Thursday. February 12^ 1981 — THE BULLETIN ~ 9
Ci^ Chapter hears of Ben-Gurion Universitir community orientation
The unique role of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in serving the needs of its surrounding community and area, was described at a recent meeting of the Vancouver Chapter 3f the Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University.
Dr. James Becker of the University's chemistry department, who is currently on sabbatical at UBC. related the Beersheva. IsraeP university's special orientation to the particular needs of the desert region. The meeting, held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Bensimon. was chaired by Sam Heller, president of Vancouver chapter. Dr. David Quastel introduced the guest speaker.
The speaker related that the orientation of the extensive basic and applied research undertaken at Ben-Gurion University emphasizes development of the Negev. One particular faculty, the Institute for Desert Research, addresses itself to such issues as hydrology, climatology and desalination. '
Dr. Becker told the gathering that the Institute, located at Sde Boker. has 15 active projects units. It is an international centre concerned with such issues as cloud seeding, to increase rainfall, haniassingof solar energy, and greening the desert through a saltwater greenhouse septum. The Institute's department of comparative medicine uses desert animals as models for the study of disease in humans and for the study of the relationship between man and his environment.
Ben-Gurion university's faculty of health sciences operates on the philosophy that modem medicme must serve the needs of the community. The facuhy fosters cooperation and integration with the health care system of the Negev, the goal being to improve the delivery of health care to the entire Negev population.
*^To this end, the curriculum in the faculty is both clinically and community oriented. Teams work with the healthy as well as with the sick. Because of this unique orientation, the faculty has been designated as a collaborative institute of the World Health Organization of the United Nations.** the guest speaker stated.
Noting examples of cooperation betw^ Ben-Gurion University scientists and the community. Dr. Becker said that a computer kit was recently developed to assist police in
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the identification of criminals. The chemistry department has developed strong links :with surrounding industries through the development, for example, of insecticides for pest control.
The meeting was told that student dormitories are situated on purpose in areas rife with anti-social elements in order to foster interaction between studente and the community. Students initiate activities with children df the area, often in such locations as bomb shelters.
The new eampus, established in 1976, currently has 12 bu^ with a projected 20 by the year2000. The student population presently numbers 4,500 with 10,000 expected by the end of the century.
Vancouver Chapter spokesmen stated that a great deal of building and development has yet to be donCi and it is to this eiiul that the Chapter is addressing itself.
WATER RIGHTS
(ContiBMd from Piice 3)
Arab complaints against Israel focus on the limitations imposed on the drilling of new wells. However, Israeli authorities point out that a comparison of the standards of water supply and services provided in the West Bank today with those that existed under the Jordanian administration demonstrates a significant improvement in both quantity and qualify.
The Israelis maintain that "due to either imderdevelopment or lack of atteiition^ the Arabs j^ do not care** about the possible deterioration of their water suppfy. The Israelis also point out that **in the Gaza Strip during Egyptian ntle, overminingcrf' ground water caused by lack of planning resulted in one well after another becoming useless becauseof salination.**
The water issue does notiefer to drinldng iwater, Spector explains, but rather to water needed primaiily fw agricuhure, and to some extent for power deyelopnient. Since virtually all of IsraeFs agriculture depends on irrigatioiL since crops are sensitive to the mineral content ' of water, and since productivity falls off rapidly with the increase of chlorides in the water, the potential salination of the isratersuppfy affects IsraeFs food production, both for home consumption and for import.
Althotigh it is generally known that Israel has been experiinenting with sea water desalination for many years, Spector asserts, that it is considered to be . **economically unjustified as yet for agricultural use, and is unlikely to I>ec6me practical in the near future." At the same time, she declares that **the deterioration of water quality in Israel makes sea water desalination in due course inevitable."
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Strongly feeling this to be the case, and realidng that little practical guidance on the subject had been put to print, a Vancouver reai-estate consultant. Anthony-David Marks, has published a comprehensive handbook. Understanding Condominiums and Cooperatives.
The Canadian Real Estate Association will display th&book for perusal by some 2,000 partkipants expected to attend the oiganization's national conference in Ottawa. March 6-10.
Marks, presently manager of the property- management department of Pemberton Realty Corporation, told the Bulletin that **one of the principal purposes of the book was to take a basically technical suligect and put it into readily understandable langvage.**
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Maria sud t^t oiie of the reasons for. writing the book was to help assist in management and adminis-'tration of condominiams and ccKiperatiyes. **Ritnning a ccmdo-miqinm is somewhat like being a mayor of a small town," he pointed out adding that this is why the book covers virtually every aspect of the topic and has been described as **tlie most comprehensive and firactical soutoe-of-referenoe on the subject to date.**
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In 1967. shortly after arriving in Jerusalem for the purpose of taking a masters degree at Hebrew university, .he volunteered for the civil defense in the Six Da;^ War.
His involvements with the Vancouver Jewish community have been extensive, comnwncing with an active role in the Habom'm youth movement. While at U5C he organized both the Yavneh group, composed of traditional Jewish students, as well as a Pacific Northwest Conference of Jewish
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cooperatives, he stresses they "offer a more rewardii^ and fuller Ufest^. such as greater security: increased opportunity for social relationships, and greater ease of living," ' . believe the days of-new rental units are numbered and that condominium ownership) wiU*s«^ the country* within a few years." he. toidJtVB.
He has already received anumber of orders for a soohHCHbe-pnblished supplement tohis book, bii the topic of time-sharing.
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