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Crack & Dent Sale Council for a Tobaccoâ€"Free Waterloo Region EARTHWINDS 120 King Street South, Waterloo, ON, N2J 1PS Ph (519) 746â€"0737 Email: earthwinds@cadisys.com (Across from the Waterloo Town Square ) Saturday February 24" 2001 Up to 90% off Don‘t forget our Gift Certificates Draw @ Clothing ®) Giftware L & Ceramics @® Cralis * And All the Other Stuff That Makes Us Unique! (One day only) Call the Tobacco Information Line today for an entry form! For support to quit call the Smokers‘ Helpline at 1â€"877â€"513â€"5333 883â€"2279 Artists invited to participate in two juried competitions Millennium Recreation Park "The Millennium Recâ€" reation Park is timeless and ageless," â€" says Waterloo Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft. "It‘s a legacy to the entire community." And, since art is an expression of a communiâ€" ty‘s culture, it is only fitting that art become an integral part of the Millennium Recreation Park experience. As part of the City of Waterlao‘s commitment to providing art in â€" public places, provisions have been made for both interior and exterior permanent and semiâ€"permanent works of art at the Millennium Recreation Park. The multiâ€" purpose recreation complex and park house are highâ€" traffic venues ideal for inteâ€" rior installations and outâ€" side, the extensive grounds, decorated with forests, trails, lush landscapes and an 18â€" hole golf course, provide EHLRPO28 endless focal points for sculptures with impact. _ Artist‘s mockâ€"up of the sculpture now installed at the Waterloo Recreation Complex Recently, the city invited artists to compete in two juried competitions for perâ€" manent ast to be installed at the park this spring. In the first stage of the selection process, artists submitted their profile, curriculum vitae, and a selection of slides illustrating their work. Artists chosen for stage two will be given the opportunity to tour the park in the next few weeks and will be asked to submit proposals for speâ€" cific park sites complete with sketches of their ideas. Betty Recchia, the city‘s culâ€" ture services associate, says WLU sees growing number of applicants o t e 5 o0 This renresents the â€" vear The Laurier School of id Laurier Univâ€" ersity is again expeâ€" riencing one of the largest increases among area schools in the number of applicants from Ontario secâ€" ondary school students for fall 2001 admission. According to â€" statistics released this week by the â€" Ontario _ University Application Centre (OUAC), applications to Laurier have increased by 9.4 per cent overall and applications to Laurier _ Braniford â€" have almost doubled. Preliminary OUAC figâ€" ures show, as of Feb. 7, the number of applications to Laurier increased to 10, 289, compared to 9,404 as of Feb. response has been fabulous. "We _ have _ received inquiries from more than 40 artists _ from _ all _ over Canada." ~ Waterloo‘s public art committee â€" has _ invited Judith Stevens Wells, Carol Podedworny, and Brad Blain â€" three highly regarded individuals from the art community â€" to make the final â€" selections. Besides determining how well each work reflects people‘s feelâ€" ings and impressions of the park, the jury will consider such things as longevity, sturdiness, and safety. Two pieces will be commissioned at $25,000 each and a third 2, 2000. This represents the greatest increase in applicaâ€" tions among area universiâ€" ties, _ the _ sixthâ€"highest increase in the province and exceeds the average provinâ€" cial increase of 6.4 per cent. While there was an overall increase in the number of applicants _ in _ Ontario, Laurier attributes its continâ€" ued success in attracting students to its high admisâ€" sions standards and the quality of its graduates. "It‘s no secret that Laurier students are among the best and the brightest, not only in â€" Ontario but â€" across Canada, and that they have great success in finding work after graduation," says presiâ€" dent and viceâ€"chancellor Bob Rosehart. "We‘re particâ€" ularly proud of the growing interest in Laurier Brantford and in our recently separatâ€" ed faculties of arts and sciâ€" ence." Nearly all of Laurier‘s facâ€" ulties and schools saw a subâ€" stantial increase in applicaâ€" tions. Applications to arts programs increased by 9.3 per cent, from 4,181 to 4,573. Science _ applications increased from 1,691 to 1,816 or 7.4 per cent. In both the arts and sciences, the greatest increase came at the fourâ€"year honours level with arts applications up by 31.7 per cent and science appliâ€" cations up by 30.1 per cent. Applications to music proâ€" grams remained the same almost unchanged, from 324 in the year 2000 to 313 this piece at $70,000 will be pro vided to the artists. "Art in public places gives people the opportunity to see their surroundings in a new way," says Recchia, "We believe these works will add to the appreciation of this exciting and new recreationâ€" al space." For more information about "art in the park" or any _ other _ aspect of the Millennium Recreation _ Park, _ visit www.city.waterloo.on.ca/mr p and watch for biâ€"weekly updates in the Waterloo Chronicle. Eâ€"mail questions and comments to mrp@city.waterlo0.on.ca. year. The Laurier School of Business and Economics saw an overall increase of 11 per cent, from 3,179 to 3,528, largely due to a 79.5 increase in applications to economâ€" ics. Also contributing signifiâ€" cantly to the school‘s overall numbers are joint business and â€" science â€" programs: applications to the double degree program in business and computing increased by 29.3 per cent. Laurier Brantford saw a dramatic 75.9 per cent increase in applications, which rose from 29 in the year 2000 to 51 this year. Heading into its third year, Laurier Brantford anticiâ€" pates a firstâ€"year class of 100 in September 2001. "There‘s no question that Laurier Brantford is settling into its reputation as a small, friendly and dynamic camâ€" pus in the heart of the city," said Laurier Brantford dean Leo Gorarke. "With the addiâ€" tion of a full, fourâ€"year honâ€" ours program in contempoâ€" rary studies and a residence, I have no doubt that this campus will become the place to be in the coming Overall, Laurier anticiâ€" pates a similar firstâ€"year enrolment of roughly 2,200 students â€" for September 2001. With the added demand and growing comâ€" petition for spots at the uniâ€" versity, Laurier is well posiâ€" tioned to maintain or increase the academic qualiâ€" ty of its student bady.