Andy Chan

Editor-in-Chief
S
itting around the kitchen table and
chatting with my friends at four
o'clock on a Tuesday morning is
not exactly what I had been planning to
do. Fortunately my friends help keep
me sane, reciting lines from 'The Simp-
sons' has always had a therapeutic
effect. The familiar growlings of acade-
mic doom and gloom of "Oh my god,
I'm gonna fail," is always better when
tempered with soothing 'Simp sons'
flash-backs. " .. .feels like I'm wasting a
fortune just standing here .. . "
It's the time of the year again where
many of us think about who we are, what
we are doing, and where everyone is head-
ing. Stress is high and tension is in the air,
and you can smell it too, just walk down
the hall from the GAFF to the Civil Com-
puter room and you'll know what I mean.
Assignments, projects, and lab work sneak
up behind you. The jobs situation stinks,
finals are a few short weeks away and
you've come to the realization that you
haven't done any work in your courses
past the mid-term. In other words, I've
had a lot of things going on lately and I'm
close to being burnt out. Yeah, yeah, I
know cry me a river right? You try to come
up with an informed opinion/ editorial
piece in one night.
Maclean's Universities
Ranking '95
The recent Maclean's Universities Rank-
ing '95.issue placed Waterloo third, down
from first, under its Comprehensive Uni-
versities section (but we're still #1 for repu-
tation). While I still think that the entire
concept of rating universities such as
Waterloo against others is a waste of time,
it still has an impact on the minds of future
&ash who are deciding which universities
they should apply to. In a time of budget
cuts and staff reductions, the inevitable
early-retirement option will surface and
eligible professors at this and other univer-
sities will hkely retire en-masse. With less
professors and no more money to pay for
replacement professors, courses which sur-
vive the cuts will more than likely be
taught by graduate students (especially for
first and second -year courses). The school's
reputation level goes down, the level of
education and the continuity of teaching
will invariably suffer. So smaller, more per-
sonal universities who can offer relatively
the same product at the same price will
attract more students over the larger uni-
versities who cram 200 students in for a
third year class where everyone is just a
number. It's just a matter of customer ser-
vice these days. The schools who can offer
the student the best bang for the buck will
fare better. On a much more serious note:

Remembering ...
Why do we mark the eleventh hour of
the eleventh day of the eleventh month?
Lest we Forget
In the strictest sense, Remembrance Day is
a day to mark the end of hostilities of
World War I in 1918 and World War II in
1945. But Remembrance Day is much
more than that, it is a day; of reflection
upon the violence we have inflicted upon
the world by the many wars of this centu-
ry; to remember the people who died as
their countries were invaded; to remember
the people who died liberating those coun-
tries in their efforts to preserve peace and
democracy around the world. Remem-
brance Day is also meant to remind us to
never again allow such atrodties and hor-
rors of war to ha ppen and to act according-
ly.
dents studying at l'Ecole Polytechnique.
On August 25th, 1 r:1l2, at Concordia Uni-
versity, Valerie Fabrikant, a Mechanical
Engineering Professor (with dubious
accreditations), was frustrated at his own
department and at his status as a professor
there. Fabrikant shot at some of his fellow
faculty members within the offices of the
department.
On January 1, 1993, here at the Universi-
ty of Waterloo, David Zaharchuk was
found dead in the hallway outside Room
1535 in Engineering 1 at about 3 in the
morning. Zaharchuk, 34, was a Chemical
Engineering graduate student working
hard that night on finishing the final stages
of his PhD thesis. He was discovered by a
patrol investigating a broken window,
beaten to death with a blunt object. A
third-year Chemical Engineering student,
Kris Eric Warkentin, was arrested and
charged with second degree murder.
From all accounts, Warkentin was well-
liked, happy, out-going, from a good. fami-
ly, and doing well in his studies. After his
arrest, the married Warkentin indicated
that he had domestic problems, and on
that night, Warkentin, possibly after a
domestic dispute and under the influence
of alcohol, decided to use the computer
facilities at the University. He discovered
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that his account was no longer active since
he was now on work term, and left the
computer lab. What followed is specula-
tion but, the simple case was that
Zaharchuk surprised Warkentin after
Zaharchuk decided to investigate some
noises coming from a room next to his lab.
Zaharchuk was simply in the wrong place
at the wrong time.
It seemed that in a only a few years,
engineering was rocked with these
tragedies, and the attention that engineer-
ing was getting was not positive. The
Montreal Massacre was the first in what
seemed to be a rash of engineering-related
atrocities. Students now in first year and
second year studies in engineering schools
across Canada would likely be hard
pressed to have heard of all these
tragedies. That is why it is important that
we remember the victims of these atroci-
ties. We cannot allow these catastrophes to
fade from memory. lest we watch them
befall us again. At the very least reflect on
and discuss violence, violence against
women, its victims, and its consequences.
''Those who forget history are doomed
to repeat it."
-George Santayana
As the years go on there are fewer pe0-
ple who experienced these wars first-hand,
especially WWII, and who can recall their
tales to the current generation and impress
upon them the seriousness of these events.
Some people may still have a grandparent
kicking around who was a willing/unwill-
ing participant of WWII, but the fact is that
for most of us, only books, movies and
monuments remain to chronicle these
times. Soon, the two world wars will hold
no direct connection to the emerging gen-
erations. Remembering these events had
become a society ritual - a ritual which
seems to be losing importance in the public
eye. But it seems that we have already for-
gotten the lessons we should have learned
from WWII. Witness the cases of Rwanda
and Bosnia, where genocides occurred in
these countries while the world just
watched and gave a disapproving look.
Many people may have been concerned or
even tried to help through relief efforts.
Many more still thought little of it. The
violence perpetrated against an entire eth-
nic group may not affect impartial
observers immediately or directly but
silence can be taken as acknowledgment or
acceptance, which can be more harmful.
Take some time to reflect on your views
towards violencc, and how it affects its vic-
tims and how it will affect you.
Letter to the Editor
Not Forgotten ...
On a more local and more recent realm
of remembrance, we should take some
time to reflect on the some of the violence
that engineering has experienced over the
last five years.
In Montreal, two incidents within three
years of each other turned the national
spotlight on engineering and the violence
that affected it. On Thursday, December
6th, 1989, at l'Ecole Polytechnique, Marc
Lepine walked into its halls canyi.ng a rifle
and started a shooting spree which ended
in the deaths of 14 women and injuring 13
others before turning the gun on himself.
Lepine had wanted to study engineering
at l'Ecole Polytechnique but wasn't accept-
ed at the school. Somehow, Lepine
blamed this rejection on women in engi-
neering and sought to make this blame
known. There was no connection between
the victims and Lepine other than the fact
that they were female engineering stu-
Zero Tolerance
for Foolishness
DearlW,
"What we have here is a failure
to communicate!"
The failure in this case is on the
receiving end. In the last issue of the IW
an individual wrote an article conveying
his distaste for the "Girts Kick Ass'" T-
shirts. His rationalization of this dislike
was that this statement is somehow
disaiminatory and hence wrong. This
person's, and perhaps others', problem is
not with the statement, but with them-
selves.
Disaimination, or "gain playing on
others" as the au1hor desaibed it
requires two things one person or group
AGAINST another and an action,
decision or restriction by the first against
the second. It takes two to tango and
two to have disaimination (unless you
disaiminate against yourself, but lers not
walk that path). The author's examples
all illustrate this point:
"Males get better jobs'" - One group,
males, implying they somehow receive
or deserve employment which is better, a
value statement implying some criteria,
than another group (probably females &
hermaphrodites) receive.
"Orientals are smarter'" - The group,
orientals, are according to someone's
evaluation of intelligence, better than
non-orientals.
The list goes on, but as one can see,
these statement are sexist/racist
because they compare one group
against another with a value statement.
Being DIFFERENT is not a value
statement, but being BETTER is. Even
so, none of this constitutes disaimination,
but it may induce what they call a "hostile
environmenf'. In this way, some of the
above suggested t-shirt statements might
be violating the university's Zero Toler-
ance policy.
If I wear a T-shirt saying: "I'm GREAr.
Am I being discriminatory, negative, or
bashing anybody. Am I creating a hostile
environment for someone? It might be
arrogant, but ifs not offensive. A shirt
saying "MY GROUP IS GREAr is not
even personally arrogant, it is proud.
Those who do take offense at someone
declaring their greatness are usually
those intimidated or insecure in them-
selves. Some people are like this, but
their insecurity does not justify restricting
others, merely a need for psychiatry.
If person A is a happy, confident
person, does it mean that they should
hide their smile and pretend fear
because those who frown are envious or
hateful. A positive declaration without
comparing oneself to others is not
inappropriate, disaiminatory or even
politically incorrect. The wortd would be a
better place if more people could say,
'We're all grear'.
The fact that some people wish to
assert their greatness in a rather
rambunctious statement with an engi-
neering logo on the back simply declares
their own confidence in themselves and
their pride at being associated with
engineering. Every time one wears a
UW, Engineering or sports team shirt you
are displaying a similar pride.
If you can't take someone being proud
of themselves, perhaps it is you who
needs a new T-shirt.
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Amy McCleverty
CCES '96 Co-Chair
4A Systems (Sydestlc)
R
om October 26 to 29, I attended the National
Association of Engineering Student Councils
(NAESC) National Conference (Texas Leader-
ship Exchange) in Austin, Texas. The Canadian del-
egation was made up of 13 Engineering students
from such fine institutions as:
University of Prince Edward Island;
Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS);
University of New Brunswick;
M<.Cill University;
University of Toronto;
University of Waterloo;
University of Manitoba;
University of Alberta; and
University of Victoria.
The maximum delegation size per university was IS,
and there were approximately 420 delegates. Although
our delegation represented a small portion of the atten-
dees, our presence was definitely felt - by the end of the
conference, more than a few Americans were left shak-
ing their heads and saying "those crazy Canadians".
The conference itself was quite an experience, and I
want to take this time to tell y' all about it.
The weekend (Thursday to Sunday) was broken
down as follows:
Pathfinder session - Set goals for week
Smart Shops - Workshops facilitated by industry.
Very interactive and infonnative
X-cltange forums - Small (20 or less) discussions on
various topics such as spirit, teamwork, continuity,
Eng Week, corporate relations. The main goal of
these was to exchange ideas with other councils
Council Presentations - A chance for a few (5 or 6)
schools to make presentations about successful
programs such as a Career Fair, Engineering Week
or Corporate Relations
Taking it home - An opportunity to review goals set
at the beginning of the conference and decide on
how to implement what's been learned
Along with these informative and entertaining
events, there was an opening and closing banquet
which included thought-provoking opening and clos-
ing keynote addresses. There was also the unforget-
table "Physics Circus" on Saturday: an incredible
physics show which included having an audience
member lie on a bed. of nails, have a concrete block
placed on his stomach, and then smashed into pieces
with a sledgehammer! The guy who ran this session
has performed his show in many places across the
States, and has even been on Late Night with whatshis-
name; so you can probably imagine what the quality of
the presentation was like!
There were also various social events including a pub
crawl along Austin's infamous 6th street, as well as a
real, live, honest-to-goodness Ranch party: hay rides,
bonfire, kegs and all
At CCffi '95 in Fred.ricton earlier this year, an agree-
ment was signed between the CFES and the NAffiC to
strengthen ties between the two organizations. At that
time, the agreement was ratified by the Canadian
schools, and all that was needed was similar ratification
at the American National Conference in October. At
the conference in Texas, it was unanimously accepted..
As future leaders of these two countries, its exciting to
know that the members of the two groups can work in
such hannony together, while still preserving their own
unique identities.
Attending this conference was an excellent opportu-
nity to see how other people run a conference similar to
the one so near and dear to my heart (CCES you silly!),
and I brought home a lot of ideas for our Organizing
Committee that we're trying our best to implement.
The true test will come in January, when the NAESC
sends their delegation to Waterloo - will we impress
them with our conference as much as they did with
theirs? .
You Bet!!
p.s. Only 43 days to go ...
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Message from the Dean's Desk
E
hink you all know that the Provin-
cial Government is proposing to
e a substantial cut to the budget
for Universities & Colleges. Although
the details will not be released by the
Government until late November, we
are expecting a net reduction in income
of the order of 10% or more. I thought
you would like to know some of the
details of the contribution that the Fac-
ulty of Engineering makes to the Uni-
versity income.
In other words, the teaching and Co-op
income generated by students in the Fac-
ulty of Engineering is approximately $37.7
million. In addition the professors in the
Faculty of Engineering generate approxi-
mately $16 million by applying for
research grants and contracts and by pro-
viding other services to Industry and Gov-
ernment. In total the income generated by
the students and professors in Engineer-
ing is about $54 million compared to a
total income of about $235 million for the
University. Oearly we are a major income
generator and I expect the University to
recognize this and the very high quality of
our students when making decisions on
budget cuts.
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The grant income from the Province is
based on undergraduate and graduate
enrollment with a limitation that they
fund within so-called enrollment corri-
dors. The undergraduate and graduate
students in Engineering are responsible
for about 222% of the grant income from
the Province, i.e. about $26.5 million. In
addition you pay fees as undergraduates,
which generates $7.3 million; our graduate
students, who pay about 31.6% of the Uni-
versity graduate tuition, generate another
$1.9 million. Since undergraduate Engi-
neering is 100% Co-op, you generate
about another $2 million in fees, which is
approximately 42% of the Co-op income.
You probably know that the Co-op Edu-
cation & Placement Department is essen-
tially fully funded by fee income.
As soon as I have more information I
will give you another summary at a coun-
cil meeting and/or as a note for the Iron
Warrior. We are committed to maintain-
ing the quality of our undergraduate and
graduate programs. I think I told you ear-
lier, that in July we received a full accredi-
tation of 6 years for all of our established
programs. The standard procedure for a
new program, ie. Environmental Engi-
neering, is to seek accreditation during the
penultimate year of the first class. The
departments of Chemical and Civil have
recently reconfirmed their commitment to
the program despite the expected budget
cuts.
Licked at eger
Tim Burns
1A Comp
L
ast weekend four brave souls
from Waterloo Engineering ven-
tured forth to pontificate and
prognosticate at the 1995 Leger Cup
debating tournament at Carleton. Our
fearless leader, Rod Cave, guided us
rookies (Christian Westarp, Bardia Pish-
dad and myself) through the intricacies,
politics, and nuances of university
debating.
We started learning that almost every-
thing at a debating tournament goes way
behind schedule. Saturday, we finished
about four hours behind schedule. Natu-
rally, the organization needed some work,
but hey, it's Carleton, where the 1<' stands
for quality.
And in case you think that debating is a
chance to engage in serious, researched
discourse on timely, meaningful topics,
like I did ... well. .. you're obviously an engi-
neer.
One debate (against our own members
incidentally) discussed the merits of call-
ing dial-a-date 1-900 type services. Rod
and I tried to persuade the judge that this
was the best thing to do on a Friday night
It was funny and reasonably well argued.
There was just one tiny problem that we
didn't realize before we started. The judge
was probably the type of person that has
nothing to do on a Friday night but call a
dateline. Not surprisingly, we lost that
round.
The next round, Christian and Bardia
drew the top team. Their opponents (rep-
resenting the Purple Satan) were arguing
that Canada has no pollution problems.
Christian, who forgot to deal with this
point in the last minute of his speech blurt-
ed lias to their environmental argument -
TIlE BELUGA WHALffi ARE DYING."
While funny, it did little to help their score.
Despite our limited debating experience,
we managed to fare very well. Rod
earned our best result, making the public
speaking finals. In fact, Rod had the high-
est score going into the final round! He
found the pressure a bit much in the final
and didn't achieve his usual standard of
high performance but still managed to
come away with an honourable fifth
place. Kudos Rod.
After our strenuous weekend we were
invited for dinner by Rod's mother. While
eating some excellent food, we were enter-
tained by his mother telling wonderful
stories of "Cute little Roderick," and 'Way
back when." A red faced Rod fruitlessly
tried to make his mother stop, but that
never happened, much to the delight of
everyone else. After dinner we wearily
ventured home, finally arriving back at 2
am.
We would like to thank E&CE, who
generously provided funding for both
teams' registration, and the Sandford
Fleming Foundation, for helping cover
transportation costs.
On a similar note, the deadline for enter-
ing the competition to join Waterloo's
fully subsidized contingent of the Ontario
Engineering Competition is November 22.
Contact Professor John Mcphee at Sys-
tems (mcphee@dial) ..
If anyone would like to participate in
debating there are weekly meetings of the
Waterloo Debate Society in EL-209, Mon-
days at 5:00. Come on out, its fun, and
perhaps you too can discuss the merits of
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eenng IS sponson ng a
number of UW stud nts 10
enter the Ontario Engineering om-
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held next February 16-18 at Qu n's
University. As described in the Pre-
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Engineering Society Office), th re
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communication categories, and one
debate competition. The first, sec-
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Russia
and the Bearable Lightness of Not Being
in Waterloo for a Year
Rod Cave
4A Electrical
W:
en 1 came back from Moscow after
spending a year in Russia, I was more
shocked by what I had returned to than
by anything I had met in my year abroad. The sud-
den reconciliation within the space of some few sec-
onds of everything I had seen and learned in that
single year with all that I had previously known
before left me speechless. How could r ever look at
a society so unassumingly rich and opulent without
making the comparison, or fit back so easily into the
snug glove of progress and enterprise?
Of course, I can offer no meaningful comparison
between all of Russia and Canada. I come from a par-
ticular part of Ottawa and have spent the past five
years at the University of Waterloo; a particular society
no less. Most of my time was spent in Moscow, again
in a university setting, and among
university graduates. Ideally I'd
like this article to leave a sense of
place and potential as I experienced
it in Moscow. As well, 1 will outline
my trip and explain how I orga-
nized it so tha t others can trace their
own path in this enigmatic land.
By the end of my 2B term I had
long realized that I wasn't happy
with Waterloo and its sorry
prospects for adventure and 'life as
it should be lived'. This was a
thought I had gleaned from some
Russian friends during a 6 week
exchange program with the
Moscow State School of Journalism;
everything from the constant press
of daily assignments to the over-
whelming career focus of our pro-
gram was obscuring this very
important goal from me. That is,
the breathtaking sen.se of exhilara-
tion at having squeezed from the
stuff of our days that last drop of
pure and distillate life; the sense of
being close to the pulse of the earth
and the times we live in; the sense
of motion in a world of constant
change and flux.
Lofty thoughts? More than a little
naive to be sure, but if you aren't
drunk on the excitement of living at
the tender age of 21 then ... you've
probably missed something, right?
You can go through the motions
when you're older, but will your
blood ever TO.:'lr with the same vigor
and intensity again? So, I will apol-
ogize now for the tone of this piece,
however it would not be entirely
fair to outline the experience if I
didn't do justice to the frame of
mind it was conceived and consummated in.
I was lucky to have started early to develop some of
the necessary skills and contacts I would later need. By
the time I went to Russia I had taken three courses in
Russian and two courses in Russian literature. To do
this I had taken an 'arts' term in lieu of coop and laid
the foundation for what is now a concurrent BA in
Russian. Having made this investment in time and
money I was determined to go, yet still had nowhere to
go to. So went my 3A term and the following work-
tenn; I was desperately in search of a reputable and
creditable academic institution where I could study
electrical engineering and ho'pefully take language
classes. I don't know if I would have persevered if I
hadn't effectively blackmailed myself by telling every
person I knew that I was going to Russia and would
have had to deal with the resulting loss of face had I
not
In the end, about a month before my departure, my
personal network (which thankfully included a fonner
policy advisor on energy matters for the Gorbachev
government) came up with an invitation from the
Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical Uni-
versity)or MPEI.
A literal translation would be the Moscow Energy
Institute where the word energy is used in as broad a
oontext as possible. In one particular Moscow suburb
they occupy enough buildings to constitute a small
town including two high rise apartment residences,
two sports complexes, a cultural center and a small
nuclear reador (which I clandestinely visited once) all
next door to one of the most notorious political prisons
in the world a befriended an anny of international
journalists on my way to school during the week lead-
ing up to Rutskoi and Khasbulatov's release) and one
of the world's most notorious laboratories for biological
weapons (allegedly the guys that developed the cobra
venom flu virus). Were this not dramatic backdrop
enough, the particular region has a
fascinating history with old build-
ings dating from the times of Peter
the Great, an eerie cemetery worthy
of young Wuerther and a stunning
church crowned with golden cupo-
las bordering an inner-city park
where Peter the Great used to stroll
along the Yowza river.
MPEI's academic program is
focused on electrical and computer
engineering with a mandate to
serve a partially foreign community
as part of the fonner Soviet Union's
technical assistance to developing
countries. The university popula-
tion is about half that of Waterloo's
with a greater depth of specializa-
tion in every field related to electri-
cal engineering owing to the overall
focus of the institute. Where E&CE
might have one professor doing
research in a particular field, they
have an. entire department
MPEI also has several special pro-
jects bureaus that were only begin-
ning to be recognized as even exist-
ing. While I was there I visited their
Bear lake Deep Space Communica-
tions center where I saw the appara-
tus originally used to transmit Yuri
Gagarin's voice during the world's
first manned space flight, saw a sky
sized antenna array used for map-
ping Phoebes, as well as enjoyed the
opportunity to engage in live on-line
chat via the institute's satellite with
some 'celebrating' engineers in the
Crimean (where they had a sanitari-
um and further research facilities).
Immediately upon arrivaJ I nego-
continued on page 7_.
RUSSIA

tiated an individual contract with the Institute. MPEI is
very lucky to have such a progressive and forward
thinking vice-rector of International Relations in the
person of Professor Smolskij. He never once tried to
fleece me (yes, this is unusual) and always showed
tremendous amolIDts of flexibility and resourcefulness
in helping me meet the requirements of my program.
Not the least of which was finding qualified and inter-
ested professors with whom I could work.
For the first two courses I required (Thermodynam-
ics and Communication Systems) I had a tremendous
stroke of luck in that not only were the amicula almost
exactly parallel, but the two professors spoke fluent
English and were willing to work with me individual-
ly. Both of these professors are among the most talent-
ed, dedicated and open minded people I have ever
met. The three hours of classes plus tutorial turned out
to be 4 hours of personal instruction verging on the
classic fonn of Aristotelian dialogue.
Tangents were readily explored, implications dis-
cussed and free rein given to the flow of ideas. On the
down side, you can't fall asleep or miss lectures if
you're the only student. I fOlIDd that by having an
active role in my lectures I learned more effectively and
shared the excitement of the individual professors in
their fields, ao much so that for my communications
course I ended up working with three professors,
lIDdertaking a project and gradually evolving a work
term (once I hit 150 hours! of prof time I figured it
wasn't a class anymore). The comment, oh and this
would really interest you too, was always followed by
another invitation to attend a lecture
tion on the part of the profussors and laboratory assis-
tants who gave me the most precious resour es of
which we rarely taste here: their time, insi hI' and
passion.
One problem "'rith foreign language e.\:chang i
that it takes time to make friends, and especia1l to find
people that are patient enough with your language to
actually talk with you. I was lucky enough to have two
groups of friends with whom to divert myself from the
first day I arrived. Both groups were very exotic and
each company had a distinct flavor to their distractions
that was all the same uniquely Russian.
The first group of friends had met and served in the
.. . my entire academic history over
there is a continuos retrain of
boundless generosity and
dedication on the part of the
professors and laboratory assistants
who gave me the most precious
resources of which we so rarely taste
here: their time, insight and paSSion.
miers and just th occasional casino or club.
When I wasn't trying to keep up with this crowd,
and believe m I uldn't, I would spend time with
an ther group of old friends who had aU studied
together in childhood. people were journalists,
doctors, artists and one former KGB officer who had
worked in Chinese colIDter-intclligence. TIley retired to
dachas for \wd vodka-sodden bacchanalia deep with-
in the Rus..<tian untrysid or hosted two day dinner .
parties that alwa vied to top the last in their excesses.
Always mpl te with som ne\ tale of adventure or
debaucl1ety, their liv had an earthy vitality and ribald
energy that mad th nightlife of any town seem sony.
Moscow apparently has more New York club design-
ers than ew York Gty itself.
Regretfully I lack the space to peak of Moscow itself;
and it is a treasure trove of culture and beauty. or to
mention my travels in Latvia and Norway, to elaborate
on my rock climbing ploits, the world class indoor
climbing facilities, two dollar tickets to the Bolshoi, a
theater and concert season wiiliout comparison, archi-
tecture that evokes a world more majestic than most of
us dare remember ... Nor do I have the space to speak of
the political and economic turmoil experienced at first
hand, martial law, aspiring democracy, world shaking
change, a people strong and endwing blessed with an
ancient culture and hobbled by history ...
Really, it was something. To think I ever carne back!
WelL I would recommend that anyone with th nerve
to tackle something seldom done consider this study
experience abroad. It was cheaper than any other for-
eign exchange would have been and offered opportu-
nities that would not have existed elsewhere. Mind
you, with my program not being an official excl'\ange I
had a lot more work to do upon
on information or chaos theory,
examine another lab apparatus or
use some other piece of in-house soft-
ware. I was constantly being
admonished for not knowing of this
or that body of knowledge and
handed the appropriate text or
directed to the appropriate lecturer.
My only regret is that I'm just not
smart enough to have fully taken
advantage of the resource I found in
these people nor to meet the ever
higher expectations of their open
hearts.
...... return to accredit my cour e .
My Russian language instruction
could not have occurred under more
ideal circumstances. To meet the
requirements for Russian language
instruction I was taught individually
by the Dean of the Russian Language faculty. This
woman, a renowned philologist who spoke 6 lan-
guages (she always politely denied any understanding
of English, so as to conduct our lessons solely in Russ-
ian, although I later found out that she had lived in the
US for two years!) had helped found ilie Pushkin Insti-
tute and had edited one of the prominent cultural jour-
nals of her day. Her insight and passion for Russian
culture far surpassed any such material benefits such as
the apartment with 1V and amenities she helped me
acquire, nor the access to computer facilities and email
she abetted. A kind, thoughtful person, Ludmila
Alexandra Naumenko could always be counted on for
assistance whether it was finding a professor to teach a
particular course, an intriguing repertoire from a small
Moscow theater or the perfect gift for a never before
seen relative. I have never had a teacher or professor
with so much concern for my mind and person.
In fact, my entire academic history over there is a
continuos refrain of boundless generosity and dedica-
However, assiduous record keep-
ing and regular contact with an
advisor made this a lot easier.
Although my last two courses
were taught in Russian, a surpris-
ing number of professors had the
necessary language skills to evalu-
ate my work. In the balance, I
would easily say I learned more
in this one year than I likely
learned in the rest of my career at
Waterloo. If you plan the trip
well, make the right fri ends and
know how to taKe> eLlf( of your
self; there is not <1 lx.'llC'r adv ntu '
..
O"""lnaroOM/lIHPOn to b had. And oddly enough,
same outfit as part of their compulsory military seIvice.
Interestingly enough it was a cavalry regiment, the last
of its kind in Russia, and maintained only for show.
Smooth talking llya (a journalist whom [' d met through
the earlier exchange) had arranged his military service
there and along the way had met Andrei and Vova, the
identical twin acrobat brothers from the Moscow
cus. They traveled the world with their Crazy Cossack
Riders and made enough money to pick me up at the
airport in twin BMWs. I still remember my shock after
Western media indoctrination lead me to conclude that
they had to be gangsters. The best at their chosen pro-
fession, they now work for international circuses all
over the world. Their crowd was populated by tiger
trainers toting .4Ss (tool of the trade I'm told), beautiful
dancers and stunning circus artists. A night on the
town would take us from the smoky confines of the
Old Arbat Blues Bar (where played the Old Man' s
Blues Band, made up of NBC and CBS news reporters
who needed to blow off steam) to theatre and film pre-
aft ray 'ar of living in Russi< 1
was quite hi ppy to comt> ba k to
Waterloo and found that 1 kind a' lik it h ' ...
For infonnation contil : rca
-I can provide you with a fu,t of ntc cts in Russia,
loan you l)Otes and texts from th COllJ'SCS J took as w'U
as allow you to peruse a draft of one of the contracts T
signed which outlin s living arrang m nts, ourse
details etc ...
-note also that more and more companies are hiring
there and I'm sure coop employment with a Western
firm is possible. I started looking too late and eventual-
ly contented myself to work with a prof at my institute
and spend any extra time travelling.
-.. .and in the interest of fairness and accurate portray-
all was mugged once, solicited. for bribes on the occa-
sion and daily confronted with scenes of grave and
irrernedial social injustice. While not the stuff of adven-
ture they are the facts of life. (and that would be anoth-
er article all together)
UW DRAMA DEPARTMENT
PRESENTS
CHICAGO
a sensational musical by
Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse & John Kander
is a musical that explores our fascination with celebrity and public-fame-
at-any-price .. Set in Chicago in the early 1930's, it tells the story of Roxie HaJ1 and Velma
Kelly, two "sensational jazz babies", who murder their faithless lovers and go on to fame
fortune as Vaudevi lle stars. Created by Ebb and Kander, the same team responsible for
and Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chicago was originally produced in 1975 buti.ts
sages are still potent and serve as a chi lling reminder that we live in a society where
money, celebrity and media attention matter most. The musical is a biting satire wit11
tegrity, power and purpose as well as solid entertainment.
November 22-25, 1995
8pm
Theater of tbe Arts, Modern Languages Bldg.
Tickets available at the Theater Center Box Office, HH
or by calling 885-4908
$10 general public; $8 students/seniors
CONTAINS MATURE SUBJECT MATTER
, Artwork by Chris Potvin

Tal Eng@Bomber.UW
AcapeUEng
Pauline & Dylan
Cosmo: Mark, Viddles, Brent, Mark & Chris
Oli & Ken (& Brenda)
Program
O/i Dumetz & Ken Walker - Juggling
Rejean Lau - Keyboardist
Howard Tseng - Vocals/Guitar
AcapellEng - Vocals
Pauline Wong & Dylan White - Vocals/Guitar
Big Scary Monster - Band
Brad - Saxophone
Cosmo - Band
Veritable Infusion - Band
One Eyed Monster - Band (no relation to Big Scary)
Hallowe'en M.O.T. Pub
Michael Worry
Omega Sector
any will remember the giant rolling orange
from Frosh week that got converted to Sin-
gapore Sling (on fishbowl), then roofrack,
then Doof's wall. And there was the orange TOOL at
Toga that got converted to a huge mess in the back of
my van. Some paint even got used during Scunt, but
somehow all these things left the remains of a gallon
of orange paint sitting in my closet.
With Halloween rapidly approaching, Omega Sec-
tor saw a ripe opportunity for another stunt. But what
could we do that would be safe, involve many people in
our class, and be seen by hundreds of Engineers? It had
to be big, it had to last, and it had to be orange. Concrete?
Naah .... Duct tape? Well, pick up a few rolls anyways ....
Styrofoam? Hmmm, must use power tools .... And we
arrived at the standard stunt materials of welfare wood.
(cheap plywood in 2" x 3" X 8' pieces).
SKJ and I took over CPH Foyer two nights before-
and several cans of Coke, six sheets of pi ywood and
seven jigsaw blades later we had the cutouts ready. Mind
you, I don't think Professor Deng was ready when we
spread out a dropsheet at the back of his class, brought in
the top piece, and started passing paint rollers among our
classmates. We had everybody on their way out of class
take a few strokes.
Thanks to the core that diligently worked into the
night; hammering away while the rest of the world tried
to figure out how many provinces Canada has. It was
around 2 A.M. that the full sixteen feet stretched
upwards to engulf our pub, POETS. When we looked up
to see those gleaming eyes glaring down upon us,
Omega Sector knew they had done well.
SKI and I were just cleaning the last bit up when one
of UW's finest came by. In the interest of "good rela tions"
we listened to his stories for some 1WO HOURS. I found
one story particularly interesting; it was about some
crazy student that built 6" thick concrete letters, each
weighing 150 pounds, spent over $2,000 of his own
money, and tried to hang them, alone, by nylon fishing
wire underneath the University Ave. overpass. Where do
they come up with this stuff?
Well all must things must come to an end, and much
to the POETS' managers happiness, the pumpkin has
found its home back in our apartment, affectionately
known as ''The Lumberyard". So now we sit waiting,
with a little more paint, a bunch more lumber, and a
chunk more P""5. Until the next time that the engineers
feel the call from beyond the wild to stunt once more.
Omega Sector. Please stand by.
CD Reviews
Just in Time for Xmas
By Dan Kieswetter, Stressed Class of 96
M
at Puppets are back with
" 0 Joke!", ,the quick fol-
any peo co er an ow-up to 1994's "Too High
Moore to be the next Stevie To Die". Given the fact little time has
y Vaughan. To me, this past between albums, it's no big sur-
comparison only applies since both are prise that both albums sound very
blues guitarists hailing from Texas. similar. 0 doubt about it, Meat Pup-
Musically speaking, S.R.V.'s distinc- pets' recent material does sound a lot
tive modem blues style and emotional different from their earlier albums;
.t "No Joke!" is still
plenty unique and just
1-''-'' /""'-,..., -I t laO fun lis
.. 'r ;-; p ill to ten to.
e . Once again the Kirkwood
playing ability may never be topped.
But Moore sure does work hard at
what he does too, "Modemday Folk-
lore" being his third album in as many
years.
Opening with the scorcher
"Muddy Jesus", Moore shows his
guitar playing ability at its best.
He then take u. on a roller
coaster ride through a great
collection of diver e songs.
"Modernday Folklore" showcases
Moore 's tremendous song writing
ability, both with complex
musical arrangements and
intelligent lyrics. Tracks that
particularly standout include the
rocker "Bar Line 99", catchy
"Society", mid-tempo "Monday
Afternoon" and acoustic "Dag-
gers". It truly is amazing how
Moore has displayed such a wide range
of music within a fixty-six minute span,
while still maintaining an entirely
cohesive album - very impressive.
So, if you like modem blues music, but
aren't sure who you should be checking
out, look no further, Ian Moore is your
man.
brothers provide their fans
with a wide mix of songs.
From the strained guitar
ounds of leadoff single
"Scum" or "Poison Arrow",
to the mellower sounds of
", "No Joke!" covers
lot of musical territory.
But it's really the straight
ahead rock 'n' roll songs
that stand out as being most
. memorable, a "Inflatable"
and "Cobbler" demonstrate.
-
If you liked "Too High To
Die", you should be pleased with "No
Joke!". Oh yeah, and don't WOITY, the
lyric are till as original as the artwork
is quirky. One last note: Meat Puppets'
November I, 1995 Toronto date at
Lee's Palace had to be cancelled for
currently unknown reasons... Let'S just
hope it's going to be rescheduled.
N
eil Young ha alway been a
. man of diversity. Every
album h creates turns out to
be unlike his previous efforts. YOW1g
continues this trend with "Mirror
Ball", the rockin' follow-up to 1994's
rather laid back (but still excellent)
"Sleeps With Angels".
As I'm sure you know by now, the
member of Pearl Jam have sat in as
Young's backing band for "Mirror
Ball", a collaboration that works well,
given the relatively traight-forward
approach to the album. But, let's not
get carried away here - thi is a Neil
Young album and that's that! In fact,
I'm sure most Neil Young fans would
have preferred to have Crazy Horse
back in action for another "Ragged
Glory", just as Pearl Jam fall'"
would haw prel cITed Etldil' and Illl'
to steer cll' a r of Young. ...
But, no nlatt r how you look at it,
"Mirror Ball" sounds fn.'Sh and l'xciting
for a rocker pushing 50. mg:-.
"Act Of Love", ''I'm The Ocean",
"Big Green Cou ntry" and "Down-
town" all come off as terrific rock-
ers, support d by Brendan
O'Brien's simpl and raw prod
tion techniques. And th
songs SUd1 as "Truth Be
"Fallen Angel" and the
"Scenery" are all pretty good too.
Simply put, if you like rock music
(and can tolerate Young's voice),
you should enjoy "Mirror Ball".
As much as I like the album, I do
have one complaint - the pathetic
cardboard packaging. Yeah, yeah,
the environment, I know ... but
really, as far as CD cases go, these are
really starting to be a pain in the ass.
E
ver wonder wha t it would
sound like if Pantera joined
forces with orro ion of Confor-
mity? Okay, you probably haven't
asked yourself this question, but if you
had, Down would be the answer -
consisting of Pant ra's Phil Anselmo
on vocals, e.O .. 's Pepper Keenan on
lead guitar and the rhythm ection of
Crowbar. Given the metallic pow r
that each of these bands possess alone,
it comes with little surpris that Down
is one helluva onie force to be reck-
oned with.
NOLA starts off hard and heavy with
the crushing "Temptation's Wing's" and
continues pounding out tra k seeming-
ly heavier than the last through the
course of the album before exiting with
"Bury Me In Smoke". Simply put,
every song on thi album kicks, minus
the spacey "Jail" and the brief acoustic
instrumental "Pray For The Locust",
although they're cool tunes too. The
tracks "Losing All", "Stone The Crow"
and "Lifer" are all persona] favorites,
while "Hai l The Leaf' ju t plain
'smoke '.
Down makes for a uperb side project
while we awail for the next Pantera and
C.0.c. albums. So, there really isn't
milch mor(' to ahollt "NOT .A" - if
YOII IIh' harllllllJ\K' pit Ih, .. alhlllll up,
olhl'r\\ I\l' you 'I\.' .Il1'>t plaia, lIi ... "in ' 1I11t ,
, j. - ,., * I ,
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s E c T I
Hot & Fast Strips Q'Chicken
2 boneless chicken breasL<;
2 T butter or margarine
2 T Lousiana Hot Sauce (or to taste)
1 c ri e
pepper (to taste)
Cut chicken into small strips. Brown in frying pan. Pepper and remove from heat, storing under a plate to keep
wann. Melt butter or margarine in frying pan and mix in hot SOlice. Add chicken and stir until coated. FInish cook-
ing chicken and serve over a bed of rice.
Serves one as a main dish ormoreasa side dish (veggies might bea good idea so you don't get scurvy).
Bill Gray
Pre-Packaged Variations
It's getting dose to exams and you have all those pro-
jects due, so who has time to cook? It's time to fall back
on those emergency foods - yes, that's right, those
expensive, pre-prepared, pre-packaged foods. Just in
case you're sick of the package directions, here's a few
ideas. Just remember, if you eat nothing but Kraft Din-
ner for a month, you might get scurvy.
Brian's K-D Fungus
(From the Prez)
Prepare accorcting to the pa kage directions, but sub-
sti ttl !(' crC'am of mushroom soup for milk and butt('r.
Nic's Mr. Noodles and
Broccoli
(From the VP-Ex)
Add br<x''Coli and chili pow- ~
der to Mr. Noodles. Add pC1S ~
if you like (Nic doesn't) or car-
rots for colour.
Tasty Tortellini and Toma-
to Sauce
(From Colin)
Buy a package of tortellini (Ontario Ravioli CompcLny
rnakcs a really good one), either meat or cheese as
you like, and one bottle of PC pa ta sauce
(pick your favourite flavour). Boil water. Cook
tortellini. HCclt sauce (if it's at room lempelClturc you
can '>kip this step). Mix. E n ~ y . For special occasions,
add panneSc'1n cheese. Add tuna for those days when
you want to revenge yourself on all things cold and
slimey by C<lting one or two of them.
Damp & Dark with Rice
(FromSKJ)
Cook rice to about three-quarters done. Add cream of
mushroom soup and apples and onions, and cook until
rice is done.
Andy's Dandy Vitamin
Blaster.
(From Andy)
StC?am up some frozen veggies. Heat a can of cream
of hroccoli soup. Top some rice with the veggies and
pour the "sauce" over it all.
Benevolent Beans
(From Oragana)
Red Kidney beans, and half as much canned com.
Add chopped red on.ions, feta cheese and green and
black olives. Mix red wine vinegar, olive oil, basil,
oregano, garlic and Dijon mustard. Pour over salad.
Got a great recipe that you think others
will drool over?? Drop us a line and
we'll include it in our Food Section
recipes feature I Heck you even get
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Dining Out
Its the Iron Warrior mini-restaurant reviews.
These are just a few of our favourite restaurants
around the Kitchener-Waterloo area. If there are
any others you'd like to see us add for the next
issue, drop a note our box in the Orifice (CPH
1327) or drop by our office and slip it under our
door (CPH foyer).
Blue Dog Bagels
Located on the corner of Philip and
University. Fresh baked bagels made
right in front of your eyes. Lots of deli-
cious flavours to choose from and a
plethora of cream cheeses to have
slathered all over them to squoosh all
over your hand when you bite into it. The
smoked salmon sandwich is very tasty,
just don't let the staff talk you into too
many toppings on it or you'll never get
your mouth around it. They also serve
politically correct coffee from Bridgehead.
Check out the bagel and coffee deals,
and don't forget to get a card to get your
7th free!
Yukiko's Cafe
Located at the corner of Will iam and
Park Streets. A little pricey for normal
food (sandwiches and the like) but stan-
dard pricing on the array of desserts.
Nice atmosphere, but unfortunately not
open on Sunday's.
Ethel's Lounge
Located on King Street, across from Tim
Hortons. Not noted for a non-smoking
environment or speedy service. Excellent
food for really really excellent prices. 99
cent stack o'pancakes on Saturday and
Sunday. Not open to 11 :30 on Sunday's
though. Take-out also available. Try the
blackened chicken fingers or pizza.
Country Kabob/Curry In A Hurry
Located in University Shops Plaza. Good
prices, tasty food. The Curry side of the
restaurant provides fast take out. If you
want Persian, be prepared to wait a bit
(some foods just don't stand up to
reheating) .
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m interested in holding a work-
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eurial ideas and network with
potential venture capitalists, financial
advisors etc ..
Either at the very end of this lenn, or
some time next term I'd like to gather a
group of specialists from academia,
industry, the financial sector and try and
get them to workshop with entrepre-
neurial minded students to produce
valuable ideas, oontacts and direction for
all involved.
If this has piqued your interest or
struck you as something that could be
ofvalue to you please oontact one of the
engineering oonununications directors
Rod Cave rcave@elecom2
Parker Mitchell pbmitchemechanical
or leave a message in the Communica-
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I'm hoping that as part of this process
you have or will develop a practical idea
or vision of yOUT activities that is interest-
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Your Courses and
Your Beefs
Course Critiques Are Important
Shelley Carter
28 Mech (aka the class without 8
name. We're working on It)

week was Cour > Evalua-

tion Week! Yeah! That lime
when you get out of class an
extra 15 minutes early so that you can
say wonderful things about your prof!
Seriously, I think that this is a very
important evaluation of our profes-
sors and the courses we arc taking.
All tenn we gripe and complain about
our profs and our courses, and course
critiques are our chance to voice our
opinion to the person who can make a
difference. The bubble card sheets get
the basic information on the course,
but I believe that the comment sheets
(filled out by you!), are far more
important. Here we have the chance
to tell our profs exactly what is good
and bad about the course and the way
in which it is being taught. The pro-
f'ssors rt'old th ' l ' cumm 'nt s, I think,
a nd USl' th information for f ulurl'
lasses, This C,\!1 only lwlp (utun
d ass(.'S r n-ive allier pn.'St'l1tation of
the ourse.
I have noli !d, in my d. s.. ..., thatll\wy
people don' t tilk' the tim ' to fm out
these comment sheets, becau, , it ttlkes
time, BUT THIS INFORMATION IS
VERY VALUABLE!!! Basiailly, alII real-
ly want to s.'y is, don't take the attitud >
lhat since it i n' t going to help YOU,
even though it will help future classes,
that it isn't worth your time to fill it out.
Jt is worth yOUT tim, it will11klkc th
education system b ttcr at Waterloo,
and benefit future students. } {owever, if
you still don't think it is worth it for you
to WI them out, then you have absolute-
ly no right to oomplain about your prof
or the course, b cau YOU missed
YOUR opportunity to do something
about it!
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The Outer Limits
Engineering Semi-Formal
Kitty Fong
Semi-Formal Co-director
2A Electrical (Bad Ohmbres)
I
f you were on of the few people not
at the Engineering Semi-Formal
this year, what were you thinking?!
It was a BLAST! Picture it: more than
one hundred and thirty engineers in a
dark ballroom, a spinning disco ball
and ... dancing people - we had it all!
The festivities began earlier that day
when the directors decorated the ball-
room (we used over four hundred feet of
streamers) and Viddles kept making
mysterious phone calls to check up on
us. The guests began arriving at six thir-
ty and we were all entertained by the tal-
ented AcapellEng who made their pre-
miere at the Semi Formal. A delicious
dinner was served by the Holiday fin to
the hordes of hungry people (better than
anything I make anyway). We were
even lucky enough to get WONDER
Licensed Tables
Monthly Draws
BREAD!
Following dinner, DJ Merv ber,an
playing the tunes and got everyone on
the dance floor, at least until the arrival of
our special guest. Unbeknownst to any
of the directors, the TOOL decided to
make a special appearance (so that's why
Viddles kept calling). But the surprises
didn't end there; a few engineers (you
know who you are) decided to take a dip
in the hotel pooL And then there were
the dancing girls ...
By the end of the night we were all
tired but we all had a good time and the
Semi Fonna! was a success! Thanks go
out to the Exec (thanks guys!), Acapel-
lEng (good show!), Pam Harper \cool
theme) and of course to everyone who
braved the snow and showed up (gra-
cias ago). See ya again next term . .and by
the way, Jason, nice beads.

Monthly Tournaments
Plenty of Free Parking
Wednesday Night 9 Ball
Boston and Snooker Tables
Snack Bar

I Play for 1 Hour 1/2 Hour Free I
I D.A. Billiards I
Singapore Bound
Bardia Pishdad & Christian
Westarp
E
terested in discovering horizons
of the Far East? The Engineering
change program is inviting you
to study (in English) at the National
University of Singapore for a school
term as part of your undergraduate
experience. This is one of the two
.main universities in Singapore with
programs in Ovil, Mechanical, Chem-
ical, and Electrical Engineering. The
semester would begin in mid-July,
and end in late November, with a
total of 13 weeks of school (There
must be a vacation at some point dur-
ing the term).
Located on the southern tip of the
Malaysian peninsula, the country offers
a vibrant and multicultural Asian envi-
ronment. Its 3 million people speak
English, due to British influence and the
fact that it accommodates many various
ethnic groups. Traveling from there is
easy to places like Vietnam, Malaysia, or
Indonesia. Singapore altogether is
about the size of Metro Toronto, or the
size of San Francisco to be exact, and
may be tempting to the urban types The
temperature on the opposite side of the
world hovers regularly around 300C, so
pack light if you head out!
Applications should be discussed
with Professor Ratz in the Faculty Office,
CPH 1320E. Also, type "Exchange" on
Watstar or drop a note for the exchange
directors in the Orifice.
Women In Engineering
It's not just for breakfast anymore!
Amy McCleverty
4A Systems (Sydestic)
Q:
November 8th, approxi-
tely 25 people (Engineering
undergrads, grads and facul-
ty) got together to discuss the useful-
ness of a Women In Engineering
(WIE) group at Waterloo. The results
were incredible! The group unani-
mously agreed that there is a need to
develop a better name for the group,
since it excludes men, and creates
unnecessary animosity between the
two groups: instead of bridging the
gap, it seems to create an even larger
one. Although no alternative name
was agreed upon at the meeting, the
group definitely views this as one of
its top priorities .
We also talked about what direction
we want the group to take, and we
agreed on the following:
More activities
-more sports teams such as the soccer
team (faithfully organized by Wendy
Opera for the past few years) and the
newly created eng hockey team.
-meetings that include guest speakers
to discuss such issues as balancing a
career and family life.
-outside activities such as volunteering
for Habitat for Humanity (Kim Boucher
will be organizing this in the summer
term).
-formally implement outreach pro-
grams to high schools to promote engi-
neering.
Better communication
-try to create a directorship within the
Engineering Society, or have a WIE stu-
dent representative that regularly
attends Eng Soc meetings and keeps the
students informed about stuff like
upcoming events, scholarship applica-
tion deadlines and current issues.
-let the frosh know about the group
and encourage their involvement since
they will be here long enough to fully
implement future plans. This will be
accomplished by visiting each K section
next week to discuss upcoming WIE
events/ activities.
If you haven't done so already, you
can sign up to be a guide for grade 8 girls
in tomorrow's "Day With a Difference"
which will take place from 10 till 3:30.
This event is a chance to explore various
career opportunities such as medicine,
military, engineering (of course), and
even massage therapy! You can sign up
through Kim Boucher in the 1st year
office, but you've got to do it NOW!
If you're interested in getting involved
in this group (men and women), come
on out to our next meeting on Wednes-
day, November 23rd at 5:30. We hope to
break into smaller discussion groups
and come up with specific action plans
for outreach programs, future group
direction, and other activities in the corn-
ing terms. Don't miss out on this oppor-
tunity to get involved in a dynamic and
exciting group!
Apocalypse: Centre Stage
Mario SellabarlJa
VP Floundering In the Light
Who Oat Who Like Oem STRESSED?
Y
eah! Winter is finally here! Besides getting
the shit scared out of me by drivers who can't
figure out what this white stuff is and how to
drive in it, winter also means it must be time for
everyone's favourite issue of Maclean's Magazine:
The University Rankings issue. To put it in a nut-
shell, we came in third overall. They were obviously
overlooking important aspects such as Oktoberfest,
but hey, nobodys perfect. At least
this time we didn't have "Easy and
abundant access to the Internet" listed
as the best thing about UW.
-A woman in Toronto bought a milk
carton at the Eaton's Centre a couple of
weeks ago, and she noticed something
strange. There appeared to be wires on
the carton After clearing out half of the
mall and closing a section of Younge St,
the carton was blown up by the Bomb
Squad. Although the carton was careful-
ly scrutinized, and even X-rayed, it
seems nobody bothered to actually read
the label on the carton that stated, '1 this
carton goes MOOO, you win" I don't
think the contest rules take into acrount
. a j>rize winner being so
paranoid as to have Their carton blown
to bits, so she probably didn't win the
prize.
-Has "Alternative" music gone main-
stream? You be the judge. In a move
that is bringing back more than slightly
painful memories of the K-Tel records of
my youth (everything from the Guess
Who to the Bay City Rollers), record
companies are now selling compilations
of alternative music. 1his can only mean
one thing: Alternative music is going the
path of Disco. It'll be dead in about five
to ten years, only to come back twenty years from now
and annoy the hell out of our kids.
-A condo being put up near a Toronto cemetery is
drawing a lot of fire from local residents, one of whom
said that, "My parents are buried there and eventually
I'll be buried there too. I don't want an apartment
building a few feet away." Do these people really think
they're going to notice or care that there's a building
next to their graves? What are they worried about, hav-
ing less tanning time?
-Just in case you didn't think you were spending
enough time in front of the 1V like a drooling Nean-
derthal, you can now buy a game callEd "Owmel Surf-
ing." The object you flip through 1V channels until
you see all the items on your list. It turns the most
annoying of 1V-watcher habits into something far
worse that everyone gets to suffer through. The only
problem is, unless you're Homer Simpson, the redeem-
ing qualities of this game leave much to be desired
the roof of E1, there is a door that has a sign on it
reading" Authorized Personnel Only - No Entry." I can
only assume that the sign is there for those dim enough
to think that it's perfectly fine to be traipsing arourd on
the roof of the complex to start with.
-You can now buy something for your cat called
''Vidoo Catnip." This vidoo is suppooed to keep your
feline in good spirits, and is suggested as an excellent
gift idea. If you ask me, the only creatures of low
enough intellect to en.Py this thing should be cat own-
ers who feel the need to get their pets CJuistmas gifts.
-While driving through New York :recently, I stopped
at one of the setVice centres and had myself a burger.
Just as I was beginning to regret pulling off the highway
to eat whatever it was that was killed and slapped
between two pieces of bread, I noticed that at the centre
of the wrapper my burger had come in, there was a
bun-si.zed circle with the words "Place Saoowich Here"
written in the middle. At that moment, I wasn't sure
what I should be more afraid of. the patronizing man-
ner of the franchise owners who seem to think that treir
employees are so dense that to try and figure out how
to put a burger in the centre of a wrapper would be
beyond their intellectual abilities, or the sickeningly real
possibility that they might just be right.
-The Egyptian gov't has come up with a unique solu-
tion to the problems it's been having with its opposition
parties, and the liberals could probably learn a valuable
lesson from this. Just before the next election. have the
opposition thrown in jail. It seems fair enough - the
Bloc would probably serve the country just as well from
a jail cell as they would from parliament
-The US Food and Drug Administration is test mar-
keting an aphrodisiac consisting of dried egg extract.
What clever, subtle name have the manufacturers come
up with? They are calling the "drug" libido. They
probably spent about as much time on that one as your
average Baywatch character speros on acting lessons.
-Mattei is now making a ''Teacrer Barbie." Besides
, _
extolling the virtues and inte11.igerx:e of Barbie, this is an
obvious attempt to strike at the market of little girls wt-o
are unirnpre$ed with "Bubble-Headed, Spending-All-
Of-Ken's-Money, Driving-Around-In-My-Convertible,
Lounging-0n-The-Beach" Barbie that's been on.the
market for years.
-Global'JV's constant and failing attempts to pass
itself off as a :reaL hard-hitting news network has got to
stop. The crowning glory came on the Quebec Referen-
dum night, when Global predicted a ''Yes'' victory
when it was up by 1 %, less than an hour after the polls
closed. Even after the CBC declared a "No" victory,
Global still showEd the ''Yes'' side as
being ahead. The only people who
have less of a clue of what is going on
around them are people sitting in the
Level 500 sections of Skydome to watch
Raptors games. Global should stick to
what they do best: cannibalize 'JV
shows from US networks.
-Recent reports on the increased use
of cigarettes among teens point to the
fact that "nicotine is a gateway drug to
marijuana." I have a little trouble fol-
lowing the logic there, because if one
form of smoking can lead to another,
then can we assume that coffee and hot
chocolate are gateway drinks to beer
and liquor?
-Yet another fine actor has emerged
from the Sports Illustrated School 'of
Acting - Cirrly Crawford. In her new
movie, she displays all the best of her
acting abilities: she runs a lot in slow
motion, she wears very little, and her
shirt front seems to be getting wet all
the time. I can only hope the movie is
better when she's not on screen, but I
doubt anyone watching would be pay-
ing close enough attention to the plot
development to figure out what was
gOing on, anyway. Provided, that is,
tn>y bothctt'd with a pI t.
-The coin parking Jols on the uth sid' of campus
have been charlb>'Cd to a "Pay on exit" sysl\.'m. Besides
reducing the li.l'le-ups on Seagram Driv will make
it more difficult to sneak out of the parking lots illegally.
Bastards, they're always one step arold of us.
- Ore of the '1ingerie" shops in downtown Waterloo
has a display set up in the storefront wind.ow depicting
Santa Claus surrounded by women wearing nothing
but lingerie. The first thing to spring to mind (OK, the
second thing) was; what would parents with small chil-
dren say when, as they walked by this store, the kids
started to beg to go inside and visit Santa?
Well, that's about all for this week Either iX'Ople are
being way to nice to each other, or they just aren't doing
as much dumb stuff as they used. to. Oh well, until next
time (maybe):
Nov 18 - Mickey Mouse's Birthday, 1928
Nov 25 - Olristina Applegate's Birthday, 1972
Nov 'Zl - 'Ire First 3D movie, Bwana DeviL is made,
1952
Nov 19 - The First Army-Navy game is played, 1898
Nov 30 - Dick Clark's Birttday, 1929
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Summer 1996 EngSoc
Directorships
p.J
Plications forms are available in the Orifice
and are due by Friday, November 24 at 3:00pm
lease return completed application forms to
Betty in the Orifice. Detailed descriptions of these posi-
tions are available in the Engineering Society Policy
Manual. Just ask Betty to see it. Don't miss out on a
pleasurable experience!
External
Campus Wide Activities (2)
Arranges events with other societies on campus and
continually promotes community spirit with fellow
Waterloo students.
Public Relations (1)
Works closely with the VP External in publicizing
Engineering. Prepares public press statements to pro-
mote the work of the Engineering Society, and is avail-
able to answer community concerns with regards to the
Eng Soc opinion on various issues. Also maintains close
liaisons with local publications such as the Gazette, the
Chronicle and the Record
Shadow Program (2)
Arranges for area and Toronto high school students
to visit UW and spend a day with a Waterloo Engineer
so that they can learn what it's really like to be a student
here.
ESSCO Rep (2)
UW Engineering's liaison with the Engineering Stu-
dent Societies Council of Ontario, the FSSCO Rep is
responsible for making sure that we know what ESSCO
is doing, and that our interests are being well represent-
ed. Also gets to attend lots of fun conferences.
Charities (3)
Plans events to collect money for charities (plant sales,
loonie lines, fundraising events run in conjunction with
Eng Week activities) and help engineering students use
their time and abilities to benefit the community. Each
charities event should be fun and exciting and involve
as many people as possible.
Frontrunners (2)
Continues developing and implementing a presenta-
tion for high school visi . Th director is also responsi-
ble for coordinating the presentations to be given by the
students on work term. The ultimate goal of this direc-
torship is to promote engineering as a profession.
Social (2)
Road trips and inter-faculty pubs are the mission of
the Social Directors. The social directors are also respon-
sible for organizing the fantastic EOT Pub.
Internal
Speaker (1)
Keeps council meetings running moothly and keeps
them fun and interesting. Also gives people candy
when they speak (or just to shut them up). Provides
agendas for each meeting, and organizes Joint Councils
whenever Society" A" and "B" have to meet.
Arts (2)

Tal Eng, live plays, movie nights and lots of artistic
contests (photo, poetry, short story, etc.). A director-
ship designed to remind students that engineers have
also got artistic talents.
Class Rep Advisors (2)
Ensures that class reps remain spirited, motivated,
and that they continue to do their jobs (j.e. telling every-
one in their class what's going on in Eng Soc, as well as
organizing class events). It is the CRAs job to aid com-
munication between class reps and their classes.
EnglNewsletter (2)
Responsible for producing a (sort of) weekly bulletin
containing important upcoming events, along with lots
of jokes, top ten lists, and unforgettable Prof. quotes.
Athletics (2)
Organizes sports tournarnents, and encourages and
helps out cIasses that wish to organize tournaments on
their own. Typical sporting events include Mudbowl,
Floor Hockey, Volleyball and Basketball.
Special Events (2)
Organizes raft races, 3-D Twister games, inverted
milk. boatracing, and anything else they or any cIasses
wish to organize. These events usually occur during,
but are not restricted to, Eng Week and/or Eng Week-
end.
Take Some News (TSN) (2)
Using the Eng Soc video camera and the video edit-
ing equipment at our disposal, the TSN Director makes
sure to catch all the term'lIs memorable moments on
tape, and splice it together into videos throughout the
term, to be shown in POEIS.
Publicity (2)
PROMOTES, makes posters, r>ROMOTES, talks to
people, PROMOTES, serves as a resource to other direc-
tors who want to inform engineering students about all
the fun and exciting stuff the have planned for them.
Also responsible for the White Board in CPH Foyer, and
the Pixel Board/Events Calendar outside the C&D.
Darkroom (1)
Makes sure the darkroom is useable and available to
students who have paid a membership fee. Can usually
be coerced into giving at least one training session dur-
ing the term.
Exchange (2)
Helps exchange students feel welcome in this strange
and wonderful place called UW. Usually runs various
events such as pubs and BBQs.
Spirit (2)
Responsible for livening up the place with Spirit Days
and other stimulating events.
Secretary (1)
Takes minutes at Eng Soc meetings, and ensures that
Class Reps, Directors, and Exec get copies so that every-
one is kept well informed.
Home Page (1)
Responsible for administering and updating the Eng
Soc & IW home pages on the World Wide Web.
Semi Formal (3)
Plans and organizes the best party of the term (except
in the Winter, when IRS and Gradball take over). Gets
together good food, good fun, and good looking people,
all in one place!
Services
P.O.E.T.S. (2)
Contacts Bar Services with requests for lots more beer
every-day-all-the-time-and-then-some, as well as pro-
viding other services such as music, darts and popcom.
The managers co-ordinate all the pubs during the term.
P.O.E.T.S. Programming (1)
Makes sure there is something to watch for a few
hours in P.O.E.T.S. each day (i.e. movies, last nights
shows, etc ... )
C&D (1)
Helps manage the small business that is the C&D.
Take part in day-to-day organization, accounting, cus-
tomer relations as well as sampling new food products
and improving the effectiveness of our C&D.
Orifice Director (2)
Tries to increase the usefulness of the Eng Soc centre
of operations through capital improvements and day-
to-day operations. Manages the office when Betty is
away.
Novelties (2)
This directorship is suited for someone who wants to
try their hand at marketing, sales, and creative thinking.
This involves ordering things that people want and
need (stickers, mugs, sweatshirts, etc. .. ). Idea people
who like to go shopping for 2000+ people.
Finance (1)
Assists the VP Finance in the handling of Eng Soc
money.
Iron Warrior
EditorlnChief
The boss, the head honcho, the big cheese. Puts out
the IW every two weeks (on FRIDAYS, just like God
intended it).
Assistant Editor
Second in command, the Assistant Editor is always
ready should something horribly disfiguring happen to
the Editor.
Layout Editors
Spends most of their time string bleary-eyed at a com-
puter screen, and loving every minute of it. Spends
spare time basking in the glory of putting together the
best damn paper on campus. Gets to play with the
POWER MAC!
Photo Editor
Pretty self-explanatory
Advertising Editor
Tracks down all the people who want to advertise in
the best damn paper on campus.
Staff Writers
This position is always open. Hang around the IW
office (hey, it finally cleared health inspections) and
write mind-blowing articles.
Academics
SAC Rep (1)
Representative to the Students Advising Co-op. Tells
them what we want and tells us what they want.
Academics (1)
Encourages students and professors to contribute to
the exam folders in the Orifice, and also make sure they
are kept up to date. One of the Engineering reps on
many University academic committees.
Course Critiques (3)
Administrates the Course Critique survey to assist in
the improvement of teaching methods on-Campus.
More Directorships, page 17 ...
The Sandford Fleming Foundation Waterloo Campu Activity
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
TERRY KOEHLER, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
DAVE KILLEN, CIVIL ENGINEERING
(519) 888-4008
ANDREW SARANGAN, ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
JOSEPH KHAMALAH, MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
RICHARD LEASK, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
LI-TE CHENG, SYSTEMS DESIGN
DEWEY YIN, YEAR 1 ENGINEERING
the Fall 1995 Winners of SFF Teaching Assistanship Award
Funding for these awards comes from engineering student contributions and depends on them for continuation.
An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education
More Directorships
f T rm
S.F.F. Rep (1) Proposal Director (1) Off Term Rep (12)
Student rep to the Sandford Fleming Foundation,
assists in organizing debates, teclmical speaking compe-
titions, and other fun and exciting stuff.
Resource Manual (2)
Works on updates made to the EngSoc Resource and
Policy Manual. 'This is a directorship for someone who
has a little experience within EngSoc and likes to work
behind the scenes.
Coordinates the collection of WEEF funding propos-
als and organizes the proposal presentation meeting.
Employer Matching Contribution Director (1)
Coordinates the implementation of a new employer
matching contribution system. The WEEF will be solic-
iting donations from coop employers that equal the
donations of the student employees.
Attends A -Soc council meetings to voice B-Soc's opin-
ions to our sister society. This position includes the
responsibility of putting together rnailouts to keep the
directors and class reps informed of Joint Council and
happenings around Waterloo. This is a position to be
filledinW%.
Blotter (12)
WEEF Public Relations Director Each term a desk blotter is produced by EngSoc for
the students. The blotter needs to be put together com-
plete with calendars and advertisements during the
W% term so it can be printed in May and distributed at
th beginning of llw t nn.
UnWant Ads (1)
Maintains a database full of job descriptions written
by students who have had the jobs, for students who
are thinking about taking the same job.
Helps out in all sorts of ways to advertise the WEEF
and its purpose and benefits. Also helps the other
directors advertise for proposals, meetings, etc
All-New Co-op
Josh Richmond
28 Systems (CRiSYS)
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ranking forms are back. You
have a job in Doodleville and
can't even find it on the map, let
alone find a place there to live. Sound
all too familiar? Having been stuck in
similar crises before, EngSoc has created
(or ratherconverted the Used Book
Board into) the Co-op Housing Board.
Not to be confused with any co-op afilli-
ated service, the Co-op Housing Board
is a place for students to find other stu-
dents looking for, or having, places to
live for the coming co-op term.
The Co-op Housing Board is conve-
nientiy located outside of The Orifice. It is
divided into four 'location' columns:
Ottawa, Toronto, the Rest of Ontario, and
Out of Province. Students who already
have a place to live, but would like roo-
mates should fill out yellow OFFERED
cards. Students who need a place to live
should fill out a blue WANTED card. Just
ask Betty in The Orifice for these cards. By
checking the board regularly, it shouldn't
take long to find potential homes and roo-
mates. Good luck with finals and the
coming co-op term.
Any suggestions or comments can be
emailedtojlrichmo@zeus.uwaterloo.ca
WEEF Executive Director Spews
Directorship time al.roody! For thooc
of you just dying to help out Canada's
largest university endowment fund (J
think) now is tile tim to act. Fill out a
directorship application form (available
in the Orifice) today! There arc three
directorships available to help out with
theWEEF:
-Proposal Director
-Employee Matching Contribution
Director
-Public Relations Director
For details, please see the big article
on directorships that's on page 12 in
this issue. If you don't want a director-
ship but want to help anyways, e-mail
endowmenthelix.watstar.uwaterloo.c
a anytime.
Derek ToIalrski
President Spews
W
ell midterms are done, and
each day those pesky exams
loom closer and closer ....
Cheer up, there's lots going on in the
next few weeks to help you get through
those pre-final blues.
Nothing Semi about This Class Act!
The Semi Fonnal took place on Friday
November 3rd at the Holiday Inn in
Kitchener. 130 people came out to make
this the most successful B Soc Semi For-
mal in the last couple of years. The direc-
tors put an incredible amount of effort
and time and I know that everyone who
attended appreciated their dedication.
Thanks for an incredible evening guys!!
"Tonight, I'm a Rock & Roll Star!"
Ever wanted to feel like a rock star?
Even for only a minute? Well you should
have signed up for Tal Eng last Thursday
November 9 at the Bombshelter. The
crowd was entertained from 7:30 pm to
about midnight. The speakers and lights
are all it takes to make the performers
giddy like the boys in the Oil of Olay
commercials .... About 200 people came
out to experience that down home con-
cert feel. The sound guys (us performers
prefer to call them roadies) even taped the
entire concert on DA T!!!! If you are look-
ing for a copy I'm sure we'll find our-
selves one somewhere (that means that I
don't know but wish I did). Kirsten
LeRoij spearheaded this entire event and
the night's success is a direct reflection of
the effort she put into the organization.
VP Internal Spews
G
reetings and salutations yet
again as we come to the realiza-
tion that there is a light at the
end of this long tunnel. However, at
the end of all things, there is a down-
side. In our case it's called finals. Any-
how ...

oc e ws
Thanks for all the work (and letting me
play)!!!
Santa's Last Party Before Christmas
Were you wondering why there were
17 Santa's running around two weeks
ago? Don't buy that bull about 'checking
to see if you are naughty or nice'. Santa
needed a pre Christmas party at the Hal-
lowe'en Mid Term Pub!!! The night
ended with the traditional showing of
Rocky Horror Picture Show at midnight
(complete with rice, toast, and all)!!! A
special thanks to our C&D manager,
Mary Bland, who worked overtime to
serve food for the pub. Look for the C&D
to be open at future pubs!
Old Exams, the Key to Success!
Exam time is coming up, and remem-
ber that the Orifice has old exams for
almost every engineering course, and
most electives. If you would like to get a
copy come down to the Orifice and ask
Betty for the exam folder for your course.
Get them early and beat the rush. If you
have any midterms from this semester
Thanks to our Semi-Formal directors
this year (Jason Kimball, Karen Genoway,
Kitty Fong and Gayan Fernando) for
putting together an exceptional evening!
It was truly a night to remember. As well,
the Semi was a great time to get dressed
up for something other than interviews.
Thanks again to the directors for making
it a great success.
Hats off to Kirsten LeRoij, one of our
Arts directors, for doing a fantastic job
organizing a great Tal-Eng. The night
was filled with spectacular perfonnances;
we were even successful in getting it
taped (well, the musical sections were
easier to tape than the juggling). All of the
performers for the evening also did a fan-
tastic job displaying that there's more to
life than Engineering.
Just a quick note to all of our current
directors. Since the end of the term is
approaching quickly, I want to take this
opportunity to remind you that we'd like
please come down to the Orifice and
leave a photocopy (or original) for the
exam folders, the people next year will
thank you
The Orifice Closes for Exams
The Orifice will be closing on Friday
December 1st for the rest of the term. If
you would like to purchase any Engineer-
ing Novelties (great Christmas gifts at
excellent prices!!!) see Betty between 8 am
and 3 pm. Since the Orifice will be closed,
you will not be able to use the photo-
copiers or get old exams, so plan ahead.
The Orifice will be open on January 2nd
1996 for the winter term, and again on the
first day of classes next summer. Don't be
afraid to wish Betty a happy Holiday!
C&D Open for Exams
The C&D will be open during exams
for the first time ever. So if you're study-
ing or writing, and get the munchies,
nothing else will do. Mary Bland, our
C&D manager will be here until the 21st
to provide you with that wholesome food
your mother thinks you cook for yourself.
Make sure you wish Mary a happy Holi-
day as welL
Calling All Directors
As we are drawing near the end of the
term it is time for to pick directorships for
the summer semester. This is your
chance to get involved and have a lot of
fun. There are a variety of directorships
with a wide range of time commitments,
one that will fit into your schedule. Not
only will you be cool (everybody's doing
it), this is an excellent way to gain organi-
a brief report from each of you on how
the term went. We'd like to hear what
worked, what didn't and any advice
you'd have for future directors assuming
your position.
On the bulletin board outside of the
Orifice, we're putting together a 'Winter
Sublet Board". This is a free service we're
providing to both people who have a
place to sublet and people looking for a
place to sublet. We'd like to publicize
places available all over the province so
everyone going out on workterm is able
to find a place to stay while working. We
have cards in the Orifice for you to fill out
to be posted on the board. Both people
with a room and looking for a room will
have open access to see the listings on the
board at all times and be able to make the
appropriate arrangements faster!
The end of the term suggests that I'd
better start my Christmas shopping, but it
also means that we're open to director-
zation and comrrlunication skills that are
excellent resume material There is a list
of the directorships in this issue of the IW,
for more information about a directorship
come talk to one of the exec or the current
directors. If you already know which
directorship you would like to apply for,
there are applications in the Orifice (see
Betty). Please submit your application by
Friday November 24.
The directors will be picked by the exec
that weekend and will be posted on Mon-
day November 27th outside the orifice
and in the CPH foyer. Every director,
new and old, is encouraged to come out
to the Pot Luck Dinner on Wednesday
November 29th at 4:30 pm in POETS.
Note: Pot Luck means that everybody
brings some kind of food-like substance
fit for human consumption The last Eng-
Soc meeting will take place at 5:30 pm on
the 29th in POETS. All are welcome to
help us wrap up the term. The Presi-
dent's and Class Rep awards will be pre-
sented at this meeting.
EOT at the Bomber
Finally the End Of Term Pub (EOT
Pub) is at the Bomber on Friday Decem-
ber 1st This is a must attend event (it'll
make you look cool!). Come out an party
with your friends and P**5 rivals, that's
right the P**5 awards are going to be
announced at the Bomber.
Until the next issue,
Viddles
ship applications for next term. Else-
where in this edition of the IW there are
descripticms of the various directorships.
These are strictly volunteer positions, but
it's a rewarding experience and it looks
great on a resume! We have positions of
various levels of challenge and commit-
ment. These range from maintaining our
academic files of old exams, coordinating
the professor and course critiques, publi-
cizing what's going on, organizing social
events, and putting together the athletic
tournaments to name but a few. So if you
want to get involved, or you just want to
pump up your resume, stop by the Ori-
fice and fill out a directorship application!
WelL all good things must come to an
end. I guess this spew is something
which must end as welL
Ed Fletcher
VP Finance Spews
H
llo from the land of dona-
tions, Tal Eng and Christmas
ghts. I've finally got the last
evergreen needles out of my apartment
from my Christmas tree Halloween
costume. Here's what's news in Eng-
Soc:
Donations
Each term EngSoc sets aside money for
student groups with Engineering mem-
bers or that reflect well on the Engineering
Society. This year five groups presented at
Council for the $1000 EngSoc had avail-
able. The results were as follows:
Accapel Eng $50
esc $100
FSQ $200
Formula SAE $250
Midnite Sun IV $250
Sharctic Toboggan $150
POETS
A new VCR has been purchased for
legs for some time, and finally exploded
into fine bits of ash last week. We're going
to try and duct tape the bits of ash togeth-
er and use the old VCR as a backup for
playback. The new one provides the func-
tionality that the POETS directors need to
be able to tape multiple shows ovemight
C&D
There are many C&D's on campus, and
this term we got together to discuss the
possibility of buying as a collective group.
There are advantages to group tendering,
since we will get more distributors; lead-
ing to more variety and better prices.
However, once the discussion turned to
VP External Spews
G
et your applications in for those
conferences (CCES, OEC,
ESSCO Olympics, ESSCO
AGM)! The deadline for delegate
applications for CCES is this Friday
(today).
If all goes well there will be a batch
party at Queen's tomorrow, if not, you
can all stay home and drink.
Coming up this Saturday (the 18th) is a
Day with a Difference. Day with a Differ-
ence is run by Women in Engineering
and it is directed towards girls in elemen-
tary schools. Women with a variety of
careers give seminars throughout the day
and the girls have the opportunity to hear

oc e ws
group contracts, group orders, shared
bank accounts, and price fixing, the Engi-
neering Society C&O chose to maintain its
independence.
Look for some layout changes next
term- Mary has some great ideas for mak-
ing better use of the small space we have.
You can now purchase EngSoc coffee
mugs in the C&O. A mere $6.00 gets you
the EngSoc mug and a free coffee! Refills
to the mug are only 40 cents. You'll be
helping the environment, and getting an
EngSoc memento!
CCES
I'm involved with the Canadian Con-
ference of Engineering Students as a
Headquarters Co-ordinator and Fund-
Raising Assistant. This is a huge confer-
ence that UW EngSoc is hosting from
December 31st 1995 to January 6th 1996.
The topic is "Engineering Education" and
if Universities are properly providing us
with the skills that industry requires.
There's still a lot of work to be done, both
before and during. For example, Bill Gray
and I are setting up contacts to obtain
'computer hardware/software, photo-
copiers, cellular phones, etc. Many items
have already been setup, but if you have a
them. I feel that Day with a Difference is a
great service provided by Women in
Engineering as many young girls really
have no idea of the wide scope of careers
good contact with a compan that could
assist us, let on of us know. (On a sepa-
rate issue, I think EngSoc needs a sponsor
for duct tape.) If you'd like to list on our
resume that you helped with the organi-
zation of a ational Engineering Confer-
ence, talk to Amy Mc.Cleverty.
Sandford Fleming Debates
Each term, the Sandford Fleming foun-
dation gives students the chance to
demonstrate their talent in parliamentary
debate. Rod Cave and I from the E&CE
department have just triumphed in the
finals, over a formidable Mech team.
Coming soon will be a debate between us
and the top Science team- look for dates
and times to follow because we'll need a
cheering section!
Thanks!
Many people have shown great organi-
zation over various events. I would like to
thank my Finance directors Phil and
Larry for their time and ideas. Congrats to
the Semi-Fonnal directors for organizing
a HUGE event- I think they doubled or
tripled last year's attendance. Thanks to
the Arts directors for putting Tal Eng
together- it was a great success. And, after
all, thanks to ViddIes for being so lousy at
eating fish! (ViddIes and I had a bet that I
could eat double the amount of fish as
him. Loser had to dress in drag to Coun-
cil. The joke that will never die!)
For anyone that's curious I'll be work-
ing at Bell Mobility Cellular in Etobicoke
for the winter. Till next time, keep smiling
and look out for giant sixtc n foot punl}>
kins.Q
Mike Worry
available to them. I hav no idea what
young boy think in terms of future
employment, maybe this type of areer
exploration should be provided to them
too. Let me know what you think.
The Bridging the Gap seminar on the
7th was quite interesting. The speaker,
Clare Beingessner, spoke on business
practices in the 90's. The main idea was
that good managers will listen to their
workers. If people enjoy what they are
doing they will perform belter. Mr.
Beingessner pointed out that these skills
of dealing with people are not taught in
school and it is important that we work
on them. I can see many people hearing
this and thinking it doesn't apply to them,
they already know how to listen. Unfor-
EngSocCalendar
NovembertS
Badminton Tournament
Party at Queens
Details in Orifice
November 18-19
Great Can.ldia.ll Naked Co-ed Pool
Tournament
November 21
Seminar: Sexual Hamssment in the
WorkpJace 1 2 ~ 1:30,EL-211
November 24
Last. Iron Wanior DEadline!
November 28
100 Days Till IRS!
tun.'1tcly, Ilhink it is possible til; t we are
misjudging ()ursdvcs. At th ' PEO coni< r-
nee, on of the bpeakers spok on this
very same topi . Most cngin 'n; graduat-
ing now ar not good 111< nag rs. So what
do w do? Do we take advantage of our
electives and choose <;ourses on oomrnu-
nication? Would they really help? Is get-
ting more involved in committees and
having to deal with other people the
answer? I don't know, but it's something
to think about.
I think I'll put an end to my ramblings
here along with a small reminder to get
those directorship applications in.
Nimle Alxarius

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