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25 Years Ago in mathNEWS

Welcome back to the mathNEWS archives! It's convenient that this is that last issue of the term, because I've also hit the end of Volume 22. Here's a summary of Issue #4 of W80.

inkEd

The Marcia Mathie Advice Column

Dear Marcia:

Better watch what you say. Ever heard of libel?

Geoff the Pain

Dear Dzeph:

Yes, I've heard of it and if you keep making passes at me, I'm liable to kick your teeth in!

Dear Marcia:

Girls never take me seriously. Is it my face, my clothes, what?

Ronald McDonald

Dear Ronnie:

Are you McSerious? Do you mean, of all those people who work for you, nobody can do it?

Dear Marcia:

Sex and drugs and downhill skis?

A. Fass

Dear A.F.:

Sounds different. My place, Friday, 7:00 p.m.

Marcia

bwlutek's bits

'Twas quite late, by the watch on my wrist,
When our STATs prof chared in (some persist!):
Although panting and tired,
He quite calmly inquired:
"Any questions on what you have missed?"

Elsewhere in the news...

• Arnie Dyck (yes, that guy) is looking for tutors for CS140 and CS180 next fall. Interested parties should contact Ms. Anne Harris of the CS office in MC5100.
• WORP (The Waterloo Organization of Reasonable People) is formed to suggest that a 7.5% increase in tuition fees is not unreasonably high.
• There is some talk of kicking Grad Students out of the Federation of Students.
• Mathletics report: The Polish Connection (Broomballers) are going to the playoffs, and the Seahorses (Inner-Tube Water Polo) finished at the top of their league.
• Thanks to Ken Hunt, mathNEWS has finally been granted its own office, MC3035. [We've since moved... — inkEd]