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For Immediate Release

FEDERATION OF STUDENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO CALL REFERENDUM ON BUS PASS

Non-refundable pass will be put to students in March 2007

WATERLOO, ON (January 22) - The Federation of Students Board of Directors
has committed to call a referendum on the issue of a Universal Bus Pass in
March, 2007. The unanimous decision was reached in response to clear student
interest in the issue and the need to more fully prepare the service and
logistical details necessary to implement a non-refundable bus pass.

Students won't be considering a U-Pass referendum question when they go to vote in Feds elections next month. Students' Council sent the issue of a universal bus pass to the executive to consider the possibility of a refundable pass at its meeting Sunday.

Councillors were considering whether to call a referendum on a non-refundable $41.67 fee that would pay for a transit pass.

Former Waterloo student and co-founder of RIM, Mike Lazaridis is receiving the Order of Ontario.

Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman announced the 29 appointees yesterday.

Writers at The Record and The Hamilton Spectator are saying that a Ticats coach, Dennis McPhee, is the favourite for Waterloo's next football coach.

McPhee is the linebacker and defensive line coach for CFL's Hamilton TIger Cats.

For Immediate Release:

The Federation of Students Remembers Janet Yip

Waterloo: The Federation of Students today sends its condolences to the
family of Janet Yip, 2006-2007 Engineering Councillor, who passed away in
Kingston on Wednesday November 29th after a short battle with acute
leukemia.

Waterloo is first in most innovative, second in best overall, and second in the comprehenxive category in this year's Maclean's University Ranking. The Daily Bulletin reports on the rnaking that was released today.

The Record has a an opinion/insight piece from Frank McKenna. In it he talks about how education and entrepreneurialism contribute to the prosperity of Waterloo Region. He also identifies challenges including: not retaining or attracting post-secondary graduates, low exports despite proximity to much of the US population, and a large projected population growth.

Frank McKenna is the former premier of New Brunswick and former Canadian ambassador to the United States and currently deputy chair of the TD Bank Financial Group.

The Globe and Mail released its University Report Card on Tuesday, giving schools letter grades in different categories based on the responses of more than 32,700 students to over 100 questions.

Having started in 2002 this is the fifth year the newspaper is rating universities based on data from studentawards.com. The report card compares schoold is four different size categories. University of Waterloo is included in the Large( more than 22,000) category, which includes 15 schools.

UW has been nominated by peta2 to be named as most vegetarian-friendly colleges in Canada. The organization's website lists 43 scholol including 14 Canadian Universities who are in the running. Students can vote at peta2.com/college.

The Record ran a story today about low student turnout in municipal elections. The story includes quotes from Mayor Herb Epp, Cord Editor-in-chief April Robinson, Feds President Michelle Zakrison, WLU student Griffin Carpenter, and political science professor Robert Williams.