Friday, October 10, 1997 The Magazine oj the University oj Waterloo Engineering Society

Volume 21 Issue 13
CUNT
berfest
Point
vs.
Counterpoint
more!
"Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible jor talent is genius" - Henri- Frederic Amiel
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Assistant
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elcome to the sec.ond issue of
the Iron Warrior for this term.
Hopefully you have noticed
some new additions to this issue. This is
the product of our initial goals for the
term: offer a high quality publication with
visual appeal focusing on factual articles
pertaining to Engineering events and opin-
ions. With thi s in mind, check out:
Adventures In Eng-World - a first hand
description of past Engineering events and
a compilation of events to come, Point vs.
Counterpoint - tackl ing current issues
affecting Engineering students, Licensing
Lessons - legal aspects of intellectual
property from C. Jan Kyer of Fasken
Campbell Godfrey, and ProfFiles - giving
another view of the Professors at UW
Engineering. Watch for more additions in
the future.
One feature that is missing from last
term is Science & Technology. I took on
the task of this section last term to fill a
gap I felt was missing in an Engineering
publication, and I still feel that it is a
necessity. Unfortunately, I don't have the
time to dedicate to this task and would like
Editor
to encourage anyone that has an interest in
writing about this important field to step
forward. Old articles are available to
peruse and gather ideas. Come by the IW
office(across from the Orifice) or e-mail
iwarrior@engmail.uwaterloo.ca and all
your questions will be answered.
Another point to bring up is the IW
Photo Contest - that ' s right, a Photo
Contest!!! Submit your actual pics (no
electronic files) to the IW mailbox in the
Orifice or the JW office across from the
Orifice. Prizes will be awarded for com-
position, creativity, humour, and unique-
ness. Photos are due by Friday, Oct.24. Be
sure to include your name, e-mail address,
and class on a separate sheet of paper so
that we can get your valuable photos back
to you. Watch for other contests in future
issues.
Remember, if you have anything that
you would like to say in response to an
article, an action, or you are just pissed off,
write a Letter to the Editor. We haven't
had any for a long, long time and would
run around CPH in a tutu if one was
slipped under the door. Include your
e
Assistant Editor
Jeremy Eves
Tonka - 38 Mec1u.mical
name with the letter but it will not be print-
ed if the author so desires. Send any sub-
missions to iwarrior@engmail. in plain
text(.txt) format, drop them off in the
Orifice, or in the IW office.
Praise should be given to the IW staff
for their dedication, and for their patience
with the Editorial Board. Special thanks to
Richard Kuttner, Layout Editor, who has
been key to the creation of the new style of
the IW, as well as the time commitment
that he has given to this and the previous
issue. Thanks also goes to Dr. Beth
Weckman and Dr. Weihua Zhuang who
were the guinea pigs for the new feature
called ProfFiles. Their enthusiasm for the
idea was encouraging and made the inter-
viewing process that much easier (The
guilt of missing a couple classes went
away quickly and painlessly).
Next IW deadline is Oct. 24 so Submit!
P.S. The IW Office is in desperate need
of a couch, if someone has an extra one
laying around give us a call.
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Iron Warrior Highlights
ProfFiles
pp.4-5
SCUNT
pp.6-7
Oktoberfest
pp.8-9
Point vs
Counterpoint
p.IO
Licensing
Lessons
p.ll
IWArts
p.15
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Friday, October 10th, 1997

The Newspaper of the University of
Waterloo Engineering Society
Editor - in - Chief
Michael Hermann
Assistant Editors
Jeremy Eves
Caroline Page
Layout Editor
Richard Kuttner
Advertising Manager
Aaron Leiba
Staff
Allison Annan
Sabrina Cannistraro
Rukma Chakravarty
Audrey Faint
Amy Kim
Alison Kudelka
Arthur Lam
Kun-Wah Mak
Satish Mathew
Mat Pigozzo
Po-Yan Tsang
Luke Windisch
Evan Young
Zhan Huan Zhou
Copy Editor
Carrie Warner
Contributors
Ryan Chen-Wing
C. Ian Kyer
Margie Lambert
Doron Solomon
Dr. Weihua Zhuang
Dr. Beth Weckman
Kim Whitear
Jay Worry
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Allison Annan
.?A C(lmp - Flying Circuits
News & Information
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ell, it'c that time again. It ' time to
travel through the last couple \\ eels
of adventure in Eng-World. Plenty
of exciting, not to mention strange. event- took
place and to hear all about it just keep reading!





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SCUNT!!
This ye<lr's SCU T was an amazing suc-
cess! Thank 10 the To ic Env-Engers for orga-
ni/ing it, e. pecially Andrea Brookfield and
hren Britton. In case you weren't invol ed in
the SCU T, (perhaps ou slept through a few
hours of it) here's what happened. Opening

Ceremonies were at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept.


ENG-Week
During the week of Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, wild
and crazy activities were taking place in and
around POETS. The activities ranged from
Euchre, Chess and Checkers tournaments,
Twister, duct taping, Boa Tracing, and
Enginuity. The duct taping involved taping stu-
dents and profs to the wall outside of POETS.
Despite the fact that numerous Civil's were
doing the taping, they were not successful in
keeping people attached to the wall. Boa
Tracing is a new event in which you trace out a
boa using a jelly bean and your nose. ENG-
was concluped with Enginuity on the
Friday. The activities were Blotter Boat, Yo-Yo,
and Change Sorter. Throughout the week there
were tons of activities and plenty of people par-
ticipating. It was a lot of fun.


















Technology Fair
The Technology Fair took -place on Sept. 24
- 25 at the Davis Centre. It was the perfect
opportunity to take a peek al the opportunities
awaiting u in the work force. The HR people
there were eager to provide information and
background about their companies. I found it to
be a very effective way to find out about some
companies that are at the leading edge of tech-
nology which I may not have discovered on my
own. This was definitely worth checking out.


26. Then the activities began, followed by head-
quarter visit and an 80's lip sync. Meanwhile,
orne ad enturous soul took the show on the
road and headed out to Sudbury and Barrie.
Despite the long drive, the travelers still had
plenty of energy for exploring these cities. The
final few hour of the SCUNT were spenl trying
to impress the Scunl Gods with amazing sup-
plie of useless, crazy junk - and if that didn't
work making a fool of yourself never failed.
Evidence of these crazy happenings can be een
in the pictures which are in this issue of the IW.
Although every team involved had tons of spir-
it and lots of creative ideas, there had to be a
winner. Congratulations to the COMPul ive
ambl r 2 OMP) for winning the
SCUNTH


Exchange Week


Slave Auction
Exchange Week wa a chance for those stu-
dents interested in going on an exchange to meet
other students who are currently on an exchange
or who have already been on one. It wa a time
to hear about their experiences first hand, and to
really get a feeling for what it is like to go to
school in a different country .


Exchange Pub

The slave auction was run by Grad Comm.








The Slave Auction was held on Oct. 2 in
POETS. Grad Comm is a team of hard working
4th years, attempting to raise money for their
graduation. They are putting a lot of effort into























eUing pizza, selling snacks at Eng Soc meet-
ings, and running the Slave Auction. The prices
of the' slaves ran from $1 (for Chris Foster) to
$51.50 (for Mary Bland) .

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Laser Quest
There was a trip to La. er Quest for all the
class reps on Friday, Oct. 3. It was a Jot of fun.
Three games were played, one individual and
two team games. All that could be secn was
moke, red lasers and little flashing lights.
Needless to say, there were a few loud bangs as
people collided with mirrors and walls (espe-
cially during the blackouts). The winning learn
- the Red Team both limes - won a trophy which
will be put up in POETS.


The Exchange Pub was heJd on Friday, Oct.
3rd in POETS. It was a good time to come out
and sOllie Ill'\\< lan', and 1111.'1.'\ "onw ptople
from difll'lclll places. It was a n:nt
and :1 dlillll..'l' to find out the (lJIlCrt'IK'I''' hctwl.'l'11
Waterloo and lllHvcrsitil's in oth 'I l'olllmics .










Upcoming Events
Pub-a-lholl - Ocl. 9
Bingcllwn's Oktobcrfesl Night Oct. 16
Bowling Tourney Ocl. 23
Candy Gram Sales begin Ocl. 27
Candy Gram!. givcn out - Oct. 31
M.O.T. Hallowecn Pub - Oct. 31
Pool Tournament - Nov. 6
Semi Formal - Nov. 8
Tal-Eng - Nov. 13
Brunny Trip - Nov. 14
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Luke Windisch
lA SyslemJ
has an amazing power of captivation. There are
many people who would attest that they have
become lost in thought while stari ng at a fire,
whether it is crackling in a fireplace in a living room or
roaring in an open pit outside a cottage. Fire is an amaz-
ing phenomenon; so full or colour, intensit y, imagery and
power. Bill what is fin': really? It is hot, that's for ,urI,.'
Yet. most reorle do not consider what fire actually IS. and
at it is capahle of. That is where people I ike Beth
man come in.
Alongside Professor AI Strong and a group of gradu
students, Dr. Weckman, an Ottawa native, has been
ying fire and it's behaviour for years now. Her
first started while was completing her
aster's degree at UW and discovered that she had a par-
Iy strong interest in the complex and completely
The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 10th, 1997
Subject: Elizabeth Dr.
'Birth:
Weckman
ON Place of
Degrees: B.A.Sc.
Ottawa,
,M.A. Sc. , Ph.D
Waterloo of Institute: University
Engineering Discipline: Mechanical
Area of Research: Fire
unpredictable nature of fire. Th.is i not to suggest that Dr.
Weckman has some kind of fanatical interest in things
that bum, but merely that fire fascinates her beyond the
"lost in thought while silt ing in front ot" the fireplace"
sense. In fact, the research that she and Professor Strong
have done has been quite extraordinary. Beyond studying
fire prevention, the team has done extensive research to
try and determine methods to predict the behaviour of
fire, as well as better methods of fighting it.
Often thi s means working in co-ordination with fire
departments, and setting real fires in derelict houses,
which provide both information for Dr. Weckman's
research and a training opportunity for fire-fighters.
Basically. the UW Fire Research Group sets up a series of
sensorS in the house and then measures aspects of tbe fire
u a, i ra o . pr a , it a h. and its heat intensit .
After collecting and analy!oing the data, the team then sits
down with the fire department and shares the information.
These discussions help make sense of the data, as the fire
fighters can add experienced insights and first hand inter-
pretations. The discussions al 0 help the fire-fighters
improve their knowledge of ways to handle a fire. The
results are far reaching; not only has the team's research
helped male change in traditional methods for fire-fight-
ing, but the information i also going to be used in areas
such as the development of a new training facility in
Kitchener for the region's fire-fighting squadrons.
With such a large inyo}vl:l11cnt. il h hard to believc
that Dr Wed,man only joined the Fire Research Group
(which worb out of a lah founded 20 years ago) after fin-
IshIng hCI in '82. Even more unbelievable is that
not all that time has been spent at Waterloo. Dr.
Weckman also attended Princeton University for a short
period of time. but the ca ll of UW Engi neering was too
enticing, and she returned to the university where she flJl-
i. hed her Ph. D. in '88. Since then, she and the Fire
Research Group have not looked back. In fact, they need
to keep looking well ahead; de pite all the re earch and
modeling of fire that that the Group ha done, Dr.
Weckman ays there will be no way of fully anticipating
the behaviour of fire for years to come. The problem is
ju t how unpredictable fire is. De pite the team's
predictions of
where a fire
will spread,
they
always
wishing they
had placed a
sen or sbme-
where else.
So for the
time being,
fire will con-
tinue , to ,be
that 'magica
flame, or for
the more sci-
entifically ori-
ented. that
emission of
thermal radia-
tion in the vis-
ible spectrum.
Whichever works.
Oh well, even if fire is unpredictable. it is nice to be
able to predict that with the efforts of Dr. Weckman and
the FIre Research Group. the UIlIverslt) of Waterloo will
continue to be a leader in fire research for years to come.
The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 10th, 1997
ave you ever wondered how voices get transmit-
ted through the air from one cell phone to anoth-
Have you also noticed how transmission
cellular phones is improving over the years?
not, since we are all students) Well, it has been
and the reason can be found in the hearts and
of numerous Electrical and Computer Engineers
the world who have been conducting research in
field of wireless communication. At Waterloo, Dr.
' hua Zhuang, an Associate Professor in our Electrical
gineering Department, has been doing just that.
Dr. Zhuang has ventured a long way before settling at
University of Waterloo. She was born and raised in
China where she could have followed the tradi-
role and worked on a farm after secondary educa-
but the year was 1977, and there were more
'e available. Dr. Zhuang followed the advice
a high chool counselor and pursued an Electrical
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Subject: Weihua Zhuang Dr.
Birth: Place of
Degrees:
China
B.A.Sc.,M.A.Sc.,Ph.D
Institute: University Dalian Marine
University of New Brunswick
Electrical Engineering Discipline:
Area of Research: Wireless Communication
Engineering education at the Uni ersity of Dalian Marine
University. Coming from a poor family, he could not
afford to pay tuition and, ironically, did not have to since
it was funded by the government. Don't pack your bags
yet(while crying"no more OSAP! I"), he reminds us that
life there is nothing like it is here, she spent 90% of her
time studying, and maybe hit a movie or two on the week-
ends. Dr. Zhuang received her B.A.Sc. and her M.A.Sc in
Electrical Engineering from Dalian Marine Univer ity. In
1987, she came to Canada as a Vi iting Scholar to the
University of New Brunswick. There he completed her
Ph.D while evaluating the use of GPS(Global Positioning
System) with naval navigation. Her next step took her to
Ottawa, working on post-doctoral work, and later
Edmonton, researching mobile sateUite communications
and indoor wireless communications. Looking for a more
academic setting, she applied to the University of
Waterloo and joined the Engineering department in 1993.
One of Dr. Zhuang's most recent research topics
includes indoor digital transmission suffering from time-
dispersion multi-path fading resulting from the reflection,
refraction, and scattering of radio waves inside a building.
The purpose of this research is to bring channel equaliza-
tion from the receiver to the base station transmitter in
order to improve the bit-error-rate(BER) transmission
performance. The simulation for thi system has lower
BER than the convenlional decision fcedhack eljuali/ci
(DFE) because the precoder nOI suffer from errol
propagation. Essentially, this results in a dearer ,ignal
without an expensive, bulky portable unit. For those 01
you that arc interested in a more delailcd description you
can search the numerous IEEE publications, this particu-
lar article is referenced to IEEE Vehicular Technology,
February 1997. Related courses arc E&CE 411 , 4' 2, and
428. 41 J touches on channel equalization but the topic
pre-equalization is a more advanced concept.
Re earch on wireless communication is dri en by the
many expanding markets and new opportunitie including
the use of wireless ATM to expand the ervices to mobile
u er in the areas of voice and multimedia. It i expected
that future wireless networks will be interconnected to
broadband wired ATM networks for multimedia purpos-
es. Other areas are wireles local area data networks, cel-
lular mobile radio, and new low- power low-tier personal
communications systems,
The rapid expansion of wireless communications
continues to be hampered by limited systems capacity,
data rate capabilities, and by the short length of time that
portable wireless transceivers can be powered by small
lightweight batteries. When optimizing the often conflict-
ing goals of minimum power consumption and maximum
performance, relationships between the complexity of
signal processing algorithms and circuit architectures
governing overall system performance must be consid-
ered. This is where people like Dr. Weihua Zhuang step
in; whose love for academics and research will continue
to fUrlhl'1 the dcvllnplIll'lIl Ilf \wll JlIIO
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Allison Annan
2A Cump . Flying Circuits
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hat do cow-tipping, choking chickens, tattoos,
body piercing and Kempenfelt Kelly all have in
common? The Barrie road trip, of course. If
it's not obvious now, it wi ll be by the end of this article. It
all started when Joey Bujold and I were sitting in CPH
foyer waiting for Matt Irvin to take us to Barrie. While we
were waiting we kidnapped an innocent (okay, not so
innocent) bystander, Sanjay Kulkarni. We were then
"gambJing" with OUf fellow COMPulsive Gamblers until
the time came to head out on the road. Matt arrived and
then we were off to explore Barrie.
The beginning of the trip was rather uneventful.
Uneventful until we spotted the chickens!! It was at that
point that we decided to "Join the EGG-citement!!" and
had some fun choking the chi ckens. They weren't live
chickens - we didn't do anything illegal. We then said
good-bye to our (somewhat) feathered friends and contin-
ued on our travels.
The next slOP was Yolk's Aerodrome. Despite the "No
Students Beyond This Point" sign, we decided to invade
the place to sec if they'd let us f1 y a plane. Unfortunately,
our lack of f1ying experience forced us to stay on the
ground. Malt, however, did manage to sit in one of the
planes and pretend he was f1 yi ng. There were some pret-
ty cool planes there and it was definitely worth bonus
points from the Seunt Gods. Not to mention it wa a nice
break from the long car ride. Time was passing by pretty
quickly so we had to get moving and get to Barrie.
Seeing as we were in a hUlTY we made no other stops
along the way. As we approached Barrie we had our eyes
peeled for something that was flashing. Unfortunately we
couldn't see any Oashing lights - except for the fire truck
and ambulances. Not exactly what the Scunt Gods had in
mind, but they were flashing lights. We took a few pho-
tos as evidence of what we saw.
So, there we were driving aimlessly around Barrie.
We had a ton of things that we needed to find but we had
no map and no idea where we were. Luckily, we found
the Tourist Information Centre. They supplied us with
maps, informat ion and the names of some good tattoo par-
lors. Without them, we never would have found our way
around Barrie. We also would have missed out on the tat-
toos ...
Our next stop was the Steele Street filibli c School.
Our mission was to find out the names of a few students
who attended the school; however, we turned up a lot
more than just names at this school. We entered the
school , feeling fa irly strange since everything was so
much mailer than what we were used to. Then we had to
go to the Principal's office. No, we weren't in trouble, we
just wanted to explain why we were visiting her school. It
was then that we noti ced the cows in the front entrance of
the schoof Since Sanjay was obsessed with cow-tipping
(he spent the enti.re trip to Barrie searchi ng for the perfect
cow to tip) we decided to invite the principal to cow-tip
with us. he was a little he itant at first, but we eventual-
ly convinced her to join us. We have proof too!!
Photographic evidence. I personally think Sanjay is a lit-
tle obsessed with cows.
Well , with our time at public school now over; it was
time to hit the stores - toy stores, that is. That's right. We
had a few special children to buy presents for. The fou.r of
us went into the toy store and agonized over what toys to
buy - being only given the ages of the child.ren, buying
presents is fairly difficult. Then, feeling like Santa's little
elves, we delivered the gifts to the kids . Despite the con-
fused baby-sitter and the little kid's initial outburst at the
site of Matt, the kids opened their presents and were
pleased with their gifts (even though they now have
enough sidewalk chalk to cover all the streets in Barrie).
Our next stop was Melrose Avenue. There was plenty
of information to gather there, including the colour of the
roof on a certain house. Feeling like taking a little risk
(after all we are Gamblers) , we knocked on the door of the
hOllse and had an interesting chat with the owner of the
house. She, like us, had no idea why her house would be
on the li st for our road trip. After a nice little chat with
her, we headed on our way.
The next stop: City Hall. By this time the sun was set-
ting and we still had a lot of work ahead of us. Our mis-
sion was to find out the number of paving stones in front
of City Hall. No problem you say, right? WRONG!! The
courtyard of City Hall was huge, and the stones were pret-
ty small. Needless to say, we were there for a long time
counting up those stones (right guys??). I think the final
number was close to 2000, give or take a few bricks. By
this point we were exhausted and tired of counting but
there was still plenty of number to calculate.
U 'ing our engineering skills, we estimated the height
of the clock on the National Trust building. You know,
using distances and angles and all that trigonometry stuff.
You'd think they wouldn't ask us to do math on a road trip,
but no uch luck. We had to do physic too.
Our next task didn't involve engineering skills but it
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Barrie!!
did involve detective skills. We were required to bring
back proof that Kempenfelt Kell y (the monster that li ves
in Lake Simcoe) really exists. Proof like that is not easy
to come by, it's not like anyone can just stumble across it
(or should I say drive past it). That's right, we found
proof. We have a picture of Kempenfelt Kelly and that' s
proof enough. After all, who would name their establish-
ment after a fictional monster?? (Well, the Scunt Gods
bought it).
By this point we were pretty much done everything on
the list ... and more. We made one final stop into Masse
Hall, to find the Snooker Champion that they honor. In
our travels we ran into a couple of great guys at the bar
who answered the last couple of questions we had. One
guy was even nice enough to squish into my jacket so that
we could have pictures of someone in Barrie wearing a
Waterloo jacket.
The rest of the night was spent driving back to
Waterloo which involved too many litres of Coke and way
too much chocolate. By the time we reached Waterloo, we
were pumped up and ready to participate in aJl the events
that had yet to happen.
All in all, it was an amazing trip. It was well worth the
crazy look and running around. I'll leave you with this
one final thought, it shocked some of the people in Barrie,
and it may shock some (but not all of you). The question:
"You're doing this just for fun?!?" The answer: "Yes, and
I'd do it again in a second. "
The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 10th, 1997
I Sabrina Cannistraro
11A Systems Design
O
h what a ni ght it was, but where was everyone?!
When I came here to Waterloo ] wa told to
always participate in Scunt because it's so much
fun and EVERYONE gets involved. What the heck hap-
pened? This Scunt there were only four, count 'em, four
teams. It was crazy. But nevertheless it was still a great
old time. The 2B Enviros, or Toxic Envengers, did a great
job running Scunt with the "Scunting Across the Ages"
theme.
It all started at 3:00 Friday afternoon, with the opening
ceremonies (which was not nearly as packed as I expect-
ed), some great skits, cheers, and much more! The next
event was the toboggan race using whatever you can.
Some people used village trays and duct tape with some
string to pull them down the hill. Some teams decided that
just pulling around their own team members wasn't excit-
ing enough so they decided to pull the Scunt Gods around
Columbia Fields on their toboggans. All thi s physical
activity didn't wear out the scunters though and they were
soon running off to the next event. Then came potato
sculpting; teams got creative and made the Avro Arrow, a
walrus, Homer Simpson, and male genitals in the form of
a question mark? Other events included capture the flag
and Romeo and Juliet (where Romeo had to identify his
Juliet by smelling her). The best event by far was the 80's
bash at 3:00 am. All the scunters that were still . awake
went. By this time there were about 30 people left in the
whole scunt but we were partying to tunes like "Video
killed the Radio Star" and Tiffany's "I Think Were Alone
Now". Bon Jovi, Violent Femmes and others were also on
the bill. Each team performed lip syncs to various songs.
Needless to say, there were some interesting ites to ee.
These included playing air guitar on a broom, using a
fla hlight as a microphone and seeing guys in dre e. To
top it all off, the Scunt Gods performed an amazing lip
sync to Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl".
Of course there were also two road trips. One to
Sudbury and one to Barrie .. The Sudbury one consisted of
getting a picture with the giant nickel. The people who
went to those had a great time, searching for weird trivia
about the town and trying to
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gather thing that they weren't even sure ext. ted.
At orne point throughout the evening was headquar-
ter visits. There was a lot of effort put into making each
headquarters look impres ive for the Scunt Gods. During
the visit the scunters did everything the could to keep
the Scunt Gods Thi included performing for
them, singing for them, feeding them. telling them jokes
and providing fun activities for them to do. Each head-
quarters visit i unique and there' , no telling what will
'actually go on during one of the e visits.
Continuing on with the night were tupid human
tricks. It was an exotic display of contortionist, pol e
. climbing and attempted board breaking (more like fi t
breaking). The next event was the mystery bike tour. This
required two people, two bikes and 50 cents. No one'
really sure what it was all about (except the few people
who had enough energy to participate in it).
To finish off an amazing and exhausting evening was
the judging at 9:00 am. There was no opportunity to be
tired because there was always something to get, someone
to be or something to make. The judging required
Superman (who went flying through the hallways), She-
Ra, a flower child . a di sco girl and mue", much more.
Judging is always interesting, to say the very least.
This scunts winners were 2A comp, the Compulsive
. Gamblers. Scunt was awesome and to all of you who
weren't there, I hope you're di sappointed that you missed
it. Scunt was so much fun but I must say. afterwards I was
happy to go home to get a good nights sleep!
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t' s that time of year again. Time for music and may-
hem, beer and bavarian cuisine, leiderhosen and 1,2,3
g'suffa! Oktoberfest is here again!
Oktoberfest is the time of year when students from all
over Ontario forget about their midterms and head to
Waterloo to celebrate. But to celebrate what? And why
do they come to Waterloo? Most people are aware of the
German origins that Kitchener-Waterloo has, and are
aware that Oktoberfest is related to Germany. But there is
a reason for the season, and it isn't beer. Oktoberfest dates
way back, to the days when Canada was sti ll in its infan-
cy.
. In Munich, on the twelfth day of October, 1810,
Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married his sweetheart,
Princess Therese. A this was a royal wedding, all of the
citizens were invited to take part in the festivities, which
were held in front of the city gates. The wedding was cel-
ebrated a a festival for all of Bavaria. To close off this
incredible party, horse race were held in the presence of
the Royals. The races were held on the Thersienwiese
(Therese's meadow), which the locals still refer to as the
"weis'n" (hence the name of this article). It was the desire
to repeat these horse races each year (not to drink beer)
t hat led to the festival known as Oktoberfesl.
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At this point you must be wondering how we, here in
Waterloo, mistook "horse racing" for "beer drinking". But
don't worry. I'm getting to that.
The next year, as an attempt to boost Bavarian agri-
culture, an agricultural how was added to the festivities.
In 1818, a carousel and swings were brought in, and some
small beer stands, which grew rapidly in number. [t
seemed that people really got thirsty watching animals
and staring at produce. Who knew?
In the years to come, the beer slands were replaced by
tents and halls which were backed by the local breweries.
Food tents were set up specializing in Bavarian cooking,
and a fun fair complete with a midway evolved from the
carousel and swings. Oktoberfest is now the biggest folk
festival in the world, with over 7 million visitors each
year, and only war and the occasional cholera epidemic
have briefly interrupted the yearly celebration.
While none of us may be attending this year's
Oktoberfest in Munich, it doesn't mean that we can't imag-
ine that we're there. So let your mind relax, and I'll take
you on a journey to Munich. .
Oktoberfest begins with the Trachten und
Schtitzenzug on the Theresienwiese (Therese's meadow).
This is a huge parade of horse drawn carriages and brew-
ery floats, fanfare groups, flag throwers, horse, oxen, and
people dressed in their traditional garb (that's where the
leiderhosen and those little hats come in) . The party
becomes official when the mayor of Munich hammer a
bent bronze spout into the fir t keg. Rumour has it that the
mayor's abil ity to tap this keg without spraying beer all
Oktoberfest Timeline
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over himself is an important criteria when it comes to re-
election.
Events to check out are the Flea Circu (fleas in tutus
playing soccer) and the Hau den Lucas, an event that
probably dates back to the very beginning. In thi event,
a huge wooden hammer is swung and jammed down onto
a wooden block. This causes a little huttle to rise up a
vertical track. If you hit the block properly, the shuttle
hits a bell. If you don't hit the block properly, you put
yourself in traction. As you can see, the fun and excite-
ment are never-ending at Oktoberfest.
And then there's the food and drink. Fourteen local
breweries supply the Oktoberfest "bock" beer, which is
stronger than the regular German beer. This beer is served
by well-endowed waitresses who use their "endowments"
to balance their trays that hold 40 to 60 pounds of beer at
a time. The waitresses double as the bouncers, and will
get you out of trouble if you tip high enough. On top of
the 5 million litres of beer consumed yearly, festival par-
ticipants also devour 190000 pairs of pork sausages, and
an incredibly hi gh number of chicken and oxen units
(unfortunately, I am unaware of what a unit of chicken is,
so we'll just use our imaginations). There are also 1440
toi lets on the festival grounds, which is probably a good
thing. Bavarian food can wreak havoc on the stomachs of
the uninitiated.
After sixteen days, the festival is over, and everyone
goes home. This year, Oktoberfest in Munich ended on
October 5th. Fortunately for us, there's still Waterloo. 0
'zaptf is! (It's tapped).
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1819: City of Munich takes over
responsibility for the festival
1896: Beer booths are replaced
by fest halls and tents, and the
modern Oktoberfest is born
1996:
1818: First carousel ride at
Oktoberfest. Beer booths are set up
1892: Clay mugs are replaced by glass
No one cares
that it has been
100 years since
the modern
Oktoberfest was
born
1811: Oktoberfest becomes a
Bavarian agricultural exhibition
October 12, 1810: Ludq and 1'berae tie the knot
1881: Biggest chicken-roasting tent
opens (today it has 6iJ7 seats)
1969: First K-W
Oktoberfest
1950: Mayor Thomas Wimmer begins
a new tiadition by shouting 09zapft is
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as he taps die first keg
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Munich his ear ...
I Alison Kudetka
12A Em'ironmental Chemkal
S
ince it's very unlikely I will make it to Munich any
year, I guess it's a good thing that Kitchener-
Waterloo has the largest Oktoberfest in North
America. Whether you're looking for afternoon enter-
tainment or a little polka and beer at night, there are many
events to attend to let out the Bavarian inside of you. The
hub of Oktoberfest is at the corner of King & Frederick St.
in downtown Kitchener. There you'll find daily enter-
tainment, souvenir stands, and food vendors. Just down
the road from there at 17 Benton St. (the corner of Benton
& Charles) is HANS HAUS, the Kitchener-Waterloo
Oktoberfest Ticket Outlet.
Ok!oberfest officially opens Friday Oct. 10 with a pre-
event at Kitchener City Hall from I t :30 a.m. to 1 :00 p.m.
If you happen to be walking through Waterloo Park on
Sunday Oct. 12 around 2:00 p.m., you'll probabl) hear the
sweet ounds of a marching band wafting through the tlir.
0, it's not the half-time. how for a Warrior's football
game, it's the Oktoberfest International Calvacade of
Bands featuring marching band. from across Canada and
the USA The how . tart at J :30 p.m. and admis ion is
$2.
The Thank giving Day Parade tart bright and early
on Monday Oct. 13. At 8:45 a.m. the parade leave Erb &
King on route to King & Cedar. Organizer are asking for
a non-perishattte food item to help support the local food
bank.
The Woman of the Year Awards are being held at the
Waterloo Inn on Thursday Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are $13 per person.
Sadly, the 1997 K-W Oktoberfest comes to a close on
Saturday Oct. 18. The closing ceremonies are being held
at Willkommen Platz, downtown Kitchener. The cere-
monies begin at 11:30 p.m. and admission is free.
Now that I've done a small summary of the week's
cYell!S from opening to closing, you can decide which of
the wholesome. cultural events you wish to a\lend before
hu\ing YOllr fill of beer, polka music, liederhosen. beer,
and more polka music. Where do you go for these won-
derful things?? Feslhall I Oktobafest consists of l8
Festhallcn. Don't be intimidated b the immen.e number
of choices you have to plan the ultimate Oktoberfe (expe-
rience. Just take a few minutes and browse the charts on
the back page for what looks to you like the perfect mix
of music, food, and beer, Tickets for any of the Fe thallen
listed below may be purchased at HANS HAUS or
ordered by phone at 570-HANS (4267). Order are taken
Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
After reading all the information about Oktoberfest,
I've decided that it' not really worth it going to Munich.
I'll just pend the money I save on beer, Bavarian food,
and my own personal pair of Liederhosen.
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Mike Hermann
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this has come with good intentions, but
Engineering education has definitely gone too far
towards a "You vs. Me" environment. I don't know about
you, but I prefer to make friends, not adversarie .
Competition does have its place in engineering educa-
tion, :ll> a motivating factor, as a technique among many,
and as a team-building environment. Competition is an
integral part of a good education, especially in such a
demanding and stressful faculty like engineering. We
need to learn how to compete as a team, and as an indi-
vidual, to prepare properly for the real world. However,
this does not mean that our education should become just
one contest aftl!r another; a s r i ~ of hattles in tl war for
mnkings.
The competitive nature of engineering education is
overshadowing and restricting our development of one of
our most important skills: teamwork. Do you remember
the line on your kindergarten report card with grade for
"Works well with others"? I've noticed that line is stiU on
our evaluations. Your work term evaluations have sec-
tions for teamwork and collaborative efforts. And I'm
sure if you ask any employer they'll tell you that it's one
of the most important sections of all. Your value as a
chemical engineer, a civil engineer, a computer engineer,
or whatever cannot be fully realized without strong "inter-
personal" (teamwork!) skills.
the pr sure to improve our class ranking moun ,
this important skill of being able to work well with others
is getting left behind. So, what is the solution? We can-
not just remove all competition, abolish rankings, and go
about our merry way. The real world i too harsh and cut-
throat to do that. What we can do is push our competitive
efforts into productive team-oriented activities, building
ourselves into better members of the real world teams we
will join.
The other important skill we lose, ight of in a compet-
itive education environment is the ability to communicate
effectively. This means we are letting our writing, speak-
ing, and most importantly, listening skins, atrophy or
never develop. If we spend hour after hour learning com-
plex algorithms, scientific facts, and technical problems,
we can easily forget to practice those "fluffy" skills we
also need. How much improvement and advancement can
you offer an employer jf you can't properly communicate
your concepts and convince them of their merit? Your
great leap in process engineering could be ignored just
because your manager didn't understand what it meant.
The world does not operate on "you vs. me". It oper-
ates on an "us vs. them" basis. No company is formed by
the efforts of one man, no matter what the media may lead
you to believe. Bill Gates, Michael Copeland, and Donald
Trump did not make their millions and lead major corpo-
rations by putting their heads down and competing against
verythin hat cam there way. They ucceeded by ing
able to "work well with others", whether this means
knowing and understanding your competition, collaborat-
ing with partners, or "networking" for the right connec-
tions.
So that's how it is. Hurray for group project courses.
Booo for class rankings. Hurray for team debating. Booo
for anything based solely on marks. Hurray for engineer-
ing competition teams (Concrete Toboggan, Formqla
SAE, etc) and forums like the Ontario Engineering
Competition. Booo for the expectation of a transcript in a
co-op package.
Hurray for team-building and communicating.
The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 10th, 1997

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the u, e of a certain proces, or
dc\ice within thm count!) for
a period of t\\ ent:. yean. from
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Though an expensive ( 10,000 +) and long process
(two to three years) requiring full disclose the specifica-
til)n. of the invention. a patent has advantages over copy-
Icensl
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the filing
date. It is
u\aiJable
onl) for
"in \"entlt>Os "
right and trade
secrets in areas
, , A patent protects the "idea" as
uch as soft-
ware protec-
tion. Copyright
prevent unuulhoriled copying of the expres. ion of a pro-
tected work like a computer program but 11 patent protects
the "idea" a it is embodied in the work; independent cre-
ation is not a defence to patent infringement. Thus, it
offers broader protection. Patent protection has an advan-
tage over trade se ret protection because a trade , ecret is
Iegall protected ollly so long as the . ecret i. maintained.
If the secret get. out or if i, independently developed by
someon eL e. you can no longer protect the invention a,
u trade ecrel. A patent owner, however, retains exclusive
ownership of the invention for the term of the patent.
While a patent owner must, upon its acceptance as a
patent, the rights granted are auractive.
essons
it is embodied in the work. , ,
C.lan Kyer
Fasken Campbell Godfrey
L
ast issue I started you on the road to a better under-
standing of our intellectual property laws so that
and onl) in retul1l for dis 10-
of the inYenlion. You
must apply to obtain a patent
in each ountry where you
wi h to have thi , monopoly.
Once granted, a patent con-
fers the right to exclude others from making. using or seil-
ing the patented invenrion in the particular country.
The Patent Act defines "invention" as "any new and
u eful art. proce s. machine, manufacrure or composition
of matter, or any new and u, eful improvement in any art.
process, machine, manufacrure or compo ition of matter".
To be patentable, an invention must be useful (i.e .. capa-
ble of industrial or commercial application), novel (i.e., an
advance on the "prior art") and non-obvious (i.e., more
than the application of the mere mechanical skill of a
skilled workman). In addi- you and your friends
will be able to compete in
Canada's high tech indus-
tries and maybe even start
your own business after
graduation. In that first issue
I provided a primer on how
, , A patent offers the highest form
of protection for your intellectual
lion, it must not have an illic-
it object or be a mere
scientific principle or
abstract theorem
endeavours. , ,
If you apply for a patent
copyright protects computer software. In this issue I am
going to give you an introduction to another form of intel-
lectual property: the patent.
A patent offers the highest form of protection for your
intellectual endeavours. You can think of a patent as a
monopoly granted by the government of a country over
you must correctly and fully
describe the invention and its operation or use so that a
competent workman of ordinary skill in the applicable
discipline knows what trial or experiments he or she may
have to make and how to make them to put the invention
into practice. This is best done by a skiIJed patent agent
working with you.
So who am I anyway? I am a partner in the Toronto
firm of Fasken Campbell Godfrey and the national fiml of
Fasken Martineau and serve as the Director of the
Computer & Technology Law Group. I practice corporate
commercial law (with an emphasis on computer and other
technology related tran actions, acting for both licensors
and licensee of oftware and other technology). I am
President of the Canadian IT Law A sociation and a Life
Member and pa t President of the Washington D.C. based
Computer Law Association, Inc. I graduated from U of W
with my BA in 1972 and my M.A. in 1973 before going
on to do both a doctorate in medieval hi tory and a law
degree at Uni versity of Toronto.
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ast weekend T heard someone say that all restau-
rants occupying the building in the north-west cor-
ner of University Plaza always go out of business,
the mo t recent proof of this being the mysterious (or infa-
mous, depending on how you'd like to think of it) Daddy-
O's Bar and Grill. Somehow 1 doubt this will happen to
the Mongolian Grill. For those of you who haven't had the
chance to try it out yet, it is a highly popular chain of
restaurants where you basically make your own stir-fry
and watch sweaty guys cook it up for you on this massive
round grill.
We happened to go on a Friday evening, which was
probably not the smartest idea. The wait at the bar was
about 25 minutes, where it was so crowded we couldn't
even find a seat. The restaurant is all done up in dark,
muted colours, with huge pictures of what look like "Life
in Mongolia". The furniture in the bar area consists of the
regular stools around the bar, as well as plush couches
arranged around coffee tables. Once we were finally eat-
ed in the dining area, the service wac; quick and we were
soon on our way to the grill for our all-you-can-cat dinner
for $11.95. The vegetables were fresh and plentiful. There
was an excellent selection of meats, which also included
seafoods such as hrimp and calamari. Tofu, rotini
pasta(!), and water chestnuts helped to make the selection
complete. As for the sauces and spices, which included
curry, honey mustard and cajun (hot!), there were enough
to satisfy any taste. ] chose to go with the Mongolian Fire
and Cajun sauces, with some basil, dill and cracked black
pepper, Since I,tove hot foods I made sure to add some
extra Tabasco sauce to my creation before] had it grilled
up.
The grill area was extremely crowded and that night
the line-up to get your food cooked was long, but the staff
managed the volume of people very well, and we were up
at t.he grill in fairly good time. There are over 10 lava
lamps over on a side wall for your viewing pleasure while
you wait. Once we had our food on the grill it was cooked
in a few minutes. They recommend that you only use one
kind of meat per trip to the grill becau e every meat ha a
different cooking time, and some oil so your food doe n't
stick to the grill. The griller had on t-shirts with recipe
on the backs, and there were more along the walls, but I
think it's more fun to create your own. At least the first
time.
At our table there was rice and oft tortilla hells with
which to eat our stir-fry with. Mine was delicious, though
of course I overdid the hot auce and drank about 5 gal-
lons of water (or so it felt like). We went up for one more
trip after that, which was about all our stomachs could
handle. The bill came to about $31.00 with tax and tip,
which is about average for a good, really filling dinner
out. Great for the student appetite, and if you go only once
in a while, for the budget as well. I enjoyed my visit to the
Mongolian Grill and suggest that everyone try it at least
once.
A tip to end with which I know you'll find very impor-
tant -the soft drinks aren't refillable, so don't down them
like we all do at East Side's!
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What Rhymes With
Engineer?
Zhao Huan Zhou
2A Comp - Flyillg CirCllits
T
he day before the deadline for thi s article I had no
clue what I was going to write about. I took my
problem to the all powerful Editor-in-Chief, Mike
Hermann, and he aid something to the effect of: "Don't
worry, you're creative, you'll think of something." For
some reason, the words "you' re creative" stuck in my
head and got me thinking long enough to be able to write
an article about it. No, not about my creativity, but about
the creativity of engineers in general, all of you.
I'm not exactly sure where Mike Hermann formulated
the conclusion that I was "creative," but I presume it was
because of the various poems I submitted to The Iron
Warrior in the past. Poetry is my creative outlet to the
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Next time you finish
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world. I can :ee two distinct rea rion:
from all of you afler reading the pre\iou:
sentence. The firsl IS: "I can 'I , land poet-
ry!" The econd i : "You write poetry? Cool !" If your
re ponse wa neither, well. you're ju. t weird. Writing
poetry eem to be a very common hobby among student . .
including my elf. Personally, I enjo \J riting . imply
because it' fun. 1 find it particularly rewarding after writ-
ing a good poem. There' al 0 the fact that 1 can't draw
or do anything else vi ually creati e. rill . ure that there
are other people in the same boal. I'm equally sure that
there are people in the boat on the other side who can
make thing look fanta tic, but couldn' t write a p em.
Then there's alway that genius who can always do any-
thing, but we'll bypas that per on.
At thi point you're probably asking yourself what
poetry and art have to do with e n g i n ~ r i n g For one, il
makes you a more rounded person, making you a better
engineer as I argued last issue. More importantly, as an
engineer, you will be faced with many problems and chal-
lenges everyday, both at school and the work environ-
ment. There are some clear-cut problems that can be
solved by consulting a textbook, but more often than not,
you will need that thing in your skull (your brain) to put
things in a completely original combination to olve the
problem at hand.
Think of all the wonderful things that creative engi-
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neers have done for ou. Civil engineer ' have made the
road we dri e on more durable so we don't have to close
the roads for repain. as often. The notcb ok computer you
have i: hundreds of times more powerful than the E lAC,
yet ani) a fraction the weight thanks to electrical engi-
neer.. Coming up with a n 'w inno ali on is trikingly
similar 10 writing a good poem. It's not something you
plan to do. The critical moment comes. pontaneously in
the middle of nowhere. You don't think, you simply do.
fter some mad scrambling you take a look at the end
product and say to yoursel f: "ThL is a TIla, terpiece." This
is perhaps the greatest personal satisfaction one can expe-
rience.
So all you engineers out there get out and do o me-
thing creati e. I don't care if it' writing a poem or a C
program, just be spontaneous and do something cool and
creative. And remember, if you do something creative
and innovative at work, you might get a pay raise.
*Nore: For all you people cOllfused about the word
"Zhallce". My flame is pronoullced "Cha" " with the 'Z'
acring like a 'C'. Therefore, the title of my co/um1l is pro-
nounced "Take A Chance " Make sense /low? If you have
an)' comments or feedback. send me an e-mail at
zhzhou@nollice.
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1f ou're always on the 0 take us with you.
A pager f rom Bell Mpbllity is t he easy and affordable
way to stay in th<.> lOop.
Bell Mobility
APPROVE O AG e NT
[iJeaching
m
ut
with the YMCA Host Program
I Margie Lambert
I YMCA Host Program
and two chool-aged chil-
dren. He had a pretty good
working knowledge of
English and be was eager to
start working right away.
John is a Canadian electrical engineer
whose interest in the K-W YMCA Host
Program came from his love of travel. As
a student, he'd always been interested in
seeing far-away lands and dabbling in for-
eign languages. However with a full-time
job and a fami ly, he no longer had the lux-
ury of exploring other cultures, or so he
thought. A friend of his told him about the
federall y-funded Host Program which
introduces 'new immigrants to Canadian
volunteers to help ease the stress of a new-
comers' settlement in Canada. Depending
on the needs of the newcomer, volunteers
may provide friendship, orientation to the
community, information about their occu-
pations in Canada, and so on.
Volunteers are interviewed and attend
an orientati on session at which the needs
of newcomers are discussed. Following
that, they're introduced to a "match", with
whom they would be expected to spend 1-
2 hours a week for at least four months.
A couple of weeks later, John was
introduced to Ivan, a civil engineer from
the former Yugoslavia. Ivan had arrived in
Canada two months earlier with his wife
Over the next few months, John took
the time to explain to Ivan the importance
of belonging to a professional a sociation,
where to look for work, and how to make
contacts. He also introduced Ivan to some
of his friends and colleagues, so as to
expand his circle of friends. In return,
Ivan told John what it had been like grow-
ing up in Yugoslavia, and how much had
changed as a result of the war. John
learned what it was like being an engineer
in that country, and how it related to work
done in Canada.
After the four-month commitment to
the Host Program was over, John, Ivan,
and their respective fami lies continued to
see each other. As Ivan put it at one of the
social gatherings arranged by the Program,
"John was my first real friend in Canada.
He made me feel welcome and made me
feel that I have a place in this country.
Thank you for finding him for me."
If anyone would like to be part of a
truly rewarding experience, please contact
Margie or Olga at the Host Program at:
579-9622.
The Sandford Fleming Foundation
CPH 4306
Waterloo Campus Activities
sff@dean 888-4008
Sandford Fleming Foundation Silver Medal Winners
Thirteen silver medals were given to students from across the eight branches of engineering, at the May 1997 Convocation.
Academic Excellence
Andrew S. Burley, Chemical Engineering
Timothy S. Houtsma, Civil Engineering
Wei Yu, Computer Engineering
Steve Hranilovic, Electrical Engineering
Suresh Krishnasamy, Mechanical Engineering
Prashant Ramanathan, Systems Design Engineering
Deanna M. Brooker, Geological Engineering
Adam J. Hatfield, Management Sciences Option
Co-Operative Proficiency
Dean E. Palmer, Chemical Engineering
Gordon W.R. Burrill, Civil Engineering
Brendon L. Johnson, Computer Engineering
William J. Alcott, Mechanical Engineering
Lars I.H. Ogilvie, Systems Design Engineering
Funding for this award comes from engineering student contributions and depends on them for continuation.
An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education.
Why does no one under tand
When the truth is near and close at hand
We are overcome by fear
Misguided souls haunt the halls
They betray the truth and raj e towering wall
Ignoring the innocent youth
Fire burn within raging hearts
Emotions fly wild tearing them aparl
Like a shattered child
War runs rampant day and night
in this fruitless fight
I Zhan Huan Zhou
I ZA Computer
Th Iron Warrior will be running a Photo
Conte t thi t rm. Enuie .. are due by Friday,
October 24th. Prize will be awarded for the
be t composed, most intere ting, most
humourou , and most creative photo. Plea e
drop your entry in the Iron Warrior mail-slot
in the Engineeting Society Office (CPH
l327). All photo will be returned, and
please remember to attach your name, e-mail
address, and class name to the the photo.
[ ~ u ~ ~ n ( r Term Winller
16
Luke Windisch
JA Systems
A
frantic fervor has seemed to consume cam-
pus life these past few weeks, as many ~
dents at the university arc falling ever
deeper int.o the mystifying cycle of Co-op job appli-
cations. As just about every Plummer knows
(Stream 8 Frosh being the notable exception), thi s is
at times a vicious cycle during which eager students
try and match their skills and personal qualities
again t what sometimes seem like the unreali tic
ideals of employers. The results often involve stu-
dents leavi ng Needles Hall grumbling about I. why
they did not take Russian when they had the chance,
2. 8:00 deadlines, and 3. the cost of photocopying
resumes on expensive paper, apparently named
through the process of randomly opening a dictio-
nary and stringing words together in utterly ridicu-
lous descriptive phrase such as "Chocolaty
Sunset".
Yet, despite the occasional feeling of being
beaten down by the rigorous process of Co-op
application, UW engineers can take solace in the
realization that employers also have to sell them-
selves. Such was the case on September 23rd and
24th, as numerous employers descended upon the
Davis Centre for the Engineering Career Fair.
With the majority of companies present being
Waterloo based, and a few from outside the Tri-city
area, the fair provided an excell ent opportunity to
see what new teChnological fields were being
expl ored by some local businesses. The presencc of
rcpresentati ves from each business also helped give
a better understanding or, and a human touch to
many of the jobs offered by these companies
(something which cannot be completely ohtained
from computer screens Of paper sheets posted on 1I
wall). Of course. therL' was also the added benefit
of giving the occasional Human Resource
Representative a face to associate with one (lut of
300 resumes. hut that is just an added bonus (kind
or like getting !l haker's dOl.en).
By the time the fair came to an eno, it was quite
fascinating to see some of the advancements com-
panies are making in areas such as intranet devel -
opment. photo-imaging technology, and software
product development. And with compani es such as
Dalsa Corporation and SS Technologies (which was
recently named one of the 50 best privately man-
aged companies in Canada by Forbes Magal.ine)
developing quickly. there is a certain calm instilled
in a Co-op student as he or she reali/es just how
many jobs are available. And for those aspiring
Jeopardy contestants, it is also interesting (and pos-
sibly useless) to know that OpL'n Text Corporation
(their 'iign is visible across Columbia Street) was
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originally started by a group of dedicated UW engineers
who transferred the contents of the Oxford English
Dictionary into an electronic formal. So who says engi-
neers don' t care about English?
So with this career fair finished, it is definitely safe to
say that there are many unique and fa cinating companies,
technologies, and of cour e jobs, out there. The next time
a career fair is around, take the opportunity to check the e
technologies and companie out. After all, it could lead to
something great.
Earn the Right to
put P.Eng. after
your name.
It takes more than an engineering degree to compete in today's
marketplace. A professional engineering license (P.Eng.) is one way to
ensure you have a competitive career advantage. It shows employers
you are serious about your responsibility to society and can give you
the edge for advancement.
To be licensed, you need a bachelor's degree from an accredited
engineering program, engineering experience, and demonstrated
knowledge of ethics and engineering law. If you apply before June 30,
1998, you will need three years of satisfactory engineering experience.
After that, the experience requirement becomes four years.
Professional Engineers Ontario licenses and regulates the 62,000-
member engineering profession in the province.
Professional Engineers
Ontario
25 Sheppard Avenue West
Suite 1000
North York, Ontario M2N 6S9
'[t:l : (416) 224-1100 or (800) 339-3716
Fax: (416) 224-8168 or (800) 268-0496
http://www.peo.on.ca
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Hot Buttons
mM, Intel announce breakthroughs in chip
technology
IBM unveiled a chip produclion technique
that replace the aluminum in . illcon chips \\ ith
copper. ccording to the company, the new tech-
nology will speed chips up to 40 percenuo as fast
as one gigahertz while reducing chip ize b) 30
percent Copper chips will al 0 co t up to 30 per-
cent less to manufacLUre, according to IBM. The
chips, which are ex.pecled in the fir t half of next
year, will first appear in raMs mainframe com-
pUler and in PowerPC chips used in Apple
Macintosht:s.
Copper conducLS electricity faster Ihan alu-
minum and operates more efficiently al the sub-
micron scale of chip circui ts. lBMs breaklhrough
will boo I the number of tran iSlors that can fit
onlO a chip from around seven milli on on a typical
chip to between 150 million and 200 million.
Denser ci rcuits are also more energy efficient and
are expected to increase the baUery life of laplop
computers, cellular telephones, and hand-held
electronic devices.
A week prior 10 raMs announcement, Intel
unveiled an advance in computer memory tech-
nology called StrataFlash that will enable each
memory cell to store two bit of data instead of
one. According to Inlel. multiple bil-per-ceJl tech-
nology will create higher densi ty fla h memory
pr u t at a lower co t per bit
Based on Copper microchir' a 000'( ror IBM ,tock. by
tjchola!\ Denlon and Kehoe. Financi al Times
-(UK).13 eplember 1997. p. 17; roM 10 Make Smaller and
Fa,ler Chip,. by Laurence Zuckennan. The ew York Time,.
22 cpt n r 7, I IBM advances compuler chip
Ichnology u,mg copper, lnter-acliv . 2 : tember
1997. hUp:/Icnn.comfTEClI/9709l2I1coppcr.chlp,.ap
lindex.hun!. C\\ chip boo,,, compute" power and 'Iorage.
e N tmcr"clivc. 17 eptemher 1997. hUp:/Iclln.comfrECIII
970911 7Iintcl.chip.ap/index.html. Int el Breakthrough Could
Signal the End 01 Moore, L,w. Compulcrgram Internaliona!.
18 Seplember 1997 and IBM FiN To Produce Chips With
Copper. Comp"lcrgram illlemalionai. 23 September 1997
New Age Architectures
US approves Securit) Dynamics encryption
export
The US government approved ecurit)
Dynamics: data encryption tcchnology for
ex.port. RSA SccurPC 2.0 IS an all purpose, 128-
bit, level-encryption system Ihat uses an in-house
key-recovery system. With the in-house, or self
e, crow system, the electronic key that enables
data to be unscrambled remains in the control or
the company using the encryption.
The . ystem represents a compromise bet ween
Security DynamiC. and the US government ,
which oppose export of strong encryption that
lacks a way for law enforcement officials to
access crambled data. SecurPC requires the
agreement of four tru tees before the private key
can be recovered and encrypted data accessed.
Data Security will ship the product to financial
institutions and to roreign subsidiaries of US and
Canadian companies.
Based on Security Dynamics encryption get approval ,
by Mauhew e lson, [nfoWorld, 22 Seplember 1997, p. 14.
Worldwide Marketplace
Internet market to increase five-fold by 2000
Sales of products and services related to the
Internet and corporate intranets reached $ 19 bil-
lion last year, according to research from the
IJ1Iernationai Data Corp. (IDC). By the year 2000,
that number will jump to almost $100 billion.
Similarly, IDC expects electronic commerce over
the Internet to climb from $10 billion this year to
$220 billion by 200 I. Business-to-busi ness trans-
A COMPILATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS
a tion \\111 account for 79 percent l)f busine.s
volume b) the same time. lDC found that 60 per
cent of do nOI consider .1 slIlgle v'ndor
to be a ke lnternet supplier. was on-
idered a single k.e) pro\'ider by only II of
respondent. the most to pick a ingle ompan).
Based '1I1 Internet ,ecn "' lucnu" c IT III P,wl
Taylor. Financial Time, (UK). 23 Seplember 19<)7, p. 9.
.Sentinel (squinting at the future and
muttering)
Battle of the bandwidth
Cablecos and telco jump on the bandwidth
bandwagon
Of the Internet everal growing painslack of
security, cant copyright protection, etc. lhe most
intran igent remains a scarcity of bandwidth.
Bandwidth i the transmis ion capacity of an
electronic line, measured in bits or byte per sec-
ond, or more accurately, in cycles per second, or
Hertz. (Hz. ). The Internet doe n't have enough
bandwidth to arisfy u ers insatiable demands for
high-speed access.
Through mo t of it infancy, the World Wide
Web primarily consisted of text and low-resolu-
tion JPEG and GIF imagcs that required only nar-
row bandwidth connections. In recent month ,
however, there ha. been an explosion of high-
bandwidth applications on the Web, including
Internet telephony, streaming audio and video, and
desktop videoconferencing. Similarly, there ha,
been a massive increase in the number of users
While microprocessor and modem speed\
h.ave quadrupled over the last few years. the band-
width of Internet pipeltnes has failed to keep pace.
The optimal solution [0 thb capacity crisis would
be to replace existing analog (;opper telephone
line;; wilh fiber-optic cables. a mm'c that is whole-
heartedly suppol1ed by technology guru George
Gilder. Because fiber-optic cables offer up to
25,{)00 gigahel1l of bandwidth, Gilder believe.
that they will render bandwidth virtually free. just
as transistors have become so abundant as to ren-
der computing power virtually free.
Before this happens, however. it will take a lot
01 IIllle and lIlont!) to replace the \\ IIdd, Iwar"
700 mIllion copper phone IlIll!, WIth rib.:r-llpti,'
cable. In the meantime, cubic 'o111panies ilnd
telephone companies ha\e engaged in a lo\\ -kl')
competnion 10 'ljueel.c as much capacity \lUI of
regular copper and coaxial lines as pOSSible. ThiS
conflict has been fought Oil four technology
fronts: analog modems, ISDN, cable modems,
and digital subscriber lines (xDSL) .
Analog modem angst
One of Ihe cheapest and most convenicnt
means of conneel ing to thc Internet is Ihrough an
analog modem operating over an ordinary tele-
phone line, Until the middle of last year, analog
modems were available al speeds of either 14.4
Kbps (kilobits per second) or 28.8 Kbps. Modem
vendors then found a way to extend the Y.34 ana-
log standard to accol1lmodale 33.6 Kbps. In real-
ity, though, very few connections actually attain
thaI speed because of the distortion typically
found in telephone lines .
Late last year, the Ihree major manufacturer,
of modem chips, Motorola, US Robotics, and
Rockwell achieved a major breakthrough: the 56-
Kbps or 56K modem. 56K modems are essential -
ly hybrid devices Ihat are analog at one end and
digital at the other. The technology is based on the
realization that , while consumers only have una-
log phone lines. most Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) have a digital connection to the lntcrnel.
taklllg ;uh antage of th' digltalconnt'''l1on, the
download spe'd can be in 'd to:o Khp .. t'\cn
though tht: upload sped IS capped at .. to "bps.
( ccording to te'lt'l>. howe\ cr, [ht: actual Ul)\\ n-
load throughput IS reponed to tx, bt'twccn -to Khp
and 50 Kbp,. be 'au,.: of line noise und e luah/a-
lion prohknb.)
The major of 50K l11odem, is lack.
of stand:U'dilation. 1I Robo!tcs:U1 I Rock well
hll\"e d'veloped st'parale and inl' ompatiblc s
tems (bringl1lg to mind the war betwcen the
Bctamax and VH R fonnats of Ihe late
1970.), although they ha\e proll1tsed to rnak.e
their technologies interoperable c\entually. While
most experts believe Ihat the 56K modem i. Ill'
end of the line for analog modems. they also
expect the de ices to endure inlo th next centur
because of their ersatility and low cost.
ISDN: DOt dead yet
Integrated ervices Delivery etwork (I D )
was created during the 1960 with the intention of
replacing the existing analog phone network with
a new digital nelwork (it was lat er determincd 10
be tOO expen. ive). ISD was revived during the
1980 as a way to offer wide-bandwidth, high-
speed Internel access at economical costs. Aba. ic
ISD line actually cont ai ns three di gi tal channels.
The firsl channel referred to as a della or D-chan-
nel regulate control and signal information,
including phone number and bandwidth data.
The other two channels arc called B-channels.
Man} detractors ciallll lSD
Does Nothillg. Tclcphom: companics offenng
ISDN services arc plagued wilh about
limiled ;I\ailahility. installation difficulties, net-
work congesllon and breakdowns, and Inconsis-
tent and unacceptably high pnces I DN
installation costs range from about f 50 to $300.
ISDN modcms. called tenmnal adapters, typicall"
cost between $200 and $400. [n addilion. month-
ly acces' fees generally run from $25 to $50, plus
per-minute charges up to 25 cents depending on
tht' t i Ill( of d,1\
1\1an} Ilf Ih"'l' plllblcnls ha\',' hI. ,'n ,Iddl ,,'ct
in tel'ent Y"II ,IS thl' Ih'glllnal 111'11 0Pl" ,lUll 1
(RBOC,) lia\\ t'. p:ltltkd "'!I'll'e nl\
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TeircOJIIl1lllnicatilllls, ami SPIIIII
CommunicatIOns Smnc Illllu,try analysts ,till
ft.!cl that ISD "a valid technolog} lwcuuse III II.'
flexible voice, lInalog, and ftlX modem CllP;lhill
tics. AnalyMs from Intemational Data Corp. ]ln'
dict Ihat the 500,000 I DN hncs inslalled tn
S will increase ninefold by 2000.
Cable modems: bandwidth for lhe
While the tekos shu me Ihei r fcctover how to
deploy and market ISDN, cable companies lire
covertly developing l11odclll' thaI wmk on lhe
other pipeline into the home: cuhle tdevi' lon
lines. Using hybrid fiber-oplic/coaxial (HI "C')
cable lines, cable can tramrnit data at the
speedy rate or IO Mbps (megabits per second),
and some manufacturers clail11 Ihal they will ulii
mately reach of 40 Mbps.
But before thousands or cabl e pirates begm
appealing for amnesly, cable operators must over
haul their network infrastructure. Only 15 to 20
percent of the nat ions cable networks can accom
modate two-way communications. Cablecos face
investment cost, upward of $1,000 pel site to con-
vert one-way analog cable lines, which were
designed for televi,ion signal delivery, to IWO-Wily
digi tal system. for multimedia.
noth'r IlIl1itation: while nHlIl) homes are wired
f(l" cable. most ortict's and industrial parks are not.
As a result, cahle modcnb tire often perceived
. trictl) a :l COnSlll11l'r (I'cess de\ ice.
Anoth'l lIlajor dnl\\ back of cable modems IS
the fact that cable technol g) b a hared-band-
\\ Idth s}'lem. willt nne nod' supporting hundreds
of homes. In thc C\ ent lhat se\cral users attempt
[0 download buntlwidth-heu\ material (su h as
th' new pi.:1! Gi ..b 1lIuhllnedia collecti on) at the
::1Ine lime, transmis:ion speed, sutTer for every-
one else using that node.
xOSL marks the spot
ot to be outdone by the cublecos. the tclcos
arc pu hing xD I, or Digital ubscriber Line, a
budding networking technology that delivers high
bandwidth over existing copper wire. . Allhough
copper wires hll e a bandwidlh of four KHz, typ-
ical voice and daw communi cati ons utilize only a
. 1118 11 portion of the avai labl e frequency spectrum
on a phone line. xD L snatches the remaining
capacity to establish a two-way digital connection
that doesn't interfere with ordi nary voice transmis-
sion.
xDSL comes in a vari ety of !lavors, the most
populRr of which is ADSL or Asymmetric Digilal
Subscriber Line. ADSL an asymmetric Rllo-
cation of bandWIdth: mOrl! bandwidlh for down-
loading muhimedt:l appli cations and data, less for
uploading information back to the Web.
Onwnstrcam range from 1.5 Mbps [0 nine
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to 640" Kr,'Is. Bandwidth. for lin . DSt lrer-
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from the closest telephone company switdung sta-
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tilOce of IS,OOO ket
In spile of distance limitmions and slower
speeds, \OSI poses a serious challenge to cahle
modems Sc\cral RBOe., Including Bell
Allanllc, US West, and Pacific Bell, an; currently
running ADSL trials and plan to roll scrviee out
withlll the next year. Likewise, many analysg
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eport from
need to organize the forum. to be held at 11 :30 on
Wednesday, November 12. Thi involve publicizing the
forum through posters, council meetings, etc. Another
thing you need to do is get people from various classe to
help you run the polling stations on election day.
President
Solomoll
4A Electrical
W
ell hello again from the Office of the President.
With us being almost halfway through the
term, I'm sure you're knee-deep in midterms
(as am I), .0 I'll make this brief.
In the last Iron Warrior, I wrote an article about student
awards. If you missed it, grab a copy of the first issue and
read it. There are a fair number of organizations looking
to give away a lot of money. If you don't look into it you
won't get any, so have a browse and see if you qualify for
any. If you need more information feel free to ask me in
person or e-mail me at
We also have elections coming up later this term. The
election campaign will run from Monday, November 3 to
Wednesday, November 12, with the election itself on
Thursday, November 13. In my next report I'll go into
some detail about the role of the President in order to give
you an idea of what the President does and whether or not
you'd be interested in running for the position. The three
Vice-Presidents will also do the same. In order to run for
President or Vice-President External, you need to be in
either 2B or 3B this term. In order to run for Vice-
President Internal or Vice-President Finance, you need to
be in 2A, 2B or 3B this term.
Before we have an election, however, we need a Chief
Returning Officer, Of CRO. The role of the CRO is basi-
cally to election. You would need to partici-
pate in several different duties at different stages. First of
all, you need to accept nomination forms for candidates,
inform the candidates of the rules of the election and then
hold a pre-campaign meeting where you explain to the
candidates how the election will run (according to the
election policy, of course). You then need to bug the class
reps to give you a time and day when the candidates can
come and speak to the classes. You of course will need to
infonn the candidates about the class visits, and you will
need to be there to help run the speeches. You will also
You can split thi up into hour long hift if you want.
Polls will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 or 5:00 p.m.,
depending on how long you want it to run. These people
will also help you count ballots. Once all the ballot have
been counted, it is your responsibility to fir t hold a meet-
ing with the candidates to let them know who won, and
then to infonn the Engineering Society, again through
posters, the IW, council meetings, and so on.
That is a ba ic rundown of what needs to be done. It
doesn't take a lot of time, but it does take good organiza-
tional skill . If you're intere ted in the position, please e-
mail me at and tell me why you want to
be CRO and why I should select you to do the job. No
long application or anything, just briefly convince me that
you should do it. If you are selected I will meet with you
to discu s in detail your role as CRO. If you want more
information about the position before applying, please
feel free to ask me in person, or e-mai l me.
Well, that's all for now. Don't forget to stay involved,
keep having fun, and don't fail out of chool. That would
be a bad thing. Until next time, good luck on midterms
and we'll see you on the other side. By the way, 160 days
to IRS!
Doron
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hhh ... AnOther installment of showing the world
what' happening with the EngSoc money. This
past two weeks we have been dealing with admin-
istration stuff. This entails cleaning up missed accounting
passed over during the last work term, and preparing for
an upcoming End-Of-Term (EOT) reconciliation with the
vp finance from the other stream.
I hope that all director have picked up their director
checks from Betty and we will continue to process all
director checks on Thur day with distribution on Friday at
the late t.
Agajn, EngSoc Donation submissions are still open.
Please have your submissions in to me within a week and
a half detailing who you are, what the donation will be
used for, and what the organization docs.
At this time, I would like to add a few words. You've
heard it all your life: To be successful, you need motiva-
tion. You gOl the message from Mom, Dad, teachers, and
coaches. Athletics, celebrities and business leaders all
attribute their success to having been motivated to excel.
But maintaining motivation is difficult and you've proba-
bly had pep talks and know that keeping inspiration going
is extremely difficult.
There are a few different ways to stay motivated:
I) You need a clear vision of your objective. Know
your goals (for the next three months or the next three
years). When you get stres. ed out and ask yourself if
they're worth working for, you hould be able to say yes,
even at the end of a hard day. A big part of being succes -
ful at this involve re-evaluating things regularly and
planning long-term and short-term. Making lists of things
to accomplish on a weekly and daily ba is takes minutes,
but it makes you a lot more effective. The best people fig-
ure out a way to stay focused and diligent even when they
don't feel like it.
2) You should urround your elf with winner (suc-
cessful people from any endeavor), people who love what
they are going and are good at what they do. It doesn't
matter if they're business-people, writers, sculptors, or
athletes. Their excellence and sense of achievement will
rub off on you and that will help keep you motivated.
Always remember that it's not dog-eat-dog out there, it's
rat-eat-fat. It' rough gett ing up and going out there every
day and trying to succeed. Take advantage of all the time
you have by listening to motivational tapes in the car, and
reading inspirational books to help you to stay motivated
and assist in you becoming successful.
3) Motivation doesn't mean you have to be up all the
time - even the most succe sful, be. I-motivated people
have cloudy days, and you have to understand that.
Motivation derives from focus and desire. As you go
through the world, you have doubts, or people say you
can't do something becau. e of their own fears, jealousies,
or feelings of inadequacy. But if you have an idea of who
you are and what you want to become, you can handle
those doubts. You need to pull back from the helter-skel-
ter of daily life and consider what's happening to you and
where you're going. Otherwise, little by little, you will get
off your path. You may get into sl ump and end up places
where you don't want to be. Most importantly, you need to
recognize how resilient, resourceful and powerful you are.
Some appreciation of that is neces ary to move yourself
forward and avoid succumbing to inertia. We're all
stronger than we think.
On a final note, you need to talk to yourself all the
time since a majority of your emotions come from within
from your inner self. If you tell a depressed person (some-
one who's completely miserable) they have won the lot-
tery, and they're not depressed anymore, nothing has
really changed except the way they interpret the world.
YOU CAN TELL YOURSELF YOU CAN DO SOME-
THING JUST AS WELL AS YOU CAN SAY YOU
CAN'T.
Cheers,
Jay.
VP Finance
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wa held at the UnlversltY of Guelph thIS pa t
weekend. This conference was attended by Engineeri ng
. tudent from, chools a ross Ontario. The Waterloo B-
o delegation comprised of Chri Foster, Jenny Mitchell,
hme, Wallace, and Dor n Solomon. Look for a report
from the delegates in the next issue of The Iron Warrior.
The VP External
While on the topic of conferences, 1 should mention
that r've received severnl applications for the Congre s of
Canadian Engineeling Studenls(CCES) to be held January
1 st-8th, 1998 at the Universi ty of lbena in Edmonton. J
will be , electing Ihe candidates ' hortly and will announce
them in the next Iron Warrior.
VP External
s
o how's everyone doing? After a hectic two weeks
I'm finally getting back on top of things.
So what have I been up to? Well , to start with I was
trying to get speakers for Bridging the Gap Lectures. For
those of you who don't know, Bridging the Gap is a lec-
Profe sional
Engineer. Unfortunately, our fir t leclure on eptember
30th didn't happen ince the ' peaker a unable to attend.
The second lecture, on October 7th, ho ' ted Professor
Gord Stubley. He spoke about Engineering Heroe .
Despite a lower tumout of student, the talk wa intere t-
ing and informative. The third Bridging the Gap Ie ture
will be on The day, November 4th at 11 :30am in EL 11 2.
Our speaker will, hopefully, be Professor John McPhee
from the Systems Design department. He will be dis-
cussing the Ontario Engineering Competition(OEC),
which the University of Waterloo will be hosting in
February of 1998. (Make an effort to attend - Ed,)
As well, the Profes ional Engineers of
Ontario/Undergraduate Engineering Students Conference
One other conferenc 1 hould mention is the Women
in Engineering Conference coming up on November 14th,
hosted by Queen's Universit in Kingston. 1 have lots of
information about the conference 0, if you're interested in
attendi ng, e-mail me at or ask me in
the Orifice omelime, By the way, the conference can be
attended by men a, well as women.
That's about all for now. In the next Iron Warrior, I'll
be outlining the Vice-President External position for any-
one interested in running in the next election coming up in
the fir t half of November. If you want to know about the
VPX position before then, feel free to a k me.
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G
reetings all! Well, the first month of fall term is
over and midterms are quickly creeping up on us
all! If you think September was packed with
events, just wait until you check out what's on tap for the
next two months!
A special thanks to the social activities directors who
have been working like crazy to bring you events such as
engweek, enginuity, and rockclimbing, and are getting
things all geared up for Oktoberfest student night at
Bingeman's on October 16th! Tickets are being sold as
how to properly develop black and white photos in the
Engineering Society darkroom (yes, we DO have a dark-
room!). Look for posters with more information and a
date!
tive positions in the Engineering Society are this term as
well, 0 I would be more than happy to answer any ques-
tions potential candidates have about the position of VP
Internal.
Good luck on midterms everyone, and may you alI be
relaxed, happy and stress-free (well , okay, somewhat
stress-free) .
we speak in the Orifice, so get yours soon!
Finally, a motion was proposed and passed at Council
Meeting #2 that council meeting minutes would be dis-
tributed via e-rnail from now on, rather than on paper. for
environmental reasons. So, if you are looking for a hard
copy of the minutes, they will be posted on the tack board
outside the Orifice, and a hard copy will be avail able for
photoco yin as usual in the binder of minutes behind
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Betty's desk. I would like to take a moment to comment on the
FROSH spirit I've seen so far this term. Nearly every
event I've been to has had at least one frosh team, and they
have been winning an enormous number of events!
Remember, for every event you attend or organize, you
receive P**5 point. so make sure you come out and s\lb-
mit your point to the P**5 box in the Orifice!
Thanks to the TASK TEAM members, we are going to
be running a darkroom seminar later on in the term (most
likely near the end of October). It will be an hour intro-
ductory session one afternoon involving instructions on
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Plummer
Participation Points,
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acquired over the term by a
class. Classes with the high-
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end of a term wins some
cash to do whatever they
desire. Points are guarded
and maintained by the P**5
Directors, Jason Bowles and
Ian Marsh, so be nice to
them and they may reward
you with valuable P**5.
Submit your points in the
P**5 Director's mailbox,
located in the Orifice, and
watch for updates on the
banner outside the POETS.
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1997 Oktoberfest
Festhallen Schedu e
ALelNE CL!.!I! Wed.Oct.IS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18 KARLSBERGHAUS Wed.Oet.lS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. J7 Sat. Oct 18
464 Maple Avenue 6pm - 12pm 6pm - 12pm 6pm - lam 4pm - lam 400 East Avenue 7pm - lam 7pm - Jam 7pm - lam 6pm - lam
Kitchener, ON $5.50 $5.50 $7.50 $7.50 Kitchener, 0 $5.70 7.00 S.OO 11.00
GATSpm GATSpm GAT8pm GAT6pm GAT lOpm GAT 8:30pm GAT 8:30pm GAT 8:30pm
Casual Dress. No tom or lallered clothing. Line Dancing
Traditional oompah bands, festive decorations and mOllth watering cuisine
ALTES M.IlENCHEN HA!.!S Wed.Oct.lS Thurs .. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18
Kitchener LIon Club CLOSED 7pm - lam 7pm - lam 7pm - lam QBERKRAINER HA US Wed.Oct.lS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18
1260 Queen's Blvd College Night $11.00 $11.00 50 Mill St. CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 7pm - lam
Kitchener, 0 Tickets at Breslau, ON $7.00
Conestoga GAT 8:30 pm GA:!:.,8:30pm GATSpm
College & at Oberkrainer HailS is a cozy hall with authentic Oktobelfest style alld entertainment
door
Caters to a younger crowd R!.!EDESHEIMER GARTEN Wed. Oct. IS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct J8
Waterloo Recreation Complex CLOSED CLOSED 6pm - lam 6pm - lam
BANATHAUS Wed. Oct.lS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18 100 Father David Bauer Dr. $LO.OO lO.OO
2150 Bleams Road CLOSED CLOSED 7pm - lam 7pm - lam Waterloo, ON GAT7pm GAT7pm
Kitchener, 0 $6.00 $6.00 Ourfamolls 'Road House Band' plays all YOllfavollrites plus great German Polka
University
Night SCHWABEN CLUB Wed.Oct.JS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18
GAT8pm GAT8pm 1668 King Street E. CLOSED 6pm - Ilpm 6pm - lam 4pm - lam
Kitchener, ON $5.00 12.00 15.00
BINGEMANS Wed.Oct.IS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18 15.00 with 22.00 with 25.00 with
1380 Victoria St. N. 8pm-Iam 7:30pm-lam 7pm - lam llam - lam meal meal meal
Kitchener, ON 8.00 in 8.00 in 10. in I .00 in AT7pm GAT7pm GAT6pm
advance advance advance advance
$10.00 at the $10.00 at the $12.00 at the $ 15.00 at the SCHWEITZERHA!.!S Wed.Oct.lS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18
door door door door 180 Schweitzer Street CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 6pm - lam
Student Night Student Night Kitchener,O 10.00
George Kash and the Oktoberfesr Express are back for a third great year! GAT7pm
Caters to a yOLil/ger university crowd and to Okloberfesters of all ages
CHICQPEE CHALET Wed.Oct.IS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18
Chicopee Ski Club CLOSED CLOSED 7pm - lam tpm - lam SEAGRAM HA!.!S Wed.Oct.l5 Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18
396 Morrison Road $S.OO in $8.00 in Seagram Dri ve CLOSED CLOSED 7pm - Jam 7pm - lam
.Kitchener, ON advance advance Waterloo, ON $9.00 $10.00
$10.00 at the $10.00 at the GAT Spm GAT Spm
door door Mainly College and University ages (19 - 25). CasillO is located at frolll of Ihe hall. Dress is
Bavarian music provided by the Two Tones. casual ..
CQlSCQRDIA CLUB Wed.Oct.lS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18 TRANSYLVANIA CLUB Wed.Oct.1S Thurs. Oct. l6 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18
429 Ottawa St. S. 6pm - Ilpm 6pm - 12am 6pm - lam 7pm - lam Upstairs: 7pm-11 :30pm 7pm-11 :30pm 6:30pm-Jam 3:30pm- lam
Kitchener, 0 $6.00 $13.00 $13.00 $13.00 16 Andrew Street 5.50 $5.50 $10.00 13.00
Kitchener, 0 GAT 7:30pm GAT 7:30pm GAT7pm GAT4pm
Ticket Contact: GAT7pm GAT7pm GAT7pm GAT8pm Downstairs: CLOSED CLOSED 6:30pm - lam 4:30pm -lam
745-5617 only $10.00 13.00
Dress Code - 110 tom or ragged jeans GAT 7pl11 GAT 5pm
Authentic food, guod music alld their own Folk Dancers add up to 1lI1 enjoyable Okrobelfe.\1
CQlSIllSElSIAL Wed.Oct.IS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18 experiellce
SCHABltWALU HA!.!S
1005 Main Street E. CLOSED CLOSED 6pm - lam 6pm - lam T W I S T ~ HAUSEN Wed.Oct.15 Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18
Cambridge ON $6.50 $6.50 Revolution CLOSED 7:30pm - 2am 7:30pm - 2am 6pm - 2am
341 Marsland Drive $8.00 advance $11 .00 advance$16.00 adv.
GAT8pm GAT8pm Waterloo, ON $10.00 at door $13.00 at door 18.00 door
Experiellce real German Gemuetlichkeit! GAT9pm GAT 9pm GAT 7:30pm
Student night
HEIDEI"I!ERG HA!.!S
Wed.Oct.IS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18 Dress Code: sweatsuits, sweat panls, tank fOpS, jean shorts, ripped clo/flillg. beach sandals are
Lincoln Road, off Weber St. CLOSED CLOSED 7pm - lam 7pm - lam not permitted
Waterloo, ON $10.00 $10.00
GAT8pm GAT8pm
Don't forget the Engineering trip to Bingeman's
on Thursday, October 16th. Buses will be leaving
Heidelberg Haus will appeal to the 21 - 40 year old age group who like to party.
at 6:30, and the price is only $5.00! This includes
HUBERI!.!SHA.IlS Wed. Oct. IS Thurs. Oct. 16 Fri. Oct. 17 Sat. Oct 18
Guaranteed Admission, Return Transportation,
German - Canadian CLOSED CLOSED 5:30pm-lam 5:30pm-lam
and an Oktoberfest Stein!
Hunting & Fishing Club $8.00 $S.OO
Tickets available in the
GAT7pm GAT7pm
Authentic Oktoberfest music by award winning ban 'Echo' Engineering Society Office (CPH 1327)