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A Whole Big Bag 0' Turbot
Who'da thunk that such an innocuous little
flatfish could rally an entire nation behind its
government, successfully diverting attention
from the budget and building a nationalist
defense against the Quebec referendum?
Nevertheless, ya gotta love the way we're
finally kicking some international butt
instead of kissing it. Long live Admiral
Tobin! It just goes to show you that, deep
down, we all yearn to be a little jingoistic.
E'gad's That's The Price of a Coffee
In the Globe, and according to Employment
Conditions Abroad Ltd., the cheapest
country for a bottle of beer is Bulgaria at 51
cents, followed by the Czech Republic at 55,
Venezuela at 62, Slovakia at 65, Togo at 68,
Zimbabwe at 71, Suriname at 74, Portugal
and Turkey tied at both 77, and the
Philipines at 78 cents. Geez, taxes suck.
Court BaUle Over Intellectual Property
Kevin Erler, a former UW grad student, is
taking on Prof. Li Deng of E&CE. The fight
is centred around some voice recognition
software developed in part by Erler. Any
question of who's at fault in this one? I
thought not.
GO Trains Grind To A Halt
Thousands of suburban losers scramble to
find alternate means of transportation as rail
workers go on strike in a bid for higher
wages, job security, blah, blah, blah ... Of
course, these unfortunate commuters are
scrambling because nobody in their right
mind wants to spend the entire day in
Oshawa or Oakville.
Hey Man, Vlddles Is Purple!
Yes, that's right, our faithful new EngSoc
President, Brian Vidler was finally inducted
into the ranks of his formidable predeces-
sors. You can tell 'cause he's purple! Be
kind and go rub his head for good luck. Just
watch for the Vaseline and don't touch his
bits.
More Subway Lines?
In an interesting pre-election campaign
move, Premier Bob has decided to throw
some more money at Metro in the hope that
the rest of the province will agree with him in
saying that T cronto is the most important
thing in Ontario. What can we expect from a
man who actually takes Mel Lastman's
advice?
O.J's Stili On Trial
Yeah, shut up
Editorial
Education and Industry
The theme for CCES '% is education As
part of this theme the delegates will be
examining the needs of industry and how
our education might be changed to be
more in line with their requirements, lead-
ing me to question my motives for being
here. Did I go into engineering to learn a
specific set of skills to make me "mar-
ketable" to industry, or did I come here to
learn how to learn? It was the latter I
believe. Had I just wanted a set of mar-
ketable skills, I could have attended a tech-
nical college.
To be fair, I do not expect the CCES dele-
gates or organisers to suggest turning engi-
neering education into a type of college,
nor do I believe the schools or professional
engineering organisations to listen to any
suggestions of that type. There is, however,
always the danger of turning schools insti-
tutions that spit out graduates with a stan-
dard set of "marketable" skills, and little
else. Since industry has some influence
over government spending decisions,
either directly or indirectly, it is necessary
that schools produce graduates that will
satisfy industry. This does not preclude
producing graduates who are capable of
thinking for themselves, including in areas
outside of their chosen field of study.
The one most important thing I have
learned here at Waterloo (besides not fear-
ing failure, which, in itself is very impor-
tant) is the ability to learn new things, with-
out being lead about by the hand. When
confronted with a new and unique prob-
lem, the like of which I have never seen
before, I can break it down into manage-
able pieces. If I don't know how to solve
one of them, I know how to start learning
the information I need to solve the prob-
lem. I also know when it is quicker, easier,
or cheaper to call in an expert.
The biggest danger of allowing industry
to dictate the skills required is that industry
does not always dictate technological or
soda! change. For example, when the tele-
phone was invented, the general reaction
was so what? What do we need that for?
Nobody guessed the profound effect the
telephone would have on technology, and,
more importantly, society. Often, the great-
est technological changes are driven by
individuals, working outside of the main-
stream of industry, often in opposition.
Many of these technological changes will
have effects unimagined by the creator.
This is why we must protect the limited
diversity offered to us in our current edu-
cational system. As future engineers we
need to know how our creations will affect
society.
I have actually met people in engineer-
ing who resent that they are "forced" to
take complementary studies electives, ask-
ing ''how will they further my career?"
What about furthering yourself as a per-
son? Your career will provide you with
many opportunities to increase your skill
base through company sponsored semi-
nars and conferences, but when will you
have another opportunity to take courses
at this level simply for the joy of learning?
There are so many courses offered at this
school, that I cannot comprehend how
anyone would want to be immersed in
purely technical studies (although the diffi-
culties involved in getting into desired
options may dampen the enthusiasm of
some).
The first year office appears to have
decided to begin teaching AutoCAD to
first year students (something I suggested a
couple years ago in the Iron Warrior). I sus-
pect the reason it has taken so long is partly
due to Autodesk's rigid pricing policy. My
only concern about this development is
how it will affect the teaching of basic
drawing concepts to first year students. By
most accounts, I am considered a very
competent AutoCAD operator, and I
attribute this to my skills in fundamental
drawing concepts. Whenever I have
attempted to teach AutoCAD to someone,
the biggest problem I have encountered is
a lack of drafting skills, and I'm talking
about Waterloo engineering students. My
question is, does industry really want engi-
neers who can operate AutoCAD, or do
they want engineers who are familiar with
the basic skills that enable them to do their
jobs? Have we confused the skills with the
tools? The enthusiasm to meet industries
supposed "needs" has blinded us to the
fact that needs are not always what they
may seem. No amount of software will
make an engineer.
If we are to accept input from industry,
we must be careful to ensure that the input
is not dominated by one or two large cor-
porations, silencing the smaller, often more
innovative, companies. We must also
remember that it is often individuals who
cause the greatest technological and soci-
etal changes, and ensure that our universi-
ties conJinue to provide an environment
that fosters creative and socially responsi-
ble thinking.
-Colin Young
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor,
I am writing in response to comments
made by Brian Viddler upon winning the
election for EngSoc Prez. When
approached at the Bombshelter on Thurs-
day night, Viddles showed that he was
feeling good, saying 'Tm gonna drink all
night and then I'm gonna go home and
masturbate!"
Does he really think that this is appropri-
ate behaviour, given the dangers of mas-
turbation in the 90's? Countless under-
grads, when faced with the prospect of
cuddling up to their pillows at night, don't
really need this kind of careless remark
from somebody who is supposed to be set-
ting an example for us all As if Engineers
don't have a bad enough rep already.
Would you expect this kind of behaviour
from anyone on the Federation of Students
executive?
I'm sure that Mr. Viddler and the rest of
his newly elected regime will do a fine job
of running things. I just don't want to hear
about his future plans for "pulling his
goalie" anytime soon.
Regards,
IainGrier
7B0lemical
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Contents
London Calling
Bill's Excellent Adventure
4
Bus Push Aftermath
Pull that Bus!
Apocalypse 1= Bomshelter
This time it's really the end
(at least for a while)
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5
Plummer's Pledge
Fund your favourite prof's project
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Ernie the Engineer
On your marks .. ,
Arts I

Arts & Food Section
Arts Contest Winner, Comi 5 & Recipes
Centre Pull-out
WEEF Preliminary Funding Decision
Check out where your money is going
Engsoc News and Spews
The exec spew and events calendar
16 16
Fall 1995 Directors List
See what you are doing, or what you
could do
19
London Calrng
Bill Gray
3A Comp
The Intro
T
his is the story of a trip I took at the end of Janu-'
ary. It was a most interesting trip, filled with
curious happenings and during which I made
several interesting observations. I transcribed these
thoughts in my trusty notebook while traveling back to
Kitchener. I present them now to you in their basically
unedited form to delight and amuse (ie. if there are
spellingl grammar errors, I don't want to hear about it).
The Plan
It had been in the planning for months; the ever elu-
sive fulfillment of uncountable "Come visit'''s, 'Td like
to visit'''s and other such promises tossed out at every
chance meeting. It had been pushed back three weeks
already, and was now sitting in the sole free week-I\d
of the term. The time was at hand. The plans were laid.
Mssion: visit a good friend. Destination: London.
London is a mysterious city to those not from it's sur-
rounding area. Whispers ofUWO are bound to pop up
in any discussion of Waterloo's big-brother to the west
The city itself is a hefty 316 (XX) - about equal to the
Kitchener IWaterloo/Cambridge trio. It's economy
consists of the University, medical training facilities,
your usual smattering of industry and an incredible
number of very wealthy people.
"Wait!" you cry. This article appears to be acquiring
a slight anti-London tinge. Damn straight it does. For
all intents and purposes, I hate London I believe in and
help perpetuate the stereotypical 'Western Student'
character. I turned down a juicy engineering scholar-
ship from Western and have been known to dislike
people before meeting tl1em simply because they hail
from London. Sure it's shallow; but it's good to have a
hobby.
Getting There
In order to fully appreciate the benefits of not owning
a car, I chose to take the Greyhound, which somehow
manages to stretch the hour drive from KW to London
into two hours. This is mainly due to stopping in every
grouping of four or more houses along the way. Such
as Stratford where one of the more annoying people
rve met in my life finally shut up and got off the bus.
Just as my sanity was running out, the driver let me off
in front of my friend's apartment
Since the washer in my house was broken, the first
thing I did was laundry. This is where I noticed the first
anomaly of London life; friendliness. As I sat in the
laundry room doing some laundry and minding my
own business, complete strangers actually tried to talk
to me! Imagine - all of my years here in Waterloo
training myself to fear and avoid confrontation with
strangers down the drain. My wash finally finished
and I could leave that hellish place of friendly smiles
and polite conversation. A quick trip to the liquor store
and I was set to party.
The Admission
Here is where I rescind on my earlier comment
regarding my dislike of Londoners and admit that most
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people I know from Western (a certain eX-girlfriend
excepted) are damn nice people - just like you and me.
Perhaps I should take my energies and direct them at a
more deserving evil. Say, Queen's?
The Game
As people anived at the apartment, we started play-
ing a peculiar drinking game called 'Kill the Outsider'.
After catching on to the rule about "guy whose name
starts with B" I quickly realized that these people like to
get really drunk, really quick. In the interest of gaining
the full London experience, I obliged them the best I
could without a set of Boz. glasses. Soon we were all set
to go out and wreak havoc. Actually, since Typhoon
(yes, I went drinking with a man called Typhoon) left
his weapons at home, a quiet night was anticipated.
A Sea of Plaid
Our tavern of choice Friday night was The NAC - a
very alternative bar. After the ever-scrfun frisk at the
front door, I was accosted by a bar painted entirely in
black. The setup was similar to Fed, except it was
smaller, you could get a beer reasonably quick and pe0-
ple were allowed to have fun on the dance floor. Did I
mention the cages with the go-go dancers on Harleys?
The other feature of note was a subwoofer system so
powerful it made my beer foam when on the balcony.
Mmmm Bass.
As I danced on the crowded stage and surveyed the
crowd engaged in a fairly violent mosh below me, I
came to several realizations regarding the patrons of the
bar:
1) Plaid - I'm assuming you get free admission or
cheap drinks if you wear plaid, because close to 80% of
the people I saw had some form of plaid attire. The
most popular by far was the white T-shirt, plaid not-
tucked-in-not-buttoned-up shirt "hey look at me I'm
grunge!" look, followed closely by the plaid-shirt-tied-
around-the-waist-to-hide-my-big-butt look.
2) Glasses - Apparently, the shortage of tortoise shell
in London forces everyone to wear contact lenses.
Except cool artsie guys with pony-tails.
3)Minorities - Counted on one hand. (Talk about
reverse culture shock!)
4)Bouncers - The NAC is a great place to party.
Apparently, it is so fun, it takes four bouncers to politely
ask a patron to leave the bar due to excessive rowdi-
ness. As polite as one can be while punching said
patron in the head repeatedly.
5)Looks - Due to a chemical additive found only in
London tap water, everyone in London is amazingly
good looking.
After many exhilarating hours of this, it was off to
home and sleep on a typically uncomfortable couch,
while my dreams were filled with ex-girlfriends doing
nasty things to me.
This Is My BOOMSTICK!
I won't bore you with the details of my Saturday
afternoon, but suffice it to say that item number three
from above is just as prevalent at London's shopping
malls.
Saturday evening was to start with a much anticipat-
ed viewing of Evil Dead ill - Army of Darkness. This
was my first viewing of this B-Movie classic and need-
less to say I was not disappointed. This movie is chock
full of enough catch-phrases, cheesy lines and anachro-
nisms to keep the laughs going long after the movie
ends. For the truly obsessed, there is a lXX)M-ll sound
patclt out somewhere apparently. Fun! Fun! and more
Fun!
See London by Night, p. 5
London by Night
Is That a Gun In Your Pocket?
By this point, almost everyone was falling asleep and
not wanting to go anywhere in the ridiculous cold.
Everyone except me and my friend's friend. at to be
stuck in for the night, we bravely set out in search of the
temple of London taverns;
The Ridout.
I've somehow managed to go to The Ridout every
year since I was eighteen. And every time has been
highly enjoyable. This was no exception.
After being misinformed by a bouncer, we ended up
paying cover twice and getting searched twice - this
time with those funky airport-type metal detector
wands. That alone was worth my $2 After hanging
out on the dance side for a while, we embarked on a
journey through time. By moving fifty feet to the Skid
side of the bar, we managed to go back ten years in
time. Hockey hair was back in style, with Lanny
McDonald wannabe mllstad1es. Ultra-tight jeans, lay-
ered mascara and pouffy-hair. All this and more await-
ed us. After realizing that most people there were
pushing 30, we amused ourselves by picking out pe0-
ple and guessing the year (1979-1987) that their outfit
was in style.
Then we got to watch the bouncers violently eject
someone. That's always fun.
Cab Surfing USA
After getting our asses whipped at pool in an after
hours club a swear, her skirt was made of vinyl!) we set
out to somehow find our way hom . And it " as
COLD! Luckily, my companion had neglected to bring
her jacket. Since every other bar dO'wl1town had just let
alit as well, cabs were at a premium. Police, how ver,
were readily available, with tvvo auisers and a padd ,-
\.vagon parked outside of aIm t every bar. Th ten1P-
tation to break something just to g t ten minutes inside
a wam.1 police car ,vas very great.
After walking half way home (York to Oxford, for all
you Londoners) we finall flagged down a free cab.
Shivering and tired, we gratefully clambered into th
wann car. Unfortunately, another gentlen1an felt that
the cab belonged to him and thus felt it necessary to
grab onto the partially open dri er side wind wand
threaten the cabby with physical violence.
At this point the cabby hit the gas and took ff down
the street. When we hit about 40km/h I was impressed
that the crazy dnlnk guy was still holding on to the
window, pounding on it and threatening the cabby.
We ditd1ed the cab at the next red light and only then
did I realize that the dnlnk guy was surfing on the
black-ice on the road. The cab continued down Rid1-
mond Street on the green light, crazy dn1nk guy in tow.
We had caught another cab before our friend hit the
salted intersection ahead.
Safe, Reliable, Dependable
After breaking numerous traffic laws to get me to the
bus station in time for my 11am bus, I bid farewell to
my new London friend. It was soon thereafter I discov-
ered that the 11am bus to KW I had planned on taking
no longer existed. It seems that Greyhound feels no
bligati n to update their automated schedule dial-in
lin.
After wrestling \-','ith London Transit's reduced Sun-
da servi ,1 made it back to my friend' apartment
and I pt until it \'\1a time to tak th' city's only non-
english peaking cab back to th bus tenninal (to whicll
I had to give instructions). As I n1shed into the stati 11, I
was extremely pI ased to find that my bus had been
dela ed.
Happy happy. Joy joy.
Five hours after I was upposed to be back in KW, we
finally pulled up to the KW Transportation Centre. I
put up with the world's m t ann ying w man who
boarded at Stratford (remember her?). I put up with
inbreds in the bad< of the bus (a man, his sister and their
son). I put up with Kitch n r's youth talking of their
previous night's escape from police after falling off a
roof whil tripping on acid. I put up with a man
describing to me in GREAT detail his disgust with the
1993 model buses as compared to the 1992 models.
Coda
I rctumed to my cozy house to a working washer, a
new episode of The Simpsons and many wonderful
tales of my housematcs' dnmken adventures in my
absence. In retrospect,] suppose my prejudices again t
London and its people are somewhat misplaced. I do
know, however, that I've yet to not have fun in London.
The Bus that Ran on Spirit
Jason Roberts
S
aturday, March 18, was a beautiful, sunny spring
day: a perfect day for a walk. So a group of forty
engineers tied a massive rope to the front of a
Charterways bus and pulled it from campus to down-
town Kitd1ener. The event, if you haven't guessed yet,
was the 19th annual Engineering Bus Push for K-W Big
Sisters.
The TOOL led the way down King Street, and Dave
entertained both the pullers and the passers-by with
witty banter on the loudspeaker. Eager Plumbers and
Uttle Sisters solicited donations from pedestrians and
motorists alike. Drivers honked, shoppers waved, engi-
neers sang and chanted. They could hear us coming for
blocks.
After the event, tl1e reported pledges totaled $4200.00.
This figure does not include money from the silver col-
lection, or pledges that had not been reported Saturday
morning. Coverage in local media should bring in
some phone-in pledges before the end of the term. We
are still confident we will meet our goal of $5(XX).
Everyone who has a pledge sheet MUST rerum it,
with all the money pledged, before Thursday, Mard1
30. Even if you raised no money, please return the
blank fonn. We need to keep account of ALL pledge
sheets.
Special thanks go out to everyone who participated in
the event, to the Exec. for their help cU1d support, to
Brian Courtney for his amazing P.R. work, and to all
our sponsors, especially Fed Hall, Fed Pizza, Cycl path,
Tapley Copy Centre, McGinnis Front Row, Coca ola
and the Brick Brewing Co.
Congratulations go out to our top fundraiser :
Michael Wony brought in $750.00 and won a mountain
bike for his efforts. Michael Cossoy came in a close sec-
ond, raising $718.35. John Smek brought in $254.00,
and Mitd1 Valentik, Pam Harpur and Ryan Morreau all
raised over $200.00. The most successful class was the
Electrical Orcus, although the Bad Ohmbres came very
dose to besting them.
Special thanks from the Directors to Bill, for the
Gatorade; to Oli, for showing his engineering spirit; to
Pam and Sophie, for their skill with the brush; to our lab
partners for their incredible support; finally to Claire
a nd Ali, for their expl'rkn '.
A great lime was had by t'V 'lyon " I'ilising mm'll'y for
a greatcau '.
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Ban the Apocalypse from the
Bombshelter?
VP Going Down In Flames
STRESSED? You Better Believe It!
W
ell, after 16 solid months of writing for the
Iron Warrior, this is (probably) my 1ast rant
and rave for another four months or so.
Of course, if me and O)-{)p get along the way we usu-
ally do, I'll probably have a lot of spare time over the
Summer during which I can write my heart out. As for
the apocalypse, the complete dissolution of modem
society isn't progressing at quite the pace I was expect-
ing, but it won't take much more to push it over the
edge.
-I saw an ad in ''Time'' the other day. It listed the
qualifications one would have upon leaving the armed
forces under a heading entitled "Combat Engineer."
Now, I know that UW has a pretty extensive and com-
prehensive Engineering program, but clearly someone
has overlooked this unmistakably important program
when evaluating the courses offered here at Waterloo.
Once we get COqlbat Engineering in place, we can
lobby to have Marketing Engineering, Domestic Engi-
neering and, hope against hope, Sanitation Engineering
added to our curriculum. Just another example of
attempting to impress Joe Public people by adding to
word "Engineer" to just about any title.
-On the 14th of March, Fed Hall had scheduled a
showing of "The Blues Brothers" for their Wednesday
Movie Night. I thought to myself, 'Wow, something
that might actually get me to go to Fed Hall!" And, I
must admit, the thought had crossed my mind several
times . Then, I saw the notices: One of the finest movies
ever made was being cancelled so that the Chinese Stu-
dents Association could have their Karoke Night. Not
pre-empted. Not moved up a few hours. CAN-
CELLED! This, more than anything else I have wit-
nessed this term, shows just how willing people are to
piss all over basic human values and not even think
twice about it
-Throw bricks, rocks, Molotov cocktails, old Eng Soc
Exec, anything you can get your hands on! We must tell
film makers that weve had enough movie rehashes of
second rate TV series. Next on the chopping block:
Charlie's Angles. While I'm not sure of who will be cast
in this upcoming honor, you can bet your life that once
released, the Charlie's Angles Movie will have roughly
the same demographics as Baywatch.
-One of the tllings parents are always trying to teach
their kids is not to consume any kind of noxious look-
ing substance they may come across in their travels
about the house. Well luckily, toy manufacturers are
always ready to step in and wipe away any valuable
lessons that parents may try to give their children. The
latest brain-storm available at Toys 'R Us: Doctor
Dreadful's Food and Drink Lab. The idea is that kids
use harmless food dyes and additives to make food and
drink combinations that look like toxic waste, but taste
great! "Hey, mom. This one looks just like the stuff you
use to unclog the drains. Yum, yum!"
-Michael Jordan has come out of "retirement" to
rejoin the Chicago Bulls, prompting the stock of every
company that uses Jordan in their ads to jump an aver-
age of 4% in one day. I wonder what his motivation
was? Although, to tell the truth, I don't think he could
no longer stand being the centre of attention. After all,
when your batting average sounds more like a bad
bowling score, it's hard to stay in the limelight. At least
now, we can expect a proliferation of Michael Jordan
gear with his NEW number on it 45. I guess the next
time he comes out of retirement, the league will bend
the rules and let him have #67.
-An article in the Star a few weeks ago stated that
Rogers Cable had planned all along for there to be a
public outcry over their negative option billing, and that
it was their way of sending a message to the CR1C that
they can't just force new channels down the public's
throat. And here I thought that there weren't any naive
journalists left! While I don't doubt the moral integrity
of those running Rogers Cable, I have a hard time
believing that they would deliberately face a potential
financial and public relations disaster just so that the
Canadian Public could lead happy and fulfilling lives. I
think that they just got caught by surprise when people
who had already swallowed the CST, cuts to education
and other sociaI spending, and the realization that the
liberals weren't going to be keeping all their campaign
promises, suddenly cried out as one in protest of the
new cable charges they were being saddled with. You
can take away their spending power, their rights to a
better education and adequate sociaI services, but mess
with a Canadian's lV, and look out!
-A Philadelphia man has come up with a parking
meter that can detect when a parking spot is empty. As
a result, meters can now be programmed to reset to 0 as
soon as a car leaves the parking space, thus eliminating
the unexpected bonus of puI1ing in to a meter and find-
ing there's still some time left on it. I don't know how
much more money municipalities will now be able to
make off parking meters, but I do know one thing: there
will be a special place in hell reserved for this man; one
where he just has to stop his car for a few minutes to
run an errand, but he can't because he has no change,
the streets are swarming with meter maids, and every
time a parking spot opens up, the meter has no time left
on it
-While receiving my usual dose of Saturday morning
cartoons, I noticed something disturbing during a Bugs
Bunny episode. I've long known that all violent scenes
have been censored out of Bugs cartoons, but on that
fateful day, I noticed that they also censored the taking
of sleeping pills by one of the characters. This got me
even more pissed off than I usually am at cartoon cen-
sorship. Never having understood the premise behind
cartoon censorship, I have had to come to the conclu-
sion that, since we were all brought up on uncensored
cartoons, and we didn't all turn into murderous
sociopaths, the government is trying to compensate for
inadequate parenting by not subjecting little Billy to
scenes of violence. 1 used to think that it wasn't possible
for a parent to be so bad that their kids couldn't even tell
basic rights from wrongs. However, living in an area
where I regularly hear 8 year old children being
ordered by their parents to, "Get the fuck inside this
house, you little shit!" my views have changed some-
what Be afraid ... be very afraid.
-Last week, A Guelph teen was killed while skiing at
a resort about 1/2 hr West of my hometown. Since I
rarely hear stories out of Sherbrooke while serving time
here, I took a special interest. 1 have noticed one thing
which bugs me to no end. Yes, it was tragic to hear
about the 19 year old being cut down in the prime of his
life, but everything 1 have seen or heard about the story
has concentrated on the loss that the school and the
community will feel. An article in the Star contained
only one sentence referring to the fact that the accident
ocrurred in an area "not intended for skiers." What they
didn't say was that the reason it wasn't intended for
skiers was because it was too steep and rocky to be
properly developed, and there wasn't enough snow to
prevent someone from falling face first into protruding
rocks. Thank God the media is there to ensure that no-
one learns anything valuable from one person's misfor-
tune.
-A 8 year European project based on the premise that
"cars are safe - drivers are the problem" has come out
with several new gadgets such as sensors to detect
when you're getting to close to the car in front of you
and sends signals to the engine to slow it down, along
with several traction control devices and other goodies.
Unfortunately, they seem to be ignoring their own
premise. If people are the problem, then maybe they
should LEARN HOW TO DRIVE!!! This is, coinciden-
tally, the thought that passes through my mind when
I'm in a left turn lane and, instead of proceeding on a
yellow, the person in front of me decides to put it in
reverse and back out of the intersection (this has seri-
ously happened to me at least a dozen times. All I can
say is, it better never happen while I'm driving a rental).
Instead of introducing safety features that will keep bad
drivers on the road longer, or until they figure their way
into a situation where no amount of technology is going
to save them, or the other 20 people they're about to
send to a flaming death, maybe we should consider
making driver training and licensing somewhat of a
challenge. It might also help if we didn't assume that
just because someone got their licence 15 years ago
doesn't mean they haven't developed into incompetent
drivers since then. Re-testing? Nah, that would take
way too long, cost too much, and probably only save a
few thousand innocent people from drivers who have
no business on the road.
-Miss.Saigon is finally leaving Toronto. Unfortunate-
ly, it didn't take Phantom with it, which means we'll
have to put up with those annoying ''Buy Phantom by
phone" ads for a few more months (or years).
I guess that's it. The faithful may notice that I didn't
take my customary shot at Woody, even though there's
obviously so much to choose from. I probably could
have worked him into the Doctor Dreadful one and
made some correlation explaining his present condi-
tion, but I don't think I'll bother. Guess 1 have nothing
more to say until the Fall except good luck, you're
gonna need it. Oh yeah , and if you haven't signed up
yet for Frosh Week, what are you waiting for? Geez,
you'd think $45 was the end of the world.
March 24 - I might actually make it to the Bomber for
Tal-Eng and Ear Pub without getting refused entry.
March 30 - Eric Clapton is born, 1945
March 31 - An easy listening station is blown up in
Annandale, Va, 1978
April 2 - Velcro is introduced, 1978
April 6 - Bob Marley is born, 1945
April 8 - Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, 1974
April 12 - David Letterman is born, 1947
April 13 - World Championship of Cow Chip Throw-
ing, Beaver, Oklahoma
April 15 - The bottle opener is invented, 1738
April 19 - Reading is Fun Week begins
April 20 - National lingerie Week begins
The . idnight Hour
Amanda Sealey
Midnight Sun Correspondent
W
e solar car enthusiasts are busier than ever,
so here's a quick update on the big news
this term. WEEP and EngSoc both donated
to our team this term, so you are indirectly contributing
to the success of the Midnight StID.
BIG NEWS #1: Our frame is big and beautiful!
BIG NEWS #2: We signed our title sponsor! Husky
Injection Molding donated $6O,(XX) to the Midnight Sun
ill. Without the generous donations of companies like
Husky, the Midnight Sun project would die.
BIG NEWS #3: WEEF agreed to donate $3700
towards the motor and controller. This contribution will
benefit future tearns, as the motor can either be reused,
used for testing purposes, or left in the car and used for
display purposes.
BIG NEWS #4: The solar cells were laminated and
built into panels, and delivered Monday to the Mid-
night Sun office. The array frame is almost complete!
Right now almost all parts have been ordered and
continue to arrive daily at the office. As exams draw
doser, we expect participation to drop off, but we're still
targeting for a finished car within the next couple of
weeks. A "finished" car constitutes a rolling chassis - if
you think. we're going to let people test the brakes with
the aerobody and array on the car, you'd be a tad con-
fused. Testing of the car begins as soon as exams are
over. Me, I'll be in Toronto (working again!), but many
of our managers are taking a c01,lp,le of months off to
complete and race the car.
Applications for the race crew positions were due
Wednesday and the race crew should have now been
chosen. The new t-shirt tour design has been printed
co-op
News
Natalie Proctor
T
he Working Group on Co-operative Educa-
tion was set up this term by the President's
Commission on Institutional Planning to
develop a strategic plan for Co-op for the next five to
ten years. To do this, we have been consulting vari-
ous groups on campus.
I am one of the student representatives in this
group, and I feel that student input to this particular
group is of very high importance. Although all stu-
dent societies were asked for feedback, none has
been received. To date, the only student input has
been from SAC and a small focus group. As stu-
dents in the only faculty where Co-op is mandatory,
this affects all of us, and a report without feedback
from us would not be complete.
The group would like your feedback. Take a few
minutes, and jot down what you feel are the
strengths and weaknesses of Co-op, and how you
think. Co-op should be changing and preparing for
the future. Take these pearls of wisdom, and mail
them to me, nsprocto@systems, as soon as possible.
and the new tour t-shirts are nm ayaiIabl (see the dis-
play board opposite the Orifice).
The managers would like to thank everyon who
came out and contributed to the success of this team.
The committment of the less senior members of the
team produced numerous design concepts and dia-
grams, and the sourcing and building of many parts.
Their efforts have been greatly appreciated.
Buy T-shirts!
Husky: Anne Cool, Valerie Glort
MIDNIGHrr SUN
SOLAR
Midnight Sun: Dave Walsh, Nic Hesse, Gary Darnel, Glenn Edwards, Richard Metzker
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The Sandford Fleming Foundation
4306 Carl Pollock Hall, Universrty of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1
Waterloo Campus Activities
(519) 888-4008
The Sandford Fleming Debates were held on March 10, 1995.
Winners: Dan Playfair and Walter Preston, Chemical Engineering
Runners-Up: Rod Cave and Gareth O'Loughlin, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*********
Do you have any old presentations that you did on a work
term but you think are worthless now? Will you have one
next fall? Well, dig them out and dust them off for the SFF
Fall Technical Speaker Competition. One of those
reports could win you some cash. The presentation
should be based on a work term experience. SFF doesn't
require any form of a written report for the Faculty finals.
Each department is responsible for running their own
program competition during the first four weeks of lectures.
The first place winner from this level advances to the
Faculty Finals. SFF awards the Faculty Winner $200 and
the other finalists $100. If you really don't think you want
to enter, come on out and watch. It's fun and you may
want to try it yourself after seeing others in action. Watch
SFF's Display Case in the CPH foyer for more details or
contact Prof. Peter Roe, Systems Design Eng ..
Funding for this award comes from your student contributions and depends on it for continuation.
An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education
$50,000 Goal For 19951
The Plummers Pledge to the Waterloo
Engineering Endowment Fund
Established by the graduates of 1989
Student initiative to help students
Three year pledge
A lasting fund
100% of your money goes to WEEP
What is Plummers Pledge?
Established by the class of '89 and named
after Paul Plummer, a student who died in
fourth year, the Plummers Pledge is a
fundraising campaign which asks graduat-
ing students to pledge a certain amount of
money for the next three years. The pledge
becomes payable one year after graduation.
Where does Plummers Pledge money
go?
100% of your money goes into the Water-
loo Engineering Endowment Fund (WEEP) which is
also fed by voluntary student rontributions. ONLY the
interest on this fund is spent while the principal gener-
ates the interest.
How do you make a pledge?
Fill out a card that was given to you by a class rep,
sign it and return it to the Engineering Society Office
drop box (CPH 1327). One year from graduation, in
Who administers the pledge?
At no service charge, the Office of Alumni Affairs
administers the program, sends out the yearly
reminders, rollects the money on behalf of WEEP and
ensures that it is deposited into WEEF.
WEEP, with input from class reps takes care
of purchases which enhance the quality of
academic life for students.
~ ~ ~ ~ How do I know that money is spent?
May 1996, you will receive a reminder telling you that
your first instalment is payable. Your gift can be claimed
as a tax credit when completing your income tax
retum.l
As Engineering alumni, you will receive a
romplimentary subscription to the Waterloo
Engineering Alumni Newsletter (WEAL) .
WEAL publishes the items purchased on a
yearly basis.
What are some recent WEEF purchases?
Student contributions, along with the
Plummers Pledge, have helped upgrade the
Watstar rooms, purchase a curve tracer for
the electronics lab, replace flow meters for
the ChE distillation column and purchase
oscilloscopes on other needed items for first year engi-
neering and student projects.
Congratulations From the Tool to the 1995 Engineering Grads
Tal-Eng
Tonight @ the
Bomber - 7pm
Be There or
don't be
Batched!
End-of-Term
Pub to follow!
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THE UNIVERSITY OF
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iUeJ citC\U1 ' . family life and
vah.tes. the entire play takes place
around a dining room table, with
an ensemble cast of six, donning many roles during the course of the play. The actors
change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill and they portray everything from
little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish Housemaids.
The university of Waterloo Drama Department's production of The Dining Room is to be
presented as a mainstage production and will serve as the undergraduate thesis project for
two fourth year Drama students, Dylan Roberts and Penney Shore. Shore and Roberts are
considered the co-producers with the help of student Stephanie McCarthy. They a;sp serve
as directors and actors in this project. Completing the team are: Josh Bateson (actor), Jen-
nifer Clarke (actor), and Tara Kallwitz has been signed on as overseeing director. The
Design team consists of Deborah Hebblethwaite (set and costumes) and Terry Tremeer
(lighting) .
WHEN:
TIME:
March 29 to April 1
8pm
WHERE: Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building
TICKETS: Theatre Centre Box Office, 888-4908
PRICE: $10 general public; $8 students and seniors
Kati the Triumphant Drunk
'l' here she stood
All swaying and drunk
we told her boldly
that she really stunk.
but kati just smiled
hands upon hips
only triumph could bring
a smile to her lips.
"so kati, who won?"
we several times asked
each time she answered,
in her triumph she'd bask
all swaying and proud
right down to her sox
our little kati
almost peed in a box.
The End.
an original by jezebel.
(Frances O'Connell - a roomate)
Arte!
There
l
s only one thing you
need to know: TALENG IS
TONIGHT! Starting at 7:00
(est), all your most talented
friends are going to be storm-
ing the Bombshelter stage and
belting out their favourite
tunes. Hosting this extrava-
ganza is none other than soon
to be ex-Fed president (and
ex-Meathead), Steve Codring-
ton. That alone should be
worth the price of admission:
FREE! But what's more, BATCH
WILL BE SERVED! Yes, it's all
too good to be true!
If you're up to it, you can
even stick around for the End-
Of-Term Pub starting somewhere
around 10:00. It's gonna be a
great night so I strongly
encourage you to drop every-
thing and get your butt on
down to the Bomber NOW!
See you there!
Mart Risdart
Arts Incarnate
by Kati Princz


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Salsa
King Sf just south of Princess
Salsa is tucked into an unassuming storefront on
King St., so chances are you may have missed seeing it.
The decor is minimal, but the Mexican food and prices
are excellent. Before your food anives (after you've
realised this place is sea t yourselO and the waitstafi
notice you, you are served freshly fried tortilla chips
with tasty red and green (hot!) salsa. I ordered the black
bean soup, which was nice and thick, and served with a
big slice of avocado and a thick tortilla, and enchiladas
de mole. The enchiladas were smothered with cheese
and aax>mpanied by spicy Mexican rice and an even
spicier mole sauce. My rompanion tried the chicken
enchiladas, which were also quite delicious.
An even more pleasant item was the bill For two
people, including taxes, the meal was just $23. With
drinks, expect to pay about $30. Oleck their hours
before going, because they are not open all day (closed
in the afternoon) and sometimes they close for special
bookings. Unfortunately, their phone was disronnected
(as of two weeks ago) so you probably won't be able to
call ahead to check
-Colin Young .
Phast Phyllo Pie
T
Coffee Klatch
Spellchecking and Beverages

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This term's roming to an end and the C&D ,..,ill n lock
its doors. Oh no! What are you gonna do n w? Sure, the
roffee you brew at home is great and everything but it just
doesn't have the same marvellous kick a C&D roffee. What'
a poor, starving student to do? ot to wony. This is one area
where it actually pays dividends to cheap-out on something.
You see, most roffee we drink these day is a careful blend
of both the frail arabica and the hardy robusta bean vari ties.
Robusta beans, being easier to cultivate, are less expensive
than arabica beans. As luck would have it, robusta beans also
rontain more of that magical caffeine stuff.
A typical cup of blended roffee rontains about 115 mg of
caffeine whereas a blend high in robusta beans weighs in at
about 180 mg. Flavour is another matter entirely but as finals
roll around, what's more important, staying power or taste?
So, when you're out there, roaming the aisles of your
favourite grocery store searching for the perfect stimulant, just
remember to buy low and fly high! (Of rourse I rould talk
about the huge military-industrial romplex underlying the
entire roffee business but I think you should find out about
that yourself.)
-Mirk ReshJle
This recipe was created to use up left over ravioli filling, but its worth making up specially.
2 shallots
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons butter
lIb rirotta cheese
1/4 to 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes, packed in oil
2 eggs
pepper
2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
1 pkg Phyllo pastry, thawed
melted butter to brush on pastry (optional)
Saute the shallots and garlic in butter about five minutes, until the shallots are soft. remove from the
heat and allow to cooL Meanwhile, toast the pine nuts by putting them into a dry frying pan over
medium heat. Shake the pan occassionally to prevent the nuts from burning. When the nuts are
starting to brown all over, remove from the heat and add to the shallots. Chop the sun dried tomatoes
finely and add to the shallot mixture. Add the riax>tta cheese and mix thouroughly. Beat the eggs
slightly and add them to the cheese. Mix until the eggs are evenly distributed. If the mixture seems to
thick, add more eggs.
Butter a baking dish (about 20 to 30 em diameter) and preheat the oven to 350F. Open the phyllo
pastry and rover with a damp cloth. Keep the unused pastry rovered while you are working. Take one
sheet of phyllo and lay it over the bottom of the dish (if it doesn't rover the bottom, or rips, rover the
holes with another piece). Brush the pastry with butter, if desired. lay another piece on top of the first
and brush with butter. Continue this way until you have six to ten layers of pastry. Pour the filling into
the dish and fold the edges of the pastry over the top. If the pastry does not completely rover the top,
add a few more sheets, using butter to hold them in plare. .
Bake for about 1 hour or until the top is browned and the filling is finn.
-Colin Young
C> N
Dining Out
Its the Iron Warrior mini restaurant reviews. These are
just a few of our favourite restaurants around the
Kitchener-Waterloo area. II there are any others you'd
like to see us add for the next issue, drop a note in
the box '(in the Orifice, CPH 1327) or slip it under our
door (CPH foyer) .
Olympic Gyros
University Shops Plaza
Fast, tasty and inexpensive greek food close to
campus. Gyros, souvlaki, lalalels, baklava and, for
those of you less adventurous, they have a selection
of grilled chicken items. Arrive early at lunch time
before the rush. Eat in or take out.
Sunshine Express
University Shops Plaza"
Quick chinese dishes. Large selection of chicken,
beel, pork and sealood. Szechwan items, but any
item may be made extra spicy on request. Look lor
dinner and lunch specials.
AI Madina
University Shops Plaza"
Recently expanded, tine Egyptian cuisine. A little
more expensive than most area restaurants, but well
worth it. Excellent take out lalatels in pita. Tuesday
night vegetarian buffet.
Pogo's Restaurant and Late Night Cafe
Regina & Erb, Uptown Waterloo
Healthy Arabian load and really unhealthy desserts.
Falafel, hummous, korta, taboulee and o t h ~ good
~ stuff. Good cappuccino too. Open really late. Take-
out available. Licensed.
Cafe Bon Choix
140-100 Regina St. South, Uptown Waterloo
Well priced menu, Iriendly atmosphere. Located at
the bottom of Waterloo city hall. Good selection of
desserts, cappuccino with huge gobs of foamed milk.
Ethel's Lounge
114 King St. North
Good food, good prices, wide selection of draught
beer. Smoky lounge atmosphere. Slow service.
Heuther Hotel & Lion Brewery
King & Princess, Uptown Waterloo
Really, really cheap, tasty lood. Excellent selection of
chemical-free beer brewed at the Uon Brewery .
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Quick & Easy Shells & Tuna
Large pasta shells, cooked
1 can oflight flaked tuna
Olive Oil
Butter or margarine
1 Garlic dove or minrecl garlic
Garlic salt
Boil up some large pasta shells, enough to suit your needs, and strain. (Usually half a regular bag will serve about 4
depending on who's eating). Take the can of tuna and drain the tuna of all of its water.
In a separate pan, heat up some of the olive oil, about 1 tablespoon-full. Take a clove of fresh garlic and chop it up, or some
minced garlic, (The amount of garlic you use depends on how strong you want it) and throw it into the hot oil. Let the garlic
sizzle on medium heat for a bit to flavour the oil and then added the drained tuna to the oil, stirring for a while to let the tuna
soak up the oil and garlic and to loosen up the flakes. Dump the strained shells back into the pot that you cooked it in and put
it on low to medium heat. Add the tuna, about a tablespoon of margarine(or butter), and a dash of the olive oil to the mix and
stir. When everything is well mixed and it is wann enough, it's ready to be served.
Add some final dashes of garlic salt on top of each portion before serving. You might also want to add some grated
Parmesan cl1eese. 111e amount of tuna you use is up to you,! prefer about half a can of tuna to every half bag of shells that is
used.
-Andy Chan
Seafood Nacho Dip
leup
250g
1 can
1 cup
2/3 cup
2/3 cup
2/3 cup
11/2 cup
Sour cream
Cream cheese
Crabmeat
Seafood sauce
Tomatoes - diced
Green peppers - diced
Green onion-diced
Grated cheese (Mozzarella & Chedar)
Blend the cream cheese and sour cream together
Smooth the mixture out on a plate.
Squeeze the Crab meat dry and cover the cream cheese mixture with Crab meat
Sprinkle with the grated cheese.
Seed the tomatoes, dice then dry them with a paper towel.
Top the dip with the tomatoes, green peppers and the green onions
Serve with nachos.
-Dawn Edwards
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. I. Vo's REstaurant
University Shops Plaza
Good value tor the price. Maze-like interior with 50's
and 60's nostalgia posters.
Marbles
8 William St. E. , Uptown Waterloo
Northern Ontario roadhouse decor, with a standard
menu and oodles at specials. Pricey.
KohINoor
465 Phillip St., Waterloo
Inexpensive, excellent Indian cuisine. Selections to
satisfy timid and adventurous paltes.
Twenty King Street East
Kitchener
Classy, moderately expensive, good bet to get your
parents to take you (or to take that special someone).
Reasonably tormal , but friendly .
Janet Lynn's Bistro
92 King St. , Waterloo
One of the nicest restaurants in 10wn. Trendy food
and atmosphere with good service and prices.
Casa Nina
King & Princess
Classy, expensive, great service and food. Another
good bet for parental visits. Comfortable atmosphere,
but slightly formal.
Circus Room
729 King St. East, Kitchener
Same owners as Ethel's, older crowd, excellent food,
live music and funky atmosphere. Well worth the trip.
Angie's Kitchen
47 Erb St. West, Waterloo
Excellent Sunday morning breakfasts. Reasonable
prices. Very popular and often busy.
Uptown Cafe
Dupont St. , Waterloo (across from the police
station)
$3 breakfast special , closed Sundays. Tasty, fresh
lunches and salads. Breakfast served all day, take-
out available.






William's Coffee Pub
Kitchener Gitty Hall, Downtown Kitchener
Trendy coffee bar atmosphere and chock-full of Kool
Kids, but the coffee and desserts are super. The
food isn't so bad either. Slightly pricey .
Engineering at Waterloo. How else can oo.e explain the
fact that there were almost as many middle fingers being
held up as there were ringed pinkies when The Tool was
brought through the crowd at the Iron Ring Stag.
So I king back on this article, I ask myself, as an Engi-
neering student, as an active member of council, and as
one who is helping run Frosh Week '95, what do I think
of The Ridgid Tool? As far as mascots go, I can think of
nothing better to represent Engineering know-how and
:;1J versatility. As a means of rallying spirit, I believe that The
Tool is what it's made out to be. If it shows up to impor-
tant events (or non-events), and is hyped up enough,
then it can be a v ry effective means of bringing together
Engineers. TIle days of everything topping and people
getting instmtl excited about the presence of The Tool
have, however, left u , and attempts to revive this old
attitude to\ ards our mascot are doomed to failure,
becau e for the most part, the old attitude revolves
arowld Tool won;hip, and that just doesn't fly any more.
I have to say that I abhor people who claim to won;hip
lhe Tool and consider it to be a living being that should
be revered above all othen;. 1 hav a tendency to believe
that these JX'Ople arc either sucking up, mentally unbal-
anced, or just kidding; although at least the latter shm
some redeeming qualities, if not originality.
In the end, the "popularity" of The Tool is directly
related to tile spirit within Engineering, which is itself
tied to whether or not people feel welcome and/or com-
fortable participating in EngSoc activities, and there's no
' - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - mascot that can ensure that. The only people who can
My own opinions on this matter may be quite unique for two reasons: The fact change how EngSoc iUld The Tool are looked upon are those working within
that I didn't get involved in the activities of the Engineering Society until I became EngSoc (hint, hint).
a Oass Rep in 2B, and my incredibly high level of cynicism. Because of iliese rea-
sons, the only thing I ever regarded The Tool with was mild amusement. Heck,
the fin;t time I ever saw it was at a P.o.E.T.S. Pub in 18, and I was so loaded at the
time, I thought it was ilie funniest spectacle I had ever witnessed. Since then, I've
learned a few things.
There was a time when The Tool was treated like a god. I can only assume that
the first people to raise The Tool to this status, and shroud it and its bearers in
mystexy, had the intention of raising spirit within the faculty in a way that was
perfectly acceptable at the time. Of coun>e, wearing really wide lapels and plat-
form shoes was also acceptable at around the same time, but I digress. Since then,
I think some people may have gone overl:>oard in this Tool worship business. By
the late 80's, it had gotten to the point where enough people were annoyed with
our revering a pipe wrench as a god, and it was decided to tone down the image.
The bearers were given funky overalls because people thought ilie old costumes
looked like black ven>ions of KKK robes, an attempt was made to drop ilie brand
name RIDGID from the title of The Tool since some inferred that we thought of
our mascot as a giant phallus, and a concerted effort was made by the powen> that
be (bearers, exec, Edcom, etc. .. ) to ensure that there was no more worshipping of
The Tool My Frosh week may have been one of the last times that incoming stu-
dents were not discouraged from bowing before The Tool (or Edcom, for that
matter).
So what have these changes meant to ilie Engineering Society and its mem-
bers? To me, nothing has changed. We live in a time when it seems to me that
iliere are less and less people won;hipping any god, much less inanimate objects.
As a focal point for Engineering spirit, The Tool as a god-like figure no longer
works. The Tool should be treated as one would treat any mascot It isn't some-
thing to be held up as being better than us, its something that symbolizes our fac-
ulty and reminds us that we're all in this together, so let's have full while there's
still time. Much like the obstacle course in Frosh Week, TIle Tool gives u some-
thing in common witll each other. Does tile changing image of The Tool mean
iliat Engineering spirit isn't what it used to be? No. TIle Tool is changing with the
times, and is changing to reflect the kind of Engineers that society expects this fine
institution to chum out. TIle same goes for the level of spirit among EngSoc mem-
ben; (that's almost all of you). Society has taken away many of the ways in whicll
we used to express our spirited nature, so we just have to find others. (For exam-
ple, while it would be inappropriate to have a stripper visit the new president
during one of his classes, it would be perfectly acceptable to duct tape him to the
railing in POETS for a while on a Friday afternoon).
The problem remains, however, that tilere are a lot of people out there who
associate TIle RIDGID Tool with what they perceive as an EngSoc clique. They
don't ncessarily feel excluded, but they don't feel tIley have to get in tI1e least bit
excited about the things that some members consider as the be-all and end-all of
Math & Computer Bldg.
Room 2.018
Mon - Fri lOam .. lpm
88IJ.4636
Attention Engineering Students!
We have:
AST prod uets at super prices
DATATRAIN 486 machines at
unbelievable prices
SUN SPARCstations
IBM RISe System 6000 configurations
Digital ALPHA Workstations
Multimedia kits, printers, and
other peripherals
.. We have the lowest prices in the K-W
area on brand llanle products
Special note to 4th year students: be sure
to see us before you graduate, as only
current students can purchase from
the UW Computer Store.
the week of Mar. 27, the Computer
,-iUbe open till 5!OOpm on Thursdays and Fridays
, for jng convenience
Tools,
Tools,
Tools
(Bike Tools, that is)
Michael Zuliani
WayneHo
Sydestic
A
ttention all Gearheads! Bicycling and engi-
neering have always gone hand in hand.
Whether they're for getting to class on time,
bashing trials or awesome Scunt events. That's why
we want you to know about and get involved in UW's
new bicycle facility.
Some space in our renovated Campus Centre has
been allocated for a bicycle compound. It will be locat-
ed in the basement, directly under the new FEDS office
and will be accessible from Ring Road (see photos and
drawings). The Bicycle Centre Volunteer Committee
has been meeting to determine how this Bicycle Centre
will be run. We have some ideas, but we're looking for
your input so it will serve your needs. We value your
comments and suggestions. (Were also looking for a
catchy name.)
The committee has proposed that the Bicycle Centre
serve four roles:
Storage
Repair
Re-Cyc1ing
Bicycle information
A large 20 x 5 metre space has been set aside to store
bicycles for long-term (a whole term) and short-term (a
few hours) storage. Students, faculty and staff would
be able to store their bicycles while away from school
such as in the summer or during a co-op work term.
A well-lit repair room, stock<..'Cl with various bicycle
tools such as a workstand will provide students with
space and equipment to repair their own bicycles. The
10 x 9 metre room, with direct access from outside
(near the loading docks) will complement the liB ike
Maintenance" course offered by Campus Rec.
"Re-Cycling" will involve having student employ-
ees repair unclaimed bicycles from Campus Security
to sell to students at very reasonable prices (similar to
Recycle Cycles).
The Bicycle Centre will provide a location to post
information about bicycle maintenance, upcoming
rides and activities, and bicycle
advocacy. It could become a meeting place for all
types of cyclists to talk about bikes (where to ride
them, how to fix them ... ) or anything else.
We hope the centre will encourage students, faculty
and staff to use bicycles by making it easier for you to
maintain your bikes in a safe and working condition.
Please send your suggestions and comments to:
TI1e Bicycle Centre Committee
c/o Daniel Shipp
Campus Centre - TurnKey desk
e-mail: cd)1@mc1adm.uwaterloo.ca
telephone: x3867
An Electricow Perspective
Fred Iskander
T
hrough trials and tribulations galore, unseen and
previously unheard of, perhaps even unparal-
leled in all of academia ... through countless gru-
eling hours hunched over or huddled around work-
benches, struggling to "make it work", "get the RIGHT
results", etc., at all costs.
Through seemingly interminable expanses of time
perched in front of a 'hurnmingbox' made of plastic,
steel, various alloys and composites - and a mind of
silicon, that immortal substance now more precious
than gold (black or otherwise).
Eyes staring indifferently at a cathode ray tube (filled
with digits, letters and other strange characters that
glare right back).
Fingers mechanically punching away at the beast's
square-shaped sensory organs (which we call 'keys').
Through fire and ice, wind and rain.
Through anxious moments on the verge of yet anoth-
er nervous breakdown, unsure of whether to whimper,
sob and founder in tears, or, alternatively, to burst out
into wild, raucous laughter.
Through times when we were certain failure was
imminenl
Through all this and much much more, though some
have fallen in the heat of battle, WE have survived (by
the grace of God) to emerge victorious, having achieved
mastery of our domain, and thus, finally, by extension,
mastery of our own destiny.
Sure, there were numerous sacrifices, treacherous
construction zones and harrowing moments along the
way. (Mais, en fin de compte, on s'amusait assez bien,
n e s t ~ pas?) With all that character-building experi-
ence behind us, we can go forward now, secure in the
knowledge that tomorrow is ours; and, to those of a
kindred spirit, it is moreover a chance to make a valu-
able contribution to the world we live in, following in
the footsteps of our predecessors without number who
have done the same throughout the ages, as members
of the most noble human profession of them all: ENGI-
NEERING.
No Longer Frosh
Mike Johns
1 B Electrical
S
owell this is it. It is coming down to the crunch
and everybody is fighting to get that last minute
studying done or the last minute lab report done
so it can be handed in. Some of you will be reading this
from A-soc and will be just starting your semester here,
so the best of luck to you and hope you have a great
semester ahead of you. Well whatever you are up to,
you should take a moment to reflect on the year and
what it has meant to you.
For some, this semester has only been one semester in
an ocean of many, with more still to corne. To you pe0-
ple I commend you, because you are going to be, with
the rest of us, the leaders of the future and please lets
pray we do a lot better and learn from the mistakes of
our predecessors.
To the class of 1995 I wish you the best of luck in the
future and may the best years of your life still be a head
of you and remember this world isn't as cruel as it
seems it is only what you make it. To the 4B Mechs
keep up the drinking; I'm impressed.
Now the best for last, the class of 1999 that would be
all you 1B students and of course the few of you second
years that for one reason or another we will be seeing in
the fall term in our 2A term. This year has been just fan-
tastic. Right from the beginning with a frosh week that
will not be forgotten for a long time. Then there were all
the parties and <snake tradng> that were fun too. There
was only one sad part of this semester and that was just
before chrisbnas and when we realized that half of the
friends that we had made we won't see on a regular
basis next year and for years to come beacause of C(H)p.
With the good and the bad this year over all has been
one of the best years of my life.
r would like to say hi to some who are coming back
and doing an academic term in the spring; most of these
people are going to be in 1 B. Hi then to the members of
Division 5 and of course the members and leaders of
the Pink frosh group. Personal hellos going to Sarah,
Kate, Rachel, Batch Mike, Wendy, Lisa, Stefano and
Bayne. Have a great semester. To people that are going
and have made this year something special for me I say
good luck. There are Piyush, Scott H, Woody, Mario,
Ali, Claire and many more that I just can't think of at
this moment.
To the men and women that keep that oh so precious
TOOL. Please keep it safe for another term until we get
back. Good luck to Viddles, Ed, Nic and of course Doof
in the upcoming year as our new elected council. There
is one more person I would like to thank and that is Bill
Gray because if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be here
now and have a chance at passing.
The Things I Learned In First Year.
1. Engineers ARE better than everybody else.
2. Never Volunteer for anything.
3. Only believe half of what you see and nothing of
what you hear.
4. Conf and e-mail are bad for marks.
5. Being eRO. is bad for the health and the marks.
6. Never go driving with Skinner if he is navigating.
7. After a few drinks everything is F ANT ASIIC.
8. Never ask who is this Ed. guy in the Orifice.
9. The fmer points of procrastination.
10. It isn't how much you drink it is how quickly you
drink it.
11. The TOOL is the centre of everything.
12. You can't push a rope.
13. No matter how hard you try you can never drink
more than the 4B Meeh's.
14. SAC. does stands for Students Against Co-op.
15. Never leave Piyush alone with your stuff - you
will never see it again.
A Bridge To emember
Kevin Yang
DAWGS - mechanical class of 1995
A
few weeks ago, the cla$ of '95 attended the
Iron Ring ceremony. That ceremony was the
final stepph tg stone to our proCessional careers.
The oath and obligation that the graduates took sOOuld
always be remembered. Many of us know of myths
behind. the Iron Ring, but few of us know the truth
behind it Professor Carolyn MacGregor of SYDE 548:
Human Factors Engineering left our clas5 this parting
th:mght. In my opinion. it is a th:mght that sOOukl. be
sharai by everyone, especially the graduating class.
This is an excerpt from Rene Schmidt's, Canadian
Disasters:
In the year 1900, a group of businessmen from Que-
bec organized the construction of a bridge across St
River rear their city. TI-ey decided that a par-
ticular American company had the necessary expertise
to build the bridge, but they were wrong. The project
was to become a major disaster in which 75 workers
were killed.
The company designed a long, elegant bridge, the
longest cantilever bridge in the world. A cantilever
bridge is one which is 00lanced so that long sections can
stretch out witlnut being held up by pillars. The design
for this particular bridge, however, was flawed.
Theodore Cooper, chief engineer, knew this but re
chose to keep quiet. He thought that the bridge,
altlnugh weak, would still be strong erough for the job.
Cooper wanted the assignment, and he was worried
that if he pointed out the flaws in the design he
wouldn't get another opportunity to be involved in the
construction of something so magnificent. The chance
for a proud em to a famous career would be lost
to him. He approved the plan; and ronstruction of the
bridge began.
Jolm Splicer was a high-steel construction worker -
one of best. He was an ln1ian from Cauglmawa-
ga reserve'near Montreal. All the men of his band were
famous for tier fearlessness and skill while working in
high plares, ani trey sl'ould have felt at ease worl<ing
on the new bridge.
But they were far rom being at ease. In early August,
19(Y7, John ani his rierds worried ronstantly about one
of bridge's "cOOrds", the h:!avy vertical steel beams.
There was a bend in it, ani each day the bend grew
roticeably worse. The foremen ani engineers on the job
tried to have cOOrd bolted and. riveted hick straight,
but it didn't work ani bend only iocreased.
The engineers grew more and more alarmed. Finally,
one of them went to New York to discuss situation
with 'freodore Cooper. Cooper realized the
in the design was srowing after all and. ordered that
work on bridge be stopped immediately. But it was
too late. On August 'Zl, 19(Y7, before the engineer could
return to Quebec with the news, the bridge collapsed.
John Splicer wasn't on the bridge that day. He had
been so nervous about going to work that he had
stayed rome in bed. But many of his lifelong friends
had reported for duty as usual. Several were still on the
bridge wren. right around quitting time, chord A-9-L
finally gave in to the stress ani bent around like a pret-
zel. In less that a second, support wires and beams
snapped loose ani the wrole structure fell. It dropped
50 meters before it came to rest in a tangle of twisted
metal.
Half of tre bridge fell into muddy waters of the
river, crushing or drowning thJse wro were unable to
spring away in time. Rescuers rushed in, but there was
little they could do for the men trapped in the wreck-
age. 1h!re wasn't enough time to set up rutting fot'd-e;
before waters oi the St began to rise with
the tide, and they could only watch helplE!$ly as the
men drowned one by one. Altogether, 75 workers died
in worst disaster in the worlcL 35 of
tlen from John Splicer's reserve.
But it didn't end there. Nine years later, in 1916, a
stronger and better designed bridge was being romptet-
ed. The last pm, the centre section. was being misted
from barges floating on the river when. suddenly, a
chuck of steeJ. broke off ani the wrole section fell. Thir-
teen men perisred.
Now everyone was nervous. There were those who
c1aimed the bridge was cursed. Nevertheless, on Sep-
tember 20, 1917, apprehensive workmen finally lifted
and bolted into place anotrer centre section The Que-
bec Bridge was finished at last, 89 lives ani 17 years
after it was begun
Many have forgotten the story' behind this bridge. But
there are two groups of Canadians who will always
remember it. The high-steel workers of the Caugh-
nawaga Reserve near Montreal is one. After 35 of treir
number died in one day, elders of the 00nd made
the men promise never again to work all together on
one project.
The professional engineers of Canada is the other
group. This disaster showed that even famous men can
make tragic mistakes. When engineers graduate from
MLGill University in Montreal, part of the graduation
ceremony is corducted in a room encircled by one of
the large steel chains used in building the disastrous
bridge. And it is said that the iron rings all Canadian
engineers wear originally came from the girder taken
from the Quebec Bridge. The rings originally were a
reminder of what terrible losses can come from engi-
neering mistakes.
Each one of the graduates must reflect on the implica-
tions of the iron ring and. consider them on any work
they may encounter in their professional lives. The ring
that you wear will always have special meaning; it will
symbolize the loss of life that we must strive to avoid.
With that, I want to wish the graduating clas5 the best of
luck in the future and may it bring success to us all.
Classes may be over soon but,
WE ARE OPEN*
April, May, June,
Tu y, August ....
Mon to Fri 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Sat 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
(open Sat Sept to May)
Good luck on your exams
& congratulations to
all graduates.
BOOKSTOHE&
U\V SHOP
"Closed Apr 14 & 15, Easter Weekend,
Apr 28 Fri, Inventory
May 20 & 25, Victoria Weekend
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By the time you read this, the above
funding decision should have been
approved by the WEEP board of directors.
I would like to thank everyone who
helped in making this decision (students
and WEEP reps alike), for taking the time
to consider the benefits and costs of the
many proposals that were submitted to
the endowment this term. More impor-
tantly, however, I want to thank those
who, past or present, have contributed to
the endowment - without your generosity
1995 Engineering Society
Exwecutive Elections
Well, it was a hellish two weeks filled with
class visits, surly professors and totally
devoid of lectures, but at long last the
elections are over. As the Chief Returning
Officer I was granted the questi.onable
honour of nmning the whole show with
little hope of reward or recognition, but it
appears that I was given a little of both by
the candidates and others who were just
concerned. For these small praises and the
pitcher of beer that would have killed me I
thank you.
Now to the meat. For those of you who
haven't noticed the poster in the hallway
between POETS and the Orifice, your new
EngSoc Executives are:
President
Brian 'What OOPS the H stand for'
none of this would have been possible.
This is also the last time that I will be
writing to you as the endowment director
as my term is up. Derek Tokarski will be
taking over for me in the fall. Thanks to
everyone who has helped out with the
WEEP over the past two terms - I'll be see-
ing you around.
Regards,
Peter Roeschke
WEEF Director
Vidler
VPExtemal
Nicole 'Popadopalus' Abcarius
VPIntemal
Ed 1 Arthur' Fletcher
VPFinance
Steve 'First comes the money. .. :
Dufour
WEEFGuy
. Derek 'I'll get you for this Peter'
Tokarski
These are the people you will be sucking
up to for the next 16 months (ACK!).
A special thank you to the above Exec,
as well as Mike 'Receipts? I'll write those
up tonight.' Worry, Kati 'Happy Happy'
Princz, Darren 'That's VP-EXTERNAL
Darnmit!' Zacher and Doron 'Is my hair
big?" Solomon for making the campaign
week one that I won't forget without
VP-Internal-Elect Spews
Good day! Welcome to my first (and
hopefully not last spew) as your new VP-I.
By the time you read this, the term will be
pretty much over. All we have to do now
is sit back and enjoy the summer (well I
guess we have to take care of those finals
things first, but I can't see that being a
problem.)
All fall. It is the time the leaves change
colour, the weather gets a little colder and
bright new faces appear on campus. Ori-
entation Week '95 promises to be a blast as
we welcome the Class of '00 to Waterloo. If
you aren't signed up to be a Frosh leader
yet, talk to one of the organizers (Viddles,
Matt Grieg, Mario Bellabarba or Dave
Thompson) and fix this situation. Now
that I think about it, fall is also the time in
KW for sausages, polka music and beer -
Oktoberfest. Adding engineers to the other
three ingredients produces a night you'll
never forget. As well, plans for an early
Scunt are already underway; and from
what I hear, it'll be worth crossing the
gaJaxyfor.
extensive therapy.
Here are the vote break-d.owns from the
polls. The turnout was a respectable 434
votes cast of a total Engineering Under-
grad population of 2106 students; or abOut
21%.
President
Brian Vidler 238 54.8
Mike Worry 183 422
Spoiled 13 3.0
VPExternal
Nicole Abcarius 271 62.4
Darren Zacher 150 34.6
Spoiled 13 3.0
VPInternal
Ed Fletcher 2(JJ 47.7
KatiPrincz 96 22.1
Doron Solomon 115 26.5
Spoiled 16 3.7
As well, Nicole Alxarius and Bill the Cat
On the athletic side, we're looking at
many great activities in the fall. If you're
into survival of the fittest/shoot or be shot
action, have we got the ticket for you.
Plans are already underway for a paintball
excursion early in the fall Or if you prefer
a more futuristic flare, journeys to the
Laserquest arena are also in the plans. For
all you biking enthusiasts out there, we're
thinking mud in the return of the Off-Ring
Road Classic. Taking a gander out on the
fields, I'm looking to see at least one soccer
tourney, and possibly Ultimate or a Mud-
bowl. On the courts, we're looking into
basketball, volleyball, and squash. It's
going to be a full fall!
Back to the present, I would like to take
this opportunity to thank all of the people
who are now our directors for Fall '95. It
would be impossible to operate without
your support; and from the response I saw
at the time I was writing this, I'm sure
we're in for a great term. Keep in mind,
anyone who is still interested III a director-
ship, helping with CCPS '96, or working
with WEEF - you haven't missed. out on
anything yet so please come talk to me, or
one of the other exec AS.AP.
Well, the torch of the Engineering Soci-
ety Executive has been passed on. I'd like
to thank the all of outgoing exElaM!'W! __ 1'--t-
all the hard work and dedication they put
into making Waterloo Engineering a better
place. We will do our best to carry on the
tradition and to bring the same enthusi-
asm to EngSoc as was displayed by the
past exec.
I hope that everyone has a great sum-
mer full of biking, windsurfing, climbing,
partying as well as general lazing about in
the sunlight. We're in for a great Fall term
coming up, so I'll see you all in 4 months!
Ed Fletdrer
tied for third in the race for President with
one vote each, Ed the Sock and Clint East-
woOO took third in the VP-X race with one
vote each, and Ed the Sock and Arnie tied
for fourth as VP-I with one vote each. Of
course, none of these people (except
Nicole) could actually be on the Exec since
they haven't paid their $14 EngSoc fee.
And finally, a huge thank you to every-
one who offered advice and to those who
manned the polling station and helped
count the ballots on Thursday. None of
this would have been possible without
your tireless grunt work.
Bill Gray
Chief Returning Officer
E-n-g-S-o-c
Ne-ws
And I'd like to Thank the Academy ...
TItis is my first spew as your new VP-
External. The amount of work and busy
schedules ahead still hasn't hit me, I'm
sure it will sink in soon enough. I'm look-
ing forward to working for you, and I
hope I can do as good a job as Oaire did.
As your new VP-X I hope to see more pe0-
ple involved with EngSoc. 1'd like people
to be better informed in what's going on
between us and other universities, better
informed about conferences (ie. what they
are and what their acronyms stand for)
and better informed about the charity
events.
There are a number of people who
helped me out with my campaign and 1'd
like to take this time to thank them Thank
you Anne, Malcolm, Steve, John, Scott,
Chris, Melinda and Pam for helping me
with ideas for and the construction of my
big posters. Thanks to Colin for help with
VP-Finance-EJect Spews
Hey everyone! Now that elections are
done, things are getting back to normal.
The finances of the society are stilJ spread a
little thin after the unexpected yearbook
my llX17 and Andy for help with photo
scanning. I really appreciate all the tin1e
you put in. I'd also like to thank my lab
partners Melinda, Pam and Judell for
putting up with my absence as well as
Steve for putting up \AJith my busy sched-
ule. It was a long hectic week and a half
and I was glad for the camaraderie of the
other candidates.
This term is almost over and it's time to
start planning for September. There are a
lot of great things going on this fall. One
major event is planning for CCES (the
Canadian Congress of Engineering Stu-
dents) conference, a week long conference
being held at Waterloo the first week of
January 1996. If you were thinking about
getting involved, this is a great opportuni-
ty. If you are interested or have any ques-
tions just come talk to myself, Viddles or
Ed. We're usually in the orifice, so you
won't have any trouble tracking us down.
Another thing I'd really like to see hap-
pen is a University-wide social event.
Within the next few weeks I hope to con-
tact other societies across campus to see if I
have their support. If you're interested in
helping out or have any good ideas or
requests, let me know.
Well, that's all I have to say, if you have
any questions about anything at aU just
come to the Orifice. There is usually some-
one their who knows what is going on and
is willing to be helpful. Good luck on all
your exams, have a great summer and I'll
see you in September.
Niro/e Abcarius
bill at the beginning of the month. It has
meant that Mike and I have been kept
busy figuring out where the money for
various bills is going to come from.
When this gets published we (the new
exec) will have finished the directorship
selection and hopefully everything will be
covered. Realistically speaking though,
come down to the Orifice and find out
what positions still need to be filled. There
are a lot of ways that you can help out that
you may not even realize. To all the new
directors, think about what you want to do
next term and how much it will cost so
you can get your directorship budget
request forms in. They'll be due the Friday
before the second Eng Soc meeting in the
fall (whenever that ends up being). With
any luck I'll even pass and be around to
process them next tam. See ya in Septem-
ber!
Stephen Dufour
PresidentEJect Spews
....
As Eng Soc prepares for world domina-
tion, we have a lot of organizational issues
to take care of. It's time to prove to this
university and the rest of the known world
that we're the best damn Student Engi-
neering Society this side of the frost line.
' Go to Rockets' I say and lets take it to
them, I don't think that I can hear that
phrase "those crazy Engineers" enough if
you know what I mean. So get involved!
Eng Soc is here for you, providing an
impressive range of services and social
vents that you can get involved in.
Orientation week is taking shape. We
are sti1llooking for frosh leaders, we just
can't get enough! Frosh leaders are
required to show up Saturday September
2 and the frosh arrive Tuesday September
5. If you haven't applied yet come to the
Orifice and fill out an application. There is
an end of term special- the cost is still $45
- and cheques can be post dated until
June I, 1995. The Edcom list should be
posted by thi issuc r shortly thereaft r.
As is done each and every year there will
be an Orientation R treat on the Friday
July 21 weekend at Villag 2. Attendan
is mandatory for aU Edcom and I Jug s,
yet aU leaders are welcome to attend. Th
cost for this weekend is $35. In the past
this was viewed as a party w kend, but
it's not. There will be a lot of valuable
information gained during this tim , with
some quality social events interspersed at
appropriate times to keep the fun and
upbeat edge to this entire event. (breathe)
The Engineering Society now has its own
HOME PAGE on the World-Wide-Web.
It's oozing with tasty tid-bits on how you
can get involved with EngSoc and the ser-
vices we provide. Check it out And com-
ing soon: the IW home page!
Over the pa t ample of weeks, the Engi-
neering Society ha been promoting the
engineering program to public and high
school students. Thi has been accom-
plished through the Explorations Pro-
gram, Campus Day, and High School
Shadow program. An increclible amount
of organization has gone into these events
and I would ftrSt like to thank Ron Butler,
and Claire Anderson for the Explorations
program, Pauline Wong and Susan Lee for
High School Shadow, and the wldergrad
departments for Campus day. These pro-
grams are an important way to reach
younger students and catch their interest
in the field of engineering. After each
Explorations tour was conducted I heard
nothing but praise for these programs. I
was impressed at the type of research con-
ducted at this University and probably
learned as much as the parents and kids
did.
The 19th annual Bus Push happened
this past saturday, March 18, and it was a
great success! It looks like our goal of rais-
ing $5000 for Big Sisters of Kitchener-
Waterloo was attained. A big thanks to all
who participated. A special thanks to the
organizers: Darren Zacher, Jason Roberts,
and Mike Johns tor an outstanding job.
My duties as President are just starting
as this semester wraps up, but look out in
the fall! I have a lot of ideas on how to
improve communication and ultimately to
raise the spirit here. One idea is to work in
conjunction with the faculties to increase
the awareness of the research projects con-
ducted at the University. This can be
accomplished through faculty submissions
to the Iron Warrior, voluntary tours could
be conducted by faculty and grad tudents
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E -n -g -8 -0 -c N-e-w-s
President Spews
Well everyone, I guess this is it, my very
very very last spew ...
Explorations happened on Saturday,
March 11, and I would like to thank every-
one who helped make it such an astound-
ing success (including the tour guides, pre-
senters and numerous others, but especial-
ly Ron Butler and Oaire Anderson). There
were 3<XX) visitors (grade school children
and parents) and 40 exhibits (according to
the six o'clock news on CKCO 1V)! As a
tour guide it was very refreshing to see
Waterloo Engineering students having
"'SUch a positive impact on the community!
There are still some a few events coming
up this term ... on March 24, there will be a
joint venture at the Bombshelter with Tal-
Eng running from 7 pm until 10 pm, fol-
lowed by the End Of Term (EOn Pub!
Don't miss your chance to party with
everyone for one of the last times before
exams start! The P***5 winners will be
announced at the EOT, so even if you are
working that night, it won't take long to
stop by and find out the results (it could be
your class, but maybe it'll be mine)! Get
your athletic points updated (or started) to
be eligible for Engineering athletic letters!
WEEF Director-Elect Spews
I mentioned during the election forum
that I hope to raise participation in the
WEEFby as much as ten or twenty percent
over the next two terms while I am direc-
tor. Impossible you say? My plan includes,
Frosh week visits, classroom. visits, posters,
more posters, word. of mouth, more class
visits, class prizes, and anything else you
or I can think of. It is my hope that sheer
volume of information can convince stu-
dents not to request their donations back.
How am I going to do all of this and still
pass the term? That is why the WEEF now
has four directorships to help the director.
All those positions are likely filled by now
but if you would like to help (we need you
to) please drop a note in the WEEF office,
or in the WEEF box in the Orifice, or e-mail
See the display case in CPH Foyer for
more information!
I'm going to call it class 'twin'ing (for
lack of a better name) and throw the idea
out to anyone who wants to increase the
spirit in their class (always a good thing)!
The idea is that an upper year class takes a
lower year class under their wing. It has
worked very well in l'le past at getting the
first year classes involved in events and let-
ting first year students know about old
exams, where to go for help, getting old
assignments, used text books and general
advice and support during the term! This
could be started with a department night
in poms - in Chemical we had a depart-
ment BBQ at Columbia Lake, class parties,
class lunches, ski trips, anything the group
is interested in participating in! The bene-
fits are HUGE! If you are in 1 B now, talk to
someone in the class ahead of you about it
and vice versa ... you could tum your class
into a force to be reckoned with!
A big congratulations to the new Exec
and all the new directors. If you have any
ideas on events you'd like to run or partic-
ipate in or services the Engineering Society
could be offering, things that you would
like changed ... (you get the picture, ANY-
THING IS POSSIBLE) ... let your Exec.
know how you feel! More input is better!
Never forget that this is YOUR ENGI-
NEERING SOCIETY and it needs your
attention to be all it should!
I keep thinking that I should probably
write something deep and insightful on
my last spew, but it could get weird
and! or emotional so just remember that
we're here for a good time, not a long time!
'Kay. Bye. I'm going to miss this place. If
you're ever in Red Deer,look me up.
Alison Pearse
me at dstokars@he1ix. The best way to help
would be to run for your class WEEF rep-
resentative next term.
Everyone reading this article can be of
immeasurable help to the WEEF. Start by
not asking for your own donations back
and then make sure no one else does. If
you don't know much about the WEEF or
if you know of others who don't know
much about WEEF, come talk to me or
drop by the orifice. We have brochures
and pamphlets and booklets all about
what the WEEF does and how important it
is to you. The best way to raise participa-
tion is to raise awareness and that is where
everyone can help.
Derek Tokarski
Well, here it is, the last spew I will ever
write (snifflsniffl).
On Saturday March 11th, 2,400 children
and their parents joined us here at OW for
''Explorations '95" - the 5th annual OW
Engineering open house. The objective of
this event was to show children in grades 4
to 8 that engineering can be fun and inter-
esting and to encourage them to consider it
as a career path. The event has grown every
year and will probably continue to do so in
the future. The success of Explorations is
largely a result of the participation of engi-
neering students. Thanks to all those who
watched the registration tables, gave tours
and demonstrated. Special thanks to our
Explorations Director Ron Butler for a job
well done. I would also like to express my
appreciation to Elaine Thome, Prof. Carl
Thompson and Kim Boucher for their sup-
port. This event demonstrates to our com-
munity that Waterloo Engineering is a great
place to be.
On Saturday March 18th, about 80
Waterloo Engineers pulled a school bus
from our campus to Market Square in
Kitchener. Why, you ask? To raise money
for K-W Big Sisters of course! The goal of
the event was to raise $5000 and at last
count we were pretty close. A great time
was had by all, the weather was great and
spirits were high. A huge thank you to Dar-
ren Zacher, Jason Roberts and Mike Johns
for organizing this awesome event
EngSoc elections are now history and by
the time this is printed, a new exec will
have been sworn in. I wish them all the best
and hope that the next 16 months are as
rewarding as they have been for the outgcr
ing exec. On that note, I would like to take
this opportunity to say goodbye to every-
one - thanks for making my time here so
much fun!
Claire Anderson
From the Dean's Desk
Explorations '95
The response to Explorations '95 on
Saturday, March 11, 1995 was the best we
have had since the first event was run in
1 m. Congratulations to Oaire Anderson
and Ron Butler for the excellent job of
organizing the tours and generally mak-
ing the day run smoothly.
A special thank you, as well, to the
departement demonstrators and all oth-
ers who had a significant part in the suc-
cess of the day.
Campus Day
Campus Day was a great success this
year. The information I have received is
that Engineering saw 1650 parents and
students on Tuesday, March 14th. I
appreciate everyone's contribution and
particularly our (the Engineering) stu-
dent's enthusiasm as they went about
introducing potential students to the Fac-
ulty of Engineering.
E -n -g -8 -0 -c N-e-w-s
VP-Internal Spews
The weather got nice and Porcellino's
shed was removed so he could tan. The
artsies were confused, or maybe they just
are not as concerned about their world as
we Engineers are ... something to think
about as you continue to read. Well, this is
my final spew as an exec member, and I
find myself already missing the hounding
IW editors, ever at the task of keeping us
on the straight and narrow. I would like to
welcome the new exec and hope everyone
Hello from the land of bus push, soccer
tournaments, and two year anniversaries
with my girlfriend, Georgia. This is my last
spew as VP-Finance, so I hope I don't get
to sentimental.
At the last council meeting we voted on
donations to student groups. I'm happy to
announce that the Engineering Society
provided $1200 in donations, broken
down as follows: the Computer Science
Club received $300, Engineering Science
Quest $350, Concrete Toboggan $200,
Midnight Sun $250;and IEEE $100.
I'd like to thank the rest of the exec for
their devotion, and two fabulous sets of
directors for making EngSoc what it is
today. I've seen the society go through a
lot of changes, and I hope it continues to
has fun with them. I know they like to
have fun almost as much as we did, so tell
them what you want from them and keep
your fingers crossed.
O.K. New Hat. Hi, I'm the Chair for
Grad Comm'96. We've already started
selling PIZZA (buy it, yummy), got orga-
nizers for Grad Ball, IRS (349 days?), and
lots of people to help out. All you folks in
3B who are planning on graduating (???)
in '%. GET INVOLVED.
D' accord, Nouveau Chapeau. FROSH
WEEK is fast upon us, and if you haven't
taken the opportunity to sign up to be a
BIG Brother/Sister yet, swing on by the
Orifice, fill out the form, lighten your pock-
ets by $45 (cash, cheque, or cheque post-
dated to June 1), and sit back and wait for
the fun to start. What does $45 get you,
you may ask? A nifty personalized shirt,
food. and drink for a week, transportation,
and other miscellaneous perks which will
be a swprise to you and to us ... Have a
great summer everyone, and if you're in
Toronto, drop me a line, 'cuz I don't have
to asked twice if I'm thirsty ...
Dave Thompson
grow. The finances are falling into capable
hands, Doof has a good grasp of what's
going on, and is willing (or crazy enough)
to put in the time to keep the society
healthy. Because of all his time as Finance
Director, this will probably be the
smoothest transition ever!
Best of luck to the new exec, I've put in
an application to become a Class Rep
Advisor with Darren. We've got all kinds
of ideas that should keep everybody
informed and involved. I'm also planning
to stay devoted to the C&D to hopefully
see the dream through to completion. Just
this week we got authorization from the
University to proceed with interviewing of
the fulltime manager!
Everybody should start thinking of
organizing a Scunt team for next term.
We're not going to be to specific about
classes, to ensure we have multiple teams
we're encouraging departments to apply
together- so there should be a chemical,
civil, mechanical, system, geological and
elecom team. Students in third and fourth
year provide organization, and should get
in contact with second and first cIasses to
provide raw energy.
For the work term I'm returning to Gen-
num corporation in Burlington. It's a good.
job - it actually uses some of the stuff I
learn in class!
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Michael Worry
Charltte; Dm1:ctor
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Directorship Commentary
Hats off to our new exec! They haven't
even taken office yet and already they are
losing touch with their members. Yes
folks, I'm talking about directorships. I was
talking with one student who said she
wasn't going to apply to a directorship
because "BSoc is lame right now ... " I told
her to please give the new exec a chance,
but if given the chance will they respond?
Already they have turned numerous per-
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ceFS SOclrll (2 or 3)
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St.'C Amy CCF.$ Co-Chair
Off-tarm S'95
OffrermRep VACANT
VACANr
sons away from EngSoc, who is to say that
it won't happen again?
One issue raised in the election forum
was that of making EngSoc '1ess cliquey"
and more in touch with its members. TIle
new exec certainly has not yet given this
issue much thought. I can only hope that
perhaps they take some of these comments
to heart.
Darren Zocher
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