Friday, November 1, 1996 The Magazine of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society Volume 9 Issue 3

Bridging the gap to our past

Chris McRaiid
Communications Director

Everybody should be aware of why they are

where they are and how it got to be that way. Our
erspectives were expanded on just that topic
when Ken Mclaughlin, the University of Waterloo's offi-
cial historian spoke on October 8 about the colourful histo-
ry of our school and its engineering beginnings. This was
the first lecture in the Bridging the Gap Lecture Series of
the Fall term
It's no secret to most of us that our humble origins are
closely tied with that other school down the road, namely
WLU. But few are aware how the offspring came to settle
and grow to bec()me the successful giant it is today. Fewer
still know about all of the sordid activities that earned the
students of the engineering faculty a certain reputation.
Hail our forefathers! To learn this information on your
own you would normally have to find a professor who's
been around since the mid fifties and somehow break
their code of secrecy (a little golden elixir never hurts). But
Dr. Mclaughlin was the appropriate person to wax his-
toric since he was a student here in the mid sixties, has
been a professor at the school since 1970 and was recently
the Dean of St. Jerome's College. He is currently working
on a book about the University idea at Waterloo.
The idea for a science and engineering school came
from the office of Dr. Hagey at Waterloo College. At that
time it was a small but stout religious college with rising
aspirations. Hagey enlisted his pal Ira Needles (yes Nee-
dles Hall), then the CEO of BF Goodrich Canada to sell the
idea of a combined work study program to the business
community. The idea was a winner and the plan was
hatched. But where to put the school? Originally it was
supposed to reside at the Waterloo College site but it was
obvious their tiny parcel of land couldn't support the
school's impending growth. Our first building Engineer-
ing 1 was originally designed for a hillside at Waterloo
College but when the gears switched and the farm land
purchased for our new home, they were lucky to find a
hillside with the same dimensions on which to throw the
building.
Nowadays we think we're pretty cool when we tor-
ment the frosh at the start of the year, organize certain spe-
cial events and pull the odd stunt, but when you look back
at the students then, it's easy to see they were pretty hard
core. The' geers first gained notoriety when they scaled
Let's wait and see what tomorrow brings - Engineering 1 circa 1960
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the big water tower on Albert Street and painted. BEER in
big letters. They would have gotten away with it unno-
ticed except they hired a plane to perform a fly-by with all
of them on top, attracting attention from the local authori-
ties. In another display of bravado, one engineering gang
went to the roof of the Huether Hotel and deposited a big
sign for all eyes to see "ENGINEER1NG!". One unfortu-
nate student was tasked with keeping the cop stationed at
the comer of the hotel from looking up. He was under-
standably nervous when all 20 of the students began their
work less than 40 feetup from where Mr. Officer stood.
The first engineering class, which by the way was all
male, purchased leather jackets with not one but two
essential internal pockets, one for the classic slide rule and
the other for the mickey of beverages. Dr. Mclaughlin
alluded to the fact if the same jackets were redesigned
today they may have included a third pocket for special
protection of the rubber variety. They were adamant
about attracting attention to themselves and differentiat-
ing themselves from their mother school down the road
by altering road signs, university signs and pulling the
The "Cloudless Climes and Starry Skies" Issue
ubiquitous campus raids. In tim th. enginCl'rn gave way
tooth r faculties and more and more buildings
ed as the univ 1 founder's prophecil'S sc'1w the light of
day. As the school grew so did the faculty of ngineering
and its reputation. But instead of a reputotion for
stantly pul.ling shenanigans, w earned the respect of the
academk and business community (the stunt scene just
migrated undergwund). Waterloo CoJlegf' be arne
Waterloo Lutheran Univ rsity, and then in a show of
making efficient use of signs, changed the name to Wilfrid
Laurier University to .keep the same initials.
I was amazed that even though I've been here for
almost five years now, virtually all of the events that Dr.
Mclaughlin spoke about were new to me. There were
many more details revealed in the lecture but to find out
more keep an eye out for Dr. Mclaughlin's book due out
later next year.
The next Bridging the Gap Lecture will be Professor
Norman Ball speaking on the subject 'Will You be Unpro-
motable in Five Years?" to be held on November 5, EL 112
at 11:30 with coffee and donuts, as always.
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Hey! How are you kids? Awright, enough small talk
down to business.
From the Editor
I am pretty sure you can see that this is a letter from Ryan
and not The Editor that is due to my expectation that my Bill
was going to write the other letter and I would write my
own to be buried deeper into the paper. Well that was not to
be, so once again here I am.
Elections
Engineering society elections are coming up. And with
these upcoming elections comes the thing I dislike of all elec-
tions: the politics. Regardless of that though, I have to admit
that they are pretty In the interest of hav-
ing more Letter and less Ryan I1l adcireg; two issues that are
usually brought up around. these time.
One coocem is that these types of elections are not much
more than "popularity contests." Certainly that is true to
some extent, but who would want an unpopular president
What we must be wary of is electing someone only because
ofpopuJarity.
Trying to be non-partisan and say somethin, I have 10 say
all tt.e people who I know of are running are people who I
am cmfident would make fine leaders. I respect them all
and I can tell you 1 am going 10 vote for at least one of them; I
think you should too.
Engineering pen:eption
Always there is loads of talk of the way that engineers and
engineering is perceived by society. A number of recmt arti-
cles have sparked discussion of it. At UW, Prof. Norman
Ball's republished comments in the Gazette have incited
mum talk as well as negativity towards Mr. Ball.
Initially I found it very saddening that the descriptors used
in these articles are quite inaccurate when I think of my expe-
riences here. Certainly I would not be too eager to blame
Orientation Week over attributing the hundreds of weeks
that follow. ,
It is unfortunate though that as an organization we don't
address these concerns more rationally and dismiss so readi-
ly the challenge to change or strengthen our beliefs. It is
truly sad when you cannot understand another person's
point of view whim I think some people may be hypocriti-
cally saying of sum critical outsiders as Mr. Ball. Never <fis..
miss what someone says as the ravings of a madman; at least
listen to what they say as the ravings of a madman.
Senate
Monday night, October 21, was the evening of last
month's UW Senate meeting. Of all the things discussed at
that very long meeting, two things stay in my mind.
Erst was quite an active discussion as it involved some-
thing of concern to all present education. A question was
posed as to what role UW might play in assisting changes in
secondary education systems and, also, as students pro-
gressed through school now are they as good as students ten
or so ya!S ago.
Many good arguments, points and opinions were aired.
Differences between intelligence and preparation were
pointed out Caution was suggested in the evolution of UW
towards a sort of trade school where students have "tools" to
get tasks done but less critical-thinking skills. Oarification
was voiced that our education now is more general and not
as specialized as in previous decades. In the interest of keep-
ing the meeting length under three hours President Downey
cut discussion short, but only after many valuable thoughts
had been debated. .
Second was the expected discussion on Policy 73, the poli-
cy regarding intellectual property. With more undergradu-
ates doing research and being part of the cutting edge, this
policy is of a greater concern to undergraduates now than it
might have been in the past. The policy generally gives
more rights to the creator than to the institution which
apparently is unusual for most universities excepting UW
and UofT.
Another issue that might have a greater effect on us is
regarding the assignment of textbooks for courses. It gives
some guidelines for the situation of conflict of interest when
professors have the opportunity to assign course texts which
they receive royalties off the sale of. In the case of course
notes the price may be reduced by the royalty and in the case
of texts published by a publishing company the money may
to a scholarship fund..
LadyBinl
On Sunday I was in Dana Porter and a little lady bug
slowly came crawling around a Canadian Periodical Index.
If a bug can seem sad, at all, this one certainly did. Feeling
serene I picked the lady up in my hand and took outside
and set it on a tIre branch. One on that tIre is became more
active in the freshness of the Autumn air much different
from the stuffy stagnant atmosphere of the library.
Later in the afternoon as I walked on campus a lady
bug flew and landed on my hand out of a gentle Fall breeze.
She walked aroWld. my hand for a few seconds and then
was gone as she came.
Some things learned in kinderg;uten
Tuesday morning, on campus, I saw a small group of
kindergarten students. Meekly, they sat on a bendl. while
their two supeM;ors offered. one shortbread rookie 10 eadt
dtild I stopped to look at them all bWldJed with jackets, lit-
tle boots and string-attached mittens. All those little lots
seemed quite subdued which disheartened me as it did not
match my vision of playfulness that I associated with dtil-
dren.
One of the causes of their behaviour, I don't doubt, was
the rope which was on the ground near their feet. Since I
never experienced this use of rope when I was in kinder-
garten I'm not sure of everything about it I gather that the
youngsters are made 10 hold on 10 the rope wherever walk-
ing in a group. It prevents them from straying; constantly it
keeps them on the narrow straits of conformity.
1 supposed it interesting that they are in kindergarten,
the beginning of their foonal education. and they were at a
university which usually represents the conclusion of foonal
education. I see the rope as very telling of an educational
future of left-brained confonnity they face. In fact the rope
and how it is used can symbolize homogeneous knowledge
learning not thought learning.
Of all the things I have 10 say 10 you and those young
kids, the most important is, "Let go of the rope man!"
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Ryan Chen-Wing
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Chris McRaild
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Keith Parker
Rocky Radovan
Nina Sodhi
Jason Van Dyk
Alison Woodcock
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The Iron Warrior
Letters from Matt
Matt Clarke recently left Waterloo under the exhange program with Braunschweig
University in Germany. He sent these postcards for some of his friends at UW. He is
a member of the 2B Systems Design class, OASys and plans to rejoin his class in
over a year.
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OASys class picture
Friday, November I, 1996 The Iron Warrior
9 7 . ays Until
IRS '97 Pub
Crawl
Mike Gibson T-shirt to participate in the crawl
Rob Bombino and all proceeds go to Grad-
GradComm Cornm
The crawl will be starting in
We only have 118 days to IRS POETS at noon and will continue
as of today! On Friday, Novern- all afternoon and night. The
ber 22, 1996 there is going to be schedule of bars that we will be
the colossal 97 Days Until IRS going to will be on the T-shirts
Pub Crawl. It's going to be the (so you need one to know where
last crawl of the term and should you're going). Come on out and
be loads of fun. There will be pub have un with your fellow 4th
crawl T-shirts on sale starting on years and celebrate the nearing of
November 15. You must have a our goal, getting the Iron Ring.
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Friday, November 1, 1996
10 no InO
Paul McKone
UW Engineering Computing
l1
e Engineering Output Centre in
CPH 2367, the GAFF, will cease to
exist in its current form at the end of
the 1996 Fall term. In its place will be a
new facility that offers 24-hour output,
along with the ability to use a Watcard to
add money in five-dollar increments to
user printing accounts. For those who
want guaranteed-quality output, there will
still be a filed-output printer to provide the
security and quality that users have
enjoyed from the current system.
A special Watcard swipe station
will become available January I, 1997, out-
side the Engineering Computer User Sup-
port Centre in E2-1308, the ECUSC. It will
allow users to add money in five-dollar
increments to their Watstar printing
accounts at any time. Refunds will be
made to the user's central Watcard
account, Food Services, by an online Wat-
star request. This simplifies the current sys-
tem which involves the user purchasing a
$10 printing services card from the
Cashier's Office in Needles Hall, bringing
it to the operator to have the amount
added, and reversing the process to obtain
a refund of the unused balance.
The current I/O room will be dis-
mantled at the end of classes this tenn, and
a new, smaller room will be constructed on
the opposite wall of the GAFF. This new
arrangement will have a through-the-wall
print hopper, as in the other public Watstar
rooms, so that users in the GAFF can
obtain their output at any time. Another
printer inside the new output room will be
used for filed-output only, so that "sensi-
tive", or "best quality" printout is protected
from the eyes and hands of other users. It
will be filed during working hours, and
kept locked up at night. As is the case now,
quality guarantees and refunds will be in
effect for filed-output jobs, but will not
apply for through-the-wall jobs. Colour
printer output will remain much the same
as now: users will need to manually release
the job, to avoid printing unnecessary and
unwanted mistakes. The results wiLl be
filed with the other output at regular inter-
vals during the day.
The I/O room has been staffed
for years by the Department of Computing
Services. As part of its reorganization and
integration with Data Processing and Tele-
phone Services, support for this room is
being withdrawn. In order to provide,
and in some ways to improve, service to
our users, the Engineering Computing
Department is undertaking these changes.
Additional information on
changes being made to the operation of the
Engineering Output Centre can be found
by typing "HELP IORooM" while logged
onto Watstar. Questions and comments
regarding this or other computing issues
may be posted to the newsgroup uw.wat-
star.
Take a stand .on
differential
tuition fees
Keith Parker
FED Council Representative
W:
at is differential tuition you
ask? Well, to sum it up, it is the
act of charging more for some
programs than others. And all sides of a
three sided coin feel strongly about the
issue.
What has got the debate going is the
push by universities to deregulate tuition
fees. This means that the Universities
would have significant control in deciding
how much they could charge. Some are
asking for full control, others are asking
for simply more control than what they
have now. One of these in between
options is that the provincial government
allows the Universities more freedom in
some programs and very little in others.
H the last option is taken, there are sev-
eral possible ways to decide which pro-
grams will be allowed to go up more, and
which one's are still tightly controlled.
The first option is to differentiate
between program cost For example, with
the current tuition fee structure, with
everyone paying nearly the same, arts stu-
dents pay 50 percent of their education,
engineers 27 percent and dentistry stu-
dents eight percent. Taking this option
will even this out a bit.
Second option is to differentiate
between degree worth. An engineer can
expect to leave school and earn a signifi-
cantly higher salary than an Arts student
(stats have proven this), and do to this
expectation they can afford to pay more.
This is the same with doctors, MBAs,
optometrists etc. ..
The third option is a mixture.
We need your input On November 17
there will be a vote at the Federation of
Student's Student Council Meeting on
which option we support. What we need
to know is what you as a student believe is
fairest and best for society. This is an
important issue, and the eventual decision
will shape the education of the future.
Contact myself at bkparket@rwvice.uwa-
terloo.ca or call me at (613) 824-3375 or you
can contact Christine Cheng, who is on
stream, at ccheng@systerns. We need to
know what your point of view is and
why. We can also give you more informa-
tion if you need it, or even if you don't
need it. Also feel free to contact Kelly
Foley, the FED VP-Education at
kejoley@frds, who will be more than happy
to discuss the issues at stake.
One last thing, Very important: There
are two vacancies for Engineering Coun-
cillors. With each meeting that goes by,
we miss out on having a real impact on
the affairs that go on in our school. Please
get in touch with myself or Christine if
you are interested or drop by the FEDS
office in the SLC (it faces Health and Safe-
ty) and ask to speak with Marilyn.
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Friday, November I, 1996
The Iron Warrior
Student Issues
Resource
Centre
Dealing with the ugly stuff in society
Heather Calder
Co-ordinator
Student Issues Resource Centre
E
might seem like the usual bor-
:ing article about a service on cam-
pus that you likely aren' t go:ing to
read - but it's not. Please keep going.
I am the coord:inator of the Student
Issues ResoW'ce Centre. That's a brand
new part of the Federation of Students.
Mario has been known to say that I deal
with the "ugly stuff in society" - and by
that he means racism, sexism, homo-
phobia, and harassment. To put a more
positive spin on my job, I am here to
help you if you are experiencing that
"ugly stuff', to provide you with infor-
mation and contacts in the university to
help you.
I am also here to help you if you need
to know about something that has noth-
ing to do with academics (we have Kelly
Foley, VP Education, for that) and noth-
ing to do with administrivia (that's
Mario Bellabarba's job) and nothing to
do with clubs, services or societies (that's
for Julie Primeau, VP Internal, to do).
What does that leave? Well, things
like eating disorders, environmental
awareness, human rights, AIDS/HIV,
women's and men's issues, international
development, health issues,
les /bi! gay / transgendered rights, and
many other things that affect all of us.
Some people call these the "touchy
feely" things. What they really mean by
that is that you have to be a bleed:ing
heart liberal to care about these things.
I don't think that's true. I have seen in
the last 6 months how much these
things do affect people's lives, and how
important compassion and understand-
ing are. You may not be HIV positive,
but I would bet that you know someone
who is. You may not know that one of
your friends has been sexually assault-
ed, but chances are good that he/she
has been. You may not realize that your
jokes about someone's weight hurts
him/her terribly because she/he has
suffered or is suffering from an eating
disorder. You may not think you know
anyone who is gay, but trust me, you
do. You may not think that buying your
gas at Shell is hurting Nigerians, but it is.
You get the point.
Regardless of whether you ever use
the services of the Student Issues
Resource Centre, I would like you to
think about foW' things:
1) Every one of yoW' actions has a pro-
found effect on the universe (sounds
kind of New Age, but it's true). Think
about this in the context of the environ-
ment - every time you put something :in
the drain, it ends up out there in the
water somewhere for a bird to choke on.
2) People are far more complicated
than they appear. People are kind of like
icebergs this way - no matter what you
see on the surface, there are things under
there that may horrify and delight you.
Keep this in mind when you are speak-
ing to them.
3) There's no such thing as a stupid
question if you don't know the answer.
(Words of wisdom from my father that
have served me well) This applies in
your case as well as to others.
4) No matter what anyone has said to
you, you are worth the effort to take care
of yourself and to get help when you
need it. None of us are perfect, no matter
how hard we may try to be. I don't real-
ly know any of you who might still be
reading this far into the article, but I
know that you are worth caring about.
Just by being born you are worth caring
about. That goes across the board - all
people are worth caring about, and are
not "wastes of space", or losers.
End of lecture.
For more information about some of
the things I do, please don't hesitate to
call me at ext. 6331, e-mail me at fedis-
sue@jeds.watstar, or check out the SIRC
web page, linked to the Federation of
Students's page.

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A couple lips now?
Rocky Radovan
2BEnvChem
Mental
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that time of year. The time has come
in the term when every member of the
teemed faculty of engineering has had
just about enough of midterms and failure,
and is pondering the quintessential ques-
tion - "Just what the heck am I doing in
engineering anyway?"
Engineering is about problem solving,
but in reality it is about finding the easiest,
fastest, and occasionally the best solution to
that problem. Here's the answer so you
don't have to think; There just ain't nothing
else to do. Here's why.
Power corrupts. There is absolutely no
doubt about it Once you (as an engineer)
get a taste of being one of society's elite, you
just can't get up and leave. Lay people are
extremely jealous of engineers because,.
well, all kidding aside, they ARE more
capable at doing anything, but why not go
for the gusto and leave all the crummy jobs
to everybody else. God (or Allah, or
whomever else the various religions of the
world believe is the Creator) was an engi-
neer. Creator of the Universe is pretty high
up in the social structure, so I sure as heck
wouldn't mind being called an engineer is
He was. How can anybody top that?
Just suppose that your ego is not inflated
enough and you are still considering anoth-
er route to continue your post-secondary
education at Waterloo. Math student? You
can't be serious. No matter what, I would
rather be considered a prototypical engineer
with shcxidy clothes, no style, and no per-
sonality than a prototypical mathie. The
mathie's biggest contribution to society is
making sure that there is a continuous mar-
ket for thick hom rimmed glasses and pock-
et protectors. Pink tie? They couldn't even
think up a decent phallic symbol Give me
a big 01' RIDGID pipe wrench any day. I
guess math is way way out
Transfer to computer science - there's a
step in the right direction. It's a good thing
the Internet is around, cause there is never
LAST JACKET DAY THIS TERM
The Campus Shop
Student Life Centre (lower Level)
Leather Jacket Days
Thursday, November 21, 1996
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
leather: $320.00 Melton & leather: $205.00
$100.00 Deposit Required
enough debate about who is better: Capt.
Kirk or Capt Picard. If it wasn't for engi-
neers, these people would still be walking
around with their skin tinted green from
countless hours spent in front of a flashing
square writing programs that engineers
have to translate into english and then tell
them that it just don't work
All in ali, the Faculty of Arts gets a bad
rep - cause without cartoons there is no way
that the engineer could put off doing that
assignment any longer. Artsie's have made
some great additions to human culture and
society. In fact, if it wasn't for them, who
would we give all our change to as we
walked down the streets? You would be
surprised at how heavy a pocket full of
nickels and dimes can get. Literature, poet-
ry, music, visual and graphic arts, are all
wonderful things. But as any veteran engi-
neer has come to learn (as will anyone who
passes lA), you begin to pine for derivatives
and differentials in between paragraphs
and clauses. You can only read a novel for
so long before you begin to integrate the
page numbers with respect to the name of
your pet rock. I guess that leaves science.
Ever taken a good close look at a Science
graduate? They are not ali there. It must
have something to do with the number of
organic solvents over there. The only
organic solvents engineers concern them-
selves with is ethanoL If you spill that on
your clothes then there really isn't much of a
problem. Lab coats are unheard of on this
side of campus. Imagine wearing one to
POETS - you can't can you? It's a shame
that science hasn't come to realize that all
the important scientific breakthroughs have
already been achieved; caffeine keeps you
awake, booze gets you horny, hard-core
drugs kill you, soft drugs turn you into an
artsie.
Still not convinced engineering is for you?
Then you will have to learn how well engi-
neering prepares you for the real world. Be
on the lookout for next issues article titled
"Sex, Drugs, Engineering" or ''How Drunk
I Can get using the Company Expense
Account".
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10 The Iron Warrior Friday, November I, 1996
+ Rep-orts from the 1996 PEO LUES Conference
By Jenn Dow, Nina Sodhi,
Jason Van Dyk
and Sarah Davies
R
r the weekend of October 3 - 6, we had the plea-
sure of attencling the 1996 Aruma} PEO/UES con-
ference at the Urriversity of Guelph. The focus of
the conference was on engineering issues as we approach
the next millennium. A total of 45 participants included
delegates from 11 universities across Ontario and repre-
sentatives from FSSCO (Engineering Student Societies
Council of Ontario).
Speakers
Several keynote speakers were invited to present their
views on how the profession will progress into the next
century. Lambert Otten, Director of the School of Engi-
neering at the University of Guelph, spoke on engineering
education. Education, according to Otten, needs to be
more dynamic and react to the quick paced changes that
occur in industry. Politics, economics, ethics and morals
will be the key driving forces affecting the changes we will
see in our education. By making improvements, we will
aid in decreasing the magnitude of the innovation gap in
Canada, wruch is currently among the worst of the G7
countries. The innovation gap stems from the difference
between the production levels of low and high technology
goods, and we would decrease the gap by increasing high
tech production.
The president of the PEa, Peter W. Ridout, described
the make-up of engineering professionals today. Of the
60,000 PEa members, women make up 4%, and that
number is expected to increase continually. There are not
enough new members filling the voids of retiring mem-
bers, thus causing a continual decrease in the total number
of P. Eng.'s registered in Ontario. Th.is suggests that there
are either less engineering graduates, or fewer graduates
that register with the PEO. It was stressed that the engi-
neers of the future must be entrepreneurial, socially and
politically aware, have good communication and leader-
shipskiUs.
The PEO is working hard to increase public awareness
of the engineering profeSSion. They have found that
many people do not know what engineers are or what
they do. The PEa has produced a short TV commercial
that will air for approximately four weeks that shows the
effect of engineering in our world. The ad campaign, enti-
tled 1t's all about you', promises to be an effective too) in
promoting engineering to the public.
Undergraduate Engineering Students Conference
Refonns to the PEO Requirements
As students, a major concern is the requirements to
become members of the PEO. Any applications received
until July 1, 1998 will require 3 years of engineering experi-
ence before membership will be considered. All applica-
tions received after that date will require 4 years of experi-
ence. Under the 4 year criteria, up to 12 months of rele-
vant undergraduate work experience (received in the last
half of university) may be counted towards the required
four years. This follows the trend of other provincial engi-
neering organizations across Canada. The PEa has not
yet worked out the details of how they will determine
what is 'relevant' work experience.
Indusny Tours
Rowan, Williams, Davies and Irwin (RWOl) is a con-
sulting engineering firm which studies and resolves prob-
lems associated with air pollutants, wind, snow, noise and
the sun. To accomplish this, they use computer modeling,
wind tunnel testing and computational fluid dynamics.
They have been involved in many projects including sev-
eral sporting arenas (SkyDome, Palladium), bridges,
industrial sites and common city buildings.
The Guelph Wet/Dry Recycling Centre implements a
state of the art system for processing residential and indus-
trial wastes. This unique process does not separate waste
into garbage and the traditional blue box recycJables.
Instead, there are two streams for all waste, a wet com-
postable stream and a dry recyclable stream. Those items
that fall outside these streams are placed in the dry stream,
are later separated and taken to landfill. This system has
the potential to divert 50% of waste from landfills.
Lafarge Construction Materials is an international
company whose products include concrete pipe, box cul-
verts, manholes and valve chambers. After being in oper-
ation for 36 years, Lafarge is a precast manufacturer that is
competitive throughout the world.
SkyJack Inc. is a manufacturer of a line of scissor-type
elevating work platform commonly used in construction,
renovation and maintenance. Almost all parts of the units
are manufactured on site, including hydraulic cylinders,
electrical circuits and the steel body. The platforms range
from 15 to 50 feet and are powered by battery, propane or
diesel engines. The highlight of the tour was a test drive of
the 41 and 50 feet Skyjack platforms.
Social Activities
Well, the weekend social events started out rather
well. Because we showed up first with our batch supplies,
the hotel porter thought we were running the conference
and let us directly into the Hospitality Suite. Being the
cunning and ingerrious people we were, we neglected to
inform him of the contrary, and promptly started the
party. Jeeves (the name we came up with for him) had
our batch bucket washed for us, got us extra ice, and pro-
vided us with can openers. When the organizers did
arrive they seemed somewhat confused - Waterloo had
already started the conference without them! introduc-
tions soon followed, and a great batch party ensued. We
were initially told there would be about 60 delegates, but
only about 30 showed up for the first rright. It was still a
lot of fun.
After the batch party, we went out to Brass Taps, the
campus bar at the University of Guelph. It's a pretty great
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place, and a representative from Alexander Keith's Ale
was there giving away free beer and posters. It was a
great opportunity to get to know the delegates from other
schools. The only bad part was knowing we would all be
getting up at 7:30 the next morrring.
Friday night started with another great Waterloo batch
party in our rooms (we had some batch left over from the
first rright). We then headed out to Van Gogh's Ear, a pub
in Downtown Guelph. When we got there, we watched
an X-Files episode, then quickly changed the pace for an
enjoyable but exhausting evening of dancing. The beer
was only $1.25, but it went up at 10:00 to $2. At 2 a.m. we
headed back to the hotel for another five hour sleep.
Well, we made it to the last night. After ESSCO did a lit-
tle school versus school trivia contest, we sat down for a
beautiful semi-formal dinner. Jeeves finally reali.zed that
we weren't running the conference, and we all had a good
laugh about it. Thank-you speeches soon followed for the
organizers. Then, Lakehead Engineering presented us
with a box of little smashed Frisbee pieces and some pho-
tos. They had found an old Waterloo Engineering Frisbee
in their Eng Soc office, so they decided to attach it to the
front of their cannon and fire it. The Frisbee shattered into
several pieces from the cannon blast. If you want to see it,
it's in the glass case in CPH where all the frosh week pho-
tos are. We thanked them, promising to return the favor
somehow. fIhe whole stunt was done in good nature.]
After dinner there was another great party in the ball-
room at the hotel. Since the batch lasted so long, all the
beer that the organizers had for the first night was still left
over. There was plenty to go around, and near the end of
the rright, people were leaving half empty beer bottles to
get new ones because they were a little warm. It was a lot
of fun, something we will not forget for quite some time.
Friday, November I, 1996
The Iron Warrior
11
., Rep-orts from the 1996 PEO LUES Conference
PEO Accreditation Process
(aka. "So how do I get my P. Eng. now?")
Sarah Davies

right, I would just like to start off this article by
expressing my sincere gratitude to Jason Van Dyk
or volunteering me to write this. (Yes, I think
there was a slight sarcastic tone in that)! But seriously, I
also want to thank Andre Brisson for giving me a draft
copy of the new accreditation process, which I am basical-
ly going to reword and shorten for you. After those thank-
yous, and now feeling like I've gone to accept an Emmy or
something, I will get to the point! (It's about time eh?)
First off, for those who don't know, there is a thing out
there called PEO (professional Engineers of Ontario). If
you want to add more letters after your name (making
you look smarter and usually means you get paid more),
you have to go to the PEO and request your P. Eng. Previ-
ously there was a two year period, during which you
worked as an engineer under a P. Eng, that you would
have to do before you could get your letters (as well as
write an ethics/engineering exam). Well lucky us, it's
now become four years. The reasoning for this is that
engineers in Canada (and maybe someday in the whole
wide world) are tl)'ing to find some sort of standard so
that the accreditation is valid for all provinces. Right now,
I believe, Ontario and Quebec are the only two provinces
that still have only a two-year working period. Ontario is
now in the process of changing this but I don't think Que-
bec is considering it yet!
The four-year process will be put into place over the
next few years. After July 1, 1997 (thus affecting the '97
grads - assuming they apply right after graduation), three
years of experience will be required. And after July 1,
1998, four years of experience will be required. However,
the PEO has finally agreed to let co-op work terms or
summer jobs count for up to a year of the required time,
for graduates affected by the four year plan. From the
PEO conference, the work experience would most likely
have to be (at least for us) the last three work terms. (In
other words, COLUlting Smarties boxes on the manufactur-
ing line in your first work term won't be adequate).
Although this is really great for us, I suggest that we keep
good track of the type of work we do during our work
terms. Because of the new four-year work requirement,
and the inclusion of co-op work terms in fulfilling the
requirement, the criteria has been toughened. There are
now five areas of focus that the PEO would like to see in
the work experience: Application of Theory, Practical
Experience, Management Skills, Communication, and the
Social Implications of Engineering.
The Application of Theory includes analysis, design
and synthesis, testing, and implementation methods.
Analysis includes scope and operating conditions, as well
as assessment of various issues (i.e. environmental, safety,
economic, etc.) Design and synthesis deals with function-
ality, reliability and factors involving maintenance, human
impact and social implications dealing with the product or
process. Designing testing methods and techniques, as
well as verifying established ones, is also an important
Undergraduat Engin 'ering Studen Conference
part of the work experience. Implementation m thod
include application of technology, optimization, econ m-
ics, timelines, quality assurance, safety and environmental
assessment as well as recommendations. These are th
main components of the application of theory that we
should strive to incorporate in our work terms.
Practical experience ... this is pretty self explanatoIY, but
it basically means applying the work in real world situa-
tions and recognizing limitations ",.rithin the job. Way to
prove this would be visiting engineering sites and observ-
ing equipment and a process under operation and/or
maintenance, recognizing the time of the engineering
process and therefore being aware of the difficulties in
work flow, scheduling as well as the lifetime of equipment
and cycle of maintenance. Also included in the practical
experience section is the application of equipment in a
larger perspective. This would include understanding the
importance of reliability, the role of computer software,
and the relationship between the quality of the design to
the end product. It is also important to understand the
limitations of the work, production methods, performance
failures and successes .... and so on.
All right this is the fun one (if any of you have a co-op
job that gives you this experience please forward my
resume to the supervisor) - Management of Engineering.
The major aspects to this include planning, scheduling,
budgeting, supervision, project control and risk assess-
ment. Included in planning is understanding all of the
facets for project implementation, such as identifyillg
requirements, developing concepts, and finding the avail-
ability of resources. Next we move on to scheduling,
which inCludes establishing constraints, creating task
schedules, planning for delays and their impact, and
assessing the importance of the project in the economy
and compare with others in the field. Budgeting (well I
hope you can figure this one out) - how much money it
will cost! Can cost escalation be afforded and to what
point is the project still worthy? Supervision includes
proving leadership and professional conduct in this role,
commLUlicating effectively in a business environment,
building effective teams and managing technology. '
ing the bigger picture is a major aspcct of project control,
not to lose focus on the greater whole, and also making
sure that the scheduling and planning is going as expect
and taking appropriate actions if it is not. The risk asses&-
ment deals with system performance, operating equip-
ment, technological risk, and impacts on society.
(Well, I don't know about you but I need a sentence in
here with not too many big words or too much informa-
tion because I'm feeling slightly overwh Imed... O.K.,
that's better .. .Now, back to the important stuff.)
Now we move on to conununication skills applying
to working with superiors, colleagues, customers, govern-
ment regulators and, most importantly, the general public.
The guidelines state that to be accepted, on must have
participated in preparing written work (Yes! work
reports!) and making oral presentations to clients, cowork-
ers, supervisors and the general public if the opportunity
arises.
Next we must deal with the social implications of
Engineering as an important part of being an engineer.
This means being aware of the potential consequences
(positive and negative) of a project and to recognize its
benefits to society. It also means being aware of safe-
guards needed to protect th public (-<ioesn't that sound
like a onspira ?), and to understand the relationship
between th project and the general public. Basically this
section is th re to make sure we understand th broader
pe to what we do and the significance and impact it
may have on others.
Well, that sums up th pecifics of the criteria. Our job is
to prove to the PEO that w hav d n these things to the
best of our ability and recognize ur importance in society.
Besides th qualifications needed for the work experience,
there is also som other criteria that must be adhered to.
Firstly, at least one year of your work experience (this
would be a er the rest of the four-year period; we're off
the co-op topic now) must be done in Canada, and you
must be directly under or in regular contact with a P. Eng.
For your application you need three references, two of
which need to be Professional Engineers that are very
familiar with your work.
Also, to help us cut down on the time needed to get the
license, one-year's experience will be credited. for a post-
graduate degree (that is, of course, only if it is applicable
and you can justify the merit witl, the criteria given
above).
Because of the four-year experience requirement being
implemented, the PEO is going to enhance a program that
they offer called the EIT (engineer-in-training - oh, how
chic!) program. Basically this program allows you to get
more support from the PEO to ree iving your accredita-
tion, lets employers know that you are dedicated to
becoming a professional engineer, gives you the opportu-
nity to attend dlapter meetings, gives you insurance bene-
fits and Employment Advisory Service from the and
lets you receive the journal Engineering Dimensions. This
program is for those who have not yet completed the
work experience but have the academic requirements (this
means graduates).
Also included in the new procedure is an experience
record form, which consists of an area to describe your
experience and allotted time spent in the areas of the five
criteria, along with a space for thE' namE'S of thE' people you
worked diJ't'Ctl with (your would go h '1\\). In
this form yOll mU1>t that YOllr l' IX'lil'1\( 'Nll-
isH lhe criteria outlin x,i pl\'villU. ...1 .
AL<;() in th report is a . lion dl'.lling with SiX 'inl f
rience and how the PEO d '<111> with tht .... l I>ituatinnl>.
In ludeu i h.'aching (university ,end coli level),
and marketing, military manag '-
m nt, operations and maintl'n.lrlCC and computer cngi.
n ring. Don't worry, I'm not going to go into any major
siX'Cifics on th ' \ topics al> they only apply to <l certain 'w
people.
If you are interested in t.1king a doser look at tll docu-
ment r will leave a copy of it sam 'where in th Orifice, SO
that people can sign it oul and read through it more thor-
oughly. It may ' m far ahead but if you ore in your last
three work terms, I would suggest keeping dose track of
what you do, keep the crit 'ria in mind, and decide how
you can justify that you arc receiving satisfactory experi-
ence in all the mentioned area,>. I hope this aru,wers most
of your questions about becoming a P. Eng. but if you
have any concerns or other questions, 1 have the contact
name and number for the PEO person which T could pass
on to you. Just send me an e-mail at s2davies@chemi.cal.
Happy Engineering!
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Sarah Davies
W
ell I haven't seen yet what the other dele-
gates from PEO have written, but I was
just told that I needed to do a little spiff
on the ESSCO meeting, so I am now complying.
For those of you who don't know, ESSCO stands for
the Engineering Student Society Council of Ontario
and the name basically describes what they do.
Their most important function of course is to repre-
sent Ontario Engineering students. In previous
years (and you may have heard this before), ESSCO
really wasn't working to its potential, partially due
to the lack of interest of Ontario universities. I was
very impressed with this year's executive and their
goals. From the interest of the other schools attend-
ing the conference, I think this was a mutual feeling.
The meeting was very productive with three
major focuses:
1) how to make the communication between
ESSCO and the universities better
2) making recommendations to the government to
help keep excellence in the school systems and
3) discussion of expectations that Ontario Engi-
neering students have from ESSCO.
The major problem with ESSCO in the past has
been that no one ever really knew where to contact
them (i.e. the executive) and that Ontario societies
never really felt the need to be in contact with each
other on a regular basis. To deal with the first prob-
lem, the new executive had business cards printed
with the ESSCO number and email address on it!
We also discussed ideas to make it easier to connect;
Jason Worry (ESSCO VP-Finance and Mr. B Soc VP-
Finance) threw some ideas out, such as pagers or
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Rekindling interest in the Ontario's
cross-campus engineering. society
cellular phones for the executive. Most people
came to the consensus that this wasn't really needed
but we suggested a 1-800 number that schools could
call to reach them and maybe even other schools.
Also suggested were stickers with the ESSCO
phone number so that it would be very easy to
know where to get in touch with them.
With regard to communication between engineer-
ing societies, we discussed the types of things that
might be useful to communicate about, such as
problems with frosh week, student events, etc., in
order to share working solutions. There seemed to
be a positive response to making more effort in
sharing ideas and helping each other out, as it was
found that we are dealing with a lot of the same
problems.
The second issue discussed was a report that
ESSCO is preparing (specifically Eloise Harvey,
ESSCO VP-Education) with suggestions to keep the
excellence in education despite all the budget cuts
to our universities. The government right now
wants to charge a higher tuition based on expected
salary after graduation (yes, that would be us!).
Obviously we all disagreed with this proposal, and
discussed some other recommendations. Some of
the recommendations are: for all first year students
to pay the exact same tuition, and for loans (OSAP
etc.) would be paid back after graduation at a rate
decided by the actual income of the graduate at the
time. About the issue that Engineering students
specifically paying more tuition, some felt we
should pay less in order to encourage more people
to go into the field. Others didn't mind paying a lit-
tle more, due to the fact that it costs a lot more to
educate us than in some other faculties (due to labs,
class hours etc.). If you want any more information
on this, I believe Erin Dunphy has a copy of the
other suggestions and more specifics.
Lastly, (I'll try to shorten this because this is get-
ting a little long), we discussed our expectations for
ESSCO and how it can be improved. Julian Wright,
the ESSCO president, talked to us about how he
feels we can get the ball rolling. He reminded us
(politely) that it is the VP-External's duty to deal
with ESSCO and most engineering societies (basi-
cally all of us) have bypassed this responsibility.
He suggested that it be stressed and written as a
high priority that the VP-External keeps the com-
munication lines open. This would include being
on the Link (an email link for students in Ontario)
and to pass the information to the Society, as well as
communicating with other universities. There was
a really positive attitude from the other delegates
now that ESSCO has more of a focus (and hey -
wow, a mission statement) that there should be
increased interest and participation among all engi-
neering societies. I guess we'll just have to see but I
think all it will really take is some initiative on our
part and with the executive's part, which I think
they have already showed us.
Well, that's basically it. We played a silly game,
got wet, marshmallows got thrown at us (don't
ask!) and it was over. If you would like any more
specific details, just ask me but look forward to
ESSCO becoming an important part of Ontario
Engineering Students again. If things go as
planned, they can become a powerful organization
as the voice of all of us!
The Sandford Fleming Foundation Waterloo Campus Activity
4306 Carl Pollock Hall, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
the 1996 Winner of the Karen Mark Scholarship
F'96 TECHNICAL SPEAKER COMPETITION
Lara Glouchkow. Mechanical Engineering - Winner
Patrick Lyn, Civil Engineering
David Amos, Chemical Engineering
Johnny Wu, Geological Engineering
Victoria Young, Systems Design
(519) 888-4008
Funding for these awards comes from engineering student contributions and depends on them for continuation.
An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education.
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THE SON OF TOOL
There we were, three lowly dumb enjoying our
time here as Waterloo engineers. Our thoughts were trou-
bled however, for the image of the TOOL filled our every
waking hour, and resided in our dreams at night. We
knew that, being frosh, we would rarely get to bask in its
greatness. We were indeed troubled.
To alleviate our sorrow we decided to take a walk
around campus. We began talking about the TOOL, and
we did not pay attention to where we were headed. We
soon came to Columbia Lake and it seemed to draw us to
it. We went to shore, not knowing that one of the most
important moments in our life was about to occur.
We sat by the water's edge when suddenly, a woman
clad in the purest duct tape rose from the waters of the
lake bearing an object that shone in the sun. This was the
mythical Lady of Columbia Lake, and actual female engi-
neer! As we looked at what she was holding, we saw it
was the TOOL! But wait, it didn't have the commanding
presence of the TOOL. What could it be?
We found a boat nearby and rowed out to greet the
Lady, and as we drew near, she turned to face us. She told
us that this was the Son of TOOL, the S.o.T., and 1hat we
were to be its chosen Conveyers. Attached to the SO.T.
was a chain, the Daughter Olains we were told, they were
to be used for security purposes. Awestruck though we
were, it was a female engineer after all, we accepted this
prize and the responsibility to carry it.
As we rowed away, we examined the Son of TOOL
and found it to be 48" of pure frosh rigidity. This was
what we needed, it wasn't the TOOL, but it was some-
thing. It was a rosh's TOOL, something that we lowly
could bear and inspire other with (as well as
impress some of the upper year engineering students.) We
had the cure for our depression in our hand, and we
would show it to the rest of engineering.
We were preparing our costumes: out hoods, out
overalls, our sunglasses, when we realized something. We
saw that we had the opportunity to generate positive pub-
licity for the real TOOL. We figured out that the only rea-
son that it received bad publicity was because people were
not ready to accept such a large TOOL. We decided to
forego the hoods, and make the S.O.T. available for all of
1. The Tool is the embodiment-of aJl things good about Waterloo Engineering.
2. The Tool must ne protected from the unworthy hands of non-plummers.
3. The Tool has the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
4. The right of the Tool Bearers to keep and bear the Tool shall not be infringed.
5. University administration shall pass no law respecting Tool bearer uniforms, nor
prohibiting thre free wearing thereof. University administration shall pass no
law abridging the right of the Tool and Tool bearers to freely assemble.
6. Beer is good.
7. E. R.T.w.
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1. The rightful liberties siezed from the Tool shall be restored at once.
2. The uniform of the Tool bearers must dignify the Tool, protect the anonymity of
the bearers, yet be fashionable for fall, winter, and spring term wear.
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1. To inspire plummers to take pride in the original Tool by proudly parading
through campus, posing for photographs, attending class, going to exams, and
hanging out at Poets, always under the watchful care of the S.O.T. conveyors.
2. To serve as the mascot for 2L (frosh division 2.)
To this end, we pledge our batch, our Watcards and out sacred bell curves.
The Conveyors.
engineering to touch, not just the chosen Bearers. We
would reunite it with its estranged father. We would cre-
ate a better w rid for Waterloo engineers, and the SO.T.
would guide us to this end.
As some looked upon the SO.T. they exclaimed that it
was not the TOOL. Although we are dumb frosh, we
aren't that dumb. We do not claim that it is the TOOL, it is
the Son of TOOL - something that wouldn't destroy us
like the TOOL would (we figure it would be like Indiana
Jones in the Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the ark melted
all the bad guys.) Its purpose is to give the outside world a
TOOL that isn't too big for their minds to comprehend,
and to provide engineers with a source of inspiration. It
isn't nearly as inspiring as the TOOL, but it's only a babe -
give it a few years.
As I write this, I wonder what is in store for the S.o.T.
and it conveyors. I guess only time will tell, but I'm sure it
will have som exciting adventures here at Waterloo.
Brian Cepuran
1AComp
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Rememher to breathe
I suppose mid-terms are on many minds
if they are present or recent past I've had
and will have a few that won't greatly
occupy my thoughts. From other experi-
ences, I have known more hectic times.
Certainly there isn't much that can be
said in words to ease mental stress, but nei-
ther does naught. So how about a story?
If I ever gained any wisdom from Walt
Disney, though. questionable it is, this may
be it.
In 1983 I turned on my family's black
and white television one summer Sunday
evening in the corner of our basement.
Walt Disney's show was airing as it usually
did in those days. I only watched for few
minutes then and another few minutes
about an hour later. It was a live action
television motion picture. The story was
surprisingly socially conscious and com-
passionate. I thought this unusual for a
company so commonly spreading evil
about.
The story was of a boy who had a brain
d isor der which cau sed him to have
seizures. The boy was visiting relatives for
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the summer in a rural town..
The boy, Rick was walking in a field and
he met a sweet girl who was close to his
own age. Rick and the girl talked and
became friends. Unsurely he began to trust
her a bit and told her about his strange con-
dition. Showing her warmth she asked
what she should do if he had a seizure. He
replied more relaxed that she had to
remember to tell him to breathe.
Later I saw a scene where Rick's family
was debating whether or not
he was to undergo an operation to sever
the connections between his brain hemi-
spheres to prevent his seizures. Before they
decided Rick was spending time talking to
the girl and he began to seizure. He lay
twitching on the ground she sat beside him
and gently though firmly told him,
"Remember to breathe, Rick."
I think that's just cool enough. When
times are hard and things
occupy you to all extents.
Remember to breathe.
Ryan Chen-Wing
justa guy
Friday, November I, 1996
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Andrew Krywaniuk
Assault & Battery
Imagine my father's shock when he over-
heard me discussing my half-serious plans for hous-
ing arrangements this term. I was going to save the
money I normally spend on rent and use it to buy a
car. Pretty optimisitic considering that rent is only
twelve hundred dollars a term. Then I would use
my powers of guile and sardonic wit to live on cam-
pus for free. Burgeoning school fees have eclipsed
the cost of accomodation and rendered my scheme
useless, but it is still worthwhile to consider the
virtues of runaway pragmatism.
The first issue that comes to mind is where
to sleep. The university seems to have gone out of
its way to purchase couches that are not comfort-
able to sleep on, as I have learned on those rare
occasions when I have been too drunk to drive
home. The SLC couches are passable but the build-
ing gets too cold at night for restful sleep, especially
if you happen to be wearing shorts in middle of
winter. Also, the constant barrage of Safety Van
announcements keeps waking you up. Probably the
best place on campus is the chemistry society's
lounge, but the janitors have started locking the
doors to the building at night this term. The comfy
lounge in MC proves to be a bit of a misnomer, due
to the high percentage of acrylic in the narrow
couches, so I would probably stick with the base-
ment of EL. If you bring a sleeping bag and a pillow
then the quality of the couch doesn't matter too
much anyway. By far the best solution to this prob-
lem is to join an organization that gives you access
to a room somewhere on campus. 4th year students
should have no problem with this.
The PAC provides a convenient place to
take a shower every morning. You can get free soap
from the dispensers in the washrooms. Soap even
works well as a shampoo. In a blind taste test, con-
sumers chose Ivory dish soap over many popular
brands of shampoo, including, I seem to remember,
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Steal this paper!
Head and Shoulders. You'll want to do your laun-
dry over at the apartements on the corner of West-
mount. The laundry rooms are in the basement and
the doors always seem to be open. Storage of your
belongings is a bit of a problem. You'll want to keep
frequently accessed items in one of the numerous
lockers that can be yours for the small price of a
lock. Bulkier items, including clothing, can go in the
trunk of your car.
Parking your car, unfortunately, is going to
be inconvenient. You can leave it in the University
Plaza parking lot for as long as twelve hours with
little danger (although you may want to avoid the
high risk zone between 5:30 and 7:30 am). The mir-
acle of Williams Coffee Pub is that you now have a
plausible excuse for leaving your car in the parking
lot at any time of day. The closest place for
overnight parking, however, is Lester street, which
is a bit of a walk.
The next question is, of course, how to
avoid nullifying all your savings by eating out all
the time. This is the most difficult question, and it
doesn't have an easy answer. You can try to leech
from the on-campus food bank, but canned food
will be useless to you if you don't have a stove. The
important thing to realize is that store bought food
doesn't have to be more expensive than home-
cooked food, it's just not cooked. My advice is to
stock up from the C&D by day and eat that for din-
ner. The microwave in the comfy lounge doesn't get
put away at night, unlike the ones outside the C&D.
There are many ways to get free food. I
learned them from Abbie Hoffman. I won't list
them here because they aren't considered very
moral. I often wonder about that. It boggles my
mind when I meet all these people who believe in
some absolute concept of morality but have no con-
cept of objective reality. They believe that every per-
son is born with some ingrained knowledge of what
is right and wrong. I'll agree with that - to a point. I
think we have a special instinct that tries to keep us
out of trouble. But in the end I think it all comes
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down to what we can get away with.
There's a mathematical game called the
Prisoner's dilemma that has been studied in much
detail. Two prisoners are each offered freedom if
they snitch on each other. But if both of them are
persuaded to talk then they each still get substantial
sentences. The irony of the game is that, while it is
in each man's best interest to betray his colleague, it
is in their collective best interest to remain silent. In
fact, when the game is iterated so that each man
builds up a reputation, the optimal strategy
becomes one that is aptly named tit-for-tat: an eye
for a tooth, an arm for a leg. We have found this
primitive sort of morality in the territorial instinct of
animals. By obeying the moral code of a society we
are cooperating with rules that, in theory, should
benefit us more often than they inhibit us.
But this is a simplistic attitude to take. Ani-
mals are born with a great deal of behavioural
instincts because they do not have the intelligence
to learn them later on. Humans are born into a
world where their ingrained instincts do not neces-
sarily match the risk-reward curve of the society.
People like Nietzche and Crowley claimed that
morals were completely unnecessary for intelligent
people, and I believe that. The man who would not
betray you for a million dollars might buckle under
at two million. It is naive to think that there is some
clear division between right and wrong when I can
think of so many situations where no one is at fault.
That is why we have to have such a big govern-
ment. If no one is really at fault then the blame gets
absorbed like a sponge by the faceless denizens of
the bureaucracy.
So how would you react to me being a leech
of society? It didn't happen, as you might have
guessed. The ultimate result of this sordid tale of
lost love and passionate betrayal was that my par-
ents bought me a car for my birthday, no strings
attached. Do I feel guilty? Hmm ... What do you
think?
Mislaid Moniker
We tum the pages
Of our textbooks
Of our magazines
Of our CD liners
We age, with every day
Growing wiser and stronger
The days of disillusionment gone
We rest in the night of reality
Waiting for tomorrow's dawn
When our work will bear fruit
And we can right the wrongs
We powerlessly watch now
"A generation of slackers"
"A bunch of apathetic bums"
Is how the media labels us
But I offer a word of caution:
Do not mistake for apathy
What is really pensive preparation
Preparation for the day
When we clean your mess.
J. Gobstto
Assault and Battery
Mid-Term Testiness
Arriving, they approach their friends with mirth,
Professors too, the ambiance is gay.
As classroom teaching demonstrates its worth,
They blithely undertake the Proven Way.
The rhythm mounts and soon a solemn dearth
Is clearly manifest: No Time for Play.
This bold invasion of their span on earth
Is sacrifice against a braver day.
Yet worse misfortunes lie in wait: Week Six
Arrives so soon and with it a retreat -
Mid-terms from Hell, dispatched on River Styx -
That injure Learning's cause with toil effete.
Thus, Education, handsomely begun,
Lies paralyzed and helplessly undone.
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Chemlcsl Engineering
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The Silent Accused
I'm sick of the judges who lack mirrors
They sit, all high and perfect
And point at me and blame me
This world, where everyone is self-righteous
Is filled with these blind people
Those unable to see their own shortcomings
It is here where I sit, the silent accused
Charged with crimes too numerous to mention
Belittlement to hate to rage to apathy
I listen to the accusations and arguements
But the trial is only for show
As the prosecutor is the judge
The charges are laid like knives upon me
Slicing the flesh beneath them
The ensuing rhetoric is performed on their knees
As they suck the crimson blood from me
Draining me of life and will to live
The only uncertainty of this play-acting
Is whether the accused survives the trial
Long enough, at least, to be sentenced to death.
J. Gobatto
Assault and Battery
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Fingerpaints
People never really change
You are who you were and what you've experienced
A mosaic, a child's fingerpainting of events and reactions
Layer upon layer of reds and blues and greens
Drunken fathers and overfriendly neighbours
Oppressive teachers and unreciprocated love
Memories of funerals and births
Of beatings in the schoolyard
Each layer thin enough to be scratched away
Exposing the truth to the scratcher
Before they dip their finger into the paint
And add themselves to the list of artists of you.
J. Gobatto
Assault and Battery
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Engineering Society
res r--.Js
Okay, this time I'm not going to say ''Hi
everyone!," because I figure that's implied.
So what's new, eh?
Well, I'm going to learn how to playa
tuba (actually, I think it's a sousaphone,
but it looks like a tuba). No, seriously, I
was down in Dean's storage the other day
and found the instrument in a collection of
old Plummer's Band stuff. Back about 10
years ago, Eng Soc had a Plummer's Band
that came out to most of our events to play
wonderful engineering tunes. This band
slowly faded away, and now all we have
are a bunch of beat up old instruments. I
found the zousaphone, soldered some
pieces back on, applied a little duct tape,
and presto! it works again!
On a more serious note, I hope every-
one's midterms went okay. For those of
you who might still have a midterm, I
sympathize and wish you luck (my last
one is on the fourth). Just make sure you
leave a break in your studying to come out
to the Mar tonight For those of you who
are done midterms, I hope you'll be out in
full force, decked out in your best Hal-
loween apparel.
We now have a fax machine in the ori-
fice. The fax number is (519) 725-4872.
Once we determine the operating costs of
the machine and devise a way to organize
public faxes, we will be opening the service
up to students. This should be in place by
mid-November. Another addition to the
orifice is a new set of shelves we bought
for the back room. Things are finally start-
ing to look a little better in there, building
on our work toward a more professional
office.
/ / The FEDS are looking at a new idea for a
" campus-wide exam bank to be kept at
Copy Plus in the student life center (cam-
pus center). They are going to be
approaching profs from all departments to
submit old finals, and will copy exams
(and answers, when they can get 'em) on a
per order basis for pickup the next day.
This should ensure higher quality origi-
nals, and provide students with a central
location to get old exams for all their cours-
es. We'll still keep our exam bank in the
orifice, but the FEDS bank will be another
resource. They're trying to get it ready for
this December's exams, otherwise it
should be available in January.
The FEDS are also looking at changing
their pub booking policy. Currently, each
society on campus can only book one FED
pub event per term (ours is Tal Eng). This
was set up in the days when both FED and
the Bombshelter had lineups almost every
night. Under the proposed new rules, all
societies will get one initial booking to pick
their favorite date/time, and then once
those are set, societies will be free to apply
for any other nights they would like a pub
night in a FED establishment
In engineering, you can look forward to
a few more changes to the C&D and CPH
foyer over the Christmas holidays. We are
going to scrap the whiteboard in the foyer
and replace it with the Market Source
board (red blinky sign by the C&D). Then,
we're going to be installing a new sign in
front of the C&D to help publicity and to
list pop of the week, soup of the day, and
other announcements. Finally, the inside
of the C&D will change a little because
we're going to push the steps to Mary's
office back into the corner a little more, and
make a new coffee/tea setup that will pro-
mote easier traffic flow. These changes
will also eliminate the nasty task of having
to clean under the metal steps, since the
new ones will be solid.
The issues relating to the TOOL bearers
are still not resolved. At the time of writ-
ing this article, I am still waiting for word
from the Dean's office on the outcome of
the last Academic Policy Committee meet-
ing. By today, the contest for a new bearer
'look' will be closed, so you should know
the results fairly soon.
That's it for now. If you have any com-
ments or questions, e-mail me at
eng...pre2f@naoice.
Jason Van Dyk
President
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University of Waterloo

pew
Good morning boys and girls,
It's nice to see that most of us have
somewhat survived October in all its
Oktoberfest/Midterm/lnterview glory!
Hang in there, cause now it's all down hill.
So, on that note, it's time for me to spew.
Oktoberfest
Thanks to all 158 people who
came out to Bingeman's for Student Night
on Oktober 17. Although our number was
small in comparison to the other schools,
we sure made our impression. By the end
of the evening, The band was wearing our
stickers on their heads and CFNY reps on
their backs. It was a great time and sorry
to all of those that missed it! Quote of the
Evening" It's great to be alive in October
and in Waterloo"
Elections
As of today, Nominations for
Executive ouncil close. So if you are
planning on rwming for any position time
is short. I would like to thank Mark "Slo-
vak" Popik for being this year's Chief
Returning Officer. This means that he will
be running the election show. If you
would like to help out at all (i.e. polling sta-
II
tion) let myself or Mark know. I would like
to wish all candidates the best of luck with
their campaigns and I would also like to
encourage all society members to pay close
attention to the campaign and to please
vote. If you choose not to vote, you are
giving away any right you have to com-
plain in the future!! The dates for the elec-
tion activities are as follows
November 1 Nominations Close &
All Candidates Meeting
November 4 Campaigning Begins
November 12 All Candida tes Forum,
CPHfoyer
November 13 Election Day, vote in
CPH foyer (bring your WatCard)
Winner will be
announced at the council meeting.
Orifice Commitee
An Orifice commi ttee has been
set up to discuss issues relating to the
usage, service and effectiveness of the Ori-
fice. The main focus of the committee is to
address the need of a more professional
environment while still maintaining the
pllOtos by Fred fAi
open atmosphere for all students to make
use of EngSoc Services The members of the
Committee include Jennifer King (Orifice
Manager), Graeme Skinner& Lisa Poort
(Orifice Directors) Keith Wace (VPF), Jason
VanDyk (prez) and Myself. We have had
two meetings so far and actionS are in the
process.
Suggestion Box: A suggestion Box for
the Orifice as well as EngSoc in General is
going to be put up Outside the Orifice
Doors very soon. Please feel free to drop in
your comments/ideas and concerns.
Orifice Survey: Jennifer has put together
a survey to gain input on the services pro-
vided in the Orifice. If improvements are
to be made, we want to make sure they are
in the directions of interest to the society.
The Survey is available through Class Reps
and as well a copy is available in this issue
of the IW (page 23). Please take some time
to fill one out, and drop it by the Orifice by
November 8th.
Novemberfest
There are millions and trillions of
things happening in these parts this
month. It all kicks off with the MOT
tonight in POETS and wraps up with the
EOT on the 29th. Check out the schedule
on page 15.
Semi-Formal
This term's Semi, A Hollywood
Extravaganza, is taking place on Novem-
ber 8th at the University Gub right here on
campus. Tickets are on sale now in the Ori-
fice and are only $16 which includes light
food, entertainment and a great time.
Come on out and see everyone all prettied
up for something besides interviews! I
would like to thank Sarah Davies, Jen
Lugtiheid and Amanda Pinto for their
hard work in pulling this event together
for us.
Tal Eng
Tal Eng is happening on Novem-
ber 15th at Fed Hall. For real, that's the'
date, this time I swear! I would like to apol-
ogize for the previous confusion with that
date, but now it's for real. 111e reason for
the move to Fed is that Fed is a much bet-
ter venue for and event like TaIEng. The
stage is bigger, and there is much more
room! The tables with be set up Cabaret
Style (on the dance floor) and there will be
a wait staff for the evening. The managers
at Fed have been really helpful and are
really excited about hosting an EngSoc
Event. If you are interesting in performing
drop a note in the Arts box. Special thanks
to Alison and Sarah for organizing this
event.
Well, that about wraps is up for
me. My time as your VPI is winding
down, but I'd still appreciate anything you
have to say. Please email me at
Eng_vpintnovice and let me know how
I'm doing.
Happy November.
Nance
Nancy 8aggio
VP Internal

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VPFinance
I would like to start by officially thank-
those involved with presenting the
''''Ul\ ..H!'t::L while I was busy stressing over a
during those times, and every other
of every day, is a brand-spanking
fax machine. The Engineering Society
offers a fax service to students only.
prices are in the orifice, and they're
You may have noticed a few other
changes in the Orifice recently. Th most
recent change is the fact that the back room
is actually clean and semi-organizcd. The
changes are palt of an a ttempt to make the
Engineering Society office a tad more pro-
fessional, efficient, and easier to work in.
Speaking of working in the orifice, elec-
tions are coming soon. Nominations are
this week, and ifyou are interested in
learning about small business finance and
are looking to playa larger role in the
Engineering Society, you may consider
running for Vice President Finance. If you
have any questions feel free to ask me.
You can be sure of an honest answer deliv-
ered with integrity and passion. But hurry
because nominations close today.
Keith Wace
VPFinance
The past f w weeks have been busy
both with midtenns and things coming on
in the society .. here's a quick update:
Shadow Program
'This past week engineering was hait to
local high chool students visiting the
school for a day to see what life in engi-
neering is like. Many thanks to those who
volunteered to show a shadow around for
the da , and especially to Anita and teph
for all of their hard work in making !:hi a
success. We may be h ting an ther day
in ovember so keep your es open!
Habitat for Humanity
This Saturday tudents from engineer-
ing will be helping with local housing pro-
jects in the area for the day to aid those in
need. If you're interested in volunteering
your time sign up todny (November 1) in
the orifice. Many thanks to Alison for all
of her work in putting this together.
Bridging the Gap Lecture Series
The next Bridging the Gap Lecture will
take place on Tuesday November the 5th
from 11:30-12:30. orman Ball will be the
speaker. Watch for posters around the
halls for the location and come on out to
here him speak.
Math Movie Night
This year Math Soc. has purcha ed a
license to show movies to a J...,rge audience.
The first showing will lake place on Tues-
day November 5th and the movies will be
Twister at 7:00 and Striptease at 9:00. Cost
of admission is $2 and the movies will be
shown in AL 113.
December 6 Memorial
Any person who has a strong opinion or
idea of what they would like to see done
for 14 Not Forgotten this year please come
and talk to myself or Sarah Davies. We are
in the process of meeting with other
groups on campus to determine what will
happen this year and your input is much
appreciated.
Conferences
There are two upcoming conferences
that I just wanted to briefly mention. On
November the 14th Sarah Mee and Tanya
ulle will be attending the Conference on
Women in Engine ring conference on
"Challenging the Face of Engineering".
Feel free to talk to them about what they
learned th re and look for a report in a
future issue of the IW. As well delegates
ha e been picked for the CCES '97 confer-
ence. There is still one position open for
the n wI elected VP-X SO if you'v been
thinking about running there's another
incentive. On that note, if an one is inter-
ested in VP-X for next term and has ques-
tions feel free to talk to me or drop me a
note.
Cheers!
Erin Dunphy
VPExtemal
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University of Waterloo
Welcome to the Wonderful
World of WEEF. (silly alliteration mode:
off) nus edition of the Iron Warrior is
due to come out on November 1, so if
you are reading this hot off the presses ...
Today is the It.lst day to submit WEEF pro-
posals. If you have not done so and
intend to, pick up a proposal form from
the WEEP Office door (CPH 1323C), fill it
out, and put it in the WEEP mailbox in
the Orifice (CPH 1327). If the Orifice is
closed, slide it under the WEEP Office
door.
If you have already submitted a
WEEP proposal (or if you're a WEEF
Rep), don't forget about the WEEP Pre-
sentation meeting on Thursday, Novem-
ber 7 in DC 1302 at 7:00 p.m. All are
invited to hear five minute presentations .
for each of the proposals. If you want to
find out more about how WEEP works,
come out to the meeting!
Hey! Are you in fourth year?
'Cause if you are, remind your Plum-
mer's Pledge rep. to put his/her name
and phone number in the WEEP mailbox
in the Orifice. If you have any Plum-
mer's Pledge questions, Chris Sharpe
and Darren Dickson will be more than
happy to help you out.
WEEF is presently trying to
become more 'technologically enhanced' .
This means in the future, youll be able to
submit proposal forms from a WEEF
homepage. The WEEF page is presently
under construction and has been for
quite some time. If there are any HIML
freaks in the crowd who have some cool
webpage ideas, come on by and help! If
you want to help, or just have a great
idea, send it to Endawment@helix. LSR ..
(I'erminate Spew transmission)
PaulCesana
WEEP Director
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ENG SOC CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Friday, November 1
Saturday, November 2
Monday, November 4
Tuesday, November 5
Thursday, November 7
Friday, November 8
Tuesday, November 12
Wednesday, November 13
Thursday, November 14
Friday, November 15
Saturday, November 16
Saturday, November 22
Sunday, November 23
Wednesday, November'1J
Friday, November 29
Tuesday, December 3
Friday, December 6
Dress-up MOT (Middle ofTenn Pub)
B-ball Tourney; Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Day
Nominations for the EngSoc Executive close
EngSoc campaigning begins
483 days 'till lRS '98 Pub Crawl
Semi-Formal; Iron Warrior issue #4 deadline
EngSoc campaigning ends; Casino Night
EngSoc Election Day; EngSoc Council Meeting #5
Brunnytrip
Ta1Eng; Iron Warrior issue It4 available
MudbowI
Iron Warrior issue #5 deadline
CJ7 days 'tilIlRS Pub Crawl
EngSoc Meeting #6, Pot Luck
EOT (End ofTenn Pub); Iron Warrior issue #5 available
lectures end
Examinations begin
CHARITIES UPDATE
Whafs Happened SO far ...
134ibs of food was collected for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region
We sent seven volunteers to help with the Thanksgiving Food Drive
$101 was raised for the World Wildlife Fund
Still to come...
November 2 - Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Day
Help with th current building project in Kitchener
November 12 - Casino Night!
Proceeds will go to the United Way and Y uth Chal1ange International
77umks for )!Jur SIq:rport!
Alison Woodcock
LeahNacua
Charities Directors
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ENGINEERING SOCIETY ORIFICE SURVEY
The Orifice Committee was initiated recently to develop ways of improving the value that the Engineering Society Office (the Orifice) returns to its members. Please take the
time to fill in this survey and to offer your ideas for any improvements that we can make. Your class will also receive one p .... S point for every survey handed in, lip to a maxi-
mum of100 points per class. (One survey per person please.)
If you have any questions at all, please drop by the Orifice to speak with the exec or Jennifer. 1hanks for your time. Your feedback is appreciated and we1l1et you know the
results in the next Iron Warrior.
OassName:
1. Please circle the following Orifice services that you have used:
o Photocopying
o Oldexarns
Q Co-op postings
Q Novelties
Q Stapler/hole punch/scissors
2. How can we improve on these services?
3. If you do not use the why not?
Q Borrowing various supplies
o Globe and Mail
Q External mail box
Q Cirlox binding
Q Employment Network
4. Are there any new services tht you would like to see provided in the Orifice?
5. Do you feel comfortable approaching those in the Orifice? If not, why?
6. How do you find the service provided by the Orifice staff?
7. Please add any additional comments or specific concerns you might have about the Orifice:
Q Buying event tickets
Q General advice/ resource infonnation
Q Use ofbackroom and/or large posters
Q Booking Society facilities
Q Borrowing laptop, vidoocamera or megaphooe
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Please drop this survey off in the Orifice by November 8th OR feel free to e-mail us your comments at enpoc@helix
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