Talk: University of Waterloo

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Mike Lazaridis - founder of Research in Motion

This should not be placed under Alumni and Faculty. Mike Lazardis is neither alumni (he dropped out), or faculty (he was recently elected Chancellor).

I removed the following line from the facts section:

• The Dana Porter Library is rumored to be slowly sinking due to errors made by the designers, who forgot to take into account the weight of the books

I heard this too while I was a student there and believed it, but found out later on that it is an urban legend common to many universities and colleges. There is even a Snopes.com article on it: http://www.snopes.com/college/halls/sinking.asp TimothyPilgrim 16:02, Jul 14, 2004 (UTC)

I dewikified James Downey's name under Presidents because it links to the wrong guy. Kraigus 15:16, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)