38th Year Ar GUELPH Total to date: $66,163 Volume 38 No. 33 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario •October 19, 1994 FIRST GLANCE Nominations sought for A breath student life award of fresh Know an individual or group that has helped en- air hance the quality of student Prof. Michael Dixon , life at U of G7 Here's your Horticultural Science, chance to bring them the rec- admires so me of the ognition they deserve by plants that form part of nominating them for the a new environmental University's annual R.P. room in the Canada Gilmor Student Life Award. Life building in Any student, staff, faculty, Toronto. The room , U of G graduate or commu- which contains 8,000 nity member who has had - plants, will be used to an association with the Uni- study the effects of versity may be considered plant and aquatic life for the award. Nominations on improving_air qual- are due in the Office of Stu- ity. See story on page dent Affairs Oct. 28 at noon. 2. Pholo by Margarel Boyd, For more infonnation, call University Communlcalioos the office at Ext. 3192. The award is named for Paul Gilmor, who served as provost of the University from 1967 to 1987. B of G schedule Board of Governors has scheduled the following The ties that bind meetings for 1994/95 - Nov. 17, Jan. 26, March 23, April 20 and June 21. The OCUA hearing draws outpouring of support for University meetings begin at 3 p.m. in Room 424 of the University ommun}ly·• leaders in the Guelph Mayor John Counsell re- sity for that period. This financial Uni versity would mean less cash flow in the city and would result Centre. The meetings are CGuelph 'area and the internal inforced the ties between the city impact represents lOto 15 percent in all-round reduced reven.ues and open to the public, but a University community were out in and the University in his presenta- of total economic activity fo r 1he increased unemployment, he said. ticket is required to attend. full force Oct. 13 to support U of tion to OCUA. The city's econ- Guelph area. As the first speaker of the day, Tickets are available from G at the Ontario Council on Uni- omy is very much dependent on Education is the key in this in- the Board Secretariat on Rozanski told OCUA that Guelph versity Affairs (OOUA) hearing the University, he said. "The local tensely competitive global envi- Level 4 of the University accepts the need for change and on campus. economy benefited to the tune of ronment, Counsell said. "Govern- Centre. does not shy away from making In his opening remarks, presi- almost $400 million in 1992193." ment spending on education is an hard decisions. He reminded the dent Mordechai Rozanski in- Counsell noted that this is more investment that produces divi- council that since 1992, U of G formed OOUA representatives than three times the combined On- dends in excess of the investment tario government operating and itself." Inside: that they would learn a great deal See DON'T on page 3 about the transforming forces that capital grants made to the Univer- Any reduction in grants to the Guelph participates in tie the University and the commu- Mac/ean's issue 2 nity together. Rozanski told At Guelph Friday Calendar. 7 that OCU A appeared surprised SPC committees submit reports and impressed by the outpouring Ideas needed for safety for the University. '1t was heart- Summaries of the reports from seven Strategic- "SPC would particularly appreciate comments initiatives . 8 ening and encouraging to see the Planning Commission (SPC) committees appear on these reports because they will provide a sig- spectrum ot support for U of G," on pages four and five of this issue. Their insights nificant base for discussion leading to publication he said. "The council was able to on the essence of the academy will influence the of its •next report," he says. see many different perspectives. direction of change at Guelph. The unabridged versions of the reports were dis- each offering the same conclusion The committees defined learner-centred and re- tributed to deanst directors, chairs and managers. Thought for the week - that quality higher education search-intensive, evaluated the semester system are posted in GRIFF and are on reserve in the plays a v.alued and fundamental and courses versus credits, looked at more effec- 1.Aughter is the shonest library. Reports from other committees - includ- role in society." tive involvement of alumni, recoaunended ways ;"g those dealing with internationalism and co-op distance benveen nvo to align performance evaluation with the academic It's important that U of G con- programs and the spring semester - will be re- people. tinue its dialogue with the public goals of the University, and described an enviroo- men! of respect and trusL SPC chair Prof. Bev Kay, leased when they become available. sector, said Rozanski. "We must Responses to any of the reports can be mailed to Victor Borge increase our efforts to get out our Land Resource Science, says these reports present Kay c/o the SPC office on Level 4 of the University message that postsecondary edu- ideas that should be debaled, evaluated and en- iii'il Centre. 0 DOWN"IOWN ~ • I cation has important tangible and larged on by the University community. G~ intangible benefits to society.'' CIBC Make your money grow! ASK US HOW! Get ,,,-*8igfarP'' CIBC 23 College Ave. W., Guelph m 824-6520 2 At Guelph/Oct. 19, 1994 Farcus Canada Life unveils boardroom 'breathing wall' Waterfalls, orchids and tropical plants, mosses, will add to the understancling of fields such as Dixon say s the project will contribute to the fi sh and amphibians co-exist harmoniously in botany and medicine. development of closed-cycle plant-gfowth fa- the most unlikely of places - the new corpo- The room houses about 8,000 hydroponi- cilities to be used for future research with the rate boardroom of the Canada Life Assurance cally grown plants, with more than 250 species Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science. The Company in Toronto. of mosses, fems, orchids, bulrushes and tropi- room will fonn the base of activity for a num- Unveiled last week, the $500,000 Canada cal water lilies. Insects, molluscs, amphibians ber of different spinoff studies, including Life.environmental room has been des igned as and fish are found in the water system. One of waste-management technologies. It will also a mini ecosystem to be studied as a means to the room's key features is a "breathing wall" contribute to education; University of Toronto ~· ~:;::~Ji!~~!l!1~~~~~:~~~~~:~:~ ~~;~:~=~:X~~~i~~~~f~!:! 0:s~:iI~~ ~~~;~~~1~~=:~;1d~~~r ~:~;c!~~:: ·"···,,., nego.. ll ate,... 1n ra,goo,d.. 1 ,:::::.:a11 h: ' · systems to monitor indoor air quality and as- Lighting, air-circulation and water-filtration sess the benefits of replicating nature. systems have been specifically developed to pu s to observe specific reactions in similar It 's the first time such an experiment has been support the self-sustaining ecosystem, created ecosystems. These prototypes will be inocu- developed. Ultimately, its findings will have by Genetron Systems. a Canadian ecological lated with various gases and then monitored, $7 5 0 00 applications for commercial and home use and engineering firm • says Dixon. D for Graduating Students U of G will participate in the fourth Wilfrid Laurier University and annual Mac/eon 's magazine sur- Conestoga College. "This is an vey of Canadian uni versities, to be excellent opportunity for these in- Call for details: published Nov. 7. It is al so one of stitutions in Canada's research tri- ~ Wellington 83 universities included in the re- angle to promote the value of a cent Saturday Night Uni versity postsecondary educatiOn," says V6(J Planner, a resource guide for po- Motors Ltd. Mary Cocivera, director of Uni- tential students. in the Guelph Auto Mall versity Communications. "The The pl anner outlines campus fa- cil iti es and services and academic M aclean 's university issue is a programs, but stops short of rank- prime vehicle for th.is message." ing uni versities. It was written in Chuck Cunningham, assistant 822-8950 registrar for liaison, sees value in co-operation with the Association of Universiti es and Colleges of bo th the Saturday Night and Maclean 's publications. "I think Administrative changes made G l A s s C A P E S Canada, which had asked member they can both be useful documents H I s p I 0 c H 0 0 S E institutions to boycott a compet- Two changes as part of the review has held this position since I 992, to people seeking out a university E H TI C E l E H T E H ing survey in Maclean's that of U of G's centraJ administrative has left the University. as long as they use them as just E 0 I T• C R E W E l scores uni versities on various cri- areas were announced by adminis- The reporting relationship for E S K E R A s H teri a. Only per cent ofEnglish- one resource among many," he trative vice-president Charles 12 the director of the Real Estate Di- c A H 0 Y• VI E T E A speaking uni versities actually says. "The best way for people to Ferguson last week. vision has also changed. John A G EI c R I C K C R t joined the boycou. make a decision is to visit the uni- The functions of the University 0 u O I E E L• E T H E R The Maclea11 's issue will in- versity." treasurer have been redistributed Annstrong, who previously re- S E T - 0 E H S E clude a joint one-page ad from U He notes, however, that the 60- within Financial and Administra- ported to the treasurer, will now - E F F U S E A -S H of G, the University of Waterloo, page Saturday Night supplement tive Services.