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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: An opportunity to help shape McMaster’s future

The next step of McMaster's strategic plan update, Refining Directions, provides an opportunity for McMaster employees to discuss the draft document and ask related questions with President Peter George and provost Ken Norrie. Three open sessions are scheduled over the next two weeks for employees to learn more about the draft Refining Directions report and provide their input. Feedback on any part of the document is welcomed, and specifically comments or suggestions on two key areas: the long-term enrolment targets for the University; and the proposed increase in the emphasis on graduate education. The sessions are scheduled for the following dates: Wednesday, April 30  3:30-4:30, GH-111 Friday, May 2  10-11 a.m., DTC-214, 215, 216 Friday, May 9  9-10 a.m., HSC-1A4 Building on the University's vision and mission, the draft report proposes the goals and strategies to help McMaster continue to prosper in the years following the double cohort. The draft report includes the recommendations from six working groups addressing six areas: undergraduate education; graduate education and research; external activities; internal community; planning and managing; and branding. The draft Refining Directions document is available from the Daily News Web site. Input and comments on the draft report are welcome and can be forwarded to refining@mcmaster.ca. The Refining Directions process has been overseen by a steering committee that has reviewed the recommendations from each working group along with input from numerous rounds of community consultation and presentations to the University Planning Committee, Senate, the Board of Governors and approximately 25 other groups on campus. A final document will be presented to Senate in May and the Board of Governors in June.

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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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