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2 Reunion '90 Labour-management harmony It's a mystery! looks hopeful, says grad Peter Warrian This year's Grads' Association Reunion scheduled for Saturday, April 28, will be like no other. Organizers have chosen a mystery theme for the annual dinner, and everyone in attendance will be considered a suspect. Be prepared to be fingerprinted and interrogated! The mystery scenario has been developed by Kevin Land (BA '79) and the Grads' Association Executive Committee. It proceeds as follows: "The skull of the founding President of St. Jerome's College, Father Louis Funcken, C.R., has been transferred from its repository at St. Mary's Church in Kitchener to the College in order for it to be part of the 125th Anniversary archival display at Reunion '90. "In keeping with the anniversary celebrations, the skull will be on display during the evening. However, security will have to be tight, for there have been a number of threatening notes and phone calls received at the College as to the skull's desirability. Some of the correspondence was on College stationery, suggesting that this is the work of someone on the inside. But threatening phone calls leave open the possibility that the guilty party is an "outsider". "Who might the culprit be? Might it be the medieval scholar who sees the skull as a symbol of the passing glory of this world? Or the bitter graduate still angry at not making the Dean's List and who now seeks revenge? Or how about the historian who does not have a pleasant interpretation of the contributions of the College's founder? Or perhaps the psychologist who was heard to remark that the skull would make a dandy paperweight? Furthermore, could it not be the math grad who is an amateur forensic scientist on the side? Or perhaps it is an irate secretary doubling as an undergrad, who feels pushed and pulled by the administrative personnel and wants desperately for those on top to feel their vulnerability?" All grads and friends are called upon to lend their sleuthing skills to the solution of this mystery. Prior to the dinner, Mass will be celebrated in Notre Dame Chapel, followed by a cocktail reception. The evening will also include special recognition for the graduating classes of 1960, '65, '70, '75, '80, and '85. The Fifth Annual Fr. Norm Choate Distinguished Graduate Award will also be presented. Normally held the first weekend of June, Reunion '90 has been moved for this year only to Saturday, April 28. This is to avoid conflict with the St. Jerome's High School Reunion to be held June 1-3 in recognition of the closing of the school. Bring your friends for what promises to be a great evening. The decade of the 1990's will be a "great time for new labour-management initiatives", predicts the new Executive Director of the Canadian Steel Trade and Employment Congress (CSTEC), St. Jerome's graduate Peter Warrian (BA '69). Warrian assumed directorship of this Toronto-based joint labour-management body which represents steel companies and their unions, in June 1989. The agency lobbies Washington and Ottawa on steel trade issues and provides innovative labour adjustment programmes for steelworkers who have been laid off. Many such layoffs have been caused by restructuring in the industry, says Warrian. In response, CSTEC provides an active counselling and retraining programme among other services for such workers. "The programme reduces UIC and welfare costs, as well as family violence and substance abuse," acknowledges Warrian. "It makes economic and humanitarian sense." Most laid off workers are able to be placed in skills training programmes funded by both CSTEC and government agencies. Warrian comes to this new position with a strong background in labour history, having earned his MA and PhD in the subject from the University of Waterloo. From 1973 to 1984 he conducted economic research related to collective bargaining as the The College and its graduates are benefiting from a enthusiastic Grads' 1 Association Executive Committee. Four new members have joined the committee: Maureen Crane (BMath '76) as the 197579 Rep.; Kevin Land (BA '79) as the Hamilton and area Rep.; Stephanie McLelland (BA '80) as the 1980-84 Rep.; and Deb Pecoskie (BA '72) as the Toronto Rep. These grads replaced Dana Woito (BA '84), Sharon Forgeron (BA '75), Maria Marino (BA '78) and Paul Rucurean (BMath '79), whose terms recently ended. The group has been meeting regularly since the Fall, and has assembled an exciting agenda of activities for grads and students for 1990. The new executive has been instrumental in planning Career Forum '90, Reunion '90, Chapter events in Hamilton and Toronto, cards of welcome for first year students, and a new mini-course for students interested in creative writing for the theatre. Our graduates' involvement in College life, however, does not end with this committee. Their role at St. Jerome's continues to grow. Here is a sampling of their diverse involvement: Canadian Research Director for the United Steelworkers of America. In 1983, he became Assistant to the President of the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union, and in 1985 formed his own independent economic consulting firm called Peter Warrian and Associates in Toronto. In June, 1989 he took up new duties with CSTEC. As Executive Director, Warrian works with a Board of Directors comprised evenly of steelworkers' union representatives and the CEO's of Canada's top five steel companies. He heads a staff of 13 in CSTEC's Toronto office. "Society's typical notion of union labour-management relationships is filled with negative perceptions," admits Warrian. "CSTEC is providing a means for workers and management to work together cooperatively for their mutual benefit. I'm optimistic about the future of labour-management initiatives in the steel industry." In an increasingly competitive global economy, industrial harmony is one means of ensuring that Canada maintains a competitive edge. George Luciani (BA '70) represents graduates on the College's Board of Governors, while Brian Eby (BA '71), serves as Vice-Chairperson of the Board and Sr. Dianne Brenner (BA '73) represents the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Peter Visser (BA '70) and Anne Marie Sehl (BA '77) are part of the College's Development Advisory Committee and have been helpful in a fund appeal to all separate school boards in the Diocese of Hamilton. High School chaplain and grad Paul Tratnyek (BA '75) is co-organizing with Mil Winter a Catholic Chaplains' Conference in August in conjunction with the College. Charles Fernandes (BMath '88) of the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice, recently addressed students on the situation in El Salvador. Grads Paul Denomme (BA '70), Brian Eby (BA '71), Pat Flynn (BA '68), Margo Baird (BA '83) and Anne Marie Sehl (BA '77) are volunteer canvassers in our current fundraising campaign. There are numerous grads who regularly bring high school students to St. Jerome's to obtain registration information and a tour. They truly serve as our ambassadors. The role of graduates in the life of the College is clearly growing New members on Grads' Executive