Reporter Volume 25, No.13 December 2, 1993 Women's Club to hold annual Soup's On The UB Women's Club will hold its annual "Soup's On" Luncheon, Friday, Dec. 10 at 11:30 a.m. at the Center for Tomorrow. Appetizers will be served with juices and wines. The three soups this year are garden vegetable, Greek bean and mushroom barley, with muffins, rolls and breads. Desserts are orange cream and fruit and cranberry pecan pie. All recipes are from the Women's Club Cookbook "Foods for Thought." A limited number of cookbooks will be available for half price at the luncheon. Proceeds benefit the Grace Capen Scholarship Fund. Hospitality chairs for this event are Norma Shatz Rubin and Carmella Hanley. Call Carmela at 633-4216 for reservations. Christopher Sierzchull, pianist, will play during the luncheon. Shirley Buckle is program chair. Poinsettias purchased during the Women's Club annual Poinsettia Sale will be distributed at the luncheon. Proceeds from this sale, chaired by Winnie Doran, also benefit the Grace Capen Scholarship Fund. Fine Arts departments schedule collective "Showcase" Dec. 15 It's been more than 20 years since the University at Buffalo's fine arts departmentsQTheater and Dance, Media Study, Art and MusicQwere together on the same campus, much less in the same building. Since August, however, three of the departments been settled into the new Fine Arts Center on the North Campus, with the Music Department right next door in Baird and Slee Halls. At 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 15, they'll celebrate their togetherness, along with the new roof over their heads. The event is "Showcase," a collective presentation of film projections, video installations, performances, computer images, music and art, all designed around the theme of the massive new Fine Arts Center. The event, supported in part by UUAB, will take place in the center's atrium and is free of charge and open to the public. Health Coverage Option Transfer Period The Option Transfer Period for State employees that allows enrollees to change health coverage for 1994 now extends until Dec. 24, 1993. Keep in mind that the Intersession Curtailment begins Dec. 23, 1993 at the close of business. Complete the necessary forms at Personnel ServicesQ104 Crofts Hall: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. No action is required if you wish to keep your current health insurance option. Financial Aid Renewal Applications The U.S. Department of Education is mailing Renewal Applications for 1994-95 to students who applied for Federal financial aid in 1993-94 and whose applications was processed prior to Nov. 1, 1993. If you fall in the above category, you will receive (or have already received) your Renewal Application for 1994-95. Use that application instead of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Federal financial aid applications and renewal applications for 1994-95 will not be processed until Jan. 1, 1994. Do not submit either application before this date as it will not be processed. You must also file a separate TAP application for 1994-95. (TAP filers only must complete the Federal application (FAFSA). Please note that the deadline for University Campus Based Funds is May 16, 1994. Elsewhere... Poetry Reading Carl Dennis, UB Professor of English Friday, Dec. 10 8 p.m. International Institute 864 Delaware Ave. Reading William Sylvester, UB Emeritus Professor of English Sunday, Dec. 12 2 p.m. Burchfield Art Center 1300 Elmwood Ave. Turkey Trot Winners Announced The 20th annual Turkey Trot Nov. 14 attracted 38 runners who participated in the 2.2 mile run. Winners were: female undergraduate, Jennifer Heidemann; female faculty/staff, Laura Stewart; female team, Dionne Glose, Cheryl Glose, Cynthia Woods, Kimberly Myers; male undergraduate, Adrijan Smaic; male graduate, Nicholas King ; male faculty/staff, Todd Hammerle; male team, William Husarek, John Schoffler, Jim Price, Dave Ebersman. Among those assitsing in the effort were Ed Wright, Brian Mikelbank Step[hanie Bakowski, Cheryl Colebrook, and Brian Morris. Recreation and Intramural Services provided the prizes. WhatUs In A Name? UBUs name-- and its visual identity--should convey an image of the universityUs excellence and tradition to the outside world. THINK SMART!, a new guide to creative graphic thinking produced by the Office of Publications, shows how to present UBUs visual identity through publications, stationery, business cards, signage, advertising, promotions and newsletters. THINK SMART! is available at no cost to university departments. For information on obtaining copies, call Stella Ryndak in Publications at 645-2626. Be Smart, Be Safe A rash of theft and burglaries in and around Alumni Arena has prompted a slogan, Be Smart, Be Safe, along with recommendations for minimizing property loss and providing a safe campus environment. Among the recommendations: Never leave property unattended in any area of Alumni Arena. Lockers are available for those who want them long-term, and free lockers are available in the menUs and womenUs locker rooms for those who cannot afford lockers or choose to use a locker only on a daily basis. (You supply the lock.) DonUt leave personal property unattended; secure it. If, despite taking precautions, property is stolen, report the incident to recreation assistants on duty and remain there until you are assured that campus public safety officers know of your loss. Snow Announcements When winter weather conditions become so severe that the university cannot operate effectively, an announcement to that effect will be made over local radio stations, including WBFO-FM 88.7, which may broadcast more detailed information. The initial announcement will be made by 6 a.m. and will be repeated frequently. Before this decision can be made, we must determine local road conditions, the ability of our bus service to provide transportation within and among the campuses, and our ability to keep the campus roadways and parking lots open. Once the announcement is made, however, only essential service employees are expected to report to work. Heating Plant, Chilled Water Plant, University Facilities, Security, Animal Care, Food Service, Health Service, and other employees who are essential to maintaining the university's vital services, to providing food for dormitory residents, and to cleaning the parking lots and roadways should make every effort to get to the university. In order to ensure that those in your area who should come in know who they are, it is advisable that they be notified again (or initially) at this time each year so that there is no misunderstanding if and when a snow announcement has to be made. All others are expected to stay away from the campus for the duration of the announcement period. Those employees who work on these days should, of course, be marked present. All others must charge the time to personal leave credits, either vacation, personal leave or compensatory time. Anyone who does not have sufficient accruals, may borrow from future accruals. Only the Governor can officially declare that the University at Buffalo is closed and only he can authorize employees to remain away from work without use of leave credits. In all other cases, a UB employee must charge this time not worked to vacation, personal leave or compensatory time. Notwithstanding the above, no person who is able to and does get to work will be deprived of the opportunity to work. Furthermore, if it is determined during the course of a work day that the university cannot operate effectively, no employee should be required to leave at that moment; employees should rather be permitted to leave then or any time thereafter. Only the time that they are absent should be charged to leave credits. We cannot guarantee that those employees who get to the campus or those who stay after a snow announcement is made will be able to work in their normal work places. Adequate supervision may be unavailable, or it may be that the building in which the individual normally works is not open. Provision should be made for alternate campus work locations and alternate work for those who do get to the campus, but who cannot go to their regular work places or cannot perform their regular work assignments. Office of Senior Vice President Robert J. Wagner