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April 29, 2003

Posted on April 29: McMaster and SARS  Protocol for international travel and international visitors

McMaster continues to monitor updated information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Although no cases of SARS have been reported in Hamilton, the University has decided to institute additional precautions to reduce the level of risk. All members of the McMaster community are strongly encouraged to delay or reschedule visits to campus by visitors who are from or have recently travelled to countries that have been identified by Health Canada as areas of higher risk. There are differences in the international advisories issued by the World Health Organization and Health Canada but the decision has been made to follow Health Canada guidelines. At this time these countries include China Hong Kong Taiwan Anyone travelling from these countries is asked to not come to campus for 10 full days following their arrival in Canada. This could have an impact on some conferences, group events and individual visits. The University also requires international graduate students, post-doctoral students and exchange students returning from these countries to complete 10 full days away from campus before attending university facilities. Those faculty, staff or students who choose to travel to these countries despite travel recommendations from Health Canada will also need to follow isolation protocols before returning to campus. International students currently at McMaster who would normally return home to countries affected by SARS for the summer and who wish to stay in Canada should contact the International Student Office at ext. 24748. The SARS situation changes on a regular basis and the McMaster community will be kept informed of any new developments or changes to this protocol. Please monitor the Daily News Web site for updates. Any questions regarding the University's response to SARS should be directed to the McMaster Crisis Management Team at ext. 24330, or by e-mail to team chair and vice-president, administration, Karen Belaire at vpadmin@mcmaster.ca. Ongoing updates are available on the mcmaster.ca Web site at http://www.mcmaster.ca/sarsupdate.html

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April 28, 2003

Posted on April 28: Tuition fees give McMaster competitive edge

McMaster's Board of Governors approved tuition and miscellaneous fees for the 2003/04 academic year. To keep McMaster's programs competitive and innovative, fees will increase in medicine, business and engineering and tuition will increase 2 per cent in basic arts and sciences programs, based on a five-year provincial government cap on tuition approved by the Board in June 2000. In medicine, fees will increase 7 per cent, to $14,445 from $13,500. The funds will help support rising costs in faculty and facilities, which have gone up 5 per cent a year. McMaster has the lowest total tuition of all Ontario medical schools in Ontario. McMaster's total tuition is $40,000, compared with the University of Toronto, which is $59,000 and Queen's University, which is $50,000. Bursaries for medical students have increased 33 per cent to $2.2 million from $1.7 million, the highest amount given out to students at medical schools across Ontario. An average bursary to a medical student at McMaster is $6,900. Student tuition pays one-third of the cost of a medical education, estimated to be about $50,000 per year. The Michael DeGroote School of Business will increase MBA tuition fees 20 per cent for each of the next two years. MBA tuition is $9,600 for two terms in 2003/04 and $11,520 for two terms in 2004/05, for a total tuition cost to a student entering this fall of $21,120. "This is in keeping with our previously announced intention to continue to increase tuition fees to improve our competitive position amongst leading MBA schools," says dean of business Vishwanath Baba. Tuition fees support a number of initiatives, he says, including faculty hiring and recruitment, infrastructure, marketing, MBA case competitions, IT infrastructure and hiring of staff to expand international programs. Fees in engineering will increase by 12 per cent for each of the next three years to between $4,946 to $5,371, up from $4,796 last year. From the increase, 30 per cent supports student bursaries, 30 per cent funds central administration and 40 per cent supports faculty and new educational programming, says dean Mohamed Elbestawi. "We do not see that the status quo is an option," he says. "We see no choice but to expand and improve these programs in order to attract the best students to the Faculty of Engineering program."

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April 25, 2003

Posted on April 25: One person’s trash, another person’s treasure

As students wrap up the school year and prepare to move at the end of April, there is an opportunity to dispose of unwanted, reusable household goods. And for those who are interested, it is also a chance to get some great free stuff. As the saying goes, 'one person's trash is another person's treasure', and with this in mind, the McMaster Students Union Environment Committee will again collaborate with the City of Hamilton to present the second annual Dump and Run event. Those in the participating area can leave reusable goods such as furniture, bicycles, televisions, electronics or small household items at the curb in front of their own property. From April 28 to May 4, anyone is welcome to come and take what they like. Any remaining items will be picked up by the City of Hamilton Waste Management Division on Monday, May 5 for disposal. The program is a good opportunity to pick up some free items for your house, and it helps reduce the number of items going to landfill. The participation area has been enlarged this year to include approximately 4,500 households in the L8S postal code district. It includes the following areas surrounding McMaster University: from the 403 in the in the east to the C.N.I.B. on Main St. West, and from the escarpment in the south to Cootes Paradise Marsh in the north. For more information and a map of the collection area, visit the MSU Web site at www.msu.mcmaster.ca/enviro/dumpandrun, or call 905-525-9140 ext. 27201, e-mail enviro@msu.mcmaster.ca phone the City of Hamilton at 905- 546-CITY (2489) or e-mail wastemanagement@hamilton.ca"

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April 25, 2003

Posted on April 25: Musicology society offers free Baroque concert on Saturday evening

Music aficionados looking for something to do this weekend might want to go for Baroque. The School of the Arts is hosting the New York State-St. Lawrence Chapter of the American Musicological Society's 2003 meeting at McMaster this weekend. A highlight of the two-day conference is a Baroque concert scheduled for Saturday night (April 26) at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend. "The concert is really a gift to the University and we're hoping people will come and join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening of beautiful music," says School of the Arts associate professor Jim Deaville. The concert will feature Richard Semmens (recorder) and Sandra Mangsen (harpsichord), both from the University of Western Ontario, and Mary Cyr (viola da gamba), University of Guelph.

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April 25, 2003

Posted on April 25: American Musicological Society Program (April 26-27)

American Musicological Society, New York State - St. Lawrence Chapter Meeting April 26-27, 2003 McMaster University Saturday, April 26 9-9:30: Arrival, Registration 9:30-10:30: Session I: The Waltz in the 20th Century Alexander Carpenter, University of Toronto: "(Second) Viennese Waltz: Crisis, Change and the Waltz in Arnold Schoenberg's Oeuvre" Teresa Magdanz, University of Toronto: "The Celluloid Waltz: Reveries of the American Carousel" 10:30-11: Coffee Break 11:00-12: Session II: "Spiritual" Music in the 16th and 17th Centuries Marjorie Roth, Nazareth College of Rochester: "Chromaticism in Context: A New View of Orlando di Lasso's Prophetiae Sibyllarum" Janette Tilley, University of Toronto: "From Personification to Meditation: Representations of the 'Faithful Soul' in Lutheran Devotional Music of the Seventeenth Century" 12-1:30: Lunch 1:30-2:30: Plenary/Keynote Address 2:30-3:30: Session III: The Agenda of Modernism in 20th-Century Compositions Brian Locke, SUNY Stony Brook: "'Of Base and Contemptible Passions': Madness and Modernism in Jeremias' Opera 'Bratri Karamazovi'" Alexander Colpa, Kingston, Ont.: "The Role of Existentialist Theory in the Early Dramstadt Schoenberg Reception: A Study in Lateral Stylistic Transmission" 3:30-4: Coffee Break 4-5: Session IV: Reassessing Received Knowledge about the 20th Century Rob Haskins, Eastman: "'Beating My Head Against that Wall': Cage, Harmony and an Argument for Analysis" Murray Dineen, University of Ottawa: "Adorno, Jazz and Schoenberg: For the Defence" 5-6: Business Meeting 6-6:30: Concert Richard Semmens, University of Western Ontario: recorder Mary Cyr, University of Guelph: viola da gamba Sandra Mangsen, University of Western Ontario: harpsichord (Pieces by Jacques Hotteterre, Marin Marais, and Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre) 6:30: Dinner: details to be announced Sunday, April 27 9:30-10:30: Session V Performing Sensuality in the late 18th and 19th Centuries Emily Dolan, Cornell University: "Taming Sonority with Reason: Kant, Rousseau, and the Glass Armonica" Tom Denny, Skidmore College: "'Che sono i fini di chi fa mal'? - Variant Endings during Don Giovanni's First Century" 10:30-11: Coffee Break 11-12: Session VI Wagner and Verdi Lindsay Moore, University of Toronto: "Rich Man, Poor Man: Verdi's and Wagner's Operas and the Changing Copyright and Performance Rights Laws of the Nineteenth Century" Drew Stephen, University of Toronto: "The Hunt as Couleur Locale in Verdi's Don Carlos and Wagner's Tannhaeuser" 12-12:30: Session VII Chant Andrew Hughes, University of Toronto: "Early Printed Sarum Breviaries: Manuscript and Continental Origins"

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