FOND FAREWELL: Doug Kelbaugh, chair of the Department of Architecture for eight years and currently a professor in the same department, is leaving the UW to be the dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. Kelbaugh's tenure as chair, which began in 1985, included the introduction of architecture charrettes, a new journal of architecture and a number of new design studios. Since 1989 he has also practiced architecture with his firm Kelbaugh, Calthorpe and Associates. Kelbaugh says he wasn't looking for a job, but that Michigan made him the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse. He and his wife plan to rent their Capitol Hill house, with the hope that they can return to Seattle some day.

PURCHASING FUN: Think it might be dull to enter requisitions all day? An item from the Purchasing and Stores newsletter convinces us it can be quite amusing. Req entry workers (as they call themselves) made lists of the items they found most interesting, divided into categories. Here are some excerpts from those lists:

Computer-related items Sniffy the virtual rat Caviar upgrade Sun Moose Items that sound like food Mushroom head birch Muffin fan Jelly bean switch

Animal-related items Skunk essence Medium large pig hammock Sea urchins, fertile Miscellaneous Pipet coffin Potholders for doodle bug Buffer puffer electrophoresis