Concordia is full of activity this fall

It was Concordia Day on local CBC radio on Tuesday, as the major local information programs -- Daybreak, 5:30 to 9 a.m., and Home Run, 4 to 6 p.m. -- broadcast live from the atrium of the J.W. McConnell Building.

A lot of attention was paid to money. Don Taddeo talked about the Capital Campaign, Rector Frederick Lowy and students talked about shrinking budgets, and Professors Ian Irvine and Abol Jalilvand described teaching about finance when the stock market is the stuff of daily headlines.

The broadcast kicked off a fall calendar full of events. Student orientation promised a week of good talkers. (See Back Page for schedule). Homecoming comes early this year, and includes the launch of the last phase of the Capital Campaign.

The Abitibi-Consolidated Speaker this year is economic journalist Diane Francis. The editor of the Financial Post and author of such books as Controlling Interest: Who Owns Canada? will speak on Thursday, September 24 at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Auditorium.

Homecoming is a chance for groups of old friends and colleagues to celebrate the time they spent here together. Celebrating reunions this year are the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, the Interdisciplinary PhD program, and the Residence.

Let's not forget the Shuffle. This ninth edition of the inter-campus walk to raise funds for scholarships is always fun. This year, departments are encouraged to dress up and compete against each other in the friendly games that follow the walk.

Afterwards, everyone, Shuffler and non-Shuffler, is invited to the Rector's Reception, a welcome-back-to-school social to be held this year in the
Campus Centre at Loyola.

Daybreak host Dave Bronstetter in a fine sweatshirt.

Finding her way: Only a day after arriving from Lethbridge, Alberta, Fine Arts graduate student Mary-Anne McTrowe pores over a map of the campus. She was taking part in an orientation session organized by the Dean of Students Office.