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Spring 2004,
Volume 26, Number 1
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HE HAS A FEW CRACKS HERE AND THERE BUT HE REALLY
DOES LOOK QUITE good for his age, which is probably
more than 100 years old. But no one can really
say. Not yet, anyway. More
JEFF KENNEDY AND EMMETT
GAMROTH KNOW HOW TO FIT SMART things into small
packages. The Mechanical Engineering grad students
have developed a “set
it and forget it” mini submarine. More
A CAVE ON THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS HAS PROVEN
TO BE A TREASURY of old bones and the evidence
of early human life on the Canadian West Coast. More
THE NEW UVIC-BASED CENTRE FOR ADDICTIONS RESEARCH
OF BC opens this summer on the strength of a
$10-million endowment from the BC Addictions
Foundation. More
CHANGING THE CLOCK AT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?
Re-setting the time after a power outage? Forget
about it. More
DON WRIGHT RADIATES
A LOVE OF MUSIC. “I
want to give it to everyone,” says the
educator, composer and philanthropist. More
JIM MCDAVID IS A SPECIALIST
IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION and local government
services. Nancy Turner works with First Nations
groups to study traditional uses of plant life
on the West Coast.More
PROF. RYAN RHODES,
AN EXERCISE MOTIVATION SPECIALIST in the
School of Physical Education, thinks new
technology combining video games and exercise
bikes could be a way to keep young people physically
fit. More
TUITION FEES WILL RISE
16.6 PER CENT FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN 2004-05,
seven per cent for graduate students and 13.6
per cent for international undergrads after
the UVic Board of Governors ratified the university’s
new budget. More
PEOPLE: UVic’s Board of Governors has
unanimously reappointed President David Turpin
to a second five-year term, carrying him through
to Aug. 31, 2010. More
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