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     UW to host public open house Nov. 14
 
          The public will be invited to come and discover the
     University of Waterloo at an open house Nov. 14.
          Faculties and colleges will open their doors with
     special exhibits and interactive demonstrations and there'll
     be tours of buildings and facilities, computer and video
     presentations and lectures.
          The open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. coincides with
     the university's 35th anniversary and occurs during
     Homecoming Weekend when alumni return to the campus.
          Other events during the weekend include the Naismith
     Classic university basketball tournament and the opening of
     the groundwater exhibit at the Biology-Earth Sciences Museum
     where specially labelled bottles of water will be given to
     visitors.
 
 
     Harper golf classic raises $40,000 for UW scholarship
 
          The Jack Harper Golf Classic held recently at the Glen
     Abbey Golf Club raised $40,000 for a major scholarship in
     the name of the prominent local lawyer and community leader.
          Organized by the University of Waterloo's development
     office, the Sept. 17 golf event also paid tribute to the
     lawyer, who has practised in Kitchener-Waterloo since 1948.
     Over the years, he has served on many community boards and
     organizations.
          The John M. Harper Scholarship, valued at $2,500, will
     be awarded annually to an outstanding student entering the
     Master of Accounting program at UW's School of Accountancy.
 
 
     UW cultural centre gets provincial grant
 
          The Centre for Cultural Management at the University of
     Waterloo has received a $15,015 research grant from the
     Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications.
          The centre is to produce an 'Annotated Bibliography of
     Board Development Resources,' featuring about 400 entries.
     Also, a 'Top 100' resources booklet will be published,
     containing the most useful and accessible entries from the
     larger volume.
          The Annotated Bibliography will appeal to cultural
     consultants, trainers, animators, facilitators and officials
     who provide various types of 'board development' services to
     agencies and who want to stay current on cultural resources.
          The Top 100 booklet will interest administrators
     working directly with cultural boards, as well as chairs and
     members of the boards that govern cultural groups.
          (Media contact: Bill Poole, centre director, (519)
     885-1211, ext. 5057.)
 
 
     Grifters make theft a way of life: UW prof
 
          A large sub-culture of professional grifters exists in
     North America, says a University of Waterloo professor who
     has researched the lifestyle of these thieves, road hustlers
     and swindlers.
          While hard economic times may tempt more people who are
     normally honest to steal, true grifters make theft a way of
     life, said Prof. Robert Prus, of UW's sociology department.
          His 1977 study and resulting book titled Road Hustler
     has been updated, expanded and renamed: 'Road Hustler:
     Grifting, Magic and the Thief Subculture.' It is published
     by Kaufman and Greenberg of New York City.
          Prus said magicians alerted him to the similarity
     between themselves and hustlers, which convinced him to
     devote several chapters on the comparison in the latest
     edition.  'Both are masters of image work,' he says.
          The book was researched and written with the assistance
     of C.R.D. Sharper, a former road hustler -- a confidence man
     whose specialty is the manipulation of card and dice games.
          (Media contact: Prof. Robert Prus, (519) 885-1211, ext.
     2105.)
 
 
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     From John Morris, Jim Fox, UW News Bureau,
     (519) 885-1211, ext. 6047; 888-4444
     Release no. 143 -- October 5, 1992