Friday, June 27, 1997 The Newspaper of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society

Rugby Tourney a Success

BY STEPHEN GRESZCZYSZYN
and ADAM AHMED
Athletics Directors
Saturday May 31, 1997
Waterloo Collegiate Institute
T
he first Engineering Athletic
tournament of th7 year may have
been a first for UW Engineering.
About 80 new and experienced rugby
players showed up at Waterloo Collegiate
Institute before 9:00 am to partake in an
excellent exhibition of even-a-side rugby.
The interest shown by veteran rugby
players, and other athletes who were keen
on learning the game, prompted us to
organize a tournament this term.
Rugby is a peculiar game that is quite
unlike most common sport such as
occer, hockey or football. To most new
players, the flow of the game can look
rather chaotic and violent, with people all
pushing and shoving each other in an
attempt to move the ball up the field. This
is hardly the case - most people once they
learn the game, comment on not only the
level of fitne required to play, but the
teamwork and strategy involved. As for
the level of violence, it falls well short of
that demonstrated in hockey and American
football where the player exhibit an aura
of invincibility due to the heavy padding
and helmets being used. Rugby, played
with no equipment other than a shirt,
shorts and shoes, encourages controlled,
low tackles - not to maim the opponent but
to recover the ball. However, rugby's best
attribute is the opportunity for any player
on the field to score a "try" (touching the
ball down over the opponents goal line).
Normally, rugby i played with 15
GRUNT, SHOVE, PUSH - The serums were intense, despite the fact that most players were
playing competitive rugby for the first rime.
players a side, on a fuJI field with 40
minute running time halves. seven-a-side
rugby, played with, you guessed it - seven
players, is a derivative of the original
game, mastered by world class teams from
the islands in the South Pacific. In the past
World Cup of evens held in Hong Kong,
it was the Fijian Island triumphing over
South Africa (who had beaten powerhou e
New Zealand in the previous round).
Sevens rugby, although having the same
basic rules as l5-a-side, is almost a
completely different game. It i till
played on a fuJI-sized field, and although
each of the h l ~ are unly 7.5 minutes
long, it feels like eternity out there - Gust
ask Don Hawkins how he felt after
running the complete field to core a try -
apparently you can run faster without any
breakfast}.
Because of the number of new players
being introduced to the game (about half
of the participants had never played
before), it was suggested that we run a
clinic before the tournament. After
recruiting several willing experienced
rugby players to help out, the clinic took
(see "MallY Bruises", page 3)
Mini Baja 1997 - Roughriders
KELLY STINSON
and DONOVAN WATTS
28 Mechanical
T
he 1997 Mini-Baja team departed
from the traditional design and
developed a hydrostatic
tran mISSIon. This de ign was chosen
over the tandard CVT (Continuou Iy
Variable Transmi sion) for it implicity,
reliability, and originality. Many long
day were spent by Chris Mitchell and
Steve Peplin ki, along with several other
team members, modeling the entire car in
I-DEAS. The aluminum frame was
de igned around the hydraulic drive tIain
and carbon-fibre racing seat, hand built by
Kelly Stin on and Keith Glass. By
designing in this fa hion, the center of
gravity of the entire car wa sub tantially
lowered without sacrificing ground
clearance and improved the overall
performance of the car.
The frame pent several months on
the jig table as all the thin walled
aluminum tubing was precisely cut to
length and everything from cable stops to
suspension mounts were welded in place.
As the frame came closer to completion a
rule change imposed by the SAE forced
the team to replace several tube on the
roll cage with larger diameter and thicker
walled tube. Thi setback, among other
problems with equipment from the
previou car put the team far behind the
projected timeline. With these problems
taken care of the team had Wajax
hydraulic install the steel braided
hydraulic lines to connect the hydraulic
pump to the hydraulic motor, donated by
Eaton hydraulics. Finally in running
condition, the team ran into difficulties
with bleeding all of the air from the closed
hydraulic y tern, ince in typical
industrial applications clo ed hydraulic
systems are not used very often. After
everal improvisations the system was
bled of air and limited testing could be
performed. These tests revealed problems
with vibrations and binding in the control
systems. These problems were finally
rectified the night before the team left for
Marysville, Ohio.
The team consisting of Chris
Mitchell, Steve Peplinski, Donovan Watts,
Kelly Stinson, Roger, Rodney, and Hanif,
left for the TRC (Transportation Re earch
Center) near Columbus Ohio with the Baja
car barely in one piece and a van full of
tools on May 29, 1997. After a seven hour
drive and an hour hold up at the border the
team arrived in Ohio with just enough time
to complete some of the safety detail and
get a decent three hours sleep. The first
day of competition was restricted to safety
inspections, setting of the governors on the
eight horsepower Briggs&Stratton power
plant, and handling and safety. The
Waterloo team easily pa sed both tests and
actually received bonus points for extra
safety features. About half way through
(see "Mini Baja", page 2)
Volume 21 Issue 8
The TOOL
Turns Thirty
BY SARAH DAVIES
EngSoc President
and
The TOOL bearers
O
n July 1st, 1997 we will remember
the TOOL and the special day.
Thirty years ago, that the TOOL
was originally forged at the Ridge Tool
Company of Elyria, Ohio. The TOOL i
ixy inches long and weighs over a
hundred pounds. It was donated in 1968
to the President of the Univer ity of
Waterloo Engineering Society and ha
since been our offical mascot. The TOOL
is one of twelve such like it, although the
others, not being chromed, are used on
heavy duty off-shore oil derricks.
A committee of the bravest and most
loyal plummers in the land wa formed in
1969, and became known as The TOOL
bearer and were entrusted with the task of
being guardians and protector of the
mascot. The bearer would be adorned in
coveralls, facecoverings, gloves, and hard
hats to protect their identity.
In 1978. the Dominion Chain
Company donated the chains that we now
see around the TOOL in 1978. The e
chains keep the TOOL safe during it's
outings at engineering society events. In
1981 the TOOL wa stolen as described in
the Tale of the TOOL inside. Since its
return, the Waterloo Engineering Society
has not parted from its mascot.
As the 30th birthday of the TOOL
passes, take some time to honour your
rna cot by showing intere t in the tradition
of your ociety. Come see the TOOL on
display in CPH Foyer on July 2. We look
forward to seeing you.
In This Issue ...
What is the CFES? ............... 3
To The Point .................... 5
News .......................... 6
Midnight Sun Finishes Sixth ........ 7
UW Wins Propane Vehicle Challenge . 7
Why Do I Speak Bad? ............. 9
Engineering on the Socia) Scene ..... 9
Arts .......................... II
Engineering Society: Forty Years .... 12
The Tale of The TOOL. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Executive Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15
"Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools, to make tools." - Henri Bergson
2 News and Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27, 1997
Mini Baja Competition Results
(colltinuedfrom page 1)
the afety inspection, the Ohio skies
opened up and started to rain, and would
last for the rest of the competition, turning
all the remaining events into mud pits.
The second day's events consisted of
Static Judging, Tractor Pull, Hill Climb,
Maneuverability, Acceleration, Top Speed.
and Braking. This rainy day did not bring
good results for the Tractor Pull or the Hill
Climb for Waterloo. Maneuverability and
Acceleration brought moderate results, but
by far the highlight for the Waterloo team
was a fir t place in originality and an
eighth place in the design report. By the
third day, reserved for the four hour
endurance race, the rain had only gotten
worse and the steep endurance course had
several knee-deep mud holes. The
Waterloo car could not handle the extreme
conditions of the course and retired early.
leaving some of the learn members
(Donovan Watts and Kelly Stinson) to get
covered head to loe in mud as volunteers
for carnage control. Carnage control was
responsible for removing broken cars from
the track, as well as moving some of the
cars out of inevitable entanglements.
With the racing compl ete for the 1997
season the Waterloo team could finally
relax and attend the awards ceremonies to
receive recognition for their design
originality. By the end of the ceremonies
the rain had gotten the better of all the
drainage systems and the highways were
under several inches of water, not to
mention the two feet of water in the hotel
parking lot which came very close to
drowning several cars, including several
Baja cars!
Upon returning to Waterloo on
Monday, June 2, the Mini-Baja team was
still very wet and muddy. It was all the
team could do to unload before heading off
to get a well deserved rest. With the stress
of the competition lifted, the team could
reflect upon the performance of the car. It
was discovered that during the initial setup
one or both of the hydrauli c motors could
have had blown the seals on the case drain
(leakage flow) lines causing a significant
loss of efficiency. The elimination of this
problem, along with other improvements,
are planned for the 1998 car which will
utilize the same chassis and drive train. In
1998 the rough riders will be back to
represent Waterloo in the Mini-Baja
competition with a well tested and
flawless car.
The Iron Warrior:
A New Look for a New Paper
BY JEFF GOBATTO
Editor-in-Chiet
and
PIERRE M .. ;NARD
Assistant Editor
W
elcome to the new
Iron Warrior. The
changcll which have
been slowly coming in with
issues one and two havc culminated in
what is now in your hands.
The overall direction of this term was
to make the Iron Warrior a newspaper
again, and a professional one at thal. To
this end we have increased the page size
and resumed folding the paper in half, as
most newspapers are.
In addition to the physical
appearance, we have modified the banner.
The new banner. based on an idea from
Mike L' Ami in 4A Electrical. is more

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simple and focuse on the Iron Warrior 's
connection with EngSoc by including the
EngSoc logo. AI. 0, the predominant
characters are now " I" and "W" rather than
"W" and "R", as in the previous banner.
This new banner was designed with
Mike Hermann, who is the Editor-in-Chief
for EngSoc B. This ha been received well
in both societie, and so continuity
between the streams will exist.
Also on the front page. ome may
notice that the volume and is ue number
do not coincide with those of the previous
issue. This wa a matter of some concern
brought with the induction of the Iron
Warrior Magazine in January 1994. At
thi time the volume numbers were reset,
and were incremented every term. Thi is
not standard for any publication, as
volume number i generally an indication
of the number of years it has been in print.
Prior to the reset, the volume numbers
were done on a yearly ba is. The volume
number you see on the front page (twenty-
one) is what volume number we would be
at if the reset had never occurred. The
issue number (eight) is the is ue number
for the IW for this year, a EngSoc B
printed five papers, and prior to this we
had printed two.
Since the front page is what first
draws an individual to a newspaper, there
was a lot of thought on how to improve it.
Thus, we have ended the tradition of
naming the issue at the bottom of the front
page, and replaced this with a
quote relating to either the
content of the paper, or to
engineering in general. We
have al 0 modified the contents
di play.
We have also brought some
new ideas into the layout of the
interior. The bylines were
revised. as was the presentation
of the recurring articles such as the
Executive Reports, The Playful Plummer,
and The Village Idiot.
Some may ask why we chose issue
three to bring the e changes. July 1 marks
the fortieth anniversary of the University
of Waterloo, as well as UW Engineering
and our very own Engineering Society. In
addition to this, thirty years ago, our
mascot, The TOOL, was forged at the
Ridge Tool Company in Ohio. With all the
celebrating going on, we decided to add
the new Iron Warrior to the festivities.
There are a number of people who
deserve recognition for this new look for
the Iron Warrior: Sarah Davies, without
whose support we could not have passed
the new banner by EngSoc B; Doron
Solomon (President of EngSoc B) who
offered some excellent suggestions to
improve the banner; and finally Alan
Cannistraro, who incoporated all these
new changes without missing a step.
A paper is only as good as those who
write, take photos. and work for it. The
Iron Warrior i always looking for new
people to help out. Stop by the IW office
sometime, leave a note in our mailbox in
the EngSoc office, send an email to
iwarrior@wedge, or give us a call at
extention 2693. We would be happy to
hear from you.
,WARRIOR
The Newspaper of the University of
Waterloo Engilleering Society
Editor - in - Chief
Jeff Gobatto
Assistant Editor
Pierre Menard
Layout Editor
Alan Cannistraro
Photo Editor
Frederick Lai
Staff
Daryl Boyd
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Yada Jubandhu
John Matthiesen
Sarrnad Musa
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Proof Readers
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Contributors
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Dan Kim
Mike L' Ami
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Lucy Pegoraro
Dennis Pozega
Nina Sodhi
Kelly Stinson
Jenni Tee
Lynn Walker
Donovan Watts
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Many Bruises and One Separated Shoulder
(continued from page 1)
place on Thursday May 22 on the illage
Green. About 60 players howed up
repre enting eight teams. The teams were
divided into four equal group and four
stations were set up to teach the ba ic of
the game: tackling and ball handling;
rucking and mauling; scrumming; and
line-outs and kickoffs. With the clinic
complete, it was up to the captains to work
with their squads in the week leading up to
the tournament. Many thanks again to the
people who helped to run the clinic.
Game day was a great, great day for
rugby. The skies were overcast with a
slight breeze, the ground was oft from the
previou two day of rain, all eight team
howed up (made cheduling a charm!).
but unfortunately there were no refs to be
found! Once the referee were dragged
out of bed (thank again to Don Forbe and
Steve Goodachre for their excellent work
10 refereeing all 20 game !), the
tournament got under way. The eight
team were I B Electrical, I B Chemical,
IB Sy tern , 2B Civil, 2B Computer, 3A
Chemical, 4A Chemical, and 4A
Electrical. The teams were divided into
two pools, with all team playing a three-
game round robin before lunch. For many
of the players, this wa their first time in a
real game situation where the pace was
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quicker and the tackling \Va for real. A.
the number of people in aftendance grew.
the cheeling and jeering of the pcctator.
gave upport to the player' driving
to\ ard the opp siti n's goal line. V e
were pe onall impres ed b the ball
handling kill. nnd afe tackling
demon trated by all of the team ..
At the end of the round robin. the
team were ranked from one to ight ba cd
on the number of win', tie , 10 es and
!rie, scored. Heading into the elimination
part of the tournament, it wa. 1 B Sy terns
in I st place followed by 2B Civi 1, I B
Chemical, 4A Electrical, 4A Chemical. 2B
Computer, 3A Chemical, and IB
Electrical.
After lunch, the
playoffs featured
orne exciting and
entertai ning rugby.
Despite the fact that
each of the team
had already played
three game that
morning, the pace,
the tackling, and the
skills had all
improved several
notche . 11 wa also
encouraging to hear
first-time players
sitting the idel ines
and getting involved
wi th the game by
applauding brilliant
plays or yelling
suggestions a.
players were being
challenged.
The semi-finals
aw 4A Electrical
facing I B Systems
and 2B Civil facing
off again. t IB Chemical. I B Syslems
fi nished the round robin in fir I place
featuring the strong running abili ty of the
gentleman with the shaved head and the
football . hirt (.OITY, we never got your
name). 2B Ci il had a very strong, well
rounded team led by Matt Hiscock. I B
Chemical, captained by Steve Hungate,
had some aUlhentic down-under rugby
. kill, brought 10 hi team in the form of
hane Smith, an international Math PhD
student from New Zealand. The 4A
Electrical learn, A&B, got tronger a. the
lournament progre sed featuring rugged
tackling by Ian Stoke -Rees, Chad Bayne
and Bedimi Temidire, and uper speed
hown by Don "White-Lightning-Former-
Var ity-Curler" Hawkin .
Both semi-fi nal games were quick,
gri nding, and desperately played de pile
the obvious fatigue felt by the players. 2B
Civil defeated IB Chemkal, and 1 B
Systems prevailed over 4A Electrical to
earn the chance to play for the
championship. Injuries and tiredness
finally overcame two of the leams, and the
final rankings were determined without a
Champion hip or Consolation game.
There was one la t game played for fun
between the I B Systems team and a
stacked 2B Civil team, thaI included the
participation of Steve Goodacre, a referee,
demonstrating some fancy ball handling.
The ran kings were;
1st place - IB Systems
2nd place - 2B Civil
3rd pJace - 4A Electrical
Once again, thanks to everyone who
came out to the tournament and made it a
great success. We hope that rugby
becomes a traditional event in Waterloo
Engineering Athletics and thal people
learned about the game and enjoyed the
day as much as we did.
What is the CFES?
NINA SODHI
VPExternal
and
LUCY PEGORARO
University or Toronto (CFES I'resldent)
T
he Canadian Federation of
Engineering Students (CFES) is un
umbrella organization for over 40
undergraduate engineering socicties
across Canada, representing morc than
40,000 student s. The primary goals of the
Federation are to facilitate the exchange of
ideas and activitie at a national level, and
to ensure the moral, intellectual,
economic, and academic well-being of
engineering students across Canada. The
Federation also represents its members to
various professional organizations in the
engineering community, uch as the CCPE
(Council of Canadian Professional
Engineers) , NCDEAS (National
Committee of Deans of Engineering and
Applied Sciences), and the ACEC
(Association of Consulting Engineers of
Canada). They al 0 have strong ties with
the YES Camps Organization (Youth in
Engineering and Science Camps), which is
responsible for promoting Science and
Engineering to high school students across
the country (similar to our ESQ,
Engineering Science Quest).
In order to meet its goals, the
Federation maintains strong ties with
engineering students by (i) organizing the
Congress of Canadian Engineering
Students (CCES), where engineering
st udent s from across thl.: couIl1ry unit to
discuss relevant issues and ideas in
workshops and seminars h'ld at thi s
conference, (ii) organi7.ing 111 ' Canlldian
Engineering Competition (CE ), where
engineering students exhibit 1hcir skill s in
a variety of competitions and debates, and
(iii) distribute Project Magazine, the
national magazine for anadian
engineering sludents (avail<tble in the
Orifice).
This year wi ll be an exciting year for
the Federation and thus engi neering
students across the country. A meeting
was held at CCES 97 in Sherbrooke,
Quebec, where student leaders discussed
what students want to learn from an
engineering program, and what skills
should be taught in an engineering
program to succeed and prosper in the
workforce. These comments are currently
being put into a document. and will be
presented to the CCPE, who are
responsible for the accreditation of
Canadian engineering programs. There
are several committed people working on
the CFES executive this year to ensure that
this document is exceptional, and that the
goals the CFES members have set for the
Federations are achieved.
For more information on the CFES,
visit their web page at www.cfes.ca. The
executive is also accessible via e-mail.at
c.fesexec@listserv.unb.ca. Applications
for CCES 98 are available in the Orifice,
and are due by July 11.
4 News & Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27, 1997
Veggie Friendly Restaurant Review
W
hen 1 first
became
vegetarian,
one of my biggest
fears was that I would
have great di fficulty
eating in restaurants. I
was pleased to
discover that except
for a small minority,
most restaurants have a good selection of
vegetarian items on their menu.
r can think of only a couple of times in
the past four years when all I could order
was a tomato sandwich, and this was
usually at a steakhouse or traditional pub.
Kitchener-Waterloo is lucky to have many
excellent restaurants, most of which are
vegetarian and vegan friendly.
The purpose of this article is to give
you a quick introduction to some of these
places. Whether you're a non-vegetarian
looking to try something new, or a
vegetarian/vegan looking for somewhere
safe to eat, these reviews will give you a
start on expanding your culinary horizons.
Jane Bond, Across from the Princess
Cinema in Uptown Waterloo
Although not advertised as such, the
entire Jane Bond menu is vegetarian or
vegan. Everything is super-tasty and the
service is always great. Although the
menu is small, I have never had trouble
choosing. Items include: rice and bean
burrito with nachos, veggie burger (my
vegan friend swears it's the best he's ever
had), club sandwich (special cream
cheese, sprouts, etc.), and a different soup
and pasta dish every day.
Marbles, Uptown Waterloo, at the corner
of King and William
Marbles has amazing salads (their
whole earth salad rocks my world with
spinach, walnuts, raisins and apple pieces),
and an extensive menu considering the
size of the restaurant. Vegetarians/vegans
can choose from a vcggie burger, samosas
with tamarind sauce, babaganoush with
pita, and a couple of pastas. Their daily
specials usually include a vegetarian soup
and a vegetarian entree. r think this may
be one of the better kept secrets of Uptown
Waterloo (not anymore!).
The Crazy
Carrot
by Lynn Walker
Raintree, In the
same
Phil's
plaza as
Although
mainly regarded as
a coffee shop,
Raintree also has a
small menu. This
is a friendly,
relaxing place to
VISIt. Although their menu doesn't have
vegan items, they are happy to turn
vegetarian dishes into vegan ones by
omitting the cheese, etc. Some of the
vegetarian choices are a grilled veggie
wrap, pasta primavera with cream sauce,
hummus with pita, and a grilled veggie
salad. Raintree also has excellent
soyaccino, which is like cappuccino but
with soy milk and proven to be addictive.
McGinnis Front Row, University Plaza
McGinnis recently had a major menu
overhaul, so I haven't actually tried any of
the items on the menu. A couple of years
ago, they had an amazing teriyaki veggie
burger with grilled pineapple. All I can
say is, "please
Mel's diner is the classic place to go
for breakfast after a long night of partying.
If you're vegan, your best bet is tbe veggie
burger. Vegetarians can get the breakfast
special without the meat, a veggie pita, or
a grilled cheese sandwich. Mel's
sometimes has vegetarian lasagna as a
special, and recently introduced a double
veggie burger, which is like the normal
veggie burger but with two patties.
Curry in a Hurry, University Plaza
This place will appease all your curry
cravings. Curry in a Hurry offers a wide
variety of items for non-vegetarians,
vegeterians, and vegans. Some of the
vegetarians items include curried potatoes
and peas, samosas, and Mulligatawny
soup (lentils and other vegetables). They
also welcome take-out which is handy for
those quick study breaks.
Olympic Gyros
University Plaza
All I have to
Falafel's!! ! Aside
fare such as gyros
and Submarines,
say here is: great
from non-vegetarian
and kabos, Olympic
also has a veggie
bring it back!!!"
Their new menu,
however, has many
vegetarian choices
such as: a torti lIa
wrapped around stir
"These reviews will give you
a start on expanding your
culinary horizons"
burger, subs,
vegetarian pitas
and Greek salad.
This is a quick,
inexpensive and
fried vegetables, Mediterranean pasta,
baked manicotti , choose-your-own-
lopping pizza, and a Manchurian vegetable
stir fry. Personally 1'm impressed with the
new menu ~ n d I'm looking forward to
trying it.
East Side Mario's, UniversitY Plaza
East Side's ha all orts of great pasta
choices for vegetarians, but vegans will
find it tougher to find something to cat
since almost everything has cheese in it.
The spaghetti is the only vegan entree. For
vegetarians, the baked capeletti is good, as
is the pasta primavera. My per onal
favorite at East Side's is the eggplant
parmesan, which is now only available as
an appetizer (so [ order it with a ide alad
and call that dinner).
friendly place that
veggie and non-veggie heads will enjoy.
Grand China Restaurant, University
Plaza
The food here is good, fast and
inexpensive, with a number of vegetarian
choices, such as Szechuan Eggplant and
Stir Fried Tofu and Vegetables. In fact,
every time I visit this restaurant I am
amazed at the number of items on their
menu, vegeterian and non-vegetarian.
Grand China gets especially busy around
lunch time due to their lunch specials,
which include a main entree, hot and sour
soup and Chinese tea. They are usually
under $6.
AI Madina's Egyptian Restaurant,
Hidden behind HMV
This a vegetarian and vegan friendly
Mel's Diner, Behind Loose Change restaurant. Again, lots of good choices
Louie's here. My favorite is the eggplant dish, and
the hummus and pita will leave you
craving more for a long time. The
vegetarian appetizer sampler platter is
great for a group of people. Although I
haven't tried it yet, their AU You Can Eat
Vegetarian Buffet is apparently excellent.
This should give you a good start on
some restaurants to tryout. Most
restaurants are quite cooperati ve if you tell
them you're vegetarian and have a special
request. Don't be afraid to ask questions if
you're not sure. For non-vegetarians
readers: try something different for a
change! I think you'll be pleasantly
surprised at the choices out there.
Don't let all this talk about eating out
slow you down in the kitchen. This issue's
recipe is for Quick Tomato-Artichoke
Pasta. This is something I came up with
one time while contemplating the canned
goods in my cupboard. As the name
implies, this is a quick recipe, plus it's
filling, and tastes pretty good too!
Quick Tomato-Artichoke Pasta
1 medium cooking onion
3 cloves of garlic
I small jar of marinated artichokes (see
Note below)
I can of diced tomatoes (28 fl oz)
basil
oregano
black pepper
Peel and chop the onion, and mince
the garlic. Fry these in a deep frying pan
with a little vegetable oil. Meanwhile,
remove the artichokes from the oil, and
chop coarsely. Add the artichokes to the
onions and garlic, and allow this mixture
to cook for one to two minutes . Add the
can of tomatoes, and basil, oregano and
black pepper to taste (i.e. lots!!! !) . Let the
auce simmer for about five to ten
minutes, or until it reaches the desired
consistency. Serve on almost any type of
pasta.
Note: Marinated artichokes are found
in the canned vegetable section of the
grocery store. Basically they're artichoke
hearts marinated in oil and Italian spices.
If you don't like the idea of oil-packed
vegetables, canned artichokes (in water)
can be substituted, but in my opinion they
are not as flavorful.
Plummer Heads to Summerfest I
A
s the week of
e x a m s
continue for
some, the time that
people have for social
lives is mall. The
last three weeks have
been riddled with late
nights, large doses of
caffeine, and attempts
to learn through osmosis. The only real
event to take place during this time was the
Fed Hall SummerFest I.
Week 5: The Lull Before the Storm
A rugby tournament was organized by
the athletics directors on Saturday, May
31. Apparently there was a winner
declared, and there were a few injuries.
However, I was not there to see them
myself, since I was too busy working on
the Iron Warrior.
Afterwards, everyone got together,
and nothing
The Playful
happened.
Plummer
Week 6: The
Attempt to Learn
by a i ~ 1iampo
the Courses
Most IB
cIa es ended their
exams at the end of
the week and got
together to celebrate. Some organjzed
class parties while others celebrated with
other department.
SummerFest I:
Friday:
The Federation of Students (FEDS)
held the first SummerFest of the ummer.
This event takes place in Fed Hall and its
surrounding area. The evening started
slow but on a good note with a live steel
drum band outside on the patio and good
music on the speakers in ide. In addition
to the good music, the good weather, and
the good drinks, there was an American
Gladiator's event on the sand out ide. By
10 pm the party was in full swing and the
line ups for the Gladiator event as well as
the bar were lengthy. This party was
mo tly a celebration of summer. The time
where you can go out and relax without
too many worrie. Many of the party
goers were dressed up for the occasion
wearing fuJI regalia: Hawaiian shirts;
Bermuda short ; and straw hats.
Saturday:
The second night of SummerFest I
was even more packed then the first. It
seems that all of UW was there to put
away the weekend and bask in the feeling
of summer. Lines for those without tickets
were around the building.
Week 7: Three Hours of Sleep; Six Cup
of Coffee; Twelve Chapters to Go
Exams continue to plague
Engineering. Exams are starting to wind
down and more weeks of social events are
scheduled. Everyone needs a break from
work so take a look at the calender and see
what's coming up.
Upcoming Events:
July 1: Canada Day (U of W's 40th
Birthday and The TOOL's
30th)
July 4: Semi-Formal
July 5: MudBowl
July 9: EngSoc Meeting Five
July 10: Tal Eng
July 11-13: Rafting Trip
July 17: Brunny Trip
July 18: EJora Gorge Trip
July 19: Three Pitch Softball
July 23: EngSoc Pot Luck
July 25: EOT, TSN Movie
The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27, 1997 News & Information 5
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-Hot Buttons
IBM to shutter virtual mall
IBM will remove it virtual mall,
World Avenue www.worldavenue.com.
from the Web on July 9, just one year after
its inception. Participating merchants say
IBM failed to deliver interesting content
and did not adequately advertise the site.
Revenues for the site were regularly low.
World Avenue's demise raises
questions about the viability of Internet
malls. Traditional malls provide a single
site where shoppers can visit many stores.
Smaller stores thrive on "overflow" traffic
from large department stores.
On the Internet, however, distance is
irrelevant. Shoppers can visit any site
simply by clicking a mouse.
Consequently, say some analysts, the
Internet retail trend is moving toward
independent sites that target distinct
market segments. IBM plans to use the
electronic commerce technologies from
World Avenue to develop commercial sites
for clients.
Based on "IBM's Electronic Mall to Close
Up Shop," by Thomas Weber, The Wall
Street Journal, 10 June 1997, p. BI; and
"IBM to refocus its approach to websites,"
by Loiuse Kehoe, Financial Times
(UK),l1 June 1997, p. 20.
Microsoft, Netscape form Internet
privacy alliance
Microsoft and Netscape
Communications agreed to a privacy
standard to protect consumer privacy on
the World Wide Web. The move comes as
public concerns grow about on-line
privacy. Such concerns could slow the
growth of electronic commerce and
possibly lead to government regulation.
The privacy software, dubbed the
Open Profiling Standard (OPS), allows
users to designate whether personal
information is to be disclosed to a
particular Web site and how that
information can be used. The OPS will
become part of the World Wide Web
Consortium's Platform for Privacy
Preferences (P3), which determines the
common language that Web site operators
utilize to communicate with PC users.
The software, fist proposed by
Netscape, would create electronic forms
called profiles that reside on a user's hard
drive and automatically exchange
information with Web sites according to
preferences set by the user. With profiles,
a user can choose not to reveal personal
information at all, to reveal some
information, or to provide detailed
information about habits and tastes. This
information could then be sold, with a
user's consent, to on-line marketers or
other interested parties.
Based on "Rare alliance on privacy
for software," by Steve Lohr, The New
York Times, 12 June 1997, p. CI; and
"Rivals Microsoft and Netscape team up to
protect consumer privacy on the Web," by
Don Clark, The Wall Street Journal, 12
June 1997, p. BS.
Microsoft invests $1 billion in Comcast
Microsoft announced it will spend $1
billion for an 11.5 percent stake in
Comcast, the fourth-largest cable
television company in the US. Comcast
will use the cash infusion to accelerate its
deployment of high-speed, two-way
broadband digital networks for delivering
A COMPILATION OF INFORMATION TeCHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS
Internet, video, data, and other interactive
multimedia to the home.
Micro oft Chairman Bill Gate ha
repeatedly expres ed frustration with the
low pace of cable and telephone
companies in upgrading their system to
handle high-speed digital transmis ion .
Microsoft believe that broadband
networks are essential for the convergence
of personal computing, televi ion, and the
Internet. The company believes its
investment will motivate others to spend
more heavily on broadband networks.
The Comcast investment is the latest
move in Microsoft's plan to expand
beyond its core software business and
become a media company, handling
programming, content, technology, and
distribution. Last year, Microsoft formed
a joint venture with television network
NBC. MSNBC, as the venture is known,
distributes news via cable television and
the Internet. Microsoft has also signed a
deal with movie studio Dreamworks SKG
to develop interactive games.
The deal also gives Microsoft access
to Comcast's 4.3 million subscribers and
will let the company intensify its attempts
to influence the evolution of digital TV.
Earlier this year, Microsoft agreed to
acquire WebTV Networks, which offers
consumers Internet access from their TV
sets, for $425 million. By combining
WebTV technology with interactive
multimedia and conventional TV
programming, Microsoft would gain a
substantial advantage in setting the
industry standard for digital TV.
Based on "Microsoft take $1 billion
take in cable," by Loui e Kehoe,
Financial Times (UK), 10 June 1997, p. I;
"A changing cast of media players," by
Mark Landler, The New York Times, 10
June 1997, p. Cl; "The Next Act for
Microsoft," by Steve Lohr, The New York
TImes, 10 June 1997, p. CI; "Microsoft
may put $1 billion into Comca t," by Mark
Robichaux and Don Clark, The Wall Street
Journal, 9 June 1997, p. A3; and
"Microsoft casts a wider communication
net," by David Bank, The Wall Street
Journal, JO June 1997, p. B6.
-New Age Architectures
Intel to cut Pentium prices
Intel is expected to announce larger-
than-expected price cuts in the third
quarter for some of its older Pentium
microprocessors. Prices are expected to
drop 36 percent for 200 MHz MMX
Pentium chips and as much as 52 percent
for older Pentium chips. The move
follows ex.tensive first-quarter price cuts
by Intel.
The company believes its pricing
strategy will accelerate a market shift to its
new MMX Pentium chips and prevent a
loss of market share to new chips
introduced by Advanced Micro Devices
and Cyrix, which are priced between 25
percent and 50 percent lower than
comparable Intel chips. Intel's second-
quarter revenues are projected to fall as
much as 10 percent from the first quarter
as a result of weak sales in Europe, a poor
product mix, and a falloff in demand for
older chips.
Based on "Intel expected to slash chip
prices even deeper as demand weakens,"
by Dean Takahashi, The Wall Street
Journal, 13 June 1997, p. B5.
-Universal Network
Ascend Communications unveil dats,
voice service
Ascend Communication unveiled
new te hnology that trail, miL data. voice,
and fax over single-pair copper wire at 128
Kbp . Company official ay the so-called
ISDN Digital Sub criber Line (lDSL)
technology will provide opportunitie for
independent phone companie and Internet
service provider (lSP) to offer
inexpensive voice and data ervice.
Previously, phone companie required two
pair of copper wire-one for voice and the
other for IDSL service-between customers
and service providers. Analy. t say more
vendors are expected to add voice
capabilities to their sy tern in order to
better compete with Ascend.
Based on "Ascend's ISDL carrie
data, voice," by Jackie Poole and Stephen
Lawson, IllfoWorld, 9 June 1997, p. 19.
Rapid growth ahead for Internet
financial service transactions
The number of financial service
companies that use the Internet to conduct
and process transactions will grow rapidly
over the next few years, according to a
survey by Ernst & Young. Around 13
percent of the 130 financial services
companies surveyed in 17 countries said
they currently use the Internet for business
transactions. Some 60 percent of global
respondents and 87 p rcent 0 U
respondents plan to adopt Internet
transactions by 1999. Six percent do not
plan to introduce Tnternet transaction
services at all.
Security concerns r'main the biggest
barrier to growth, according to the survey.
However, many of the companies that will
offer Internet tran action processing
believe this issue will be resolved by
year's end as new encryption technology is
introduced.
Other survey findings include the
following:
Globally, financial services
companies' information technology (IT)
budgets grew between four percent and six
percent from 1995 to J 996.
Some 36 percent of respondents said
that primary areas of IT investment will be
in PC banking and Internet services.
Technology is breaking down the
barrier between traditional banking
services and retail financial services.
Smart card technology use is most
widespread in Europe, where 78 percent of
respondents utilize it, compared to 44
percent in the US.
Based on "Internet use by financial
services groups set to soar," by Tracy
Corrigan and John Authers, Financial
Times (UK), 6 June J 997, p. 18.
-Worldwide Marketplace
Lotus ships SmartSuite upgrade
Lotus Development is shipping
SmartSuite 4.5, an upgraded version of the
16-bit applications suite for Windows 3.1.
Lotus hopes to attract users who want
enhanced features and functionality but
have not yet upgraded to Windows 95 or
NT. Market researcher Dataquest
estimates that over SO percent of all
desktops in big enterprises currently run
Windows 3.1.
SmartSuite's WordPro word processor
now allows users to access, share, and
pubh h nt nt on the Internet. WordPro
also comes with over 30 professionally
designed Web page template and an
authoring tool to help user create their
own Web sites. The SmartSuite upgrade
also include ' spreadsheet, pre entation
graphic , databa e, personal information
management , and multimedia
application .
Ba, ed on "Lotus goes retro wi th
upgrade of 16-bit SmartSuite," by Lisa
Picarille, Compurenvorld, 9 June ] 997, p.
45.
Handheld comput.ers gain acceptance
Handheld computers and personal
digital assistants, or PDAs, are gaining
acceptance in the marketplace. Sales of
handheld computing devices are projected
to jump from 908,000 in 1995 to 2.5
million in 1998, according to a study by
World Market Strategies. International
Data Corp. finds that the health care,
transportation, utilities, manufacturing,
and sales industries are primarily
responsible for driving acceptance of the
devices. Health care workers, for
example, said handheld computing allows
them to keep better track of patient records
than paper-based system. Analysts
believe handheld computing will continue
to gain customers in new industries as its
cost and efficiency benefits become more
widely understood.
n "th take to
handhelds," by Mindy Blodgett,
Compute/world, 9 June 1997, p. 39.
-Intellectual Property
Music industry to copyrighll'
from digitlll pinllcs
Th' mllsi ' industry announccO it will
adopt a thal compani s to
identify copyrights and protect
'opyrightcd Illaterial from digital pirates.
The move is part of u campaign by the
lntcrnationul Federation of the
Phonographic Industry (IrPl) to respond
to new technologies that are facilitating the
distribution of music on the Internet and
high-speed cable television networks.
The system uses so-called "embedded
signaling" technology to encode the
analog part of a musical signal with a mark
that identifies the owner of a copyright. If
the music is broadcast as a digital signal or
in analog form over any medium, the mark
can be detected to indicate which company
should receive the royalties for the
transmis ion.
The embedded signaling system is the
first of several projects commissioned by
the IFPI to support its copyright protection
effort. Other technical projects include an
encryption system that would enable
companies to restrict access to digital
music signals, and a digital interface for
the electronic transfer of music between
companies.
Based on "Music Industry Jaunche
hi-tech move to curb piracy," by Alice
Rawsthorn, Financial Times (UK), JO
June 1997, p. 20.
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National and International News
National News
T
he Liberal s won the elections on
June 2, and retained a majority
government by a small margin. The
Con ervatives swept the Maritimes. The
Bloc took 44 of the 75 seats in Quebec.
Ontario voted almost completely Liberal
(99 of 103 seats). Reform won most of the
seats out west. They are also the official
opposition. This election had the lowest
voter turn-out in 72 years (66.7% of
registered voters).
Prime Minister Jean Chretien has
replaced Sheila Copps with Herbert Gray
as deputy Prime Minister.
Canada claimed first place for the
fourth year in a row in the UN
Development Program's human-
development index.
West coast salmon fisheries will be
forced to drastically reduce their salmon
quota unless Americans agree to share
quota reduction in order to preserve
salmon stocks. So far, the American
negotiators have been uncooperative.
Canada has stopped all Americans ships
entering Canadian waters to fish and say
they will continue this action until salmon
disputes are resolved. Salmon fishing
season starts at the end of June, when
about 500 American ships are expected to
enter Canadian waters. US negotiators
charge that Canada walked away from the
talks on May 20 to avoid admitting to
having made major concessions during an
election campaign. Salmon quota talks
were set to resume the week of June 21.
Ontario has introduced a tougher road
safety bill that will increase fines for
companies operating unsafe trucks and
strip people of their driver's license for life
if they have been convicted three times of
driving while impaired.
On June 3, the Ontario government
passed legislation that effectively suspends
municipal and school board employees
from striking during the government 's
restructuring.
Ontario Hydro has mounted a
campaign to convince the Ontario
government not to spilt the crown
corporation in two: one corporation for
power transmission and one for power
generation.
The Ontario government has revealed
Liz Jones
that it intends to include single parents in began having sexual relations, they came
its work-for-welfare reform. The to an agreement that he'd simply
government could also make direct impregnate her and have no visitation
payments to landlords and utilities if it rights but would pay child support.
decides that a welfare recipient is Nunavit voted against a gender-equal
unsuccessful in managing his or her legislature which would force an equal
financial affairs. number of men and women to hold seats in
Toronto police have been cracking the parliament. There was however a very
down on "squeegee kids" by handing out low turn-out (39%).
$105 fines under a law prohibiting the sale Donovan Bailey defeated Michael
of goods and services on roadways. Johnson in a 150m sprint on June I,
Metro Toronto Council voted on June proving that he is the fastest man in the
4 to have all welfare recipients world. Johnson appeared to have
fingerprinted in order to avoid welfare sustained an injury after Bailey had pulled
fraud. The system ---------------- far into the lead in
should be in place by "Donovan Bailey ... is the the race. Many
the end of next year. fiastest man in the world" suggested, including
Confederation Bailey himself, that
bridge, which links
_______________ the injury was faked
New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island,
was opened on May 31. The bridge is the
longest continuous span bridge built over
salt water. It is 13 kilometers long and
took four years and a billion dollars to
build.
Evidence has come forward that
police influenced witnesses in the 1992
trial of Guy Paul Morin, who was
convicted of killing Christine Jessop, to
falsify their testimony to ensure a
conviction.
In Halifax, police are investigating
eight cases of sudden and unexpected
death in the intensive care unit of Queen
Elizabeth II Health Science Center. Police
have named Dr. Nancy Morrison as the
main suspect.
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal
upheld a decision to allow a son to sue his
mother for a car accident that occurred
when he was 27 weeks pregnant. The
child has cerebral palsy.
The Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled
that a 13 year old girl was "sophisticated"
enough to have willing sex with the father
of the chi ld she baby-sat. It is illegal for an
adult to have sex with anyone under 14,
regardless of consent. In this case, the
judge ruled that the man should not go to
jail.
Calgary lost its bid against Nagoya
Japan to hold the 2005 World Exposition.
King Tak Lee has won hi court case
to see his son. The mother, Caroline
Johnson Steeves, debated that he was just
a sperm donor. She said that before they
in order to avoid humiliation. Johnson had
previously guaranteed victory in an
interview.
John Papalia was shot in the head at
close range on May 31. He was one of
Canada's biggest mobsters and was known
as Johnny Pops.
International News
T
imothy McVeigh was convicted on
June 2 of the Oklahoma City
bombing which occurred on April
19, 1995 and killed 168 people. On June
13, he was sentenced to death.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin, at a
meeting on May 27 with NATO leaders,
pledged to remove all warheads from
Russian missiles aimed at NATO
countries. YeItsin also signed a treaty on
May 31 that recognizes the Ukraine's full
independence. This treaty has been
delayed for five years because of various
disagreements that have arisen over the
independence.
The Socialist Party, led by Lionel
Jospin, won the elections in France on
June I.
The elections in Ireland, held on June
9, were won by Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fail
Party. The IRA's political arm, Sinn Fein,
won one seat. It is their first parliamentary
seat since the 1920s.
In Australia, the Human Rights and
Equal Opportunity Commission ruled that
the removal of aboriginal children from
their parents which occurred between
1910 and 1970 wa genocide. The children
were put in foster homes and childrens'
missions. They were trained to be servant
and farm workers in a direct attempt to
destroy aboriginal culture and create cheap
labor. The commission ruled that the
government should apologize and pay
compensation to the families. The
government has refused.
Israeli cabinet has changed its plans
for West Bank settlement. They now agree
to hand over 40% of the West Bank to
Palestinian control. The Palestinians
demand 90% of the West Bank.
In the Republic of Congo, President
Laurent Kabila has put a temporary ban on
all political activity. He promises that
presidential and legislative election will
occur before April 1999. South African
President Nelson Mandela has backed
Kabila and believes the measure will be
temporary.
Paramilitary troops and anti-riot
police descended on a democracy rally in
Nairobi, Kenya on May 30. They started
beating opposition legislators, journalists
and bystanders. A riot ensued that lasted
until the evening.
The African country of Sierra Leone
has been under the power of military coup
leaders since May 25. This is the third
coup in Sierra Leone in the past five years.
Nigeria has started an attack on Sierra
Leone to oust the military leaders and
hopefully reinstate the elected president.
The 53 nations of the Organization of
African Unity met in Zimbabwe on June 3
and approved Nigeria's action.
Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi,
Namibia and South Africa seek to reopen
international ivory trade. They claim that
elephants are not only thriving, but
overwhelming local flora and fauna. The
proposal has met a lot of opposition from
other countries.
Indonesian President Suharto won the
May 29 election. Suharto, who has been in
power for 31 years, controlled what other
political parties could say during the
election, which led to many riots.
Opposition forces have warned that further
violence could arise from official cheating
on the vote count.
A UN tearn has reported that North
Korea is on the brink of famine. They
have urged richer countries to help.
The Sandford Fleming Foundation Watertoo Campus Activities
CPH4306
________________________________________ _______________ .1
Technical Speaker Competition
The Technical Speaker Competition was held on June 5 with finalists from four departments.
Congratulations to:
Lynn Walker, Chemical Engineering
1996 Sulphur Balance and Emissions Report
(on a less serious note, Lynn won her award on her Birthday and her mother was in the audience!)
Many Happy Retums, Lynn
Other Participants were:
lisa van Boven, Electrial Engineering Deitra Sawh, Systems Design
Electrical Heat Tracing Current Systems Inventory
Bruno Bratti, Computer Engineering
Intellectual Property and Ie Design
Funding for this award comes from yqur student contributions and depends on It for continuation.
An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education.
The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27, 1997 News & Information 7
Midnight Sun Car Finishes Sixth
After Day One of Sunrayce
NEWS BUREAU
University of Waterloo
T
he University of Waterloo's
Midnight Sun solar-powered car
fini shed sixth aft er Day one of the
to-day Sunrayce 97, wi th first pot goi ng
to the defending champi on Ma sachusen
Institute of Technology.
In econd place came a car from
Stanford UniversitylUC Berkeley. Thi rd
and fourth spots were taken by George
Washington University and California
St ate Uni versity Los Angeles,
re pectively. The University of Western
Ontario was fifth.
Day 1 covered 65 mil e from
Indianapoli s, Ind. , to Terre Haute, Ind ..
with the race tarting thi morning at the
Indianapoli Motor Speedway. The race
will end Saturday, June 2 , followi ng a
route from Indianapolis to Colorado
Spri ng, Colo. - a di lance of 1.230 mile
(1,980 kilometre ).
To qualify for the competition. the 36
cars from acros orth America pas ed a
battery of electrical, mechanical and
handling/performance te IS, meeting
stringent safety, operational and
manoeuvrability requirement.
Midni ght Sun 4, UW's large t student
project, wa developed and built by a core
team of 15 tudent s drawn from
engineering, science and mathemati cs,
plu about 100 volunteers.
Qualifying nmes for Sunrayau '97
Position Team
I George Washington Unj,'ersity
2 California State Universi ty - Los Angeles
3 Massachusetts In titute of Technology (Mil)
4 Uni versit y of Waterloo
5 Uni versity of Western Ontario
6 University of Mi ssouri - Rolla
7 Auburn University
8 Western Michigan University
9 Columbus State Community College
J 0 University of Minnesota
Sun royce ' 97 Results - Day Ont: June 19, 1997
Positi on Team
I Massachuscns institute of Technology
2 Stanford UniversilylUC - Berkeley
3 George Washington University
4 California Slale Universily - Los Angeles
5 Uni versity of Western Ontario
6 UI .. VtNty (If
7 Te R' A&M UnlVCI"oIt
8 Ro"C illliman In'lItllte l\f
9 UIII\cl"olly of 11111 \(\"
10 We'tern Michll!un lImy"r. 'I)
Quali fying
276.86
273.60
237.62
228. 90
198.38
f60.20
150.42
148.24
146.06
132.98
plrolo II)': Daryl Boyd
Average Speed (mph)
40.60
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40.29
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Elapsed Time
1:37:08
1:37:25
1:37:53
1:38:05
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UW Wins '97 Propane Vehicle Challenge
NEWS BUREAU
University of Waterloo
A
university of Waterloo team of
engineering students won the
pickup division title in this year's
Propane Vehicle Challenge in the United
States. The second annual competition,
which featured advanced vehicle
technology, was held recently in Texas and
was sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Energy, Natural Resources Canada and
Chrysler Corp.
Besides placing first overall in the
pickup division, UW's entry, dubbed
PROPeh?NE, was tops in the lowest
emissions category. As well, UW was
named the best new team and shared the
best oral presentation award with the
University of California at Riverside.
"At Waterloo, responsibility for the
project is placed in the students' hands,"
said UW Prof. Roydon Fraser, Mechanical
Engineering. "They are responsible for
obtaining industry sponsorship to fund the
project, design and implement the propane
vehicle conversion, and ensuring that the
vehicle meets the goals of the
competition. "
Run by the U.S. Argonne National
Laboratory, the May 14-20 event featured
two types of vehicle categories: a long-
wheelbase Chrysler minivan, equipped
with a 3.3L-V6 engine, and a 1995 Dodge
Dakota pickup with a 5.2L-V8 engine.
More than 300 students from 17 schools in
the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico
competed in San Antonio, College Station
and Au tin, Texas, to
advance the
development of
propane - powered
vehicles.
The competition
was aimed at
encouraging innovation
in propane vehicle
technology, specifically
in terms of vehicle
performance, emissions
control, fuel economy
and fuel storage;
collecting data to define
the state of propane vehicle technology;
and providing student engineers with a
learning experience in a rcal -life
engineering project.
Students were involved in the
comprehensive testing of the converted
vehicles in events focusing on vehicle
emissions, performance, design and fuel
economy. Participating teams were also
required to report on their research and
conversion strategies.
UW's entry was the "cleanest" Dodge
Dakota at the competition, Fraser said.
"Emissions results indicated that the
vehicle nearly met the ULEV (Ultra-Low
Emission Vehicle) standards."
He added that UW' s team for the 1998
Propane Vehicle Challenge is confident
that the vehicle's emissions can be lowered
still, while boosting vehicle performance
to be equal to or better than a gasoline
Dakota.
The UW team was made up of six
fourth-year mechanical engineering
students: Ross Nairn (team leader), Bill
Moreau (technical coordinator), Tom
Werner, Matthias Cobet, Andrew
Netherton and Steve Leung. They were
assisted by six third-year systems design
engineering students: Joe Krajnc, Cam
Pi ron, Ivan Bruulsema, Kanwal Ahuja,
Vasist Kundurpi and Andre R. Ede1brock.
Fraser said that industry sponsors
were key to the success of the UW team.
"They deserve the team's thanks and
recognition for their support." The
sponsors included: GFl Control Systems,
ORTECH, UW's Department of
Mechanical Engineering, NCR, Propane
Gas Association, Astra Pharma, Data
Instruments, GSW Water Heating Co.,
rCG Propane, ThermoElectric, TRI-M
Systems Inc. , Airways Tran it, Campbell
Scientific Canada Corp., Canadian Tire
Corp., Downtown Auto Centre, Long
Manufacturing Ltd. , Motion Concept
Vehicles Inc., Niagara Valve and Fitting
Co. , Siemens, SPX Automotive
Diagnostics, Superior Propane,
Technocarb, Thermal Ceramics, Waterloo
Dodge Chrysler, Canadian Industrial
Innovation Centre, Electrosonic, ITT A-C
Pump Canada, Interquip, Logers Auto
Parts, PANO CAP, Corel Corp., Compu-
scape and Topley Copy Centre.
For more information about thi
event, please contact Professor Roydon
Fraser at extention 4764.
8
The Cost of
Academic
Success
Consider
this ...
by JejfG(lbalto
T
hey are in all programs at UW
Engi neering. They may sit at the
front, or perhaps the second row,
but they are always in class. They are the
ones who spend all their free time
studying, doing assignments, talking to the
instructor, or something else directl y
related to improving their academic status.
They are the ones too busy to help their
classmates because it will take time from
their own studies. They are the keener . .
Why do they do it? Some would
theorize it is for scholarships. Some
would say it is for the prestige of being the
best in their cIa, s. Some would say they
are mentally challenged and cannot help
themselves. Regardles of the reason,
their efforts yield the same result in
almost all instances. They may become
the most knowledgable graduate from
their program, but at the cost of their social
skills and thei r connection with the real (or
non-academic) world.
When wa the last time you
considered askin a fu ll-ti m coworker on
a work term what their average was in
uni versity? How many times did you
think about how well your supervisor did
aft er high school? Conversely, how many
times did you inquire as to the path they
took to get where they were: what
companies they worked for, what jobs they
did, et cetera? Chances arc if both of your
responses were somet hing ot her than
"never", that you considered their
profess ional careers worth
T
oday I read the latest Iron Warrior,
and I was more than a little
di sappointed. Ri ght off the bat, the
thickness of our proud rag was prett y
patheti c, due to few ubmi s ions, but that
wasn' t my only disappointment. Within
those pages, those pages that are filed in
the National Archives and di stributed to
several alumni, those pages that we had a
stirring debate over just a few terms ago,
was some pretty determined pap.
Don't get me wrong. The IW is doing
a fantastic job of reporting recent events,
both within UW Engineering and abroad.
Most of its opinion pieces were well
thought out, and, for plummers, well
argued. Kudo to Jeff Gobatto and gang
on their hard work. My only problem is
with pages 14 and 15, where our Executive
gave their reports.
r remember the days of the full page
spews that detailed everything Exec was
working on, things that were before
Councilor in the works. In this spirit, our
VP-External, Nina Sodhi, and Paul
Cesana, ever-faithful WEEFer, had plenty
to say. Then I chanced to read the other
reports. Am I to believe that in the last two
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more than their academic ones. Looking
at thi in another light: it was not the
successes earned alone, but rather those
done with others which interested you.
What doe the keener gain if their
peers do not deem these adacemi c ex.ploits
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passed the goals set for them.
In tead of the fi nancial gai ns of
scholarships, 1 offer social ineptitude and a
general lack of human contact as the
rewards for a keener. Any faculty
member, co-op representative, or engineer
rth anything? ---------------- will say that the be t
skill s to have are not
technical. What are
mo t important are
Although the "The best skills to have are
financial gains
not technical"
through scholarships
arc viable, I how
________________ interper anal skill s.
far above the minimum requirement they The method to programming a fa t
earn. IF this is less than two percent, I wi ll algorithm can be shown in a textbook, but
accept their argument However, if it is the proper way to watch someone and
more than that, they have crossed the line figure out the best way to include yourself
from earning their scholarship into in their project without appearing to
academic obsession. They isolate overtake it cannot. This and other related
themselves too much, si nce they have ski ll s can only be learned by going out and
A Letter to the Editor
weeks, all Sarah Davies has been working
on has been checki ng into Orifice
rcnovations and the yearbook deal wi th
Josten's? If she had to , pend two whole
weeks on it, then what is our new, much-
lauded Corporate Manager doing? I
should hope that our Pre ident is up to
more than thi s in recent times. Then our
VP-Internal take the time to explain to u
why the Spring term is horter than any
other academic terms, and why some
events didn' t occur. Vlad has several
directors reporting to him, and yet has
chosen to ignore their activitie in hi
report in favour of a weather report for the
month of May. The VP-Finance, Dan
Kim, took the time to de cribe the 33%
decrease in tudent fees, but could have
printed the EngSoc budget in the IW,
rather than just leaving it in the Orifice for
interested students.
As investors in EngSoc, we could
demand balance sheets and income
statements at any time; why not take the
initiative and print the budget and the e
forms in the IW? Of course, our Executive
could cry foul and state that if I was truly
interested in what was going on in
"
EngSoc, I would attend the Council
meetings and part icipate, but that's not my
concern. Rather, I' m wondering about the
accountability that the Executi ve has
before the ociety. As representati ves of
our trust, they have at least a two-fold
re pon ibility; fir t, to the society, in
acting in it's best interests for long term
viability (this include propo ing policies,
managing the directors, hosting and
organizing events, managing staff, and
reporting to Council); and second, to
communicate these actions to the society.
The ociety will never know if they are
meeting the fir t responsibility if they
don't fulfill the second. How do they
achieve that econd one? Reports at
Council , but more importantly, taking
advantage of their forum. We didn't have
a stirring debate over a newspaper that we
want relegated to a poorly u ed
mouthpiece for the Executive. If this trend
continues, the IW will again splinter from
the society, despite the policy changes
passed la t fall. Worse, the split between
the society and the Executive will widen,
intere t for EngSoc elections will dwindle,
and the directorships will be harder and
talking with your classmates or other
people. In summary, by deali ng with
other , not with textbooks.
J think it is time the keeners stopped
what they were doing and looked at
themselves. I know it will be hard, as
being a keener is often like being an
alcoholic. They get used to the elevated
academic ranking. They get u ed to the
certainty that a life involving only
inanimate objects such as paper and pens
offers. ] admit that it will not be easy.
However, if they consider the alternative
to changing their way , they will ee that
in fact success will only come one way:
through others. No successful person is an
island, they have an entourage of people
dedicated to maintaining that success.
harder to fill.
I hope the Executive will realize the
chall enges that the society ha. gone
through in order to preserve the Iron
Warrior and take full advantage of what it
offer, rather than letting it become like so
many under-ut ili zed forums at the
University: tired and pointles .
David Haigh
3A Mechanical
Editor's Reply:
To address your concern about a split
between EngSoc and the Iron Warrior
occurring as it did in the past, I can assure
you that will /lot happen. Sarah Davies
(EngSoc President) and I meet on a weekly
basis to discuss the paper, its publication
and its reception in the Society. We have
an open relationship, and numerous issues
have been quickly resolved with these
encounters. Thus, since I know I can talk
to Sarah about anything that comes up,
there is no need for the IW to splinter from
the Society.
The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27,1997 Opinions
T
his toples
trend is a
touchy subject.
If you disagree with
the new right , one
group labels you as an
archaic, close-minded
individual who
doesn't believe in the
cause of equal rights.
On the other hand, if you agree with the
subject, another pegs you as a supporter of
pornography, insensitive to protecting the
minds of impressionable children. You're
damned if you do and you're damned if
you don't.
I'll make my point early. The way
society is moving, the right for women to
go topless was inevitable. Equal rights has
come a long way since war years, and
although it's not fully promoted by all
members of society, the general population
has accepted that one's sex is no excuse for
any law to be enforced or neglected. Since
men have the right to walk around without
a shirt, there is no reason why women
should not. I believe in the cause, but I
disagree with the process that led to the
push for the court to allow it.
Consider what started it all. A lady
(let's call her Gwen) removed her top on
BY VIVEK BALASUBRAMANYAM
28 Computer
ecently, I went back to my
hometown of Miss iss aug a and paid
a visit to some high school friends
of mine. These friends regretfully chose
not to enter engineering, or even to attend
UW. Instead, they made their way toward
Arts and Business at The University of
Toronto and (yes) York University. I used
to enjoy seeing these people because I
could brag, boast, and generall y make
them feel Ie s perfect for not being
engineers. This time, however, they got
the better of me. After one and one half
years of engineering at this school, my
Engl ish has deteriorated to the point where
[ can barely hold an adult conversation, let
alone win at any sort of debate. Not since
grade four have I used the word "like" 0
many times in a single sentence, nor lost
the moment for a witty re ponse because I
couldn't think of the right adjective. Like
Homer Simpson asking for "that thing you
Topless in Toronto
The Village
Idiot
by Alan Caflflistraro
the beach becau e
he wa hot. She
got caught and
charge \",ere
pre ed. Her
natural in tinct:
fight the charges.
Her lawyer u e the
"equal right "
defence and get her
off. It was ea y. What lawyer could re ist
using an argument that would elevate a
charge of indecent expo ure to a
provincial, media-intense i ' ue of
equality? The strategy was simple: rai e
the controversial issue and attract
thousands of supporters.
Lawyers have a bad reputation. The
stereotypical view is that lawyers are the
downfall of a free society. While I don't
think the blood-sucking lawyer stereotype
does justice to the respectful nature of the
profess ion, the fact of the matter is that a
lawyer is paid to win a case. A defence
lawyer is expected to defend their client to
the best of their ability, raising issues and
facts that may appear irrelevant to the case
at first glance but have a subtle tie when
exami ned more closely. If the lawyer is
able to rai se reasonable doubt or any moral
flaw in the law being considered, whether
the i ue rai ed applie to the nature of the
ca e or not, the a e ha ' been won.
Lawyers pend countless hour' just trying
to devise acceptable defence" truthful or
not. (I'm orr)" but I _ till ha e trouble
believing that OJ might have been framed
by the LAPD.)
Gwen', def. nee wa the oncoction of
her trial lawyer with the intent of making n
few thou. and buck b aving Gwen a few
hundred buck. What we are dealing with
i not a well fought battle between
progre si e activi ts and unfair laws it i.
merely a precedence in a court of law.
Because Gwen's charge were dropped
thanks to her clever defence, women
throughout Ontario know that they can get
off using the same argument.
To be hone t with you, ] didn't think
the issue of women going tople s was such
a big concern in the equality forum. Even
now that women have thi new right, there
isn't a huge exodus to jump on the
bandwagon. Why should there be? It's
not like the general population of women
have been rallying for the right to show
their breasts in public alongside the right
to vote and the right for equal pay.
In fact, it seems to me as if the media
is getting more satisfaction out of this right
than women are. It's sad to see that CTV
Why Do I Speak Bad?
use to dig food", I am forced to describe
things rather than u e their real names.
Slowly, my vocabulary is being replaced
by computer term and C++ keyword .
Slowly, the language of predicate logic is
replacing standard english grammar.
Slowly, I am losing my ability to speak
intelligent sounding english.
I am trying to improve my situalion,
but I fear that my altempts will not be
enough. A seriou mistake has been made
by the facu lty; I would like us to examine
how we can avoid this mistake in the
future. In my first term here, J was
required to write the ELPE exam. The
purpose eemed to be to make sure my
English met a certain level of quality. At
the time I wrote the ELPE, I was three
months out of high school. Before those
three months, I took five terms of English,
and ended with a good OAC Engli sh mark.
My writing was concise and poetic, and
my speaking was very persuasive. I wrote
the ELPE, passed it, and the faculty was
happy that another engineer could
communicate, From that point to today, r
have had little chance to practice my skills.
J joined the debat cub, but learned t a
debating is in no way related to the type of
communication at which I need to be
skilled. I took Iwo Political S{'icnn'
in 2A, but b) thcn Ill)
writing had atrophied and di d. My
homework smelled lik rotting. brain cdls.
If I had been given some sort of stHlCtUJ'C
in which to practi ce Illy speaking skIlls and
my writing skills, I would nol be the
drawling Illumbler that I am tml:.!y. I thin"
that the Faculty of Engineering did tllC a
disservice by not allowing I1IC to maintain
my skills, and that my current will hc
insufficient to convince a skeptical
employer to hirc mc, or a skeptical
consumer to buy from me. I am fit only to
speak to other Engineers who don't JnIl1U
when I work in phrases like "the rale of
change of my happiness is exponentially
related to my proximity to beer" into
9
ha been _ ending reporters scouring
Toronto for a chance to stretch CRTC rules
a little further. Three nights in the same
week, cr aired different five minute
, cgment regarding tople s women and the
provincial government's reaction. More
notable though, all three times, CTV
showed the arne footage of Mike Harris
out. ide Queen's Park as the provincial
government's reaction: "I believe that
women deserve the right to be topless, but
I feel that it should be left in certain areas
such as the beach". crv was not pushing
the . tory further or investigating new
views; CTV was probably just looking for
new way. to raise the ratings of it
newscast.
Women deserve every right that men
do. It's a moral rule of equality that allows
men and women to appear
indistinguishable by the law. If Gwen and
CTV have u, ed equal right a a way to
protest unjust, sexist laws, then I have full
respect for what they are attempting and
succeeding to do. On the other hand, if
Gwen is using the defense as a chance for
her to save money with little regard for the
intere t of societal rights, or if CTV is
merely using it as a way to boost ratings,
then it' s a shame to see a serious issue uch
as equal rights exploited in such a way.
casual conversation.
Hopefully, I have now convinced you
that 1 speak and wrile about as well as
drun giraffe, and ou now realize thal
something must be done about thi s all too
common situation. What I propose is a
simple: first slep: cnCOllntjH' rrofl'ssors to
HI nl1ll'l' disclI," lOll t'nal ps WII h
sp ',,"el"s dunng Jll\lll SSOJ hom Wl'
(computer ellpJIll'L'P,) wuld lalk Hh(1t11 tlw
future of mbotks, annoyillg "\\llm'rs, OJ
'tllK'al 4lJC,tiom Ihnl (mill huhlll ' lI1!'
sufel) wilh l'Ost. Therc arc 1ll,IIlY slIh.ll'l'ts,
both It'chnil'al IIml philosophkul, that Wt'
CHn voice OPIIlIOI1S Oil . Hy disl'ussltl'
tltt's\.! subjcch, we can karll, acquire
COJ1lJ1luI1H.:a tiot1s ski ll s, and galll
cOllfi<ience in OUI abilily to persuade. We
can al ...o let our COIl1I1IlIt1icatiolls ,kil" .. lip.
lind oursel ves unablc to persuade our hoss
10 uuthorile cxtra safety enhancements.
and wind up proviulnp more iroJl, silicon,
or toxic wastc rings for the next
dass.
Engineering on the Social Scene
BY ANDREW HATELY
3A Enviromental Civil
W
hen I entered engineering,
someone told me "don't
become like the rest of them."
This statement implied: don't become
arrogant, self-important, overbearing and
ignorant of the value of others. These
attitudes are the key social problem facing
the engineering student outside the
confines of the classroom. It is also these
attitudes that lead to the lack of
appropriate respect that the engineering
profession receives. It is inevitable that
any highly educated group of people will
have different mannerisms and ways of
communicating than others, yet those
engrained into engineering students are
atrocious. It falls on both the university
and the student society to ensure that the
engineering graduate is not a social goon
who belittles the value of the engineering
degree.
The biggest difference that [ have
noticed when working with or talking to an
engineer or engineering student versus
other groups of people is that the
engineering educated lack a great deal of
modesty. I discussed this with several
managers and interviewers and they
confirmed that people in engineering
rarely admit a lack of knowledge on a
topic and claim that learning anything is
trivial. Although this could be called
confidence, and may be an admirable trait
in an interview, it is a horrible social
attribute and may also prove to be the
downfall of your career. If you have never
been subject to a superior making
decisions without the appropriate
background only to watch the decision in
question being adamantly defended. you
may not have worked with people with
engineering background. The fault of the
educator here is that the limitations of our
knowledge and problem-solving skills are
not emphasized. After four years of
intense problem-solving courses, students
in engineering realize they can tackle
innumerable problems with their
knowledge. They do not, however, learn
how to deal with a decision they cannot
make. As a result. you rarely hear an
engineer back down from a situation
which they are not qualified to handle.
The problem caused by this lack of
modesty is further compounded by the
overbearing attitude and ignorance of
others that seep into the engineering
student. The traditions of engineering and
engineering societies make little mention
of the value of society to the engineer;
rather they put emphasis on the value of
the engineer to the society. Given this, it is
easy to see why engineers are continually
criticized for their lack of communi cation
skills and social tact. Most engineering
students have incredible analytical minds,
and without explicitly real izing the value
of others' ideas, it is obvious that they will
become overbearing and ignorant of
others.
Given the social gap between
engineering and society, a fundamental
goal of engineering institutions should be
to alter the relationship which prescribes
the engineers value and responsibility, but
ignores the value of society. With a
technical education, engineering students
gain an intense and intimate understanding
of one portion of the world. It is fooli h to
think that this education could ever
encompass the best interests for society.
Why then do so many engineers trample
on the thoughts of others?
10 Opinions The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27, 1997
Mechanical Engineering Department Praised
in Comparison to Others
BY JOHN MATTHIESEN
2B Mechnaical
M
idterms are something that no
one looks forward to but
everyone knows must be
encountered. They are as likely in school
as death and taxes are in life.
Unfortunately, it is inevitable that stress
accompanies midterms, just as a loss of
oxygen to the brain accompanies death.
The Department of Mechanical
Engineering has come up with a brilliant
idea to help students focus on midterms.
Starting in 2A, all mechanical engineers
have an entire week off classes so that they
can learn and understand the material they
have been taught in the past month and a
half. Learning new information at the
same time as studying can be annoying
and often confusing as to what material
will be covered on the midterm and what is
new. This week of class is not completely
lost though. Every Tuesday and Thursday
all term we have makeup lectures at
8:30am. Over the cour e of the term these
early morning classes make up the lost
time during exam week. Some people
may not take too kindly to having eight-
thirties, but I figure getting up an hour
early twice a week in exchange for a week
off during midterms is not a bad trade,
especially in the summer. The only thing
that we do not get back is the tutorials, but
all of our TAs are so approachable that
even during exam week they can easily be
contacted for help or to run an extra class
tutorial session to address midterm
concerns. This is another a pect of the
department that r have been impressed
with: almost all of our TAs are top notch
and are actually willing to go out of their
way to help students. They are ea. y to
understand, great teachers, and have
excellent interpersonal skills.
When I look back at midterms in first
year where I had to take classes at the
same time, I remember the stress that bui lt
up as each midterm came and went. When
I compare that level to what J just finished,
it is like night and day. Don't get me
wrong; I'm not saying that without c1asse
midterms are a breeze, but the
combination of extra time that can be spent
studying, while getting proper sleep at
ni ght has made me think clearer, longer,
and understand much more material. I
often feel sorry for students in other
departments who have to take classes at
the same time. I really can' t imagine the
anxiety they must face. Last term my
housemates went to so few classes during
their midterm exam period that at times I
thought that they had a week off as well.
The upside to this is that they could
concentrate on their midterms and actually
did quite well. The downside is that it took
them many late nights of catch-up, and a
lot of running around trying to find people
that actually went to cla s, to copy their
notes. I really think that the concept of our
exam week should be across all of
engineering. The bonuses of this would go
far beyond just the students. Professor
could get caught up in their day to day
work, janitorial staff could work during
the day, and co-op interviews could even
be scheduled around this week.
I have noticed that Mechanical
Engi neering is an extremely organized
department. On the fir t day of classes our
class was given a booklet outlining the
term in brief. In thi s package were
tentative midterm and final. Basically,
on the first day of classes I had a very
good idea of when my last day of chool
would be. Another positive a pect is
Beryl. She is the department secretary,
and is always willing to help out a student.
Her pleasant attitude and helpful nature
make her easy to approach for help or for
answers. If you are in Mechanical
Engineering and have not yet met Beryl , I
encourage you to drop by her office and
introduce yourself.
Some of my housemates in Electrical
and Computer Engineering have
mentioned being envious of my
department' s organizational abilities.
Some of them had conflicts between core
courses when they first got their schedules.
This is absurd. Granted this may not be
the fault of the department, but someone
from their department should have
checked the schedules before mailing
them to the student . I have never heard of
a Mechanical Engineering student not
being allowed to take all of the required
courses for that term because of conflicts
in time cheduling. Speaking of conflict,
when our professor are unable to attend
their lectures or must leave town for a few
days, the make-up lectures have always
been scheduled well, and the new times
communicated to us effectively. When
professors occasionally change the times
of their lecture, they seem to confer with
other profe sor. The organization that
goes on behind the . cenes is incredible and
should be commended. One of my
housemate had three make-up lectures on
the same day (which is acceptable), but
two of them were at the same time (which
is not acceptable). These two profe sors
are in the same department, teaching the
same class, but decided not to check to see
if the time slot was filled. This seems easy
to do, but obviously it was not done.
I have been very impressed with my
department's organizational abilities. The
high quality of these abilities truly
represents the high quality of education
that Waterloo's Mechanical Engineering
Department has to offer. All I have to
wonder is when other departments will
come up and meet this level of
organization.
Are Morality & Atheism Mutually Exclusive?
I
came across an
intriguing news
item a few months
ago. A middle-aged
woman lost her son to
an unknown assailant.
When asked to
comment on the crime
she said that whoever
committed thi s immoral act should tum
themselves in and get to know God. Her
statement disturbed me because it implies
that a God-fearing person is incapable of
commiting such an act. Moreover, it
implies that a non-religous per on is the
perpetrator.
The viewpoint that non-religous
people somehow have less 'moraIs' than
their religous counterparts is not unique.
On many occasions, I've been asked,
"How as an atheist can you have morals?".
However silly this question may seem, the
negative stereotyping of atheists, agnostics
and others is serious and unfounded.
What does it mean to be moral or
immoral? I will not attempt to provide a
definition. However, I will argue that
morality is not rooted in religion.
Over the course of history, organized
religions have done many things which
would question the morals et by them. I
am refering to Holy Wars, the Inqui ition
and the burning of witches. A more
modern example would be the killing of
abortion doctors or the molesting of young
boys by highly respected members of
various religion. Some may even
question the Pope's morals on the grounds
that he condemns birth control in third
world countries. Million of unwanted
children die every year in these parts of the
world due to malnutrition or starvation.
Even to this day, witch burning rituals Jed
On the
Soapbox
by Pierre MenClrd
by organized
reli gion can be
found in parts of
Africa. Another
example may be
t e levision
evangelists
swindling money
from their viewing
audience for personal gain.
I should be clear in that I am not
attacking organized religion. I am merely
trying to establish that reJigous members
of society are not immune to being
immoral.
It should be noted that by no means is
the atheist immune either. I am suggesting
that the atheist and the reJigous man are
equally likely to be involved with
activiti es that may be considered immoral.
Atheist , much like theists, are very
much involved with issues concerning
humanity, although usually not as visible.
As a consequence, the philosophy of
Secular Humanism has emerged. Their
concern is to address complicated social
issues without introducing elements of
religion. It is unfortunate that many good
deeds performed by atheists go unnoticed.
The above statements lead to a rather
interesting que tion. Where do morals
come from and how are they fonned? This
question is too complex to tackle in this
treatment. However I would disregard
religion as the lone source since a religion
will often have a different idea of morality
in different societies. Interestingly
enough, different members of the same
religion wi ll often have discrepancies in
their notion of what is moral and immoral.
Religion must be rejected a the source
si nce millions of atheists posse s moral
values without being influenced by it.
Throughout hi story, religion has often
been forced to change its views. A good
example of this is the retraction of the
Christian views on the equality of women.
These remarks suggest that morality is a
function of society and the individual
rather than organized religion.
Religion and morality are not
synonymous. Both atheists and theists are
equally likely of breaking the law. Both
atheists and theists are equally likely of
performing good deeds.
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spirits fill my soul
a desire i can't take hold of
tears falling
i sense you near
but i cannot see you now
i sense her near
i wish that she were me
longing for your caress
receiving only comfort
these foolish games
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time marches forward
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1 B Chemical
Visit to the Gallery
I just got back, this evening, from the gallery6-
yet perhaps I shouldnft use that word:
Somehow I know that most would hesitate
to call it such, hould they ever
come upon the place I was
Yes, truth be told, there were no guards, no cameras,
no alarms;
Though as for theft lid think it hard for anyone to
steal away with concrete canvasses
And vandalism6-well, who would ever notice
Too easily mistaken for a new addition, or perhaps
a featured artistfs latest masterpiece
Yes, the ambiance may have been a little lacking
for those of us more refined
Evidence of formal trnining61aughable at be I
It eemed that anyone ould how if he or he were
o inclined. since reckless experimentation
appeared to be the one and only univer. al theme
Ye , the media would be looked upon unfavourably:
The literati would all too eagerly point out
That concrete and spray paint alone do not exactly
make for versatility
Spelling mi takes and overlaps are awfully gauche
And criticisms among the artists superimposed upon
the works them elves6-
Needless to say, it f just not done
No perky tour guide whisked me from exhibit to exhibit
No velvety carpet, no elegant track lighting
Yes, hundreds or thousands, perhaps even million
or billions, drive or bike or walk, by or over,
beside or under, places of this sort each day,
And scoff, most probably, at nothing more than the
injury of public property, dismissing the
commentaries and caricatures as kitsch
Nothing at all to inspire a post-modern or
pre-modern or neo-modern or
pseudo-modern or quasi-modern decor
-whateveris fashionable these days
Merely the grumbling of gravel underfoot
As I walked among the weathered rails and ties and
shards of broken bottles glinting fierily
As the sun so struggled to illuminate the arches of
the undersides of the overpasses
Yes, there were no famous names;
no commissions from philanthropi ts;
no endowments from the erudite
All indications of discriminating taste, in fact,
were nonexistent;
Granted, some of it truly was kitsch
But whenever a person leaves behind a mirror,
however tarnished, scratched, or cracked,
buried deep within the roses or the weeds
In which I can relate to some base element,
pleasant or disturbing, common or obscure,
of the human condition6-
Well, I call it art.
a whatev [an one lse may claim,
I visited the gallery today.
Dennis P07.cgn
1 B Systcms Design
[deas of Real Life

g, Life is a myth. Ii story told and told and wid
..., 8
o 8 Perpetuated lhrough the years and gencrations
o I:Q Like customs. and old jewelcry
r'.l'"
It is a wish made upon nighl's first star
Never any hope of escaping the mind thut created it
Of becoming truth, reality
Dark clouds cover empty skies
Images flash by like lightning bolts
Hopes and dreams of tomorrow and the next day
Tucked gently in the furthest comer of my mind
Destined to stay there, to remain nOl real
Existence is defined by thought
Not by action nor reaction
So dreams and wishes and plans and ideas
Make a person real
The moon yields its place to the fiery sun
And a warmth sweeps the damp earth
The question of truth versus reality versus thoughts
Is asked, examined and never answered
So what is life?
J. Gobatto
4A Electrical
12 Internal Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27, 1997
Engineering Society:
Forty Years and Still Growing
BY SARAH DAVIES
3A Chemical
M
y original intention in this was to
create an article detailing the
past 40 years of history of the
Engineering Society. My first obstacle
was finding the information. Most of
what is kept on file is not worth printing
and the interesting stuff is missing. Rather
than do an incomplete history T have
decided to write this article explaining
exactly what Engineering Society does
and how it has changed as far as my
knowledge goes.
When the engineering society began,
it's prime directive was the organization of
social activites. The first Engineering
Society executive consisted of two
members, President Jack Kruuv and Vice
President Bill Lennox (coincidently some
of you may know that since his
involvement in the Engineering Society
Bill Lennox has also been the Dean of
Engineering and is currently a Civil
Engineering Professor here). The society
has grown from a small undergraduate
association to one with four executives,
about 30 directorships and an operating
budget of about $20,000. We've grown
from running from a sman offlce in E2 to
owning POETS, having our own Coffee
and Donut shop, our own newspaper and
are in the process of renovating our office.
The small society has grown into an
organization with many goals, activities
and duties. The reason that this has
happened is because of the students. The
participation level in the Engineering
Society keeps nSlOg, and student
contributions have allowed us to provide
numerous services.
I would like to speak a little in regards
to executive positions. I will try and keep
it brief, but recently I have discovered that
many people do not know what the
executive does. J will begin with
President. (By the way, all of this
information is on the Internet off of the
Engineering Society web page.)
President
The President of the Engineering
Society is ultimately responsible for the
acts of the Society and it's members (so
everyone be good!). The President deals
directly with the Dean of Engineering
regarding issues within the society and of
an academic nature.
The President also sits on a number of
committees. Some of these include:
Committee of Presidents for Federation
of Students
Examinations and Promotions
Committee
WEEF Board of Directors
Safety Committee
Iron Warrior Advisory Board
The President also deals with the
Engineering Society employees and
ensures that day to day issues that arise are
resolved as quickly as possible.
Vice President External
The VP External represents the
Engineering Society outside of the
university. They choose delegates for
conferences, and most importantly keep
informed as to what is going on at other
universities. They also have a good
number of directors under them.
The VP External should attend most
conferences, in particular CCES and
ESSCO. The VP External along with VP
Finance must create conference budgets to
be approved by the Dean of Engineering.
The VP External is also respon ible
for successful events including the
Shadow Program, Frontrunners and
Explorations. They are also responsible
for a 14 Not Forgotten display in memorial
of the December 6 massacre.
Vice President Internal
The VP internal is the representative
of the society members as well as having a
large responsibility in ensuring that the
directors are fulfilling their commitments
to the Society. The VP internal is usually
the chair of all executive meetings and
informs the executive of how the student
body feels and what they want to see.
The VP Internal is also responsible for
the appearance of the Engineering Society
Boards and the content in them. The VP
Internal is also responsible for scheduling
the entire term of events (a job most of us
wouldn't want, trust me) .
Vice President Finance
This job is fairly self explanatory.
The VP finance runs all financial
transactions, student refunds, preparing
the working budget, maintaining the
budget, and keeping the books in order.
The VP finance also controls the money
coming in from the Yearbook and
Handbook (until Mary takes this over
completely - we are in transition) and
works with th.e C&D. It doesn't sound like
a lot of work but the VP Finance seems to
always have lots to do.
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I hope I haven't gone on too long
about the exec, I just felt it was time that
everyone understood the positions. Back
to the Engineering Society as a whole.
The Engineering Society has evolved
from being so much more than a social
club, each year we term we raise hundreds
of dollars for charities, reach out to high
school students and explain the "joys of
engineering", provide resources for course
critiques, run sports events, help exchange
students adapt, and provide representation
for students throughout the university,
faculty, administration and beyond. The
Waterloo Engineering Society has grown
to be one of the largest Engineering
Society'S in Canada.
From cheap photocopies and faxes, a
darkroom for student usage, POETS pubs,
and the engineering C&D there is certainly
something the Engineering Society has to
offer for everyone.
Over 40 years of history has taken us
here, there was a time (surprisingly not so
long ago) when Engineering Society
meetings had strippers and the goals were
very socially oriented. We now have so
much more to offer students and we are
constantly improving.
The goal of the Society is to be a good
representative of all undergraduate
engineering students, to provide useful
services to these students and promote
them within the university and throughout
the community. The Engineering Society
also organizes activities on a social level
and we have a great time. I think we are
getting very close to our goal and I hope
this article has told some of you some
things you didn't know before.
Cheers to the next 40 years!!!
The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27, 1997 Internal Information 13
The Tale of The TOOL
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
O
n the 7,356,286,457,689,253rd
day God created The TOOL and
he looked upon it and said it was
good. And so he decided that it must be
given to ones who were worthy enough to
protect it and keep it safe from harm's way.
And so did he look upon the plummers and
say to them, "You are the wisest and the
best ENGINEERS and so I give you this
TOOL, to protect and honoUI." And so
does the book tell of the coming of the
TOOL.
It was after this coming that the
plummers formed the great Fellowship of
The TOOL bearers to guard and protect
The TOOL when it did venture forth to
greet it's followers . Little is known about
these silent guardians but it is said that one
must study 17 forms of hand to hand
combat before one is accepted.
The TOOL only came out on the most
ceremonious of occasion to be greeted
with respect and pride by the proud
plummers who honoured it. After each of
these most joyous occasions The TOOL
was whisked away to a magically
protected place where it was safe from
harm and could have its every need
attended. This was done by the President
of the Great Engineering Society,
responsible for the care and honouring of
The TOOL. And so it was pas ed from
President to President as is done in the
ways of the holy monarchs. However
even we do not know if the TOOL's
magically protected place is passed down
or found anew by each succeeding
President. And so did The TOOL stay saf e
for 13 years and all was good.
ntil did come the hated pseudo -
engineers of the east who were jealous of
the plummers who were the chosen ones.
And so did the braggarts and thieve
descend upon the bearers' hor eles
carriage while the bearers sought
su tenance in a roadside inn. They
worked their black magic and with tire did
open the chest which bore The TOOL on
its journey back to it safe haven in
Waterloo. From this holy chest, they then
thieved The TOOL from it very crib and
whisked it away to their black fortress
within the great city of Toronto.
And so did the first mascot war tart
in the year of our lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty one. Woe were the plummer
when they heard this horrible news. At
first there were crie of anguish at the
thought that ones so brainless could hold
The TOOL. The anguish then turned to
anger and the plummers began to cry war
chants. The plummers were going to
siege the black fortress and deal directly
with those who had perpetrated this
horrible crime. But alas, someone quickly
pointed out that any act of violence could
result in the injury of The TOOL, which
was unthinkable.
And so did meet the great joint war
council of both Engineering Society A and
B. In this great
council meeting did
both halves of the
society, the ones who
were currently
guarding and
protecting The TOOL
and the ones who had
travelled near and far
in the name of The
TOOL, decided that
only through
diplomatic means
could The TOOL be
retrieved
danger to it.
And so did
next matter
dealing with
plummers who
allowed this terrible
thing to happen.
UW Engineering
Athletics
BY STEPHEN GRESZCZYSZYN
AND ADAM AHMED
Athletics Directors
T
hiS term's athletics season has
already started with a bang, but as
all football and soccer players
should know, it is nowhere near finished.
The inaugural Rugby tournament was
a great success (if you ignore a separated
shoulder or two), and will hopefully return
next season with more experienced players
and renewed enthusiasm. Many people
have been asking what's coming down the
line, so here's the lowdown:
Don't make any plans for July 5th or
July 19th (both Saturdays)!!! These are
the dates for the MudBowl and the Soccer
tournament, respectively. Teams have
already been organized, so don't delay!!!
For those who haven't already
participated in a Mudbowl, here's a
summary. Every term, an eight-on-eight
football tournament is organized, pitting
engineering classes against each other to
determine who gets bragging rights until
the next tournament. Rain or shine, it's
always a lot of fun.
This year, the defending champions,
Assault and Battery, are looking to defend
their title against all comers. Much
rumbling has come from the Mechies and
Syssies, claiming that this is 'their' year.
The Captain's meeting wilt be held on
Thursday, July 3rd, so once again, please
get your teams together as soon as possible
and leave a note in the Athletics box
indicating your class' interest. Remember,
those teams who sign up first will have the
better round-robin schedule!!
As for the soccer tournament, it has
returned to our stream after an absence of
two years. The defending champs,
European Connection, have now
graduated, so the title of soccer champion
is currently vacant. The tournament will
be held at a local high school by the name
of St David's. For those who aren't
familiar with its location, the school is
quite near W.C.R.L (Columbia and Hazel)
and about a 20 minute walk from
Engineering.
As always, volunteers are more than
welcome for the aforementioned events.
If you'd like to help out, then drop Steve
or Adam a line through e-mail
(sgreszcz@novice or ahahmed@
electrical) or leave a note in their mailbox
above POETS.
First th Pre ident wa dealt with. He \ as
harged on count, of mi u, e of power, not
performing hi sacred durie and the
highe t pos ible crime, not keeping The
TOOL afe. TJl ouncil found him guilty
on all count and so did. mence him to
take an english literature ourse. The
Pre ident then broke into tears and said
that he would rather be entenced to death
but the council had decided that death was
too lenient.
Finally did the matter of The TOOL
bearers who had not protected The TOOL
come up. But before anyone could . peak
the bearer who had been sitting in the
hadow stood up and said, "Worry not,
tho e who hath sinned have been dealt
with. This wjJJ not happen again." And
so i the only recorded time any of the
FellOWShip of The TOOL bearer did
peak. And that is all they said. After that
the bearers sat down and did not peak
again. No one knows what happened to
the offending TOOL bearers but one thing
is for sure, no one wants to.
after many moons of bargaining
\\Ia. The TOOL returned just in time for
the great ceremony of the Iron Ring. The
Toronto engineers had promi ed to return
it unhanned and so the plummers did
breathe a igh of relief for the great ordeal
was over. But just a they were ready to
receive The TOOL did the bandit change
their ong and return it to us encased in
tone the night before the ceremony. The
plummers were in a panic to get The
TOOL out and 0 did they enlist the
ervices of the Frosh who were servants of
The TOOL. And so did a bunch of Frosh
pend all night and into the early dawn
chipping The TOOL from within it lone
encasement.
And all was well for the great
ceremony of the Iron Ring and many a
plummer did graduate to spread the word
of The TOOL far and wide with Iron Ring
upon their finger that had been ble sed by
the TOOL itself.
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way to stay in the loop.
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14 Internal Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27, 1997
Twenty Six New UW Engineering Professors
W
ell,
midterms
are over
for the most of us,
Lime to relax a little
and enjoy a few less
stressful weeks before
finals begin.
I would like to
begin my report this
issue with a quick comment in regards to a
letter being printed from David Haigh
discussing the previous rw exec reports. I
will make this quick. I do not agree with
Mr. Haigh's point of view. I have never
seen my President reports in the Iron
Warrior as an accountability article. I
could easily write all that J have been
doing but it would prove to be very long
and boring. I have and will continue to
write what I feel to be interesting to
Society members. The only answer J have
for Mr. Haigh is yes I have a whole lot
more to do than deal with the Orifice
Renovations and the Josten's agreement.
If he would like to know what it is that the
President does J would like to invite him to
come and see me and I will explain my
duties in full, or he can read the article
President
Report
by Sarah Davies
about the
Engineering Society
in this issue. I will
not put my day to
day activities in a
report. If 1 did that
nobody would read
it, as much of what I
do does not directly
impact the student
body (i.e. student petitions). My only
disappointment with the article is that a
member of the engineering society felt
more comfortable writing down concerns
and handing them to the Iron Warrior than
to approach the
recent exec meeting with the Dean has
brought up a few interesting points that
should be shared. The orifice renovations
have not yet begun but we have now
received support from the Dean's office
and hopefully we will start seeing some
action very quickly. Dean Bums also
mentioned that since last year, 26 new
professors have been hired to replace those
that left with the early retirement package.
Out of 36 positions that leaves us very
close to being fully staffed with new
professors (5 - 6 positions are normally
open due to vacations, retirements etc.)
The Dean has done an excellent job in
quickly bringing
executive members
one on one. [hope
that most Society
members would
have no problems
"Don't forget to wish the
TOOL Happy Birthday"
some new talent to
the University of
Waterloo
Engineering
with this, it is the reason why all of the
exec has specific business email addresses
(eng...,prez@nov;ce) and office hours. I
hope these services will be put to good
use.
On to the task at hand. The last few
weeks have been very busy (not including
midterms). A lot has been going on. A
program and I'm
sure we'll all reap the benefits. Some
more good news: by the time this article is
published, the PEO will have made a
decision as to allowing co-op work terms
to count for P.Eng. accreditation. Let's
keep our fingers crossed on that one.
At joint executive this month a
representative from Andersen Consulting
came in to discuss ways to increase their
visibility within the Engineering Society.
We have worked through a few ideas with
them including donation for psycho frosh
awards, contribution to OEC '98 and IW
articles and advertising. These agreements
will increase their visibility but also help
the Engineering Society a great deal. In
the future they may be considering
providing monetary support for fourth
year design projects and sponsoring or
running some special events.
I am working with Xerox currently to
renegogiate the photocopy leases and to
try and get a decent coin box on the small
copier in POETS for the remainder of this
term. Hopefully this will be completed by
the time this article is in print, just in time
for photocopying old finals.
I hope that most of you wiJI be
volunteering for the Canada Day
celebrations. It should be a great time.
Don't forget to wish the TOOL Happy
Birthday also. Come by CPH Foyer on
July 2 to see the TOOL on display: 30 and
never looked so great, I tell you. Have fun
and be safe on the long weekend.
Get Involved in EngSoc
H
ere we are at
the end of
midterms
and there could not
be a better ti me to
get involved with
EngSoc. Let me tell
you why. July is a
jam packed month
full of fun events
where you can meet new people, travel to
different places, try new things out and
celebrate the fact that we are engineers at
the University of Waterloo! We had a lot
of fun in May with the Paintball trip, the
Brunny road trip, and Engineering Week
thanks to the Special Events directors. We
had a great Rugby Tournament.
Congratulations to the I B Systems class
and thanks to the Athletic reps for a great
time.
Things are going to get busy again in
July so hold on to your brains. July I st just
happens to be the University of Waterloo'
40th and our very own TOOL's 30th
anniversary - Hopefully we'll see the Tool.
The Canada Day directors need about 350
vol unteers for July 1 st so if you are
planning to come back early from holidays
and are looking for
VP Internal
Report
by Vlad Joanovic
DC1302 and we want
to pack it full, any
one is welcome (as
usual) but a special
prize goes to the class
with the most people
in attendence. If you
are talented at
anything, and I mean
anything then get in
touch with the Arts directors because they
are holdjng the Engineering Talent Show -
TalEng, July 10th; sign up by June 27th.
The wild wet Rafting Trip closes week two
of July which should be a blast.
There are a lot of ways to get involved
this term. If nothing I have mentioned so
far turn you on, think about helping out
on a team that is running a competition for
all of the undergraduate Engineering
students in Ontario (OEC). You could get
involved with making corporate contacts,
logistic planning or general organization.
To find out more, contact Amy Lai - the
OEC Chair. If the time you can get
involved is sporatic and you do not want to
make any formal commitments then the
EngSoc Task Team is for you. Just sign
your name on the list in the Orifice and
whenever
a great time in
Waterloo, ask the
Canada Day
Directors in the
Orifice. (I hope
you didn't read this
"The Engineering Society
has a lot to offer through its
somebody needs
help making signs
or selling stuff they
could call you and
see if you are
many services"
too late). Don't worry if you did because
the Special Events gang is organizing a
trip to the Brick Brewery for a tour. Act
fast because there is a limited amount of
tickets. They are also running the dunk
tank on July 4th to dunk the exec and
others. That very night is the Semi-
Formal, which will be at the University
Club on campus, and is always a great
time. The grand old Mudbowl will be
happening on Saturday, July 5th. Contact
the Athletic directors to enter a team.
Also, remember normal occurring events
after. The second week of July we are
having our 5th EngSoc meeting held in
available. Come by
the Engineering Society office and see
what it i all about and what is going on.
Ask a few que tions and don't be afraid to
get involved.
In the end we are all here to become
engineers. The Engineering Society has a
lot to offer through it many services
(photocopying, coffee and donut shop, old
exams, faxing, stapler, POETS, assistance,
and a chance to learn and be a part of
something bigger). Throughout life we are
learning machines and what we learn
becomes us, why not get involved and find
out what there is to learn and what you can
teach? If you have complaint or
"
criticisms you can email them to me at
eng_vpint@nov;ce, or if you would like to
remain unknown you can submit them in
the Comments and Suggestions Box.
outside of the 'in construction' Orifice. All
comments will be dealt with seriously and
addressed in full in this report or another
section of the IW. If there is nothing
submitted I will assume that no one has
any i sues with anything to do with
EngSoc.
The Engineering Society Laptop is
repaired and ready for use so if you need it
for a presentation or anything you can sign
it out with Betty in the Oriftce.
University of Waterloo, Happy 40th
and Happy 30th TOOL. A lot has changed
within EngSoc in those 40 years, so why
not get involved and mold the future of
EngSoc. Remember, you can make a
difference, but you will never know until
you try. By the way I am really happy
about the warmer weather we had for June,
I just hope it keeps up for July.
Engineering Society A
Summer 1997 Budget
INCOME EXPENSES NET
IStudent Fees 20692 504 201881
Orttlce:
0 50 50
0 10000 10000
600 2500 1900
ExecutIYe :
Contingency 0 500 500
President 0 200 200
TOOL 0 800 800
VPF 0 150 150
VPI 0 150 150
VPX 0 150 150
Dirac tonhlos:
Academics a 10 10
Arts 0 600 -600
AthIe1ics 0 400 -400
Blotter 1500 1300 200
Canada Dav 0 500 500
Charities 0 20 20
Class Reo AcMsors 0 385 385
Communications 0 25 25
Course critiques 0 30 -30
Darkroom 150 150 0
Electronics 0 10 10
E ~ r 0 500 500
Frontrunners 0 50 50
JobCnti<lU8& 0 20 20
IronWwriol 2400 2900 500
NOYt!4ties 4500 4000 500
Of! Rna Road Clasic 20 50 30
0fIterm 0 20 20
P-5 0 455 -455
POETS a 550 550
PublIc Relations 0 50 50
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, June 27, 1997
Internal Information 15
WOMEN IN
ENGINEERING
is hosting a
Wine & Cheese Reception
on Thesday, July 8, 1997
from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
in DC1302
limited capacity
RSVP nksodhi@novice
Tal-Eng Applications
NOW Due
BY LEAH NACUA
and JENNI TEE
Arts Directors
J
ust a quick reminder to everyone
who's been waiting till the last
minute... We' re still looking for
performers for this term's Tal-Eng.
Applications, which are available from
Betty at the Orifice, are due TODAY!!!
NO AUDITIONS are necessary.
Tal-Eng has been scheduled for the
evening of July 10th, from 7 till 12. We
hope to ee everyone there!!!
Budget Explained
L
et me begin by
apologizing for
not displaying
the budget for
Summer 1997 in the
previous issue of the
IW. No excuse can be
given for its failed
appearance and I
guarantee this will not
happen again. Even though it is one issue
late, the Summer 1997 budget has been
included here.
As mentioned in the previous issue's
report, most of the allocations for the
executive and the directorships were less
than the amount allocated in the previous
two terms due the
VP Finance
Report
by Dan Kim
novelti es which
will be given out to
commemorate the
occasion.
Speaker
($1,200) - An extra
$200 was allocated
to pay for Joint
Council on Sunday
Sunday, June 22.
Joint Council expenses are split with B-
Soc therefore $200 represents half of the
cost for this meeting.
As you can see, the budget results in a
loss of $217, which is typical in summer
terms. However, a couple of allocations
were based on near-worst case scenarios.
Hopefully these
"Hopefully ... we can come
close to breaking even this
decrease in student
fees income. The
other amounts are
also generally less
than or equal to
amounts in other
term"
items will not
require the entire
amount allocated
in the budget and
we can come close
terms. There are three amounts however
that are greater than usual and those will
be explained now.
Photocopiers ($1,900) - The bulk of
this cost goes toward the payment for
leasing the large Xerox photocopier which
is currently in storage. Because of power
requirements, it cannot be used during the
Orifice renovations. The leasing costs are
being split with EngSoc B for the summer.
Also, the income usually brought in will
decrease for the same reason.
TOOL ($800) - This amount is usually
$750 but some extra money was given
here because of the 30th anniversary of
The TOOL this summer. The extra
allocation will go toward the purchase of
to breaking even
this term. If anyone has questions
concerning the numbers shown, please
feel free ask me (preferably during my
office hours).
The other item I am going to bring up
is EngSoc donations. $1,000 has been
allocated for these donations which are
intended for student projects. To apply for
a possible portion of the donation pool, an
application must be filled out and
submitted to me prior to Tuesday, June 24,
3:00 pm and a presentation (of no more
than two minutes) must be made during
the Council meeting the next day,
Wednesday, June 25. Applications can be
picked up in the temporary Orifice from
Betty during Orifice hours.
It's Proposal Time
M
idl,rm . .
midterms.
midterms.
Hopefull you're all
done with th m,
onccntrate on more
urgent matters like
going rollerblading,
having barbeques, and
. ubmitting your WEEF proposal form
before the Jul 2nd deadline!
How do I submit a WEEF proposal,
you a k? You can pick up an infonnation
heet from the WEEP Office in CPH
1323C. The "What You eed To KnO\ "
fonn are hanging on the WEEF Office
door, so you can come by at 3:00am after
spending a night at the Bomb. heller and
sti ll be able to find a form. You can al 0
jump directly to the WEEF Webpage at
sail. uwaterloo.cal-wwlV_weef/proposals. hlllli
since the information heet will tell you to
do the same thing! Once there, download
the blank proposal form, fill it out, and e-
mail back to endowment@helix before
\VEEF
Report
July 2nd. 1 wi. h I
could give an exact
amount that we
have to spend, but J
will not be able to
obtain that
information myself
until the end of
June. To be
conservative, r m
estimating approximately $60,000 .
Remember, anyone can . ubmit a
proposal. The purpose of WEEF is to
spend money in order to benefit
undergraduate engineering education, so
do something positive about your
education and get your WEEF money
working for you in the be t way po. ible.
In the next WEEF Report, I'll make
an official announcement regarding the
bonu. $100,000 funding deci sion. Also,
tay tuned for a WEEF survey to be
making it's way through your classes in
the next few week . Take care and have a
WEEFy day.
Lots of Conferences
H
ello again!
Another IW
issue brings
with it another exec
report. Here is
what 's been going
on in the external
world.
========;'1 7:00pm in DC1302
(invitation open to
all). The goal here is
to bring out the fact
that the face of
engineering is
quickly changing to
Conferences:
ESSCOAGM
Myself and three other del'gates
returned from the ESSeO AGM
(Engineering Students ocielies Council
of Ontario) at Western. The objcctives 01
the two day conference were to clect a new
ES CO xecutive, Formulate malldates
for the new execllti ve, and make contucts
in other school s and develop our network.
Our new ESSCO exec is - President:
Dustin Kersey (Western); VP
Communications: Mike Hermann
(Waterloo B) ; VP Finance: Elena
Shusterman (McMaster); VP EJucation:
Mike Wrigglesworth (Guelph).
The mandates we voted on (during a
five hour plenary meeting) make up the
agenda for the new executive for their year
in office. A few months into their term
(around October) and then again in
January, they will present a progress report
to us. There were over 20 mandates in
total so I'll just highlight them.
Reoccurring focuses were to develop
better ties with the PEO (see below),
increase communication between VPX's
for idea and issue discussion exchanges,
and increase ESSCO awareness (hence the
flag outside POETS).
Conferences: CCES
Every year the Canadian Federation
of Engineering Students (CFES) has a
week long conference called the Canadian
Congress of Engineering Students
(CCES). As usual, it will be held in the
first week of January. This year, it will be
held in Edmonton and Waterloo A will be
sending four delegates (pending budget
approval). Applications will open soon
and will be due July 11. For information
about the CFES, see the article in this
issue or talk to me.
Women in Engineering
A wine and cheese reception will be
held on Tuesday, July 8 from 5:00pm to
VPExternai
Report
by Nina Sodhi
include more
women. The womoo
in engineering right
now will get to know other women and not
feel till' isolattnll typil"al of bcill!-, In a
minority. A ... well, illen asing aWIIICIll'SS
willl't hOlh gcnders udapt to fit il WIth the
tl 'w fan' of engllll'l'!ing.
01<:(' 1998
The Ontario Engineering ('OIllIJl'lition
organi/ing committee is lIllIn a job.
They huve rillns well underway fOI the
competition, to be held her' ill Fehruary
1998. I!owever, they arc human as well
and therefore they can' l do evcrYlhing on
their own. If you would like to help them
in ANY capacity (i.e. become u direclor on
thc organiting committee or just give a
little time once in a while) contact Amy
Lai at a2lai@env.
PEO
At the ESSCO AGM, there was a lot
of talk about the involvement of
engineering sludents with the Professional
Engineers of Ontario (PEO). The PEO,
the regulating body for the engineering
profession, is experiencing trouble with
getting engineering graduates to become
members. So, the ESSCO exec has
mandated to look into creating a branch
within the PEO for students. This branch
could allow us to have some benefits of
the PEO (banking, health, receiving their
publications, etc.) without a membership
fee, of course, during our last two years of
undergraduate engineering.
Updates
The Red Cross set up a blood donor
clinic in the SLC the week of June 16. If
you missed them this time around, you can
catch them next term in the SLC again.
There are big plans for Canada Day
on campus for those sticking around for
the long weekend (note that we get
Monday June 30 and Tuesday July loff).
There will be things going on all day,
mostly at Columbia Ice Fields.
Later, alligators!
Coming Soon to the Iron Warrior
UW Engineers are put to the test. Can they
build a house? Find out in a future issue of ...

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