Fri. Sept.

27, 1991
THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY'S STUDENT FORUM
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Fri. Sept. 27, 1991
Dear Frosh,
Actually, welcome to the
University of Waterloo Engineering
Faculty! You arc now part of a
group of people who are the most
dynamic, spontaneous, organized,
industrious and insane you'll ever
meet in your lifetime. As a result of
being accepted here, this puts you
within this illustrious circle of
people.
These next 4 and 2/3 years will be a
mystical journey of both sight and
sound filled with exams, midterms,
parties, assignments, pubs, labs,
Super Bowl roadtrips, and projects.
EngSoc is a society that you are
automatically a part of. You don't
need to join. You are already part of
it. There are great people already
helping out. If you would like to help
out as well, all you need to say"]
would like to help." At that point,
you will immediately surrounded and
welcomed by and to the most friendly
bunch people ever assembled in one
place.
So I extend an invitation to all
frosh and upper class people alike.
Welcome to the Waterloo
Engineering Society and Please get
Involved!!
Sean Murphy
Engineering Society President
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CO-OP
As I return to Waterloo for another
very SOCIAL term I find myself in a
very unusual situation. I have tried
for weeks to think about something
controversial to bitch about in the
first issue but I couldn't! For the first
time in my LW. career (career?!?) I
find myself without a topic that
would cause an uproar throughout the
engineering undergrad population.
Sorry about this - but it won't happen
again ... trust me.
Noting the dilemma I was in, I
thought I'd try something a little
different this issue. I'm actually
going to mention something in
engineering that I LIKE! What a
concept! (hey Sean - this means no
trouble yet!)
Being a 3B engineering student here
at Waterloo means a lot of things. It
me!lns I've survived 20 months of
classes, 10 sets of exams, 4 frosh
weeks, kegs and kegs of brew, 5
SCUNTS, and most importantly, it
means that I already have 16 months
of engineering related work
experience. I want to spend a few
minutes (mostly for the frosh) to
explain my views (which I would
like to stress are not those of co-op
services, EngSoc or probably anybody
else)on how to best utilize the co-op
education system here at Waterloo.
1. Co-op is here to allow you to
figure out what you DONT want to
after you graduate, not what you
want to do. In my opinion, if this is
all you get out of your six work terms
here at Waterloo it would be enough.
When it comes time to enter the real
world you'll be just as thankful for
your bad workterms as you are for the
good ones. This knowledge will
allow you to make career choices
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based on first hand experience ... not
heresay.
2. If you are in first year, apply to
LOTS of jobs. Don't be too selective in
your choices. Once you reach the
upper years you can afford to pick and
choose a little more since your
experience will make you much more
valuable to a prospective employer.
On the other hand, if you see an
intermediate job that you feel you
would enjoy and could handle, by all
means apply to it! The worst thing
that could happen to you is not
getting an interview.
3. Get involved in the interview
process. Don't just sit back and allow
the interviewer to do all of the
interviewing. Take charge... ask
questions ... it will show you have a
real interest in the position you are
applying for. MOST importantly,
ask the interviewer what your salary
will be; a lot of employers will not
volunteer this information. If you are
to spend the next four (possibly 8)
months of your life working for this
person you should at least know how
much you will be making. (As an
aside to this last point I would like to
mention that I think accepting a job
based solely on salary would be a
mistake. After all, co-op's main
purpose is to provide you with job
experience.)
I hope that everyone will end up
working for a company they enjoy
working at as much as I do at
Phonetix Corporation. I now have
what I consider to be the best co-op job
a Waterloo student could have and I
plan on staying tl)ere for a while.
That the great thing about co-op. If
you can't stand your job, you put up
with it for four months then you're
outta there! On the other hand, if
you find a place you like you'll be all
set to jump into a career when you
grnduate.
Best of luck to all those looking for
jobs this term.

Dear Editors,
My whining letter of the day is
about POETS. Two weeks into the
term, and I've already lost count of
the number of times they've run out of
beer. They're licensed from noon to
4:30, Thursdays and Fridays, or so
they say. So when I wander in at 3
p.m., thirsty after a hard day of
lectures, worn out from all that
intense concentration, I want a BEER.
The last thing I want to hear is
"we're out of beer right now" or even
"we don't have any (insert favourite
beer here) left today." You would
think they would have learned how
much to bring by now. If they have
beer left over, so what? It will
certainly keep until the next day.
Considering the service, Bar Services
seem to be making a healthy margin.
I doubt it would hurt them to keep a
few days of inventory on hand. When
was the last time any of you were in a
bar that closed down at 11 p.m. on a
Friday night? If they ran out of beer,
their fault for not having enough. If
there were too many people in the
bar, why were so many let in? If they
thought people were too drunk, why
not cut off the drunks and serve
everyone else, like any other bar? It
left a bad taste in my mouth (or
maybe it was the Ex) to have a really
good time end two hours early because
someone screwed up. I'm not
interested in pointing fingers at
anyone. I want beer, not excuses,
when I walk into a bar. It's not up to
me to understand the reasons and
suggest solutions, I'm the customer. I
have my hands full (and I bitch when
they're empty) being the customer. I
say to the management of POETS: you
do your job an<\ keep the fridge full,
and I'll do mine and keep trying to
empty it.
Martin Zagorsek
2B Systems Design
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Editors
Chris DeBrusk
Kevin Johnson
Photo Edjtor
Jeff Dyck
Adyertjsjna:
Scott Chandler
Dolalrapby
Cbris DeBrusk
Wrjters
Amy Alfred
Kim Boucher
Mike Devrise
Belinda Elysee-Collen
Serge Gravelle
:-''CIrJtIU:t-i Hung
Stan SOlI
John Kingdoa
Bill Kowalchyk
Dave Morton
Sean Murphy
Sheri Newstead
Andrew Pape
Rob & Joel
Rob & Lynn
Martin Zagorsek
Dave
Rob & Joel
Mag
Jaz Man
Woody
Mauro
Yarek
Dean Lennox
Kathleen
Bill
Gary
Jana
Mike
Dragana
Bhadresh
Scott
Spec1al Thanks
Dewey.
Fri. Sept. 27, 1991
To all those returning, welcome
back, and to the 850 or so new Frosh
who managed to survive Orientation
week and are now beginning to realize
just how little they did in high
school... congratulations. You have
just began a time in your life that will
result in the strongest memories, best
friends, and the best times you ever
have, and may not also result in a
nervous breakdown.
Since Sean (B-Soc Prez - see Prez
Spews somewhere in this issue) just
loves politics sooo much (sarcasm) I
will, with his mental health in
mind, refrain from bitching too mucn
this issue, although 1 don't promise
that Kevin will do the same. Instead
I'm going to talk a little about this
paper you are now reading and how
we're going to try to make it even
better (or make it good, depending on
your point of view).
The Iron warrior has changed a lot
since its conception after the banning
of EngNews. Much of this is a result
of a school system that forces an
editor change every 4 months, but a
lot also results from an effort to
improve the paper itself. The Iron
Warrior has been praised both by the
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APEO and various business leaders. In
an age where student publications are
constantly being closed down by
school administrations, the Iron
Warrior in my view remains a source
of pride for our engineering society.
The Iron Warrior is a student paper
that survives on student submissions.
If it's too dry, write something
controversial. If its too dull or not
funny enough, draw a comic or submit
some jokes (We'll print almost
anything - within reason). On top of
it all, one of the best ways to make
p .... S points for your class is by
submitting things to the paper.
Anyhow, enough back patting for
one issue .. .Now let's talk about how
to improve the paper even more.
Since I took over this position I've
heard many good things about the
paper in addition to an avalanche of
suggestions and cri ticisms.
Everything from praise to 'the paper
sucks' has crossed my desk. The only
thing that can be said to those who
offer such comments is "It's your
paper".
So, here's some of the common ways
that engineering students make
themselves heard over 4000 times all
over campus every two weeks:
Letter s to the Editor - every body
bitches about something. I've heard
the debates. If you don't like it,
collect your thoughts and write it
down. You'd be amazed some of the
changes in engineering that were
started as a result of a letter in IW.
Articles - Engineering is full of people
who do more that integrals and
computer programs in their spare
time. Your hobby or experience may
be just the thing some other poor sap
needs to make his or her life more
interesting. If you did it, others want
to hear about it - Write it down.
Humor - In the past people have
complained that the paper isn't
nearly as funny as it could be. Well,
since Kevin and I do not have
anything that could be remotely
considered a funny creative streak, its
up to you to make it funny. Submit
anything and if it doesn't break
copyright laws or the Canadian
constitution then we'll print it.
All in alt I'd like to make the next
four issues the best ever, so SUBMIT!
Next issue I'll have something to
bitch about - I promise.
Spews ...
Hello and Welcome to Hell: The
Sequel!!!!
Hi! This is my first article for the
IW as president. I must say that is an
honor to back among the living after
my brief hiatus on A Soc. A Soc can
really bore you to tears, that's why
I'm glad to be here where the action
is.
A lot of stuff occurred over the
summer term that I think you might
be interested in. Firstly, there was
the proposal of the Engineering
Student Centre. This is a building
that would house POETS, The-C & 0,
the Orifice, WEEF offices and a
student lounge with a place to hang
out. It would encompass about 1000
square feet . The cost.... only a
MILLION!!!! (With tax about 2
million.)
As you might imagine such a project
would be most bodacious and quite
monumental a project for us as a
student organization. It would
involve the reshaping of the fabric
that we know is ENG SOc. I will
chair a B-Soc committee that will
meet to discuss the feasibility of such
a project. We will start meeting
Mondays at 4:30pm in the backroom
of the Orifice. If you arc interested,
please let me know.
Other stuff you might be interested
in, A Soc has created a Publication
Policy for any EngSoc Publications.
This discussion could prove to be very
interesting, but I, would really
appreciate any constructive criticism
to its actual content.
HP's aren't BANNED!!
Frosh Week was AWESOME!!!!
Many thanks to Rob, Marty, and
Dave for a phenomenonal job!!! The
week was tremendous time from the
Huges, Bigs and the dumb Frosh. (Yes
even you' Linda Frosh!) The Frosh
really deserve a Jot of credit for
making the week a huge success!!!!!
P.S. Thanks for not getting me into
too much trouble.
This term promises to be a very
SOCIAL term. SOCIALly we will be
participating in a number of events.
Tonight, we are holding the official
sequel to the TOGA at the YOGA. It
will be held at South Campus Hall
tonight. Be there wearing a TOGA!!!
It's gonna be Great!!!!
The Blotter should be available
this week or early next week. It will
be well worth the wait. Eng Week
begins Friday with a HUGE RAFT
RACE at Columbia Lake. Come out
for an awesome campus wide event.
(Are we having fun yet???)
The Feds have decided to resurrect
a plan for the Student Life Building.
This time they will actually go
around and ask the students what
they need and want in the new
building. Doug Pilmoor is our
representative on the Subcommittee
for the needs assessment. Please
reach him via the Campus Wide
Activities Mailbox in the Orifice.
The Waterloo Engineering
Endowment Foundation now has a
HALF MILLION DOLLARS!!! That
means we can spend $60000 in
interest. Therefore the Endowment
will have raised $700 000 after only
two years of existence.
The TOOL will make its presence
known this term. BE AWARE AND
BE PROUD.
I would like to organize a white
water rafting trip for the summer
term. The event would happen with
all other colleges and universities. It
would be an AMAZING EVENT. (and
very social)
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If you are interested in getting
involved at the organizational level,
your help would be greatly
appreciated.
"We're here for a good time, not a
long time" so get involved and have a
great time. Be aware of events that
happen around you and help keep the
spirit around this school that we call
our home away from home.
A thought to leave you with:
Matilda's Law of SubCommittee
Formation "If you leave the room,
you're elected."
Have a good couple of weeks.
Serge Gravelle
VP External
It's nice to see all of you back and
well! I hope you had a good work
term. I am back from Fort McMurray,
Alberta, where the oil is in
abundance and so are the mutant
mosquitos.
I had a great time there, despite
the bugs. There were 70 co-op
students working for the same
company--most from other
Universities (UBC, U of Alberta, V.
of Calgary, Regina V., Saskatchewan
V., McGill V. and even New
Brunswick V.) I learned how other
engineering societies function, and
what activities they run. These
experiences will surely help me
fulfill my duties as Vice-President
External.
Apart from helping Sean (the Prez)
run EngSoc, I have two main
objectives this term:
Engineering Promotion Committee:
I want to start this new committee.
It's main objective will be to evaluate
ENGSOC's involvement in the
promotion of Engineering to high
schools, primary schools and the
public in general. It will examine
existing programs at Waterloo which
are organized by EngSoc and the
Faculty, as well as programs running
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in other schools and organizations.
The committee will also set new goals
for EngSoc in this area for upcoming
years.
Conferences: There are four
conferences coming up in the next 8
months, and I am looking to send
students to represent 'EngSoc B' to all
of them. All students are eligible to
participate and can apply by filling
in a Conference Application Form in
the Orifice and leaving it in my box.
Please note that the Association of
Professional Engineers of Ontario
(APEO) conference will be held at
the Vniversity of Western Ontario,
October 3-6. These conferences are
excellent opportunities to meet other
students, listen to interesting
speakers, participate in heated
debates, and of course have a very
good time. Please come talk to me if
you need more info. This invitation is
also open to all frosh.
Finally, I would like to welcome
all frosh and I hope they enjoyed
their orientation week. It was my
first time as a Big Brother and I
enjoyed myself. My best memory of
the week will be the . "grey-grey-f'n
A" frosh tour across campus, with the
water fight against the Mathies (on
the third floor of the Math
Building). My worst will be the Scunt
Beauty Pageant.
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W.E.E.F
The Waterloo Engineering
Endowment Foundation
(or Why should I give you my $75?)
Dave Morton
Endowment Director
The Waterloo Engineering
Endowment Foundation is an
dedicated to improving
the qualIty of your education. It was
created by students, and is dedicated
to students. The Endowment benefits
from your $75.00 Voluntary Student
Contribution, the graduating
student's Plummer's Pledge, and from
donations from employers of co-op
students and alumni.
What is the VSC?
The Voluntary Student
Contribution is a fee which appears
on your tuition sta::'ment every time
you register. As the name says, it is
voluntary, however it is required for
registration. The fee Vias approved
by a 94% margin in a referendum held
in 1990, and currently about 85% of
the students choose to make the
donation. It is a charitable donation
and is deductible from your taxes
year .
What does it do?
The VSC, along with the money
from the Pledge and the employers is
invested and only the interest income
is spent. This income is allocated for
new equipment and lab upgrades and
is used to enhance the normal
university funding, not replace any of
it. This has been guaranteed by the
admi nistrati on.
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Who benefits?
You do. You benefit, the students in
future years do, and the alumni do
also. You benefit as a current
undergrad since the results of the
VSC and the Endowment can already
be seen. Future students benefit from a
modern facility with up to date
equipment. The alumni and
graduating students benefit also, since
much of the worth of a degree is
based on the current reputation of the
university. How much is a degree
from Princeton worth? Princeton has
an endowment of over $3 billion! If
engineering at U of W goes downhill,
so does the measure of it's graduates.
So you have already profitted from
the VSC, you will throughout your
time at U of W, and you will continue
to benefit once you have graduated.
What has it done?
The new computers in the EL-I08
computer lab were partially funded
with money from the VSc. New
equipment has been purchased for
Civil and Electrical labs, and money
is being spent to upgrade a Chemical
Engineering lab. The Endowment also
helped U of W hos t the Ontario
Engineering Design Competition. To
date, the WEEF has allocated
$31743.00.
Do we need the VSC?
The VSC helps provide
desperately needed funds that
otherwise would not be provided.
The Dean currently has an equipment
budget of $200000. Sounds like a lot,
but compare it to an invenlory worth
$20 million, and it's peanuts. This
means he can replace all the
equipment every 100 years! Can you
imagine using a 100 years old
computer? Given inflation, the
amount of money the government
provides has not risen since 1971, and
in fact has decreased. The Council of
Universities has proposed a $410
million solution, to return to 1971
funding levels, but this would involve
a tuition hike ot $550 a year! $75
doesn't sound like much then docs it?
Who controls the money?
. Again, you do. The money is
mvested along with university funds,
but nothing can be spent until we
decide to spend it. Funding decisions
are made by the Funding Council,
made up of a representative from
every class, similar to th EngSoc
Council. The funding oun il makes
all funding allocations, and these nre
passed to the Endowm nt' s Board of
Directors. The Board is compo d of a
minimum of 2/3 students, so control is
still in student's hands. The
EngSoc Services (Trez Spews)
Amy Alfred
Trez
As treasurer of Engineering Society
B I've recently completed a budget
that's going to allow for a very
SOCIAL term, and will continue to
provide the SERVICES you are used
to, including a couple of new ones.
On the SOCIAL note there is a toga
party, Oktoberfest, SCUNT, Eng
Week, Eng Weekend, lots of pubs
(POETS all day, every day), Raft
Race, Athletic tourneys (baseball,
golf, and so on), the Semi-Formal,
and Tal-Eng. Of course the most
social event this term was
ORIENT A nON. The BN A 0
(engineering stage band) is warming
up and ready to perform for your
listening pleasure. Don't forget
Warrior Game Warm-Ups at POETS
(face paint anyone?).
As for SERVICES, the' Orifice is
open daily for novelties, laser
printing, photocopying, academic
reference (midterms and exams), and
a place to find information about
activities and to meet friends . Plan
to use the Eng Soc Computing services,
and engineering garage and darkroom
memberships are available for those
home mecha nics and amateur
photographer's. A recycli ng program
is in full force throughout the
Engineering Buildings under a new
alliance with UW Recycles. For your
reading pleasure the Iron Warrior,
Enginewsletter, and copies of Project
magazine are available.
The blotter helps you plan your
SOCIAL and your ACADEMIC time.
Eng Soc runs the C&D in CPH
(cheapest food on campus). Charity
events like the plant sale and a blood
. donor clinic (on Halloween) allow us
to help our community (KW is our
community for 4.66 years). Eng Soc
also welcomes all exchange students
to UW.
Engineering is busy with lots of
activities (and lots of volunteers to
make the activities happen). This
term we are trying to make sure UW
gets busy by inviting other faculties
to campus wide events that we'll run
so everyone can have fun and be
SOCIAL.
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Endowment Director, an elected
student, makes all operating expense
decisions. Thus control rests firmly
with the students. You decide where
the money goes.
Why should I pay?
. The Voluntary Student
Contribution's motto is "Students
Helping Themselves". This is an
important source of funds, but even
more importantly, it sends a message,
saying that we are willing to help
ourselves. The University of Toronto
instituted a similar fee recently, and
when alumni found out the students
were contributing, donations almost
doubled. When the Endowment made
it's first funding allocation, about
$10000, the Faculty responded with
a grant totalling $140 OOO!
The Voluntary Student
Contribution has a cancellation
deadline however. It is three weeks
from the beginning of lectures,
according to university policy. Bring
your fee statement and ID card to the
Orifice if you wish to cancel your
contribution. fill out n
comment form while you' re there,
we'd like to Al't some f' dback from
YOIl.
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a nul::. in my box.
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Sean Johnson &
Sheri Newstead
Your SOCIAL Directors
SOCIAL: What does it mean to
you? Sean Murphy, our illustrious
Prez, wants to make this term FUN!
SOCIAL! Thousand Points of Light!
So we just want to take up a little
space to clue you in to what fun,
exciting things that are going to
happen this term.
What's a better way to start off the
social term than with
OKTOBERFEST! "Ein Prosit, Ein
Prosi t! I'm toasted every year!"
Hope you're coming on out to Rubys
Room at the Waterloo Inn, Friday,
October 18. Be SOCIAL with 500 of
your best and closest friends . If they
aren' t now, they will be in the
morning! And only $10 - that includes
the Designated Driver. The bus will
pick you up on Ring Road in front of
the Campus Center anywhere
between 6:30 and 8:15 PM, (it's
shuttling back and forth), and bring
you back between 12:30 and 1 :30 AM
to the same place. If you ' re
interested in drink prices, they are as
follows: Beer-$2.90, Wine-$3.S0,
Mixed Drinks-$3.85, and Pop-$1.50.
It be a great time, so see you
there.
The next few. events are ideas that
we need feedback on, so, as Big Pete
would say, "Work with us"!
1. What do you think about a road
trip to the Brunswick House? The
tentative date i s Thurs day,
November 14, but tha t may change.
Remem beT those wonderfu I
Spirit Days in High School?
Remember how much FUN they
were?? Well, welcome baek to ...
CR,AZY IBPIRII
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Oct. 4 Pyjama Day
Get up late and don't
bother gelling
dressed ...
Oct. 11 Funky Hat Day
Wear your cra7.iC!;l top
piecc .. .if you don', got
it, invent it!!
Oct. 18 Plaid & Polyester
... or Mary Snyder look-
alikc day ...
Oct. 25 Big Hair Day
... or Joel Singer look-
alike day ...
Nov. 1 Pumpkin Day
Carry around your
pumpkin ... or wear it
on your
Nov. 8 Vegetable Day
No, don't come as
yourself ...
Nov. 15 Loud Tie Day
Dig out your fathers'
old tics ...
Nov. 22 Body Palnl Day
Paint your faces, or go
for the gusto!
Nov. 29 Beach Day
Shorts & Shades
mandatory, Socks not
allowed ...
Come into The Orifice and model
your apparel for Cheryl...give
her your class name for P .... 5
points!
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SOCIAL "
We want to fill at least two bus loads
of screaming students to show Toronto
how to have a good time!
2. What about a "Hoe Down"? All
you Westerners, and Westerner want-
to-be's, can come to POETS in your
Western attire and enjoy the sounds of
Jimmy Buffet, and of course the Rodeo
Song, while showing the world that
easterners really do know how to ride
a mechanical bull!
3. The Shuffle Demons! Ten Seconds
Over Tokyo! Send in your suggestions
for an Engineering Pub at the
Bombshelter!
4. All you ski bunnies, (that would
be both male and female), keep your
ears peeled for an awesome road trip
to Holiday Valley in New York for
some fun 'n' frolic in the snow. We'd
like to get an idea of how many are
interested, so drop us a note in the
SOCIAL box in the Orifice!
5. Ever laugh so hard that you
couldn' t breathe, your sides ached,
and you started crying? That's our
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goal when the Engineers take over
Yuk Yuk' s for a night. The time
frame is late October, so keep
watching.
6. Finally, every year we hold an
End-of-term bash at Fed Hall, where
we re-live our memories of the term.
Fall '91 recaptured in one night. We
watch a slide show of our events,
announce the winners of p .... S and
PBD, and basically have one more
really good time before getting
caught up in finals. The date if
Thursday, November 28, so mark it on
your calenders now!
We both want to see all these
things happen, but we can't do it
without your help. If any class is
interested in running one of the
events, or if they have one of there
own that they think could be a lot of
fun, leave us a note in our box in the
Orifice.
Well, that's it for now. We hope
we've sparked your interest in being
SOCIAL this term" and we look
forward to seeing you out at
everything. If you have any
questions, suggestions, etc., don' t
hesitate to let us know!
Party! Party! Par y!
Kim Boucher
Semi-Formal Director
So here it comes . The social
extravaganza of the season. It's
what we've all been waiting for
(since last summer). For frosh, it's
the event that you've been waiting
for all of your life .. , the big huge
engineering Fall Semi-Formal. This
one will, without a doubt, prove to be
the best one yet. Anyone who
experienced the Great Murder
Mystery Dinner or the big Bourbon
Tabernacle Choir event last summer,
knows that the semi formal is a big
night not to be missed. The theme
this year for the semi formal is, well,
semi-formal. Rumour has it that for
those of you who want to get out that
polyester and those disco shoes, you
might just have a chance to get down
and boogie.
I had the incredible luck to capture
for this soire is the exceptionally
groovy local band The Rhinos. If you
haven't heard them yet, it's about
time you did. The evening of Friday
November 8th starts off at 6:30pm (or
earlier if you get to one of the
hundreds of cocktail/warmup parties
already brewing) with cocktails at
the Walper Terrace Hotel in
charming downtown Kitchener (a
short taxi ride from here). The
gourmet dinner will be served in the
Crystal Ballroom at 7pm, and there
will be yummy vegetarian dinners as
well - just sign up when buyi ng your
ticket . Later on, the Rhinos will hit
the stage, so be sure to wear
something that yu can really move in.
Tickets are on sale in the orifice, a
very reasonable $26.00 a person for
this incredible evening. A final word
of advice and or wisdom: get all your
friends together and go. Don't worry
about dates - they're a thing of the
past, and sure tend to impede your
fun ... I think. So, there you go!
The U.L.T.I.M.A.T.E. Scunt
Hammer & Screw
(Beast).
Get pumped, get psyched, get
ready! The U.L.T.I.M.A.T.E. Seunt is
coming for you. This fall's classic is
on Friday October 4th and is being run
by Hammer & Screw (a.k.a. Seunt
Gods and/or 2B Mech). Kicking off
this monumental event will be a
chariot race (time and place T.B.A.)
which will become a legend just like
the Knights of the Round Table.
Start preparing now since this wvent
will be worth mega points; readiness
is definitely greatly encouraged. To
organize (Seunt '91), we (Hammer &
Screw) needed months of preparation
and clues are being released daily so
start getting organized or you might
Miz out.
Hammer & Screw, always on the
cutting edge, has endeavoured to
Keep this scunt financially
advantageous. Great care was taken
to reduce the necessary outlay of
source capital and donation of
intoxicating consumables. The
recession has dcccmatoo class funds so
areas of great cost have been
avoided. More information at the
Captain's meeting (T.B.A.). Oui
U.L.T.I.M.A.T.E. goal is to have 10
teams; frosh and upper year classes
are encouraged to participate.
We have stacked the evening with
exciting events, cool lists, useless
trivia and TONS of fun. So come on
down to the Orifice and sign up a
team today. Put your name and your
class name in our box. Keep on the
look out for signs and posters with out
logo (which is much cooler than the
Ottawa Senator's) on it. Stay tuned
and see you on October 4 ... missing it
would be a crime.
JUDGJ'AEl'rr DAY:
OCrOBER4
AU TEAMS WELCOME
CONTACT HAMMell &. SCRW
fOil MORE lNFORMATlON
Fri. Sept. 27, 1991
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page 7
Bill Kowalchyk
2B Mech
Picture yourself on an icy, snow
covered hill. You and your
classmates are travelling downwards
at 50 km/h on a waxed slab of
concrete and the bottom of the hill is
rapidly approaching. Your one
chance of stopping, a jury-rigged
braking system that you and your
companions designed. While this
sounds like a scene from "World's
Greatest Stunts Part 11 ", it is
actually a part of the Great Northern
Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR).
For the past 8 years, adventurous
and creative members of the 4th year
civil engineering classes have been
participating in this annual event.
Held each year at a different
University in February, the GNCTR
draws civil engineering students from
MathStack
across Canada and the United Slates.
The aim of this event: to design a
toboggan, constructed primarily from
concrete, that will go down a hill in
the shortest time (without anyone
falling off). Additional points arc
awarded for the braking system
design, presentation, concrete mix,
and team spirit.
"While the friendly competition is
the main part of the GNCTR, it also
allows for a sharing of technologies
between the schools," explains Mila
Little, one of this year's organizers,
"The competition gives us a chance to
try out new concrete structure ideas.
Waterloo has traditionally done
very well in the competition, usually
pla<;,ing in the top three. This year
the teams will attempt to improve on
past performance and bring the
trophy home to Waterloo. Teams
will' be entered from both Civivors
and the off-stream Road Kill.
( or what you didn't learn in high school ... )
Kevin Johnson
IW Staff
Attention all first year engineering
undergrads! If you feel your high
school math could use a little
brushing up NOW is the time to do it.
Don't wait until that first set of mid-
terms rolls around to realize that you
could use some review.
The Engineering Education
Research Centre (EERC) has
introduced the new Hypercard(tm)
stack program called MathStack
designed to provide a supportive
environment for reviewing high
school mathematics (Trig & Logs are
currently supported). This is a
computerized system that will guide
you through a review of the basic
engineering mathematical concepts
you will need to do well in first year
engineering. This experimental
system is being run in the Libra Lab
(E2 1302) and its hours of operation
are postea outside the Year One
Engineering office as well as outside
the Libra Lab itself.
I was present at one of the tutorial
sessions aimed at introducing people
to the system and the response from
the students was great! I would
strongly encourage all first year
students who feel they could use a
little review to use the system before
midtenns are here and time is running
out.
Mter using the system, be sure to let
the people at the EERC know how
you felt about it; if programs such as
this are appreciated I'm sure others
will follow. If you would like to
comment on the system you can contact
Greg Welstead at the EERC office
(CPH 2376) or call ext. 2522.
"We have access to the designs
from past years, but we plan on doing
most of our own design work," says
Erick Girouard, another team
member, "It's hard to tweak a design
such as this and modify the same
toboggan each year."
The biggest hurdle facing the teams
this year is funding. A minimum of
six team members must be sent for
each toboggan (5 riders, 1 back-up).
Adding in the construction costs, the
project can cost as much as $10,000 per
team. The funding comes from
pri va te dona tion, the department,
corporate donations, t am m r
contribution, and fund raiSing.
Unfortunately, the recession is likely
to cut hard into the corporate funding.
This will result in the team relying
marc on fund raising for this year.
Among the many events being
planned, the Concrete Toboggan
BBQ's are a traditional favorite.
The team will soon be selling hot dogs
and burgers in the CPH foyer from Il-
l on Tuesdays and Fridays. The start
date for the BBQ's will be announced
shortly and the team urges you to
come out, have lunch, and help
Waterloo win the race this year.
If you have any questions rcgardlng
th , pi ase sen a m g
through e-mail on Watstar to
MALITTLE@C1VIL. Good luck, guys!
C O ~
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Room 2018 Ext 4636
Mon. - Fri. : 10:00 am 3:00pm
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for NeXT Computers
Thurs., Oct. 10
.
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1 0:00a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Fri. Sept. 27, 1991
The Need For SPEED
Martin Zagorsek
2B Systems Design
If you have it, I don't need to
explain. The pavement rushes by
your leg and wind howls by your
head, the engine shrieking out a
high-pitched wail. If the thought of
these things makes your eyes light up
and your heart beat faster, then you
know what I mean. The rest of the
world can shake it's collective head
and look at us with that
condescending disapproving
expression we all know so well, and it
won't slow us down one bit.
So what do you do when you have a
need for speed? The only thing you
CAN do: go fast. Some people buy
some fast wheels and go tearing
around streets and highways. But
that can get expensive, and sooner or
later you and your licence will part
company, victims of yet another cop
with an attitude. And there are of
course the countless brainless masses
of drivers who happily change lanes
right in front of you, pull out of their
driveways without looking, and
generally don't have a clue that
there are other cars on the road. If
dodging grandmas in Lincolns is your
idea of fun, then streets are the place
for you.
Let's assume you want to keep your
licence, and that you have enough fun
going fast without being in an
obstacle course of idiots. Where is
the only place you can legally go over
l00? Where you get trophies instead
of tickets for going even faster? Most
people have never been to a race
track, let alone driven on one. They
see the Andrettis in their multi-
million dollar cars, doing insane
things at insane speeds, and smashing
those precious cars into bits when
some mechanic forgets to tighten a
bolt. That's world-class racing, with
world-class money and world-class
risks.
You don't have to go to the Indy 500
to race any more than you need to be
in the NHL to play hockey. Dirt-
track racing is big in the southern
States, with local yokels taking
their beaten-up Camaros and
Mustangs and grinding around a dirt
oval. No prize-money, no sponsors, no
network TV, and often not even
spectators besides the few friends
that came to watch. But there isn't
as much dirt racing around here, and I
don't particularly like beaten-up
muscle cars. But I liked motorcycles,
and they're cheap.
A raceable sport-bike can be found,
slightly used, for about $4000-6000. I
found a nice Yamaha FZR, 600cc, a
bike with about 90 horsepower that
weighs 450 pounds. It's quite a
handful. Riding around the streets
was fun, and of course the first
speeding ticket wasn't long in coming.
Racing was only a vague idea in my
head until I met a few racers through
some friends. They pointed out that
my bike could be raced as is, and even
made competitive in its class with
some minor changes. So I spent a bit
more money, replaced the rear shock
absorber with a racing unit, and
added a steering damper for more
high-speed stability. ' Bike and
adrenal glands ready, the next stop
was the track.
r
", .. could eventually cause
a disi3sterous crash"

The closest track to Ottawa, my
home last term, is the Shannonville
Motorsport Park, just east of
Belleville. It is the headquarters of
RACE Canada, the organization that
runs most of the motorcycle racing in
this country. They have race schools
several times a year, at
teaching beginners the fundamentals
of racing. The course costs $175 for
the day, and includes a free entry into
one race this season (worth about
$50). So borrowed a full leather suit
from a friend, laced on some leather
boots, and I was off!
I left Ottawa at 4:30 a.m. to be in
time for the tech-inspection at 7. A
few guys, who have been around bikes
longer than I've been alive, went over
each machine with a lot of attention
to little details, making sure there
was not a single loose bolt, slow drip
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or small crack that could eventually
cause a disastrous crash. I had been
pretty thorough, passing after a
lecture on keeping my bike clean
(inspectors hate getting their hands
dirty).
The classroom session was next,
where we spent about two hours going
through rules and safety on the track.
The different flags were explained,
traffic rules, right of way and basic
collision avoidance. There are no
rear-view mirrors allowed on the
track (no glass is allowed anywhere),
and shoulder checks are far too
dangerous at race speeds. The rules
are simple: the person in front has
the right of way. It may not sound
like a fair rule, but few people abuse
it. In a collision both riders nearly
always go down, so bumping is very
rare. As beginners we were advised to
keep our moves predictable to
minimize the danger of being rammed
by a faster rider trying to pass.
Heads full of rules, we next met
with our instructors for the track
walk. I was very lucky, no-one else in
my group had shown up, so I had my
own instructor (most groups had three
or four people). He introduced
himself as Jeff, quiet guy, glasses, I
couldn't picture him on a bike let
alone racing one. We walked around
the track on foot to familiarize
ourselves with the layout.
padding on the knees, elbows and
shoulders, along with a back
protector that has hard plastic scales
like an armadillo shell. As I sat on
the bike while the engine warmed
up, I could already feel the adrenalin
rushing in. We were divided up into
three groups. Each group would do a
few laps and then discuss progress
with their instructors while the
others we,c riding. The first two
sessions were to be dead-slow and
short. Jeff promised me plenty of
speed later.
The track looks different when
you're moving. I followed my
instructor through the laps, trying to
memorize the brake, turn-in and
throttle-out points. He'd drop back
behind me for a lap now and then to
see how I was progressing. After two
5-lap sessions like this, he said the
magic words: "Time to pick the pace
up a bit." The next time out was 10
laps, and definitely faster. Still far
below race speed, but 60 km/h feels
fast after 20. Now it was a matter of
making the movements more
automatic. I started to slide off the
seat in comers, like I had been shown,
hanging off the inside of the bike for
a lower center of gravity for smoother
handling. Again, Jeff would
alternately ride behind me and
watch, and then move in front to
point out mistakes or problem areas I
was having.
I was immediately amazed at how Two sessions of this, and suddenly
well Jeff knew that track. He Jeff started going faster. The track,
pointed out individual bumps and which had seemed miles wide,
ripples in the pavement to avoid. suddenly got much narrower. The
Using various scratches and marks on corners were rushing at me really
the surface as reference points, he fast, and I was glad I had those slow -
pinpointed good lines through turns. sessions to get to know the track.
Where to brake, where to cut in, Everything was happening so fast:
where the apex was, where to start brake, downshift, right knee out,
accelerating, all of these points are slide butt right, push right hand,
different for every tum. I couldn't get leeeeean, pull in tighter, tighter,
over how big it alliooked, how wide right knee grazes inside curb, roll
the track seemed and how long it wrist, accelerate, gradually
was. The walk took nearly an hour, straighten and sHoe back onto the
but it was time well-spent. seat, upshift, full throttle and here
- comes the next one. All that in 7 or 8
My heartbeat picked up a bit as 1 seconds. Ten laps seemed to take
zipped into the leathers. Lots of forever.
Fri. Sept. 27, 1991
"Looking good out there. Hang off
the bike more, lean harder, come
closer to the curb, you're leaving
yourself a whole foot." Every time I
did something better, Jeff would
congratulate me but keep pointing out
things to improve, to go faster. Faster
I went, every lap. Jeff was
everywhere. Whenever I thought I
was cornering as hard as I could,
cutting as close as I could, or braking
at the last possible moment before a
comer, he'd breeze by on the inside of
a comer, or go flying by me and brake
later and harder before turning in.
He wasn't doing it to show off, he
had nothing to prove. He was merely
reminding me that I was still far from
the limits.
Somewhere along the way, in
between sessions, one of the other
instructors explained to me who this
quiet guy with glasses really was.
Jeff Gaynor, currently riding for
Suzuki Canada, and leading the
National series in the Pro 750cc class.
(He later lost the points lead, but
stayed in the top four places) Hmm,
wonder why he was riding circles
around me?
.. 180 - 200 km/h"
--.J
The last few sessions were wide
open. Everyone was free to go as fast
as they pleased, and the actual
racing started. There weren't going to
be any officiated races as part of the
course, so we made our own. Three or
four similarly-powered bikes would
bunch up together and, as we crossed
the start-finish line, go for it. Into
corner one, a wide right-hand
sweeping curve, going quite fast after
the main straight. Back off the
throttle until the apex, then full into
and through the second straight. Up
to fourth gear by now, 180-200 km/h.
At what seems a long distance away
from corner two, throttle off and
lightly squeeze the brake. The bike
shifts its weight onto the front tire,
and then grab hard, as hard as
possible without locking the wheel.
While braking, clutch in and tap-tap
downshift two gears. Turns two and
three, two more rights, much tighter,
with just enough of a straight in
between to straighten up before
leaning over again. The guy in front
of me was a bit early on the brakes
into tum two, so I gained ground. A
short burst of power before tum three,
and I nose in beside him, my front
wheel just inside his rear. A bit
risky, since he has the right of way
and I'd have to back off if he cuts too
close to the curb. No worries, he's off
by a foot. I put on the gas early,
keeping my wheel next to him up to
the apex, and then squeezing by as he
drifts back out of the curve. The extra
strain on the rear tire, cornering and
accelerating at the same time, takes
its toll. The rear end of the bike
drifts outwards about six inches,
putting me at a slight angle. A
delicate touch and I keep it there
until I straighten out, full gas again,
and it wobbles back into 11ne. The
whole bike shudders as I cut hard
across the track, then flip from right
to left to go into turn four. This is a
sharp left that opens onto the back
straight. I tum in a bit later so that I
can go full throttle right from the
apex all the way down the straight.
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From 160 at the end to about 60 for the
hairpin, the rear wheel lifts off the
ground an inch as I squeeze the front
brakes hard. A 145-degree right,
short stretch, dead-slow left, then a
slowly opening right back onto the
start-finish straight. I'm bit
overcautious on the left-hander, too
slow, and I see a wheel creeping up on
the inside going into the last comer.
Gritting my teeth, I increase my
speed and lean harder . My knee pad
is being ground away by pavement
and I hear a scrape from somewhere
under the bike. Made it! The engine
shrieks happily as I pull away,
thrilled at my little triumph.
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.. I t's even Lega l! ..
I'll never do this for a living, I
couldn't. Imagine risking your career
every ten seconds that you're at work.
When it's your living, you have to
take big chances all the time. Wh'en
all that's at stake is a little pride,
you can baCK off when you don't think
you're going to make it. Racing is fun,
more fun than anything I have ever
experienced. It's even legal! Sure it's
dangerous, I had a few close calls
that I didn't mention. I still believe
it's less dangerous than driving
around the streets in any city. I have
come far closer to getting hurt or
killed by idiots not paying attention,
than I ever have or will by competent
racers on a track.
If you love to go fast, if your idea of
fun involves a big adrenalin rush,
racing is something you should try.
My heart still beats faster when I
close my eyes and remember some of
the laps I rode. Your friends will
think you're crazy. Your parents will
disown you (if you tell them) . And if
you're like me, your boring work-term
job will be much more bearable when
you have the next ride to look
forward to.
Micheal Poplik
P**5 Director
P**5 stands for Paul & Paula
Plummer's Points for Participation
and it is a system for rewarding
participation in EngSoc events. At
every event, the P**5 Director will
award points to your class based on
participation and performance. At
the end of the term, the paints are
tallied and the class wi th the most
points is declared the P**5 champs.
If you or your class hold an event,
leave a note in the P**5 box located in
the Orifice. The note must contain a
list of all the classes that
participated , the winners (lst, 2nd
and 3rd place) and the class that
organized the event.
MEGA points will be awarded for
Iron Warrior submissions and old
exams.
An added feature of the term ...
Along with the banner in C.P.H.
the rankings and score distribution for
each class wi1l be avaliable on the
WatStar system. More information
will be avaliable after the system is
installed.
2FOR 1
WINGS!
ONLY AT
McGINNIS'
Afte. 9 1>1\11
to "Vednesday
Steve Williamson
Rob Wong
Collin Hung
TheC&Dguys
Just a quick note to let you know
what has been going on lately. First,
we hope that you have enjoyed
visiting the new and improved C&D .
That's right! New and improved!
Over the break between terms, some
renovations were arranged and
partially financed through the
generousity of the Dean's office. The
front wall of the C&D was moved out
to provide more room inside and a
. ventilation system was installed to
. try and keep the temperature at a
reasonable level (expecialJy in the
summer). While this was being done,
asbestos insulation was also r('mov('d
from the ceiling. Thnnks, again to
the Dean's office (or their Iwlp in
these renovations.
r New & Improved
C&D --.J
On a more general note, we'd like to
remind you that the C&D is a student
service. It is owned and managed by
students (the cashiers arc full time
staff). That means that we are hert'
for YOU! So if you have any
comments, suggestions for tasty new
treats or other things you'd like to
see, please let us know. You can
mention them to Mary and Cyndi in
the C&D, to any of us or drop us a note
in our box in the Orifice. The best
way we can improve our service to you
is if you let us know what you would
like or don't like. For instance,
starting this week, we have changed
our bagel supplier in response to
comments from you, our customers. We
hope you like the new bagelS.
Enough said. Have a great term,
and don't forget to say "Hi!" to Mary
and Cyndi when you visit the C&D.
Rob and Lynn
Arts Directors
Hey There! We're Lynn and Rob,
your new arts directors for the fall
term. We hope to use this column to
keep you informed of all the events
we are planning as part of the new
and improved Arts directorship. We
arc bringing back all the old fav's
(photo contest, and short story
contest), and adding a few new
events. 1 you ever want to make any
suggestion or comments, memo us in
the arts director's mailbox in the
Orifice.
You may be asking yourself, "Self,
what can the Arts directors do for
me?" Well, to start, you can
aware and informed by reading the
ENG-ARTS board outside the
Orin ' . W' will be kl'cping not; of
upcoming on crts, art exhibits, the
Princess Movie Guidl', ,lnd ' 0 on, as
well as information on aJl our cont 'sis
and evcnts. If you hav' a bulletin you
feel should be placed on tl\(' board,
submit copy of arne to our mailbox.
S cond, you can Iltcr our photo
contest or short story contest, win
valuable prizes, hav' your name
immortalized in stone, and in g 'Heral
be granted boasting rights for ever
more. If you don't win we'll have
some nice parting gifts.
Lastly, you can come out and enjoy
some of the great entertai nment w<,'1l
be providing over the term. We are
planning a classic movie pub in
POETS, a Stage BNAD concert or two,
and of course the TAL-ENG Show
ncar the end of term. If that isn't
enough give us some suggestions in our
mailbox.
Some important Dates for you to
remember:
Classic Movie Pub - Friday Oct. 25
Short Story Due Date - Oct. 21
Photo Contest Due Date - Nov. 11
Before the Germans ... there were the Romans!
avecles
RHINOS
TOGA!!!
PRE-OKCHKTOBERFEST WARUMP TOGA PARTY!
'fritlay, Septem6er 27tfiJ 8:00pm Soutfi Campus 9fa{{ (upstairs)
Ticket Price $5.00 Get 'em in your favourite Orifice!
All ages, all faculties (ID at the door).
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FALL ENGINEERING WORK TERM REPORT
ORAL PRESENTATION COMPETITION
Department Competitions will take place between Sept. 16 and Oct. 4. Winners from the departments will participate in the
Faculty Competition on the Tuesday October 8th. The winner of the Faculty competition will receive $300, while all other
participants in the Faculty competition will receive $200 dollars.
All students are invited to participate in the Department Competitions. The Oral Presentation should be based on a recent satis-
factory work term report. If you are interested in participating, please pick up an information package from Cheryl in the Orifice
and notify your department.
The Winter '91 winner was John Straube, Civil Eng. Other participanis were Janice Woods, Chern . .Eng., Naraig Manjikian,
E&C Eng., Phil Zwart, Mech. Eng.
FASS '92
John Kingdon
4A Systems Design
While you may not know it yet, a
momentous event is occurring next
term: the 30th production of FASS.
What is FASS, you ask? The
acronym stands for Faculty, Alumni,
Staff and Students, but there's a lot
more to it than that.
In the beginning, there was an
enterprising and creative group of
campus folk who realized that they
were about to go stark raving mad
from boredom during the winter. To
avoid this, they put together a
variety show of skits and other
entertainments, and called it the
FASS Night. This proved to be such
a success that it was repeated the
next year. And the next. And the
next after that. And so on.
The show has changed
considerably over the decades. First
a theme was added to link the skits
and sketches. The theme became a
plot, which in turn became a script.
Musical numbers were added, starting
with solo numbers, moving to
ensembles and choruses, and finalIy
becoming full-scale production
numbers with choreography. But alI
through this, the goals of FASS
remained the same: to provide a good
time for everyone im'olved, with the
chance to meet new people and make
new friends from across campus, and
to provide some ' home-grown
entertainment for everyone suffering
from the winter blues.
FASS now spans the entire year. At
the end of the Winter term, a theme
for the next show is chosen (the
theme for FASS '92 is Mythology>.
Then, all through the Spring and
Fall terms, the writers meet to create
the script. The Writers' Committee
(meaning anyone who comes to the
meetings) puts together an outline,
assigns scenes and vignettes to
individual writers or groups of
writers, and edits the results into_a
seamless whole. At the beginning of
the Winter term, auditions are held
and support personnel (affectionately
called 'techies') are sought out.
Rehearsals and preparation go on for
the next month, culminating in the
production in late January or early
February.
So how can you get involved?
Writers' meetings are being held
every Wednesday and Sunday night
at 7:30 pm in MC 5045. There's still
lots to be done if you want to write,
including scenes, vignettes and
production material (like, say,
newspaper articles.)
If you're around in the winter term,
look for FASS auditions and
volunteer meetings during the first
week of classes. If you want to be on
stage, and you think you can act,
dance, sing, or just stand around
looking good, come out to auditions;
we'll find a place for you, as big or as
smaIl as you want. Even if you don't
think you can do any of the above, but
still want to be on stage, come out-
there's a role for everyone, and you
may have talents you never dreamed
of. And if you play a musical
instrument, there's a place for you in
the orchestra.
If your tastes run more to backstage
activity, we need you just as much.
FASS has excellent production
standards, and lots of people are
necessary to maintain them. You can
build props, paint sets, help with
lights or sound, or be a stagehand
during performances.
Remember, though, that it's not all
work. Besides- producing the show,
FASS is aimed at ~ v i n g fun. From
the traditional post-writers' meeting
gatherings at the Second Cup to the
legendary Strike Party following the
last performance, FASS people are
dedicated to having as good a time as
possible while getting ready for the
production.
And finally, if you don't think that
participating in FASS is your cup of
tea, don't forget that every show
needs an audience. If you haven't
seen a FASS show before, you owe
yourself the experience.
Classes back up to speed ...
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Youth Building the Future ATTENTION '92 GRADS!
Andrew Pape
2B Systems Design
Youth Building the Future started
in 1987 in Melbourne, Australia at the
Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology. Since then, it has held
yearly conferences in Waterloo
(surprise!), Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Cairo, Egypt, and most recently in
Oslo, Norway. The head office
shifts each year to the country and
University where the previous
year's conference was held. Also,
quarterly newsletters are published.
Waterloo has sent three delegates
each year to the international
conferences, and has recently started
to sponsor students from developing
countries to go as well. We helped a
Peruvian delegate with travel
expenses to Oslo, and will be
sponsoring three non-Canadian
students next year. Fundraising is of
primary concern to many YBF
chapters along with the promotion of
some of the principles within the
YBF charter that outlines many of
the fundamental goals of the
organization.
Sign up A.S.A.P. for your yearbook and
composite photos in the Orifice.
Youth Building the Future (YBP) is
an international network of youth of
different backgrounds working
towards increasing global
communica tion, cooperation,
understanding, and awareness. Along
with those fundamental goals, YBF is
concerned with such global issues as
the preservation of the Earth's
environment, human (especially
children) and cultural rights, a
human centered economic order, world
peace, the responsible use of science
and technology in society, an honest
and impartial global media, and
others.
Sitting Fee: $17.00
th
Last Photo Date: Monday, September 30
Three Waterloo students attended
the fifth annual YBF International
conference in Oslo, Norway this
summer, whose theme was Human
Rights with sub-categories of
cultural, children'S and
environmental rights. The students
were Marion Black (Spanish, Latin
American Studies), Caroline Guirguis
(MA - Economics), and myself
(Systems Design Eng., lnt. Studies).
The conference was attended by over
100 people from 38 countries around
the world.
(7The responsible use of science
and technology in society ... .:)
This was a fantastic environment
for learning, discussion, and for
making great friends. The structure of
the conference consisted of keynote
speakers, small workshops discussing
topicS related to human rights,
plenary discussions after workshops,
daily write-ups in the "YBF Today"
publication, social activities, and a
speaker's comer on the last day that
allowed delegates to speak about
areas of personal interest.
Later this term, we will be
selecting delegates to attend the
sixth annual conference in
Sverdlovsk, USSR, in August, 1992.
Sverdlovsk is in the Ural mountains,
on the Asian side of the USSR.
Check out future editions of the Iron
Warrior for information on the
selection procedure for the Soviet
conference.
The Oslo conference focused each
day on a particular theme related to
Human Rights, including
environmental rights, cultural rights,
and children's rights. One of the
cultural rights workshops focused on
the question,
"Is the establishment of new nation
states the answer and most realistic
solution for cultural groups fighting
for freedom and independence?"
In simple words, should a distinct
cultural group form its own country to
achieve full cultural rights,
independence and freedom? The
workshop had delegates from
Bangladesh, Canada, Egypt,
Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Peru,
U.S.S.R., and Zaire. What a
dynamic bunch!
The workshop quickly focused on
the issue of Lithuanian independence
from the Soviet Union, a very timely
issue, especially with the
participation of a Soviet and a
Lithuanian in the workshop. The
Lithuanian delegate truly believed
that there were no advantages (yet
many losses) for his nation within
the framework of the USSR, despite
the suggestions from all the other
delegates about potential f u t u ~
economic advantages, and the focus In
Western of Europe of unification
rather than secession.
During the discussion mention was
also made of the dilemma in Canada
concerning Quebecqois cultural rights,
and Aboriginal rights and self
determination. As well, the
Egyptian delegate expressed her
viewpoints on Palestinian autonomy
within (or outside of) Israel. A
consensus was very difficult to reach
in the workshop. Some believed that
cultural rights of a distinct group
cannot be maintained by forming a
separate country because of the strong
influence of the global media,
It was d dark and stormy night, sometime last week about Tuesday shortly
after "Night-Court" and I was sitt ing alone waiting to return a phone call
that I had received sometime later that day. Realizing that I could not
possibly have received a phone call later that day since it wasn't yet then.
I decided instead to call for a pizza. But I wasn't hungry. So I didn't.
Besides, I was in the mood for Borscht. Hindsight being what it was. I had
already called for it earlier that day. In fact I had already eaten it about
an hour and a half ago. Indigestion strikes again. Boy do I have to take ~
crap. Anyways, the phone rang. It was that guy in my backyard who has been
grazing on my long grass. He said he couldn't talk, he was busy. So he hung
up. The instant I returned his portable to my cradlt, the phone rang anon. ~
answered it, but it was for my neighbour. It was a sexy voice of a blond 36- "
24-36 that I could hear. What would a woman like this be doing calling my
neighbour. It could be the fact that he has a Roto-Tiller. A kind of green
one, like the green you get when a dog pees on a red fire hydrant. Anyway,
the brunette was making passes at me, tantalizing me with Borscht recipes,
and talking about the Xavier Roberts' cookbook. I realized that I was no
longer hungry so I said good-bye to this stunning red-head and called a buddy
of mine, Fred. He wasn't over so he didn't respond. I called louder but he
still wouldn't come.
By this time the stench of Naphthalene was getting the better of me so I got
out of the closet. It was dark in there and the reception on my sister's best
friend's second cousin's mother-in-law's neighbour's portable phone wasn't
very good. Fred should have taken the phone with him when he left next week
anyways. Hypocrite! A half inch later, a package for my neighbour arrived.
Actually, it was the paper boy, the mailman found him under the front porch.
He was always such a nice boy. It was a shame his sister got AIDS from that
homosexual-druggie-boy-friend of hers, Tim. I never did like the mailman
anyways. But, you know, missionary, doggie-style, it's all the same. Even
though I'm kinda partial to borscht and little children I wasn't hungry and
besides I couldn't figure out how that little shit got under my porch. I
didn't put him there an hour from now.
western culture, the international
economic order, and a recent focus on
global unification. Others (the
Lithuanian) believed the creation of
a separate nation-state to be vital for
a particular cultural group interested
in autonomy and maintenance of their
cultural identity.
r
The most powerful and influential
youth in the communities.:.
Throughout the conference, all of
our viewpoints were challenged, and
we were able to link up with some of
the most powerful and influential
youth in the communities where YBF
operates, but most importantly, we
were able to overcome cultural,
language, racial, and gender
differences and look at several global
issues on an equal level. Please
contact Andrew at 884-1444 if you
have any questions or are interested
in YBF.
YBF Meeting
Wednesday October 2
12:30 pm
CC 138
- report on Oslo conference
- information on USSR conference
- organization of a coffee house
event this fall
Uruverslty or Waterlon
Faculty of Enlllc .. rtng Ucdergraduate Office!
Faculty E:cchauge Office
International Exchange
Programs in Engineering
Meet UW students who have been there
CPH Foyer, outside POETS
12 noon 2 pm
Monday, 30 Sept 1991
to
Friday, 4 Oct 1991
A different country every day!
Monday: England" Northem Ireland
Tuesday: France I: Switzerland
WednHday: Germany 4: Ukraine
Thursday: Japan 4: Koru
Friday: Au.atraIia
..........
Information will aIJo be available
.:30 pm 5:30 pm
every day for the Country of the Day in
CPH1320B (EnciDeering UndeJ'll"lduate Office area)
. ........ .
If you bave any questions. please see
Cindy Howe. Fac:ulty Exchange Office.
CPH1320E (EnciDeering Undergraduate Office)
Fri. Sept. 27, 1991
Iron Warrior page 13
News .. (From the national desk)
Kiwanis Club of Waterloo North
Presents
UW News Bureau
What's going to happen to
Canada? That's the question to be
pondered at a series of public lectures
scheduled at the University of
Waterloo later this month and next.
Prof. David Bercuson, a historian
at the University of Calgary, leads
off Sept. 26 with a talk on
"Deconfederation: Canada without
Quebec." The lecture, named after
his controversial book, was held at 8
p.m. in the Humanities Theatre.
ONE SKY, ONE WORLD
International Kite Fly for Peace
Professional Design Contest!
Date: Sunday, October 13, 1991
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Place: Bechtel Park (Bridge and University)
Bercuson believes Canada would be
better off without Quebec, says Prof.
David Wilton, of UW's economics
department and an organizer of the
lecture series. "He's quite passionate
about this view."
Sponsored by UW's departments of
economics, history and political
science, the series continues Oct. 10
and Oct 17 with four additional
speakers, all beginning at 8 p.m. in
the Humanities Theatre.
Are You a 3 rd or 4 th Year Math, Science or Engineering
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This Ain't No Cowtown
By Belinda Elysee-Collen
4ACHEM
Last fall was my first work term in
Calgary. Within a week of arriving,
I couldn't understand why Waterloo
students weren't killing each other to
get out here for a work term. It is most
likely (based on my limited
experience) the best place a student
can be. This past summer I was one of
two Watpub directors in Calgary. My
co-director, ED, and I soon found out
that being a Watpub director was a
great way to enjoy the city.
Calgary's best feature, in my
opinion, is the huge number of summer
and co-op students from all across
Canada who flock to the city for
employment. Generally, the people
who venture this far away from home
are fairly independent and very keen
to meet people and make the most of
their time in Western Canada. The
Watpubs in Calgary become 'Co-op
student Pubs'. All students working in
Calgary from all universities are
invited out to the Pubs which are
held every Thursday night. There is
a recorded phone message that
everyone can call to find out where
the next Watpub will be. As Watpub
directors, ED and I took the time to
make professional, pleasing-to-the-
aural-senses messages complete with
musical accompaniment during the
beginning of the summer. We quickly
regressed however, and by the end we
had ED's roommates throwing
something together for us every week.
We spread the initial word about
Watpubs to at least one person at the
companies who hire large amounts of
students. The rest of the people found
out about the pubs through word of
mouth. By the end of the summer
there were about 150 people on the
Official Watpub phone list. We had
about 30 die-hard Watpubers who
r
" 1 SO people on the official
WatPub list"
showed up almost every week. As a
result, Waterloo students were given
the opportunity to meet students from
Memorial University in
Newfoundland to the University of
Victoria on Vancouver Island, and
everywhere in between.
',-
Watpubs were not the only events
however. Several other social events
were put on, either by ED and me, or
by other groups of students who had
become involved in the organization
of the large group. We held a picnic
and football, frisbee, etc. day at one
" ... complete with
chuckwagon buffet."
of the riverside parks. The U of A
engineers organized a scavenger hunt
for the students (l understand it was
small even compared to the one we
put on for the Frosh, but the effort
was nevertheless appreciated and
everyone had a fun time). We had a
special Stampede Watpub, complete
with chuckwagon buffet. Several
students organized a couple of white
water rafting trips, camping trips and
roads trips into B.C. Some even got as
far as Vancouver. We got involved
with a few events and trips organized
by Calgary tour groups. A few
Waterloo students may remember the
o ~ s e Boating Trip on Schuswap
Lake, B.C., although so much alcohol
was consumed during that weekend
that maybe they don't. And then
there was the Stampede Pub Crawl, 6
bars in six hours and lots of fun and
singing in the bus in between.
Calgary offers just about
everything a student could possibly
want. There are sports for every
season. The mountains and Banff
National Park are only 1 1/2 hours
away. The lesser known and lesser
visited surrounding National Parks
(Kootenay, Glacier, Revelstoke,
Jasper) are no less beautiful and are
also within day trip distance. In the
summer we spent every weekend
hiking, mountain biking, camping,
backpacking, white water rafting,
and countless other outdoor
activities. We even spent the first
three weekends in May, you guessed
it, downhill skiing! We thought that
was pretty amazing, until Sunshine
Village opened on July 1st and we
spent Canada Day on the slopes as
well.
The city of Calgary is well set up to
cater to its highly athletic
population. There are kilometres and
kilometres of bike paths, which
have turned into bike/rollerblading
paths in recent years. Calgary
probably has the most lunchtime
downtown joggers of any Canadian
city, without danger of suffocation
from industrial pollution or fumes
from nearby highways. Calgary was
blessed with the 1988 Olympics, and
the world-class facilities to go with
such an event. As a result the
University of Calgary has some of
the best athletic facilities in
Canada. U of C boasts the Olympic
Oval, a rock climbing wall, a great
weight room with an indoor running
track (although the pathway along
the river in Calgary is so pretty,
running inside is just plain dumb), two
indoor hOCkey rinks, more squash
courts than Waterloo would know
what to do with, an Olympic size
pool, and so much more. Their
Outdoor Education Centre is simply
astounding. They rent everything you
can think of from wetsuits to sleeping
,-
" The golden Garter Saloon ... "
bags t.o tents to rock climbing
equipment to canoes. Their prices are
also extremely reasonable.
Calgary is an active city year
round, and not just during the summer.
The fall still offers hiking and
mountain biking, at least until it
starts snowing. Then there are so
many local ski hills and ones within
weekend trip distance that it is easy
to ski every weekend until May
without getting bored (as long as you
can still afford it, I guess). It does get
quite cold at times during the winter
though. The Calgary athletes then
retire to their oil-company sponsored
health clubs.
The Arts in Calgary are limited,
but getting better. They do have a
Symphony and an Arts centre with
two theatres for plays, operas etc.
Rush seats are available 5 minutes
before performances for only $5. This
was a popular price for students.
There are many festivals held
throughout the year in the city.
Many local, bars have live bands and
Calgary's Saddledome attracts
world-class entertainers.
It is worth the trip out to Calgary
even if it is only for the Calgary
Stampede. It is a week and a half of
Frosh-week-type-fun times 5. The
city undergoes a complete
transformation. The population of
the city quadruples, and everyone is
out in the street all day long (and
sometimes into the night). Free
pancake breakfasts are offered by
local community groups, shopping
malls and of course oil companies .
Every bar turns into a country bar
with a live band (which really isn't
as bad as it sounds!) and every
restaurant serves chili and sourdough
bread. There are Western dance
Fri. Sept. 27, 1991
lessons offered in most bars, so you can
two-step the night away with the
best of them. Everyone in the city
puts on their western wear, and
whoever is caught without at least a
pair of jeans on is seriously harassed.
I made the mistake of wearing shorts
to work one day during Stampede, I
never heard the end of it. I worked
for an oil company, and the suppliers
of drilling and completions equipment
and tools did not miss the opportunity
to supply my department with free
lunches and breakfasts, almost every
day. A few of the hotels in Calgary
turn their ballrooms into huge bar-
type places which can hold hundreds
of people and are ridiculously
expensive, but are lined up by 4 p.m.
every day. A few notables are the
Golden Garter Saloon in the Westin
Hotel, the Silver Slipper Saloon in
the Sheraton Hotel, and the
Paralyser Saloon in the Palliser
Hotel. These are definitely worth
checking out. At the end I was so
Stampeded-out, I was glad that it
was over. By the way, I heard that
during the week there was some sort
of rodeo, chuckwagon races and
exhibits going on as well.
So by now you must be asking, what
about the jobs? In that way Calgary
is just like any other city. Some jobs
are good and some are not so good. If
you do plan on working for an oil
company in Calgary, you should know
that they prefer to send you out to a
field position to get some experience
before you can get a job in their head
office in Calgary. Field positions
range from far-from-civilization to
very-far-from-civiIization. It really
depends on the person and the
location and the job whether you will
enjoy these necessary four months or
not. There are several
telecommunications companies and a
few pipeline companies who do not
have field offices and may offer you
a c". 'ob right away. You also have
to reme. ,ber that an office job is not
for everyone, either. It may take a bit
more effort to try and get a job in
Western Canada, but the whole point
of co-op is to get away and to meet
new people and to try new things. So
get out there and take advantage of
your$350!
Fri. Sept. 27, 1991
Iron Warrior
page 17
Recycling
Engineering Society is the only
faculty on campus which operates a
recycling program without the aid of
their faculty administration. To do
so, much time is spent by several
environmentally conscious
individuals in the collection and
sorting of recyclable material; not to
mention the set up of the collection
system. This article will summarize
the materials which Engineering
Society currently stores and the new
collection methods. Only wi th the
help of everybody will our program
continue to be the success that it is.
With all students and faculty doing
their part, our system will be much
more effective and end-of-the-week
collection will be eased.
On Wednesday, September 17,
every building on campus was
integrated into a new entity known as
'UW Recycles'. Collection of
recycling material now takes place on
Wednesdays. This means rlesses
should deposit their materia! in the
new Engineering Lecture Hall area on
Tuesday.
What can be recycied?
- Pop, juice and other metal cans are
all collected together. Please empty
out the ENTIRE contents of the cans
before throwing them into standup
bins.
- Clear glass and coloured glass.
Please separate into appropriate
containers and don't break the glass!
Bottle lids do not need to be removed.
- Cardboard such as that used for
pizza boxes, please clean ou t and
flatten the boxes (cardboard used for
cereal and shoe boxes is not
acceptable) .
- Fine white paper (computer
printouts) can be deposited in the
white recycling bins found in the
computer rooms.
- Other white paper, such as that
used for exams and photocopies can be
thrown into the large bin located in
the E2 Recycling Depot (next to the
Copy Centre)
- Newspapers can also be deposited in
the E2 Depot
- In addition, 2 litre soft drink
containers will also be picked up by
the new collection company
Classroom blue boxes are being re-
introduced this week. If your
classroom or area needs one, go to the
Orifice to sign one out. There are a
limited number for the time being so
hurry. It will be the duty of one
person to empty these boxes every
Tuesday, or by taking them to the EL
centre or the E2 Depot when needed.
Remember, if your townhouse or
residence is not serviced by City of
Waterloo recycling, bring your
material to the University and
deposit it into the classroom blue
boxes or directly into the collection
centres. A new Waterloo by-law
introduced in April has made it
illegal to put cardboard into regular
garbage. If all students would use the
same discretion with cans, glass and
newspapers, recycling would take on
a whole new dimension. I'm sure that
our storage bins would be overflowing
every week with such increased
awareness and UW Recycles will be
even more efficien t.
Please note that no flammable
material (newspapers and cardboard)
can be left in the hallways due to fire
code violations. As well, containers
left in the hallways must not block
the walking paths. For these
reasons, the majority of the blue
standup containers from the CPH
foyer were removed.
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Watch the hall outside the
Orifice for the new International
Exchange News bulleting board.
Look for exchange information,
international coop info, and other
transcendental thoughts.
Interested in going on an exchange?
Next week (Mon. 30 to Fri. 4) is
International Exchange Week!
Every day from 12-2pm you'll be
able to talk with UW students just
back from a number of countries-a
different country every day! See
the orange posters in CPH for each
day's country, or come out to all of
'em!
Any exchange students currently on
campus, or any Canadians who
went abroad who want to talk
about the Exchange Experience,
please feci free to show up at
those times to share your stories.
Watch for The International
Pub ... coming soon to a POETS near
you.
"Okay, wait .... wait .... this is the
coo/est...whaddaya say we have
everybody dress up?! This is gonna
be sooo cool!" So, you heard the
Putz: cool people will dress as
their favourite international
student (be creative!), and the
others may just have to pay a
nominal fee to get in ... say a buck or
so ...
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Fri. Sept. 27, 1991
At the pub, you'll be able to meet
all the wonderful people in The
Exchange Group Photo (it's
probably somewhere on this page,
depending on where those IW guys
put it), and chat with them about
what they think about Waterloo
and Canada. Better yet, this'll be
your change to get the real scoop on
what their countries ' and schools
are like. All you people out there
interested in exchanges will not
want to miss this one ...
Exchange students: Please do us a
favour and leave us a note with
your phone number and WA TST AR
account address on 11, so we can ten
you about anything going on. You
can mail this info to
RBGORBET@ELECTRICAL or
}SINGER@ELECTRICAL.
Any exchange students who have .
student newspapers on their
campuses, please let us know how
to get in touch with the editors.
Anyone with any questions about
exchanges, how to survive abroad,
or how to survive here, you can
reach us by leaving a note in our
box in the Orifice (try to remember
to leave a name, and say, a phone
number with your note).
Rob & Joel
Exchange Directors
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Welcollles Foreign
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University of Leeds; Leeds, England
University of Hull; Hull, England
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UK
Universite de Technologie de Compiegne; Compiegne, France
Technische Universitat Braunschweig; Braunschweig, Germany
Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg; Hamburg, Germany
UniversWit Karlsruhe; Karlsruhe, Germany
TUS
UGP
TU
Technische Universitat Stuttgart; Stuttgart, Germany
Universitat Gesamthochschule Paderborn; Paderborn, Germany
Tottori Daigaku; Tottori, Japan
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POSTECH
Dnipropetrovsk Institutions; Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Pohang Institute of Science and Technology; Pohang, South Korea
1. Rob Gorbet (UW) 19. Frank Bargel (TUHH)
2. Jonathan Lee (UW) 20. Martin Hotzel (TUHH)
3. Joel Singer (UW) 21. C. Winkelmann (TUBS)
4. Isabelle Gauthier (UTC) 22. Ulrich Mayer (US)
5. Eunjoo Jang (POSTECH) 23. David Furey (UTC)
6. Sandrine Lecoq (UTC) 24. Pierre Demeestere (UTC)
7. Ralf Thoben (TUBS) 25. Gerald Roche (UTC)
8. Christian Frank (TUBS) 26. Martin Heuser (UK)
9. Dirk Schlums (TUBS) 27. Roland Kral (TUHH)
10. David Palmer (UL) 28. Christian Boitel (UTC)
11. Eric O'Grady (UL) 29. Thierry Duchatelle (UTC)
12. Ulrich K6pcke (TUHH) 30. Jean-Marc Faucillon (UTC)
13. Gernot DoHner (TUBS) 31. Dirk Ruschmeier (TUBS)
14. Stephan Bayer (TUBS) 32. Uwe Ladra (TUBS)
15. Mathias Luber (UK) 33. Ralf Gunter (TUBS)
16. Kazuo Uezumi n:U) 34. Bodo Voss (TUHH)
17. Tomoo Aoki (TV) 35. ??????????
18. Olivier Clair (UTC) 36. Thorsten Schaffer (TUBS)
Absent: Ivan Logan, William Reid (UH); Yolande Scherg (PARIS);
Hildegard Scharmann, Susanne Schroter, Ina Terstiege (UGP); Alisa
Shkuro (DI)
FREE LEGAL CLINIC
Thursday, October 10, 1991
3PM- 6PM
WRCI Main Office
Clayfield Building, Block 2
268 Phillip Street
Fri. Sept. 27/ 199] page 19
ERNIE
IT!
WORDS OF PA1\ENC
UnWant Ads
Have you ever had a terrible work CONS: no flexible hours, no
term and wondered if thee has ever job responsibility, not enough work for
been someone else in your situation? the student to perform, overall bad
have you ever wondered if there environment
could have been some way to
circumvent the whole episode? Have A second evaluation h(15 the
you ever had an amazing work term following:
that you would recommend to another
student.
If you have answered "YES" to any
PROS: good co-workers, really good
project, a lot of responsibility given
CONS: no chance for of the above questions, the
UNWANTADS are for you! !! The overtime
UNWANTADS are evaluations of
work terms held by prior co-op
students. The students have given
their Opinions on the word
environment, the quality of the job,
pay, any unpleasant factors and on a
variety of other topics.
For example, imagine that you are
interested in working at company X
since they have a good job description
in the Want-Ads. You want to know
if there have been any students
previously placed at the company,
and how they found their work term
experience. You decide to wander
down and check au t the
UNWANTADS. You find the file
labelled "COMPANY X" and open it
up. To your surprise, there have been
a plethora of students who have
worked here even though you have
never heard of the place. As you
thumb through the ads, you .notice
that there seems to be a wide range of
opinions. For instance, one evaluation
has the following comments:
PROS: can't think of any
You wonder why there is such a
large discrepancy in the two
evaluations. As you examine them
more closely, you discover that the
students have worked for entirely
different departments in the
company. Upon examining further
evaluations, you find that students
that word for Department A
consistently gave the company a poor
evaluation, but the students wording
for Department B have given the
company a good reco.mmendation.
armed with this knowledge, you can
now enter an interview with the
appropriate questions to ask. You can
find ou t exact! y what department
needs a co-op student and be able to
reject or accept the job based on the
answer given.
Where are these UNWANTADS,
you may ask. They are located in a
filing cabinet in the ORIFICE (beside
the photocopiers) and are available
at any time the ORIFICE is opcn.
Come in and look ... you can prevent a
bad situation.

CUSTOM ORDER YOUR
UNIVERSITY JACKET!
"We make it just for you!" ... R. Vogt
LEATHER
JACKET DAY
October 29
th
& 30
th
1 0:00am to 4:00pm
ON\.. .t"
CAMPUS SHOP
Downstairs in the Campus Centre
$315.00 includes:
front crest
back lettering - "Universityof Waterloo" or "Your Faculty"
all sleeve cresting - Grad year & faculty
choice of men's or ladies' fit
choice of collar - mandarin or self collar
choice of letter style - Single felt or double felt
choice of colours - black. gold, navy. maroon, forest green
other o"tJons available
PSST: Bring in this ad to receive your
when you purchase your jacket.
Free
6weatshirt
Davis Copy Centre
now open evenings and Saturdays
Use,the ON CAMPUS
Photocopying, Bindery and Typesetting facilities
Cash Copy Centre Locations
Engineering - E2 2353
Math and Computer - Me 5182
Both Libraries - LIB 218 and DC 1501
PLUS colour copying in Dana Porter Library - LIB 218
. .
Photocopying
We serve at 7 per copy (plus PST),
discount on volume copying. Collating,
stapling and a variety of paper colours
avai lable at no extra cost (see the list of
locations below)
Self serve copying at 10 per copy
(available in the libraries and various
locations on campus)
Venda card copiers at 6 per copy are
located in the Dana Porter and
Davis Centre Libraries
Plastic Ring Binding
Same day service available at Graphic
Services, hours 8:00 am-4:30 prn
Copy Centre Locations
Dana Porter Library - LIB 218, ext. 2956
Math Centre - MC 5182, ext. 2335
Engineering - E2 2353, ext. 2334
Arts Centre - HH 370, ext. 2336
Davis Centre Library - DC 1501 , ext. 3878
High Resolution Typesetting
For high quality output try our Linotronic
300 Imagesetter (1270 dpi) or our
VT600W Laser Printer (600 dpi).
We can typeset any computer file in
PostScript format from a
Mac diskette
5.25 inch PC diskette (low density only)
3.5 inch PC diskette
SCRIPT on CMS
TROFF on UNIX.
We can translate your PC file to our Mac
and format into brochures, books, reports
and flyers, etc.
For more information about typesetting
located in GSC, call ext. 6324 or 5169.
Offset Printing
Graphic Services, hours 8:00 am-4:30 pm
General information, call ext. 3451.
Graphic Services
General Services Complex