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Page 2 Iron Warrior
November 16,1990
Just Say No!
The vote for Student Life Centre is
being held on the 21st and 22nd of
November. Since there is no official
NO campaign in this contest, I feel
that I must present an argument
agalnst the establishment of an ever
increasing student fee required by the
SLC.
I have a three phase argument
against the student life building. r
hope that It will convince you that a
NO vote Is the right vote.
Why should the students of Waterloo
bulld a Student Life Building? The
'Problem' desclbed by the Yes
committee doesn't seem to
exceedingly severe. The YES
committee states that there Is a lack
of space In the campus centre, there
are incredibly overcrowded squash
courts, and It mentions vague
stati stics about an active campus. I
believe these claims exaggerate the
problem. The campus centre rooms
are easy to book. There are
a lways empty rooms in the
Engineering Lecture Hall, Math &
Computer, Hagey Hall, and Modern
Languages. Squash courts can often
be obtained Just by walking over to the
PAC. Does this 'problem' need a $13.6
mllllon. $40+/term for twenty-five
years solution. I don't think so.
Couldn't the resources required for the
SLC be better spent. If you agree vote
NO.
However even If you think a SLC Is
needed. you should vote NO, because
the 'solution' faUs to adequately fix the
supposed problem'. Do we want a
student bought building. trashing a
big green spot on campus, that badly?
Remember Its going to cost $40+ /term,
for 25 years. Is a Indoor track. a Juice
bar. another shopping mall, three
meeting rooms. two squash
courts.etc ... worth that much to you
every terro. If not vote NO.
However even If one llkes the current
SLC plan, one should vote
of the terrible way in which thiS
campaign has been run. Initially the
Fed's (the Yes committee) changed the
referendum rules for referendums, so
that pro-building propaganda could
be placed the campus rec
book and In the student handbook.
Secondly, they were let off with a
minor fine (see Imprint for details) for
this Impropriety. And finally, the NO
committee splnelessly resigned, and
now no new NO committee is allowed
to form. Therefore students should
vote NO so a fair referendum can be
held at a later date. A referendum
where both sides are have equal
resources, so the pros and cons of any
student ltfe building can be accurately
The SLC and the Trojan Horse: A Lesson to be learned.
In this issue, r thought that I would take liberties with your soul and introduce
the Wonderous World of Greek Epics; where warriors selflessly fought fork-
tongued. lridlscent shellac-scaled serpents and not acid rain; where Zeus. the
9t ctu:onca. waa- the- king of and head honcho 80 it in ftgure out
to whom to suck up: where the s and sea were the bluest of blue and there were
no hundred mIle oil slJcks to spoil the panoramic view. In short. no troubles but
someone else's, and those are always easy to solve.
So escape with me. gentle readers. and trek. if you dare, into the world of Homer
and The Odyssey (translated and edited by Albert Cook, published by W.W.
Norton and Company, New York, 974.)
... Odysseus of many devices addressed Demodocos:
Demodocos. I give you praise above all mortal men,
Either a Muse. a child of Zeus, has taught you. or Apollo.
Very becomingly did you sing the fate of the Achaians,
All they acted and endured. all the Achaians suffered,
As lhough you had somehow been there yourself or heard one who was.
Come. change your subject and sing of lhe stratagem
Of the wooden horse Epeios made with Alhene's help.
The trap lhat godly Odysseus once led 10 the citadel.
When he had filled it up wilh the men who sacked Ilion.
If you do tell me these matlers in proper fonn.
Then at once I will proclaim among all
How a propitious god endowed a divine singer."
So he said. Inspired by the god, he began and showed forth his song,
Swting from where some of the Argives on the well-timbred ships
Boarded and sailed off, when they had set fire to the huts,
And lhe others who were round the famous Odysseus already
Were seated in the assembly of the Trojans concealed within the horse.
For the Trojans themselves dragged it to their citadel.
it slOod, and they made many ill-considered speeches
about it. Three plans there were that pleased them:
strike through the hollow wood with the pitiless sword.
to let the great orlUU1lenJ be a charm for the gods.
lhen it was destined to end in just this way.
was. they should be destroyed. since lhe city enfolded
great wooden horse. where all the best men of the Argives
seated, bringing death and destiny on lhe Trojans.
sang how the sons of lhe Achaians sacked the city.
they had poured from the horse and abandoned the hollow ambush;
sang how one man ravaged one place and another.
the lofty city ...
presented to the campus allowing an
informed and consequently valid
referendum.
On the basis of these three
arguments I urge all students to vote
NO.
A student life building should
benefit students. it should not be just a
resume expanding, mega-project that
the Fed executive can brag about in
job interviews.

Now that I've got that off my chest, I
would like to thank all the people who
helped out with t he IW this term: the
writers and especially the late-night
layout people. I would especially like
to thank Cat Sullivan for his excellent
cartoons, and being the ultimate late-
night layout guy. It has been a Jot of
work, but I feel it has been worth It.
Did YOU catch the unsubtle
symbolism in that? If you didn't then
read the rest of this paper because
Editors
Garry Peterson
\. Alice Zee
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Graphics
Cat Sullivan
Cartoons
Red Helen
Advertising
Matt Manuel
Jag
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Chair
Phil Tayback
Photography
Jeff "Quickie" Lewis
Kevin B. in Abuciv
everythlng Is all intertwined in the lIiIit -
end. Jus make sure that you act
before it Is too late.
About last week's cover, it was not
just a picture that we found at 5:00am
In the morning: no indeed, it has deep
meaning to it. The big beefy man
represents the old stereotype of what
an engIneer looks llke. Big and strong,
exuding maleness .
But notice that he is facing inwards
with his back towards us. Think
about it. (No. he is not watching
something interesting on the other
side that you can't see.)
And lastly. to thank everyone that
helped out in one capacIty or another.
All appreCiated.

Rana Banik
Andrew Conway
Greg Cook
Chris Fleck
Martin Macleod
Sean Maw
Jacqueline Morgan
Michael Narayan
Dr. Gerry Sulliivarf
Neman Syed
Derek Van Dalen
Anthony West
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November 16,1990 Iron Warrior
PREZ
SPEWS
Andrew Conway,
EngSoc President
I was standing on my soapbox the other
day, talking about university
underfunding and I realized that there
are some misconceptions regarding the
facts on underfunding and the
role/function on the engineering
endowment foundation. Engineering
tuition is currently set at $890, (plus a $300
co-op fee. We're not sure where all that
money is spent.) the rest of the money
coming Tom the government. The fact is
that provincial funding has not kept pace
with inflation. Budget cutbacks are the
order of the the day across campus and
across the province. I've seen these
cutbacks in action and if you don't
believe this affects you, it's time to wake
up. Where is this money going to come
from? How committed is this country to
education? What are the implications of
Canada not maintaining standards of
excellence and educational accessibility?
As students, we are currently paying less
than 20% of the total cost of our
education. These questions can only be
answered by you.
One place that this money is not going
to come from is the Endowment! What I
mean is that the endowment is a student
initiative aimed at raising the quality of
engineering education at Waterloo to
new heights and not to supplement base
funding. We are not paying out our effort
and cash just to get someone else off the
hook. Although I have a letter from the
administration pledging not to adjust
base funding to engineering, we must
watch very carefully to make sure that the
university and the government do their
part. A student said to me, "1 thought that
was what it [the endowment] was all
about, I mean ., fixing this underfunding
thing . . . ". No, the day that a student
pulls $75 bucks out of his/her pocket
instead of demanding proper base
funding levels we may as well all raise our
tuition and go home. The endowment is
to augment and enrich projects designed
to make Waterloo a center of
engineering excellence, offering an
educational experience unequalled
anywhere in the world!
Base funding for engineering, that's a
separate issue. Education costs all
taxpayers, but it also benefits everyone.
By investing in education, we are
. investing in this country's brightest future
resource. "You should be beating down
the doors!", that's what my professor said
to me when we were discussing
underfunding. Thirty years ago, students
would have been out protesting,
demanding that quality education not be
free, but be freely accessible to everyone.
The endowment is a positive step, it
shows that students are committed to a
quality education, but we must not put
our feet up. Accessible, quality education
is in jeopardy and we, as today's students
and tomorrow's leaders must ensure that
this investment in our future is made.
BRICK WA6 SOREV!
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OTHER SCHOOLS:
SOME IN QUEBEC
SOME FAR, FAR, AWAY
Garry Peterson
Recently I talked to Dean Burns about
some of his plans for the future. At this
time we parlyed about L'Ecole
Poly technique. Later in the week, we met
with professor Henri Yelle, from L'Ecole
and discussed some things which relate
Engineerig at Waterloo to the Ecole.
There has been an exchange program
operating between L'Ecole and the
department of mechanical engineering
at a graduate level for eight years. This
exchange was organized by Dean Burns
and Professor Yelle.
L'Ecole plays host to a large number of
. exchange students and has excellent
facilities to deal with these students. This
includes a permanent staff of teachers to
help exchange students make up parts of
courses they may have missed by
participating in the exchange, so the
students can obtain full credit for their
work.
However at an under-graduate level
none of the exchange students at L'Ecole
are Canadian. After some discussion
Dean Bums and Prof. Yelle have decided
to attempt expanding the exchange to
undergraduate students at both
universities.
Interested students should contact the
Dean's office, for details.
Other news concerns the advent of
exchanges with Eastern Europe.
Following the dropping of the Iron
curtain, an out-pouring of requests from
these countries for modernization and
assistance flowed into the west. The
Dean and his counter-parts at other
Ontario engineering schools have been
travelling to universities in Eastern
Europe in an attempt to provide some
technical assistance. From th s trips it
is Hkely exchange programs will b set up
between Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Poland and Canada.
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Dear Iron Warrior,
I am the W A TST AR consultant. On the
morning of Thursday the 8th of
November, probably between 2 o'clock to 7
o'clock, my office was burglarized. I
didn't think anyone was that upset with
W A TST AR. The thief entered the room
with a minimum of effort, implyi.ng
familiarity with the locking system used,
or access to a key.
Both doors to my office were left open,
one wide open. I was upset at the fact
that after the theft, anybody could have
just walked right in and taken anything.
It restores a good portion of my faith
(hahn in humanity to know that no one
did.
There was no damage done to my room,
and only some disks were stolen. I thank
the thief for stealing so little and leaving
so much. The thief knew exactly what
was wanted and exactly where it was,
since nothing else was touched. Which
means they knew my office reasonably
well . I an currently dC',,1 without these
. p cHi software pol "-as 5, but ther " a
lot on those dl ' k. that' '5. 'ntl"l to my
pb.
1 am ;)Sking the thi f to r'turn my tol n
disks. Th natur of this soft war is u h
that it IT.ay b copk'<i (non of th disks
arc copy prot ted orne arc my backups,
some arc my only copic.), To tht> thief: If
you T("ally requin.l the software, then go
ahead and copy it. Just give m ' the disks
back. WI! can both benefit from the
information. If you had ask(.'<i politely, I
maybe would have ven copied it for you!
A br ak-in was not ncces1iary. At least
you could have dosed th door on your
way out.
Neman Syed
WATST AR Consultant.
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Iron Warrior
November 16
Annoying
Interview Questions
Rasm us Lerdorf
So, what do you think of the job?
I'm sorry, I wasn't listening, what is the
name of your company?
Tell me about yourself?
Well, I am about 5'8, blue eyes, glasses,
and as you can sec I have this really neat
mark right here on my stomach.
What is your favourite colour?
Blue
Any questions?
Can I bring my pet annaconda 'Vinnie'
to work?
Do you have a company bowling team?
Can I go to the washroom?
You're from Denmark? Do you know
my cousin Hans in Odense?
Of course, he wrote children's stories,
right?
What is your best trait?
I have yet to kill a man
What are your worst traits?
I keep missing
Where will you rank us?
You have a good shot at 27th.
So, why exactly did you fail that
course?
I was morally opposed to its contents
- and suggested ways to ansWer , them
Why should we hire you?
I3ecause I am a creative, hard working
person with a lot of ideas. I would bring a
breath of fresh air into your company,
lifting it from the stagnating, self-
destructive, poorly administered hole it is
currently in
Systems Design? What is Systems
Design?
It's... It' s... Oh, never mind, you
wouldn't believe me if I told you anyway
Are you like other Scandinavians I
know, do you feel superior to
everyone around you?
Yes
Is that your real name?
No
Have you ever had your fingerprints
taken before?
Umm .. No. Not really.
We are a software company, do you
like working with software?
Well you stupid snot, if I didn't I
wouldn't have applied, would I?
How about those Leafs?
Yeah, how about them
Is anything on this resume actually
true?
Hmm.. Let me have a look .. .
Who do you consider to be your
mentor?
Joseph Fourier
How well do you speak English?
Que?
Please contrast the way QNX and
Unix handles signals, named pipes
and semaphores and furthermore,
explain all conditions leading to an
interrupt being created as a result of
dealing with either a pipe or a
semaphore in both operating
systems.
I'm sorry, did I say I was in
engineering? Sorry, what I meant to say
was that I once knew someone who knew
a guy in engineering. I specialize in 16th.
century Eskimo burial ceremonies myself
Do you have any career goals?
Why yes. To bring about the complete
destruction of life as we know it.
Why yes ... to spend the rest of my life
interviewing snotty co-op students.
Why yes ... to become a modern
Caligula.
Do you have any transportation?
Sorry my hovercraft is in the shop.
What did you get out of our general
interview this morning?
three hours sleep.
How does $200 a week sound?
Like my rent.
We are looking for the creator of
'Chair', are you him?
No.
Be a part of the strongest, most active and most fun student society on campus!
Everyone is encouraged to apply, regardless of academic term or previous Eng Soc
experience
-Academics
-Debates
-S.A.C.
-ESSCO rep
Academic Liason
Prof. Society Liason
- Computer
-Charities
-Garage
-C&D
- Ring Road Classic
Canada Day
- IW Staff Writers (8)
CommunIcatIons
-Class rep advisor (2)
- Enginewsletter (2)
- IW Editors (2)
- Advertising
Whiteboard/Pixel Bd
Media (2)
- Photo
eLayout
-Speaker
-n+l VP
-Arts
e Athletics (2)
P**5 (2)
e P.O.E.T.S. (2)
-Social (2)
- Special (2)
Applications are due by Monday Nov 19th @3pm
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November 16,1990
Iron Warrior PageS
The Journey
In
universities' female enrolment in
chemical engineering. There's a class of
24 tudents at U of 0 that has only one
male student! Like all conferences we
spent the next two day learning about
chemical engineering at other
universities and getting acquainted over
a few good brews at the university pub.
trip home we stopped by McGill and Poly
to check out the universities and visit
some students that had left early to
prepare for an exam in
Thermodynamique.
Paul]. Rossignoli
It started at the Hamilton Airport last
Thursday. I knew things were not as I had
read in some of our most reputable
newspapers. Here I was, about to get
aboard a plane to leave the country and I
didn't have to pass through customs. At
that point I knew this wasn't going to be
just another conference! An hour later we
were landing at Dorval...Montreal...a
foreign land that I had only read about in
the media. We rented a car and started
for Sherbrooke, at least that's what we
thought. The stories about driving in
Montreal were all proving accurate. We
took an exit marked SUD and found
ourselves going NORD. I still haven't
figured that one out. At this point,
through divine intervention, we were
filled with the offensive driving skills
required to move into the far left lane
from the right lane so we could exit. We
soon perfected these skills.
Two hours later we arrived at our hotel
in Sherbrooke ready for the Canadian
Society of Chemical Engineer's Student
Chapter Annual Conference. Other
universities in attendance were Ottawa,
McGill, Poly technique, Sherbrooke, Trois
Rivieres, and TUNS. 1 soon realized we
have been surpassed by other
We made new friends, contacts, and
most importantly we were able to
experience the distinct society of Quebec.
My french improved significantly, and
people were very receptive to my
attempts to communicate in the other
official language of our one country.
When the conference discussions
switched to French there was always
someone willing to help me translate. I
felt no cold retribution. I was not singled
out as un anglais, as 1 had feared. On our
When I was asked to describe UW J
said that we too go to a university with it's
own distinct society. Now they want to
come and visit UW. Why am I only now
experiencing Quebec? Instead of our
governments spending millions of dollars
trying to convince people about Meech
Lake, and now spending more money on
this task force on Canadian Unity, why
not financially encourage more inter-
university social events. These
exchanges would allow those who wilJ be
running things in the future to become
more in tune with the many cultures and
distinct societies of our one country. Au
revoir!
Memorial Fund Gives Away A LARGE
Amount of Money
Humour Section: The Lighter Side of IW.
Funny Picture
Jacqueline Morgan,
Secretary, 1989 Canadian Engineering
Memorial Foundation
Last May 14, a foundation whose goal is
to encourage women to enter
engineering launched a one million
dollar national fund-raising campaign to
create an endowment fund to set up
scholarships and award programs in
memory of the women slain at Ecole
Poly technique last December.
The 1989 Canadian Engineering
Memorial Foundation will establish a
variety of incentives for women to enter
engineering, a profession in which only
three percent of the practitioners are
women, said Claudette MacKay-
Lassonde, P.Eng., Foundation chair and
director, premier accounts, at Northern
Telecom Canada.
The priority projects include:
-A $10,000 annual award for engineering
students who initiate the project with the
most potential impact to attract female
high school and CEGEP students to
'lyxx.
engineering. The award is open to both
men and women to encourage them to
work together, said Mrs. MacKay-
Lassonde, who is also former president of
the Association of Professional Engineers
in Ontario.
- Another $10,000 to $30,000 a year, as
funds allow, for financial assistance to
other innovative projects, based on
criteria to be established by the
Foundation's selection committee.
-Two $5,000 scholarships; one for a
female graduating from a high school or
CEGEP and entering engineering; one for
a female engineering student with one
year to go before graduation. "In each
case, the scholarship will be awarded not
only on acadamic achievement, ' but also -
and equally - on community leadership,"
said Mrs. MacKay-Lassonde. "We are
looking for women who have the potential
to be role models."
-Financial support (up to $10,000 per
project) for any initiatives likely to
encourage more women to become
engineers, or to promote women's
advacement within the profession.
A non-monetary award program that
annually recognizes women, men or
organizations that have made significant
contributions to furthering the role of 1
women in engineering. 1
1
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matenal.
Farah's Food Mart
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In Store Bakery
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Deli Counter
Full Line of Groceries
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The idea for the Foundation arose last 1
December after fourteen women - 1
including twelve engineering students - I
were killed by a gunman at Ecole I
Poly technique. Within days, a number of I
corporations - including Northern I
Telecom, the Molson Companies, Bell I
Canada Inc., and many others, pledged I 886 - 9933
their support of a fund aimed at I
encouraging more young women to enter I Universit
the profession. I .. _____________________________ ..
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November 16,1990
Student Life Centre
Derek Van Dalen and Rana Banik,
Engineering Representatives on the
Student Council
In June 1990, the Federation of
Students commissioned Brisbin Brook
Beynon, Architects to complete a
feasibility study for the proposed Student
Life Centre (SLC).
Due to the current shortage of space,
the PAC is used for everything from
exams to varsity games to formal
gatherings. The SLC would relieve the
PAC of some of its current duties and
provide additional recreational/activity
space to each student. Also, a number of
clubs on campus would move out from
the campus centre and into the new SLC.
The feasibi1ity study defined three
schemes (A,B,C). The upcoming
referendum on November 21 and 22, will
give students the opportunity to decide
whether they wish to fund a student life
centre. A majority YES vote will ensure
that the equivalent of Scheme A will be
constructed. Scheme Band Care
contingent on additional outside funding.
Two different sites for the SLC were
considered by the architects. The first
potential site was next to the Columbia
Icefield. The second site was adjacent to
the PAC (see Figure 1). The second site
was selected as it would capture the
informal daily pedestrian traffic passing
through the core campus area.
Scheme A
Scheme A will include a 6 lane, 200
metre running track with three
multipurpose (basketball, tennis,
badminton, volleyball etc.) gymnasiums
withjn the track infield (refer to Figure 2).
Activities can be conducted in the
three activity areas simultaneously
through the use of drop screens. Public
access to the track facility will be through
an upper seating gallery with capacity for
1000 people. Alternatively, the track
facility could function as a venue for
concerts, meetings, displays and
educational trade shows. New change
rooms will be interconnected to the
existing PAC change rooms providing
access existing pool and existing
PAC facilities.
The lower level will contain activity
rooms for stretching, dance/aerobics,
weight training or casu,al use functions.
Two international size squash courts with
viewing galleries wiJl also be provided.
. All activity areas will be visually
Interconnected and accessible to
handicapped persons via ramps and a
centrally located elevator.
The upper level will contain 5000 sq. ft.
for an Athletic Injury Clinic, an additional
5000 sq. ft. of retail space, and facilities for
a student run juice bar.
From Figure 1 it can be seen that a
large open space, called Alumni Green
will be formed by the SLC, the Math
Building, Central Services, and Be
fig.l. Site plan
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fig.2. Ground floor plan
Matthews Hall. The provision of the
Alumni Green will enhance the
University's organization of events such
as convocation and other large scale
events.
The portion of the SLC facing the
Green has a long colonnade with a
central portico and steps leading onto the
Green. The building wall at this point is
proposed to have large opening glass
panels to allow for events to occur
between the indoor and outdoor areas.
The weather protected portico will
function as a stage where ceremonies can
be held either facing the
gymnasium/running track or onto the
Alumni Green.
Financing of Scheme A will be a
combination of student contributions and
university contributions. The university
has guaranteed the payment of 3 million
dollars towards the construction of the
SLC. The difference will be made up by
the student body. This is detailed in the
Referendum Question, also appearing on
this page.
_____ ...... __ ..... _ _______ ... ........... .A .... ........... .
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REFERENDUM
Scheme A would preliminarily cost 12
million dollars. Work would begin in
January 1991 and would be completed by
May 1993.
PAC and the Campus Centre will be
linked up by a new building. The ground
level of the new building will provide
retail activity to support the student body,
acting similarly to a shopping mall. It is
proposed that the existing CC lower level
retail activity would be relocated to the
new building to provide a higher level of
exposure.
Scheme B
Scheme B contains all the major
components of Scheme A with the
addition of a new 50 metre swimming
pool. The swimming pool would be
located in the lower level of the building,
below the running track (refer to Figure
3).
The second level would accommodate
the principal Federation of Students
functions, including offices, newspaper
(relocated and expanded from the CC)
and the radio station. The vacated spaces
on the lower and upper mezzanines of the
CC would be altered to provide additional
club and meeting room facilities.
However, Scheme B will only
materialize if the SLC is approved by the
students and if sufficient outside funding
is obtained to build the pool.
Financing of Scheme C will be through
corporate donations and monies
collected through the leasing of the
facilities.
In the event that Scheme B will be
constructed, the complex would be
completed in the fall of 1993. The
preliminary cost of Scheme B would be in
the neighbourhood of 16.5 million dollars.
Because the SLC will have a
tremendous impact on the University
community, it is important that each
student vote in the referendum on
November 21 and 22.
Scheme C
Scheme C is essentially phase two of
the project. In this scheme the SLC, the
'AC
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STUDENT LIFE BUILDING
REFERENDUM QUESTION
Do you the following in the current SlO/tenn Athletic Facilities fee in
order to finance the development, construction and operation of the proposed Student Life
Building:
1)
2)
o:t\
",
4)
An increase to S20 from $10 effective May 1, 1991
An increase to 530 from $20 effective Jan. I, 1992
t\.p t':' :4() 5::0 effective Jan. 1, 1993
Increases up to, but not exceeding the consumer price index effective Jan. 1 of eac'
year, thereafter, for the duration of the mortgage period
The fee is subject to the following conditions:
a) Any who a fee in a tenn(s) to and after the opening of the
Student Life Budding shall be granted a hfetime membership to the facility.
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
YES
NO
Under no drcumstances may additional fees be charged to undergraduate
students for the use and operation of this facility above and beyond the fee
outlined in the referendum.
The Athiet::: : , . is compuisory.
It is intended that at no time in the future may the fee be made refundable
eliminated or altered in anyway, except for the increases outlined in
referendum or under the circumstances outlined in section f)and/or g).
Any monies accumulated through the collection of this fee will only be used
to finance the development, construction and operation of the proposed
Student Life Building, subject to section f).
If, for s?me reason, project is delayed and/or cancelled, all remaining
funds WIll be placed In trust and shall be used for a future student life
project(s) approved by the Federation of Students council.
If, for some reason, the university's enrolment declines to such a level that
fees no longer cover the mortgage, the fee may be raised or the mortgage
period extended as required.
I sUI!port the above increases in the current SlO/term Athletic Facilities
fee In order to finance the development, construction and operation
of the proposed Student Life Building.
I do SUPP?rt the above increases in the current S10/term Athletic
Fee In order to finance the development., construction and
oper:.luon of the proposed Student life Building.
. ....
November 16,1990 Iron Warrior
Page 7
Student Life Centre ... Or Is It?
Chris Fleck & Michael Narayan
The concept of a student life building is
a good idea. However, the shortcomings
in the planning of the proposed building
must be taken into consideration before
an endorsement can be made. Decisions
about the functionality and funding of the
project require broad student input
before a referendum can be held on any
given proposal. Based on the limited
information available through the
Imprint and the Gazette, we have
formulated the following questions which
should be considered before voting in the
upcoming referendum.
Who decided on the functionality of
the building ?
The unfortunate decision of the Feds to
overlook broad student input at the most
basic stage of the project is the
underlying flaw in the current proposal.
Has much research been done to
discover what students of the present and
future want? Has a study been done to
, look at what applicants would like as well
as what current students would like to
see? Is the desired identity for the
university as a whole that of an academic
institution with athletic facilities for the
academics or that of a vastly diverse
student body?
No objective for the project currently
exists. For example, is the building
supposed to increase student spirit by
providing a common place for students to
meet and socialize or is it an addition to
the Physical Activities Complex? The
latter would hardly warrant the building
being called the ."Student Life Building"
and it is questionable whether it would
provide a significant contribution to
student life. As it stands, all of the
student funding provides athletic
facilities, with the athletic injury clinic
catering to mostly, if not exclusively, to
Varsity teams. Since the major
benefactor is the athletic community, why
should the proposed building be
subsidized by everyone else?
... it is questionable whether it
would provide a significant
contribution to student life.
What other facilities are included 7
There are 5000 ft
2
of retail space
proposed in the initial stage. The higher
cost of space will increase the overhead
cost of retailers in the building. This is
not likely to provide low-cost student
oriented services.
TIl<' :.: irl, .ll"l ' 1l 11 1\' 11Ig tIlt' coal of tht' re-der aOout , wakhi'ng its reflec-
tion ill 11ll' hehlll'! dlilllgin).! depths. grades of c..'Oior .
hllllii. II OtTllr, tn Slothrop here that without thoS(' horns on it, why thiI
Iwlnl('1 W(li lid look jllst likt' the asscmhly of Rocket . And if he
cOllld fillu a few of Icather, figure a way to sew them
011 to Tchitdll'rillt'\ hoots ... Yl'ah, a-and on the back of the cape put
a hig. '('ariel. capital R- It i!. as pmgnant a moment as when Tonto,
aftt'r tlw kgcnuary amhush, attempts to--
"HakL'lemensch!" screams Saure, grabbing the helmet and unscrew-
ing tht' horns off of it. Names by themselves may he empty, but the act
of rl(llllillg. . . .
"1'011 had the same idea?" Oh, strange. Saure carefully reaches up
and places the helmet on Siothrop's head. Ceremonially the girls drape
the cape around his shoulders, Troll scouting parties have already sent
runners back to inform their people.
Is the current proposal the best ?
Students are being asked to vote on
whether to accept fee increases to fund a
single proposal worth between $13.6
million and $24 million. Surely
alternatives should be examined. Why
was only one architectural firm
approached and why wasn't a
competition held to allow a 'best" design
to emerge? Why weren't other
alternatives examined, such as replacing
the Campus Centre with a new more
spacious and functional building?
... a fee increase to fund a single
proposal worth between $13.6
and $24 million.
Why should students be funding the
building 7
The university administration has
agreed to provide $3 million in funding
towards the construction of the SLC, with
the rest being financed by the students.
If the university's contribution is over 3
years, the contribution loses much of its
appeal. It doesn't appear that other
sources, such as alumni and the
government, were approached.
It is not uncommon for universities to
receive funding for athletic facilities from
government and university sources.
Studies are needed to show to these two
primary sources of income the need and
demand for any new facilities. If
acquiring substantial funds from
government and the university takes one
or two years of lobbying, it would be
increasingly worthy of our student
government to try and do this. Surely this
would be preferable to an involuntary $40
term charge per student for the next
thirty years or more.
Furthermore, who would be
responsible for the inevitable cost
overruns? The Davis Centre is a stark
reminder of optimistic budget
forecasting. Is this going to be an
uncontrollable financial burden on the
student body?
An open forum is taking place on
Tuesday, November 20th at 12:30 pm. in
the Great Hall in the Campus Centre. Be
informed and get out and vote, and
remember that this is not a final
opportunity to improve athletic facilities
on campus.
Gond. No\\' listen. ROt'ketman, I'm in a bit of trouble."
"HaJl .. SJothrop has bet,n imagimn/! a fuJI-scale Rocketman Hype, in
which tlie people bring hilll food, wine and maidens in a four-color dis-
pensatioll 111 which there is a lot of skipping and singing "La, la, la. la,"
and beefsteaks blossoming from the'se lindens, and roast turkeys
thllddill t.: down like soft haJl 011 lkrlin, .. wcct a-and IIll'lt
marshmallows, hllhbllllg lip (lilt of ground . . ..
"Do VOll ha\'(' an\' ,lrlllic .. ?" Trutli wants to know. 'lothrop, or Hot'k
elman, halld!> owr half a \\ illwn'cI pack.
The f('('{('f I.C(P" ('UlllIllg around: dart). (mel stahs through this root
shelter. Evcrvhody (oq;('ts what it is thcy'v' b('Cll talking about. lncre's
the smell o( earth. n"h through, ,!Cratmg. Ml1gdH has lit on ' of Sio
throp\ dganttl>' (or hlll1 ilnd t,hk)o raspberry hpsti('k. Lipstick?
Who's ,got Iip\tlck da.,,? What :tff' }Xoplt iuto, anv
way?
Work Report
Cliff Knox
The first ever Engineering Work Term
Report Oral Presentation Competition
was held last Wednesday, November 7,
1990 at the UniverSity Club. Presentations
were requested from each of the five
departments in the Faculty, and the first
competition saw entries from Civil,
Chemical, and Electrical & Computer
Engineering. The event was sponsored by
the Waterloo Campus Chapter of the
Sandford Fleming Foundation.
The participants were selected. by their
respective departments, based on
outstanding grades on a recent work term
report. Each competitor was required to
make a fifteen minute oral presentation
based on their written reports.
The first presentation by Gus Scaiano
(3B Chemical) was entitled "Developing a
System to .Evaluate Plastic Explosives
Detectors." The paper detailed the
development and evaluation of a
prototype system, which detects minute
particles of plastic explosives, and is
intended for use in airport security
checks.
Peter Kobzar (4A Civil) then presented
his paper, "Historical Facade
Preservation in Urban Core
Presentations
Development." His presentation
discussed the idea of preserving the
exterior of an historical building and
incorporating it into new construction.
Peter's paper had also placed first in the
CSCE Oral Presentations earlier this
term.
The final presentation was from
Barbara Paldus (28 Electrical), and was
entitled "Spectroscopic Studies of
Hydrogen Sclcnidc." The paper covered
theoretical calculations and experimental
techniques used to determine the modes
of motion and characteristics of the unit
[crystal] cell.
First prize of $300 was awarded to
Barbara Paid us, and the remaining
participants received awards of $200
each. All prize money was awarded by the
Sandford Fleming Foundation.
The competition is intended. to be held
during both the Fall and Winter terms of
each academic year, and it is hoped that
given the success of this term's
innaugural event, there will be papers
submitted from all departments in the
future. For further information on the
competition, please contact Prof. Paul
Caiamai, DC 2623, Ext. 3182.
f1 J.Jteaiiiiiiiil5. LUll'" 21 1 . 1.#. Ig;;tnJti
Page 8 Iron Warrior
November 16,1990
Is Our Engineering Education Useless ?
Rasmus Lerdorf
Are we being educated, or are we just
putting in the years to get a piece of
paper? It is a topic of discussion that is
heard more and more among engineering
students. The first question asked by a
Microsoft interviewer, "So, have you
learned anything useful in your
engineering program?" Being the
unfortunate recipient of this question and
having just finished a very long Stats
midterm I told him quite frankly that I
had never been able to apply anything
taught to me in university to any of my
workterms. Perhaps I get the wrong jobs,
or perhaps I just don't know how to apply
myself.
Another interviewer took a peek at my
marks, and with a big grin on his face
stated that I had certainly acquired the
art of squeaking through courses. He
didn't mean this in any kind of negative
sense. He explained that he was a
Waterloo engineering graduate himself
and that he did not consider academic
standing at all when evaluating a student
for a co-op job. It seems that academic
excellence is unrelated to engineering
excellence as seen by the companies hiring
engineers. If academic excellence has
nothing to do with engineering excellence
in an engi.neering program, does that not
mean that academics and engi.neering are
unrelated? Or in other words, what we
learn has nothing to do with us becoming
engineers. The only link is that we have
to stay hen! and do as we are told until
the powers that be decide that we can
now caU ourselves engineers.
What we learn has nothing to
do with us becoming
engineers.
So, what is wrong? Why aren't
engineers taught to be engineers?
Waterloo engineering students were
generally among the top 5 or 10
academically in their high schools.
There are many extremely
students among us. We have proven time
after time that we are capable of
absorbing a tonne of information and
regurgitating it at exam time. And most of
us have perfected the art of disposing of
this information within days of writing
the exam. Generally I find that I may
learn and retain perhaps two or three
concepts from each course I have taken. It
hardly matters how many concepts the
course covered. However, ask me to
discuss concepts I learned during a
workterm and I can go on for hours.
Mty do we need 'tests?
Class lectures, midterms, quizzes and
finals in their present form have very
little to do with an effective engineering
education. Info, Info, Info, Cram, Cram,
Cram, Test, Test, Test. It's an outdated
teaching method and judging from the
opinions of many students and employers
it is an ineffective method. Why do we
need scheduled lectures? Why do we need
tests.
In Systems Design we have something
caIled Workshops. A Workshop involves
getting a group of people together
interested in some specific topic, finding a
professor who knows something about this
topic, and then engineer away... It may
sound like a terribly unstructured and
useless exercise, yet even with rather
modest workshop topics the students
involved spend much more time on their
workshop than their other courses even
though there are nc i;('heduled classes, nor
tests. Libraries all over combed for
information and when difficult
are involved the basics are automaticalfy
learned because it is quickly realized that
nothing will get done unless the basics are
absorbed quickly.
... marks are solely for the
benefit of the university."
Systems Design Workshops have their
problems as well. Students still have a
number of regular courses to contend with.
Since everyone in the group wiJ] get the
same mark there are times when students
are inclined to let the other guy worry
about the workshop and concentrate on
individual marks in the other courses.
But why do we even need marks? What
do they mean? Is a person with a 90
average a better engineer than a person
with a 6S average? Who other than the
university cares about marks? Marks are
solely for the benefit of the university.
They make things terribly easy for them.
Assign each student a number, collect the
number's marks, throw out all the numbers
with low marks and end up with really
good numbers. Then they give all these
good numbers a ring and a piece of paper
and presto, one engineer is formed. This
leaves the university's resources free to
pursue other things and not have to worry
about something as mundane as making
sure they are providing the best education
possible for their students. Marks and
exams breed competition between
students. Engineers should be team
workers. No one person can know enough
to match the knowledge and ability of a
well functioning group. Are we taught to
work together for a common cause? Are we
taught to share our resources and
creatively solve engineering problems as a
group?
Forget about marks, exams
and lectures/
Forget about marks, exams and lectures,
run the entire faculty based on the concept
of the workshop. Students would
determine what lectures were needed. An
appropriate professor would be selected
and the students would determine which
concepts they needed help with. Students
would not miss lectures like this, they
would be taught in smaller groups, and
every student in the class would have an
active interest in the subject at hand.
Presently many students skip lectures,
there are too many students in the lectures
to begin with, and a lot of the ones there
are not very interested in the subject being
taught.
Waterloo sets high standards for their
students, and therefore realize that the
majority of students are here to be
educated. They want to be educated and
they expect to be educated. They are
responsible and have proven time and
time again that they have mastered the
art of doing well on exams. The main
reason for lectures and exams seems to be
to teach the basics. "You need to learn the
basics!" How many times have we all
heard that? So, they stuff us in crowded
classrooms and shout the basics at us. We
sit around until exam time, then we use our
brilliant ability to cram and scam and we
sneak through the exam. We may even do
really well on the exam. Now the
university feels secure and they deem
that we know the basics because we
passed their course. But what do we get?
We get a sea of formulas and concepts
which we wi1l probably find a use for
some day. However, the problem is w.e
don't see a practical use for them now and
they are promptly discarded.
Engineers are generally a practical
bunch. When someone tells an engineer to
jump, the engineer does not ask, 'How
high?", the engineer asks, "Why?" In
order to effectively teach the basics they
should be seen as elements required to
complete some sort of engineering project.
If projects are assigned to lower year
students, properly designed to teach the
basics for successful completion, then both
teaching them and learning them would
be much more enjoyable and effective. If
no project could be designed to teach a
certain set of basics, then perhaps it is
time to re-evalU'ate that set of basics as a
requirement for the modem engineer.
In upper years the students should be
free to select whatever projects they deem
suitable. Projects should cover all aspects
of engineering. Right from design to
implementation and marketing. People
would specialize in various aspects of the
project. There would be no need to split up
engineers into Mechanical, Electrical, etc.
The students would handle that
themselves according to their interests
and ability within the project.
Greg Cook, Arts Director
An ed ucational system free of
competition between individuals and
students with an active role in deciding on
lecture structure and content would in my
opinion be a far superior approach to
providing a good education.
Sceptics would argue that people would
take advantage of the system, and that
there would be no control over whether or
not a certain individual was a competent
engineer. The students in conjunction with
the professors assigned to the various
projects would evaluate the performance
of themselves. Individuals not
contributing are very easily picked out,
and they will probably weed themselves
out as they go. In our present system we
have absolutely no idea whether the
student is a competent engineer or not
based on university work. When both
employers and students see no correlation
between what is taught and how it is
taught and actual engineering situations,
then just because a student is successful
academically does not make the student a
competent engineer.
Academic success does not
make a student a competent
engineer.
I realize I have generalized a lot.
Many students probably don't feel the
same way about the present system as I,
but I am sure we have all experienced
some of these problems. I know that
within Systems Design there are a lot of
negative feelings about the system in
general. A general sense of apparently
learning a lot about everything, but in
reality ending up knowing nothing about
everything. My class was quick to adopt a
motto of, "Who cares, they can't fail us
all!" We are not a bunch of apathetic
kids with a bad attitude. We did not
come here with this attitude. We are
bright, ambitious students who came here
to learn and to become engineers. We will
become engineers some day, some day we
may even learn, but for now we will sit on
our butts, cram and forget the basics in
record time until one day someone taps us
on the shoulder and tells us we are now
engineers.
In case you haven't noticed the photos displayed in the student hallway of CPH
(between the Orfice and POlITS), the Awesome Photo Contest has ended and the winners
are:
Nature
Composition
Humour
Student Life
Portrait
Overall Class Winners
1st
2nd
3rd
1st John Shimeld, 4A Ceo
2nd Ron McCutcheon, 3B Mech
1st Matthais Wandel, 28 Sys
2nd Peter McCraken, 2A Mech
1st Ann Vignovic, lA Chern
2nd Jay Millman, 4A Mech
1st Jeff Lewis, 2B Sys
2nd Shelly Grasty, lA Chem
1st Mitch Ponikvar, 3B Mech
2nd only one entrant
2B Systems
3B Mechanical
lA Chemical
Over two dozen photos were entered, but you guys must hate school, because the three
UW categories received no entries. Thanks to everybody who did participate. And a big
thank you for Heer's Camera in the University Plaza for sponsorship and some awesome
prizes for first place winners. All photos and prizes should be picked up in the Orfice.
November 16,1990
Iron Warrior
Page 9
Ways to Deal with
They Might Be Giants
- at Fed
Sexual Harassment
Andrea Lawrence
VP External
Picture this: You're on your workterm
this winter (it could be your first or last)
and YOUT boss/coworker is sexually
harassing you. What can you do ?
Firstly. what exactly is sexual
harassment? The definition used by the
university is:
1) unwanted or questionable
attention of a sexual nature
2) if acceptance of sexual advances is
a condition of education or
advancement
3) if rejection affects grades or
performance evaluation
4) if unwanted sexual advances
interfere with the recipient's work or
create a hostile environment. Sexual
harassment could include touching,
comments or offensive posters.
It is usually recommended to deal with
harassment at the lowest level possible;
the less the issue is escalated the easier it
is to resolve. If you can deal wjth it one to
one, you could speak with the harasser
yourself, but this is often very difficult to
do. Here are some suggestions for
strategies in dealing with sexual
harassment:
A) Make it clear to the person
involved that their behavior in
'.macceptable.
B) Document what is happening.
Keep a record of dates, times,
descriptions, and dialogue of .the
incidents. This might be needed is
you decide to take action at a later
date.
C) Get support for yourself. Find out
if anyone else has been harassed by
the same person. Group complaints
are usually more effective.
THE TRADITION
D) Don't confront the harasser alone.
Bring along a friend.
E) Write a letter to the harasser
factually describing the incident,
explaining how you felt and how you
want the behavior to stop.
F) Obtain a copy of your company's
policy regarding sexual harassment.
Put it in his/her mailbox.
E) Don't laugh at harassing jokes or
participate in your or anyone else's
harassment.
Before trying anything it is best to talk
to an advisor or councillor and work out
an appropriate plan of action. Denise
Angove, at ext. 3541 is the campus' sexual
harassment advisor. Everything that
Denise is told is fully confidential and it is
up to you on what actions will be taken at
every stage. Many people can help so go
to someone you trust.
If you want any more information see
the bulletin board just outside the orifice,
talk to the sexual harassment officer or
pick up some info at Health and Safety.
Sion Jennings
They might indeed be giants, in the
musical sense, if enough people were to
Ii ten to them. On Saturday, this quirky
duo, not from Hoboken, played to an
enthusia.stic and ebullient crowd at Fed
Hall. I'm not extremely familiar with the
music, but after listening to songs with
lyrics like, "he wants a shoehorn, the
kind with teeth," I couldn't help but enjoy
the show. The e guys playa mean
electronic metronome. John
Flansborough even managed to play two
trumpets (or maybe coronets)
simultaneously in the opening number.
Also, anybody that exhorts the alldience
to chant love in 3/4 time (or is that 6/8
time) with a bitter edge of anger can't be
all that boring.
I suppose that the closest comparison
musically would be listening to a more
eleetric Pogues singing Dead Milkmen
covers. In fact, one thing that threatens
the longevity of this band is the pitfall of
"cutesy" humour a la AI Yankovic and his
bologna. I feel that They Might Be Giants
are a little too close to the edge to fall into
crass commercialism. You won't find
these guys dr ssed in baseball caps and
Kodiaks, swigging Labatt's Dry Lite, and
playing la lawn darts in Don Mills.
They Might Be Giants were playing
their last concert of the tour promoting
"Flood". Obviously, they were looking
forward to the end of their tour, because
they gave a relaxed and uninhibited
performance. Their easy bantering and
cajoling gave the cavernous Fed Hall
stage an intimate feel.
TWO COMPUTERS STOLEN FROM
MACBOOTH
John Kingdon,
Engineering Computing
During the night of November 8, 1990 two Macintosh Plus
microcomputers were stolen from the MacBooth (CPH 1334).
If anyone has information concerning the theft, please contact
Paul McKone at Engineering Computing (CPH 2376, ext. 2757)
or campus security.
J 1
HUNDREDS SERVED I
PRIHCI Romeah Singh
TMBG (I'm getting tired of typing that
damn name) played some of their singles
off their recent album llke "Birdhouse in
your Soul" and "Istanbul not
ConstantinopJe" Interspersed with the
adept accordion solos of "Don't Let's
Start."
On(' of th,' probll'ltI!> with pt'rforming
, as.l duo 0 urs when you want to UI'C
, drums, a orciions, bas., and guitar at
, the 's mt' time. To ov reom' this
, probl m, John and John u t'd a tap '.
Unfortunat ly, thl.' U C of < tap rob ' th
how of ,1n ('Icment of spontaneity.
l'MI3. workl'<l around thi small obstacle
fficicntly.
The evening ended cuphorkally wh n
, the band completed their s ond cncor .
Anybody who had n't hard the band
before, rived a pleasant introduction.
Old fans heard the songs they 0 much
love to hear. In the end there were no
losers, MUSIC being th winner.
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Page 10 Iron Warrior
November 16,1990
Don't Surrender to Drugs
Steve Shoshan
I guess that I should start with a small
preamble about why I'm writing this
article (aside from the fact that Garry
wanted me to). I want to examine what I
think the moral problems are with drug
use. I will even discuss, in an abstract
sense, how these problems could be
corrected even if drugs were legalized.
By contrast, this is not a morality lecture.
I'm not going to tell you that drugs are
bad because God said so. He may very
well have said so, but that fact holds no
relevance to this discussion. I'm also not
going to teU you that you'll go mad if you
smoke a joint, or that drugs are "bad" for
you. Anybody who insists on harming
themselves and has made an informed
choice to do so has my permission to do
to themselves whatever they please.
Finally, I'm not going to te1I you that I've
heard stories of people who took acid and
jumped off bridges and killed
themselves, because no argument based
on questionable anecdotal evidence has
much chance of being successful.
... I'm not going to tell you
that drugs are bad because
God said so ...
What is a "drug"? I'm not really sure.
Since I have to have some definition to
use, I'll say that drugs are substances
which alter our behaviour and our
perceptions in some artificial and
temporary fashion. This definition may
not be "correct" but it suits my argument
pretty well, so, what the hell.
Given the above definition, there are
many very common substances that ARE
drugs. Caffeine and nicotine, for
example, both fit the definition. Alcohol
is most certainly a drug as well. Certainly,
those substances that we have
traditionally thought of as drugs are
included. Substances such as marijuana,
LSD, PCP and hashish etc. definitely fit
the definition presented above.
The most common and persuasive
argument I hear which supports the
legalization of so-called narcotics goes
something like this:
''I'm allowed to take drugs if I want
to. I'm an ad ult and if I want to
make a personal choice to use
drugs, that's my business. If these
drugs turn out to be harmful to me
and I suffer because of them, then
that's my responsibility because I
made the choice in the first place."
.. ,I'm allowed to take drugs if
I want to ...
This is, in fact, a very good argument.
We all have the right to make personal
choices, right? Why should anyone tell
anyone else what to do? If someone is
going to suffer as a result of drugs, then
that's his/her problem. After all, as long
as they don't ask for the government's (ie
the taxpayers', ie MY) help in cleaning
themselves up, they can do whatever they
want.
Normally, I would wholeheartedly
agree with such an argument. However,
in the case of drugs, I have some serious
reservations.
Many people have been discussing
with me lately the idea that a right is only
a right if it does not impose some
obligation of positive action on the part of
another and if it does violate someone
else's rights. So, for example, person 'A'
may have the right to play his stereo, but
not if it goes through the wall and disturbs
person 'B's right to peace and quiet in his
own home. If person' A' wants to play his
stereo, he may do so, but only if he
shoulders the expense of
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"soundproofing" his walls so that 'B' won't
be disturbed.
The same argument, of course, may be
applied to drugs. That is to say, person 'A'
may not use drugs if his doing so could
result in the violation of a fundamental
right of person 'B's. I emphasize the word
"could" because I believe the burden of
proof is on person 'A'. Say, for example,
that person 'B's right to life may be
violated by person 'A's drug use. Person
'A', then, must be able to show that his
drug use will not result in person 'B's
death. Why? Because punishing person
'A' will not bring person 'B' back to life.
Well, I can hear the sarcastic rebuttal
going something like this:
"Well, I guess we have to lock
everyone up in their homes until
they can prove that they aren't
going to kill anyone. Yeah, right!!!!"
Why don't I personally use
drugs?
I therefore hasten to clarify one basic
assumption underlying my argument. A
person walking down the street, who sees
someone that he doesn't like and decides
to kill that someone, has made the choice
to kill. He knows or should know the
consequences of murder and can
therefore be held morally accountable for
his actions. Some drugs, though, can
remove a person's ability to make an
informed choice. Anytime a person's
perception, judgement and memory are
---
affected, that person may be unable to
make an informed choice about his
actions. Once this ability is gone, the
person cannot really be held accountable
for the rights violation which he
committed because he "didn't mean to".
It should be noted that if a drug user
can guarantee that during his period of
"influence" he will not affect anyone
else's well being, then he can do as he
pleases. That is to say, if he wants to use
drugs while he's locked in a room, that's
his business. But, if his drug use may
affect others, then he shouldn't be using
drugs at all.
It should also be noted that drugs
which do not affect choice making ability
are not a problem. I'm not sure whether
or not any such drugs exist, but, if they do,
I have no objections to them.
In conclusion, I should comment on
the stress given to "rights" in this article. I
believe that there are many good reasons
not to use drugs, but the one presented
here is the only one which, in my opinion,
makes it ethically unacceptable to do so
under common circumstances. This is
why the "rights" approach was used to
make the argument.
Why don't I personally use drugs?
Well, I guess I like to maintain control of
myself. It's fun to get a little crazy once in
a while, but I do not want to end up doing
something that I would regret. As I said
earlier, it wouldn't be fair to others to put
myself in a state in which I could not be
held accountable for my actions. It would
be interesting to try certain drugs,
though. Hell, maybe, if circumstances
_ change, I will some day!
November 16,1990
Iron Warrior
Page 11
Know Drugs - Just Say "Whoah ... "
Ed's note: Johnny Q is a pseudonym (so you can stop peering madly at your class list because he/she will not be there.)
The Iron Warrior is an open forum, and as such we, the edilors, feel thaI the discussion of certain lopics such as drug use cannot be ignored simply because a cenah. body
of people made the praclice illegal. We fully recognize the facl that the possession and use of the majority of drugs is illegal. and in pre enting the following
point/counterpoint, are neither promoting nor vilifying recreational drug use.
JohnnyQ
This article is not advocating
legalization of drugs or illicit drug use. It
is simply a statement of why I choose to
take illegal substances for recreational
purpose. Please note that the views
expressed do not reflect those of the Iron
Warrior editorial staff, the Waterloo
Engineering Society, nor the Faculty of
Engineering.
The media has portrayed illegal drugs
as an evil substance which will destroy
your life. I beg to differ with this image. I
and many people I know use drugs and at
the sa,me time we are responSible and
productive members of society.
Drug use is relatively new to me. I
didn't start indulging until I came to
university. Hell, I didn't even drink
alcohol until I came to university! I guess
the reason I first tried using drugs was
because I had heard how much fun it was
and wanted to experience it. I have tried
marijuana, hash, magic mushrooms, and
LSD. By far my favourite is LSD (Lysergic
Acid Diethylamide, also referred to as
acid).
... one hit is usually about 100
micrograms ...
LSD was accidentally synthesized in
1943 by Albert Hofmann, a chemist in
Switzerland, while experimenting with
alkaloids of ergot. LSD is a colourless,
odourless, tasteless, soluble powder. A
standard dosage of LSD (one hit) is
usually about 100 micrograms making it
one of the most potent pharmaceuticals
known. It is usually taken by eating a
O.5xO.5 cm piece of paper (a tab) which
has been soaked in aqueous LSD. One
hit is usually enough for a good time and
multiple hits intensify the "trip".
There is no conclusive evidence that
LSD has any physically harmful effects
but it may cause a change in personality
due to the intense experience. You
cannot die of an overdose and it is not
physically addictive.
A "trip" lasts from 8-12 hours of which
the first five or so are pretty surreal and
warped. The remainder of the time is
much more stable with a few visual
effects and the inability to go to sleep.
The brain develops a tolerance to LSD
very quickly and also loses it quickly so it
is not possible to be on acid constantly for
more than two days or so.
LSD is a mind drug. Everything you
experience is all in your mind. When it is
consumed, about 80% of it goes to your
liver and kidneys and the rest is doing the
wild thing in your brain. No one knows
exactly what it does but the most
prevalent theory seems to be that it acts
like a neurotransmitter which causes your
neurons to fire more often. Consult a
pharmacology textbook for more details.
For what you get, LSD is the cheapest
and, in my opinion, most fun intoxicant
around. Being high on marijuana or hash
is a nice "comfortably numb" feeling.
Cocaine is way too expensive and just
I "What about flashbacks?"
makes you feel happy for a while.
Alcohol turns you into a dolt - your reflex
slow down, you lose control of your body,
puke, and get hangovers.
A common question is "What about
flashbacks?". A flashback is when you
suddenly feel like you're on acid for no
apparent reason. One explanation for
this phenomenon is that people often feel
great surges of emotion which remind
them of a past event very vividly and a
flashback is just like this except that it
reminds you of an acid trip.
The most popular conception of what
happens subjectively when your on acid
is that you hallucinate. Generally, you
only see distortions of reality sort of like a
Salvador Dali painting. Solid objects look
... the world inside your mind
is a wonderful and scary
thing ...
like they're rippling in a sott breeze.
Colours seem to be constantly blending
into each other like an artist's palette.
Things feel "electric". Sounds take on
characteristics usually associated with
vision and touch.
This is all neat stuff - after all, your
brain is just interpreting sensory input
differently. The really great part is how it
makes you feel! Your mind wanders from
thought to thought. Everything you see or
hear becomes a bizarre metaphor for
something else. All of a sudden you start
looking at the world from a new
perspective.
This can all become pretty
overwhelming and I'll say right now that
LSD isn't for everyone. It works on your
brain and the world inside your mind can
be a wonderful and scary thing. A 'bad

-
trip" usually occurs when some demon
from your subconscious starts harassing
you and it isn't fun. That's why it 's
important to have friends around who
can start talking to you if things go bad.
Why do I do acid? Imagine doing
something you enjoy very much and
making it ten times better. I love to
dance, listen to music and watch movies
while on acid because I have so much fun
that nothing else matters. It is just
intense pleasure with a bizarre twist like a
surreal dream sequence. All of a sudden
music is a physical entity surrounding me
which I can grab and direct to create a
psychedelic painting in my mind. I
become the hero of the movie I am
watching and every emotion that the
character feels is as real to me as if I
personally was in his situation. Reality
I have gained a better
appreciation for art ...
become so warped that it seems like
nothing in real life could ever confuse you
again. If you ever see me at Fed Hall
dancing with my eyes closed, I am either
on acid or really wishing I was.
As a result of my experimentation with
LSD, I feel that I am a better person. I
know myself better and have seen many
situations from alternate points of view
thus making me more tolerant and
understanding. I have gained a better
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d-lyscrgic acid diethylamide
appreciation for art be it poetry, music,
paintings, films or any other creative
endeavour for the sake of art. I have a
better understanding of my place in the
grand scheme of things - how do I as a
person and engineer interact with society
as a whole to make things better. And
man do I know how to have a good time.
For more information on the LSD
experience:
Storming Heaven Jay Stevens.
The . Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
Tom Wolfe.
Basic Clinical Pharmacology.
Bertran G. Katzung.
Cutting's Handbook of
Pharmacology. Csaky.
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Kool-A1d, videos, prizes for best
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lame,
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Martin Macleod,
W ATST AR Systems Manager
Well, I guess this is the last in the
series of WATSTAR articles. November
is our second most busy month of
year. The busiest month is March. Has
anyone noticed that these two months are
the third month of a term? Does
everyone wait until the end of term to
finish their assignments, labs, projects
and work reports, etc.? Hmmmm. Since
Bruce and Erick have covered everything
I wanted to talk about, I'll just cover a few
topics which should help in some way or
another during your com puting days
here.
Downed stations
At anyone time there may be one or
two downed stations in a room due to
hard ware problems. These are old and
cranky machines and some have not
been turned off since September 1984;
this is my problem. However, on
numerous occasions during crowded
class times, I've noticed machines that I
know are working that are not being used.
What is the problem?
I TRUST ME, THIS IS USEFUL. I
Apparently there is still a large number
of students who have not figured out how
to get a PC up and running using simple
trouble shooting skills. TRUST ME, THIS
IS USEFUL. By knowing how, you may
get the last machine in the room. If a
machine does not seem to be alive, check
the brightness controls. (Duh simple but
I've even had Profs get fooled by this
one.) Make sure the monitor is plugged
in and is turned on. Colour and VGA
monitors have a power light on the front.
Play with the power cords and check the
video cable to the Pc. Sometimes they
get loose or have been disconnected by
those wishing to return later and be
assured of a machine. This scam is the
oldest trick in the book, a variation of one
used in industry. An unscrupulous
technician will disable a piece of
machinery late Friday that he/she knows
will be used on the weekend. The same
weekend he/she is on call with a
minimum 3 hours at triple pay.
Iron Warrior
If the machine is still dead, reboot it,
Ctrl-Alt-Del. If, within a few seconds you
hear a beep, but still the monitor displays
nothing, then sorry the monitor or video
card is probably dead. Move to another
machine. If there.is no beep, check the
Pc. Is power getting to it? Check the
power cord. Is the fan at the back on? If
not, turn the machine off and WAIT 10
seconds before turning it back on. This, I
would have to say, is the problem most
people have; they don't wait. Why do you
have to do this waiting with these
machines but not with other types of
appliances? Well, it all has to do with the
switching power supplies used in PC's.
Most other appliances use the regular
transformer / rectifier / ca pacitor / regulato
r type power supply; PC manufacturers
use switching power supplies. Appliance
Otherwise, it would have to be
t ed out usin a t ewriter.
power supplies rel/U1J'e a rather heavy
transformer and generate a lot of heat.
Therefore, computer makers make a
trade-off. Switching power supplies need
a few seconds to power down completely
before being powered on again;
hence,the 10 second wait. This wait allows
the multiple feedback circuitry within the
supply to settle back to known, initial
states. If all this still fails, then indeed
you have a dead machine. Please mark it
as such.
ACCIS FORMS
The ACCIS program does not work well
and has been taken off the network.
Anyone not in 4th year, don't worry about
this. The intent of the ACCIS program
was to be able to generate the text part of
the ACCIS form on the laser printer so
that you could photocopy it onto the real
one. Otherwise, it would have to be typed
out using a typewriter. What a joke! We
thought this would be a very useful
program and would save hours of work. It
worked except that it was very hard to
align everything with the photocopier.
Why not reproduce the whole form then?
We looked into that. It seems that this is
a copyrighted document by the ACCIS
company. We are trying to work
something out with them but have not
been successful. But, don't worry we're
working on it.
Laser printing
Real money laser printing was brought
to W ATST AR nearly 2 years ago. It has
always been treated as an extra or luxury
type service for students (ie. You don't
require a laser printer to get your degree,
but it sure helps). The engineering I/O
room is open 9-12am and 1-10pm. Any
laser printing done outside these hours IS
NOT GUARANTEED. Due to the simple
... output to the laser printer
after ... at your OWN RISK.
fact that there is no operator present, if
something goes wrong it will not get fixed.
The laser printer resets between 2-3am
each day to update it's use rid list. Any
jobs in queue at this time are lost.
Recapping, if you send output to the laser
printer after hours it is at your OWN
RISK. Why bother keeping it running
after hours? Because there are
numerous Grad students and Profs who
have access to the room after hours and
are willing to take this risk. In the early
days we charged 25 cents a page, then
dropped to 20 and then to 15 where it
stands today. People ask "Could we
charge less, so and so charges only 12
cents". Well, maybe we could but if we
did we would start to run into another
problem. If we lowered the price to say 10
cents, which is getting close to photo-
copying prices, more people would laser
print multiple copies instead of photo
copying originals. It's kind of obvious
what would happen next; People would be
November 16,1990
sending so much stuff, the two printers we
have now wouldn't be able to handle the
load and we would have to buy a third
one. Anyway, it's a good lesson in using
limited resources efficiently. I'm sure you
take more care in what you send to the
laser printer than what you send to the
line printer which brings me to the next
topic.
Paper
Currently W ATSTAR recycles all of it's
computer paper. Some of it even gets
turned into note pads; This is good. We
started this even before the white boxes
came into vogue. W ATST AR uses about
$7,000 worth of plain white computer
paper a year in E2-1302b, E2-1308 and EL-
108. This works out to about 240 boxes a
A thriftier attitude towards
paper would help.
year or 80 a term; This is bad. I would ask
that everyone take a little time out to
think about what they are doing. Do you
really need a printout of your program
yet? Is it that hard to make sure your
scrap, unused or soiled computer paper
makes it to the white boxes instead of the
garbage bin? I think not, but it seems that
those few extra seconds really add up for
some people. A thriftier attitude towards
paper would help. Who knows, it might
save a bit of money. Maybe that attitude
would run rampant and people would
turn monitors off when not in use or any
unused equipment on campus. But then
again, maybe not. For those who care,
you will find W ATROC boxes in some of
the main rooms. Feel free to follow the
instructions on them. We are looking out
for recycled 8.5x15 computer paper. So
far, only 85x11.5 is available. If anyone
knows where we could find recycled
B.5x15 paper,. please drop by our office in
E2-130BB.
Surp"rise:;!
There are some other projects
underway at W ATST AR that we would
like to keep under wraps. Some of them
will be realized before you come back
next term. If you love computers and you
love us then you shall be pleasantly
surprised. Enough said.
The Kontroversial Letter "C"
by Greg Cook, Arts Director
It's spelled "controversial", stupid. Or
so Oxford and conformist WASP society
want us to believe, but I question the
rationale of the pronunciation associated
with the letter "c".
Look at my name. I call the UniverSity
during work term, am forced to leave a
message and they ask me "Is that Cook
with a 'k'?" My first response is "Yes, at
the end, stupid!" But of course there are
many German people around and they
spell my last name Koch. So I ask myself
"Why does English have the letter 'c'
become the workhorse of the alphabet?"
I don't know but I suspect it has
something to do with the fact that
English rips off other languages so much
and that we are too lazy to write a "k"
rather than a "c".
Basically, we pronounce "c
n
as an "s" or
a "k" sound. What about the word
concepts? Talk about inconsistent. In this
word we make both sounds.
By now you might be saying to yourself
"What's your problem?" Well for those
of us for whom English is the native
tongue such concerns may seem trivial.
What about our struggling TA's who we
wish could speak better English? Maybe
if we had a more consistent language it
would be easier to learn it. Now I'm not
saying we need to konvert all at once;
after all, standardization is a slow
prosess. But I know that with a
determined effort such rational
transitions may be suksessfully phased in.
Oh, but what about words like sick or
such or church? I do not suggest we drop
the letter "c" from our alphabet but
instead that we enkourage an evolution to
a "ch" charakter. And as for words like
sick we will be saving spase and valuable
resourscs by shortening this word to sik.
The straw that broke the kamel's bak
for me was when I returned to kampus and
diskovered that even the Kampus Kops
have konverted. The elektronik key to
parking lot "A" is kalled a Kontrol Kard!
There in blak and white I saw the
language evolving from the grass roots.
This suggestion is not a new one. But it
is time for us, as pioneers of the edge, to
challenge konformist mind sets and
progress into our kommon future. Let's
look at a senario in this brave new world.
I get up in the morning and eat
breakfast and feed the kat. I get in my
kar parked by the konkrete kurb and go to
work where I use komputers. At lunch, I
go to my bank, the KIBK and kollect some
kash. At night, I watch the late news
(there's a killer on the loose, not a ciller)
I MEAN, J
C 16 FoR COOKI ...
until the station signs off to '0 Kanada'.
Well, you think about my suggestion
over Kristmas (we won't even go into the
religious implikations although r note
that Muslims have a Koran but Kristians
may take offense) and perhaps you will
see things in a different way. In the
meantime at least ask yourself:
"Why is a small cat called a kitten?
Does it grow into a letter 'c'?"
Bu,. 17AMMrr) NO-(
(1000 EI'JOllGH FoR ME'
-- AI'l'f MORE't
November 16,1990
Iron Warrior
The WISERD Cometh
Sean Maw
Have you ever wanted to take part in
the space program? Have you ever felt
that you could contribute even if you
aren't an aerospace engineer? Well, help
is on the way. In the Fall of 1991, the
University of Waterloo may finally get a
Space Institute in the form of the
Waterloo Institute for Space Education,
Research and Development (or WISERD).
For over a year now, faculty such as (past-
Dean) Bill Lennox have been working on a
Business Plan that has set the stage for
WISERD's establishment.
During the first few months of this
development, dozens of faculty, students
and industry leaders were consulted as to
what they thought WISERD should do.
On the basis of their input, proposals
were generated. It was decided that an
undergraduate academic program should
be crafted and that an office should be
established to support it. In the past few
months, a detailed Business Plan has been
completed that outlines how WISERD's
programs will be managed and financed.
This plan is now being cpnsidered by
senior University Administrators as well
as by space industry leaders.
... the University of Waterloo
may finally get a space
institute ...
What these individuals must decide, is
whether or not they will support a unique
spa<;e education organization. WISERD's
Mission Statement explains its reasons for
existence: The goals of WlSERD are to
1) increase the opportunities for
long-term growth of the Canadian
space industry by helping
Canadians discover the value and
importance of a strong space
program;
2) provide at both the
undergraduate and graduate
levels, human resources in the
sciences, engineering and other
technical specializations that
have strong skills in their own
discipline but who also have the
training necessary to address the
interdisciplinary issues involved
in space research and
development;
3) actively promote and facilitate
interdisciplinary collaboration in
space research and development
at the University of Waterloo as
well as between the University of
Waterloo and other universities,
ind ustries and government
laboratories, both in Canada and
interna tiona II y.
To achieve these goals, development
will take place in 4-year cycles. The
primary objectives of the first cycle (1991-
95) will be found an undergraduate Space
Studies Option and to set up the
Institute's Office. Later cycles may
concentrate on expanding the Option,
developing an R&D program and/or
developing a graduate program in some
aspect of Space Studies. For the time
being however, the undergraduate Option
is the main focus of attention. And this
option is the part of WISERD that
undergraduate students are most likely to
come in contact with.
Waterloo's Space Studies Option will
be a truly unique academic program in
space education. It will occupy a very
specific niche. Canada already has some
fine space science and technology
programs at U of T and York. These
programs turn out small numbers of space
scientists and space engineers. WlSERD
will differ in that it will turn out larger
numbers of scientists, mathematicians,
geographers, kinesiologists and engineers
who know something substantial about
spate, but are not so narrowly defined and
so committed in terms of career choices
(hence the "Option" as opposed to a
degree). As a graduate with the Option
designation, you may choose to pursue
grad studies in a space-related diScipline
or you may seek employment at a space
industry firm. Or you may seek "regular"
work where you may carry out the most
important mission of all spotting
growth opportunities for the space
industry.
The Waterloo under-
graduate space studies option
will include nine courses ...
Option Content
But what is this Option? The Waterloo
undergraduate Space Studies Option will
consist of 9 courses and these will include:
Space Studies Core Courses
(Interdisciplinary)
SPACE 100 - an overview introduction
to Space Science with emphasis
on Planetary Science and the
Space Life Sciences
SPACE 200 - an overview
introduction to Space Technology
with emphasis on Remote
Sensing, Data Management and
Robotics/ Automation
SPACE 300 - a colloquium and
research paper course with
instruction in systems design,
group interaction skills and
technical communications
SPACE 400 - an individual or group-
oriented technical
workshop/thesis on an approved
space topic
In-FacUlty Elective Courses
In-Faculty Space Studies Elective
package involving 3 space-
related courses taken from inside
of the student's home faculty
Out-of-Faculty Elective Courses
Out-of-Faculty Space Stud ies
Elective package involving 2
space-related courses taken from
outside of the student's home
faculty
In keeping with the interdisciplinary
nature of WISERD, the SPACE courses
will be team-taught by space researchers
from the Faculties of Applied Health
Science, Engineering, Environmental
Studies, Math and Science. The courses
will also feature guest speakers from the
space industry and lectures on space
programs, policies and funding.
If the Option's nine courses seem heavy
(for Engineers especially), consider a few
things. First of all, SPACE 400 and at
least one of the I/F Electives will
probably be in your set of core courses.
Second, the OfF Electives may be General
Electives. Third, a correspondence version
of SPACE 100 or 200 will become a part of
the program (probably in the 3rd year of
the first cycle). This still leaves a fairly
heavy demand on your remaining elective
choices, but taking the Option will be
possible. And completion of the Option
was not meant for the faint of heart. You
may also be wondering what the
prerequisites are for SPACE 100 and 200.
These will be introductory level courses
but they will assume OAC Chemistry,
PhYSiCS, Math and Biology credits.
... completion of the Option
was not meant for the faint of
heart.
There will be open enrollment for
SPACE 100 and 200 but like STV, you will
have to apply to take the Option (and
SPACE 300 and 400). To begin, enrollment
will be limited to about 10-15 students
(from Engineering) but this may expand if
the demand presents itself. Note that
equal numbers of students will be involved
from the other technical faculties.
Also note that co-op will not be an
inherent part of the Option.
Nevertheless, all sponsors will receive
NO!
YOU WILL NOT PA Y EXORBIT ANT
PRICES FOR BEER
NO!
YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT SOYBEANS IN YOUR HAMBURGER
NO!
YOU WILL NOT HEAR OBSCURE MUSIC
FROM THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
YES!
CHEAP DRINKS, GREAT FOOD,
THE BEST IN ENTERTAINMENT,
AND
THEY LIKE ENGINEERS ...
SOCIALLY INEPT OR NOT!
FED HALL
MORE THAN JUST A
GREAT NIGHT SPOTI
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student CV's on a yearly basis and there
will be frequent opportunities for Option
students to meet potential work-term
employers.
Current Situation
So where does all this leave WrSERD
now? As of today, we are currently
seeking the funding that WISERD will
need to begin operations. The bulk of
For the most part, this
program will be for the class
of 1996 and onwards ...
these funds will come from the University
and from industry. One of the things that
will help our chances at the University
level is student support. If you are
interested in such a program, tell the
Chairman of your department or the
Dean. If you are currently in 1 A you may
actually get the opportunity to complete
the Option. However, for the most part,
this program will be for the class of 1996
and onwards. They will get to do image
analysis on the raw data received from
Neptune, to fly in microgravity aircraft,
to meet NASA officials and to take part
in Canada's space program. But they
need your help now. If you are interested
in WJSERD, say so. It will help
WISERD's chances more than you may
know. And if you wish to find out more
about WISERD, contact me at El-]303C
X3831. I would be more than happy to
answer any questions that you may have.
logo
On thing that WISERD do' not yet
have is a L CO. Thi. is a forma I
announcem nt of a L a CONTEST (and
with $$$ prizes too). If you can com up
with a sketch of a logo that you think
would be appropriate, send it to me or to
WISERD's Executivo Director (Prof. E.
LcDrow, Geography). The deadline is
Nov. 25 for submissions. Put your artistic
talenls to work!
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Iron Warrior November 16,1990
E A PROF AND BE RICH
Gerry Sullivan
Where do you look for a job that pays
ery well, lets you be your own boss, and
ives you the ultimate in quality of
orklife? Look up from those notebooks
and to that "absent minded" person at
the front of the lecture hall. This is the
best kept secret in the job market today.
iYes, there is a hidden life to professorship
that goes far beyond the lecture room
walls and the irony of the situation is by
the time you realize this it is too late for
you to do anything about it.
Let's destroy some myths about
professorship.
Myth #1 - Professors are underpaid.
The 1990 APED salary survey indicates
that the average salary for all engineers
in Ontario is $55,363 per year ( this
includes executives, management, etc.)
and top 10% earn in excess of $72,487. A
professor at the University of Waterloo
with 10 years experience could be earning
in excess of $70,000 per year and the top
of the scale is in excess of $90,000 per
year. On top of this, add on consulting
that is allowed by most universities. Most
professors can bill out at $800 to $1200 per
day. If your research results in
technology that can be licensed or
patented, or you author a book, you may
share in royalties. All professors don't
consult or become involved in technology
transfer, but the opportunity is there.
Suddenly, underpaid doesn't feel so bad.
Myth #2 - Professors must get tired of
teaChing. Sure we all have had bad
and the front of the lecture hall
is the last place that some professors
should be placed. However, most
professors really do enjoy teaching. But
teaching is only a part of a professor's
worklife. Typically, ( if there is such a
thing) , a professor will spend 40% of
his/her time in teaching, 40% of time on
research, and 20% of time on service (
committee work, student liaison, etc).
The research component is where a
professor develops new ideas, technology
or applications related to his chosen field
of expertise. These ideas may very well
distil down to the classroom. The variety
makes for a very exciting worklife.
Myth #3 - Professors keep their nose in
a book all of the time. Professors must
keep upon their field of expertise and this
does require study and publication. As
engineering professors, it is important
that we stay in touch with the professional
community. This can be done in a variety
of ways including consulting, sabbaticals,
and cc5nferences. In my ten years as a U
of W professor, I travelled throughout the
US, to Europe (usually once a year), to
Brazil and Argentina, New
Zealand, and Australia (sabbatical). And
my nose was in a book on all of the flights.
Many of you who will hopefully be
graduating in the spring are pursuing
career jobs with large multinational
Dr. Gerry Sullivan(far left) and cohorts beside a Dantec Control System.
companies. The lure of a work life that
involves a reasonable salary to afford that
new car and LA Law wardrobes is in stark
contrast to that prerequisite to
professorship heaven - graduate work.
Herein lies the dilemma. Although
graduate work seems unappealing at this
point, it is a necessary step. When I
graduated with a B.A. Sc. in 1974 (I know
that most of you were in kindergarten at
that time), I wanted to go to graduate
school just because I liked the idea of
research. I distinctly remember that 1974
was the first year any chemical
engineering student got a job offer in
excess of $10,000 per year. According to
the rest of our class , those of us
considering grad school "were not playing
with a full deck" since we were thinking of
turning down so much cash. As it turned
out 4 of the 52 in our graduating class
became professors.
In 1984, at our 10th year class reunion, it
was the professors who were the envy of
the rest of the class. The freedom of
worklife, the easy-going lifestyle, the
parklike university setting were suddenly
very attractive when compared to the
stressed out, Toronto commuting,
marching to the boss's drum, middle
Colleen Winter and Elaine Miller
level manager. So before you cringe at
the thought of another four years in
UniverSity, give some serious
consideration to graduate work. The best
way to find out what grad life is really like
is to talk to your friendly neighbourhood
TA.
Finally, in my personal case,
professorship has resulted in a career
change. Because of some of the
developments that I was involved with at
the UniverSity, a new company was
formed to commercialize the resulting
technology. I was asked to head up the
company and I decided to roll the dice.
So you see, I wouldn't have my current
job if I hadn't chosen to become a
professor. Professorship for me has been
an integral part of a multi-facetted career
that has included a large petrochemical
company, academic life, and now an
entrepreneurial endeavour. But I must
say, that when September passed without
giving a single lecture, I felt like
something was missing from my life.
Dr. Sulliivan has been employed at Imperial
Oil, been a Waterloo chem eng prof. for ten
years and now is president of Dantec, a
company based in Waterloo producing
control systems for the 'drying of corn,
grains, pet food and other wet things.
.on December 6, 1989 fourteen women were killed at L'Ecole Poly technique in
Montreal. Twelve of these women were engineering students, our peers.
Service
One week before the anniversary, on November 29, a memorial service will be
held to mourn the loss of these fourteen. The memorial will be opened by Doug
Wright, followed by addresses from Dean Bums and Engsoc B president, A.J. Baxter.
The memorial will be closed with a non-denominational service from a member of the
University of Waterloo clergy.
The service will be held at 5:00 on Thursday, November 29, in El-10l.
All activities in Poet's will be cancelled on the 29th, to provide a place for
remembrance and a commemorative display.
Scarves
Monday December 10, 1989 was the date of the funeral for nine of the women
murdered at the L'Ecole Poly technique. Female engineers across the country were to
wear white scarves to support each other,to share their sympathy, and their grief.
"White is the colour of innocence and these women were innocent victims".
Actually a wide assortment of people chose to wear symbolic white scarves or
armbands; men and women; engineers and non-engineers. the whole community
grieved.
This year the UW Engineering Faculty have arranged for our official 'memorial
day' to occur on November 29. On this day we will remember the deaths of our peers.
Think about wearing a white scarf or arm band on that day out of respect for
these women who, after all, were a lot like us.
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Greg Cook, Arts Director
Some of you may have heard rumours
that there are ways and means to
actually reduce the amount of money that
we must payout each term. Let me tell
you that most of those rurnours are true.
Here are some ways of saving some coin:
l)You only need to pay the co-op fee for
a total of eight academic terms. That
means that if you've taken a non-degree
term, transferred disciplines, or, heaven
forbid, repeated a term, then you will end
up with more than eight academic terms.
Since you only need to pay the co-op fee
eight times, you will be able to avoid this
-fee for each academic term you attend in
excess of eight. The interesting thing is
that co-op does not let you know this so
pass the word to your friends! Another
thing to note is that you can get your "Pay
No Co-op Fee" term whenever you wish
and even in fourth year you can convince
them to refund you! Pretty cool, eh?
2)The next way to save is a bit less
direct but comes in good at tax time. You
can claim $17.50 per academic term as a
charitable donation ($7.50 Fed Hall fee
and a $10 recreation facility fee). Simply
go to the Office of Alumni Affairs in
South Campus Hal1, ask for the 'Tax
Receipt Request" form, fill it in and
provide either a copy of your transcript or
show your fee statements for each term.
You can pick-up your tax receipts about
two weeks later.
... don't pay the work report
marking fee ...
3)Here's an easy one. If you don't
submit a work report on a given term, then
don't pay the work report marking fee. In
fact, you will have to front the cash if you
pre-regls hould wait until the
beginning of term and get it signed off.
4)As a student, the new CST will entitle
you to a tax credit. Aren't we so lucky to
have government that really cares about
us? I don't know anything about this
credit except that it comes to about $90
every three months, and that this credit
would not exist if the government hadn't
initially imposing the CST.
Iron Warrior
5)Finally, a long shot. Check to see if
your medical coverage or parents
insurance are in excess of that which the
University requires. If it is, then you may
be able to convince the Registrar that
they should only charge you a nominal fee
(preferably zero) on each fee statement,
for health insurance.
After you've exhausted these means,
look for more! I'm not an accountant
(Thank goodness!) and there must be more
ways to save other than withdrawing or
having a University employee adopt you.
So get out there and ask some questions
and do some research in your University
calendars; you too may discover ways to
SAVE BIC CASH!!!
TAMING OF THE SHREW
by Greg Cook, Arts Director
On Tuesday, November 20, Friday,
November 23 and Saturday, November 24
you'll see loony lovers, clever clowns,
scrapping spouses, gender benders and
other strangeness. But is it David Lynch?
No, Twin Peaks Freaks it is Shakespeare.
How do they dare present such a sexist
misogynistic play to a contemporary
audience? It's a classic, you say; it's
interpretive they say and so instead of
the abusive husband and his associates
trashing the woman, gender role reversals
are the order of the day and the males
become the abused. Sound like an
interesting interpretation to you? Check
it out.
Tickets are $5 but only $4 each for
groups of 10 or more, plus one FREE ticket
for each group of 10 purchased. The play
starts at Bpm, at the Theatre of the Arts,
in Modern Languages.
The Women's Centre, Federation of Students' committee on AIDS, and Gay &
Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo present:
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M.<tnlldmy Nov. 119 to T11l1lll,sd1lY Nov.
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November 16,1990
Fact or
Prescience? :
The Evolution of the Couch Potato
Anthony West
Boy, did I have an exciting day! It's
been a while since I have felt quite so
alive. I don't know why, maybe it's the
lifestyle, maybe it's the company I've
been keeping, perhaps it's because of my
health. Anyway, despite all thi s, today I
had quite a day .... Let me tell you about it,
that's right switch on those home video
cameras; what the hell, even if you don't
have memorex: this is real!
"Good morning Tom, wake up
Tom", the daily organizer pipes, its
mellow morning voice penetrates my
deep sleep slumber. My eyes remain
closed for a few seconds after waking.
During these moments, deprived of my
link to the world, I feel a strange sort of
peace linked inexplicably with a black
fear, an intense feeling of isolation. With
this sense of foreboding I open my eyes.
And what a relief it is: everything is in it's
place, the four walls, the ceiling, the
carpet, the appliances. My appliances;
there to serve me and make me happy
again on this fine, secure morning. On
the main monitor the sun is shining, the
sky blue, and a few high white clouds
perfect the picture. My spirits rising I
wonder what's in store for the day.
"What's in store for the day?", I
ask, seemingly to no-one in particular.
Faithful as ever my personal helper
flashes the agenda up onto it's screen:
9:30am: Meet with Moronic Industries
Limited regarding the Game Reserve and
Nature Thrillathon.
12:00pm: Lunch with Bob.
2:00pm: Visit Plant.
7:00pm: Date with Daisy.
A meeting at 9:30 gives me a bit of time
to kill. While having breakfast my mind
flashes back to my earlier insecurities.
A wake, my wonderful room all around,
they seem ridiculous. In today's world
there really shouldn't be any feelings but
contentment. Machines have made our
lives virtual1y worry and stress free; and
with no unemployment the work to
maintain and grow as a society is
undertaken by all. A few hours of service
a day is a small price to pay for the
luxurious lifestyle gained in return. Life's
better these days, at any rate, than when
people had to get their 'hands dirty', to
use a rather out-dated expression.
The meeting this morning is an
important one. Moronic Industries
Limited is a subsidiary of the
International Business and Marketing
corporation. If all goes well they will be
marketing my latest breakthrough in
ecological communication: the Game
Reserve and Nature Thrillathon, or
GRNf as lUke to call it. As an ecologist it
has been my job to satisfy the obvious
market demand for nature products; and
GRNf is at the cutting edge of this field.
My room has an uplifting atmosphere,
from the 'scent of the ocean, the sound of
the forest and, of course, the beautiful
mountain range rising above me on the
opposite wall. With the successful
marketing of the GRNT people will be
able to enjoy not only this but will be able
to go on full jungle tours, climb
mountains and test their natural abilities
in a person vs. nature fight to the death.
Any number of harsh environments
become a second-by-second challenge
for the participant.
The scenarios created by computer for
GRNT come from historical and
ecological archives. This information is
then processed and presented to the
participant . 1 throw in a disk and prepare
myself for the full onslaught . For a few
minutes before my meeting I compete on
the 'easy' level. It's really just a stroll in
the park .. . a few blown-away squirrels
here, there a killer duck loses its right
wing to the powerful blast of my ray gun -
standard at the first level of play. I
navigate through a bush of poison-ivy
unharmed and after beating back a few
hungry cats I decide it's time to prepare
for the meeting. After straightening out
the cushions and brushing down the
uphol stery I sit square in front of the
video-eye. Right on queue the boys from
Moronic flash up onto the screen.
"Beautiful winter morning", says
Mr Exxonson.
"Really?" I reply, "J'm into the
late summer months at the moment; I
love the tranquility of the falling leaves"
glancing up at the reddish orange
- mountain scene behind the set.
The meeting went well and a lengthy
discussion ended in Mr. Exxonson's
proposal of a one year trial period for the
GRNf. By 11.30 we had a contract drawn
up and the deal was done. Within a few
years all Americans, from Miami to
Yellowknife, will be able to experience a
taste of nature far beyond the traditional
scope of the T.V.
Blink ... went the monitor and the
Morons, as they like to be called, were
gone. With half an hour before lunch I
switch on the football game. These days
they are on every day and are they ever
good! The computer generated players
never fumble, never get intercepted and
never ever miss a catch. 1 guess the real
turning point in the history of the game
was a long time ago when they first
decided to introduce some truth into the
game with the 'Instant Replay Official'. A
very primitive approach but then that was
so very long ago. On the screen is the
pre-game show. The players come onto
the field, the referee tosses the
coin ... AND THE RAMS WIN, THE
RAMS WIN THE GAME!! All that
remains now is to play it out.
At 12:00 I have a very pleasant lunch
with my friend Bob. I went to a nice
Video-Chinese and Bob had a good Big
Me-Video Mac. I tell Bob about my
success with the Nature Thrillaton and he
told me about his new subliminal
memory-reducing tapes. His field is
psychology and life-appreciation.
Aft e r lunch, feeling thoroughly
refreshed, I relax for a few minutes. It's a
funny thing about Bob: I like him and
everything (all though I do find him a bit
two-dimensional),but every time I see
him I don't seem to be able to remember
anything about him. I guess with Bob,
what you see is what you get. Anyway
after this morning's success I decide to
celebrate. I select a medium-level disk
from the Nature Thrillathon library and
sink into another kind of reality ....
Standing in a desolate street I wonder
where I am. Above me the dark,
yel10w /brown cloud drips from the sky-
high buildings. A light patch in the sky
hints at what should be a bright yellow
ball. The scene reminds me in many ways
of my history disk on New York City.
Differing mainly in the colour of the sky
and the rotten carpet-brown of the
buildings. On the history disk the
buildings are shiny and clean.
I hear a noise and turn around. On the
next block I see a gang of thugs gathered
round a young girl. The biggest guy hits
her in the stomach and puts her over his
shoulder. The gang moves away. While
deciding what I should do I think back to
my social and behavior training courses.
What would the Ultimate Warrior do in
this situation, what would Andre the Giant
do? In a flash I realize my challenge: Go
after the girl and avenge her abduction. I
must kill the gang in a brutal and awe-
inspiring display of human power and
progress.
Armed simply with my taunt, well-
muscled body and weapons stolen from
the enemy, I battle my way through the
dirty streets. Here, I beat a man over the
head with a basebal1 bat. There, I whip a
girl to death with her own steel chain.
Thanks to my invention I can experience
this .. . this is real living!
Shortly after I navigate through an
abandoned building I find myself again
on the street. Something very very
strange is happening. At first I think it is
my imagination (then I realize I don't
have one.) What was happening was that
water was falling from the sky. Within
seconds my blue overalls are soaked. I
run for a building thinking maybe it will
be dry inside. A miracle, inside the
strange water is nowhere to be seen. I
squeeze out my clothes and dry my hair
with a piece of thin white crumply stuff,
and at the. top I think it said "New York
Times".
After much more of this baffling
warfare with the city I make it to a huge
room with a bright red carpet. Final1y, I
think, something I can relate to. I battle
off a plethora of armed ruffians and
finally a pleasant-looking, but
thoroughly blood thirsty, young man in
pink overalls somewhat similar to my
own. With him defeated I win back the
beautiful girl. She did a very strange
thing, just then, and put her arms around
me. This physical presence was new to
me so I didn't know quite what to do.... I
asked her about the water falling from
the sky.
2:qOpm and I'm late for my visit to the
plant. I've always hated this part of my
job. Barking orders at the remote video
camera, I take a tour of the factory. The
machines are working away non-stop to
produce the components for the
Domestic Nature Unit. With a sigh I
think of al1 the humans I am benefiting.
All the mountain ranges, trees, lakes, and
canyons projecting onto the innumerable
walls. Ecology really is the field for me,
it's just that I hate touring the plant.
Hard as I try to concentrate on the work
at hand my mind keeps wandering back
to 'rain' and all the other things the girl
told me about. With relief I spot a bright
blue sky and round yellow sun shining
f(om a factory monitor. That's more like
it: life really isn't that complicated after
all.
At 5:00pm, exhausted but excited by
my day so far, I realize it's time for
Church. I leave the. factory and switch the
monitor to channel 3478 for America's
Funniest Home Videos. Hosted by Tim
and Nanny Fae Bakker this has become
an important stabilizing factor in today's
society. What humour, what video
. prowess, I love all the subtle jokes and the
friendly Bakker family. Viewer
participation and involvement in the
community are corner-stones in
America's spiritual well-being; all by
means of this happy and humourous
home-video extravaganza.
After an hour and a half of spiritual
fulfillment I decide to get ready for my
big date. After straightening up the
cushions and brushing down the
upholstery I sit square in front of the
video eye. Right on queue Daisy, my
dream girl, flashes up on screen.
"Hello Tom", she says,
f(I V-
. ,ji' I
"Hello Daisy", I reply. We
always start our dates that way. We
talked about some of the funny jokes on
America's Funniest Home Videos and
talked about old-times. I like Daisy a lot
but today she somehow seems even more
boring than usual. I keep thinking about
the girl in the afternoon adventure on
GRNT: The soft, warm embrace and the
moisture of her pink fleshy lips.
Somehow Daisy's presence on the screen
in front of me didn't seem whole.
'Tom", are you listening to me",
the speakers tinny reverberations made
Daisy's voice seem even more whiny than
usual,
"I said have you seen the new
New Kids on the Block video. It's pretty
cool", she says, 'They're dancing in this
big room and water falls from the ceiling.
I reply that of course I've seen the video:
who hasn't.
Looking back on it now the next thing
she said was pretty strange:
"Are you feeling alright? You
really don't look well at all." What is so
strange is that I feel so incredibly alive.
My adventure this afternoon has
revitalized me enourmously. I really
must go back and find the girl. She knows
so much of what I know so little.
'Tom listen to me! I said your
cushions are all out of and you look
so shoddy. You really should go and get
re-upholstered."
............................................ . .
November 16,1990 Iron Warrior
Page 17
Rubbing Salt. * into the Wound
Ajay Jindal
Resistance is mounting against the
decision by the university administration
to cut the alt ... hierarchy of newsgroups.
Since the beginning of the term many
articles have appeared in The Iron
Warrior and Imprint regarding this issue
and progress has being made towards
having the alt ... newsgroups restored.
Briefly, the alt." hierarchy is a section of
the "news" carried on USE NET, a
worldwide bulletin board system, which
contains postings by users under the
general category of "alternative" topics.
(See October 5, 1990 issue of The Iron
Warrior for more details).
Discussion of the ban and solutions to
the problem continue on the uw.general
newsgroup, but the most significant step
made so far has been a resolution drafted
by the Federation of Students and ratified
by all the student societies. on campus. It
expresses regret at the cancellation of the
newsgroups, the lack of explanation, and
They will not, however, be
allowed to carry the aIt.sex
sub-hierarchy ...
lack of written policy governing such
matters. It also insists that that the
newsgroups be restored and that a policy
be drafted.
This step was taken after ( several
meetings with Dr. Johnny Wong,
Assistant Provost for Computing and
formation Services, failed to produce
any satis ac ory e s or so utJOns.
Since the banning of the alt! groups at
Waterloo, the University of Western
Ontario has drafted a policy governing
what -newsgroups will and will not be
carried and why. ("Western Drafts
Newsgroup Policy", Imprint, October 19,
1990).
Meanwhile, efforts of the Computer
Science Club to supply their members
with the alt. newsgroups got a big boost
when the Dean of Math granted them
permission to install a private phone line
so that home computer users with a
modem could dial in and read news.
They will not, however, be allowed to carry
the alt.sex sub-hierarchy. Up until this
point, getting permission for the phone
line was the only thing holding the CSC
up. The Dean of Math also plans to set
up a committee to control newsgroups at
Waterloo, probably as a result of the
UWO policy published in Imprint.
Federation of Students President John
Vellinga has been active in this issue
exchanging memos with Dr. Wong and
meetings. In a letter to Wong he states:
"The total commitment from all
students on campus should make
you realize that this issue goes
beyond a mere obscure [news
hierarchy]. It goes to the very heart
of the way decisions are made on
campus."
"I have been directed ... to take
this action [to the Senate] if the alt
newsgroups are not restored by the
November 19 meeting of the
Senate."
Australians are also having
their newsfeed censored ...
The Senate meeting is open to the UW
public. Vellinga will be holding a pre-
senate caucus in the Feds boardroom in
the CC at 5:30pm on November 19 to
discuss the matter with any interested
parties before the Senate convenes at
7:30 in Needles HaI13001. People who are
interested are strongly urged to attend
the meeting as a show of support. Pizza
and soft drinks will be served.
On the international front, John
McCarthy of Stanford University,
inventor of the LISP programming
language and prominent AI personality
has pledged his support to the
reinstatement of the alt groups at U. of
Waterloo. Support is also coming from
Scandinavian countries where an attempt
is being made to ban alt! from all of
Norway. Australians are also having their
newsfeed censored in accordance with
the Australian Telecommunications Act
which forbids unlawful information to
transmitted over phone lines.
This list includes some, but not all of the alt." newsgroups banned at Waterloo. One
should be proud that one attends a school which is reactionary enough to ban the
discussion of fishing from their computer networks.
Group Name
alt.activism
alt.atheism
alt.california
alt.censorship
alt.conspiracy
alt.cult-movies
alt.cyb-sys
alt.cyberpunk
alt.desert-shield
alt.dreams
alt.drugs
alt.emusic
alt.fishing
alt.folklore.computers
alt.folklore.urban
alt.fusion
alt.gourmand
alt.hackers
alt.hypertext
alt.msdos. programmer
alt.native
alt.pagan
alt .politics.homosexuality
al .recovery'
alt.rock-n-roll
alt.sewing
alt.sex
alt .skinheads
alt.sources
alt.surfing
alt.sys.sun
aluhrash
aluv.simpsons
Topic of discussion
Activities for activists.
People without religious holidays.
Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
Discussion about censorship on the net, specifically of alt
groups.
Be paranoid -- they're out to get you.
Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS).
Cybernetics and Systems.
High-tech low-life.
The Persian Gulf crisis.
What do they mean?
Recreational pharmaceuticals and related topics.
Ethnic, exotic, electronic, elaborate, etc. music.
Fishing as a hobby and sport.
Stories & anecdotes about computers (some true!).
Did you hear the one about ... ? As the name implies.
Discussion about cold fusion.
Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated).
Descriptions of projects currently under deveopment.
Discussion of hypertext - uses, transport, etc.
For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no for sale ads).
Discussion of native issues.
Discussions about paganism & religion.
As the name implies.
or people in recovery programs (e.g .. AA, A A, A).
Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs ....
Working with needle and thread.
Postings of a prurient nature.
The skinhead cultuTl'/anli- ulluTl'.
All rnative ourc(' code, unmod( rtlted. ,)Veat Emptor,
Great hobby.
T hnical discussion of Sun Mi T()sstt'm produ ts.
Skat board and thr. shlifc.
Don't have a cow, man!
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Iron Warrior
November 16,1990
ENTRIES FOR THE IW THINGY
These drawings
are the entries we
received for the IW
banner contest. It
was a rather informal
contest, so the
entrants are as
clueless of the
results.as you, gentle
reader. We'd like to
remind everyone of
the well-worn
(modified) adage
that..."It doesn't
matter if you win or
lose, it's if you
participated or not."
In this case it is
eminently
appropriate because
there truly were no
losers.... There was
also no winner, and
therefore the New
Kids on the Block
discography is not
being awarded.
Sincere thanks to the
six who made the
effort and submitted
a banner; however, we
could not find one
better than the lovely
bridge which
currently graces our
cover. Perhaps next
term ....
Scott Gill
IRON WARRIOR
__ ___
TH[ ENGINEERING SOClCTY'S STUDENT FORUM
Jim Czegeny
Dirk Zontar
Paul Macoun
f.,r-.

WARR'!OR

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Ian Gaudet
November 16,1990
Iron Warrior
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aSlft1 But- but f,v(t''(orte
l<ttPS U
perjont And &nd -
Ci sheet ove/' tt 0" tihd
ifj,5 O'Itr
2nd - {lMd ihc. sunman

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FOUR OF THESE PEOPLE WENT TO RESSA.
Figure out which four and you can feel real proud of yourself. RESSA is the Regional
Engineering Student Society Association, of which all the engineering schools in Ontario
and Quebec are members. There is a conference held every year at a different school.
This year it was at Laval and from the sounds of it, these people had a very good time.
Don't you wish you signed up to go to these things when you had the chance?
GREAT STUNT BY ABUCIV
The 2A Civ class managed to figure out which windows of the Dana to illuminate on
Oct. 29 (missed Halloween by a tad) in order to take these stupendous photos. They
deserve some applause ... Clap an ABUSIVer on a body part of their choice next time
you pass one.
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November 16,1990
y Pay More'?
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Offset Printing
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Photocopying
We serve at 7 per copy (FST included),
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available at no extra cost (available at the
locations listed below)
Self serve copying at 5 per copy (avail-
able in the libraries and various locations
on campus)
Venda card copiers are located in the
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Copy Centre Locations
a ~ a Porter Library - LIB 218, ext. 2956
Math Centre - MC 51 04A, ext. 2335
Engineering - E2 2353, ext. 2334
Arts Centre - HH 370, ext. 2336
Davis Centre Library - DC 1501 , ext. 3878
Plastic Ring Binding
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Our Linotronic 300 typesetter will typeset
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