From: thetroll@rata.vuw.ac.nz (The Troll)
Subject: What's On at Victoria University
Organization: Computing Serv. Ctr, Victoria Uni., Wellington, New Zealand
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:26:55 GMT

Friday, 14 August

Institute of Statistics and Operations Research Wider ISOR in conjunction with 
MPP Lunchtime Seminar:  Len Cook, Government Statistician, will speak on The 
Role of the Government Statistician and Official Statistics.
Venue:	Murphy 201
Time:	12.30 to 2.00 p.m.

RSES Natural Hazards Seminar:   Mr Murray Gillon, Group Engineer, Works 
Consultancy, and leading authority on slope stability problems associated with 
the Clyde Dam, will speak on Cromwell Gorge Landslides.
Venue:	Cotton Building, A 308
Time:	3.30 p.m.

French Drama Club Production:  This French Drama Club production will be of 
Oscar Wilde's Salom.  It was written in French in Paris in 1892 and has 
rarely been free of controversy.  It will play until 14 August.  Tickets are 
$6 and $10 from the State Opera House.
Venue:	Memorial Theatre 
Time:	8.00 p.m.

Saturday, 15 August

Centre for Continuing Education Guitar Workshop: This workshop, to be 
conducted by Martin Kaaij who studied guitar with Dick Visser at the Sweelinck 
Conservatory in Amsterdam, will feature aspects of guitar performance and 
repertoire.  The fee is $20, reduced fee is $15.  Please telephone 5356 for 
enquiries.
Venue:	Adam Concert Room
Time:	2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Continuing Education Seminar P University for You?  A free introductory 
one-day seminar for adults wanting to know about enrolling at university for 
1993.  Enrolment deadline for the course was Monday, 10 August, however, for 
further information please contact the Centre for Continuing Education ext. 
5356.
Venue:	Hugh Mackenzie Lecture Theatre 5
Time:	9.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.

Monday, 17 August

GSBGM Visiting Speakers in Information Systems:  Neville Pahl, Manager 
Consultancy and Integration, GCS, will speak on The Outsourcing Decision.
Venue:	Murphy 101
Time:	1.00 to 2.00 p.m.	

VUW Christian Staff Group Meeting:  Peter Thirkell, Marketing, will give 
opening comments on discussion of the book Hearts and Mind:  A Place for 
People in a Market Economy by Richard Randerson (1992, 100 pp).  Copies of the 
book for $6 are available from Peter Thirkell ext. 5086.  All welcome.  Tea 
and coffee provided.  For enquiries please ring ext. 8643 or ext. 8655.  The 
following meetings will be on Mondays, 21 September and 19 October. 
Venue:	Stout Research Centre
Time:	12.10 p.m. 

Open Meeting  on issues to do with Entrance to the Universities with an ad hoc 
committee representing NZVCC, NZQA and the Ministry of Education.  See 
Official Notice on page 1.
Venue:	Easterfield Conference Room
Time:	2.00 to 4.00 p.m.

Tuesday, 18 August

The Trinity Newman Public Lecture:  The Committee of Management of Trinity 
Newman Hall invites the staff, students and general public to the first of the 
Trinity Newman Lectures. Abbe Germaine Marc'-hadour, international authority 
on the writing and daily life of St Thomas More, Erasmus, their epoch and the 
Reformation, and renowned for his formation of the Friends of Thomas More 
Society, will speak on Thomas More, Scholar, Lawyer and Martyr.   If you wish 
to attend, please advise the hall office, on telephone 475-8471, for catering 
purposes.  It is free.
Venue:		Maclaurin Lecture Theatre 2
Time:		5.30 p.m., followed by refreshments.

Computer Science Seminar:  Richard Taylor, Computer Systems Engineering Group, 
University of York, will speak on The York Multi-scale Dataflow Engine.
Venue:	Computer Science Seminar Room, C236 
Time:	3.00 p.m.

Economic History Group Seminar in conjunction with the Centre for 
Asian/Pacific Law and Business and the Graduate School of Business and 
Government Management:  Professor Robert Locke, University of Hawaii, will 
speak on Business Schools:  do they promote or hinder economic performance;  
I:  German higher education and management:  science plus practicality.
Venue:	Easterfield 401
Time:	5.30 p.m.

New Zealand Society for Legal and Social Philosophy, Wellington Branch:  Alex 
Frame (Wellington Practitioner) will speak on The State of New Zealand.  
People who wish to do so may obtain a copy of Mr Frame's paper in advance of 
the talk by contacting the secretary of the Society, Dr Tim Dare, Department 
of Philosophy, ext. 8650.  Copies will also be available at the meeting.  Tea, 
coffee and biscuits will be available before the meeting.
Venue:	Easterfield Building Room 406
Time:	7.30 p.m.

Wednesday, 19 August

School of Biological Sciences Seminar:  Stephen Fuller will speak on The 
Botanical and Cultural History of Kapiti Island.   All welcome.
Venue:	Kirk 301
Time:	12 noon

Linguistics Research Seminar:  Charles Randriamasimanana, Massey University, 
will speak on The Concept of Displacement.
Venue:	Von Zedlitz 711
Time:	1.00 p.m. prompt

Economic History Group Seminar in conjunction with the Centre for 
Asian/Pacific Law and Business and the Graduate School of Business and 
Government Management:  Professor Robert Locke, University of Hawaii, will 
speak on Business Schools:  do they promote or hinder economic performance;  
II:  Japanese higher education and business:  generalists without science.  
Refreshments will be served after the seminar. 
Venue:	Easterfield 401
Time:	5.30 p.m.

School of Music Special Concert:  Under conductors Michael Vinten and John 
Young, the VUW/ Polytechnic Orchestra will give a programme of Beethoven, 
Symphony No.5, Webern, Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6, Schreker, Chamber 
Symphony, John Rimmer, Millenia.  Tickets cost $15, concession tickets cost 
$10, full-time music students free.
Venue:	St Andrews-on-The Terrace
Time:	7.30 p.m.

Stout Research Centre Seminar:  Miles Fairburn will speak on Writing on 
Ethno-history of a Colonial Labourer's Diary.
Venue:	Stout Research Centre, 12 Wai-te-ata Road
Time:	4.10 p.m., with tea and coffee available            		from 3.45 p.m.

Interdisciplinary Seminar under the auspices of the Department of Sociology 
and Social Work:  Greg McLennan (Professor of Sociology, Massey University) 
will speak on Sociology After Postmodernism.
Venue:	VZ 312
Time:	12.15 p.m., with tea and coffee available          		from 12 noon

School of Architecture Colloquium:  David Oppenheim, Guest Speaker from Taylor 
Oppenheim Architects, Melbourne, will speak on Sacred Architecture.  Coffee 
and croissants will be served for a nominal fee.
Venue:	Ground Floor, 89 Fairlie Terrace
Time:	12.30 p.m.

Lesbians on Campus:  All lesbian staff, general and academic, and postgraduate 
students are welcome to attend a bring-your-own lunch time gathering.  Tea and 
coffee will be provided.
Venue:	20 Kelburn Parade
Time:	Anytime between 12.00 and 2.00 p.m.

Wellington School of Medicine Lecture:  Dr Anne-Maree Kelly, Glaxo Foundation 
Visitor 1992, Senior Lecturer in the Emergency Department, Christchurch 
Hospital and Christchurch School of Medicine, who recently visited Belfast to 
attend the British Council Course "Acute Trauma Management", will speak on 
Advances and Controversies in the Management of Trauma.
Venue:	Small Lecture Theatre, Level D Academic            		Block, Wellington 
School of Medicine
Time:	12 noon

Centre for Continuing Education P The Electoral Reform Referendum P Examining 
the Issues and Options:  Nigel Roberts, Political Scientist, and an expert on 
voting systems, will explain how each voting system works and lead a 
discussion about the issues electors will face when they vote on Referendum 
Day.  The fee is $8, reduced fee for staff, students and beneficiaries is $4.
Venue:	Hugh Mackenzie 5
Time:	7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Computer Science Seminar:  Richard Taylor, Computer Systems Engineering Group, 
University of York, will speak on Creatures P An Alternate Paradigm for Highly 
Parallel Computation.
Venue:	Computer Science Seminar Room, C236
Time:	12.30 p.m.

Economics Group Seminar:  Dr Martin Lally (MOFI, VUW) will speak on Capital 
Asset Pricing Model Proxies.
Venue:	Murphy 506
Time:	12.10 p.m., with tea and coffee available            		from 12 noon.

Thursday, 20 August

School of Music Composition Workshop:  Music 203 Compositions:  student 
performances of music by second-year composition students.
Venue:	Adam Concert Room
Time:	3.00 to 4.30 p.m.

Asian Studies Seminar:  Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, History Department, will speak 
on Caste and Culture in India.
Venue:	Laby prefabs LBS 3
Time:	4.10 to 5.00 p.m.

School of Music Lunchtime Concert:  Ingeborg Furst (soprano) and Bruce 
Greenfield (piano) will perform songs by Debussy and Swedish composers.
Venue:	Adam Concert Room
Time:	1.10 p.m.

School of Music Concert:  This concert is of music by visiting Chinese 
composer Qu Xiao-Song, with introductions by the composer.  The works include 
two recent pieces:  Yi (1990) for chamber ensemble, and Mist (1991) for 
percussion ensemble.  Admission free. Venue:	Adam Concert Room
Time:	5.15 p.m.

AVUW Meeting:  Radha Balakrishnan, Solicitor, Wellington South Community Law 
Centre, will speak on Women and the Law.
Venue:	Conference Room, 6th Floor, Easterfield
Time:	12 noon to 1.00 p.m., with tea and coffee                  		served from 
12 noon

School of European Languages Research Seminar:  Christiane Mortelier will give 
a seminar entitled French Writings About New Zealand P Research in progress.
Venue:	von Zedlitz 917
Time:	5.15 p.m.

Friday, 21 August

Industrial Relations Centre Seminar:  Professor James G Scoville, Director of 
the Industrial Relations Centre, School of Management, University of 
Minnesota, Minneapolis, will speak on The Past and Present of Ethics in 
Industrial Relations.  Drinks will be served after the seminar.
Venue:	Murphy 301
Time:	3.30 p.m.

History Department Lunchtime Seminar:  Angela Ballara will speak about Maori 
Tribal History.
Venue:	Wood Seminar Room, 9th Floor, Rankine              		Brown Building
Time:	12 noon

Tuesday, 25 August

Nursing Studies:  Dr Jean Houston, 1985 National Educator of the Year Award 
U.S.A., will speak on Towards Higher Levels of Civilisation.  Contact Carol 
Gordon 472-5880
Venue:	Union Hall and Lounge, 3rd floor, Student Union Building
Time:	7.00 to 10 p.m. 

Wednesday, 26 August

Campus Broadcast:  Shona Valentine will present the next broadcast regarding 
educational matters with particular interest to VUW on National Radio at 8.05 
p.m.

Wellington School of Medicine Lecture:  Dr Alister Scott, Chairman of National 
Assembly, New Zealand Medical Association, will speak on "Half-time" in the 
Health Reforms.  
Venue:	Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, Academic        		Block, Wellington 
School of Medicine
Time:	12 noon

Victoria University of Wellington Toastmasters Club:  The Toastmasters Club is 
becoming established on Campus and is a chance to improve speaking skills.  
Visitors and new members are welcome.
Venue:	Meeting Room 3, Student Union Building
Time:	5.30 to 7.30 p.m.

Friday, 28 August

ELI Seminar:  Rod Ellis of Temple University will talk on Grammar teaching:  
What type works best for acquisition?
Venue:	Murphy 220
Time:	11.00 a.m.

Art  Exhibition

Visions of Europe and an Academic Alphabet are the titles of two exhibitions 
which begin on Sunday, 9 September, in the Main Library, ground floor.

Jonathen Dreadon, a second year Classics student, is exhibiting photographs he 
took while travelling in Europe;  and Joy Penney will exhibit a set of 
humorous pen and wash drawings which take a light-hearted look at academic 
life.

The exhibition continues until Saturday, 12 September.   Anyone wishing to 
purchase any of the photographs or drawings should contact Ann Zander at the 
Centre for Continuing Education ext. 8463.