Friday, January 23, 1998 The Newspaper of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society

Shekar Remembered
A Recollection of Professor Muthu Chandrashekar's Life and Accomplishments
RUKMA CHAKRAVARTY
IB Environmental Chemical
T
he return from the Christmas holi-
days was marked by shocking news
of the untimely death of Dr. Muthu
Chandrashekar, longti me Professor of
Systems Design. Profes or
Chandrashekar, or "Shekar", as he was
fondly referred to by everyone who had
the privilege of knowing him, was held in
high regard for his admirable academic
accomplishments, attractive personality
and sincere caring for others.
Professor Chandrashekar completed
his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical
Engineering at the Indian Institute of
Technology (lIT), Kanpur, Indi a, in 1969.
He then came to UW to complete a
Master 's degree and Ph.D. In September
1973, Shekar joined the Department of
Systems Design Engineering as an
Assistant Profe sor where he was later
promoted through the ranks of Associate
d ul fO 'essor as a result 0 his excel-
lent performance in research, teaching and
service. Shekar'S natural leadership abili-
ties led him to the role of Chairman of
Systems Design from 1987 to 1993. His
research lay in the areas of Solar Energy
Systems, PROSIM Software for Systems
Simulation and Energy and Environment -
Rural Development. Recently, Shekar had
been very active with the Waterloo-India
Linkage Group, putting forth a concerted
effort to bridge the gap between Waterloo
and India. On October 17, 1997 he helped
(see "Professor", page 6)
California Dreamin'
BY CHRIS DEVRIES
4R Electrical
y
o emite. The name it elf has new
meaning for me. Of all the places
in California I had a chance to
visit during my last work term, I hadn't
thought that the most memorable would
turn out to be Yosemite. But the one day I
spent in the majestic national park con-
vinced me that this was truly the heart of
California. In the middle of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains, Yosemite is a stark
contrast to the better-known moderate
climate. of the coa t. We were pleasantly
surprised when, on a Saturday in mid-
October we drove into the north entrance
(elev. 8000 ft.). Due to an early snow-
storm there was about a foot of snow cov-
ering the trees and ground. It wasn't really
that cold at ten in the morning so the now
was melting fast. We proceeded down to
Yo emite Valley (elev. 4000 ft.) where the
weather wa more like what we were used
to in San Jose.
The real adventure started when we
went to the ranger station and chose a day
hike. Due to time constraints we were
restricted to a hike that would return us to
(see "Escape ... ", page 5)
Volume 22 Issue 1
What Do You
Know About
the Engineering
Society
BY PIERRE MENARD
Iron Warrior Editor
W
hat is the average student' per-
ception of the Engineering
Society? In an attempt to
extract thi information the Iron Warrior
has issued a survey to a mall sample set
of three engineering classes. We would
like to thank the 2A Mechanical, 2A
System Design and the 3A Chemical
cia ses ror their participation which result -
ed in the completion of J 39 surveys. The
results of the survey should be interpreted
lightly. It is very difficult to come to accu-
rate conclusion since survey answers are
dependant on how the question was
phrased and whether or not the partici-
pants accurately represent the entire popu-
lation. Therefore, 1 wi ll present the results
without bias or speculation. The intent of
the survey is to provide the EngSoc exec-
utive with some useful feedback. The sur-
vey was comprised of nine questions.
HoII' mall)' of Ihe Engineering SOcifl.\'
executive call you idelllif)'?
This question was asked to determine
how much presence EngSoc has among its
members. On average students can iden-
tify 1.2 of the 4 executive. A picture of
each executive and their reports is fea-
tured in the Internal Information section.
(see "Survey", page 12)
In This Issue ...
Engineering Computing ............ 3
CSChE Conference ... .. ..... ..... 3
Vive la France ................. . . 4
Business Club ................... 4
Polaris Upgrades ................. 6
Opinions ..................... 7 - 9
Arts ... . ........ .. ..... . ... 10 - II
EnvironmentaUy Responsible ....... 13
Engineering Social Calendar ...... 13
Upcoming Sports Events .......... 15
Notice for Graduating Classes ...... 16
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" - B. Disraeli
2
News & Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 1998
Continuing with Positive Change
W
elcome to
the first
issue of the
Iron Warrior for 1998.
I hope that in these
pages you will find
articles that interest
you. You will notice
that we are continuing
with last term's vision
of a clean, professional looking newspa-
per. However, this term will see several
new changes such as how we handle dis-
tribution. In an effort to increase our read-
ership and make Engineering Society
information more freely available, this
fir t issue will be distributed with the help
of your class representative. With their
help this issue should arrive to you while
you are illing in class. We are also cur-
rently working with the engineering facul-
ty to have the newspaper delivered directly
to faculty member ' . The remaining news-
papers will be available in our regular
Letter from
the Editor
hy Pierre Menard
newspaper racks.
Other changes
this term will
include the intro-
duction of the Iron
Warrior web page.
We are looking into
providing a means
for 'off stream' stu-
dents to enjoy our
publication as well as for them to keep
informed on Engineering Society news.
We will keep you updated when signifi -
cant milestones are achieved in the project.
The first milestone will be the creation of
a basic Iron Warrior web page where arti-
cle submissions can be made. Several
other student engineering newspapers
have already started the path to publishing
on the web. Of course, we're aiming to be
the fi rst to get there.
Student involvement with the news-
paper has increased significantly since tast
term and we are till recruiting new volun-
teers. If you are interested in gaining valu-
able experience then you might want to
consider volunteering for the Iron Warrior.
We are always looking for staff writer,
layout personnel, advertising personnel,
WWW editors and photographer. Email
us at ilVarrior@engmail if you wish to get
involved or if you wish further details.
Like most newspapers our mandate is
to disseminate news and thought provok-
ing articles. In addition, we exist to pro-
vide engineering student with an
opportunity to practice communication
skills. The Iron Warrior is always open to
volunteer submissions, and our next dead-
line is January 30, 1998. Plea e email
your articles to ilVarrior@engmail in plain
text format. Submitted articles can be
ba ed upon a variety of subjects such as
science and technology, improving engi-
neering education or even art appreciaLion.
This is your newspaper, so why not take
advantage of a great opportunity.
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The Newspaper of the University of
Waterloo Engilleering Society
Editor - in - Chief
Pierre Menard
Assistant Editors
Andrew Hately
Jaime Tiampo
Layout Editor
Alan Cannislraro
Photo Editor
Chris McKillop
WWWEditors
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Staff
Daryl Boyd
Rukma Chakravarty
Huyis Deez
Ryan Chen-Wing
Gary Cheng
Raymond Ho
Eugene Huang
Liz Jones
Yada lubandhu
Jenn Motuz
Contributors
Stephen Carr
Paul Cesana
Rukma Chakravarty
Sarah Davie
Bruce Davison
Chris DeVries
Matthew Dick
Oli Dumetz
Bettina Ga par
Jeff Gobatto
Eric Hall
Brian Hill
Alexis Jay
Beth Jewkes
Vladimir Joanovic
Sarah Kamal
Verna Keller
Dan Kim
Renee Lazarowich
Steve Lill
Andrew Mulder
Rocky Radovan
Dave Roenspeiss
Nina Sodhi
Ian Tieo
Lynn Walker
The Iron Warrior is a forum for thought provoking
and itlfonnative anicles published by the Engineering
Society. Views expressed in The Iron Warrior are
those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of the Engineering Society.
The lroo Warrior encourages submissions from stu
dents, faculty and members of the univer"'y commu-
nity. Submissions should reflect the concerns and
intellectual standards of the university in general. The
author's name and phone number should be included.
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 199 News & Information 3
What's Up With Engineering Computing?
BY STEPHEN CARR
Engineering Computing User upport Cenlre
(smcarr@uwarerioo.ca)
and DAVID ROENSPIESS
Syslem Admini lralor
W
hile the fro h are comfortable
now with Waterloo Polaris,
most upper year students fi nd
themselves feeling like fro h again a they
face the new PC network. What about that
rumour you've heard that Novice i going
away? What is Engmail anyway? And why
do you have so many password now?
Read on and be enlightened.
As you may have noticed, Wat tar is
now Waterloo Polaris, which brings
Window 95 to the desktop. And no, we
didn' t choose to go with NT. The reasons
involve both cost and technical factor. If
you're intere ted in the detail. plea. e
check out http://polaris.ulI'aterioo.ca. The
complete U er' Guide i aLo located
there (or form a link on the de. ktop).
The biggest change for Watstar u. ers
witching to Waterloo Polari ' is in how
email works and when the IP (internet pro-
tocol) layer gets activated. On Watstar, the
IP layer wa loaded in DOS, and you ould
telnet and run Pine from the DO level.
This was fast becau e you didn't have 10
wait for Windows 3.1 to load. On Waterloo
Polari , the IP layer i. not loaded until
Windows95 ha started. Therefore you
cannot do any internet activities until
Windows95 is up.
Although it may be annoying to wait
for Windows to boot before you can do
anything, please don't attempt to interrupt
the boot to . peed things up. It won't work.
and ma} me. s up your account. Iso.
plea:e ent r a password when
prompted: it's r'quired if you want ollr
desktop Cll . tomizations to follow Oll
around.
Email 011 Waterloo al:o works
differently than before. Watstar used to do
it own mail handling. ow, Waterloo
Polaris gel ils mail from a Unix .eryer
called Engmail. When you mn a mail
client program uch a Eud ra or erscape
Mail in Window 95, it e tabli . hes a POP
(po toffice prolocol) conne tion with
Engmail and brings down a op of your
mail to your N: drive. In order 10 make thaI
POP connection, you n ed 10 . upply your
password on Engmail. You can look up
thi password in the Configure Waterloo
Chemical Imbalance in Edmonton
BY ALEXIS A. JAY
ChESQc-A President
T
his past October, 5th to 8th (1997),
the Chemical Engineering Society
(ChESoc) A and B represented the
Chemical Engineering Department of the
University of Waterloo (UW) at the 47th
National Conference for the Canadian
Society of Chemical Engineers (CSChE).
The conference took place in Edmonton,
Alberta, and was hosted by the University
of Alberta (UA). Before describing the
highlights of the conference, of which
there are many, the ChESoc would like to
thank all of our sponsors who made it pos-
sible for us to attend: Dr. Chatzis and the
entire faculty and staff of the Chemical
Engineering Department, Dr. Bums (the
Dean of the Engineering Faculty), Dow
Chemical Canada (representative Claire
Quinn and Larry Morse) and WEEE
Arriving in different groups, all of the
UW delegates met on Saturday night in the
Westin Hotel , our home for the next five
days and the location of the conference.
Wanting to take in the western Canadian
culture, the UW delegates headed out in
two separate packs to explore downtown
Edmonton. The evening was a lot fun, and
both UW parties shared their experiences
the following morning: 01' fogies' bar,
pool with trick shots, coffee, Dave' con-
tributions, Subway dances with jokes, and
goodnight superflies.
The conference got under way Sunday
at 1 p.m. with the student welcome cere-
monies and registration. The theme of the
conference for the students was "The
Competitive Edge". The first two speak-
ers for the students were Deborah Grubbe
(DuPont), and Waterloo's own Norman
Ball. The titles of their sessions were
"Engineer Your Way to Success", and
"Are You Giving Yourself a Competitive
Disadvantage", respectively. Both illus-
trated what it takes to make it as an engi-
neer in today's society.
When the student sessions were fin-
ished for the day, there was the chance to
attend various technical symposiums.
This was an excellent opportunity for all
of the students to discover the latest trends
in the vast field of Chemical Engineering.
Some examples of the symposiums were:
biotechnology and pharmaceutical engi-
neering, polymer engineering, petroleum
engineering, heat exchanger technology,
environmental engineering and preventa-
tive maintenance. Throughout the course
of the conference, the UW delegates
mixed technical symposiums with student
sessions.
The Sunday evening festivities were
fantastic! UW met with the University of
Western Ontario(UWO) delegate for din-
ner. Then there was the opening reception
mixer. All of the attending university del-
egates and industrial representatives met
in a very relaxed and social atmosphere,
all the while savouring some exquisitely
fermented beverages. When the mixer
was finished, all of the students went club-
bing at a bar called The Rev (deja-vu?).
The evening was definitely one of the top
five experiences at the conference: UW
got knocked down but got back up again,
Peter Pantless was initiated, and UW
shared the final dance with UWO.
The Monday portion of the confer-
ence began with two seminars from Mr.
Dennis A. Lauzon (Dow Chemical
Canada). His first talk dealt with ' public
expectations and how to gai n a competi-
tive edge in the Canadian chemical indus-
try. Hi econd discu sion examined the
'trends in petrochemical engineering'.
Both seminars were well attended by both
industry and tudents, and were beneficial
benefit to both parties.
The awards luncheon was a highly
anticipated event by all of the conference
attendees. Over 1200 were present at the
ceremonies, of which approximately 400
were chemical engineering students from
across the country! Certain students were
selected to sit with various representatives
from the conference sponsors, including
Agrium, Imperial Oil and Dow Chemical
Canada etc. The highlight of the luncheon
was the address by the CEO of Syncrude's
Canada Ltd., Mr. Jim Carter. Mr. Carter
informed everyone of Syncrude's three bil-
lion dollar investment in the Alberta oil
sands, and their creation of 40,000 new
jobs! Needless-to-say, everyone left the
awards luncheon with a very optimistic
and excited outlook on the future of chem-
ical engineering in Canada.
The Monday socializer for students
took place at a bar called Red's in The
West Edmonton Mall. Before heading to
the bar, the sights of the enormous mall
were taken in. The roller coaster was
incredible (especially the appearance by
UWO's barfy). Once inside Red's, UW,
UWO and The University of British
Columbia (UBC) hooked up for a game of
cosmic bowling. After the bowl, UW,
UWO and UBC joined the other universi-
ties for an evening of booty shaking, inex-
pensive drinks and an all-a-round great
time.
Tuesday was the last full day of the
conference. The morning student se sion
was dedicated to the re earch paper com-
petition. It was very interesting to li sten to
what other student' had done on variou
work term , or what research projects they
had undertaken or as isted on. There was
a luncheon for all the student chapter
CSChB presidents. This was an excellent
meeting between aJl the presidents and the
executive committee of the CSChE.
Common goals were discussed and set;
some of those were: better communica-
tion and interaction between student chap-
ters of the CSChE and the CSChE it elf,
student representation on the CSChE exec-
utive, etc. Tn short, the mutual objective
was to increase the lines of communica-
tion.
The final evening socialiler sturted
with a barbcqu ' on the UA campus. Th ' le
was also a final pre. idents me'lillg for
feedback on the conference (thumbs up all
around). Once the barbeque and me'ling
were over, everyone gathered al the calll-
pus pub call ed the Power Plant. The
draught was plenti ful , the karaoke was
painful but lessened as th evening pro-
gres ed (several UW students and Elcid
Barrett had the microphone turned off), the
engineer song was repeatedly sung, and
farewells were said to new found friends.
Simply put, a jovial mood was in the air
for the entire evening as everyone was in
the best of spirits!
UW's ChESoc gracefully bowed out
of the 47th annual CSChE conference and
Edmonton on Wednesday morning. After
such a positive experience, ChESoc-A and
B eagerly await the '98 Student CSChE
Conference (February 5 to 8 at McMaster
University) and the 48th National CSChE
Conference.
President's Personal Note:
The commcn goal of increased com-
munication and interaction amongst the
student CSChE chapters, mentioned in the
paragraph concerning the president's lun-
cheon, is well underway at UW. I have
been personally asked by the University of
Western Ontario to sit on the executive
board for the 48th National CSChE
Conference. I have attended an organiza-
tional meeting for the conference, and will
be working with a UWO student to orga-
nize the student's speakers seminar. The
theme of the seminar will be:
"Skills to Succeed as an Engineer in
The 21 st Century"
I am very excited about this opportunity,
and I know that UWO is looking forward
to UW ChESoc's assistance.
Polaris tool on the desktop. If thi pass-
word doesn't \'tork. go to the con ulting
office in 2-130 A with ID and get it
hanged. You will need thi pas. word if
you want to read mail from home. It can be
hanged to some thing reasonable to
remember by logging in to Engmail with
the old word and lIsing the Unix
"pa . wd" command (the password chang-
ing utility under the Email section of
Configur Waterloo Polari . just lets
Waterloo Polaris know what your email
pas. word is). Your old email addrcs , i.e.
usrriri@server.wars/GI:III1'(l/erloo.cQ, , till
work and is now an alias for userid@el1g-
lIIail. uwarerioo.ca.
For those familiar with reading mail
on Novice, Engmail work.s essentially the
(see "Polaris ... ", page 4)
A Budding
Opportunity
BY SARAH KAMAL
BUDS Organizer
H
ey, guys. I'm building the frame-
work for a campus-wide initiative
this term. The project is still in its
infancy, but it's pretty ambitious and has
been a really exciting process to put
together so far.
If you're looking for the experience
of using your ideas and creativity to bui ld
an organization from scratch and want a
chance to strut your stuff, then you may
want to join me in founding BUDS.
BUDS is pretty simple. It 's just about
fncndship lind I 'UI "mg. It \ Oil th '
Big Broth <lno will pair UW
slIIdents with high school studt'lus in th(
KW region who art 011 the wrg' of drop
ping out or al" cxpc!Il'nClIlg si lllilur difli -
culti
In a sense, this pairing gives II c1HInC
for high s' llOol students to lind OLlt wh,11
uni versi ty is all ahout li nd to an
academic and social rol' model in their
Big Buddy. This is especially important
now that budget cuthacks and phase-outs
of specialized programs have left Ontario
teachers with less time to spend on stu-
dents who need extra attention in sec-
ondary school.
['01 working with Frontier College, a
nation-wide lit eracy organization, and Big
Brothers of K-W to make thi s project a
reality. If it works, it has the potential of
spreading to other university campuses
and Big Brothers/Sister chapters across
Canada. So I'm not kidding when I say it
has the potential to be huge. Or when I
say that it'll be 10L<; of work.
I'm looking for people to fill director-
ship positions in the organizational team
that'll be putting the pilot for the project
together. There will be an informational
session on BUDS on Thursday, January
22nd in DC1304 at 5 p.m. Drop by, or jf
you can't make it, drop me a line at ska-
mal@descartes for more infonnation.
As Frontier College says, literacy
isn' t a concept: it's a national movement.
Don'l just read about it.
4
Polaris
Revealed
(continuedfrom page 3)
same way. Your Engmai l gets cre-
ated when you create your Waterloo
Polaris account, and remains active con-
tinuously until eight months after you
leave Engineering or UW. You can alr-;o
run Pine on Engmail if you telnet directly
in to your account. Otherwise, only a few
file maintenance utilities will run on
Engmail since it has a restricted Unix
shell. If you had Watstar forwarding its
mail to Novice, Engmail is preconfigured
to forward its mail to Novice too, so you
won't miss any mail. To start reading mail
on Engmail, telnet in and issue "rm .for-
ward" to delete the configuration file
which sends it to Novice, then create the
.forward file on Novice with your email
address in it to send mail to Engmail.
Novice is a Unix server. There are no
plans to take Novice down in the foresee-
. able future. The only change is to move
mail processing off Novice to the new
Engineering mail server, Engmail. This is
scheduled to happen at the end of this
term. The purpose of novice is to provide
an environment for undergraduate stu-
dents to experiment with Unix basics in
response to the job market. More informa-
tion is available at:
http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/depart
ments/eng_comp!facilities/unixlnovi
ce-accounts.html
One administrative change on Novice
is that graduate student accounts will be
removed, since research should be done
on accounts provided or paid for by each
graduate student' sup rvisor. Grad tu-
dents who want to use Engineering
Computing facilities will be provided a
paid-for account on Workbench, the more
powerful server for the Apprentice teach-
ing lab in E2-1313.
A relatively new service is the
Engineering Web Page Server, www.eng
a.k.a Raft. You can create a personal Web
space for yourself by logging into
www.eng as "scratch" (tclnet to www.ellll,
then enler userid: scratch). This procedure
creates yet another Unix account with its
own password. You may customize your
home page as you like, bUI you only have
500 kbyles of disk space, so you will have
to plan carefully. Check Ollt:
http://www.eng.uwCllerloo.ca/illdex_slu-
dent. hIm! for details. You can link in your
Web space account on Raft as a drive let-
ter on Waterloo Polaris 10 allow you to
easily modify your Web page (to avoid a
Win95 "feature" use the name raft instead
of www.eng). See the Waterloo Polaris
User's Guide for details.
News & Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 1998
Vive la France!
I
' m not very good at
. telling stories. I
, never was. I don' t
know if I'll ever be. So
when people ask me
"What did you do in
France for almost a
whole year?" r usually
reply " Well, lots of
things. I had a good
time. I learned a lot." and leave it at that. r
know, I know, what a COp-OlIt.
So J set Ollt on thi s impossible task:
How do I sum up almost one year in one
article?
I felt like I was embarking on a great
adventure. r felt like Christopher
Columbus, except it was the Old World I
was discovering, not the new one. A shiv-
er of excitement went down my spine
every time reality hit me: "Gosh, I'm real-
ly doing it. I'm on the
Eugene Huang
38 Systems Design
feat soon mastered.
A person at the
information desk told
me that to get to
Compiegne I needed to
first take the train into Paris. (Paris hap-
pens to be the opposite directions from
Compiegne.) The RER station is way over
at the other end of the airport, accessible
by a shuttle bus (which I discovered after
making the 15-minute trek on foot) . The
fact that I had gravity
plane, and I'm going
to France."
Getting to the
university residence
in Compiegne took a
big leap of faith. I got
off the airplane, and
it was good. I found
"If you are considering
going on an exchange, be
sure to go to Engineering
Exchange Week"
on my side did not
help when I descend-
ed two flights of
stairs with a load of
two suitcases and a
backpack. Nor did
gravity help me
my luggage and it was good. Then the fun
began. I discovered that the French are
very picky about the way words are pro-
nounced . . Saying Compiegne gets you
nowhere. You have to say 'Compiegne', a
ascend my belong-
ings up more flights of stairs at Paris Gare
du Nord. All the escalators seemed to be
broken or . going the wrong way. Off to a
great start!
I spent 3A at the Universite de
Technologie de
Compiegne (UTC)
and managed to find
a work placement
afterward throu h
their somewhat less
sophisticated co-op
system. The school-
ing there is different,
but manageable. I
managed. Some
exchange students do
relatively poor at
UTC than they would
at their home univer-
sily. This doesn't
necessarily mean that
the cour es are espe-
cially hard or that
there are big lan-
guage problems. It
could perhaps be due
to too much good
French wine and (not
so good) French beer.
We wt're perpetually
having informal par-
ties and occasionally
going to UTC events.
This year was UTC's 25th year anniver-
sary, and the students of UTC put together
an excellent soiree.
The town of Compiegne is no fun. So
naturally, every Saturday morning you can
find many of the exchange students at the
train station, heading off to Paris an hour
away. (Let me rephrase that: Compiegne is
fun, but Paris is, well, more fun.) We went
from time to time on longer trips as well.
Travelling is a large part of the exchange
experience.
The painted concrete-walled room,
small and echoey, with a stove, a sink, a
table, a few chairs, a garbage bin and noth-
ing else known as "la cuisine" was the
heart of activity for the perhaps 60 foreign
students on the first floor of the university
residence. We had lots of good times
together.
The French love to go on strikes. I
didn't know it was possible to go on strike
for only one day. I didn't know the Eiffel
Tower could go on strike. I didn't know
one lin of th re ionaI train (RER) in 0
Paris could go on strike. And finally, the
French truckers have the striking thing
down pat.
My work term was at Akzo Nobel, a
large Dutch-based international chemical
group. Spending three hours a day on
buses and trains to go to work doesn't
leave much free time. However, I got to
visit Holland on business and stayed for a
weekend in Amsterdam. I had a good time
on the job, listening to the French speak
their mind on anything and everything.
They were forever making fun of my
Canadian accent. However, I got my
revenge whenever they were obliged to
speak in English on the telephone!
If you are can idering going on an
exchange, be sure to go to the Engineeri ng
Exchange Week at the end of January.
Going on an exchange is always a trade-
off, and is a difficult decision to make. At
the end of it all, I can say with conviction
that I had a good time and I learned a lot.
Expand Your Business Knowledge
BY ERIC HALL
UW Business Club I'resident
Y
OU are invited to the first general
meeting of the business club on
Wednesday, January 28 at 4:30.
Room to be announced. Keep your eyes
open for posters or see our web page:
hltp://www.llndergrad.marh.
uwaterloo. ca/-bi zclub
The business club mandate is to
increase its members' understanding of the
business world. To this end, we entertain
speakers from various sectors of the busi -
ness community. This term we have
already confirmed a profes or of business
to discuss macroeconomics and we are
pursuing speaker
include information on MBA programs
and admission that we intend to update
this teml. The e re ources are located in
the busine s club
to discuss such top-
ics as: mutual fund,
tax tips, how to start
a mall business and
consulting.
"Have a donut and a
drink on us and let us
know what the business
office (MC3030) and
are avaiable for u e by
business club mem-
bers during office
hours.
In addition, the
business club main-
club can do for yOU."
At Wednesday's
general meeting we
will discus the direc- tain a small library
of busines. related literature including
recent periodicals. The library al 0
tion of the club for the winter term.
Members are invited to make suggestion
for speakers, re ources or activities they
find interesting. New members will be
given an opportunity to join the club at a
co t of $5. This fee helps us pay for:
refreshments which are served at all meet-
ings (including Wedne day), library main-
tenance, and other miscellaneous
expenses.
Come on out! Have a donut and a
drink on us and let us know what the busi-
nes club can do for you. If you have any
concern, email the busine s club account,
bizclub@ulldergrad.math.u"'l'aterioo.ca or
ee our web page.
The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 1998
News & Information
(continued from page 1)
our car before dusk. We decided on
Upper Yosemite fall. We were told the
trenuou hike would be well paid off by
the wonderful vista on the way (we
climbed 2,700 ft. in 3 miles) . For the fir t
hour and a half of our hike it was like
climbing tair. Due to the thick redwood
fore t, the fIrst hour or so there wa n't
much to see. But soon after we reached
the first re ting point where the view was
Escape from Silicon Valley
incredible. We had a full panorami view
of the half dome. The half dome i, an
enormou rock formation that look like a
bowling ball that ha been chopped in half
and tuck on the top of a mountain (eJev.
9,000 ft.).
The econd stretch of our hike wa a
mix of upward climb and sideway jog.
The view again wa incredible. 1 kept
thinking to myself. "1 can't believe I am
actually here!" As you look out acros
Y emite aile ', the granite rock fa es and
, now capped peaks in the distance make it
:eem almost like a fair) tale. Thi was the
kind of thing YOll read about and , ce in
calendars. But to a tually be there i, a
completely diff rent experience.
The la t portion of Ollr hike \Va, the
harde, 1. For about an hour we climbed a
path that cut back and forth through 100 e
rock and par e trees. As you looked
behind you could see the trai l winding
down the mountai n at a very steep lope.
Just before reaching the Upper Yo. emile
falls, we came upon a grove of Redwood,
in a somewhat level area. When we
5
topped for a break, I couldn't help but
stand in awe of the trees. Here were some
of the bigge, t trees in U1C world. possibl
2,000 year old and beyond that they were
growing out of creva. se in the granite
rock face . As I stared up at one of the tow-
ering giant, covered in a tlorescent green
mo it oCCUlTed to me that they own this
place. Coming from the metropolis of the
San Franci co Bay area, YOll begin to think
that man has taken over almo t every
extent of the earth. On the otherhand, I
think the redwoods still own the moun-
tains in Yosemite ational Park.
A! the Upper Yosemite Falls, we
stayed for about 45 minute'. The view
was incredible. My onl y regret is that it
\Va. almost 4:00 p.m. and we would ha e
to go back soon. I've never been a hiking
enthusiast, but I think that day may have
changed me. I will go back to Yosemite
sometime. I also realiz.e now that there is
a lot to see in nature if you tal.e the ti me to
see it. My suggestion to you is that if and
when you plan a trip to California be sure
to add Yosemite to your list of places to
visit.
Technical Speaker
Competition
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written reports, but not necessarily the most recent report. If you are interested In participating, contact your
undergraduate officer. Information packages are available in the Orifice, your department or the SFF home page:
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Participants may also be eligible to enter the Explanatory Communications Category at OEC. Contact ENGSOC
for further information.
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Competition: to encourage as many UW participants as possible to be involved. If you have debated over whether you should
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 1998
Upgrades for Polaris Labs Largely Completed
BY BETH JEWKES
Associate Dean for Engineering Computing
Y
ou've no doubt noticed that there
have been significant hardware
and software upgrades in the fac-
ulty Wat tar labs . ince la t summer.
Windows 95 and a variety of new software
appli cations including Office 97, Autocad,
and Borland C++, were added to the host
of other scientific and statistical . oftware
you've been accustomed to working with.
And behind the scenes our faculty network
has been upgraded to 100Mbps switched
technology, too.
This has probably been the largest sin-
gle changc to computing within the facul-
ty in the past 10 years. The $100,000
WEEF awarded to the Academic
Departments last summer was instrumen-
tal in getting the upgrades completed in
such a compressed time period. I would
like to express my thanks to WEEF for the
positive impact it has had on faculty PC
computing.
The Waterloo Polaris project started
onl y 16 months ago under the code name
'Elmira'. Concerns about not being able to
run 32 bit application software (e.g.
Windows 95) and the de ire to maintain
up-to-date applications were pushing
Engineering Computing to consider alter-
natives to the 16 bit world of At
the conclusion of an evaluation of other
networks, (see
hlfp:!lrail!-wcm!ncreport.html) it was
decided to invest in enhancing Watstar to
deliver 32 bit applications as the alterna-
tives did not provide many of the features
needed in our student computing labs.
That was November 1996. From
December 1996 to August 1997,
Engineering Computing and 1ST
(Informati on Systems and Technology)
staff enhanced Watstar to del iver
Windows 95 and other 32 bit application
software to student labs. At the same time,
the system retained the fami li ar Watstar
security and network file access. The
changes to the system were significant
enough to warrant a name change -
Waterloo Polari was chosen to signify a
'guiding light' in computing environments
- one proudly developed at Waterloo.
In preparation for the conversion to
Waterloo Polaris, many of the labs in the
Professor Will Be Missed
(colltifluedjrolll page 1)
coordi nate the Waterloo India Day held on
campus. This day was an opportunity to
explore business and education opportuni -
ties in India, a well as highlighting Indian
cultural activitie .
Shekar was greatly admired by hi s
students who held him high in affection
because of hi s thoughtful consideration for
both their academic und social li ves. lie
was also highly respected by hi s col-
leagues and office staff. In essence,
Shekar touched every heart he mel. Hi s
attractive personality and genuine caring
for others resulted in
dents with limited computing skills. 11
was a pleasure to watch him instill self-
confidence in his students, no matter how
minimal their computing background was,
and then to see him challenge them to pro-
duce solutions that far exceeded their
dreams. lmage of his benevolent and car-
ing approach to teaching will live with me
alway."
Professor Go rd. D. Stubley (Fi rst Year
EnRineerill g) - close colleague of Shekar
"Shekar 's generosity had no bounds,
he shared with me not only hi s enthusiasm
and optimi m for a
Shekar having left
behind many true
friends. This was
illu trated in the
number of people
that showed up at
both his cremation
"It was a pleasure to
watch him instill self-
confidence in his
students ... "
renewable energy for
both Canada and the
developing world,
but also his time and
devotion to my work
and to helping me
on Jan. 7, 1998 and
at his memorial service on Jan. 12,1997.
Approximately 350 people attended the
memorial service.
It was Shekar's caring and uncondi -
tional giving of love to other that is hi s
crowning achievement in life. Although
he is no longer with us, he will always live
in our spirit and hearts forever.
Recollections of Shekar from close col-
leagues and friends:
"I was hi s la t student in Systems
Design. He was a great supervisor who
treated all of his students as family mem-
bers. He was very knowledged and had an
ability to see the future. In his death, my
family and I lost a close friend and men-
tor."
Shaligram Pokharel - close friend alld stu-
dent
" First year engineering benefited
directly from Shekar 's dedication to teach-
ing. He was one of a very ' mall number of
instructors who took joy from teaching
introductory programming cour es to tu-
improve my skills a
a researcher.
Personally and professionally my life ha
been moulded and deeply touched by
Shekar's kindness, guidance and wisdom."
Cynthia Neudoerffer . one of Shekar's
favorite students
"When I think of our dear friend
Shekar one of the ftrst things that comes to
mind is the way he would react when told
a good joke. If you were anywhere within
an earshot you could not help but to laugh
with him. My eyes will always ee
Shekar' s smiling face. My ear will
always hear Shekar's laughter."
Paul Calamai - close friend
"Shekar had matured into what the
Japanese respectfully refer to a ' ensei"-
a teacher and leader of people. Not only
did his many Ma ter' s and Doctoral stu-
dent become experts in their specific
field of research, but they al 0 learned
how to live as respon. ible and caring citi -
zens in society."
Professor Keith W Hipe/ (Chair of
Systems Design Engineering) - close
freind and colleague
faculty needed hardware upgrades La meet
our students' demanding computing
requirements. Engineering Computing
labs (Wheel, Wedge, Shim and Lever)
were upgraded to 166 MHz Pentium
proce. sors with I GB+ hard drives over the
winter and summer 1997. Funding came
from Alumni and parents' donation to the
faculty. Thanks to generous funding from
WEEF, an additional $100,000 was award-
ed to the Academic Departments to a sist
them in the upgrade process. Assisted by
this WEEF funding, Systems Design and
Chemical Engineering completed hard-
ware upgrades in PC labs in the late sum-
mer; Civil , Electrical and Computer
Engineering, and Mechanical upgraded
their PC labs in December. The software
conversions to Waterloo Polaris took place
in Engineering Computing, Systems
De ign and Chemical PC labs in early
September; December aw Mechanical,
E&CE and Civil convert to Waterloo
Polari . .
One of the most evident change
(well , aside from Windows 95) is that
Waterloo Polaris u es Eudora Light for e-
mail and a new e-mail server, engmail
( ee al 0 "What ' Up With Engineering
Computing" in thi is ue for more details).
E-mail is such a vital component of our
computing environment that we needed to
set up a fa t, dedicated, reliable machi ne
to proce s the 13,000 - 15,OOO-odd emai l
mes ages sent and received by
Engineering u er daily. Engmai l is the
primary e-mail server for Waterloo Polaris
users, and provides a ingle e-mai l address
for students for the duration of your
chooling. Easy off-campus access is
availabl e, too, provided you have a termi-
nal server account and POP3 software (e.g.
Eudora or Microsoft Outlook) on your
remote computer.
What's next? Well , now that the basic
Waterloo Polari. in tails have been done,
Engineering Computing is looking at
enhanci ng the system to provide additi on-
al service and faster access to applica-
tion . Addi tional network upgrades are
planned for 1998 as wel l. But for now, the
biggest hardware upgrades in the labs have
been compl eted and u ers are getting
accustomed to a new computing environ-
ment.
Distinguished Teacher Awards
VERNA KELLER
Teaching Resources and Continuing Education
T
o nominate your outstanding pro-
fessor, lab demonstrator, or teach-
ing assistant for the Distinguished
Teacher Award, contact TRACE, MC
4055, Ext. 3132.
Is there a nominationjorm?
No. A nominati on can be made in a typed
or legi ble handwritten letter, approximate-
ly one to two pages in length, addressed
to:
Dr. Jame Kalbfleisch
Chair, Selection Committee
Distinguished Teacher Awards
c/o Teaching Resources and Continuing
Education (TRACE)
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON N2L 301
In order for an instructor to be consid-
ered for the Distinguished Teacher Award,
his/her nomination file must include ten or
more signatures, of which at least five
should be from present or fonner students.
The following list suggests other items
that are often included in successful nom-
inations. They are presented here as sug-
gestions if these types of resources are
available to you. Please feel free to submit
materials that are not included on thi list.
- the nominee's teaching approaches, pe-
cial strengths, and impact on student learn-
ing and development.
_ honours and award for teaching, uch as
tho e given by tudent ocieties or profes-
sional organizations.
_ evidence of success of former students
that can be traced back to the influence of
the candidate (e.g. student projects or the-
ses submitted for publication, prizes and
honours awarded to students, examples of
excellent tudent work) .
_ description of teaching innovation , if
possible with evidence of their success in
promoting student learning.
_ evidence of work with colleagues to pro-
mote teaching (e.g. presenting seminar on
teaching, organizing work hop for teach-
ing assistant s) .
What is the deadline for submission oj
nominations?
The nomination deadline is always the
first Friday in February. This all ows time
for the selection of award winners, whose
names are announced at the March meet-
ing of Senate.
Do the instructors with "the most votes"
win?
No. Quality of nominations is more
than quantity. That is, support-
ive letters from a number of persons are
more indicative of the nominee' s
favourable and lasting influence than a
single letter with hundreds of signatures
appended.
Serious consideration for awards is usual-
ly limited to files containing a great deal
more evidence and support than the
required minimum.
Is the DTA restricted to professors?
No. The Senate guidelines state that the
award is open to all those who teach stu-
dents at the University of Waterloo and its
federated and affiliated colleges. This
includes lab instructors, clinical associ-
ates, graduate teaching assistants and dis-
tance education tutor-marker , as well as
professor. In addition, one of the four
annual awards is set aside for "non-regu-
lar" instructors, such as part-time faculty,
full and part-ti me support who teach
courses, e siona1 instructors, etc.
However, the nominee must have a record
of excellent teaching at UW over an
extended period, usually five year or
more for the regular instructor category.
Nominees in the non-regular category are
considered with shorter periods of service.
Further information is avai lable on the
TRACE web ite at:
hup:!!wlVw.adm.uwaterloo.calinfotrac
The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 199
Opinions
7
How Much We Drank at
**

W
elcome to
Engi neeri ng.
He[e' your
beer.
Engineer and beer.
The e two words have
gone together for as far
back a the exi tence of
engineer. But why i
this? Why must you be
semi-alchoholic to be in engineering?
This is a question that ha often plagued
me. I know I am not not alone to say that
you don't need alcohol to have fun nor to
socialize.
So why do we do it?
Becau e we have always done it.
Shades of
Grey
La. t . eme. te[
wa. in Health
Service and was
scanning the
pmters \\ hi Ie
by laime 1iampo waiting for m}
appointment when
I happened upon a
poster on alco-
holi m. To m}
urprise, when I answered the que lions on
the poster, I turned out to be an alcoholic
by it de cription. I was quite disturbed b
this. J hone tly didn't think I wa drinking
that much. In fact r didn't drink half as
much a others r knew. [t made me won-
der.
Bigger, Better,
Toilet Paper
T
oilet paper is
inadequate. It
doe n' t do it
job. One sheet of
toilet paper is far too
small for practical
u e. The general
con ensus seems to
be that you have to
u e more than just
one sheet per wipe to avoid some di s-
agr eabl ituation. So th qu tion i ,
"Why not just make the sheets bigger and
thicker?" The answer: Standards.
From the beginning of history, we
have created and imposed standard on
ourselves. We have standards for every
aspect of our live . 1t is our way of bring-
ing a sen e of order to our otherwi e
chaotic ways. It is our way of organising
ourselves so that we may function produc-
tively.It is our way of making sure that red
means stop and green means go. For the
most part, standards are vital to our every-
day lives. Yet, when standard become too
deeply entrenched, then they can become
very restricting. Standards can hold us
back.
The human race strives for progress.
We, as engineers, facilitate the changes
that will bring about this progre .
Interestingly enough, however, we are aJso
the ones who set standards that restrict the
breadth of our changes. Ingenuity and
innovation thrive best when they are free
to wander, free to roam. But all too often,
we do not allow this to happen properly.
Why do we do this? We do this becau ewe
misinterpret the meaning of innovation.
Unfortunately, innovation is frequent-
ly given a dollar value. Those ideas that
reap financial rewards are considered
innovative. This is a mistake. We must
remember our objective: progress.
Innovation, then, involves the improve-
ment of society. An idea does not have to
be profitable in order to contribute to soci-
ety. And this is where our standards come
in to play. Many of the best ideas are con-
sidered "impractical" because they do not
conform to standards. Breaking free of
standard is too costly and requires too
much effort.
I have always maintained that sheets
of toilet paper should be at least four-ply,
and twice the size of what is currently in
use. It would not involve using any more
material; a person would end up using the
same net amount of toilet paper, but it
Raymond Ho
1B Mechanical
would just be much
more efficient and
convenient. The only
thing stopping me
from flooding the
markets with my new
improved toilet
paper, is the tandard.
Every toilet paper
manufacturer ha
designed their machines to produce toilet
ap r f a certain iz
Every bathroom on the planet is
designed to hold toilet paper of a certain
size. Changing this standard is almost
unthinkable.
There are countless example. of stan-
dard that are obviously impeding our
progres . For instance, the QWERTY key-
board layout was created to make people
type slower as to prevent typewriter keys
from sticking, but we are till using it
today. Diesel and gasoline powered vehi-
cle are terrible polluter and wasters of
energy, yet they are not being replaced by
more efficient electric and natural gas
vehicle. Computer floppy disks have
insufficient capacity, but we are stuck with
them. Our hospitals are not on
par with current technology, because
of infrastructure. Clearly then, when
things become too much of a fixture, it is
nearly impossible to change them immedi -
ately. The only thing to do is to wait until
the current standard crumble .
In the meantime, however, there are
things that can be done that will help u in
the future. It is true that standards are nec-
essary. But in establishing these standards,
we must take extra care. First of all, we
must think long-term. Standards that are
made today, should still be applicable far
into the future. Secondly, the standards
must not be inflexible. They should be
dynamic, allowing for many changes and
improvements as different situations arise.
Lastly, we must allow tandards to be bro-
ken. Standards should not be barriers to
progress. Rather, they should merely be
stepping . tones towards a better set of
tandards. If there is clearly something
better, then we should always be ready to
make the jump.
Until we learn to focus on progress,
and not on profit, our standards will
aJways confine us. So the next time you
use the bathroom, may the toilet paper be
a haunting reminder of this.
Do I drink to much?
Do 1 need [0 drink u. much?
m I hurting myself b drinling thi ,
much'!
Well ,Ippar'ntl) 1 am. The reCom-
III nued ma\imum dose of all:ohol is one
glas: of wine per day. ot quite the up to
10 beer that I "as ha\ ing.
We all kno\\ \\ hat exeesi \ l' amount:
of alcohol can do to our bodies: lin:r dam-
age, digesti\ e probl ms, dchyuration.
headaches, k.idney damage, and chemical
dependancy; but the. e are not the prob-
lems thal you really think about. It'. the
waking up the next cia) nOl remembering
what happened, the alcohol poisoning, the
vomitling, ancl the hangovers that ar the
r'al oncerns in my mind. Yet I conlinued.
I have n view that people are stupid
unle s proven otllen ise. r think is a
good c\':lmple of (hat. For nOl only am I
just hurting myself phy:-.ically, but I'm
hurting the image of engineers. For we are
1I0t all drunk.en louts, WI; are intelligent
problem-solvers thal are moving lowarcl:-
bt'coming a pmfessional workforce. But
then again wc arc engineer:.
o this has not heen n tirade against
drinking. I still drink and l know no one
\\ ill stop because of this article nor do I
cxpect it. Take it as food for thought.
What are You Worth?
I
began to notice
omething late
la t term and it
became even more
prevalent over the
course of the work
term. I have
noticed that a lot of
engineering stu-
dents have become
extremely materiali tic.
Last term, once interviews for co-op
positions were in full swing, I was hearing
a lot of people mocking jobs because the
pay was not what they deemed suitable, or
r d.i un n hi paid
evell ten dollars less a week than other .
They almost always commented that they
liked the job, but that the pay was "an
insult".
Then, over the work. term, a WI
interesting discussion was started within
my class mailing li st. Bcing in fourth yeLlI.
many of us were actively participating in
the interview process for full time employ
ment. Eventually, one of us reccived an
offer, and lhey asked liS what we believed
10 be a fair salary, so that they could COl1\
pare this information with their offer.
Personally, I Founu the results rather dis-
turbing. The suggested minimum we
should accept was outrageous. Granted,
salaries in high technology have escalated
to unseen heights in the last few years.
However, is this justification for determin-
ing a minimum where "anything which is
below it is an insult"?
There was one person who brought up
the notion that a factor such as happiness
should come into play. The remainder of
people where simply pUlling a dollar value
on themselve ,regardless of the situation.
Is it an insult to be offered a salary
that will enable one to live comfortably
while doing a job they enjoy? Or is it an
insult to give someone a position where
they make a large amount of money but
are working almost a double workweek, or
are mi erable with what they are doing?
Can money actually buy happiness?
Putling the idea of happiness aside for
a moment, I offer a relative comparison to
the "insult" minimum. Thi s salary, which
I will not reprint, is above what a teacher
makes after ten years in their field. It is
also approximately what someone with a
master's degree in psychology would
make upon graduation.
Are we, because of a decision made
five years ago, and most likely without
sound knowledge of its implications, enti-
Consider
this ...
by leff Goballo
tied to more than
someone else i ? Are
engineers wOlth more
to society than teach-
crs or psychologi t
or other profession-
als?
If the answers to
the above que tions
are yes. then J a k
this: what will happen when future teach-
ers decide to study engineering instead?
Who will educate the engineers of tomor-
row? My purpose is not to praise the
teaching industry, so l will not continue.
ow v r. o'f r th ir extrapolated future
as an examplc of the possible results ofthe
materialistic thought proce e I see
around me.
I question fill l'iclolricnl , com
puter. and .. stcms dc"i!:,11 l'lIl-'lllcns (thos '
in the tt'\,h. Illgh dt'll1unu" all'tls):
cOlllpar'd to Olll 1.IVll or At'ologil'ul l'OUll
telparl ... . ale we worth IlH)f('? ACl'ordil1l! 10
whatll1:lny Pl.'ople \<lY, yOlll' Hn,w 'r should
be yes. III the privllcy of YOUl
own thoughts, do you antiCipate 1l111l-ing
the ,Ul1le salary as u civil? What do you do
so much better than they do? (Please sec
the notc al the bottoOl before accusing In
of attacking a discipllllC,)
There arc people out there who will
argue that the salaries arc already vcry
high, and ask what can be done about it. I
respond that the people who negotiate for
hi gher salaries or more benefits drive the
average up. If people wcre willing to
accept enough to survive on, and place
more importance on their happiness. the
competition between com panics would
not be one of moncy, and the salary rise
would subside.
Perhaps it's time UW Engineering
included a mandatory sociology or philos-
ophy course instead of an economics one.
It appears engineers already know enough
about money, but not enough about the
world around them.
As a disclaimer. I would like 10 make
it clear that in no way was I allempling to
belittle civil or geological engineers. I am
merely using them as an example because
it has been my experience that positions
for them are extremely rare and poorly
compensated in the present job market.
They arc not being centred out, but rather
used for contrast purposes. If this offends
any individuals, please accept my sincere
apologies.
8 Opinions The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23,1998
Common Vegetarian Myths
V;
getarians eat
chicken and
fish
While some veg-
etarian eat eggs and
dairy products, by
definition, vegetarians
do not eat any meat,
including chicken and
fish .
Vegetarians don 't get enough protein
The adult recommended daily
allowance of protein is less than 10% of
the total calorie intake. This level can be
ea ily attained with a vegetarian diet. It is
actually quite difficult to design a diet
deficient of protein. Study after study has
shown that practically the only way that
one could become protein deficient is by
not consuming enough calories. The per-
ception that large amounts of protein are
necessary for good health is a throwback
to a time when less was known about the
connecti ons between health and nutrition.
Athletes require more protein
It is commonly thought that athlete
have increa ed protein requirements, and
consequently cannot meet their dietary
requirements with a vegetarian diet.
Actually, increased physical activity does
not increa e protein requirements. Some
of the best athletes in the world are vege-
tarian, including Dave Scott (6 time
Ironman Triathlon winner). Arnold
BY ROCKY RADOVAN
3H EnvironmenlllJ ChemlCllt
I
n the mid 1970's, a fellow by the name
of James Lovelock proposed a theory
that reall y turned science on it's ear,
AND had environmentalists screaming hi s
prai ses. The theory holds that the Eart h's
wildly improbable atmosphere, oceans and
climate are regul ated and maintained by
the process of life itself, in homeostati c
balance which makes Earth pleasant and
hospitable to life. In thi s manner, life itself
acts as a kind of super-organi sm, which
Lovelock. calts Gaia, after the Greek earth
goddess, the mother of the Titans.
What is happening with this super-
organism? I thi s theory a joke? Does it
have any basis in thi world of super-com-
puters, uper-armies with super-soldier.,
and super-science?
This theory has been debated quite
often and doing so would leave a lot of
unan wered que tion , and frankly, thi
would be a poor article. You can believe
that the Earth is alive if you would like. I
want to prove that we are going too far in
our quest to rule the planet, and in doing 0
are sprinting towards a final confrontation
with this Gaia; in essence, a battle to the
death - one that we cannot win.
Doomsdayer you say? Perhaps. But I
do have rea on for saying these things.
Have you noticed that there are a lot
of weather patterns that are throwing
things out of balance? I do not mean
recently (like El Nino). but in the la t
decade or so. The impact of unregulated
human civilization, and industrialization
has made a giant impact on the surface of
the earth. How do you fix a problem like
that? Simple, kill the causes.
Consider that your body is the earth.
Eating is a naturally occuning phenome-
non. You chew and mush up food in your
The Crazy
Carrot
hy Lynn Walker
ian diet.
Sch warzenegger' S
1981 book
"Arnold's Body
Building for Men"
recommends one
gram of protein for
every two pounds
of body weight.
This is easily attain-
able with a vegetar-
It is hard to find vegetarians things to eat
Finding vegetarian food to eat is a lot
easier than you'd think. A fair amount of
mainstream food items are vegetarian. For
example, perogies, pizza, fajitas, and bur-
ritos are all common foods, and all are
avai lable in a vegetarian version. But
don't limi t yourself to traditional North
American fare. Asian, Indi an,
Meditcrranean and Egypti an cooking not
only taste great, but also offer many vege-
tarian di shes.
Eating out in restaurants as a vegetar-
ian is not a problem. With the exception of
fast food restaurants, in my four years of
being vegetarian, it has been very easy for
me to find things I could enjoy in a restau-
rant. With the ri sing popularity of vegetar-
ianism, and an increased awareness of
healthy eating, re taurants are catering to
their customers which includes vegetari -
ans. AI 0, keep in mind that menu items
that include meat can u uall y be modified;
for example you could a k for the chicken
mouth, then swal low it, where it goes
down your throal. If you' re healthy then
you have no problems. But you have to
work to be healthy. You must brush your
teeth, noss, usc mouthwash to KILL bac-
teri a which cause cavaties and ruin your
leeth. These are actions that your body
does to preserve it' s life.
Move on to your throat now. When
you get sick, sometimes your throat gets
sore, and it make. it difficult to swallow,
and therefore eal. Thi s is generally bad.
Therefore your immune system KILLS the
bacteria or virus that is cau ing you grief.
Suppose you smoke 40 cigarettes in a row.
Fir. t of all, you'll vomit, but be ides that ,
fettuccine Alfredo without the chicken.
Vegetarianism is a fad
People have been vegetarian for a
very long time, even back to the beginning
of civi lization. Although it is true that it
has become more popular in the last centu-
ry, particularly in the la t 30 years, vege-
tarianism is here to stay. With more and
more people making the connection
between the foods they eat and issues uch
as health, animal cruelty, and the environ-
ment , you can expect vegetarianism to
continue rising in popUlarity.
Becoming vegetarian will change your life
Actually, this isn't a myth at all.
Becoming vegetarian WILL change your
life: in a very positive, healthy, and liber-
at ing way. Vegetarianism will not only
change your life, but the li fe of others as
well. Norman Cousins, renowned for hi s
mind-body medical research, summed it
up well when he sai d that: "Nothing is
more powerful than an individual acting
out of hi s conscience, thu helping to bring
the collective conscience to life."
Thi article's recipe is for Carrot
Coriander Soup. It 's really easy to make
(tru t me) and it's perfect for cold winter
days. Don' t forget that you can find old
articles and recipes on the Crazy Carrot
Web Page:
http:iwww.eng.uwaterloo.ca/
Studentsllnwalker
your throat will be ripped up. It will hurt.
It 's not like your body needs cigarette to
function, but it just happen . Fine. How
about if someone comes to cut your throat.
You will probably fight back, and in the
case of life or death, you will do anything
to not have your throat cut.
Those last two are not "naturall y
occurring" actions. But they may happen
anyway. Your body kill s things that are not
supposed to happen. I believe the earth is
doing just that. Remember that time has a
different meaning to the earth than to us.
It's happening, but lowly. And here's
what I see happening.
Industri al pollution is causing poi on-
Crazy Carrot Coriander Soup
I large onion
2 garlic cloves
112 inch of fre h ginger root
4 large crazy carrots
3 cup of water
Fresh cilantro (about 112 cup
chopped)
Salt and pepper
Peel the onion, garlic and ginger.
Chop the onion and mince the garlic and
ginger. Saute the onion, ginger and garlic
in a little bit of vegetable oil until the
onion becomes tran lucent. Peel the car-
rots and chop into small pieces (about one
centimeter in length, width and height for
you engineeri ng type. ). Add the carrot
bits to the sauteed vegetables and continue
sautei ng until the carrots begin to soften,
stirring frequently.
Add the chopped ci lantro and water.
Allow this mixture to simmer until the car-
rots are fully cooked. Add salt and pepper
to taste. At this point you can ei ther leave
the oup as it is, or blend coarsely in a
blender or usi ng a Braun-type hand mixer.
Eat up!
ing of the atmosphere and hydro phere.
Global climate change, torms, droughts,
earthquake, volcano, blizzards, e sen-
tially unnatural weather patterns are the
force being u ed to fight off this process.
OverpopUlation is a growing concern.
Studies have shown that infertility is on
the rise around the world. Is the earth com-
pensating for overpopUlation by not allow-
ing more people to be conceived? What
about AIDS? Man-made or act of Gaia?
[t may ound that I am calling for the
end of the world, but actually, if we take
care of things now changes can be made.
Is Environmentalism the newest and
fa test growing Religion?
The Iron Warrior, Friday, Januar 1 23, 1998
Opinions
9
Sorry, Members Only
S
o. you want to be
a part of the
EngSoc clique.
eh? Well, get in line,
because the waiting Ii t
is long.
It' ab urd.
perception that
governing tudent
body of Waterloo
Engineering is made up of a few clo e
friends beg for a reevaluation of our
method of politic. Hard to believe that
the biggest engineering school in Canada
can be run by a small , clo ed group of
acquaintances, yet at the same time con-
tinue to function, for the most part, highly
succes fully. All the while, EngSoc is
providing ervices and activities to the stu-
dents and representing the school to
national organizations.
So, if it ain't broke, why fix it?
Perhaps the method i not the problem.
Maybe instead of a reevaluation of our
organization, we should reevaluate our
perception of EngSoc.
The Engineering Society's members
include all students enrolled in engineer-
ing at the university. The Society's numer-
ous services are readily available to all it' s
members. Tn a nutshell, every engineer at
Waterloo is a member of EngSoc.
So, who belongs to the clique, then?
Optioll #1: The peopLe attending EngSoc
meetings are doing the segregating.
Let's break thi down. EngSoc meet-
ings largely consist of repre entatives
from each of the different classes on-
stream. Class EngSoc reps are elected
every term by the members in their class-
e to repre ent the cia s a a whole. If thi
i to whom people are referring when they
discuss "the clique", that would imply that
the group in que tion is made up of elect-
ed individual chosen by all members of
the Society. Hardly an exclusive list, as
implicated by the word "clique".
OptiOll #2: The people who attend the dif-
ferent events and participate in the many
activities hosted by EngSoc are the ones
who make up the clique.
Everything from on-campus activities
such as Engweek and Enginuity, to charity
and volunteer events such as the bus push
and Canada Day celebrations, to extra-cur-
ricular events such as sports tournaments
and brewery tours are organized and sup-
ported by EngSoc. The different types of
activities are growing more and more
The Village
Idiot
by Alan CLlllIIisrraro
diver e to appeal
to a broader range
of per onal tastes.
Participation III
each of the:e
events is equally
open to all ociet
members. It' . up
to the indi\ idual to
decide whether to
attend activitie or not. By thi argument,
the clique i made up olely of tho ' e who
choo e to participate in EngSoc hosted
events, again, contradicting the exclusivity
of a "clique' .
Option #3: Sen'ices provided by EngSoc
are only available to you if you're part of
the select few.
This contradict one of EngSoc's
main purposes: to provide services to the
student body at large. All resources pro-
vided by the Engineering Society - such
as the Iron Warrior, the Orifice, the video
editing room, the darkroom, the C&D and
countless other services - are readily
accessible to all.
Option #4: You're ollly part of "the
clique" if you hang out in POETS.
Sorry, this doesn't hold water.
POETS is just another one of the many
services provided by EngSoc. If you want
to watch a movie or reruns from the night
before, there's no other place as conve-
nient as POETS to do o. And going to
POETS on a Thursday or Friday in no way
requires you to have a beer - it's ju t
another service for those who choose to
take advantage of it.
The biggest roadblock facing the
Engineering Society is the resi stance
en oumer d by individuals who view it a
an exclusive membership. EngSoc exists
to represent the students to the faculty, to
the university and to Engineering organi-
zations throughout the country. At the
arne time, it fills a void by providing ser-
vices needed by students that cannot be
offered by the Faculty of Engineering.
This resistance to EngSoc is keeping it
from achieving it's full goal - providing
services to all Waterloo Engineering stu-
dents.
EngSoc has mad ... , and continue to
make steps to achieve a more "profession-
al" image. Because one of the most
important things EngSoc has to do for it to
be more effective is to shake the negative
perception that some have bestowed upon
it.
Darwin's
Missing Link
I
f Darwin was on the intimacy of oth-
the right tr"ck, one ers, the engineering
would assume that The community ha,
the technical!} Other End focused on devices
inclin d, including the that facilitate com-
engineering folk, municulion by
I)y Andf\o'lI' Hat"ly
would also share an removing personal
equal prowess in the ontact. Although
phy ical realm. communication has
Where, then, ha evo- reached a ncv level
lution gone wrong? If the sur ivaI of the of convcnience and cleanliness when com-
fittest is leaning in favor of intell 'tual and pared to the intimacy of face to face meel-
technical mastery, why are these traits nOI ings, a . core or sensation and sexuality has
a, sociated with glamour and se appeal? b en lost The electronic community
It should be afe to assume thaI if the tech- pu ' he, ever forward to minimize the need
no logical revolution is the natural path for for personal movement and interpersonal
the human race, then the technically The current technologies could
inclined are indeed endowed with the have been replaced long ago, but the engi-
pheromones, look and sensibility neces- neering community remains entrenched in
ary to woo a panner.---------------a world or research
The plausible sugges-
tions are then, that evo-
lution i trying to rub
out the technological
revolution, or Ihat
under the fagade of hor-
rible fashion sense and
"Development of voice
and email communication
could inhibit any sex
appeal associated with
engineering"
where conlact, fash-
ion and physique, all
critical to the sexual
psyche, do not playa
role. Ir inten itied,
the promotion and
development of voice
the lack luster reputa---_____________ -aand email communi-
tion there is a love machine in every engi- cation could inhibit any sex appeal associ-
neeI'. ated with engineering (not to mention the
The econd suggestion, although crit- sterility that arises from cellular technolo-
ical of the techies of the world, provides a gy).
more optimistic plan for the future. The The challenge is 10 find a technology
necessary path is clear. The technically that compensates for the total lack of ex
inclined need but a few lessons to cross appeal associated with the telephone (1-
from the world of depravation, where inti- 900 number. aside) . The engineering com-
ma y i foun in th rgonomics of a key- munity needs a new goal that con sid rs
board, to the world of the flowers and both the need for advancement and the
chocolates and naughty clothing. The need for survival. This means that a new
problem and the solution should now be direction for technology should boil even
clear. The se appeul of Ihe 1ll00kll1 da lhl' ... t or hOI ilium's I\chi 'vilt/,!,
engineer needs a facclift, lest the t'ngillcl'l nil vallil ()I l'ngim'crillg Will also Il'qlllr\'
ing community los' the t'volutiollary \.'Jcaliw pal'k"!'ill)! and I lint kel illj!, SII a" to
knowledge or partnen;hip, propagatioll Ihe aPlwlI1 of the ta ... llHlIl and mls
and procreation. ;ndu ... trie ....
Although the "Buns of Steel" series Natlll al seil'elltlll ha ... provllkd if !.llllIll
could providc significant insight into thl' window of opportunity to til\! ell)!lncer. It
problem al hand, nOI to mention improve tillle to lcaw the l:()llIfoi1ahll' world of
the physique in limc ror Spccdo sca!\on, the telepholle, blllck anti white
there arc greater obstacles on the path socks. The engineering Wlllltlllllity needs
from engineer to Don Juan. Years ago, to blaze a new trail. A IlI,:W tl'chnology and
AT&T set the poor example which many passion mu"t be synonYlllous wilh engi
engineers have followed with their ncering, Jest the engineer b destined
"Reach Out and Touch Someonc" cam to bcg for a phone number 10 no avail.
paign. Instead of promoting comfort in
Engineering Happiness
BY IANTIEN
IB Computer
H
ere's a proposition: Eternal
Happiness. What if you were
happy all the time? You get up in
the morning and it's a sunny day. You are
happy. You go to school and annihilate
your finals without ever showing up to a
lecture. You are happy. You are happy all
the time.
Sure it sounds real sexy at first, but
let's take it one step further. You go to
South Campus Hall and they're serving
steak. You are happy, but you're bored of
steak. Okay, so let's say instead they have
lobster. But then you're not happy
because you'd rather have the option.
Fine, they have both.
Now comes the tricky part. Which to
choose? The happiness of steak must be
purchased with the potential happiness of
lobster or perhaps with the sum of other
entrees. If! have steak, I lose the lobster. If
there's nothing but steak, I lose the happi-
ness associated with freedom of choice.
That's because the happiness in our lives
can only be experienced at the expense of
a lesser moment of happiness. To get
something you want, you have to give up
something else you want and could have
gotten in tead.
Hmm ... You're not quite convinced.
Okay, pop quiz hot shot: You're a guy and
you walk into a bar. It's filled with the
most beautiful women on earth. No two
are alike, but you think that you could
spend the rest of your life with anyone of
them. What do you do?
Well what can you do? Are you
doomed to spend the rest of your life
thinking about opportunities gone by and
the gazillion roads left untraveled? Maybe.
But that kind of thinking isn't practical. It
would probably only make you shallow
and bitter, so what's the use?
The proper way to contemplate exis-
tence is to see a missed opportunity as both
an undesirable alternative and as an impos-
sible pathway. By definition, we will favor
the most desirable alternative. Thus when
we have the power to choose, an undesir-
able alternative equals an impossible path-
way. Missed opportunity equals
impossible pathway, which equals an
undesirable alternative. So missed oppor-
tunities are undesirable. So what does this
have to do with lunch?
Now consider this: An incorrect deci-
sion can be made if and only if the amount
of happiness experienced is less than the
maximum potential happiness that can be
generated from all available options. Thus
the correct decision, the decision that will
yield the greatest amount of happiness, is
to avoid making an incorrect decision.
So, if you choose lobster and decide it
is probably tastier than the steak would
have been, and you are proud of yourself
for making the decision swiftly and with
style, then you have made a correct deci-
sion and maximized your happiness. If you
choose !>leak and pat yourself on the back
for keeping your cholesterol in check, then
you have also made the correct decision
and maximized your happiness.
Under this philosophy, the correct
decision is independent of the situation or
its outcome. A decision that is justified to
be the best possible decision that could
have been made under a given set of cir-
cumstances is the decision that would
yield a maximum amount of happiness. It
is thus the correct decision.
So what if a person were to make the
best decision of which he was capable,
given the resources at his disposal. And
what if he celebrated the outcome of his
actions regardless of the magnitude of
their eventual benefit or detriment, based
on nothing save the crux of Ihe latter?
What if he could do this day in and day
out? Could such a person exist? And if so,
would he be happy all the time?
10 Arts The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 1998
Mathematics Playground
BY HUYIS DEEZ
38 Electrical
A
re you ready for a challenge? Do
you enjoy the math problems
often found on the back pages of
many science magazines. In every issue
of the Iron Warrior I plan to provide an
interesting and challenging math problem.
None of my problems require university
level mathemati cs but let me warn you that
ome of them can be tough.
Put on your thinking cap, and let'
look at thi i sue's math puzzle. The illus-
tration show m boxe with n distingui h-
able objects placed in the first box. The
objective is to move all n object to the la t
box. You can only handle one object at a
time and that object can only move to the
box on the object's immediate right. How
many pos ibl e ways can the n objects be
moved to the last box?
H it--: ..1..-1 ---L----'-l--.JJ . 0

M
Show Off Your
Artistic Talent
BY RENEE LAZAROWICH
Arts Director
(etlg_orts@engmail)
I
t was a dark and stormy night, the roof
was leaking and a low lying fog per-
vaded both the atmosphere and my
pirit. I reached for the bathroom door
and as I crossed the thre hold a foul,
unhuman stench assaulted my nose. At the
arne time I spied a alluring figure taking a
shower! Nausea and arousal simultane-
ously played pingpong with my nerves as
I pulled aside the curtain and ... I hear the
klaxon of alarms. My eyes reluctantly
open and I shake the fog-like remnants of
the dream as I realize I have ten minutes to
make it to Calculus ...
We all dream, don't we? We are all
born creative beings. In fact, engineering
at its core is the coupling of analysi with
creation. There exists, buried within us
(more deeply in some than others, but
there nonetheless), the motor of creation,
the drive to create. The piles of laundry in
rune-like figures on our bedroom floors.
The carefully balanced statue of pizza
boxes in the kitchen. Even the carefully
weighed deci ion of tom t-shirt and old
jeans that we picked out this morning.
They are all manife tations of a latent, per-
hap ubconsciou desire in each of u to
expres ourselve uniquely.
That' why this column exists - we are
the Arts Director of the Engineering
Society ... Deb Boyd, Alex Pak, and Renee
Lazarowich.
We want to provide a chance for all of
u to how our art. So tart thinking about
performing in Tal Eng. And non-perfor-
mance artists, start thinking about showing
something in the art exhibit we are putting
together this term.
TalEng is scheduled for Thursday,
March 5. If you are interested in perform-
ing this term please e-mail us at
eng_arts@engmail or drop a note in our
box in the Orifice. Check our white board
in CPH for more information later this
month.
Our other great evening of art is tenta-
tively scheduled for Tuesday, March 24.
We're excited to show (and see) all your
art - sketches, photography, sculpture,
graphic art, multimedia stuff, you name it
- in an evening exhibit So please let us
know by January 30 if you are interested
in showing anything and/or if you are
interested in helping out at this gala affair.
We also want to make UW Engineers
aware of all the cool and interesting stuff
that goes on around K-W. To that end,
we've acquired the white board in CPH
foyer to list upcoming concerts, gallery
exhibits, theatre, comedy, film, poetry, as
well as great restaurant in the area. We
will also be posting information about the
great events we are organizing this term.
So be sure to keep corning back. And help
u out - drop u a note at eng_arts@eng-
mail describing how you want to help out,
a great restaurant you've been to, a band
you know is coming, or even bener, ome-
thing that you are involved in and want
people to know about.
See you around town, on stage or with
your name beside some unique expres ion
of your elf.
The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 1998 Arts
Happy Days
BY BETTI A GASPAR
drama department
'That 1 what I find so wonderful-
stuck up to her diddie in the bleeding
ground"
"Funny, pathetic, frightened, callou ,
bawdy, and charming, thi examination of
the in's and outs of the mind and heart
more than hold anyone for an evening."
Edith Oliver of the ew Yorker
penned these memorable words about
Samuel Beckett' original ew York pro-
duction of Happy Days. This season the
University of Waterloo Drama
Department is mounting, for the first time,
a production of thi great modem classic.
Samuel Beckett renowned for his ab ur-
dist play Waiting for Godot and Endgame
i a Nobel Prize winner, recognized for his
extensive body of work and his contribu-
tion to twentieth century Drama.
Happy Day. is a surreal tragi-comedy
about a middle class marriage between
Winnie, an ageing housewife, and her hu -
band Willie. The indefatigable heroine
Winnie is buried from the waist down is
desert ' and and by the second act only her
head struggles to stay above the consum-
ing mound of dirt . The play is full of
comic ironies depicting the tragedy of the
human condition. A virtuoso work for one
actor, Happy Days is a poignant, comic
and tragic monologue for its heroine
Winnie.
Vicki Sloan a Dranla!English major is
superb as the optimistic Winnie, capturing
the character' acrobatic existence
between reality and fiction. Ms. Sloan has
acted in many productions with the
Waterloo Drama Department, most recent-
ly in Female Parts he played the viva-
cious Dancing mistres ,in Cloud Nine she
carried three roles as Mrs. Saunder , Betty
and Ellen, and The Crucible as Rebecca
Nurse. She ha also worked out ide the
university for the Woodstock Little
Theatre on various productions, the mo t
notable wa her portrayal of Mary Snow
in David French's, Salt Water Moon,
which won the Best Production at the
1991 Theatre Ontario Festival. Stephen
Bailey a Drama and Recreation Leisure
major, plays Willi, Winnie' s endearing
and almost silent partner. Mr. Bailey has
been in the University of Waterloo's
Production of Chicago and his outside
work includes Dr. Faustus with the Raven
Black Company and numerous musicals.
Profound, poetic and witty, Happy
Days opens on January 28 to 31 and runs
the following week from February 4 to 7.
Start time at 8:00 p.m. in Hagey Hall's
Studio 180. To purchase your tickets call
888-4908, $8 for students and $10 for gen-
eral admission. Space is limited so book
your tickets in advance.
pharo provided by: Berrina Gaspar
minus fiftecn
Gary Cheng
3A Computcr
Films for Awareness
BY MATTHEW DICK
Student Volunteer in PACS
A
series of films meant to spark
discussion. The views
expressed in the films are not
necessarily those of the PACS pro-
gram or Conrad Grebel College.
The Battle for Moser River
Wed., Jan. 28 - 12noon in CGC Room
267
1994 - National Film Board
A startling account of how the
death of Donald Findlay (murdered in
the Halifax County Correctional
Centre only 90 minutes after he began
serving a sentence for dangerous dri-
ving) touches a nerve within a small
Nova Scotia rural community as it
deals with a culture of violence and a
series of long-standing generational
grudges. 44 minutes.
Out: Stories of Lesbian and Gay
Youth
Wed., Feb. 4 - 7pm in CGC Room 156
1993 - National Film Board
One of the most important peace
and conflict i sues is the confli ct
between the sexes. This film explores
both the struggles and the victories of
gay and Ie bian youth in Canada.
Delving into the emotional, societal ,
and familial conflicts these young peo-
ple often face, Out provides a forum
for their experiences and breaks the
damaging silence surrounding sexual
orientation. 80 minutes.
Affiuenza
Thurs., Feb. 5 - 12noon in CGC Room
267
1997 - PBS u l l f r Q ~ films
A fascinaling look at one of the
greatest social and economic "sick-
nesses" of our time: materialism.
Hosted by ScOtl Simon, thi s film
explores both comical and very 'ober-
ing aspects of consumerism and its
enormous impact on our families,
communities, and environment. 57
minutes.
All films will be shown at Conrad
Grebel CoJlege. If you're coming
from main campus, Cross Laurel
Creek using the footbridge near
Modern Languages, then veer to the
left and keep left on the path as you go
up the hill.
11
12 Internal Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 1998
Undergraduate Publications
BY RYAN CHENWING
38 Mechanical
L
ast year, because of the high com-
petition between post-secondary
schools to attract students into their
programs, the University of Waterl oo
implemented a number of changes to their
undergraduate recr uit-
ment strategy. One
aspect of thi s is the pub-
licati ons that are sent out
to secondary schools. A
consultant was retained
to work on these
brochures. Since last
spring the booklets were
redesigned and the
Uni versi ty' logo was
modified.
All the drastic
changes were meant to
help attract more stu-
dents to cons ider
Waterloo and to counter-
act some of the negative
stereotypes people have
about UW. These
changes also show some
areas that can be further
improved.
engineering would be able to provide valu-
able input into the content of the booklet
for engineering.
In a few weeks I will be asking some
people to review and critique the descrip-
tion of their discipline that is in this year's
book and suggest changes to the book
overall.
I have spoken wi th
Kim Boucher in the
Undergraduate
Engineeri ng Office
because she puts a lot of
work into the booklet ror
engineering. I suggested
to her that students in
The cover of the 1997198 Undergraduate Engineering promotional
brochure. You call pick lip your copy in the Visitor's Cent re ill South
Camplls Half If you have any suggestions for improvemelll,feelfree
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Your Expense Forms at Work
Hello everyone.
In case you do not
know who I am, my
name i Dan Kim and
I am the Vice
President of Finance
for Engineering
Society A. I am in 3B
Systems Design
(OaSys) and this is my
second term at this position.
First of all, I would like to welcome
back those who were working last term. I
hope you gai ned the experience and skills
you were looking for and had an enjoyabl e
time doi ng it. J would also like to extend
an extra special welcome to those of you
who have switched streams from Eng Soc
B. J hope Eng Soc A can offer everything
that you have been accustomed to in the
past and hopefull y some new experiences
as well.
At the f irst Council meeti ng on
January 14th, a preli minary financial sum-
mary for the Summer J 997 term was dis-
played. Although there were a couple of
items not accounted for as of yet, the sum-
mary showed that the actual expenditures
were reasonably close to those budgeted
for that term. A soon as the summary has
been completed and finali zed, it will be
made available to anyone intere ted. Also,
by the ti me of distribut ion, the budget for
this term wi ll have been fi nalized and
passed by counci l. A copy of the budget
can be picked up at the Orifice and will
also appear in the next issue of the Iron
VPFinance
Report
by Dan Kim
Warrior.
I have set up a
structure similar to
last term wi th
respect to student
expense rei mburse-
ments. Directors
who submit an
expense form prior
to the cl ose of the
Orifice on Tuesday can pi ck up their reim-
bursement cheque two days later
(Thursday) . Also, directors who are inter-
ested in knowing their expenditures to date
for their directorship can see me during
my office hours (Monday and Wednesday
10: 30 am to I I :30 am) for an update.
Please remember that it is important to
submit expense forms a oon as possible
after the expense has been made to ensure
that the informati on given during updates
is accurate. I will also be letti ng directors
know if they are in jeopardy of spending
more than their budget permits.
If you have any questions that you
would like to ask me, please feel free to
approach me and I wi ll do my best to
answer it. Al 0, remember that even
though money is required to provide the
services that the Engineering Society pro-
vides and run the events organi zed by the
directors, all of this would be useless with-
out your participation. So get out there
and get the most out of being a member of
the Engineering Society and I wish you al l
an excellen t term'
Survey Says ...
(continued f rom page 1)
Have Y0Lt ever been to an engineerillg
society meeting? If no!, have you ever
wallted to attend one?
Of those surveyed, 30% have been to
an EngSoc meeting. 24% of those who
hadn't attended an EngSoc meeting have
thought of going to one. EngSoc meetings
are open to all engineering students and
the next meeting is scheduled for February
4th, 1998.
Do you know where the $14 engineering
society f ee is spent? Are you interested in
having this information available to you?
Of those surveyed, 16% have a good
idea how the money is spent. 83% are
interested in baving the financial informa-
tion available. With permission from Dan
Kim (EngSoc VP Finance) the Iron
Warrior will print the in a
future issue .
When was the last time you saw the TOOL
and what is your opinion of the TOOL?
Most students haven't seen the TOOL
for more than a year. On a scale of one to
fi ve (one being dislike, 5 being like), the
TOOL scores a 3.8 average.
Do you think the Engineering Society is
effective in serving the students?
On a scale of one to five (one being
not at all, five being very effective),
EngSoc tallied a 3.2 average.
What services offered by the engineering
society do you use ?
The society offers many services
which students may not be aware of. How
many of you know about the laptop and
video-camera sign-out. The following are
some EngSoc services used as a percent-
age of students; C&D 86%,
Photocopyi ng - 64%, Old exam folders -
69%, Iron Warrior - 46% and POETS -
55%. Vi it the Orifice to obtain more
information on EngSoc services.
Should EngSoc direct itself as an academ-
ic society or social society?
On a scaJe of one to five (one being
exclusively academic, five being exclu-
sively social) the average score was 2.9.
What is your overall impression of the
Engineering Society?
On a scale of one to five (one being
disgusted, five being impressed) the aver-
age score was 3.3.
How would you improve the Engineering
Society?
Of 139 surveys only 39 chose to
answer this question. Six of the 39 would
make the society les exclusive or less of a
clique. Four wanted to know what
EngSoc does. There were some sugges-
tions for the society to focus on "more
drinking" and to distribute "free beer in
POETS". Others pleaded to "cut back on
drinking. Not everyone revolves around
beer. Stop trying to bring us to the lowest
common denominator". Between these
extremities there was a confused individ-
ual who wanted "a bit more less beer".
Some suggested focusing on academic
issues as well as "increasing liasons
between EngSoc and outside engineering,
science and business associations".
Others suggested more athletic events and
other social activities.
If you want your opinions voiced
about EngSoc and the services that it pro-
vides, contact the executives or submit
your suggestion or concern to the
"Suggestion Box" located across the hall
from the Orifice.
The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 1998 Internal Information 13
Can EngSoc be more
Environmentally Responsible?
BY BRUCE DAVISON
3 Systems Design
The answer is yes. We all could be
more environmentally responsible. On
November 12, 1997, Engineering Society
B (EngSoc B) took the first step to becom-
ing accountable to the environment. My
goal, this term, is to help EngSoc A take
the same step that EngSocB took on
November 12. But first I'll give you some
background information.
Next term (Spring 1998), EngSoc B
will have an Environmental Concerns
Workgroup to examine environmental
.issues specific to EngSoc B. This group is
being created because the Engineering
Society is currently limited in it's ability to
directly examine environmental concerns.
Specifically, the Environmental Concerns
Workgroup will be responsible for the fol-
lowing four things:
I) Assessing and monitoring the envi-
ronmental impact of the Engineering
Society B
2) Examining educational opportuni-
ties for Engineering Students interested in
environmental education
3) General environmental awarene
among Engineering Students
4) Reduction, Reuse, and Rec cling
within the Engineering Society B
That's what EngSoc B will be doing.
In the coming week a motion will be
brought to council to set up a similar sy -
tern within EngSoc A. If you are intere t-
ed in helping out, make sure that you get a
copy of the next Iron Warrior i sue where
I will announce a meeting for anyone who
i interested. On a personal note, I first
thought about undertaking thi challenge
while doing volunteer work in Costa Rica
with an organization called Youth
Challenge International (YCI). Through
my involvement with YCI, I have been
encouraged to help with community
development .in Canada in addition to the
community initiatives that I helped with in
Costa Rica. My plan is to set up environ-
mental accountability in such a way that it
will continue to run long after I graduate.
By the end of this term, a detailed
p ~ n will be on the Internet, but for now,
contact me at bjdaviso@engmail.uwater-
loo.ca for more information.
University of Waterloo
Faculty of nginrering Undergraduate Of6ce
Faculty Exchange Office
" Exchange Week"
January 27 to 30
Interested in finding out about engineering exchange programs?
Come and talk with UW students who have been
on engineering exchanges!
11:30 am - 1:30 pm, every day
CPH Foyer, outside POETS
..... "' ....... .
Different countries featured every day!
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
France, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland
Germany
Japan, South Korea, Singapore
Australia, England, Ireland
......... ,.. ...
Info about exchanges is also available on the WEB:
http://www.eng. uwaterloo.ca/groups/exchange/
.............. ,..
Three Weeks of Fun & Three Weeks Behind
The
S04!ial Spot
by Jennifer Motuz
H
ello everyone, and welcome back.
Just as an introduction, this col-
umn is meant to cover the EngSoc
social events and give a li st of those to
come.
The first week back started out with
all of us rushing around to find our sched-
ules, our books, and start complaining
about how we have too many hours of
class every week. Somehow we managed
to fit it all in.
Week 1:
Thursday - Director's Meeting
On the first Thursday back, the fourty-
something directors assembled in POETS
to get the term running. Watch for the
Internal and External Special events, as
well as Arts and Athletics. Special to the
winter term is the Grad Ball, IRS, and Bus
Push.
Friday - Beginning O/Term Pub
The BOT, kicking off the first week-
end back was a rousing success. It was a
chance for EngSoc A veterans to catch up
after a work term, and to meet the IB's and
4B's joining us from EngSoc B. Also
coinciding with the BOT wa the 69 days
'til IRS Pub Crawl which, judging from
the fOllIth-years, was very successful as
well.
Saturday - Pain/ball!
This special event, brought to you by
the External Special Event') directors took
a crew of Engineers to an indoor arena
where they shot each other with paint for a
couple hours. Paintball victims were
blessed with the bruises and pains of
dozens of direct hits. Ow ... my leg.
Week 2:
Wednesday - EngSoc Meeting #1
The first meeting of the term went
very well, with DC 1302 much fuller tban
in the Summerterm. The4B's had teamed
up into double classes and the IB's
showed their faces for the first time on
EngSoc A. Over twenty Comps were in
attendance at this meeting, showing the
growing potential of the timid discipline.
Several things were discussed and the min-
utes can be found in the Orifice. As a
highlight, the P**5 directors promised a
bonus to anyone who could bring a Geo to
the next meeting. All I can say to this is.
"Gcos, look out!"
Thursday - The JJrunllY
For anyone who's never been on a
Brunny trip, mark the next one on your
calendar as a must-go. Ye Olde Brunswick
House is a (rather llhabby) bar in Toronto,
luring crowds of students from Waterloo
as well as many other univerSItIes.
Everyone was encouraged to compete
onstage for prizes.
Well, that's it so far, but there' a lot
going on in the weeks to come.
Upcoming Events:
Jan 23,.d: The Funky Scunt
Jail 25th: EngSoc Basketball Tournament
Jan 26th: Engineers watch the Raptors
lake on the 76ers
Jan 30th: EngSoc sends t e m ~ to the
ESSCO Olympics
Jan 30th: Slave Auction
So, you want to get involved? Visit the
Orit1ce for more details regarding any of
these events.
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14 Internal Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, January 23, 1998
WEEF to Spend
Millionth Dollar
T
hi S semester, after
seven years of
funding under-
graduate education,
WEEF will spend its
millionth dol lar. Since
the fall term funding
counci l $980,000 has
been all ocated to labs
student projects and
more. As the fund grows we should all
continue to promote awareness of WEEF
to continuously improve the endowment
as it supports our education.
It's very fine to see you all back from
work term and contributing to WEEF.
Since the beginning of classes we have
been administering refunds of the volun-
tary student contributions.
Contributing to WEEF is voluntary
and while we thank and encourage every-
one who contributes we have worked to
accommodate those who request a refund.
We did our best to inform people to ensure
that people did not request a refund due to
mi sinformation.
At the begi nning of February propos-
al forms will be made available. Thi term
we'll have the opportunity to allocate over
$110,000 for new lab equipment, faster
computing and networking capabilities
and to help support student initiated pro-
jects. Read the procedure carefully so that
WEEF
Report
hy Ryan Chen- Wing
alld Paul Cesana
you can submit your proposal properly.
We are in the process of raising the
profi le of WEEF as a supporter of the
Waterloo Polaris network. The WatPo title
screen you see when you login will soon
have the WEEF logo on it with the words,
"Waterloo Polaris is supported by students
through fund ing from WEEF, the Waterloo
Engi neering Endowment Foundation."
Thi s is a positive thing that will identify
the contribution of WEEF to this very
large resource in Waterloo Engineering,
which is one of the many projects that th.e
foundation supports.
Sometime thi term there will be a
general meeting just to educate people
about some of the lesser known aspects of
WEEF and to celebrate the great advances
that WEEF ha made since its beginnings.
We thank you for taking the time to
keep yourself abreast of the news and
issues affecting Canada' largest student
endowment fund.
If you're always on the go take us with you.
A pager from Bell Mobility is the easy and affordable
way to stay in the loop.
Bell Mobility
APPROVED AGENT
Your EngSoc and You
W
elcome
back to
chool! I
hope everyone had a
great Christmas vaca-
tion. A special wel-
come to our friends
coming over from B
Soc., both the first
years and the fourth
years. If there are any concerns or ques-
tions you have about A Soc., who we are
or what we do differently please come and
ask.
Quite a bit has happened since we left
last term on the EngSoc front, and I think
we're in for a pretty hectic term with Bu
Push, all the grad stuff (which has already
started) and there are lots of new and
exciting ideas starting. Here's a summary
========;'1 obviou one that
President
Report
by Sarah Davies
i) plea e let me
know.
Elections
This term we
will be going
through two set of
election. Fir t is
the Federation of
Students elections, it's pretty far ahead but
just to let you know we will be hosting an
open forum for the Fed candidates on
February 5, at lunchtime. Come on out
and be an informed voter.
The Engineering Society Elections
are also approachi ng quickly. If you're
interested in running for President come
talk to me for more information and to
know exactly what you would be getting
yourself into. of everything I can
think of that will be
useful for you to
know.
"If you haven't come in to
take a look at our brand
EngSoc Meetings
We have 6
Orifice
If you haven't
come in to take a look
new Orifice, I strongly
urge you to."
scheduled meetings
this term and just to
let you know some
at our brand new Orifice, I strongly urge
you to. It looks great and the traffic flow
is now much more efficient than before.
We have our large copier back which helps
speed up the old exam collecting process
and hopefully we will have some resume
paper for you all to use (cheap resumes -
finally!) before second rounds begin. For
those of you who still don' t know (or are
new to this discussion) about the Orifice
renovations, I am going to explain this
expense. About two years ago a survey
was done throughout the engineering soci-
ety. From this survey one of the student's
major complaints were centered around
how the orifice was laid out and the social
atmosphere it seemed to encourage. From
the e ideas we had omeone prepare an
interior design a proposal for us. Prior to
the official decision to go ahead financial-
ly with these renovations the engineering
society members had plenty of input into
the design and ideas behind the work. I'm
pleased to say that almost all students that
approached me about changing the Orifice
had nothing but positive comments to pass
on. This term we have also had a lot of
positive respon e to the new atmosphere,
and best of all we can see how busy the
Orifice is - there always seems to be a lot
of hustle and bustle in there this term.
That's about all I have to say about the
office, don't forget to come in and check it
out if you haven't. If you don't know the
executives please come in and introduce
yourself. My office hour will be Fridays
from 12 - 1 p.m.
Industry Relationships
Last term I received a lot of interest
from companies on getting more exposure
within the Engineering Society. I spent a
lot of time over the work term thinking of
ways to do this without commercializing
what we do too much. I came up with a
pretty good solution and will be trying to
implement it this term. I would like to
offer these companies an opportunity to
donate subscriptions to technology maga-
zines that we would make available for
student use. This would allow us to be
informed on what is happening in engi-
neering today and help us prepare for
when we step out into the real world. If
you have any other ideas as to other ways
companies can advertise themselves with-
in the Engineering Society (besides the
important thing
being talked about so you don't miss them
here's the biggies:
Jan. 21 - 10stens's Contract
Feb. 4 - Paul and Paula Plumber
Feb. 25-
Award Nominations Begin;
EngSoc Donation Money
Decided
Paul and Paula Plumber
speeches and voting
March 11-Tentatively: Dean Bums will
attend
March 25 -Pot Luck and swearing in of
new executive
We passed a motion at the last meet-
ing that the minutes will be distributed by
email only (in the hope of saving lots of
paper). If you would like to get a copy,
come into the Orifice and give us your
contact information (class reps and direc-
tors will already be on that li st).
Scholarships
Posted outside of the Orifice is a list
of all scholarships and bursaries available
thi s term (they are also in the undergradu-
ate calendar). The award requirements
are not always focused on grades, there are
quite a few that require extra-curricular
activities and leadership skills. It never
hurts to apply, a copy in the Orifice will be
made available for photocopying.
Student Seminars
If you have a talent or skill that you
think other people might be interested in
hearing about or learning contact us.
We'll help you book the room, advertise
the day and get the equipment for you to
share the knowledge with other students.
This is something that is a great way to
hone your communication skills and help
other people out in the process. If you
have an idea or need one, email me at
eng,JJrez@novice.
I'm really looking forward to this
term, there's a lot of exciting things going
on. If you aren't a director or class rep but
would lik.e to start helping out with
EngSoc sign up for the Task. Team. There
is no set time commitment, you can help
whenever you want and it takes a little
pressure off our directors. For our
EngSoc B friends, I'm looking forward to
meeting you and hearing your input as
welL
Work hard, and have fun
The Iron Warrior, Frida)" January 23, 199 Internal Information 15
Love Yourself - Play sports!
BY OLI DUMETZ &
ANDREW MULDER
Athletics Diret10r
ing event thi. term of mind-boggli ng
variety, mo t of which have great prize up
for grab :
the
(For YOUR con" enlence. thl 1,,( " chronologIcal)
s
o, you enj oyed
Brunny, eh? And what l. Bn,ketBall tourney: PAC 9am-3pm, un Jan 25th
about sitting on your 2. Indoor Soccer tourney' Columb,agym 6pm- llpm tFeb1 ' ln
3. Eng-Hoc key tourney: Columbia gym 6pm- IOpm_ al :-- larch 7th
couch drinking pop, eating 4. Volle)baIlIOUme} _ PAC 9am-3pm, un March th
chips while watching hock- 5. Mudbowl : A muddy field l Oam - "'. at larch 14th
6. Bowlmg tourney- TBA TB
ey."hours of fun ! But alas my 7. Glo" In the dark mini-golf TBA TBA
friend, you look in the mirror
and realize that your waist size is going to
surpass your academic average, and
damnit, you want to do something about it.
On the other hand, you might just be
in perfect shape, heads tum when you
walk by and the wind always blows in
your hair just the right way. You are dying
for an opportunity to show off your athlet-
ic prowess. Or maybe you just want to
toss school a ide for a few hours and kick
some butt. Win a few prizes while you' re
at it.
Well! no matter which description
you most closely fit, we are ecstatic to
annouce that we will be organizing sport-
Wow! look at the election. But you
know what, there j u t may be more than
what you ee here happening thi tenn. If
you have an idea for an event, let u know,
we may just be able to help you get it
going. Al so, if you would like to help run-
Tling any of these tournament , pl ease let
us know. You see, I can't referee soccer to
save my life.
Here's how to get in touch with u :
By email (orateste@engmail), or ju t
drop something in the Athletics mailbox in
the orifice. Spread the word, athletics is
going to rock this term!!!!
Conference Fever
W
elcome
b a c k .
Thi is
proving to be a fan-
tastic term already
and promises to stay
that way for the next
few months. The
most obvious
improvement is our
brand new Orifice and I encourage every-
one to take a walk through it if you haven't
already.
PAST CONFERENCES
OESP - Ontario Engineering Societies
Presidents
This conference, held in Thunder Bay
and hosted by Lakehead University in
September, was a great way to start off the
fall term. Sarah Davies and I attended, and
were able to meet with all the other Prez's
and VP-X's in Ontario. At a conference
like this with delegates that are so involved
and informed about their societies, there is
so much information that gets exchanged.
Tidbits of interest that we picked up were
new ideas about frosh week - including the
idea of having a dry week for all frosh
leaders (excluding of course the weekend
before).
VPExternal
Report
by Nina Sodhi
decided to restruc-
ture the organiza-
tion. Much of the
conference was
spent on deciding
what we, as mem-
bers, wanted the
CFES to do for liS
and how we wanted
the organization to
look. After many, many workshop ses-
ions that went late into the ni ght, we came
up with a new , tructure for the FES and
a list of over 150 mandate that we wanted
them to work on. The CFES is now work-
ing on larger projects overall such getting
an engineering student on the board that
accredit univer itie with engineering
program , or making presentations to the
Canadian Council of Professional
Engineer (CCPE) about student employ-
ment program with indu try (like co-op) .
The CFES wants to be more accountable
to its members, so if you have any ques-
tions about them, feel free to ask me and
I'll let you know where we can get some
answers.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
ESSCOlympics
It is important to note that although
this is con ide red a conference, it is con-
What's Up With Frosh Week
H
OWd) , it 1.
good to be
back In
Waterloo and see all of
your bright. smi li ng
face 1 must admi t that
I missed you all Oll
work teml. For those
of you j u t joining us
from Eng oc B, wel-
come, my name i Vl adimir Joanovic and
am in 3B y tems - Oa:ys. Now that [
ha e intr duccd my elf I hope that you
will introduce yourself to me, I look for-
ward to it. For all the Frosh of th 2002
graduating cIa s don' t be shy, get
invol ved. Thi tenn's Tas k Team i going
to be important to the ociety, look for
more informati on about it via your cla ' $
representative .
For tho e who are not aware the tao k
team i a new way to get in olved in the
Engineering Society without any formal
commitment. When events come up,
director or the executives will call/email
people on the Task Team Ii t to ee if they
want to help out. If you can and want to
help out, great, and if not, they'll just con-
tinue down the Ii t. It reall y is a great
opportunity to be invol ved at your conve-
nience.
As most of you already know,
Orientation has been an issue for the uni-
versity in the past year. There have been
rumours that they intend to cut the week
short or maybe not even have it at all.
These rumours are not true, there still is
going to be a Frosh week (not a couple of
days, a full week) but while on our last
work term, a group of mostly students,
as embled to review and e tabli sh pur-
pose, principles, guidelines of Orientation
and unacceptable behaviour during events.
Thi group is called PACO (Provost's
Advi sory Committ ee on Ori ent ation). Thl:
rep rt is avai labl e on the U of Wat 'rlot)
web pages, just look und ' r Orientution .
Here is a li st of thl.! hi ghli ght s of th report
and the known ways it will affc<.:t us in the
Faculty of The responsibili
ty of running frosh week will be under th'
Federation Orientation ommittee (FOC),
which is comprised of c,lch Faculty,
Residence and participating College
Committee. Thi s group will be responsI-
ble for scheduling, programming, contcnt,
Frosh kit fees, and all other issues con
cerning the delivery of Frosh week. The
propo ed schedule has the week split
between Faculty and Residence so frosh
will no longer have to choose which one to
attend. Overall there is a focu s on
University wide events. FOT those who
wi sh to participate in Frosh week as a
Frosh leader thi s is very important. It is
VP Internal
Report
b.\' YIeld .IolJlro\'ic
now mandatory to
complet e four
Orientation train-
ing ession.
offe red tarting
late February
straight through to
the end of July.
These training. es-
si ons focus on
Ilazingilnitiation/Peer Pressure, Alcohol
and Drug warene s, Sexual Hara ment
and Di ver ity, and the Role of the
Orient ation Leader/Safety and Liability
IS' lIcs. These sessions are each t 0 hours
in length and are offered at many Lime
throughout the week to accomodate every
student. chcdule. I will repeat that the e
four training sessions are mandatory to be
a Fro h leader. To sign up, on-line regis-
trationi s availabl e on the web, ju turf to
the Federation of Students home page and
look for a Student Services page. -I must
also point out that even though you rrlight
have all four training session completed it
does not automatically make you a Fro h
leader, you must still apply and be select-
ed by the SuperHuge and Headcoms.
Another maj or point is that drinking whil e
wearing your Frosh leader T- hirt i not
allowed. The e are ju t the quick high-
lights if you need more information check
out the web vel' ion. If you have any ques-
tion about this coming frosh week just
speak with this year's SuperHuges or
Headcom which at the time of writing
this is still TBD.
So far this term we have had two
EngSoc meetings and had a good tum out
for both, but remember that everyone is
welcome so feel free to drop by and see
die magic. The next meeting will be
February 4th at 6pm in DC 1302.
As for the next couple of weeks, I, the
publ i ' it y tlir 'rtms and dass I P .Idvisms
will do (l UI hl. ...1 to k 'ep all of YOIl 11\ 10 1\1 ' d
Oil all 111(' eV' II " happl' l\ing. (' nnw by
('PI [ FOyI:l Il.'glllatly 10 "1:1.' what's goin
on <lnd make m listen to your clnss
r 'ps they know whilt is hapP-':Il '
ing.
Th, h(o(tcr'o should he hell.' any day
now so ke'p your 'Yl' S and I:.U s opl'n, they
will he avatlahlc ill POETS Ilnd the
Orifice.
Rcmembcr r am here for yOll , so if
you have any 4ucstions or about
basically anylhing you feci is important to
the socicty feci free to contact me . Hope
to see you out and about. If you have com-
ment s, but want to keep your anonimity
just drop a line into the Comment
Suggestion box outside of the Orifice.
Vlaci's info: email : vjoonovi@)lIovice,
home 725-2048, pager 571 -5 182.
PEO - Professional Engineers of Ontario
sidered so very loosely. At the Olympic , L-_______________________________ _
Wlth all the changes in our require-
ments for PEO membership, the confer-
ence was especially useful for gathering
information on the new set of criteria put
into place last year. You can find a lot of
this information in the display case outside
the WEEF offlce in CPH. As 1 said in the
mail out last term, I've spent some time
looking over the details of the new require-
ments in anticipation that some of you may
have questions about how the require-
ments apply to you. So, feel free to con-
tact me about any questions you may have.
CCES - Canadian Congress of
Engineering Students
The Canadian Federation of
Engineering Students (CFES, who run
CCES) i undergoing some major changes.
They realized they were not addressing or
meeting the needs of their members (all of
the engineering schools in Canada) and
there is a different type of di cussion then
what happens at other conferences and the
delegates do not bring back as much. It is
however, a great chance to get to know
students from other schools, and informal-
ly exchange ideas. This year, the friendly
competition will be held in Windsor from
Jan 30th to Feb 1st. EngSoc will be fund-
ing one team, however this conference is
open to as many as would like to attend
provided they cover their own delegate
fees. We can expect more information on
how this went from our delegates in the
next TW.
ESSCO AGM - Engineering Student
Societies Council of Ontario Annual
General Meeting
Keep an eye out for information on
this conference, which will take place in
June.
OTHER ITEMS
New Computer
The Orifice, thanks to GradComm 97,
is getting a new computer. It will be con-
nected to Polaris and have a stand-alone
option. Thi s badly needed computer will
sit on Betty's desk and be available mostly
for Betty and the exec. The old computer
(which we will try to fix up) will be moved
on to the director' s desks for their use.
Bridging the Gap
We have 3 lectures planned so far, and
our Communications Director may have
some more lined up soon. Our first speak-
er will be Larry Smith at the end of
January. Mr. Smith has done similar lec-
tures in the past and has always drawn a
good crowd. Later in the term. we will
have a representative from the PEO to talk
about entering the engineering industry.
f.'xp lora tion.\
This day, where we bring grade school
children in for an evening, is sct to be
March 16. Our Explorations Directors,
Jessica Gross, My Hoang, and Leah
Nacua, have started work on this in con-
junction with the Dean's of/ice. We invite
kids and their parents to campus to show
them around Engineering and talk to them
about what an engineer does (making most
of it up cause we don't know ourselves) to
open their minds to it early on. They will
be looking for volunteers at the beginning
of March to help them out on the actual
night of Exploration .
That sums it up for me for now. Until
next time.
,

I
sponsored by: Gradcomm '98
The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer
Iron Ring Announcement to all Graduating Engineers - Class of '98
OFFICE OF THE CAMP WARDENS
T
he size of the graduating clas (esti-
mated at approximately 625) pre-
sents ome logistical problems. To
make the introductory talks and the ring
fitting activitie funct ion to everyone's
benefit, we have had to e tablish schedule
and we would ask you to please stick to
them to keep the congestion and waiting to
a minimum.
INTRODUCTORY TALKS:
Thursday, March 5, 1998 - EL 101
4:30 p.m. - Chemical, Mechanical ,
Geological, Systems Design
5:30 p.m. - Computer, Electrical, Civil
RING FITTING:
Thursday, March 12, 1998 - CPH 3385
Electrical - 4:00 p.m.
A-L West door
M-Z East door
Chemical & Computer - 4:30 p.m.
A-L West door
M-Z East door
Civil & Geological - 5:00 p.m.
A-L West door
M-Z East door
Systems Design - 5:30 p.m.
A-L West door
M-Z East door
Mechanical - 6:00 p.m.
A-L West door
M-Z East door
6:30 p.m. - Closed
Note: For those requiring a ring refit -
Thursday, March 26, 1998 - 2 3324,
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
You must bring the card that you
received at the ring fitting to the cere-
mony in order to be admitted.
CEREMONY:
Thur ., March 19, 1998,4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Theatre of Arts
Each of the following groups hall
assemble for preliminary instructions in
AL 116 at the time shown below. Each
group wi II then be escorted to the Theatre
of Arts for the Iron Ring Ceremony.
Note: Groups have been divided by
El/gSoc A & B per request of EngSoc.
(EngSoc B was on-campus Fall '97)
4:30 p.m. - Computer (A), Mechanical
(A), Chemical (A)
5:30 p.lII. - Electrical (A), Electri cal (B).
Civil (A)
6:30 p.m. - Chemical (B), Geological (8).
Mechanical (B), Systems Design
(B), Seniors
PLEASE BE PROMPT! There can
be no admittance to the Theatre of the Alts
once each ceremony begins.
This is a eriou ceremony - dress
code in effect.
Note: You may wish to invite ague t
to attend the ceremony, such a a clo e
family member or an engineer who ha a
special relationship. However, all atten-
dees at the ceremony must be obligated
(ie: ringed) engineers. A well, we
would be pleased to have this per on ring
you at the ceremony PROVlDED he/she
was obligated in 1993 or earl ier. In this
case, please go to the office of John
Westlake ( H 1011) to pick up the invi ta-
tion form which we require to b complet-
ed and returned by February 20, 1998.
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your experience start date will coincide with the date your degree is
conferred.
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