Computer news

by Robert Black his is the first of many(I hope!) pieces T on the wonderful world of computers. Some topics that are brewing in my mind include courses, careers, and wonders that are involved with the computer world (video games, movies, legal precedents, etc). Right now, the computer industry in Canada is thriving and heading to new heights. Compa- nies like Cognos(PowerHouse), and

Corel(CorelDraw!) are considered major forces in the computer business. Corel, for example,

International student’s association

Any International students and friends are wel- come to join the International Students Asso- ciation for an evening of fun on the ski slopes of Brookvale Provincial Park. Transportation will be available from the Breezeway, Robertson Library at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 17. Don’t worry if you have never skied before, anyone is welcome to attend. See you on Wednesday evening...

Notice of meeting

Women’s Constituency Group

Concerned about safety on campus? Interested in women’s issues? Considering the establish- ment of a women’s center a campus?

Join us! Sunday 6:00 p.m. Main Rm 211 Bring your thoughts, ideas and concerns (Gen- der Friendly)

See you there!

International study and travel

Just a reminder of the information available at Student services concerning Intern4tional op- portunities:

Student Exchange Programs The deadline for your application is Friday, Feb. 19. An exchange is an excellent way to spend your second or third year at any one of our exchange locations: Dundee University (Scotland), Deakin University (Australia), University of South Florida, Eastern New Mexico and Muskingum College (Ohio).

Participating is not as expensive as you might think. Drop into Student Services to get the details.

Sojourns If you haven’t heard of Sojourns already, you have been missing out on another great program. Actually Sojourns is acomputer program containing information on 2500 Inter- national programs. One might be right for you; don’t miss finding it.

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has received top honours from many respected organizations in various countries around the world for its program CorelDraw!. CorelDraw! is a perfect example of the kind of innovative products coming out for computers today. It is relatively inexpensive, and comes with aschlew of other goodies, like 14 000 clip-art images,

over 200 fonts, and more, all in a CD-ROM

package(the CD-Rom drive can also be used to play audio disks!).

In other computer related news, The Math- ematics and Computer Science Society are re-

Youth Challenge International This devel- opment agency is looking for volunteers for its upcoming three month project in Costa Rica. Volunteers must be between 18-25 years of age and must be interested in doing something about international development and environ- mental conservation. Application deadline is March 12, 1993. Pick up your application at

playing the volley-ball game against the psy-

“ chology students. All Math and Comp. Sc.

students are invited to come and help us show we’re good for more than typing and scribbling equations.

To end this week I’m going to rip off the engineers and give a computer science quote of the week, it may not make sense to anyone but Comp. Sc. students but I thought it was cool.

Why is Christmas the same as Halloween? Because DEC(IMAL)25 = OCT(al)31, (HUH?)...

Student Services today.

For further information on these and oth programs, ask for Janice Ployer, Student Ex change Advisor at the Dept. of Student Servic Robertson Library. The best times to come b are Mondays and Wednesdays between 8:3 and 1:30.

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