Summer 1990 Brock Dennis Hull-A Composite of the Man Behind the Stats • uy a Brick ... to build a better Brock! Summer 1990 There are more than 105 names ready to be placed on bricks in a very pecial wall. The wall will be in the lobby of the new Student BROCK UNIVERSITY Centre now under construction. The names belong to alumni who have generously donated at least ChaneeUo1· $250 each to help furnish the Centre. The bricks are Robet·t \Vetch Brock's way of showing our appreciation for generations to come. Chairman, Boaed of Teustees Contact the Development Office of Brock Allan OtT University, ( 416) 688~5550 extension 3590, to make your donation. P1·esident Tcl'l'y White, PhD Join your fellow alumni who are 'going to the wall' for their University... buy a brick for Brock! 0 Surgite! /sur-gi-tay/ Janice L. Latin for "Push on!" Nagata Brock University Sm·gite! is a qua.·terly The inspiring last publication of the words of Maj .-Gen. Office of Lorne W. David Sit· Isaac Brock , and Contents Exteenal Relation , Brock Univer ity, Stobbs Betzner the inspiration of the Forwn Page St. Cathal"ines , Univet·sity that b ears Are We At A Risk From Our Water? 2 L2 3Al , his name . Valerie Brock Makes A Stateinent (416) 688-5550 Fleming -the Mission Statement explained 3 ext.3245. Cover Executive Director Krist ian Dennis Hull-All-Star Alumnus 4 Grant Dobson Brock Univer sity Knibutat offer s full-time and The Census Report Editot· 6 part-time studies in -Here's looking at you! Kathleen Leggat ].F. Kerry the humanities, Alumnews Leask Design & Layout scien ce , social Plus the President's Message , Heather Fox sciences, business, Badger Stats and more 9 Graphic Design Roderick W. Brinn education and Brock Briefs What is a Mass Spectrometer? 15 Cover Photography Powers . Heikkila physical education. Divino Mucciante onum Brock Makes A Statement An interview about Brock's Mission Statement, with Viki Soady, Senate Chair and member of the Are We At A Risk From Our Planning Steering Committee Water? Why is Broc k drafting a Mission deaths of millions of people transfer from the hot shower· deli ver wa ter that was relatively Q Statement? throughout the centuries and water into the air tha t we high in lead. We felt that this In November 1988 Bt·ock include typhoid and cholera. breath. Also, chloroform can was due, not to the quality of t1st eanno Of course we now under stand be absorbed through the skin. the water from the city, but University fa ced its 25 th an­ ''• . h . f the germ theory of disease so we How many litt·es of wa ter a from leaching of the lead solder ni ver·sary, no longer a small but Brock University to achieve can make informed decisions minute do we use in a shower? ar Otmd the fittings of the tap. now a mid-size institution , with about the location of water in­ What is a dange rous level of We a lso showed that, if the a promise of prosperity national stature as a centre of takes and treat our sewage. To chloroform? watet· was allowed to run for a reflected both in the new btrild­ protect us against infiltration in The pollution of the Great minute, this 1n·ocedure would ings going up on campus and in teaching, research and creative the event of a leak in the dis­ Lakes b y for eign ch emicals bring the lead levels down its fundraising climate . It tribution system, our water is anger s and upsets us. We have below the detection limit fo r our seemed like the right time for activity." Brock conununity members to sterilized by the use of chlorine, seen pictures of arctic terns equipment. Lead is a ver y real Brock Mission Statement. a toxic and reactive gas which with distorted bills, deformed problem a nd has been iden­ devise an oederly plan by wlrich is slightly soluble in water. fish from the lakes and ask our­ tified as a causative age nt ofim­ the Univeesity might gr ow paired mental developmen t in phys icall y, academi cally and Ian Brindle Chlorine reacts with organic selves,"Do I want to drink that materials in the water to give stuff?" I feel that this is not the yo lmg children wh o have been spiritually during the conring years. n Medieval times, the al­ rise to a class of compounds ques tion we should ask om·sel­ exposed to low levels of lead in What was the and provide opporturuties to conmrittees which will devise a that have the collective name of ves. Fish live in it 24 hom·s a their diet. chemists searched for the committee's discover and pursue new inter­ plan for the next fiv e to 10 trihalomethanes. Chloroform day; their skin is always bathed Some feel that the purchase I alkahest , the univer sal r esponse to these ests." years. Sometime during that is a member of this class . This in it. The tem s and gulls who of a wa ter treatment system, solvent that would dissolve concerns? Can As an employer of 1 ,0 0 0 period we will reassess and see everything. What they did group is, generally speaking, eat the fish are magnifying the which fits on the tap, will solve How did you people, Bt·ock has comnritted it­ bow far we have come toward highest in concentration of the concentration of the toxins that all theit· proble ms, r·emove Q you sutnntarize begin? self to leaderslrip in equity for our mission and if indeed our not r ealize was that this the Mission? trihalo-metha nes, chlo r·ine, Q women and nrinoeities, and fair mission is then the same as what alkahest was all around lead, PCBs, and the r·emaining "The first step to wisdom," and progressive employment we laid out five to 1 0 years them: water. Highlights of the prelimi­ alphabet soup of contaminants says the Delphic pt·inciple, "is policies for all. There was a before. The water we drink in St. ... we actually have a much greater n ar y draft r eleased to the '' tha t we ar-e told a re in our to know thyself." Know wheee strong f eeling among In practical terms, that Catharines contains elements Urrive t·sity community March exposure ... not when we drink water . We should beware of you aee before you figure out stakeholders that the Univer­ means for example when a new that derive from the rocks, over 1990 include a commitment to such claims. It is vet· y difficult where yo u ar·e go ing. It is im­ sity should lead the r est of the program is proposed, Senate which the water flows, by the br oadly-b ased liberal under­ ... hut when we shower." to remove ve t· y low levels of portant in the midst of change comnnmity in these matters. will be vigilant to ensure that it process of dissolution, aided to gr aduate education with an em­ contaminants in water wi th not to lose the qualities that Brock will continue its com­ is not brought in at tbe expense some extent b y the carbon phasis on small-group learning small systems since an impor­ made thi.s institution special mitment to seeking oppoe­ of existing programs or of dioxide in the air. It is very im­ compounds that cause us con­ the fi sh have been absorbing and an easy and open atmos­ tant fa ctor in efficien cy of and distinctive in the first place. tunities to serve as a learning, sacrificing other academic portant to realize that these cern. Trihalomethane con­ clueing their lifetime. If we eat phere of communication and remo val is the length of time So as part of the mission, the cultural, artistic and recrea­ qualities described in the mis­ processes have occurred for centr·ation usually r eaches the fish from the lake, out· accessibility between students that the water is in contact with plru1ning committee contacted tional centre for the local com­ sion statement. Likewise, equi­ millions of years, long before maximum levels in the late sum­ bodies will absorb the toxins and faculty. Tlris was seen by the tt·eatment surface. For the U nive r sity's various munity, but is also thinking of ty in hiring and fair people started to produce the mer , as algae and other watery that the fish have acc umulated all sta keholde r s as the many systems, tlris contact time stakeh olde r· s and lon g- term itself as a citizen of the world. employment practices will be chemicals that concern us now. organisms increase the organic and we will suffer the conse­ cornerstone of Brock's distinc­ must be milliseconds where supporters: alumni, students, addr·essed on each occasion in It is also important for us to content of the water. quences of biomagnification. tiveness as a wuversity, along seconds, or even nrinutes, nright faculty, staff, boar·d members, future p er sonnel decisions. understand the nature and ex­ Chloroform has been identified The risk that we experience as with respect for and value of be mot·e appt·opriate . The business and community With respect to planning the tent of the pollution of our as a carcinogen , and so we feel a result of drinking 1 .5 litres a the student as an individual. dange t· with these systems, I groups and educa tors from the physical shape of the campus, water and the extent to which concem ed .