, human resource managers, consultants, and health, social service and residential care professionals. The first of two years is spent in a week-long residential program and nine weekend sessions.

The Simone de Beauvoir Institute offers an introduction to women's studies in French. Introduction aux etudes des femmes, I et II, presents leaders and issues of the 20th-century women's movement and the daily problems faced by women in Qyebec, F ranee and elsewhere.

The Centre for Continuing Education's Computer Institute now offers courses on the Internet in computer skills. Excel Fundamentals is taught on-line, but students also have access to a real-life instructor.

The course was developed by Logipac Technologies, and the price of the non-academic course includes a kit of all the materials needed.

Lonergan celebrates Canadian film

T o acknowledge the centenary of film in this country, the theme of study at Lonergan College will be Contexts of Canadian Cinema.

It will be taught by Peter Harcourt of Carleton University, who has written five books, including Six European Directors: Speculations on the Meaning of Film Style.

Visiting lecturers will include Patricia Rozema (I've Heard the Mermaids Singing) and Peter Mettler (A Picture of Light).

In addition, there's the Thursdays at Lonergan lecture series. A dozen experts, most of them Concordia faculty members, will talk about cinematic matters as diverse as Expo 67 and musical representations of war.

The first of these lectures is next Thursday, when Janet McKinnon, founding president of the Historic Theatres Trust, will present "Historical Cinemas and Theatres: Renaissance and Re-Use."

Janet McKinnon's talk is from 3:30 to 5 p.m., Sept.19, at Lonergan College, 7302 Sherbrooke St. W


Sydney Davis (Decision Sciences and MIS) comes here from the University of Nebraska. He got his doctorate from Indiana University in management information system~.

Daniel Szpiro (Accountancy), is completing his PhD at the University of Western Ontario, specializing in management accountancy and control.

Sofiene Tahar (Electrical and Computer Engineering) has a doctorate from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and specializes in computer hardware.

Ferhat Khendek (Electrical and · Computer Engineering) got his PhD at the Universite de Montreal, and specializes in computer software.

Yuke Wang (Electrical and Computer Engineering) received his PhD from the University of Saskatchewan in computer engineering.

Kevin Pask (English), who was educated at Yale and Johns Hopkins Universities, specializes in the literature of the Renaissance.

Natalie Philips (Psychology) earned her PhD from Dalhousie University in neuropsychology.

Rajesh Narayanan (Finance), holder of a PhD from Florida State University, does research in executive compensation, corporate governance and new equity issuance.

Janine Kreiber (Political Science) has a PhD from Universite Laval, and specializes in international relations and strategic studies.

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Every participant was a winner

4th Memorial Golf Tourna111ent svvings

BY BARBARA BLACK

The weather was sunny and clear, the course was a soft, rolling

carpet of green, and 135 Concordians chased little white balls with varying degrees of success to raise $1,500 for student scholarships.

The Concordia Memorial Golf Tournament has become the preferred way to kick off the academic year for some Concordians.

A celebratory dinner was held in the Golf Dorval clubhouse after the Aug. 21 event. Shirley "The-dirtwent-farther-than-my-ball" Maynes and Irvin "Dapper Dan" Dudeck

>-told jokes between drawing for 135 !s

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door prizes, all donated by sponsors. ~

The diners were delighted with a ~ 3

15-minute video of themselves golf- § ing and kibitzing earlier in the day 1l:

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one golfer moving his ball). It was made by Communications Studies students Jeff Vloth and Mike Monahan, who work part-time in the Audio Visual Department.

Thanks to the organizing committee: Sandra-Lynn Spina, Perry Calce, Maureen Habib, Susan O'Reilly, Craig Brown and friends.

Here are the outstanding golfers: Closest to the Pin: Dominique Durand

6 OCTOBER 19, 1995

Most Honest. Irene Steck Low Net Women's Score:

Nathalie Gagnon Low Net Men's Score:

Les Landsberger Low Gross Women's Score:

Priscilla David Low Gross Men 's Score:

Dave Batten Vegas Competition: A tie between

Perry Calce, Bill Miller and Les Lawton on one team, and Les Becskei, Craig Brown, Gilles Cote and Dan Rossiter on another.

Students make connections BY BARBARA BLACK

dministrators of Concordia's nstitute for Co-operative Edu

cation are glowing about their partic. ipation this summer in Student

Connections. The federal government program,

which started last March as a pilot project, plans to put 450 university students into offices across Canada to help workers improve their computer skills. Industry Canada plans to invest $15 million in the venture to improve the global competitiveness of Canada's small- and medium-sized business sector. In the next three years, as many as 2,000 students will be recruited across the country.

The advantage for the students is that they get into the business world long before they graduate. Fifteen students in the pilot project were from Concordia. They started in May by selling the idea as telemarketers, and then, as the program picked up steam, went into the field for two or three days at a time.

Graham Martin, Director of the Institute for Co-operative Education, said, "It was fascinating to see their progress. The students developed tremendously."

A~ article on Student Connec.: tions in a recent education supplement of The Financial Post quoted first-year Concordia Applied Mathematics student Mikael Joukakelian: 'When I go into a business, I am learning about how it works, the feel

of being in a company - trying to understand how they think."

That's the goal of co-operative education, which alternates terms of study with terms in the field. Altogether, the Institute has 350 students in co-op programs this year, and has succeeded in placing them all with business and industry.

The businesses, which paid $100 to join Student Connections, seem enthusiastic. The Post quoted Montrealer Marc Beaudry, who got his family business on-line this summer with the help of Concordia students. After three days of analyzing information on the Net, Beaudry said, "I see our opportunities growing by 10 times, if not more, because we have an eye open to the world."

Elderhostel program offers seniors Jazz, Jazz, Jazz

Finger-snapping good BY KATHLEEN HUGESSEN

Concordia's week of Jazz, Jazz, Jazz is among the top-ranked

Elderhostel programs in the world. The popular week-long course always coincides with Montreal's annual International Jazz Festival in June.

Music Department chair Andrew Homzy has taught the jazz classes since they were launched about 10 years ago. He was assist<;d by Dave Clark, a jazz musician involved in local musical theatre.

The challenge, Homzy said, is to come up with something different because people return year after year. "All these people grew up through the swing era - when dance music was jazz," he said.

"Our first philosophy is to expand their horizons," Clark added. ''You get enthusiastic students and a great subject."

Many of these students are already extremely knowledgeable. A fair number play in local jazz ensembles back home. Sheldon "Bud" Davis, 66, of Michigan, said, "How could you not learn with teachers like this? Andrew is phenomenal. This week is the highlight of my year."

Harold "Bunkie" Emerson, 68, and his wife Lee, 72, drive up from their home in the Boston area. This year marked their tenth Jazz Festival and seventh as Elderhostel jazz participants. A high point of the week, aside from the many spectacular performances to be seen downtown, was the Wednesday afternoon jam session.

Concordia hosts four weeks of Elderhostel courses every summer. For $400, people in their mid-50s and older get their room, board and choice of classes in Montreal. These


classes include the W odd in a City, taught by Concordia History Professor Graeme Decarie; International Politics, taught one week by a Dawson College professor and in the rest by Concordia Political Science Professor Marvin Hershorn; and Folk Music of Qyebec, given by Yves Moreau, a freelance teacher.

Elderhostel was started in 1975 by American soci~ activist and educator Marty Knowlton. There are now programs in more than 50 countries, including all parts of Canada and the U.S. More than 300,000 people took part last year. Elderhostel Canada began in 1986, and Concordia, through its Leisure Studies Department, has been an Elderhostel site since then.

"We have one of the best university-based Elderhostels in Canada,"

Judy Swedburg said. Swedburg started as the Concordia co-ordinator and is now Oiiebec Regional Director for Elderhostel Canada, working out of the tiny Elderhostel office in Hingston Hall with part-time secretary Judy Zoppi and volunteer campus co-ordinator Audrey Collier. Elderhostel relies heavily on an army of senior volunteers who act as gofers and tour guides.

Three meals a day were provided by Marriott Food Services in the Loyola Campus Centre, including a final banquet on Friday. Most of the students said the food was great. They were less enthusiastic about the rooming arrangements, but "we put a mint on their pillow and give them lots of TLC," Swedburg said.

Abridged from the current issue of · Concordia University Magazine.

George Dillon, 72, shows his stuff at an Elderhostel jam session.

Labfest'96

Suzana Anjos (above) was judged the best of seven fledgling researchers in the research symposium for undergraduates run every summer by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The undergraduates, most of them in their final year at Concordia, presented their work to each other and interested members of the Department on Aug. 19, then celebrated with a luncheon. Anjos won a Hewlett-Packard graphic calculator worth S388 for her project in biophysical chemistry. The other participants were Michael Boyd (second), Brad Holz, Amer EI-Kerdi, John Lee, Marie-Claire Wilson and Peter Montgomery. Thanks to a number of corporate sponsors, they all came away with cash awards. This was the fifth edition of the ·summer symposium, which gives undergraduates a chance to break out of the classroom and into the laboratory. Their supervisors were Professors Vouli Tsantrizos, John Capobianco, Wendy Findlay, Paul Joyce and Jo-Anne. Turnbull.

The plot thickens: Sparky Mathias, 17, tests strips of paper to see which pen wrote the uransom note.• An Algonquin high school student from the Longue Pointe Reserve in northwestern Quebec, Mathias was one of 80 students who took part in the third annual edition of Engineering Explorations. Concordia runs the project with the Quebec Order of Engineers to give aboriginal students with strong math skills a taste of the intriguing things they can do with university-level science and engineering. The program has grown to two six-day sessions, and has given rise to a spinoff, a program for francophone students at the Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi.

Commerce introduces a program to ease entry for francophones

Taking the plunge BY B ARBARA BLACK

Sixteen francophone students got a tailor-made introduction to

Concordia when they agreed to Faire le grand saut! - Make the Leap! -into their business studies.

The two-week orientation program for incoming French-speakers was developed by Danielle Morin, Associate Dean, Academic and Student Affairs, in the Faculty of Commerce and Administration . Her assistant, Brian Hawker, said that students and organ_izers were delighted with the way it turned out.

"These students were concerned about studying in a second language, and how it might affect their GPA and their chances of graduate school," Hawker said.

"They're pretty serious about their future. We don't want them to feel lost here. And it's just old-fashioned courtesy to accommodate guests."

Every day was crammed with new experiences. Morning sessions were about studying in English, including writing workshops, oral presentations, and where to get help with their work. In the afternoon, the students got out of the classroom and into the business world. Hawker was pleased that some of the executives showing them around were francophone Concordia business grad·uates - perfect role models.

Faire le grand saut! was offered to all 180 students from francophone CEGEPs who were accepted into the Faculty of Commerce and Administration. Because of the success of the first edition, it will be more aggressively marketed next August.

Participants paid $150 and volunteer helpers from the Faculty and the business community were generous, with the result that the program just about paid for itself, Hawker said.

Julie Gadbois practises her English in a classroom skit.

20th anniversary of Family Life Education and Community Service Certificates

Native grads join the celebration BY BARBARA BLACK

/\. fter four years of study, a group .r\.of elated First Nations students · came to Concordia to pick up their Certificates in Community Service, given through Concordia's Department of Applied Social Science.

The 15 students, who graduated from the off-campus sector of the program, are from native communities across Q!iebec and eas tern Ontario , including Kahnawake , Kanesatake, Temiskaming and Res- ~ tigouche. IB

z Alfred Metallic signed up for the ~

course when he became an outreach counsellor at the Restigouche (or Listuguj, as it is now called by the natives) Mi'gmaq Reserve in the Gaspe. "It opened my mind right up, and I wanted more," Metallic said. This month he's off to Trent University, in Peterborough, Ont., to study economic development fulltime. Ultimately, he wants to teach school on the reserve.

The off-campus program encouraged students to meet with other resource people in their communities, and Metallic said that it brought him together with his reserve's elders and police in a new and positive context.

Four times a year, all 15 students got together for a week at a federal government training centre in Cornwall with the help of personnel from Applied Social Sciences. "It was a relief to see that we aren't alone," Metallic said. He realized that not only did the other reserves have social problems, like addiction, but


Alfred Metallic, an outreach counsellor for the Mawami Treatment Services in Restigouche, and Mark J. Horne, a community health representative for Kahnawake Community Services, enjoyed their graduation ceremony.

that these problems are not restricted to natives.

The graduation ceremony, held June 7 in the Alumni Auditorium of the Henry F. Hall Building, was a moving experience, said undergraduate program co-ordinator Pauline Gross. In a keynote address, Kahnawake Grand Chief Joe Norton emphasized the importance of education for native communities.

This off-campus program has been so successful that Kahnawake Community Services has asked for another session, and so far, 26 students have registered.

As well as the native off-campus group, on-campus graduates received their diplomas at the ceremony, 20 with a Certificate in Family Life

Education, and four with the Certificate in Community Service. It was followed by a reception that marked the twentieth anniversary of the programs.

For many of these grads, the program represented a return to school after many years.

"We have come from different backgrounds and cultures," said valedictorian Gemma Young, who got her Diploma in Family Life Education.

"Despite our differences, we have a shared commitment to do something meaningful with our life skills, and a strong belief in the concept of the family. The warmth and informality for which this special place on Bishop St. is known nurtured our growth in a very special way."

OCTOBER 19, 1995 7

IN BRIEF ...

auestions raised aboutECSGA

Forty-three graduate students in the Faculty of Engineering and Com-

. puter Science sent a letter on July 22 to the Dean of Students requesting an investigation of their students' association.

They question the 1994-95 financial report of the Engineering and. Computer Science Graduate Students Association, and the manner in which the chief returning officer was appointed for the 1996 election of officers.

Roger Cote, to whom the letter was addressed, was Acting Dean of Students at the time. He said that an auditor's report of the 1994-95 finances did not show any irregularities, but the University is now waiting for a second, external audit.

As regards last spring's election, a general assembly will be held on Sept. 16 to ask ECSGA members if they wish to ratify the current executive. Donald Boisvert, who was appointed Dean of Students this summer, will chair the meeting. - BB

New unifonns for cleaners

The facilities services division of Ogden-Allied has been bought by a Boston-based firm, Unicco, but will continue to provide cleaning services for the University.

Peter Weiden to speak on schizophrenia

New York psychiatrist Peter J. Weiden will deliver this year's John Hans Low-Beer Memorial Lecture on Breaking the Revolving-Door Cycle: How to Keep the Mentally Ill Stable in the Community and Out of the Hospital.

Weiden is the director of the schizophrenia program at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, and teaches clinical psychiatry at Columbia University.

His research has dealt with neuroleptic non-compliance, treatment of non-responsive schizophrenics and treatment of the negative symptoms of the condition. He has written more than 50 articles and essays, and lectures widely.

Among his honours are the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, presented by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (USA), and the Judith Silver Young Scientist Award.

The John Hans Low-Beer Memorial Lecture was established in 1994 by the AMI-Quebec Alliance for the Mentally IU to commemorate a longtime benefactor and community activist. This year's lecture is sponsored by AMIQuebec and Concordia's Department of Psychology. ,-- The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in the Alumni Auditorium of the Henry F. Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W

Scholarships to Cambridge

The Cambridge Canadian Trust will

8 SEPTEMBER 12, 1996

Comedy on the half shell Lahey Lecture fund four scholarships, two graduate and two undergraduate, to this illustrious British university.

The scholarships cover full tuition for the length of the academic program, basic living expenses, and return travel to Canada once a year.

Candidates will be chosen on the basis of academic achievement, with consideration of extracurricular activities. The deadline for applications is Oct. 11. For more information, call (416) 964-2569 or 1-800-387-1387, or fax (416) 964-3416.

Ever laughed while swallowing an oyster or slurping clam chowder?

Homecoming 96 will include an Oyster Party and Laugh Fest, featuring the frenetic comedy of On the Spot lmprov to mark the 90th anniversary of the Loyola Alumni Association.

The Department of English's annual Lahey Lecture will feature Michael Andre Bernstein, of the University of California, Berkeley, on "Unrepresentable Identities: The Jew in Postwar European Fiction."

sponsor a ·lecture by novelist Timothy Findley, on Oct. 8. For more information, call 848-2340.

Change as good as a rest The National Faculty Exchange pro

gram gives full-time faculty, administrators and staff the chance to work at another university while maintaining their job security. There are also some exchange opportunities in education associations. For more information, contact the Learning Development Office, WD-201, 848-2495.

The event promises to be fun. It will be Saturday, October 5, and you don't have to be a Loyola grad to enjoy it. Tickets are $45. Call 848-3815 or 848-3823.

Bernstein is the author of Foregone Conclusions: Against Apocalyptic History, a study of new ways to write about Jewish history. His lecture will be at 8:30 p.m. in Room 937 of the Henry F. Hall Building.

The English Department will also

Concordia University is seeking a Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science The Chair of the Advisory Search Committee for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, Dr. jack Lightstone, is inviting all members of the Concordia community to comment on the profile of the ideal candidate.

Your suggestions will be much appreciated. Please return your comments to Amely Jurgenliemk, Secretary of the Advisory Search Committee, Office of the Secretary-General, BC-128. The deadline to receive comments is Sept. 26, 1996, 5 p.m. Comments may be sent via- e-mail (amelyj@vax2), by fax (848-8655) or by mail.

Profile

1) Academic background pertinent to the portfolio

• a solid career as an undergraduate and graduate educator/supervisor in an area of the Social Sciences, Humanities or Sciences

• disciplinary recognition as a creative, productive scholar and researcher

Concordia UNIVERSITY

2) Familiarity with the extra-university context and prior intra-university administrative experience

• prior experience in the development/ , administration of academic programs and of research activities

• prior experience in the administration of all aspects of an academic department/centre or Faculty/School including matters of personnel, space, equipment and budget

• strong sense of ethical issues and norms pertaining to research and university education

• knowledge of and experience in interacting with the extra-university context, including sister universities in Quebec and beyond, government and non-governmental bodies, academic/learned societies, research-funding agencies, and the community

• a sense of the opportunities in university education afforded by new technology

3) Capacity to effectively represent the Faculty, its programs, its researchers and their programs of research

• excellent communication skills, both written and oral

• ability to function in both English and French

• excellent interpersonal skills

4) Administrative and managerial qualities

• capacity to provide leadership, vision and orienting direction in planning with respect to academic programs and research

• tendency to be proactive and anticipatory in dealing with issues

• ability to appreciate and foster good teaching and research in a wide range of Arts & Science disciplines, and effectively to represent those disciplines outside the Faculty

• effective, consultative and open management style

• ability to work effectively and in an open collaborative manner as a member of the senior administrative team, as well as with faculty, students and staff

• appreciation and understanding of the values and traditions encapsulated in the University mission statement

R E A L EDUCATION F O R T H E R E A L W O R L D

Concordia University is seeking a Dean of Graduate Studies and Research The Chair of the Advisory Search Committee for the position of Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Dr. Jack Lightstorie, is inviting all members of the Concordia community to comment on the profile of the

ideal candidate for the position of Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.

Your suggestions will be much appreciated. Please return your comments to Marie A. Robitaille-Brodie, Secretary of the Advisory Search Committee, Office of the SecretaryGeneral, BC-124. The deadline to receive comments is Sept. 26, 1996, 5 p.m. Comments may be sent via- e-mail (robita@vax2) , by fax (848-8655) and by mail.

Profile

1) Academic background pertinent to the portfolio

Concordia UNIVERSITY

• a solid career as a graduate educator and supervisor

• a solid career as an active researcher with a sustained record of external support for his or her research activities

2) Familiarity with the extra university context and effective intra-university administrative experience

• experience in administration of (a) graduate program(s)

• administration of an academic department/centre and/or Faculty/School involved in graduate education and research

• knowledge of and experience dealing with the key sources of funding for graduate ed4cation and research, including support through industry/ organizational/international linkages, partnerships and contracts

• knowledge of ethical issues/codes pertaining to research and graduate education

3) Capacity to effectively represent the University, its graduate programs, its researchers and their programs of research

• excellent communication skills, both written and oral

• ability to function in both English and French

• excellent interpersonal skills

4) Administrative and managerial qualities

• capacity to provide leadership, vision and orienting direction in planning with respect to graduate education and research

• effective, consultative and open management style

• ability to work effectively and in an open collaborative manner as a member of the senior academic administrative team

R E A L EDUCATION F O R T H E R E A L W O R L D


Student presidents gea·r up for a new year BY BARBARA BLACK

Daniel Gagnon campaigned successfully last spring on a plat

form that included giving the Loyola Campus a higher profile, and he says he's determined to follow through.

The political science student is already well installed in his job as

~ Concordia Student Union (CSU) :, ~ president, and has scaled down his 0

studies to give him time to focus on i the position. The CSU represents all § undergraduate students. ~

Gagnon grew up in Baie Comeau. ::E

At age 15, his family sent him to Ridley College, an dite Ontario boarding school based on the English model. Now fluently bilingual, he credits his rigourous years at Ridley with making him an outgoing, well-rounded student.

Gagnon says the CSU will continue projects begun during the administrations of former presidents Marika Giles and Jonathan Carruthers, such as the greening of Mackay St. and the development of a daycare and drop-off program for Concordia parents. He'd like to see better computer facilities for students, particularly at Loyola; a bus shelter at the west-end campus; improved sports facilities; and a new manual of teaching evaluations. Last year, he was on the CSU's Council of Representatives.

The CSU, with some help from members of the University's Board of Governors, has just introduced a health plan for students. Students must pay $66 as part of their student fees for a year of coverage. To opt out, they must visit the Qyebec Student Health Alliance, 2045 Stanley St., Suite 200 before Sept. 27 to fill in a form, after which the University will credit their account.

Student political life is also struc-

tured along Faculty levels; that is, each Faculty has· its own student association. These are: the Engineering and Computer Science Students' Association (ECA), the Commerce and Administration Students' Association (CASA), the Fine Arts Students' Alliance (FASA), and the Arts and Science Federation of Associations (ASFA).

The new ECA president, Sanyu Kiruluta is, by her own description, "a Newfie." She left the Rock to attend Marianapolis College, and became intrigued by computer science. Now Kiruluta is in her fourth and final year.

"In your first year in computer science, everyone is scared," she recalled. 'We're stuck in labs all day, including Fridays [when many other students have no classes], and there are so many basic courses."

She loved it, though, and by her third year, she was looking for an extra-curricular life. Now, as ECA president, she's determined to get other students involved, too.

CASA president Kathy Tsolakos went to Vanier College, and chose

Concordia as her first-choice business school because the reputation of the Faculty of Commerce and Administration was so strong. She also built up her involvement in student life gradually, and is now almost ready to graduate with a specialization in marketing.

She sees student apathy as a major obstacle. "Concordia's very different from most universities because there are so many older students and parttimers. But we have a new curriculum [in Commerce], and at CASA, we want to continue to build our name in the business community."

F ASA president Jeff Nearing says his main concern this year is to keep tuition fees down, but F ASA will also bid on student orientation projects (see Orientation, page 1). Nearing would like to start Friday afternoon discussion groups to get Fine Arts students better acquainted, and to organize a series of talks by established artists to give students ideas on how they can "pay the rent."

The ASFA president is Ken McMurray.

Film winner was no-Accident BY SYLVAIN COMEAU

First-year film production student Julien Levy took top honours at

the Montreal World Film Festival's Canadian Student Film Festival in August.

His clever, eight-minute short, Accident, won the Norman McLaren Award for the best film at the student fest. In the film, a car accident sets off domino-effect repercussions on the lives of three couples.

"The film is about coincidence and chance, and how these have a tremendous impact on our lives," Levy said. He believes that the jury responded to Accident's lean, mean structure.

"I think they liked the rapidity of the movie. It's very clear and very fast, and every shot moves the story forward. I cut to the chase in every scene."

The Norman McLaren Award

carries a cash prize of $1,000 from

the National Film Board of Canada, half of Accident's budget. Levy points

out that $2,000 is dirt cheap, even for an eight-minute film.

"In the industry, this film would have cost at least $60,000. We are

fortunate because we get equipment

from the department, and our fellow students provide a talented cast and

crew. We only pay for the film." Levy was impressed by the quality

of the competing movies, but he tried not to think about his chances of winning. "It was out of my hands.

Of course I'm happy I did win, and I

hope it opens some doors because I want to continue." In fact, he hopes

to expand Accident into a full-length feature film, for which he has already

written the script. Film production student Dominic

Gagnon's Parapluie Bomb City won

in a tie for best experimental film.


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COMPILED BY BARBARA BLACK

Concordia faculty, staff and alumni/& pop up in the media more often than you might think!

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Rector Frederick Lowy wrote a guest editorial for The Gazette on May 26 about the social effects of downsizing. He said that universities· should apply their varied expertise to the problem, that young people must be better prepared for a technologically sophisticated future, and that we must change our working patterns and reward systems to distribute the available jobs more equitably.

Dean of Commerce and Administration Mohsen Anvari was interviewed on PBS's influential Lehrer News Hour about Montreal's economic slump.

Daphne Fairbairn (Biology) was a guest of CBC-Radio's Quirks and Quarks, talking about insect mating behaviours.

David Howes (Sociology and Anthropology) was interviewed by Royal Orr on CBC-Radio's Daybreak and by Andre Pratt of La Presse about a highly original article he wrote for Canadian Forum. In the article, he analysed the lyrics of the American and Canadian pop songs for famine relief to compare national values. He is still being interviewed, too, about Aroma, which he wrote with two colleagues.

Palmer Acheson was the guest on CFCF-TV's Montreal On-Line on travelling the world on a limited budget.

Pundits at large: Guy Lachapelle (Political Science) was interviewed on TV about Sheila Copps' fortunes; Graeme Decarie (History) talked on CJAD about the same subject. Lachapelle was also on Radio-Canada and Radio Noon (CBC-Radio) about referendum electoral fraud, and Daniel Salee was interviewed by CBC's Newsworld about the same subject. Lachapelle debated colleague Harold Chorney on Newsworld about the Quebec budget, and, to print reporters, denounced the federal government's involvement in the Guy Bertrand court case.

Student Tristan Verboven won the top animation award in Concordia's 23rd annual Festival of Student Film in May. He won $1,200 from the Motion Picture Foundation of Canada for his five-minute exercise in time-lapse photography, called Found, Found, Found. It was shot in Calgary, Montreal, Beirut and Damascus. "What I was trying to do was to show how everything in the world moves to certain rhythms," he told The Gazette's Alan Hustak.

Fr. Stanley Drummond (Biology). who has taught here for 50 years, was interviewed on CBC's Homerun about the 100th anniversary of Loyola College.

Chris Brodie, Loyola night supervisor in Computing Services, told CJAD's Peter Anthony Holder how the blind can use the Internet. And Mac/ean's published an item about the Web site he developed with the Centre for Small Business, which is serviced by blind researchers. The site's address is http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/aofe.

Veteran Cannes Film Festival visitor Marc Gervais (Communication Studies) was interviewed on CBC-Radio's Daybreak about this year's edition.

Enn Raudsepp and Lindsay Crysler (Journalism) gave several interviews about Conrad Black's control of Southam, and the prospects for Canadian Press. Crysler was also quoted in a Canadian Press story about fears that cuts to the CBC will shrink regional programming. Colleague Linda Kay was on a panel reviewing magazines on local CBC radio.

Kim Sawchuk (Communication Studies) was interviewed by Augusta Lapaix on CBC's Homerun about demystifying computers for women.

In June, Clarence Bayne (DSNDIA) was on CBC-TV's Newswatch. talking about Heritage Week in Little Burgundy.

Dean of Students Donald Boisvert, whose academic interest is religion, was interviewed on CJAD about religion in the schools.

Engineering students who are active in international alternative-fuels competitions this summer were interviewed by CBC-TV's Paul Carvalho for Newswatch.

Marika Pruska-Carroll (Political Science) was interviewed by several media about the Russian election results.

Stingers football coach Pat Sheahan was interviewed on CBC-Radio's Daybreak about the prospects for the revived Montreal Alouettes.

SEPTEMBER 12, 1996

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OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES • (OTHER) GRANT DEADLINES

Please note that the deadlines below may change upon receipt ef new agency iriformation

SEPTEMBER Agency/ Grant

Association for Canadian Studies / lntercultural / Interregional Exchange Program Beet Sugar Development Foundation / Research Contracts CQRS / Etat des lieux de la recherche sur la famille et des partenariats impliques CQRS / Subvention de recherche descriptive ou evaluative CQRS / Subvention pour recension des ecrits CQRS / Subventions a la recherche (research grants) CQRS / Subventions d' aide a la formulation d'un project de recherche CRIAW Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation / External Research Program Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation/ Grants and Fellowships (different deadlines) Canadian Heritage - Heritage Cultures and Languages Program/ Canadian Ethnic Studies Conferences Canadian Heritage - Heritage Cultures and Languages/ Canadian Ethnic Studies Fellowships Canadian Heritage/ International / Heritage Languages Canadian International Development Agency / Educational Institutions Program Canadian Network for the Adv. of Research, Industry, and Education /

Technology and Applications Development Program Connaught Laboratories/ Canadian Universities Research Program Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec/ Artistic Practice Grants Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec/ Development Grants Conse il des arts et des lettres du Quebec / Travel Grants FCAR / Centres de recherche FCAR / Postdoctoral fellowships FCAR / Soutien aux equipes de recherche FRSQ / Postdoctoral - programme 3 FRSQ / Programme conjo int FRSQ-CQRS en sante mentale - programme 16 FRSQ / Subvention a la recherche en sante mentale - Recherche clinique No 19 Fonds de recherche en sante animale (FORSA) Fulbright Scholar Program / Council for International Exchange of Scholars Health and Welfare Canada / Research Projects Juveni le Diabetes Foundation Canada / Career Development and Postdoctoral Fellowships MRC / Miscellaneous grants and fellowships Michael Smith Award Ministere de I' Agriculture, des Pecheries et de I' Alimentation / Grants Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada / Career Development Award Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada / Postdoctoral Fellowships Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada / Research Grants NA TO / Expert Vis its - Priority Areas NRC/ Award NSERC / Major Installation / Major Equipment National Endowment for the Humanities/ Various Programs Office of Naval Research/ Research Programs

0cTOBER Alzheimer Society of Canada / Claude P. Beaubien Award of Excellence Alzheimer Society of Canada / Unified Research Program American Philosophical Society/ Research Grants CGAT I Funding for resource centres . CQRS / Demande de bourse de spec ialisation Canada Counc il / John G. Diefenbaker Award Canad ian Cancer Society/ G rants and Equ ipment Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology / Research Grants Canadian Heritage/ Canadian Studies and Spec ial Projects D irectorate Canadian Heritage / Research Grant Centre un iversitaire du film scientifique / International Scientifi c & Technologica l Film Festival Chi ld Care Vis ions Columbia University/ Society of Fellows in the Humanities Dairy Bureau of Canada (Dairy Farmers of Canada)/ Grant Deutscher Akademischer Austausch D ienst / Research grant FRSQ-CCP / Programme conjoint, programme 15 FRSQ / Bourses de chercheu rs-boursiers - programme 6 FRSQ / Subvention a l'etab lissement de jeunes chercheurs - programme 8 FRSQ / Subventions d ' infrastructure - programme 9 FRSQ / programme conjoi nt FRSQ-PNRDS - programme 22 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) / Comprehensive Program Grants Hannah Institute / Grant-I n-Aid Health and Welfa re Canada / Col laborative Research on A IDS Health and Welfare Canada / St-Lawrence H ealth Effects Program Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ Internat ional Research Scholars Program Internat ional Cou nci l for Canad ian Stud ies / Fo reign Government Aw ards International Society of A rboricu lture John Simon Guggenheim M emori al Foundation / Fel lowships Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship - Dalhousie / Postdoctoral Ministere de la culture et des communicat ions/ Informati on Superhighway Fund Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada / Operating Grants in Neuromuscular Diseases NSERC - Major Faci lities Access Grants / Major Facilities Access Grants NSERC / Equipment . NSERC / Go ld Medal NSERC / Research Grants Programme d'a ide a la recherche-developpement en transport (PARDT) / Subventions SSH RC / A id to O ccasional Research Conferences and Intern I. Congresses in Canada SSH RC / Bora Lask in National Fellowship in Human Rights Research SSH RC / Fel lowsh ips SSH RC / Jules and Gabrielle Leger Fellowsh ip SSH RC / Research Grants SSH RC / Strategic Grants Shastri lndo-Canadian Institute / Women and Development Faculty Fellowships University of Ca lgary / Scholar in Residence Competition

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ANG exile Chengiah Ragaven is now a South African academic administrator

Visit fro111 an activist BY CYNTHIA SHANNON

Sociologist Chengiah Ragaven, a full-time Concordia professor for

12 years, was back this summer, teaching a sociology course on South Africa, the country from which he was exiled for nearly 25 years.

At the request of the African National Congress, Professor Ragaven returned to his country in 1992 to help set up the first free, post-apartheid election. He had left his home in 1968 to accept a scholarship at the University of London.

The invitation was timely. Ragaven was an ANC activist in the student struggle against apartheid during the 1960s. He had been detained several times , and, just before the invitation from London, placed under house arrest.

Ragaven refers to the years since his return to South Africa as "the sec-

ond exile," because while he was in Isipingo, near Durban, his family was back here in Montreal. Although they visited him, they did not join him there until early this year.

Upon his return to South Africa, Ragaven accepted a position with a technical university in Natal, where he is now Vice-Principal, Academic. He has addressed parliamentary caucuses and has been quoted in the South African press on a number of issues related to the pohtical transformation, including education.

Ragaven believes that "to be a scholar, you must be an activist." That message comes across in his classroom, according to this summer's students. His teaching is intended not only to create greater awareness of racism, here as well as in South Africa, but "to get people to do something about it, be a critical thinker, take action."

Shuffle, phone-mail continue as Capital Campaign approaches

Annual Giving: Over the top with $1.3 million Chris Hyde senses "a new spirit in the Uni

versity, a feeling of confidence." The Director of University Advancement and

Associate Vice-Rector Institutional Relations is optimistic because of Concordia's unqualified success in its 1995-96 Annual Giving campaign.

Hyde said that last year, alumni, corporations and foundations, faculty, staff, students and friends of the University donated $1.3 million to Concordia, up 10 percent from 1994-95, and 103 per cent of the goal.

Furthermore, the number of individual donors exceeded 13,000 - that's more than 15 percent of the alumni and one-and-a-half times the previous year's total. Last September,

the annual Concordia Shuffle - the Concordia community's en masse march from

Sir George Williams to Loyola, organized by the Annual Giving team - collected $54,000,

well over the expected $37,000. And all this

was achieved in a climate of economic and

political instability.

Community chips in Hyde pointed to the especially successful

phone-mail campaign launched in October . 1995. Students working at night telephoned

graduates at home and raised $226,000 from 6,000 alumni - more than half of these were

first-time donors to Concordia. The campus

Centraide ca111paign kicks off \Nith football ga111e

BY DONNA VARRICA

The 1996 Centraide campaign at Concordia kicks off, literally, with a Stingers football

game against the University of Ottawa on Sept. 28 at the Loyola Campus stadium. A portion of each ticket sold will be used to launch fundraising efforts for the 1996 campaign.

Tickets may be purchased at the bookstores on each campus, at the information desk in the Henry F. Hall Building Lobby, at Reggie's, and at Recreation and Athletics. Adults pay $9, students pay $7 and seniors and Concordia students pay $5.

Pledge forms to participate in the payroll deduction plan will be delivered by internal mail the week of Sept. 23 - it is still the most efficient way to give. In addition, Concordia's Centraide committee has taken advantage of a longer lead time to plan activities that include everyone in the Concordia community.

Recreation and Athletics has been an enthusiastic partner in organizing the football game and student groups are busy preparing their own initiatives to encourage participation. David Janssen, Vice-President Internal of the Engineering and Computer Science Association, said that the 'Loony Line,' a fundraising initiative that raised more than $1,000 in a single afternoon last year, is scheduled for Oct. 9.

After a slow start in the 199 5 campaign,

Putting a wiggle into food waste

Six pounds of worms and some tasty leftovers wer~ the centrepiece of a little ceremo~., ny on Tui sday, as Recycling Co-ordinat6rZ David Smaller introduced a vermiculture pro:' gram to turn vegetable matter into rich, garden-ready compost. Marriott and the Mezz Cafe will separate their food waste from now . on, and all t he worms have to do is eat ..

The recycl ing committee spent $300 for th: worms and the construction of their new· home. Red wigglers were also donated by staff and students. ·

The PJel·ect may eventtialiy inch its w beyond the campus, said sihaller, and the're:a·i wigglers may even be put up for adoption.

"They n,iproduce quickly," Smaller said. The recycling committee and OPIRG plana

t."· "green ·ng" on Frida t. 13. The '" 1, •.

01will .le a.m. fro Hall Building and it cost o go. Call 848-7351 to reserve a place. - Ingrid Hein

Concordians rallied and raised close to $43,000 for needy Montrealers, with an adjusted participation rate of 14 per cent. Rector Frederick Lowy said he wants to raise the participation rate to 20 per cent. He suggests that Concordians give through the University even though they may be approached by banks, telephone companies or other organizations to contribute through them. Lowy will be hosting an orientation session for campaign leaders on Sept. 17 to encourage participation.

Thanks a bunch The 1996 Centraide Committee is co

chaired by Pina Greco, Executive Secretary to the Rector, and by Enn Raudsepp, Vice-Dean, Arts and Science (Administrative Affairs), who gratefully acknowledge the leadership and hard work of the committee's two outgoing cochairs, Maureen H abib and Donat Taddeo.

Centraide distributes a full 87.6 cents of every dollar donated to 233 non-profit social and community groups, which provide services for the half a million Montrealers in need. Last week, 13 new groups were added to Centraide's roster, signalling a growing need for aid. Marcele Lamarche, Director of Montreal Harvest, warned recently that the number of people living under the poverty line in the Montreal area is growing at an alarming rate. Many of those most severely affected are children.

community also played an important role, with 42 percent of all faculty and staff chipping in.

Sylvie Battisti will replace her as Director of Annual Giving on an interim basis. Chris Mota will be the Advancement Officer responsible for the overall planning, management and co-ordination of the University Community Division of the Capital Campaign; Andrea Segal will be Capital Campaign A ssis tant; and Karen McTavish will be Capital Campaign Secretary.

Hyde said, 'The ongoing priorities of financial aid, library acquisitions, athletics and faculty development depend on Annual Giving for support."

The Annual Giving team was led by Carole Kleingrib, who was subsequently picked to head the Capital Campaign. The Capital Campaign will be inaugurated publicly in the fall of 1997. Campus support will be solicited this fall.

''I feel that Annual Giving is the lifeblood of the University," Kleingrib said. "But the Capital Campaign will enable Concordia to further grow and develop."

The Annual Giving Department has just moved to the fourth floor ef the G~y Mitro Building, and welcomes friends to an open house on Thursday, Sept. 19, in GM-430,.from 4 to 5 p.m. RSVP to 848-3881.

Counselling & Development Register now for Workshops!

The ABCs of Concordia University: (One session) LOY Thurs. Sept. 19 ....... .. .. 1 :30 - 3:00 Wondering what a GPA or DI SC is? Where and what are CAPS or CSU? Do you want a ONE or a LINK? Well , if you are asking what al l these letters mean, you are not alone. Call 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details.

Leaming from your Textbook (One session) SGW Mon. Sept. 23... . ....... 5:30 - 7:30 LOY Tues. Sept. 24 ............. 1 :30 - 3:30 Learn strategies to help increase your comprehension and retention of important material in your textbook. Cal l 848-3545 or 848-3555 for detail s.

Leaming from Lectures (One session) SGW Mon. Sept. 16 ... 5:30 - 7:30 LOYT ues. Sept. 17 ....... 1 :30 - 3:30 SGW Thurs. Sept. 19 ......... 2:00 - 4:00 Learn note-taking and study strategies to help you re cord, integrate and retain material covered in lectures. Call 848-3545 or 848-3555 for detail s.

Preparing for and Taking Exams (One session) SGW Thurs. Sept. 26 .. ....... 2:00 - 4:00 SGW Mon. Sept. 30 ... 5:30 - 7:30 LOYT ues. Oct. L ............ 1 :30 - 3:30 Face tests and exams with more confidence by learning strategies for reviewing course material and taking tests. Cal l 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details.

Time Management for First Year Students (One session) SGW Mon. Sept. 30 .......... .. 1 :30 - 3:30 Learn how to identify priorities and organize your time. Call 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details.

Balancing Your Life as a Graduate Student:

Note to students: The Phone-Mail program is. now hiring. Call 848-3881.

Academic Survival Skills (One session) SGW Thurs. Sept. 19 ...... 10:00 - 12:00 This workshop will provide an opportunity to exchange ideas and strategies for managing your academic workload. Topics will include efficient reading .techniques, thesis writing, and organizing strateg ies. Ca ll 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details.

Balancing Your Life as a Graduate Student: Personal Survival Skills (One session) SGW Thurs. Sept. 26 ...... 9:30 - 12:30 This workshop is designed to teach you "survival ski lls" to be able to balance your life. Techniques such as stress reduction, prioritizing, and delegating will be covered. Emphasis will also be placed on the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle within the context of graduate studies. Cal l 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details

All You Need to Know about Campus Recruiting: (One session) SGW Wed. Sept. 18 ......... 1 :30 - 3:00 Thurs. Sept. 19 .............. 11 :00 - 12:30 Tues. Sept. 24 ... .. ........... 11:00-12:30 Thurs. Sept. 26 .. .............. 12:00 - 1 :30 Are you aware that many major firms recruit potential spring graduates during the fall? Find out how to apply, what to expect and how to prepare yourself. Registration : CAPS, 2070 Mackay.

Job Readiness (Two sessions) Fee $15.00 SGW Wed. Sept. 25 and Oct. 2 2:00 - 4:00 How do you respond to an employer who asks, "What do you have to offer?" Do you know what set of ski lls you want to use in a work setting? What kinds of problems do you wish to solve? Do you know what position you are applying for? Providing clear answers to these questions is imperative in the new economy. These and other questions wi ll be addressed in this workshop. Call 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details.

Time Management (Two sessions)

SGW Fri. Sept. 13 and 20 10:30 - 12:30

Learn how to organize your time and

study smarter by determining priorities, dealing with procrastination. and

us ing effective study strategies. Ca ll 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details.

Leaming from Your Textbook (One session)

SGW Wed. Sept. 18 .... 10:30 - 12:30

Learn strategies to help increase your

comprehension and retention of important material in your textbook. Call 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details.

Leaming from Lectures (One session)

SGW Wed. Sept. 25 .... 10:30 - 12:30

Learn note-taking strateg ies to help you record, integrate and retain mate

rial covered in lectures. Cal l 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details.

Career Portfolio: What Is It? (One session)

Fee $5.00 SGW Fri . Sept. 27 ............ 9:30 - 11 :30

Learn about this hot new development for job seekers planning and preparing

for employment and career success. Start to build your own career portfo

lio, which shou ld include your ski lls

and accomplishments. Information on content and format will be given. This

workshop is designed to help you start from first year of university onward to

develop this crucial tool. Call 848-

3545 or 848-3555 for details.

A Foot in Both Camps: Trying to Belong (Ten sessions)

SGW Thurs. Sept. 26 - Nov. 28

2:30 - 4:30 This workshop is for students from

other countries who are experiencing

adjustment difficulties. Call 848-3545 or 848-3555 for details.

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT SEPTEMBER 12 ,, 1996 1 1

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Events, notices and chssilied ads must reach t? h g e Public Relations Department (BC-115) in writing no later than Thursday, 5 p.m. the week prior to the Thursday publication. For more information, please contact Kevin Leduc at 848-4881, by fax: 848-2814 or by e-mail: [email protected].

SEPTEMBER 12 • SEPTEMBER 26

Art Gallery The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery is located at 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd . W. Information : 848-4750. (Metro Guy-Concordia). Free admission.

Until Sept. 18 The Echoic Landscape: Peter Krausz, Marion Wagschal and Landscape & Photography: Recent Acquisitions. Monday - Friday from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

es The following courses will be offered by the EH&S Office in the next few weeks. Members of Concordia and the outside community can take these courses. Contact Donna Fasciano, Training Co-ordinator. at 848-4355.

Sept 15 - Heartsaver Course Sept 18 & 19 - CSST First Aid -

French Course Sept 22- Basic Life Support Oct. 6- BLS Recertification Oct. 7 - Heartsaver Course

Conservatoire d' Art Cinematographique de Montreal Cinema J.A. DeSeve, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Concordia University (Metro Guy-Concordia) . Admission: $3.50

Friday, Sept. 13 Women an the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at 7 p.m.; Tie Me Up. Tie Me Dawn at 9 p.m.

Saturday, Sept 14 · II Grida (Le cri) at 7 p.m.; La Notte at 9:15p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 15 Wild Strawberries at 7 p.m.; The Seventh Seal at 9 p.m.

lllonday, Sept. 16 Un chien andalou; L'age d'ar at 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept 17 The Blue Angel at 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 18 Las Olvidados; Hour of the Furnaces at 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 20 Pickpocket at 7 p.m.; Mauchette at 8:30 p.m.

The Loyola Film Series F.C. Smith Auditorium, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. Tel. 848-3878. Free admission.

Monday, Sept. 16 The Ox-Bow Incident, William Hellman (1943) at 6 p.m.; The Grapes of Wrath, John Ford (1940) at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 23 High Noon, Fred Zinneman (1952) at 6 p.m. ; The Young Mr. Lincoln. John Ford (1939) at 7:40 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 30 Documentary on William S. Hart; Duel in the Sun. King Vidor (1946) at 6 p.m.

ectures & Se i ars Department of Exercise Science Wednesday, Sept. 18 First-yea r students are invited to Olympic Night: Behind the Scenes of Athletic Success. Adjunct professor and IOC executive Richard Pound and a number of former Exercise Science and Diploma in Sport Administration students talk about their summer in Atlanta.

Centre for International Academic Co-operation Wednesday, Sept. 18 David Lysne, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFA IT). on "The Market ing of Canadian Educational Institutions Abroad" at 2:30 p.m. in H-769. 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Free admission. Information: 848-4987.

Thursdays at Lonergan Sept 19 Janet McKinnon. founding president, Historic Theatres' Trust, on "Historical Cinemas and Theatres: Renai ssance and Re-Use ." 3:30 - 5 p.m. , 7302 Sherbrooke St. W. 848-2280.

Psychology Department Wednesday, Sapt. 25 "Breaking the Revolving Door Cycle: How to Keep the Mentally Il l Stable in t he Community and Out of the Hospital." 7 p.m. in H-110, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Information: 486-1 448.

Centre for Community.and Ethnic Studies Thursday, Sept. 26 Native Politica l Organizations is an event in preparation for the Stone Consolidated Lecture by Ovide Mercredi on Oct. 3. Speakers are Josie Courotte. Justice of the Peace.

Mohawk Tribal Court, and Chris Trott (Sociology and Anthropology). 7:30 to 9 p.m. in H-449, Henry F. Hall Building.

Thursdays at Lonergan Sept. 26 Peter Adamakos, founder and president of Disada Productions, on "How Expo 67 Won an Academy Award ." 3:30 - 5 p.m., 7302 Sherbrooke St. W. 848-2280.

Graduate Awards If you are currently registered in the la st year of your undergraduate deg ree and are planning to pursue graduate stud ies next year, or if you are now enrolled in a graduate program and are looking for sources of funding to pursue your graduate studies, we urge you to attend one of these sessions. There will be a brief talk on the major granting agencies (FCAR. NSERC, SSHRC) as well as. other fellowships. Thursday, Sept. 12. H-762-(1,2,3) from 4 - 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 17, H-762-(1,2,3) from 12 - 1 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 19, H-762-(1,2,3) from 10 -11 a.m. Information: 848-3800.

Special Events a d Notices Septemberfest for Mature Students Th is wi ll be held on Saturday, Sept. 21, 1996. A get-together incl ud ing two-hour study basics workshops, a library tour and a panel discussion. Lunch included. Tickets : $6, avail able at the Centre for Mature Students, (SGW) LB-5 17 or (LOY) AD-424 . Limited space, so register early . For more informat ion , call 848-3890/95

Classics/Modem Languages and Linguistics Se pt. 27-28, Sy mp os ium on "A Hundred -Year Retrospecti ve of Austrian Literature: An International Symposi um Marking the Austrian Millen ium," and Sept. 24-28. Book Display and Photography Exhibition on "Austrian Writers : The debut of the Last Twenty Years." H-760, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. 630-6098.

Unclassified Music workshops Introductory chamber music ensemble, with musical director. Daytime workshops. Call Zav, 485-9927 or Carmen, 524-8026.

For sale Epson Sty lus Inkjet pr inte r. 2 years old. Ca ll 935-1552.

For rent Rene Levesque/St. Math ieu . 2 1 /2 roomy, sunny, clean, modern, completely furnished, air-conditioned, electricity, heat all included. Large balcony, swimming pool, very secure, available now. Around $650, depending on the length of rental. Idea l for couple or single. Ca ll 935-3345.

For rent 1 1/2 to 4 1/2, concrete bui lding, electricity, heat. stove. fridge, security, pool, sauna. exercise room, terrace, garage available. 2525 Cavendish, 481-2818.

USA Work Permits We can help Canadian citizens increase their chances of receiving USA

Prizes . .. Return air fare for 2 to

Europe or t he United States An Apple computer A Weider home gym Return air fare to Florida

October 3, 4 and 5

work permits. Also. U.S. immigration and re lated business matters. B. Toben Associates (U.S. lawyers) 288-3896.

Overview of the UNIX Operating System Friday, Sept. 20. 27. Oct. 4, 11 and 18, from 2 - 4:30 p.m.

Centre for Teaching and Learning Services, Faculty Development

Theatre Tour to Stratford. Ontario Anyone wishing to see two or three plays (King Lear, Amadeus, Barrymore) at Stratford on Oct. 4-5, contact Prof. Ron Wareha m, 848 -2334 or Eira Mill er, 848-2320. Full -time students under 30 qualify for the bargain fa re of $125, which includes two plays, transportati on by bus. and accommodation and breakfast.

· Workshop Series.

Workshops Macintosh Computer Workshops for Faculty & Staff Register by phone by calling Carmelita Swann at 848-3668. All workshops will be held in LB-812.

Introduction to Macintosh Computers Thursday, Sept. 19. 26. Oct. 3, 10 and 17, from 2 - 4:30 p.m.

Introduction to lnfoDepot Monday, Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7 and 21. from 2 - 4:30 p.m.

A Sharp UX I 19 fax machine Weekend for two at Le Chateau Versailles Cellular phone Weekend for two at Le Centre Sheraton Concordia sportswear

Internet Workshops

Ca ll 848-2495 to register

Using and Evaluating Search Engines: The World Wide Web and Beyond. Sept. 18 (H-511 ). Oct. 18 & Nov. 8 (VL-122). from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Leader: Melinda Reinhart

Media in the Classroom: From Why the Tape Won't Play to How to Find and Project Internet Data. Sept. 23 in H-341 from 12:30 - 2 p.m. Leader: Oksana Dykyj

Ways of learning: Cross-Cultural Issues. Sept. 24 in H-653 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Leaders: Pat Hardt & Mary Mar.

Top Ten Faculty Concerns About Students with Learning Disabilities. Sept. 25 in AD-308 from 1 - 2 :30 p.m. Leader: Ann Kerby.

Shuffle '96 Friday, September 20

6.5 km walk from campus to campus

Starts at I p.m. downtown, winds up with music and prizes at Loyola, and t he Rector's Reception.

Return your pledge forms by Sept. 20 to the lobbies of t he Henry F. Hall Building or the Loyola Administration Building.

Alou'ettes football t ickets Bicycle helmet Sports caps, t -shirts,

sweatshirts Gift certificates

and more!

Concordia celebrates its 7th annual Homecoming weekend with a wide variety of reunion activities. Everyone welcome - Students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends!

Tours of Commµnication Studies Department and Faculty of Fine Arts

Molson Centre Tour Homecoming Cup Football Game

Thursday, October 3: Stone-Consolidated Lecture Ovide Mercredi,

National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations First Nations in Canada - A Vision to Heal Our Nations

and Share a Country 7:30 p.m., Hall Building, Room H- 110

Friday, October 4: Concordia Varsity Alumni Dinner and Silent Auction

Saturday, October 5: Stone-Consolidated Lecture Hana Gartner, Host of CBC TV's National Magazine 11 :00 a.m., Concordia Concert Hall, Loyola Campus

Loyola Oyster/Seafood Party & Laugh Fest featuring On The Spot lmprov

Special Reunions: Centre for Building Studies 20th Anniversary,

Early Childhood Education Program 25th Anniversary, Hockey and Residents' Reunions.

For more information, a complete registration brochure or tickets, call Cindy Hedrich at 848-3815.

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