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As an instructor at Dal (and an Eng. Phys.  UBC 73) I would like to add a 
couple of comments to this thread.

1)  It seems to me that if a merger takes place, students from both 
campuses should be encouraged to take classes at both places (and 
adequate transportation should be provided so this can happen).

2)  It has always been my contention that many CS students benefit from 
adressing practical problems (whether in Engineering or in the Physical, 
Chemical, Biological or other sciences).  A merger should help with this.

3)  On the flip side, it strikes me (a someone who took on anEngineering 
degree on a campus with many other sstudents) that the benefits to the 
TUNS students in coming to the main DAL/KINGS campus during their 
engineering programs, for electives and/or for social interaction, will 
be very beneficial.

I have certain reservations about the merger process, especially 
regarding total computing related resource allocation.  However, I think 
those issues will be fought out by those mainly inovlved.

Owen Hertzman
Atmospheric Science Group
Department of Oceanography
Dalhousie   (and instructor in Env. Studies (SCI) 1000.


Stephen Gregory (gregorse@tuns.ca) wrote:
: James Keast feels that the presidents of DAL and TUNS should not be
: involved in a "back-room deal" to merge DAL and TUNS.

: I am under the impression that there is a lot of negotiating taking
: place. For this reason I am not concerned over how the presidents wish
: to conduct bussiness. I see the negotiating process as being very
: similar to a union negotiating a contract. None of the details of a deal
: are realeased untill a tentative deal has been reached. I trust my
: university president, Dr. Rhodes, to negotiate the best deal for me as a
: TUNS student.


: > As far as I know the Dalhousie Senate has yet to be officially informed
: > of this and probably won't be untill Traves is in a position to force
: > them to agree - with _any_ $$$ to be saved they will find it difficult
: > not to.

: I don't think that the universities are being given any choice regarding
: this merger. My understanding is that cabinet is very much in favour of
: the DAL-TUNS merger. Remember that election time is getting closer and a
: DAL-TUNS merger would allow the government to say: "Hey, we did manage
: to merge DAL-TUNS and save big $$$."

: While I am not particularly found of a DAL-TUNS merger. I don't see it
: as being a "BAD-THING." I would like to know what other DAL and TUNS
: students think. James Keast and I are hardly a representative sample of
: students :-)


: {Please note that I have trimmed the newsgroup and follow-up lines}

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: Stephen Gregory                                    aa614@chebucto.ns.ca
: Electrical Engineering, 3rd year                       gregorse@tuns.ca
: Technical University of Nova Scotia        Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA

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Owen Hertzman                     E-mail: Owen.Hertzman@Dal.Ca
Dept. of Oceanography             Phone: (902) 494-3683
Dalhousie University              FAX:  (902) 494-2885
Halifax, NS CANADA, B3H 4J1