Friday, November 28,1997 The Magazine of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society Volume 21 Issue 16

"For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks -not that you won or lost- but how you played the game." -Grantland Rice
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The Iron Warrior
Editor-in- Article
A
nother term has come and gone for
the staff of the Iron Warrior, and
myself as Editor-in-Chief, so it's
time for me to make some parting com-
ments and say some good-byes.
Working on the Iron Warrior thi s term
has been an amazing experience, filled
with a lot of joy, despite all the hard work.
Comjng into this term, my third with the
Iron Warrior, and now in the position of
Editor-in-Chief, I felt a real need to take
things farther than they had gone in the
past. To make this happen, I opened my
eyes, my ears, and my memory. I recalled
all the conversations I'd been in over the
previous two terms about ways we thought
the Iron Warrior could be improved. I also
looked back at what we had done in the
past, and what A-Soc had done as well,
especially over the past summer. And
most importantly, I opened my ears and
mind to my staff members. We had two
very informal planning meetings, one at
the end of August, and another at the end
of the first week of September. I am still
thrilled at how much energy and passion
we had in those meetings. We were really
just brain-storming and talking in general
terms about what we thought would be
interesting and provocative. Many of
those ideas were developed further, and
you've seen them as Point vs.
CounterPoint, ProfFiles, Adventures in
EngWorld, Licensing Lessons, and other
features. We also talked a great deal about
the general appearance of the papcr, and
agreed that we felt a more original, poten-
tially interesting, layout would be appro-
Chief
priate. To accomplish this, we set loose
our Layout Editor, Richard Kuttner, to
work hi s magic. Richard was able to tem-
per some of our wild and crazy ideas, and
use his own creative layout skills to create
a paper that looks appealing, while is still
very readable. I can't begin to count the
number of people who have commented to
me on the appearance of the Iron Warrior,
almost exclusively in a positive manner.
['d like to congratulate Richard on his out-
standing work and solid dedication.
Another great change for the Iron
Warrior this term was the involvement of
more people than the last two B-Soc terms
combined. While we had the usual solid
small core of people working on the paper,
there were numerous individuals who con-
tributed when they could, helping us to
improve the quality of the paper. We have
particularly tried to expand our team in the
area of staff writers. While a large layout
staff is difficult to manage and co-ordi-
nate, the more staff writers the IW has, the
better the paper. Staff writers allow for the
development of feature articles and special
sections. This term we had a number of
writers, covering areas of their own inter-
est, as well as special topics the editors
selected. As the IW goes forth into the
coming summer term, I know even more
staff writers will be encouraged and wel-
comed.
Now that I've talked for so long on
how the term has gone. it's time to say a
few thank-you's. As I previously men-
tioned, I'd like thank Richard Kuttner, the
master of lW layout. Jeremy Eves also
deserves a round of applause for some late
nights finishing up the paper, and ensuring
that ProfFiles went from the idea stage to
a working concept. Congratulations to
Aaron Leiba for a job well done in
Advertising, something which I assure you
is very difficult. Thank you Caroline
Page, my other excellent Assistant Editor,
for your energy and support. Thank you as
well to the many staff who contributed this
term, making the IW such a great experi-
ence. Most importantly though, I'd like to
thank you, the reader, for taking the time
to pick up the results of all our efforts.
You are the reason we do this.
Now that this term has almost finished,
and the my job as Editor-in-Chief nears
completion, I'll be moving on. I will
always be close to the Iron Warrior, assist-
ing however I can, but I believe it's time
for someone new to take the lead. I am
looking forward to seeing the IW next
term, and r know it will be in good hands.
Thanks for all the fun, and remember,
there's more to life than textbooks, lec-
tures, and assignments.
Mike
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Iron Warrior Highlights
Adventures in
EngWorld
p.5
WEEF Funding
Decision
p.1S
Arts
pp.12.13
ProfFiles
p.3
The "responsibility includes respect for the work of other people" issue
Frida}j November 28, 1997
W l l H ~ R
The Magazine afthe University of
Waterloo Engineering Society
Editor - in - Chief
Michael Hermann
Assistant Editors
Jeremy Eves
Caroline Page
Layout Editor
Richard Kuttner
Advertising Manager
Aaron Leiba
Staff
Allison Annan
Sabrina Cannistraro
Rukma Chakravarty
Audrey Faint
Raymond Ho
Amy Kim
Alison Kudelka
Arthur Lam
Sandra Le
Kun-Wah Mak
Mat Pigozzo
Po-Yan Tsang
Luke Windisch
Zhan Huan Zhou
Copy Editor
Carrie Warner
Contributors
Elliot Biro
Greg Bridgett
Ryan Chen-Wing
Bruce Davison
Tim Grant
Melanie Hammond
John Faber
Kelly Fawcett
Andrew Krywaniuk
C. Ian Kyer
Chris McCullough
Mark Popik
Doron Solomon
Kim Whitear
Jay Worry
The [ron Warrior is a forum for thought provoking
and informative ankles published by the Engineering
Society_ Views expressed in The I ron Warrior are
those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of the Engineering Society.
The [ron Warrior encourages submissions from stu-
dents, faculty and members of the university 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.
AU submissions, unless otherwise stated. become the
propeny of The Iron Warrior, which reserves the
right to refuse publication of material which it deems
unsuitable. The Iron Warrior also reserves the right
to edit grammar, spelling and text that do not meet
university standards. Authors will be notified of any
major changes that may be required.
Mail should be addressed to The Iron Warrior,
Engineering Society, CPH 1327. University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 30 I. Our phone
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, November 28, 1997
Status:
Professor since 1989,
became Associate Professor
.
In 1983
Positions: Associate
Graduate
Chair,
Studies (1987-1990)
Chair,
E&CE (1993-present)
Teaching since: 1977
Education: Indian Institute of Technology
Dr. Sujeet
Chaudhuri
University
Electrical
of Manitoba
Discipline:
Area"' of Research:
and Computer
Electromagnetic Theory
110, plus 2 patents Publications: over
Supervision: Grad Student
2N Enviro-Chem
Q
uite often, the very mention of the Dean around a
university campus sends shivers up students'
spines. What is it that ha given thi tenn this
imag. Is it the multitude of 70's Frat House movies
where the respective Dean is alway the one rammg
down on the good times of the fun-loving, free-spirited,
wild, and crazy student of Alpha-Gamma House. Or i
it merely the fact that most people have the image of the
Dean typecast as a cruel individual who will top at noth-
ing to expel anyone who even cracks a smile? Whatever
the cause, the truth of the matter is that the e stereotypes
are bogus (to coin the 70's catch phrase), as the many
Deans of Waterloo Engineering have shown us in the
past. And it certainly seems that this will not become a
problem as our new Dean of Engineering, Sujeet
Chaudhuri, (currently The Chair of the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Department) takes over the helm
from Dean Bums commencing July of 1998.
Realistically, far from the image of a hard-no ed and
cruel individual, the Dean really has the faculty' best
interests at heart, and Sujeet Chaudhuri is no exception.
As he prepares for his new term, he ha made it abun-
dantly clear that his primary motivation for accepting the
position of Dean is to help continue the fine reputation
and standing of engineering at Waterloo, which has been
passed on from generation to generation of Plummers.
Of course, the ta k is a daunting one, a the position
comes with an incredible amount of responsibility.
Not onl i th D an th numbel one acad roic L ad r
of the faculty, but is also responsibie for managing the
affairs of the faculty, which include ta ks such as ensur-
ing that the budget, financial, and public affairs matters
(such as interfacing with government and research orga-
nizations) are in order. In other words, the Dean is
responsible for providing leadership and guidance in all
areas of importance to the Engineering department at
Waterloo.
Beyond all these responsibilities however, as Dean,
Chaudhuri's most crucial, and perhaps most dauntingjob,
will be to ensure an environment that makes everyone
feel like an important part of the institution. Often, this
will mean ensuring that all faculty members hllve care 'I'
a pirations that are completely developed, us this helps
create the necessary environment that is conducive to a
strong faculty and program. After all, it is only through
a strong, healthy and motivated atmosphere that the stafr,
tudents and faculty will be able to thrive lind work
together to ensure that engineering, and Waterloo it
whole, continues to be one of the finest universities
around.
Central to achieving thi s goal is the of
Chaudhuri, previous Deans, and the engineering faculty
as a whole, an ideal that stre. ses the importance of shared
respon ibility. What this means, is that by limiting the
term of the Dean to 5 years, with the possibility of 3 extra
years, the Faculty of Engineering tries to avoid the idea
of "Career Administrators". Basically, this idea means
that people in the administrative positions within the fac-
ulty need to take turns giving their input, whether this
means open communication, or routine changes of
responsibility to keep communication lines open. In
essence, it is a philosophy that says one should not just
benefit from the leadership of others, but should take
turns in those positions or leadership as well - self gover-
nance. Of course. this philosophy also entaib the belief
that the different departments that define Waterloo engi-
10 Doctoral
16 Masters
neering can only stay fresh if those responsible for
administering them remain in direct contact with their
most important as et, the students. That is why Deans
ontinue their re ear h, as well as teach students, e en as
. they move into their new position 'of responsibility.
For Chaudhuri , this means that he will continue to
teach and research a a professor of Electrical and
Computer engi neering. Actually, as the confidence of his
colleagues in his ability to serve as Dean demonstrates,
Chaudhuri has brought a great deal of knowledge and
experience to Waterloo engineering. After receiving his
undergraduate degrees at the Indian Institute of
Technology in Dehli, India, Chaudhuri moved to Canada
at the age of 20, where he attended the University of
Manitoba and earned both his graduate degree.. From
there, he came to Waterloo where he first started working
<1\ un assistant prot 'ssm in 1977. and IHlW .1 yeal \ Illt"1
willtuke ovelthl positiolllll' Dean. foll(lwin' the
can:er path of his lath 'I, who sel vet! both :Is II profl'!>sor
of Ek trical engincenng at Penn Stal' lJnivl'lsity, and
Dean of the U.P. Agricultun.' UniWI\ity, ill Indiu.
As fur as his research, Chumlhuri\ COI"l' competence
is in the til-Id of cl 'ctJOl1luglll:tic theory, wh re Ill' has
don' a considcrabk amount of wmk. In fact, he has even
be 'n Involved with thc US Dl'pUrlllIcnt of D 'fence, dOll1g
work for Ihe NHvuJ Research J .ah. I k' thcn movcd into Ihc
field of communications, specillli/illg in fihre optics as
well as processi11g. JIl Ihis field, he IIseo to look at
such applications of electric;]1 response to sY'itelTls to help
get a \enSe of what is going on inSide a system wilhout
having to open it up. Ilowcvcl, as time passes ny.
Chaudhuri is hegil1J1ing to J1Iove buck illto his original
<lrea of rcseilrch, electromagnetic theory, and microwave
engineering.
Congratulations to Prof. SUjeet Chaudhuri on his
upcoming appointment. The faculty of engineering looks
forward to hi!'! years of service and will provide the sup
port needed in his We arc confidcnt that he
will fulfill the role of Dean Just the past Deans have-
in the tradition of excellence of Watcrloo engineering.
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Satuira Le. Layoul Richard Kuttner, Layout Edi/or Alison K/ldelka. Layout Audrey Faint. fAyom . Zhan Huan Zhou. ColwnlJisl
Congratulations on a
term well done!
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Amy Kim, Arthur Lam, Kun-Wah Mak, Po-yan Tsang,
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Bruce Davison ~
3N Systems
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n Wednesday, November 12th. the Engineering
Society B Council passed a motion to crcate an
Environmcntal Concerns Workgroup within the
Society_ The goal of l i ~ initiative is to institutionalize
environmental thinking within the Engineering Society_
Thi doesn't amount to any kind of radical changes with-
in the Society, but simply incorporate environmental
considerations in the actions of Engsoc. In this growing
age of environmental understanding, this initiative will
build in accountability for the environment while still
maintaining the tudent services that the Society now pro-
vides.
On a personal note, I first thought about undertaking
this challenge while doing volunteer work in Costa Rica
with an organization called Youth Challenge International
(YCI). Through my involvement with YCI, I have been
Environmental Concerns
encouraged to help with community development in
Canada in addition to the community initiatives that I
helped with in Costa Rica_ As a result, I have decided to
try and set up this system of environmental accountabili-
ty within the Society. A per onal goal of mine i to et the
system up in such a way that it will continue to run pro-
ductively long after I have graduated.
The idea to set up an Environmental Concerns
Workgroup re ults from the fact that the current structure
of the Engineering Society is limited in it's ability to
directly examine environmental concerns_ Beginning in
the Spring term. 1998, the Environmental Concerns
Workgroup will be responsible for:
L Assessing and Monitoring the Environmental Impact of
the Engineering Society B,
2_ Examining educational opportunities for Engineering
Students intere ted in environmental education,
3. General environmental awareness among Engineering
Students, and
4_ Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling within the
Engineering Society B.
A detailed plan of how we intend on achieving these
goals will be on the internet before the Spring ' 98 term
begins_ If you are interested in more information, please
feel free to contact me at bjdaviso@novice_uwaterloo.ca_
Allison Annan
2A Camp - Flying Circuits
ews & Information
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nother two weeks. another IW i: , ue. It's
amazing how quick I the day. tly b).
Although time seems to go quickly, a lot
of fun event are , queezed into that time period.
o er the la t couple of week , a lot of fun , tuff ha
happened. Keep reading to find out what' been
going on.




Tal-ENG
Thursday, November 13 wa the day for
engineers to show off their talent. Acts ranged
from singing to dancing, musicians to comedi-
ans. All of the acts were amazing and [was ur-
pri ed to see the amount of talent that is present
amongst us engineer. For some of the song.
the crowd even sang along. A lot of the time we
spent laughing and even more time was spent
clapping and showi ng our appreciation for those
who got up on stage to perform. For all of tho e
who participated, YOLi did a great job .












Council #5
The fifth council meeting of the term was held
on Nov. 12. [t was a really long meeting a three
new policies needed to be discussed. The one
new policy that was pas, ed was that there will be
an Environmental Workgroup in the Engineering
Society next term. Other than that. the typical
upcoming events, announcements and class feed-
back were discussed .

























5
Brunny Trip
On Friday. on;mher 14. we all piled onto
a yellow school bus and headed off to the big
cit} (Toronlo) for th' Brunny Trip. The bus was
packl:d with happ a1l(1 'xci ted l:ngineer. 'md
songs were sung all the way to T.O. we were
approaching th' Brunn)', the window were
opened and we all broke into the engineering
song al the top of our lungs. eedkss to . ny,
the people on the IIlreets were surprised and
looked at the bus with amazement and wonder.
When we finally reached the Brunny. we got
,Ollle tables and awaited the arri al of several
other universities. The other universities that
came were Toronto. Western. Guelph and
MacMaster. It was a chance to see friends from
other places and in general, have a really great
ti me.





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Frosh Week Reunion
After the amount of fun we had during Frosh
Week, it was time to do a little omething to
bring everyone together again . On Saturday,
November 15, Frosh, Fro h Leaders and
EDCOM got together at McGinnis to do a little
remini cing and to catch up with those people
that they just haven't gotten a chance to see
since Frosh Week. There was a reall y good turn
out and a great time was had by all.




Environmental Project
On November 19, the Environmental
Engineer held a meeting to di cuss a possible
Environmental Project. The meeting was a time
for people to come out and hare their ideas on
possible project ideas. A lot of good ideas were
generated at the meeting. It was decided that
more th0ught needed to go into the ideas and
that there will be a meeting to discuss the ideas
at the beginning of the spring term. If you're
interested and you missed this meeting, keep an
eye out at the beginning of next term and come
out and share your ideas .

































Elections
Over the la t couple of weeks, we aJl saw the
interesting, catchy, strange and different posters
up all throughout the engineering buildings.
During those two weeks, the candidates for Eng
Soc executive positions were visiting clas<;cs and
spending endless hours meet ing pcopk and work
ing on their campaigns. On No\,. 19. bctwcl'l1
II :30 and I :30 there was an election forum.
where anybody could ask questions of the candi
dates and get the opportunit y to hear all their dif
ferent views at the same time. On Nov. 20, voting
booths were open between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m. in CPH foyer. The results of the election arc
that Ryan Chen-Wing is President, Jeremy Eves is
VP External, Kelly Fawcett is VP Internal, and
Greg Bridgett i VP Finance .
























MudBowl
On Saturday, Nov. 22, MudBowl was held.
It wasn't quite your typical football game but it
was still great fun. At the beginning of the
game, the fieJd wa, covered with snow, but by
the end there wasn't a snowy spot left. There
were many t('ams competing, and everyone
who (;tllle Ollt had ;t rrl';lt 1I111l' I Ill' WilHln., 1)1
the tOllrnatlH:nt Wl'l thl' Sl'il'l\l'l' ' kalll.












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Upcoming Events
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E.O.T. - Nov. 28
Last Day of Cla\scs - Dec. 2
Iourtecn Not Forgotten Dec. 6
(service lO bl! held on Dec. 5)
6 News & Information
Ownership: "Title to and

IcenSlng
ownership of the Software
(and any modifications there-
ot) shall remain exclusively
with Software Company and
its licensors."
essons
It is customary for the
software owner to claim
ownership of the software. If,
however, you have the soft-
ware distributor or some
I
n the last issue I discussed the distribution of com-
puter software and I noted that I would write more
about licence agreements. This issue I want to provide
some hints on reading a software licence. I give some
standard terms and a brief explanation of each.
Licence: "The Software is furnished in object code
under a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferrable li cence
solely for Customer's own internal u e on the single sys-
tem on which the Software is first installed."
The heart of any software licence is the clause that
grants the user the right to use the software licence itself.
Consider whether it permits you to use the software as you
intend to use it. Does it permit use by your subsidiaries
and related companies? Does it permit use over a net-
work?
Copying: "The Software may not be copied, in whole
or in part except for archival or backup purposes. Access
shall only be given to employees on a need to know
basis."
The licence wiU include a number of restrictions on
copying, distribution and the like. These are very impor-
tant to protect the intellectual property rights of the soft-
ware owner. Are they reasonable and practical in your
particular circumstances?
other authorized party make
modifications on your behalf,
you should be aware who
owns those modifications.
Reverse Engineering: "Customer shall not reverse,
compile or di sassemble the Software or any portion there-
of, nor otherwise attempt to create or derive the source
code."
Usually, the software owner will not provide you with
the source code (human readable) version of the software,
but only with the object code (machine readable) version.
Without the source code, it is almost impossible to make
modifications to the software. While it is reasonable and
customary for the software owner to carefully guard the
source code as a trade secret, you should consider baving
the source code put into some sort of escrow or trust
arrangement so that it is available if the software owner is
unable or unwilling to perform necessary modifications.
Termination: "The Software Company shall have the
right to terminate Customer's licence if Customer fails to
pay any and all required license fees or otherwise fails to
comply with these licence terms and conditions."
Careful attention should be paid to any "events of a
default" that permit the licence to be terminated and your
abi lity to continue to use the software to cease (even if
you have fully paid for it).
Warranty: "Software Company warrants for a period
of ninety (90) days from delivery that the Software will
substantially conform to the applicable published specifi-
cations prevailing at the time of delivery. Software
Company's sale obligation and liability hereunder shall be
to use reasonable efforts to correct any such programming
errors reported to Software Company in writing within the
warranty period."
There is usually some sort of warranty. Is it adequate?
How long is the warranty? Will you be able to call upon
the software owner to correct errors in the program?
What happens if they are not corrected?
Indemnity: "Software Company will defend Customer
against any claim that the software infringes a patent or
copyright of any third party and Software Company will
pay resulting costs, damages and reasonable legaJ fees
finally awarded, provided that: (a) Customer promptly
notifies Software Company in writing of the claim; and
(b) Software Company has sale control of the defence and
all related settlement negotiations."
There should always be an intellectual property
indemnity in the software licence to protect you if, for
whatever reason, some Hurd party is able to claim owner-
ship in some or al1 of the software that has been provided
to you.
Maintenance: "Subject to payment of the maintenance
fee provided for in Schedule "A" hereto, Software
Company shall provide maintenance services for the
Software."
Depending upon the nature of the software, software
maintenance and support may be very important. Is there
a "hotline" to call? Do you get future updates?
Limitation: "Except a set forth above, there are no
warranties or conditions. In no event shall Software
Company have any obligation or liability for any damages .
incurred by the Customer whether direct, indirect or con-
sequential, arising out of or in connection with use or per-
formance of the software even if Software Company has
been advised of the possibility thereof."
From the software owner's perspective, this section is
very important. Be sure that the exclusions are not so
broad as to leave you with no remedy in the event that the
software does not perform properly.
SQ who am I anyway? I am a partner in the Toronto
firm of Fasken Campbell Godfrey and the national firm of
Fasken Martineau and serve as the Director of the
Computer & Technology Law Group. I practice corporate
commercial law (with an emphasis on computer and other
technology related transactions, acting for both licensors
and licensees of software and other technology). I am
President of the Canadian IT Law Association and a Life
Member and past President of the Washington D.C based
Computer Law Association, Inc. I graduated from U ofW
with my BA in 1972 and my MAin 1973 before going on
to do both a doctorate in medieval history and a law
degree at University of Toronto.
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, ovember 28, 1997
W arrior
13N Systems Design
Mug give-a-way
at the C&D
O
n Wednesday, November 12th, the Engineering
C&D gave away 100 free mugs to people who
normally buy coffee (and other hot drinks) in sty-
rofoam cups. The mug give-a- way was ponsored by the
Student Watgreen Network, the university' Student
Environmental Group, and similar give-a-ways occurred
at C&D's across the campus. We targeted the free mugs
to students and staff who regularly use styrofoam cups at
the C&D. Hopefully these people will continue to use
their mugs
which will .
reduce the
amount of styro-
foam thrown
into the garbage.
Use a luga lIIug; t"e
drinks are cheaper, and
the environment is
happier!
Football on a
Frozen Tundra
I
t was a chilly Saturday morning when eight teams got
together to battle for the Mudbowl Championship.
Playing on frozen fields and flurry conditions, these
competitors gave it all they had to be the best. With the
tough competition, no one had an easy game to play. With
some teams battling injuries and others with a lack of play-
ers, the top three teams were painfully determined. With
the Science team comfortably in the finals, Division 4
,Dick Butt Kisses, had to play the 3B Civil team,
XploCrv. After a competitive 30 minute game, Division 4
was victorious and were off to the finals against the
Science team. Once again a close, aggressive, but fun
game was played, and Science walked away with a 3 -2
victory and the first place title. Science is already plan-
ning on defending their title next tenn, so engineers start
practicing.
I would like to thank all the teams that came out to
have a great day playing football, especially the three off-
stream teams Watt-the-Flux, Dream Team, and Assault &
Battery. I would also like to thank Mark Curtis, for help-
ing me convene this tournament, and Chris McCullough
for providing First Aid to several participants.
[Ed: I'm hurt. Mudbowl was great, and I'd like to
mention one spectacular player on the 38 Chern and
. Friends team, Jacqueline MeAra. our touchdown queen!)
News and Opinions 7
Shorts

I Melanie Hammond
14 Not Forgotten
D
ecember 6, 1997 mark the the
horrible memory of the
Montreal Mas acre which
took pl ace 8 years ago. 14 women
were murdered at Ecole Polytecnique
for the sole rea on that they were
women. The crazed murderer ordered
all the men to leave the room when he
entered. He then proceeded to kill
these women and, hortly after, com-
mitted suicide.
The women we would like to
remember are as follows: Genevieve Bergeron, Helene
Col gan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault , Ann-Mari e
&iward, Maude Haviernick, Barbara Marie Kl evzni ck,
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and another women whose name will not be ment ioned.
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I
was sitting in math class last week when our professor
somehow changed his focus and began discussing
engineering as it is now and how it will be in the
future. He was how as engineers we are not
going to graduate and then work for the same company
until we retire. Instead, he waf; saying that we would prob-
ably find ourselve working for many different compani es
as con ultants of some form or another. It was when th
professor went on to discuss that <1 . we gel older we will
start to think of our time in terms of monetary value thal I
became confused and disgusted.
He was sayi.ng that as we get older we will consider
our time to be worth some amount of money, ie. an hour
of my time is worth 100 dollars, and anything we do wiII
be compared to this value of money, ie. I could go for a run
but that would cost me 50 dollars. I was disgusted by this
concept for many reasons.
1. I would like to think no one is that low in the food
chain that money is the most important thing in someone's
life.
2. I thought engineering was about problem solving
and logical thinking. I do not think anyone who thinks of
their time in monetary value is thinking logically. I always
had the impression that if one was interested in playing the
capitalist's game he/she would go into business.
3. I could not understand why Prof. Wang felt it was
his duty to lecture the class about how we should think and
behave.
Maybe Prof. Wang is wrong and this is not how 1 will
be expected to act when I graduate, but if there is any truth
to his sermon then maybe I have chosen the wrong field.
I
'm three quarters of the way done my degree, and am
hanging on for the end. I'm tired, burnt out, and dis-
gruntled. My biggest complaint with the faculty of
engineering is regarding the lack of positive feedback
we get. I don't think the program is too hard. I don't
think the standards are too high. Sometimes I think the
work load is excessive. hut that's not my complaint. I
would jusl IIppr 'cmtc SOli) recognition for nil Ihe hard
work I do. ['Ill lifed (If unrc<ls()tluhly (Iifnl'uit cxums,
failing llK'ui ans, lind bell curves. demoralizing to get
a failing grade, cv' n if you k1)()w thut Ihe Jinlll grades
will be adjust d, and that you'll bc alri ght in th ' end.
The proccss itself is dcmor<lliling. 1 work hard. 1 wunt
a fair exam.
So last week whcn 1 rcc 'ived an invitation to the
Awards Dinner. I was glad. I felt vindicat d. I still don't
like failing exams and wailing for the bell, but 1 appre-
ciated the gesture. J worked really hard, achieved some
stuff, and the Dean wanled to buy me dinner. J thought
that was cool. Then, I received the second letter in the
mail. The invitation was quite nice. It was full of
praise, and was signed in ink by the Dean himself. A
nice touch. The second leuer, however, was simply
tacky. The Dean's oftice was withdrawing the invita-
tion. It was folded crooked, folded three times instead
of the regular two folds of a business letter, and was
signed by his secretary and photocopied. Totally tacky.
As it turns out, the second letter was a mistake. I
was supposed to be invited. There are others out there,
however, who received the same two letters I did. and
who really aren't invited to the dinner. I just find that
totally tacky. It's rude! I guess I feel that it's all about
respect.
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Take A ........

pre\'iou article and addres' any que.ti n
that you ma) haw had through ut the tern1
about either my elf, my olumn, or
Engineering.
I
Life, the Universe and
Engineering
Zhan Huan Zhou
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cation of the Iron Warrior. What I want to do
now is sum up all the topics I've discussed in
Q: How do you pronoun e your name?
A: Zhan Huan Zhou. Hope that clears
the confu ion.
Q: Why i thi olumn mitled ''Take A Zhan e",?
A: There are three reason. The firsl being that my
name i embedded in the column and it can be ea. ily iden-
tified with me. Who eL e do you kno\\ \\ ith the name
"Zhan?" The second i that 1 had "Take Chance On
Me" by Abba stuck in my head when 1 was trying 10 think
of a name for the column. The la. I reason is thaI it is fil-
ting for the content of 111) articles.
Q: How did you get a column in The Iron Warrior?
A: A alway., TW is always looking for writers.
wanted to volunteer some of my time and. hare . ome of
my thought with other , tudent in the faculty. I've sub-
mitted article in previou terms and 1 thought it would be
fun to have a recurring column.
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A: l one pecificatly. The general theme of my col-
umn is that you, :1. an engineer should be more aware of
things other than ju t engineering. For instance, "Why
Did \an Gogh Cut Off His Ear?" ,from lW#I, was encour-
aging you to take non-techni al electives so you can ee
that engineering i not the centre of everything, even if
you may think it i . My next article "What Rhyme With
Engineer?" examined cre3li ity and the ability to think.
The rules of the world aren't writlen in a textbook. The
next arti Ie bothers me. I \ role it ha ti Iy whi Ie skipping
u Ie 'ture to meet the submission deadline. 1 forgot to put
a tille so someone put the titl e "The Real World" at the top
of Ill} article. II that aside, I emphasized the importance
or teamwork. During an exam, there are a hundred engi-
neers solving the same problems independently which
seems sill) in my mind. The article I role for last is. ue,
"The Road to 0\\ h're." talks about hov. many people
find themselves in engineering not knov ing what it's all
about and choose it simply so they can find a job after
they graduate. What these articles mean for me is discov-
ering why I am in engineering al UW. What they mean to
you may be completely different.
Q: "Why Did van Gogh Cut Off His EarT
A: Art historians have speculated on this for decades.
Some say hi , ear \ a infected and he wanted to cure it. I
heard that he cut it off to give to his love. Regardless, he
must of been one psychotic individual to paint something
as boring as sunflowers. Oh, he was also admitted to an
insane asylum. I guess that would make him officially
wacko.
Q: "What Rhymes Wi th EngineerT
A: The only words I call think of arc "buccaneer" and
"mountaineer." If you find any more word, plea. e e-mail
them to my address shown at the end of the article. (note:
please correct my . pelling of "-neer" and remove thi s
note before publishing)
Q: Do you actually live up to your word in your
columns?
A: Considering I write them from personal experience
and values, 1 should hope so. Here is a quick and incom-
plete list of ome stuff I do: write for IW, I started the
Waterloo Quiz Bowl Club and am currently co-president,
I'm on the badminton club executive, and I write poetry.
As you can see, only one of them is remotely related to
engineering - writing for IW and that' s trying to convince
you to be more non-engineering. I started the Waterloo
Quiz Bowl Club after doing five years of Reach for the
Top in high school IInti rcali/cd that w' had no II ' 1I11 'nllc
trivia competi ti ons for nnlldian universities. Jf you want
to get involved wilh Ihis, dropll1c u line via ('- lIIuil at thc
addr . s t-.hown lit the nd. There arc .11:-'0 n l'ouplc of Illy
poems in this issue that you 'an tah' a r 'ad Ihmugh.
Q: Why did you do thb in a Q&A formut?
A: JUl, t for variety. I've seen il done Illany tim's
h -fore and I've always wanted to do it. Thi:-. wa:-. my 1 .. .,1
chance to do il so it seemed to he the pe .. opportunity.
Q: If p = c"(3"'PIf(x)/4) and q .., sin(4y+g(x, whcre
p & q satisfy the della congruency theorcm, why arc you
reading this?
A: I really don't know.
Q: When you am goi ng to stop asking question,,?
A: Right now!
I hope this answers any questions you may of had
about either myself or the colUmn over the term. If you
have any more questions or commenLq, fccl free to c-mail
me at z/tz/tou@novice.
Hopefully this column will return in the summer'98
edition of The Iron Warrior.
Good luck on finals and have a very joyous workterm.
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n my last article, I discussed how an over-reliance on
so-called "problem-solving exercises" can inhibit con-
ceptual understandi ng when the only test of knowl-
edge retention is the ability to solve these problems. This
dichotomy is the root of another engineering evil: the pro-
liferation of gratuitous symbol s.
Essentially all of science is dependent on the MKSA
system of units, a measurement scheme in which every-
thing is expressed in terms of four basic quantities:
metres, kilograms, seconds, and Amperes. However, in
order to apply scientific principles to a wide variety of
applications, scientists and engineers have seen fit to cre-
ate a whole array of bastardized progeny, such as
Newtons, Hertz, and the ever-dubious Siemen.
These innovations can hardly be criticized, as they
save the lowly engineer's tired hand the effort of scrib-
bling out common sets of recurring symbols in full.
Multiply N, the number of turns in a coil, by j, the flux in
each coil, and you get flux linkage, a distinct variable with
its own special symbol and a rich and varied history. But
when this approach is taken too far, engineering becomes
e sentialJy unteachable.
In every field of applied cience, one finds that the
details of the subject have been optimized for the specific
application. If you work in the field then this specialized
nomenclature will probably save you time and effort, but
if you are new to the concept then it will probably just
confuse you. ft 's almost as if you are taking four different
courses in four different languages.
The language barrier i not unique to engineering. The
eminent physicist Richard Feynman described how once,
just for interest's sake, he had taken a graduate-level biol-
ogy course. At one point, he had to make an in-class pre-
sentation about the biology of the cat.
He began his lecture by identifying some of the cat's
important anatomical features, but a student interrupted
him, aying "We already know all that!" This led
Feynman to conclude that the rea on why he was able to
keep up with a graduate level biology course was because
the other students had spent four years learning the names
of things.
The diversity of engineering language is merely
indicative of the real problem: the fact that many intro-
Opinions
Presentation
Matters
ductory courses are far too specific. Of course, I can only
really discuss my own particular field, electrical engineer-
ing, in any detail, but I would suspect that these comments
are equally applicable to any of the other engineering dis-
ciplines.
The first three years of our degree are composed main-
ly of "survey" courses - courses which are meant to pro-
vide background knowledge of a particular field.
Unfortunately, many of these courses go into great detail,
often presenting the material in the way it is actually used
in industry. For example, my motors course discusses bil-
lions of different boring motor configurations, even
though there are only three distinct types.
This teaching method violates a very important rule of
thumb: teach things in the simplest possible way and then
go into the details when the material is actually useful. A
lot of people laugh at the idea of classifying "ebonics" as
a real language and teaching it at school in black neigh-
bourhoods. But studies show that children who take
cour es in their native dialect actually perform better than
those who are forced to speak "proper" English.
Furthermore, these students eventually gain a firmer grasp
of conventional English than those who are taught it
explicitly.
In a roundabout way, thi shows that practical knowl-
edge can sometimes be an obstacle to theoretical knowl-
edge. Some professors insist on teaclllng their courses
using non-metric units, citing the fact that these units are
used in industry. In previous years, computer courses were
taught in obsolete languages like Fortran. I have already
discussed the highly optimized symbol sets found in many
fields. These are all examples of engineering dialects,
"practical" knowledge which, when u ed to teach a
course, can actually inhibit understanding.
The use of familiar language is another illustration of
the importance of good presentation. The best textbook I
The Iron Warrior, Friday, overnber 28, 1997
have ever read wa for P )ch 101. One aspect of the
course wa. tudying how people learn effectively.
Interestingly enough, the textbook for thi course was laid
out in accordance with thee finding. Engineering text
tend to value function over form - mo tly becau e they
are written by engineer, not Eng]i h major. If engineer-
ing is all about applying scientific knowledge to technol-
ogy then why isn't this knowledge being applied to
engineering teaching method? Good question!
This term, my articles have focu sed on a particular
theme: the idea that an overemphasis on mundane prob-
lem-solving exercises in our education is producing grad-
uates with poor communication skills, depreciating
knowledge, and a low level of conceptual abstraction.
However, despite my general tone of negativity, I hope
that my comments can be taken as constructive.
My essential argument is that engineering teaching
methods can often serve as a barrier to communication.
Part of the problem is simply that many engineers are poor
writers and communicators, but another aspect of the lan-
guage barrier is inherent in the engineering attitude
towards presenting material and testing understanding.
"Problem-solving" is a good test of rote learning ability,
nothing more - just like "intelligence" is really just the
ability to do weLl on IQ tests.
A good education puts emphasis on the concepts
and glosses over the details. If students are repeatedly
tested on the details then they become conditioned into
learning only the details. Unfortunately, the emphasis on
problem-solving and the specialized symbol vocabulary
of engineering-speak are both disincentives to learning
the basic concepts.
Furthermore, the various disciplines of engineering
are often taught as unified fields, when, in reality, they are
often just a collection of tenuously linked subjects. One
key component of clear presentation is modularization:
the isolation of distinct ideas into conceptual wholes. It
seems to me that many core courses go into so much detail
that they are no longer modular. Perhaps it would be bet-
ter if we had fewer prescribed courses and more technical
electives.
I used to feel guilty for being such a freeloader and not
contributing anything to EngSoc - unfortunately, my
organizational skills are sorely lacking. Now I realize that
the lea t I can do is complain. (from each according to his
ability ... ) Stay tuned next slimmer when, once again, r
will spin the wheel '0' themes and enlighten you with
another eries of e ays on some random topic.

Frosh
Envlro-Civ 25%
Enviro-Cbem N/A
Chemleal 35%
Civil N/A
Computer N/A
Electrical 58%
Geological 22%
Mechanical 56%
Systems 60%
Total 490/0
Update
2nd Year 3rd Year Combined
50% N/A 380/.
58%

N/A ~ o
96% 95% 75%
54% 69% 62%
95% 88% 92/.
79% 88% 75
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88% N/A 550/0
83% 85% 75%
88% N/A 74/.
78% 83% 70-/0
Jeremy Eves
38 MechlUlical Tonka
H
ere are the statistics for all eligible co-op students
as of November 20, 1997. The co-op department
wants to remind students that placements are
being found everyday and some disciplines get most of
their jobs during second rounds. By the looks of it, that's
good for some of you. It's okay, I can relate since I usu-
ally got my jobs in second rounds. My only question is:
"What the hell is with the upper year Chemmies this term,
are they offering favours, or what?" Well, all hail the
almighty co-op and its ability to find jobs for most of us in
the end. Without it, many of us would really learn the
meaning of DEBT! I just hope the Chemmies can pay
up.
The Iron Warrior, Frida}j o\Ternber 28, 1997 Opinions 11
Responsi Ie
I JA Mechanical
I
n the past several years, sexual attitude have changed
greatly. Those of us who have stuck with the "old-
fashioned" ways, those of us who are "abstain-
ers", will claim to be more responsible than others.
This, however, is not necessarily true. Abstinence,
in many respects, is ea y. It is not a hard thing to do.
Abstinence does minimize risk, but it doe not prove
that you are a responsible human being.
Responsibility is something that we all, hopeful-
ly, yearn for. And often, it is associated with your
ability to keep out of trouble. However, this is not
really a good measure of responsibility. Keeping
out of trouble only shows how well you can follow
rules and keep your head down. These are simple
things to do, and anyone can do them.
Frequently, avoiding a potential problem or situ-
ation seems like an intelligent thing to do. If you
steer clear of something, then things cannot possibly
go wrong. But you never have a sense of closure;
you do not "conquer" your obstacle. It is more dif-
ficult to actually come face-to-face with the danger.
If you can do this and emerge relatively unscathed,
then you have shown responsibility. A good illus-
tration of thi is drinking. Non-drinkers will claim
that they are acting responsibly. Yet, it actually
shows more responsibility if you want to drink, and
you drink responsibly. Doing something, and doing
it responsibly, shows much more character than not
doing it at all.
In addition, many people also consider responsi-
bility as your ability to follow predetermined rules.
This is not responsible behaviour; it is obedience.
Responsibility involves making your own el of
rules. You must be willing to deviate from guide-
lines to make things work for you. When we were
young, our parents always told us what to do. If we
listened to them and obeyed them, then we were
con idered respon ible children. We are adults now,
however, and (most of) our parent do not tell us
what we can or cannot do. This is the real test of
respon ibility, where we do not have a set of rules to
adhere to and to fall back upon. We must govern
ourselves. When we create our own rules and dare
to break some of the rule we traditionally followed.
Doing so is necessary to make things work, and we
are entitled to it.
Avoiding problems and following rules will
keep you out of trouble. If anything goes wrong,
then it is not your fault. To become a re ponsible
individual, however, you must break out of these
habits. You have to put yourself on the line and take
some risks. That is the only way you will learn any-
thing, and that is the only way you will achieve any-
thing. Being responsible involves risk, but the
payoffs are well worth it.
As the engineer of tomorrow, it is our duty to
become responsible. We cannot run away from our
problems; we must face them and learn to olve them. We
have to be willing to go out on a limb LO gel thing done.
Engineers do not olve problems by following rule; they
use ingenuity. We must be open-minded and ready to try
new approaches. We must take calculated risk and take
r'sponsibility on to our own shoulder. Engineering i.
about innovation, and this is not pos. ible if we conform
to "old-fa. hioned" way .. We mu. t dare to dream.
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Right to What? IZA COtnp
People all around me say thal it's our right,
why would you want to count , don't want to join their fight.
All of them are sexist, no mailer what they say,
all we arc is pigeons that are expected to pay.
Say it's liberty, say it's to be free,
as I look around and hale is all I sec.
Maybe 1 am blind, to all of your goals,
but the bum on the street doesn't care because he wants to eat.
When you donate a couple bucks, you get a tax break
but if that didn't happen would you careabout their fate.
Going to find the poor some jobs, to clean up the streets,
they ju 'I need to have a home in case you need to speak.
Irony is funny when it's in your face,
but if it costs you money, then it puts you in your place.
How can someone be so smart, and so stupid after all
when we get a break, were going to make you fall.
When you place your vote
your paying for the rich
to have more money and education
they don't care about the poor, unless it affects them.
So why should we care
who wins their stupid game
all they want is our cash
and somewhere to place the bl ame.
When I get older, I want to change the world,
but as I'm getting smarter I see it will be hard.
Maybe I need a new direction to set in my sites
to find where you live and ruin your stinkin life.
I Zhan Huan Zhou
The Drinking Box
I like to suck the drinking box
My lips around the firm straw
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My breath drawing the refreshing moistness
Trickling down my throat and soothing me inside
With more force, I suck the straw even harder, craving the feeling
Ecstasy is reached when the box is drained
Oh drinking box, do you feel as much pleasure a I?
*****
Soft, eloquent and motionless up so high
You re ide there in the sky
Distancing yourself from Man
But he invades your peace
And poisons your soul
But the poison seeps
Back to hi s bowl
You avenge yourself
By hampering his health
And urge a solution
To his threatening pollution
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mE ASSAULT OF NOTH ...
Nothing
the void
the si multaneous opposite of everything and something
the absence of anything.
totally natural
yet unattainable by human experience.
It is elusive
as energy
as darkness
as time
as dream.
You cannot understand this delicate construct
this nothjng
nor can eye.
The quest
the ambition
to contain the unknown
to tum 'is not' into illusions of 'is'
thingthingthingthingthingthingthing
thing thing
thingthingthingthingthingthingthing
Is this necessary
or right
let alone possible?
-& mething ob, truct th pllre of nothini .
Nothing break monotony of somethings
better defining them
needing them for their own definition.
The phUosophers ask:
"CaJt lIotl;ing ever even exist?
Or is it a mysterious form of something
so should we subsist?"
eye ask:
"What difference is there between these two?
Is all nothing
as anything is a metaphor for everything else?
Do we fade to nothing
becoming truly one with all?
Is this the ultimate destiny?"
Horus' Eye knows but will not tell
nor give a clue.
That would be unworthy of the grand venture of the mind and
soul.
The universe cries out in agony
as its etherical essence is attacked
by means of reason
ego and intellect.
Bushido once said to Yoga:
"Cannot the children of Jehovah just be
, '
existing at peace witli universe
losing one!\fJf within olle. elfl"
Jf we vunquish the Nothing
we vanquish th justificatiol1 for ('xiSlt'IIl'C.
notbin frOM 1o0tll thing ath
from nothing - creation
Nothing .. .
NoThing ...
Noth ...
No .. .
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Survey Camp, Sports,
and Shaved Heads
IMichael HI" Shewchuk 1 .... -_
.. ----t12A Civil

I
f I learned one thing this tenn it's that nothing bonds a
class like doing some group activities. I think it all
started way back on the first day of the term. For the
2A Civil class there was no frosh week (with a few crazy
Edcom, Frosh leader Our time was spent at
Pike Lake learning how to turn and plunge. Once you
spend a week with your classmates being "Dennis" (the
rodman) and standing in somebody else's line of sight you
start to grow together.
When classes started there was a sort of twinkle in the
air that something special was going to happen this year
(can you feel the "Beaches" plot coming?). We signed up
7 sports teams to get the term moving and thanks to some
strategic pushing, and pushing, and pushing back of
assignments by our terrific class reps we were able to get
through midterms with the majority of the class preserv-
ing their sanity. After this point we made a spirited surge
toward the top of the P**5 standings.
Almost half the class got involved in some type of
sporting activity this year and some of our class got
involved in the snake drawing competitions. But most
importantly (to me - as one of two Athletic Reps) we
ex.celled in a few of our sports. Unfortunately, some of
our teams didn't do so weJI. Our co-ed volleyball team
struggled throughout the season and finished with a
record setting 0-13 record - seeing as how you are only
supposed to lose two games a match, in six matches. In
our final regular season game we actually succeeded to hit
the referee on the adjacent court more times on the top of
the head than we scored points. Thank you, Matt Schuett.
Our ultimate frisbee team was usually too hung over (or
something) to make the games and missed our last 3 con-
tests. "Sunset" Beau Rivard's "Sunset Silkworms" played
well but took one too many spikes off the head to advance
further in the playoffs. And the Civil Anarchy ball hock-
ey team finished 2-4 ... thanks to a forfeit and a full game
3 on 2 advantage. Those were the games we won. The
Eng. Hockey result remains in waiting but if it goes any-
thing like football and hockey we should be in for a ride.
Campbell's Soup
entered the "B" division flag
football with high hopes.
The season went well as the
team powered their way to a
5-0 regular season record.
With Booof and "Long
Bomb" Jay Moore
patrolling the troops and our
speedsters Albie "The Jet"
Moffat and Andrew "The
Rocket" lung, we were
everything and more on
offense. Our defense was
led b;; Jon ''I'm gonna quit ... after this one" Bastien and
"Lodl Tough Guy" Alec Marshall. With sticky hands
James Wallace and super foot Shawn Campbell we domi-
nated the special teams as well. In the playoffs we ripped
through to the finals where Andrew lung played like Jerry
Rice to single-handedly win us the championship. In an
extra game we defeated the champions of the "A" league
by a score of 12-6 to fi n ish as the # 1 ranked Flag Football
team.
The last sport of the year to wind down was ice
hockey. There's just nothing like naked guys walking
around in a dressing room throwing ice at each other to
make you feel like a tearn. As our longest standing sports
tradition in the 2001 Civil das - Rappel's Rockers (est.
1996 by Pat Roppel) took to the ice ready to take home the
Stanley Cup ... we had no idea it would end in shaved
heads. The pieces of the team carne together quitely -
Eeyor Engineering Inc. were soon added to by a host of
talented hockey players. We knew the season was going
to be great when Soupy (Campbell) scored a Forsberg
type goal in a 13-1 win and proceeded to celebrate by
hurling every removable piece of equipment down the ice
and finishing with a single-axle. Eventually, after games
of gelling and inspirational speeches by "Coach LTG" we
reached the championship final. With pucks flying, skates
carving, and our superfans (Bond, Amy, Rokas, Kelly, and
Jon) cheering the Rockers sprung into action. A first peri-
od rebound by Pat Rappel put us up 1-0 but the opposing
JimmyKickers hung in ... for a while. For several min-
utes we missed opportunities but suddenly goals by
The Iron Warrior, Frida)" November 28, 1997
"Heads Down" Wawa and Grad Student "Skills and
Drill" Dickson (also from Wawa) gave us a comfortable
lead. Suddenly, on the power play they scored and it was
3-1 and the momentum swung. When one of our defen-
sive specialists Nathan Fish made his only mistake of the
game by tripping over the red line it sent one of the
limmyIGckers in alone on "Sunset" B.F. Rivard (@gaff)
who slammed the door shut. After this save we rolled to
a 6-2 victory on goals by Wawa, Sean Stuart, and our
favourite non-Civ, 2A Computer Eng. Mike Ready.
Then came the celebration. We had to do some-
thing special. P**5, spirit, hockey ... and a couple of
guys with girlfriends. So we got out the razor. Super fans
Jon Ba tien and Dave Roka donated their heads for a "V"
and a "2". Our coach, LTG, took the "A". B.F. and I
made our heads into a couple of "I"s and Skills and Drills
took an "exclamation mark". Captain Pat Roppel and Ken
(boy did his girlfriend go crazy) Cryer got the old man
styled "L" and "C". Neil "I was dead for twenty minutes
as a kid" Awde volunteered for some crossed hockey
sticks and after an hour of harassing we finally got Sean
"she likes my hair long" Stuart to give in for the same
deal. We walked out of the dressing room, to a couple
more screeching girlfriends, and took some pictures so we
could all remember this for a long time. Actually, for the
next four weeks I don't think any of us will need the pic-
tures to remind us of that night.
x 2ACrVlL! X
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New
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H
i> I'm E11i.ot Biro. Yeah, I know that most of you
didn't expect to see someone with a position who
didn't litter the halls over the last week with
posters. and who didn't go to your classes to give you rea-
sons to vote for me. However, somewhere between the
opening, and cia ing of the polls yesterday, I was nomi-
nated and acclaimed. Anyways more about me. I was
WEEF Rep for my class for the last two terms and I
showed up to lots of Eng Soc events (being a frosh leader
and helping out on Canada Day just to name a few). Most
of my experience was outside of Engineering as a leader
and a Rover in Scouts.
Aside from my experience I have a clear idea of what
I think WEEF should be, and what it can give back to the
students. WEEF is a way that would eventually give us
some self reliance. It gives us a way to work around the
shrinking budgets and corporate donations which we need
so much now. However, right now it gives students, and
educators a place to go when they need money for projects
or things not deemed crucial enough to our education to
find a place in the departmental budgets. With this extra
injection of money into our education we are insuring that
we are getting more than the bare essentials of what we
need to graduate as competent engineers. Instead we are
graduating with a little extra that may be helpful when we
leave Waterloo.
For the next two terms, I don't for see anything special,
new or big coming out of the WEEF office. However, I
would like to continue with the ongoing campaign of try-
ing to get the name out so that everyone knows where
their $75 each term is going, and how it's helping them
along the road to graduation and eventual employment.
So we'll keep the hunt on for the stickerless WEEF bought
equipment of long past, and let everyone know who pur-
chased it for the students. As well I would like to see the
WEEF request forms out earlier than they have been in the
past, with more advertisement of their availability. This is
all with the hope, of course, that there will more propos-
als (remember as with voting, submit early and submit
often).
Anyways, that's the way I see it. I'll see you around
eh!
The Iron Warrior, Friday, November 28, 1997
Former
L
ast week was the WEEF Funding council where
$110,200 in funds were allocated to twenty-eight
different proposals. The week before that, the pro-
posals were presented to Funding Council by the submit-
ters, and extra information was provided and concerns
were addressed.
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At the funding coun iI the WEEF Reps reviewed the
deci ion maki ng proce s that \\ a' to follo\\ and ,"ored on
it in a cordance with the by-laws. First motion, were
made to trike from con id ration proposals that were
inappropriate and restri t funding to proposal that were
not a high priority.
Then rep were grouped into di cipline where they
discus ed the priorities of proposals from their depart-
ment. Ea h department group then shared their priority
list with the rest of council so everyone could b better
equipped to make a deci ion on propo als that w uld
affect a different group of students.
Reps were then grouped in five different groups of
mixed years and mixed discipline. The e groups were
provided with a worksheet that listed all the project and
all the full and partial funding options for them and each
group made its own funding option selection. Then when
the groups came back together the group votes were tal-
li.ed and an initial funding decision began to form.
Then this initial allocation was reviewed to en ure
equitable funding by department and to ensure all con-
cerns of the WEEF reps had been addressed. I'd like to
thank all the WEEF reps for fulfilling their responsibility
of allocating these funds.
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One i. sue that sti ks out in m mind is what the prin-
iple. of funding are. We know that all funding must ben-
efit undergraduate education, but what does that
specifically mean? The Principle ofWEEF funding aren't
well e, tabli. hed or written down. As my role in the WEEF
organization changes but my involvement remains T want
to addres. that. The WEEF reps are an impoJtant re ource
that aren't being utilized. A part of that is involvement and
education. Before the end of thi. term I will compile a
WEEF Rep hand book that will include the constitution
and bylaw. and hi ' tory of the foundation as well a
des ription of roles and re. ponsibilities.
Nex.t seme. ter Paul Ccsana A Soc Endowment
Director, will be writing a WEEF Director Handbook to
help with continuity between directors.
The Board of Directors meeting will occur before the
end of this term to approve the preliminary funding deci-
ion. It is open to all members of the foundation and will
be publicized so you are welcome to attend.
Finally. I would like to say I had a very fine time here
a WEEF Director and I welcome Elliot Biro as the
incoming Endowment Director. Have a good day and
great work term.
Preliminary WEEF Funding Decision Fall 1997
Chern
Civ
E&CE
Env
Mech
Systems
Other
Student
Projects
Total
Laboratory Equipment for Environment Engineering Laboratory
Undergraduate Laboratory Equipment Upgrade
Monitor Upgrades
Hardware for MEleE Design Studio
E&CE 318 Communications Laboratory - Oscilloscopes
E&CE 463/481 Power & Control Systems Laboratory - Oscilloscope
Watstar Memory Upgrade
Water Purification Equipment for Undergraduate Labs
Laboratory Upgrade for ME-262
Labview Software Package
Hardware for MEICE Design Studio
DASL Wat tar terminals
Systems Design Project Lab Digital Oscilloscope
Replacement Printers for Computing Labs
Equipment - Student Shop
CSChE Conference at McMaster University
Concrete Toboggan Team
Intelligent Control Algorithms for Industrial Overhead Cranes
1998 Formula SAE Race Team
Waterloo GNCTR Organizing Commjttee WEEF Proposal
ReliBot
IEEE McNaughton Center
Solar Array for Midnight Sun V
The Aero Design Competition
SMA Materials for Research/Project Use in Systems Design Lab
UWAFf's Microchip PIC Microcontroller Proposal
UW Casi Free Flight Glider Team 1998
$3,637
$8,438
$2,274
,9 0
$12,300
$3,200
$662
$4,900
$2,500
$11,495
$5,917
$6,906
$3,900
$8,656
$2,919
$900
$4,350
$1,500
$4,155
$900
$1,500
$625
$4,000
$1,383
$669
$4,773
$800
$110,200
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The
McCullough
Chiei Returning Ollieer
W
ell, it is over! With all the campaigning,
posters, and class visits the Engineering
Society "8" Executive elections have finally
come to a close. Last Thursday many of you !lhowed up
to the polls to cast your vote for those you thought would
be the best to run Eng Soc. 1 would like to take this oppor-
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tunity to say thank you, if I already haven't, for doing this.
Amidst all the talk of apathy in the Engineering faculty.
we still had a significant voter tum out. with a very
impressive frosh tum oul. If this is any indication, it looks
like we have some very involved and interested classes to
take Eng Soc on into the next century.
It wag a very hard decision to make. All the candidates
who ran were more than qualified for their positions.
They all ran excellent campaigns and all deserve recogni-
tion for their work. Still only one person can hold each
position, and you ultimately choose who those people will
be. So, it i ' my duty and honour as Chief Returning
Officer to officially announce the winners for the
The Iron Warrior, Friday, November 28, 1997
Engineering Society Executive. For the next 16 month
our executive will be: Ryan Chen-Wing a Pre ident,
Jeremy Eves as Vice-President External. Kelly Fawcett as
Vice-President Internal and Gregory Bridgett a Vice-
President Finance (Greg still ha to be ratified in Eng Soc
council. so that is not written in stone.). I would like to
congratulate the winner on their victory and also con-
gratulate the other candidates on a very good campaign. It
wa a lot of work to run this election, but both the current
executive and the candidates offered a lot of help and
made my job much ea ier. Thank to all of you. I look
forward to working with this new executive and to con-
tinue working with all the candidates in their many differ-
ent roles in Eng Soc.
PS. In the next election, I am going to be running for
Dictator of the Universe, so I am starti ng my campaigning
early. Vote for Chri McCullough for Dictator of the
Universe!! !
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eport from
R:wtn Chen- Wing
38 Mec//(mical
N
ow is a time for u to look forward. We should not
be content with seeing the way thing are, but
how they could be. Transitions between sets of
executive members always brings great change as people
with new ideas ancldifferent experiences take their place.
The Engineering Society is a dynamic organization and
we hould walk a path of changes for the better together.
Once in a while when I ask how a friend is doing, I get
the reply, "Well, today i. better than yesterday." Imagine
if that could be said for everyday. Wouldn't thing be very
fine? When I look at the past sixteen months and think of
all the changes, changes we have all been a part of, I think
that today IS better than yesterday. When I look ahead, as
I am doing now, 1 want us to ensure that tomorrow is bet-
ter than today.
One of the most important aspects of the rich commu-
nity of Waterloo Engineering is re pecL [ want to ask all
of you to respect the people around you. Li ten and get to
know tho. e around you, take an interest in your school
environment, and try to understand others a we pursue a
profession in which teamwork i an important part. It is
unfortunate that mo t of the ub tantial effort and work
put into the election does not produce any lasting re ult .
The competition, though friendly, can produce divi ive-
ness which only makes u poorer.
Now that the elections have concl uded we must ensure
that we all move forward together.
I want to acknowledge Chris Foster, Mike Hermann,
Mike Olley, Kathryn Russill, Jeremy Eves, Kelly Fawcett ....
and Greg Bridgett for showing such a great commitment
and readi ness to erve the people around them in what can
be quite a trying time. They have and, I don't doubt, wi ll
continue to make great contributi on to our society.
Ryan
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H
owdy! Thanks for coming out to vote. I am
extremely happy to be here as your VPI and I
hope to do a fabulous job in the next 16 months.
But for now we take it one term at a time. 1 want to thank
all the other candidates, 1 know I had fun and I made a
some really good friends along the way. I also want to
thank the 'OLD' executive Uust a shot at rabcs) for the last
two school terms, I thing they did a great job and started
lots of new programs that have been a great success! (
know I wouldn't be involved if it wasn't for them!
Now, down to business. First things first, I am single
again, my engagement broke off, I still don't have a job,
finals start soon and 1 have to learn how to integrate twice
and set to zero! The best part of it all though is I am still
having the time of my life!
Now regarding EngSoc, It is time for everyone to get
involved. ]n the last few days we have been pushing
everyone to apply to EngSoc director positions. We have
had a good response so far but we can always u. e more
applications. After all, we can alway' find some way (or
position) to get everyone involved in EngSoc. Plea e fell
free to contact anyone of the executive with questions, 1
know my elf that I can always be found in POETS.
Orifice or Civil computer lab in E2-2340 (I didn't have a
home before this term so why start now!)
TASK TEAM! Everyone that volunteered for thi.
team should come out and apply to directorships. The idea
for this summer term will be to place everyone in a direc-
torship along with a senior student in that directorship. 8y
doing this. a j uni or gets experience and makes a lot of new
friends. And the advantage for the 'enior is a lighter work
load! Plus everyone will have more time to join in other
events!!! Lets have a great . ummer term!
For those who have been chosen (or will be cho en)
for a director hip, please ensure that your name is on the
li st in the Orifice with your phone number, address and E-
mail (That is if you have one yet, I know I don't).
Everyone will be contacted this winter work term and
informed about any information they hould know about
before they return thi summer, i.e. blotter schedule!!!
Once you are chosen for a directorship, 1 want you all to
go home (or the library) and tudy, (this is not your moth-
er talking, just your VPl) there is not much left to worry
about in this term other than your grade.
Well I hope everyone has a fantastic work term and
can manage to save ome money for next chool term.
Once again 1 must return to my studi es, final are around
the corner. I look forward to seeing everyone out next
term because that is my BIGGEST goal, get INVOLVED
and HAVE FUN!!! (and pas !)
Kelly
VP Internal
Kelly Fawcett
eport from
The Iron Warrior, Friday, ovember 28, 1997 Internal Information
eport from
VP External
Jeremy Eves
T
he IMt time you read my words I asked, "What is
VP External?" Now I am your VP External and 1
have to start defining what that is for me, and for
the students of Waterloo Engineering. I don't have a lot to
report because by the time you read this I will only have
been in this position for a week. What I am doing is
catching up on what ha gone on in the past and a few
thing that I hould ontinue in the future. I'll tell you
what 1 do know ...
I have to leave for Edmonton, along with Michael
Olley, Chri Foster, and Kathryn Ru. sill as lIelcgates for
Engineering Society "8" at the Congre s of Canadian
Engineering Students on January 1, 1998. This is a week
long conference that looks at, and trie to resolve, com-
mon i sues facing engineering tudent, uch a Faculty
troubles, Fro h Week, curriculum, etc. This will be where
I meet other VPXs and reps from other chool and
schmooze, schmooze, so I'm pretty excited.
January 30th brings the ESSCO Olympics. This is a
purely fun conference where you get to show how inge-
eport from
W
hat can I say? It was a tight race ... Many dif-
ferent considerations went into my decision to
run for VP-F. First of all, there were really

good people running for the executive, and ('m excited to
be working as a team with them. Secondly, ( have expe-
riences and a skill set that would be a valuable asset to the
Engineering Society. Most of all, I'm seeing a change in
the face of the society, and I have lOIS of enthusiasm and
ideas for change, as well a confidence that I can make
things a bit better by the time I leave.
Of course, I have a great legacy to live up to. The tal-
ent and motivation of the previous few VP-F's produced
an organized, tidy set of finances and an ambitious direc-
tion for EngSoc's future. For me, this means that I'll have
.. .....
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niou you are by kicking other chool. as. es Enginuily
style. Waterloo won last year . 0 let' , continue this tradi-
tion. I'll be . ending at least I team of 4 delegates to go,
and more if there i, Ihe interest. Guelph got a busload last
year and, since this i a work rerlll for a lot of us, I think
Ihal Walerloo should ha\" representation (hey
Frosh this tIlcans you!) .
Closer 10 home, I'm tr}ing 10 come up \\ ith ideas for
events for ne:>.t term. If anyone has any ideas ou can e-
mail me at jacVl's@engmail, or come lalJ...lo me. Any type
of charil), evcnt .. ill be great, so grind your hrain and ee
if an thing come. OUI.
Go d III J... in the n Xl few weeks with .\ tlll1S and stuff.
It'li be oyer soon. Then I'm off on a worJ... Icrm Ihinking
about summer fun. When 1 return. the vilc snow will be
gone and life will be grand. Farewell eighl stream Frosh
and Grads, have fun on A-Soc. Always remember us and
the times we've had.
Tearfully yours,
Jeremy
Election
Forum
hig shocs tn fiJI, hut 1 Hill lIot daunted We haw elected a
strong cXl'cutivc thai a 101 of l'xcitlJ1g ahoul how
lO improve OUI society. f 'm w nfidentl ilut I II hl' working
on a winning tCUIll, and I wish 10 pledge Ill } dcdicmioo to
be :I vilal contributing llIembl'r.
The bngilll.! Soddy hu'i hccn slowly its
face to reflect changes in the student hody. Old objective!>
arc being rcconsidered and new inlliutives huvc been
started to help EllgSoc bcllcr reprc),ent thl' hody.
From the Finance we can mal-c crf Ident usc of
our resources so that we can put eXlra effort to mceling the
needs of everyone in the
So, when you're all gone on your work term counting
the days until you return to good ()J' UW, I 'll he working
hard to climb that learning curve for Illy position.
Hopefully, I'll have already put some initiatives in motion
by the Lime you all get back. In the mean lime, good luck
on exams and have a Merry Christmas.
Greg
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eport from
President
[)(lron So/un/(m
4/\ Blet;lrical
W
ell I never thought this day would actually
come but here I am writing my last President's
Report for the Iron Warrior. These past 16
month on exec have certainly been quite the experience;
one I'll never forgel. Nonetheless, r've got a few end of
term things to let YOll know about, so here it goes, one last
time.
First of all. I'd like to congratulate Ryan, Jeremy,
Kelly, and Greg on their election. I am sorry that I won't
be here to see how Engineering Society B continues to
develop under their leadership. In any event, I have con-
fidence in their ability to lead the Engineering Society
through the next 16 months and I wish them all the best of
luck in their positions.
Second, this past Wednesday at Council VI we handed
out the President's Awards for the Fall 97 term. While
there were a lot of people ho ha mad 1\ . i nifi ant
contribution to the Engineering Society this term, these
people have gone above and beyond the call of duty and
as such the thrce VPs and myself have decided to give
them Presidents Awards. These awards were given to
Andre Brisson, Ryan Chen-Wing, Jeremy Eves, Melanie
Hammond, Mike Hermann. Carrie Junker, Rebecca Lam.
Chris McCullough, Mark Popik, and Kathryn Russil!. All
of these people did outstanding jobs in their director-
ship(s) and are to be congratulated for the fine work they
have done this term.
While sti ll on the topic of the council meeting, we had
some discussion about the Jostens contract, but since I
wrote this before the meeting, I can't say what happened.
If you're intere ted in what happened and were unable to
attend the meeting, then e-mai l me at
and I'll let you know. We also did nominations for the
Paul and Paula Plummer Awards at counci l. If you're
dying to know who the wi.nners are, then you'll just have
to wait. The Paul and Paul a Plummer Awards are handed
out at Grad Ball, which thi year is on March 21, 1998. If
you want to know who won, then just ask a grad after
March 21, or if you're not back until May, ask Ryan when
you come back to school.
If you're struggling to get all your end of term projects
done and don't have time right now to run to the Orifice to
ph p 1 1 ill
be open until Friday, December 12 for your Orificing
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I
'll get my nagging over with quickly: DIRECTORS -
plea e hand in your end of term director reports to
Betty!
Okay, here comes the tough part: how do I sum up 16
month worth of all my experiences being VPI in one lit-
tle article? Here I am sitting in front of a blank screen
thinking of how to po sibly express everything that's
going through my mind in words. well, here goes:
Being VPI of the engineering society has taught me
more than I ever could imagined. When I ran for the posi-
tion, I thought that it was going to be a lot of work, but I
was ready to conquer the world ...... ugh! 1 had absolutely
NO idea how much was involved. From working with
people, arranging and scheduling events. meeting. , adver-
tisements, writing manuals and handbooks, contacting
people, selling lip teams, c mmillees ....... the list goes on
and on; I often let out a liltle chuckle every time someone
asks me "So, Kim, what exactly do you DO as VPl????"
Sure 1've had my moments of stress, disappointment, or
frustration, but 1 can honestly say that I enjoyed every
minute of being VPJ. All of the good, and occasional no-
so-good rolled into one. I wouldn't trade my experiences
for the world!
un-paid. The hour that are put into things such a run-
ning Brunny trips, course critiques, and designing new
novelties are volunteered by people whose sole purpose is
to try and better the society for everyone else. I have met
the most incredible and dynamic people by being
involved in the engineering society and could not imagine
what my university career would be like without it.
For Doron, Jason, and Fabes, 1 would like to extend
my utmost respect. We had a bit of a rocky beginning, but
were able to come together and support each other in
numerous ways. Jason has kept finances better that most
companies do, Fabes has been able to quickly learn the
in's and out of all Eng Soc. 's in Canada and work on
leaming with and from them, and Doron has 'erved the
student body on many issues (eg. TOOL, Fro h Week,
Jostens, Oriftce .... etc), keeping peace with the Dean and
working hard on all the behind the scenes tuff that i n't
readily visible. T would like to applaud them for putting
up with me and supporting me in every way.
Finally, I'd like congratulate the new exec. Two word
of advice - keep smiling. No matter what happens, think
of how fortunate we are to be part of a ociety with incred-
The Iron Warrior, Friday, November 28, 1997
pleasure C .. don't even go there!). Al 0, if you're a direc-
tor who has borrowed an EngSoc key for the term, this i
just a reminder that tho e key are due back by Tue day,
December 2 (the la t day of lecture). I'll be e-mailing
you to remind you again, so please bring tho e key back
becau e if you don't I will hunt you down and find you
and I won't be happy.
That's abollt all r have to report on. I'd ju t like to take
a few sentences here to get all sentimental. All joking
a ide. I have really enjoyed being President for the pa t 16
months and I hope that you think I've done a good job in
that role. I'd like to thank all the director who helped
make thing happen in the ociety and I encourage you all
to stay involved and continue to benefit from all the thing
that the Engineering Society has to offer. I'd especially
like to thank Fabes, Kim, and Ja on for their endless
effort, support, and encouragement that have made the, e
past 16 months so much fun. I know that without them I
would have gone completel y insane long ago and I can
easily say that I feel privileged to have had the opportuni-
ty to work with such a fine group of people. While Fabes
and I are graduating, Kim and Ja on will still be arollnd
for a while and if you get the opportunity to work with
them you'll know what I mean when I say that they are a
valuable a set to any team.
So that's it. We did a little work, had a littl e fu n, and
even got ourselves into a little trouble. Now we leave it
in the capable hands of Ryan, Jeremy, Kelly, and Greg to
see where they next take Engineering Society B. I wish
everyone on B-Soc a bright future and, who knows,
mayre.some day we'll end up working together ... nah! To
quote one of my favorite books of all time (if you don't
know what book it is, come and ask me), "So long, and
thanks for the fish!"
ron
ible resources and man/woman power! Learn from the
past and learn to embrace change! To anyone who's ever
attended or run an event, helped out in any way or even
given feedback, you have made these 16 months reward-
ing and for that I thank all of you! Out with the old, in
with the new ... Here's to the new exec!
For the Last rime as VPI,
Smiles,
Kim Whirear
VP Internal
I am a lirm believer in praise and positive re-enforce-
ment. Too often we hear complaints and negative feed-
back, but seldom does someone approach another and say
"You know, that was a really great job. J appreciate what
you did for me .... ". J want the directors, task team mem-
bers and frosh spirit directors I had the pleasllre of work-
ing with this term and last to know how much their work
wa appreciated, especially by myself. Doron, Fabes. and
Jason. Eng oc positions arc volunteer: no one is there to
meet academic requirement, and the time is completely
eport from
The Iron Warrior, Friday, No ember 28, 1997
H
ello everyone. This is my last report. I'm very
happy to write it. In fact it gives me great joy to
be released from my duties by such a wonderful
group of people. Congratulation to the new executive and
GOOD LUCK.
So what do I have to say? What final words can pos-
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sibly fit such a long and wonderful. sometime trying.
time on Executive? Well, the only one I can think of Are
''I'm DONE. I'm DONE". Oops orry, that slipped.
Okay. so here's the news. I still haven't received the
CCES delegate package. Gue s I won't get it for a while.
Hopefully. I can get it couriered here soon. Also, I have
received no Application for the ESSCO'lympic . This i
disappointing. I may have to end my elf. I may have to
convince Jeremy to send me. Jeremy will be picking the
next set of delegate. so put your application in my box
and I'll forward them on to him.
1 hope everyone does well on exams and I'll see you
sometime soon.
I'll leave you with some interesting words. This
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Engineering Society is filled with wonderful people who,
over the our:e of our time here, will teach you amazing
and wonderful thing. . During my time I've learned from
many of those people and ha e even imparted . orne of
their lnowledge on to othen.. But , remember this, the
Engineering ociet) is based on people; people who work
for the common good of all studcnt. . ow. \ hile that's
kind of a ommunistic approa h to life. it is the very ba i.
of human nature [0 The only way to survive here
is to worl together. The only way to survive in life is to
learn skilL outside of the skill . et taught in the cia s room.
Wherc do you pick up tho. e other skills? From the
Engineering ociety. Now if you're reading this you
probably k.now what the Engineering Society does. But to
survive, tell others and get them involved.
Thanks for Lisre1lillg
Fabes
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ell here it comes, the final update from the director expense forms to be in no later than one week
Worry VP-Finance desk. A lot of stuff bas hap- prior to the closing of the orifice. This date will be
pened over the past couple of weeks and I'll try announced at Council 6 and will posted outside of the
and summarize it all. Orifice. All late expenses will be processed and cheques
I'll start with the Josten's deal. To give a little back- can either be mailed or held until the following term.
ground. Josten's offered to assist in computerizing the As a final note, I wanted to thank my finance director,
Engineering Society. Graduation Yearbo ks b d Y,
-$4000 to the cause. There are benefits for both parties. views about how the Engineering Society is progressing.
First of all, the computers will allow the editors the abili- My finance director saved me at many times from com-
ty to try out new desktop and graphic publishing tricks plete destruction and I recognize that her work is mostly
while reducing the overall cost of the yearbook. This will behind the scenes. So please if you see Monica in the hall-
mean that there is the possibility of more colour or cheap- way, go up and pat her on the back and thank her for
er yearbooks. Jostens will be able to provide 'proofs'. ensuring the finances were kept up to date. Finally, I bave
allowing the editors to check their work. This will cut worked in many countries around the world and bave
down on the possibility of errors existing in the final prod- noticed that Canadian engineers are bighly regarded due
ucL In addition. it will speed up the production process to their hard work ethic and leadership qualities.
since an paper layed-out yearbooks must be converted to Furthermore, tbe University of Waterloo has been listed as
computer pages. Check out the President's spew in this IW the one university that is producing leaders of the future.
and past ones for the clauses that have been included to In addition, the leaders that are remembered for what they
protect the Engineering Society. have contributed to so iety arc the ones that dared to be
Recently, Ron Such, one of the agents for Jostens. and different. and chose the un-walked path regardless of what
I met and discussed the deal. At that time, it was decided other people thought. I have noticed a growing trend in
that there was reason to increase the amount of money that engineering to have decisions and work effected by possi-
was being provided to the Engineering Society. This ble infringement upon other people's beliefs. This force is
amount was $8000 with a yearly payment of $1000. Ron known as political correctness.
discussed this with his repre entatives and came back Regardless of what decisions are made, there will
with a counter-offer, and this was $6000 that was to go to always be a person or a group of people offended by
purchasing two computers. Discussions are still underway someone's actions. Having decisions dictated by political
with Ron and Jostens and a deal will be hashed out for the correctness, however, limits their innovation, effective-
final council meeting. Check the minutes outside of the ness. and creativity. WATERLOO ENGINEERS ARE
Engineering Society office for the final details. LEADERS OF TOMORROW, AND LEADERS ARE
During the past weekend, a joint executive meeting THOSE WHO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT AND GO
occurred and at this meeting it was decided that we would AGAINST THE GRAIN OF EXPECTATION. There are
finalize the price for the Orifice computer. It was decided
many other chools that will produce engineers that are
required to complete many of the menial tasks. but
Waterloo produces leaders. So stand tall and be a leader.
I'm not saying that all people must now become opinion-
ated and disagree with everything; that is unproductive.
Whall:'m saying is: don't feel afraid to try something dif-
.J..)<....... ..... I"<.Irr. an taL)' that other people ay you can.'t do
because other people will be offended by it. IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING IS RIGHT. THEN DO
IT. It is always easier to defend something that you
believe in rather than something that was compromised
on. As I look around my room, a quote from one of the
posters is appropriate to conclude the WORRY VP-
Finance spew's:
"UNLESS YOU TRY TO DO SOMETHING
BEYOND WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY MAS-
TERED. YOU WILL NEVER GROW. THE BEST WAY
TO PREDICT THE FUTURE .. .IS TO CREATE IT!"
that $1400 dollars was allocated to this cause. The com-
puter will be in tbe Orifice before the end of the term. Its
purpose will be many fold, one of which is to act as a web
server for the Engineering Society. or possibly a mail link
for the executive and maybe all undergraduate students.
The other computer will be made available for the use to
all directors. Once this computer goes in, we will be pro-
viding printer service for all directors soon after.
eport from
The off-term VP-Finance. Dan Kim. and I met and
have finalized a date for the End-of-Term meeting. In
order to prepare fully for this meeting. r will need all
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