the iron warrior: volume 16, issue 6

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T~Where s the Spirit?

EiJgOlympicsighlights Inside

n this issue othe Iron Warrior

Professionalism inEngineering

Spirit inEngineeringEngineers and theEnglish Language

Lots of Letters

Reviews Opinonsand More


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Sean Murphy BSoc PresidentOur Fearless Leader muses aloud aboutSpirit ACCIS and Hot og Carts.

SP IR IT - Waterloo SPIRIT, let'shear it ???

What's wrong?Let me re-phrase that, what can bedone to improve it?

We are the envy of the universitybecause we are the most spirited,most organized and most outrageousgroup of people on this campus (asperceived by other student groups).The question is then why do people inengineering think things are dull, ordisorganized? As an answer, I wouldremark that we expect so much fromourselves that we are disappointedwhen we don't reach that same levelof excitement that we achieve duringOrientation Week.

As a result of the co-op system,spirit suffers due to the splitting ofthe class into separate streams ofPeQPle. .A.$ a fesult e n ~ i ~group of people w 0 had onceblocked traffic on University Ave. isreduced by half due to thecompartmentalized view of thisfaculty and co-op educa tion. Theenthusiasm of Frosh Week is thentransferred to individual classes.The key to maintaining spirit is theEngSoc class representative. Thatperson is an integral part of theEngineering Society organization. Asa rep for the Society, that person isresponsible for the flow ofinformation from the directors andexecutive to the class itself and viceversa.But everyone is part of EngSoc, soeveryone is entitled to be a part of thisdynamic entity that accccomplishesmore before 9 am than most peopledo in the entire day. This group isfilled with high calibre people whoreflect the enthusiam andinvolvement of leaders in tomorrowssociety.

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f you have any comments orsuggestions, please feel free toapproach me. I am also looking forsome big ideas for Eng Weekend.

And now for the news ...The Feds are hosting Summerfest 1

on June 12-14. The theme will beGilligan's Island. Summerfest 2 willbe held July 24-26. The theme w ll beannounced later on in the term.

Co-op is real interesting this termespecially if you're graduating nextwinter. I think the idea ofphotocopying ACCIS forms andresumes on Canary Yellow paper isabout as appropriate as submitting alab report on toilet paper. The wholeidea of ACCIS forms is to have ageneric application form for jobs.

~ e v ~ ~ w h oare on a workterm have to print theirpaperwork on colored paper differentfrom the students on-campus, thegeneriC idea is lost. Suddenly, theprocess is not very generic and peopleare di scriminate d against. Typical....The BBQ's have been sent away tobe certified as the university iscracking down on health and safetyregulations surrounding the use ofthem on campus. Hopefully, that willappease the BBQ Safety Committee.But probably not. As a result, theDean would like to see us invest inthe system that Food Services isusing. THE HOT DOG CART ....

The cart would cost $4300 PSTGST. A lot of money for a BBQ yousay. True . But the real beauty of thisproposal, is that we might not have topay for it. The Feds have anendowment fund due to surplus ofmoney paid out for the ColumbiaIcefield. The surplus is the equivalentof 370,000. The Endowment

Committee would like to spend themoney over the next 7 terms beforethe Student Life Building is built.

Our proposal to the EndowmentCommittee would be for them topurchase the BBQ cart for all ofengineering as they are used fornumerous class projects and parties.Other proposals consist of additionalbike racks around CPH, an outdoorVolleyball court, etc . (if you have anyideas let me know.) This proposalwould be a high-profile (everyonewould see it) and relatively low costfor the entire engineering faculty.The issue of space is also prevalentthis week. The Dean has tentativelyoffered us one of the portables in theCPH courtyard as EngSoc space.Accordingly, we have to come upwith a suitable plan to occupy thespace. l h a v ~ te.Jldered two proppsals.The first would use the space asadditional recreational space for pingpong tables and a pool table. Thisproposal would supplement thecurrent POETS space. Alternatively,the proposal was put forward to givethe space to the Iron Warrior and theWaterloo Engineering EndowmentFoundation. This would free up spacein CPH for storage and operationaluses by EngSoc. (Cool Idea Ed.)

f you have any comments aboutany of this let me know.Lastly, elections wi ll be held in midJuly. Nominations will open in midJune, so please be aware of anyinformation posted. Jerry Schuryk isthe Chief Returning Officer. So pleasebug him for information if you seehim.Thanks for your attention and havea good couple of weeks.

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Friday, 5 June, 1992 Iron Warrior

P Eng Why Bother?While working at BNR a couple of

work terms ago (back when therewere actually jobs out there), I gotinto an interesting conversation witha colleague on the topic ofprofessional licens ing. I had noticed,after working with the company for awhile, that even though I wassurrounded by engineers, almost noone used the title Po Eng' on theirofficial documentation. Initially Iwondered why all these people hadchosen not to display theirprofessional status, but was quitesurprised to learn that few even hadtheir licenses. "They aren't of any useanyway, only cost money every yearin dues", I was told.

I must admit, this came as a shockto me. My family includes an oldtime engineer, name ly m ygrandfather, so I have felt a bit in aweof the title of Professional everysince I can rememb er. To me itembodied m any things I might aspireto: kno wledge, wisdom, concern forsociety, and respect for theenvironment. When I decided to gointo engineering, the status of aprofessional was always somethingthat I assumed would be at the end of

my undergraduate education - afterthe required work experience ofcourse. To work so hard for so longand then not to bother to join theAPEO (or equivalent) seemed to me tobe rather foolish. Especially sincerelative to the salaries engineers enjoy,the dues are really not so high.

The social status and prestige of thelicence aside, I feel now more thanever that it is important to supportour professional associations in theirattempts to improve such things aseducation, the percentage of womenin the profession, and the ethicalconsiderations of engineering. In fact,I feel the ethical component of thelicense is its most important aspect. tis almost impossible to open the papertoday without being confronted by anew environmental disaster orindustrial accident. The damming innorthern Quebec or the recent minedisaster in Nova Scotia for example.When reading about these tragedies,the one thing that keeps coming tomind is Who the hell are theengineers who are designing thesethings? Why are they agreeing tobuild that dam without a properenvironmental s tudy being done?

WorkingMorality is an issue rampant in the

press currently, particularly in theU.S. Fueled by U.S . Presidentialnomination campaigns and theupcoming Presidential electioncampaigns, always a good target forgroups wishing to denounce othersfor their lack of morality. Aninteresting tum was taken two weeksago by Mr. Qualye's misplaced, iho nes t, denouncement of MurphyBrown. Needless to say, over thepast couple years (Read since theQueen's, No means " affairand even more so since the EcolePoly echnique massacre), CanadianEngineers have not escaped the wrathof the mor ality police.

Leaps and bounds have beenapparently made by Engineeringfaculties across the country to presenta new,. human issue conscious, liberalminded, socially responsib le image ofan undergraduate Engineeringstudent. This is being perpetrated bythis very newspaper as we attempt toleave the juvenile and hurtful humorof our predecessors and peers behind.The new image is being perpetratedby our Dean and faculty as they donot want to loose corporatesponsorship and research grantsbecause of a couple of drunkenplummers. The image is beingperpetrated by our very ownEngineering Society executive, nowthe centre of every election campaign.We can't get our beer, fun and gamesanymore unless we play likeresponsible citizens. Well I haven't

bought it And guess what, neitherhas the media, or the populous atlarge.

In the Sunday, May 24 Toronto Star,a feature on Student Leaders wasprinted. All faculties wererepresented by concerned, responsiblestudents except for the Engineers.Presented was a past editor of theToike Oike, a beer swilling (note thedifference between swilling anddrinking), stereotypical engineer.Obvious ly this is still the general viewof engineers. Certainly there weremuch better examples of Engineeringexcellence that could ha ve beenchosen for the article. But the powersthat be decided that this was whatEngineering as a whole had to offersociety.

But this certainly isn't what ourstudent leadership at Waterloo

Why is that mine being developedeven though it is unsafe?" Engineerscannot claim innocence in theseaffairs - these project's existencerequires our skill and efforts. Thereare obviously engineers practising outthere who care very little about theirduty to society or the responsibilitythat comes with the knowledge theyhave gained. Along side with thegreat ability to do good that engineerspossess, they possess an equal abilityto do harm.

The solution to this is the increasedsu pport and power of ourprofessional associations. Contrary towhat many engineers think, theprivilege to self regulate is not apositive right. f we fail to successfullycontrol those engineers who disregardpublic safety when they design, werisk losing our autonomy to agovernment agency enforcing new,more restrictive laws. t is importantto support our professionalassociations and to stand behind theethical part of engineering. To thosewho choose to save a little money andtake a coward's stance I say simply,go and be technicians, go and bedesigners, don't call yourselves

Typical engineer .or not?represents. As a group, they certainlyseem to be a group of responsible,concerned and certainly un seekingstudent leaders. So what's up? Ithink that the student body has beenhijacked, derailed by a minoritydedicated to bettering us. t is myfirm belief, that a large majority ofEngineering students at UW wouldrather be reading the Enginews thanthe IW, would like to see aDirectorship of Homophobia and eachclass with a Stripp er Rep.Well guess what, this is the 90's notthe 50's and we can't get away withwhat was acceptable before. Despitethe image that we've been told wehave, not enough real change hasbeen made and no matter who we'drather blame, i t al1 depends on us.

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engineers because in my mind you arenot. Our professional status issomething to aspire to, not to throwaway carelessly. We'd better watch it,or we might just lose the privilege.

Incidentally, for anyone who wantsto learn about professional ethics andis as dissatisfied as me with the ethicaltraining provided with our degrees, Ihighly recommend PHIL 215,"Professional and Business Ethics" asa general studies course. It is alsooffered by correspondence.

Wi t some re ge 1D ourappearance we will not be acceptedby the establishment that we counton. Can we as students, relying onGovernment subsidies allow that tohappen? Can we have a professionalfuture i percei ved as a bunch ofmiscreants? So the next time someoneasks you what you think about the

Murphy Brown thing", don't quoteour fearless leader and say, Who'sMurphy Brown?"


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Correcti :Ouellette is spelledO-U-E-L-L-E-T-T-E and is

pronounced WELL-ETTE.Correction:Le nom Ouellette est epeneO-U-E-L-l-E-T-T-E et es t 'prononce Ouellette.Apologies to Marc.Dear IW,

This article is in response to MarcOuellette's letter concerning racialtension between police and the blackcommunity, which appeared in theay 22nd edition. In that leter, Marcclaimed that the recent Rodney Kingincident, the Micheal Wade Lawsonshooting, and the Raymond Lawrenceshooting were not racially motivated..The letter exonerated the police fromany wrong dOing on the pretense thatthe officers were trying to protectthemselves. It painted a picture thatthe person with the badge was alwayscorrect it w atever he or she did Needless to say, policing is ahighly stressful, extremely challengingjob. The Metropolitan Toronto PoliceForce I use this force because I ammost familiar with them) does anadmirable job in keeping Toronto safe.It they have one fault however, itwould be in the area of race relations.

The Rodney King incident set offa crisis in many urban centres. We'veall seen the gruesome pictures of 4police officers hunched over, beatinga man 56 times with their billy clubs.Rodney King is no saint, and neverclaimed to be one . He has quite alengthy police record. But was it rightfor 4 officers to beat and kick him ?These are 4 cops with guns, clubsand all of their police training againstone man. One would think that thepolice would be able to put him intothe submission position when it wasclear that he could not fight back orescape. Somehow, the officers werefound not guilty of the use ofexcessive force. Well, if this wasn'texcessive force, then what is ? Thereare too many unanswered questionsto allow the case to escape publicscrutiny.The Micheal Wade Lawsonincident and Raymond Lawrence casehave grey areas surrounding them aswell. Again, these individuals were not'affluent' member s of society. Michealwas in the possession of drugs, but isthis a reason to shoot him in the backof the head? Convicted murderersdon't even get the death penalty inthis country. Raymond Lawrencepulled a pocket knife on an officer, inan alley. Would a man with a pocket

Iron Warrior Friday S June 1992knife lunge at a cop with a gun? Theofficer present said that Raymond did ,and the officer shot him, not once, buttwice. Again , there is too muchcontroversy and too many questionsthat need to be answered regardingthese cases.Being a police officer does notmean that you can 't be racist or usepoor judgement. Officers must beaccountable for their actions - theyhave to be, because of the powerfulpOSition they hold. If it is wrong toautomatically assume that racism isthe cause of a black person beingshot or beaten, then it is equallywrong to automatically assume thatracism is not the cause. All possibleavenues must be investigated, until aviable answer is reached as to why aperson, any person, is shot, beaten orabused in some way.

Marc and I do agree on one thingthough. The riots that took place wereunwarranted and accomplishednothing. Innocent people died, andmany livelihoods were destroyed. Ifthere is a point to be made, rioting isnot the way to make it.The Rodney King incident put thespotlight on the use of excessive forceby police. How many times has thisabuse of authority occurred, and goneunrecorded? How many times will itcontinue to happen before somethingis done about it? These are a fewquestions that also need to beanswered.

To think that a handycam couldcause so much controversy.

Dear IW,

Irvin Remedios2B MechanicalDAWGS

So summer is here, but thelunchtime barbeques aren't.Health regulations. Somethingabout not having running wateravailable for the cooks, amongother things. Obviously it's oneof these "for your ownprotection" things. But it's abummer.

The barbeques aren't only agreat, cheap lunch, but theyare also an importantfundraiser for several studentorganizations, mainly theConcrete Toboggan and theChemical Engineering Society.Suddenly a main source ofsummer revenue hasdisappeared.

Chem Eng Soc is hosting astudent conference in February1993 which requires asubstantial budget. Every dollarraised is significant. We havebeen forced to assume thatthere will be no revenue frombarbeques this summer(pending future arrangements).We must now rely on our otherfund raising plans, which wereoriginally designed to merelysupplement the barbeques.

I doubt that the University

has any concept of the financialimplications of the new regulations.Not only do the barbeques makemoney, but they are enjoyed andappreciated by many students (I'vealready heard grumbles). Can theUniversity suggest a better fundraiserto replace it? These organizationsneed the money.

I also noticed a barbeque inoperation outside the Math buildingthe other day. I didn't take time toinvestigate who was in charge

of it, but the conditions there wereno closer to the regulations thanPOETS patio is. I hope the Universityenforces the regulations equally for allfaculties.

The Ween e-cart people should bevery happy since the revenue will nowbe going to them.

Dear IW,

Kim Farwell2B ChemVP Chem Eng Soc

In the last issue of the IW there wasan article regarding the bombing ofthe Morgentaller Abortion Clin ic inToronto. Although I completely agreewith Scott's assessment of Canadiansbeing pathetically complacent andapathetic I must take issue with hisidealistic viewpoint on,hoW we, ascitizens, can prevent such terroristacts.

In my opinion, the bombing of thisclinic was a cowardly attack and theperpetrator is no way better than theterrorists that brought down Pan Amflight 103. It takes a fanatic toperform such an act and there is noreasoning with a fanatic.

It may be true that it takessomething like this to bring an issue to

discussion at the dinner table in mostCanadian homes, but was this reallythe motivation behind the attack?(Yeah, right, I believe that as much asI believe all of the looting in L.A. afterthe Rodney King verdict was raciallymotivated.) The reasoning behind thebombing was the hope that if peopleare scared enough, whether they feelthey are right or wrong, they will stopwhat they are doing thus conformingthe the terrorist's views.

I really believe that the attack wouldhave taken place whether or not theabortion issue was at the forefront ofCanadian politics. The only way toavoid these types of attacks is to givein to the terrorist's demands.Hopefully we're not that complacent.

Kevin Johnson4A Comp Eng

Dear Enginewsletter Editors,Just a short bitch directed towards

the editors of the Enginewsletter. Inthe May 29th I think you stepped alittle out of line. I know theEnginewsletter was created whenEngnews was banned, but it reallyisn't necessary for the vulgar sexualhumour that made Engnews famousto be kept on. I mean, sex is funny,but by printing "Jerry's Law" you tookthe newsletter out of the humourous catagory and into the disgusting,sexually degrading category. Thistype of humour isn't funny and anyonewho thinks it is, is pathetic. Grow upand publish responsibility. I'm tired ofmy chosen profession being draggedthrough the mud by just abouteveryone, don't help them.

Chris DeBruskIW Editor

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Friday, 5 ]W1e 1992

Amy Alfred a soc TreasurerThe budget was passed at the last

council meeting. The Fall 1991revenue exceeded expenses andtherefore we were able to eliminatethe debt accumulated over the lastseveral years. We started the summerterm with $1013.00. Careful planningand spending patterns should show abalanced income statement for theSummer of 1992 and a financiallystable Engineering Society B.A little bit of Capital money isavailable to improve the services andactivities the Engineering Societyoffers to the students. f anyone hasan idea for services that should bestarted or if anyone would like to seean upgrade of a current servicePLEASE COME AND SEE ME INTHE ORIFICE.

Capital purchases this term willinclude the IW layout computer,Texas Markers (for bigger and betterposters), a Watstar station in theOrifice, a tripod for Take Some News,POETS furniture and CD player(courtesy of the 1991 Frbs'h).Two IB students hold the VVPOFA(Vice-vice presiden t of Financial

The IW's New Computer

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Affairs), a.k.a. TA's (Treasurer'sAssistant), Moose in ElectricalEngineering and Amanda in ChemicalEngineering. They are working onauditing the C&D, some accountingwork for the C&D, compiling aninventory of Eng Soc's equipment,cleaning up the storage rooms andfiles, among o ther activities.

This week is ACCESSAWARENESS week so please take aminute to think about how you, as anengineer, can improve the life of aphysically challenged individual.

Involvement in this term has justbegun, we still have Eng Weekend,the SCUNT [HUGE ], the semiformal, athletic tournaments, POETSpatios, 3 more IW's, a Blue Jays game,Wonderland, End of Term patios, etc.So after you finish burrowing awayfor exams don't forget to get activeand social for July. Don't miss anyevents planned for the next couple ofweeks.Good luck on your midterms.

Serge Gravelle a-5oc VP ExternalREMEMBER HIGH SCHOOL?How many people in your high

school's graduating class continuedtheir studies in engineering? Howmany of those people were girls? Thenumber of people who fall into thiscategory are probably small.

What made YOU go intoengineering? Was it because somerelative was an engineer?Few people, in the general

population, actually know thatengineering ev en exists. People whodo, think an engineer is 'the guy whodrives the train'. The main reason isbecause it is not a profession which iswidely exposed to the general public.Everybody knows about the doctors,lawyers, bankers, dentists, teachers,etc. But who makes an appointmentwith an engineer?

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The Ministry of Sciences andTechnology has started a newprogram called FRONTRUNNERSwhich is aimed to SELL SCIENCE TOSTUDENTS. t consists of gettinguni versity students (like you) tovolunteer (good on resume) their time(i.e. on work-term) to communicate toschools what science and engineeringare really like. The program is verywell organized and supplies you withinformation to help withpresentations. know that allWaterloo engineers would do anexcellent job. f you are interested andwant more info, please come talk tome

An INFORMATION SESSION isorganized for TUESDAY JUNE 9, inthe ORIFICE. See you there

rontrunnCanadian Industry and the acadomic

community are experiencing a shortage ofqualified scientists, engineers, techniciansand technologists. Students are not earning the qualifications to fill these posi tions because of a lack of awareness ofscience and technology. they do not knowof the careers available and they have nottaken math or science courses at the hi ghschool level. This shortage could increaseas the country moves closer to a diverseinformation-processing and manufacturing-based economy. The Innovators llthe Schools and the Cal ada ScholarsFrontrunners programs were developed

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to address this need in Canada, as well as to increase a general awareness of scienceand technology.

Role models are a vital factor in shaping attitudes towards engineering and science.By sending out volunteers to schools across Canada, the Innovators in rh Schools andthe anada Scholars Frontrunners programs are providing role models, helping toshape students' perceptions of careers in engineering, science and technology andencouraging them to pursue studies in these areas.

Through a classroom visit by a volunteer, students can gain some understanding ofwhat a career in engineering, science and technology would be like, the work that canbe done, and the rewards that can be expected. But above all, students can see theenthusiasm that comes from a person who 'does engineering, science and technology'.

t is highly recommended that you as a volunteer visiting a classroom do the following:-encourage students, particularly girls, to continue to pursue mathematics andscience subjects;-stimulate an interest in engineering, science and technology-based careers.emphasizing especially the new and exciting prospects for women in these fields: and,-promote awareness of the Canada Scholarship Program (CSP) among students,teachers and guidance counsellors, encouraging eligible students to apply for ascholarship.


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Page 6 Iron Warrior Friday, 5 June, 1992Apathy, Is It Really There?Oerrek LennoxIW StaffIt was a beautiful early summer

afternoon. The sun was shinning,birds were chirping, and childrenwere playing gleefully in the fields.I was sitting back on poets patio\, ' JiDerrek your'kon Warrior}~ ~ ; ~ d : ; t ' c o n t r i b u t i h n t a r e ; : ~ ~ ; v iwatching clouds float by . With thepop of the week in one hand, and acopy of lasts weeks IW in the other, Iwas about to settle down for an houror two of sun and relaxation.I knew it wouldn't last.

A dark ominous shadow slowlyapPfoached until it had blocked mysun entirely.

Well, I had just about had it, whenall of a sudden, the dark ominousfigure spoke to me.l t said, Derrek, your Iron Warriorcontribution is late.A sense of despair creeped into mysoul, for even as I heard those wordsspoken, I knew my afternoon i ~ t h e

sun was over.The deadline is six PM today, hespoke once again, and then was gone.I pondered for a few minutes,trying to determine just what I shouldwrite about when my concentrationwas disrupted by a soft thud.

I turned in time to see a nerffootball take a second bounce. I thensat up with the intension of returningit to the owner. As I picked upltheball, something about i t caught myattention. I looked at the ball for amoment and events from the past IWmeeting returned to my mind's eye. Iwas once again siting at the end of atable in a dark room, my co-staffwriter, Marc Ouellette, on one side ofme. Both of us were facing front towhere the dark ominous figure sat.

Even though neither of us couldlook him directly in the eyes, therewas a compulsion that kept all of oursenses focused on him.

The dark ominous figure spoke,Write me an article, he paused,and make it on school spirit.My mind cleared and my vision

returned to the present as someonecalled for the return of their ball. Ilooked down and it was still resting inmy hand.I stared at it for a second or twomore before throwing it back. Theythanked me and I left.With slow sombre paces I made myway across the patio and into CPHwith POETS in mind. Within POETS,beer was flowing and an echoingrumble of voices and laughter filledthe room.

Shifting my book sack on myshoulder to avoid hitting anyoneaccidentally, I went up to the bar tocheck on the bottle drive pOints.DAWGS were ahead of WHAT? byabout three bottles.

The bartender asked i f I wantedanything, and after a short exchangeof money, I was walking up stairs tosee if the rest of my class was around.Before I had even reached the topstep I could hear familiar voices inconversation, discussing the eventsfor the Eng Olympics. Our class hadbeen involved in almost every eventso far and were anxiously awaitingthe next.

Taking a sip of my Red Baron Irounded the corner to a welcomingI ~ ~ : : ~ e ~ r j ' f ~cry that called out my name in unison.I smiled and said a greeting in return,and picked a section of wall where Irested to once again try and come upwith an article on spirit for the IW.Patrick, one of our class reps, brokemy concentration when he asked if Iwanted to go and play frisbee for theclass. We needed a team and betweenall of the other events that were goingon, we were short a few players.

Putting my IW article on the back

burners, and quickly finishing off therest of my beer, I headed with theothers out to the village green.

Along the way we passed theBombShelter where a bunch ofstudents were playing volley ball justoutside of the Shelter patio. Besidethe Biology building, a half dozen orso other students were engaged inplaying catch with baseballs orfootballs, others with frisbees. All ofthen were enjoying the day; theefforts and stresses of school work farfrom conscious thought.

Once we made our way to thevillage green, via the Campus Centre(where people were looking throughthe craft fair), we were ready to play.The frisbee game started slow sincemost of the other team arrived late,but by the end everyone was enjoyingthemselves and getting a bit of a

workout in process.A few passers-by had stopped atvarying times during the game towatch, taking a moment out of theirbusy schedule to watch someEngineers having fun.

Once the game was over, myconscience was not letting me putaside the IW article any longer. Itrudged off towards the computerroom, passing a few cyclists along theway, and still I could not think of atopic for the article.School spirit, school spirit: it wasbothering me.Tapping the comer of the keyboardwith my pencil, blank screen in frontof me, I could not think of anythingthat related to school spirit.

In the back of my mind I couldrecall a few a words about the lack ofschool spirit from the last Eng Socmeeting. Some people figured thatthere was just not enough peoplewilling to go out and have fun.

Others mentioned about the apathy ofWaterloo students as a whole, andothers still just complained abouthaving to cancel events due to no-

. ~ q \ t l 4 r e c a l l a few a o r d $o ~ r t h e lackofschool spirit 9 ~ the last Eng Soc

, ,to . m etmg' . ; ; ~ ~ / _ ; e ... ~ : ;show.How could this be?Is there really no spirit in our halls?I think there is. After spending awhole day, trying to come up with anidea for an article on spirit, I neveronce realized that at every corner,evidence to support it's presenceabounded.

There were people were playingball, discussing events, drinking forp ...S in POETS, playing for sportsteams or just goofing off. Yes theremay not be enough people willing todo everything - Waterloo Engineeringis a challenging program - but thespirit; I think, is there. You just haveto know where to look for it.

Just a few of thereasons to make the

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ArtsRob McGeachy & isa DussaultArts Directors

Well, here we are again, ready tohelp you survive the term withexciting and interesting Artsevents. We are allways looking foradvice, questions, or otherconcerns, so drop us a note in theARTS director' s box in the orifice.If you have any suggestions aboutevents you would like to see (orwould like help in organizing anevent ) also leave us a note or talkto us in the halls.Here is a few announcement s foryou to ponder this week. ..BNADUnfortunately, the BNAD is NOTthis term as people are busy withmany many other things. Howeverif you are interested in joining agroup, the Warrior s Band meetsevery Thursday at 5:30pm in thePAC. I know they will alwayswelcome new memebers, andcould use some help withupcoming gigs (Canada Dayparade). If you are interested leaveme a note.

Also if you are a drummer~ k i n g for a group, Chris Elias islooking for a rock drummer for his

established group. For moreinformation call Chris at 725-9273.PHOTO CONTESTThe Photo contest has started

and entries are due by JULY 1.(Sorry about the confusion). See thead in this issue for more details.TAL-ENG

Though the show isn't until July19, there is lots of stuff going onand we could use as much help aswe can get. If you are interested inbeing in the show but don t knowwhat to do, we are need YOU to actin some short skits we havewritten. Leave us a note if you areinterested.

Also, we have a number ofpeople who have said they areinterested in helping out behindthe scenes. There will be a meetingfor all those interested in a week ortwo, so watch for details on theARTS BOARD or through othersuitable advertising media.ARTS BOARD

The Arts Board is still there, allwe need are people to send us stuffto mount on it. f you haveanything to say that might beconstrued as artsie, leave us a copyand we'll be glad to post it ~

S OP AMPfI S ( ENr/(E.,PO P UPYOCR T-SlURT

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Tank Tops& Much More

ENDOWMENT UPDATEDave MortonWEEF DirectorSome thoughts from the Director'schair ... make that some one else schair, the endowment is still beingrun from the Engineering Societyoffice. However, the Dean has offeredone of the portables in the quad toEngSoc, and we have submitted aproposal to split the office spacebetween the WEEF and Iron Warrior.Notbing final yet.

Final Voluntary StudentContribution (VSC) participation ratesfor the summer term are in. From aregistration of 1330 engineeringstudents, 71.8% donated. This numberis down from last semester's averageof 80%. I know we can beat that, afterall that was A stream We've done itbefore, so let's show some spirit.The WEEF Funding Council held ameeting last Thursday, May 28. Themeeting was called to discuss pooling

Dave MortonWEEF DirectorHow do you spend 72 OOO?

What would you do with $72 OOODumb question, right? Well, if wesaid you had to spend it in theengineering faculty, could you findsome place that really needed it? I msure you've spent some time in a labwhere the equipment was justhopelessly out of date. Now you cando something about it. Talk to theprof, a lab tech, whoever, in that area,and tell them you ve got money tospend. Tell them you can help, butyou need a proposa l from them. Tellthem to get a couple written

investment income over the comingyear. Projected income is as follows:Summer term 92 ............ 18 000Fall term 92 .................... $27 000Winter term 92 ............... 27 000

After some debate, a vote was takenand the motion to pool funds waspassed. Proposals will be solicitedover the following year, with atentative deadline of February 1, 1993.However, urgent submissions for thissummer may be given specialconsideration. See the proposalarticle for more details.

As always, the WEEF is open tosuggestions, so if you ve gotsomething to say, drop in and say it.There's lots to do too, if you want toget involved.

estimates, list the undergrad coursesaffected and submit it to theEndowment Director. We can make adifference. All it takes is a fewminutes, and if you look around yOU,there's a hundred places that need it.

The Waterloo EngineeringEndowment Foundation will bepooling its investment income overthe coming year, resulting in roughly$72 000 to spend in February 1993.Urgent submissions for this summermay be given special consideration.To summarize, all proposals shouldcontain 2 written cost estimates and alist of classes affected. The prof/labtech can get this information.Deadline for submissions will beFebruary 1, 1993.Photo Contest

You too could win valuable prizes, fame and recognition(Well, at least your name in the IW)Submit your entires to theArts director's Mailbox before JULY 1.

(Larger items can be given to Cheryl in the Orifice.)PUT YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER,AND CLASS NAME ON EVERYTHING

Categories: ColourPortraitLandscapeEssayStill LifeEngineering Spirit

Direct any questions or concerns to either Lisa or Rob in the ArtsMailbox.


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Friday, 5 June, 1992 Iron Warrior Page 9The Sandford Fleming Foundation, Waterloo Campus Activity4306 Carl Pollock Hall, University of Waterloo, Watertoo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 519) 888-4008

Santiford :Fleming :Foundation Silver ufa{ rn'innersThirteen silver medals were given to students from across the eight branches of engineering, at the May 1992 Convocation.5I.catfemic. .fitcftievementAlice Weimin Liu, cfumiaJ EnoinurinoJonathan J. e r n e r ~ Civil'EnoineerintTJames A. Cherry, Computtr'EnginuringSundeep Rangan, 'Eutrical EnginuringJean-Claude E.C. Stranart, Medianical'EnginuringDavid C. Dolson, Systems tj)esitJn 'EnginurinoGerhard D. Klassen, (jeowgica 'EnoinetrinoGregory J. Killins, ManagementSc unces Option

IW Record ReviewMarcOuelletteDAWGS

The Motor City Five (MC5) were thebrainchild of John Sinclair and weredevoted to the Prophet of Zenta,Brother J.e. Crawford. They were thequintessential sixties rock group -they rebelled against everything andwere so underground that only tworadio stations ever dared play theirmusic (what they could of it, sincemost of it was banned)The band was formed in late 1967,

ltl\ey were s ~ e r g r o ; u r i a u. hat only r a d i o s t a t i o r l ~ever a r e d p l ~ y their musicin Detroit, and consisted of RobTyner, Wayne Kramer, Fred Smith,Michael Davis and Dennis Thompson.Aided by FM radio stations FM wasstill in its infancy) WABX and WKNR(may they rest in peace and never beforgotten) and a unique hard,aggressive, distorted, ho-holdsbarred, no b.s. style, the MC5 becameinstantly popular on the local bar andcampus scene.

Their Kick Out the Jams album wasrecently re-released on CD, by Elektrarecords. This is good as my cassette isover six years old and my mother salbum is a year older than me.

The music was recorded at twoc a n ~ y imagjnewhat they

~ r s o u n . d e ~ l ~ e f ; ~ i h l s e J J l e

r ~ n ~ ~ : ; ~ ~ ~ : r rconcerts the band played at TheGrande Ballroom, in East Detroit, onOctober 30-31, 1968, the Zenta NewYear. Having never seen them inconcert, I can only imagine what theysounded like because the intensity ofthe music on the disc is incredible.

The show opens with a brief homilyby Brother J.e. Crawford, imploringeveryone to realize their purpose hereon the planet. Brother Crawfordreappears a few time after that to givefurther words of encouragement.This is important from an historicalperspective because i t shows the

mood and attitudes i f the time.More important, though, is the

music. Ramblin Rose is a nice start,since it is the lightest of the songs asregards lyrical content. Next comethe title cut and anthem of the groupand their followers , Kick Out theJams, and its amou intro telling usto ,Ikick out the jams mutherfuckers.Small wonder they were bannedconsidering this was more thantwenty years before 2 Live Crew.

Come Together is a powerful songtelling us to join together as brothersand sisters and make the world abetter place. And no, it is notanything like the Beatles later Come

'-','''''''' '< . b d . nk ~ \ { ~ aU 'whlch was pu .~ ~ r e .punk; metal before

m ~ ~ ; u n d e r g t ( ~ u n d before the. 1 1 1 - q ~ r g r o u n d , and evenMe1':; before HammerTogether and is not nearly so middleof the road. The rest of the cutscontinue with hard rocking music andstrong messages, especially MotorCity is Burning, which describes andtries to make sense of the race riotswhich nearly destroyed Detroit in1967 L.A. two weeks ago was a milkrun in comparison).To quote lead singer, Rob Tyner, thealbum was, ...a micro


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Top Ten Finish For Waterloo s Formula SAE TeamThe Universi ty of Waterloo's

Formula SAE team placed ninth outof more than seventy registereduniversities at the Society ofAutomotive Engineer 's annualmotorsport event. Despite aweekend plagued with mechanicalproblems the seven man team werefinalists in the design competitionand successfully completed anendurance race which half of theentrants failed to finish . Theseresults combined with lateralaccelerations of 1.2 g on the skidpad and a hundred yardacceleration time of 5.2 secondsgave the team its top ten finish andthe distinction of being the highestplaced Canadian University for thesixth year running.

The three day event, held twolateral accelerations of 1.2 g onthe skid pad and a hundred

yard acceleration time of 5.2secondsweekends ago in Detroit, startedwell enough with a number ofstatic events. The highlight of theday was the design competition inwhich each car was judged on thequality of its engineering. Each ofthe fifty five cars present for theevent was assessed for innovationand originality as well as its overall

design by a committee of judgeswhich included such notables asJackie Stewart the former WorldDriving Champion. After the initialThe ability to brake safely and

exit from the car in under 5seconds may seem like trivialtasks but a few universities

were caught unpreparedjudging a short-list of finalists wasproduced which included U of W'sturbocharged, Honda poweredentry. At the end of the night nin.thplace was the team's reward.

Saturday morning marked thebeginning of two hectic days forteam members John Crocker, TerryForth, Peter Kuechler, Sal LeRose,Bill Liu, Dave Nelson and DanielZabary lo. Routine safety andperformance test came first. Theability to brake safely and exit fromthe car in under 5 seconds mayseem like trivial tasks but a fewuniversit ies were caughtunprepared to meet even thesebasic requirements. Waterloo hadno problems with these events andproceeded to prepare for thedynamic tests.

I t was at this t ime problemsbegan to occur with the car. Owingto a tight schedule leading up to theevent, little testing had been done

and the team was now forced todeal with unexpected difficulties.An unstable idle made the cardifficult to drive away from astanding start. According to BillLiu, " The engine speed wasvarying from 3000 to 9000 rpm.To compound this problem aturbocharger leaking oil past itsseals caused a spectacular plume ofsmoke during a practice session.

Working quickly, the team sortedout the engine well enough to testthe Goodyear tires out on the skidpad,.over a hundred yard dash anda twisty slalom course. Results byJohn Crocker and Sal LeRose fromthese events placed the teamsolidly amongst the top teams.

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The final day brought the mostimportant event of the weekend - aforty lap endurance race. Despitethe previous day's mechanicalconfusion the early morningpractice indicated that the yellowca r from Canada was ready to bedriven in anger. Pete Kuechler wasthe first to take the car out and heimmediately made his presence onthe track known by lapping several

drivers. Unfortunately his presencewas also noted by several marshalswhen he laid down a trail ofcoolant from an overheating

immediately made hispresence on the track knO'WI\,.by lapping several dri'vers

engine .. A big black and orange flaggreeted him as he past of the startfinish line calling him into the pitsfor repairs. Kuechler laterexplained that he'd, " . lost thirdgear and every thing above it.. ,shortly after starting. Drivingaround in second gear forcedovertaxed the coolant system tofinally boil over all over the track.Remarkably however the reliabilityof the car combined with someexcellent pit stops and driving fromDave Nelson came through to savethe day. In an event in which morethan half of the field failed to maketo finishU of W collected more valuablepoints towards the final result.

The final result of ninth placeoverall was a just reward for theteam who'd worked t irelesslyduring the past year to bring the carto Detroit.

Professional Engineers:Chris DeBruskA Systems

Wor ingThe information contained in thefollowing article is from a paper by AndreBiron ing. the Associate Dean ofGraduate Studies and Research at EcolePolytecllnique presented at the 24thCanadian Congress of EngineeringStudents ill MontrealThere are a great number of

engineers in the world, including avery large number of scientists andtechnicians whe call themselvesengineers, but are not. This group getssubstantially smaller when yeuconsider only those engineers who are

l t J . i r lable te call themselves professional.But you say, there's no real difference,all you need to do to be a professionalis to sign yourself up with the localengineering association once your graduate and have worked a while. I f2C _. / \ . : ( you pay your dues each year, then ner::-- J...J problem - you are a Professional' r : : 0 B Engineer".While there is some truth in this, itan --7063 is not really the entire situation. The

~ ; term Professional Engineer , on arg PI /V . ~ 1 b ~ more global basis is quite a covetedT ' ~ vILa Ac one,. and very few people evermanage the required technical andethical training, and the relevant workexperience in order to qualify. In fact,

our situation here in Canada is ratherunique, a uniqueness which is theresult of the efforts of the CanadianCouncil of Professional Engineers(CCPE) and the provincialassociations.

The CCPE is the national

e ~ ~ e : ~ : : ~ : : ~ ~ O i ~ ::' ittferest to U of W facultY,

( b e c ~ ~ e they're l w a y ~ b e i ~ g'.,' i hecked up on) . :.,coordination body for the 12provincial and territorial associations.I t directly and indirectly regulatesover 146,000 engineers. Its dutiesinclude the accreditation of existingand future schools .of engineeringwithin Canada, the evaluation ofengineering education and practice inother countries in order to establishthe validity of foreign licenses, andassistance to engineering educationfacilities in Canada.

Of particular interest to students inengineering are the efforts the CCPEexpends in foreign evaluations. Theother main effort of the board, theaccreditation of engineering schools,while of great interest to U of Wfaculty (because they're always beingchecked up on), and to students atRyerson (because they want in ), isnot so inlportant to us simply becauseour program is already accredited andContinued Overseas p 11.


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Friday, 5 June, 1992 Iron WarriorCo-Op Goes oJapanCo-op DepartmentNeedles Hall

The Department of Co-operativeEducation and Career Services hasbeen actively involved in theformation of a consortium of fourCanadian Universities (University ofWaterloo, Universite de Sherbrooke,University of Victoria and SimonFraser University) for the purpose ofdeveloping employmentopportunities in Japan for co operative education students enrolledin Engineering, Applied Science andMathematics . programs. TheConsortium has the full support of theFederal Government.

The director of this placementprogram (entitled the Co-op JapanProgram) is actively developing jobopportunities with prospectiveemployers in Japan and we expectthat placement of students under theprogram will begin in 1992 withperhaps 10-20 students and increase

in the following years as interest andparticipation of employers in Japanincreases.

The jobs will be made available tosenior {3rd an 4th year) students inthe above mentioned programs andplacements will be for a period ofbetween 8 and 12 months, dependingupon the particular situation.

Students who are interested in theco-op Japan Program will be requiredto prepare themselves prior toembarking on the work term in Japan.They must have language capabilityin Japanese, acquired by successfullycompleting at least levels 1 and 2 ofthe Japanese language courses offeredby the East Asian Studies program atRenison College, or by some othermeans. Equivalent background in theJapanese language will be considered.

f you are interested in participatingin the Co-op Japan Program, pleasesee Margaret Grosch, InternationalLiaison Co-ordinator in Needles Hall,Room 1079.

Overseas Continuedlikely to remain so.

A major argument I've heardagainst getting a professional licenceconcerns the advantages of thatlicense. The feeling that unless youare a mechanical or civil engineer a

license is basically useless is fairlyprevalent in the undergradcommunity. One thing that manypeople don't realize is the status thatCanadian licenses have around theworld. To qualify for our Professionalstatus is an ability only relative fewenjoy, and to ignore that opportunityis an insult to our chosen professionand those who pract ice it.

The CCPE is currently negotiatingfor Canadian licenses to be valid inmany foreign countries and henceallow professionals from here thesame status over there. To date, ourlicense is interchang eable with the US( the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology - ABET

, as well as a Ireland and Australia.A decision concerning the U.K. andNew Zealand is pending and SouthAfrica has expressed a desire to jointhe current six country agreement.

Additional countries will be addedto this list in the future, as they raisetheir standards to acceptable levels.Surprisingly, it is often Canada who

turns down a potential equivalencybecause the education levels in theforeign country do not meet ourstandards. Even more surprising isthe absence of any professionalstanding in many countries, includingJapan. To date, other countriesinterested is either joining the existingagreement, or receiving assistance insetting up an accreditation processinclude Columbia, Cuba, Iceland,India, Japan, Mexico and Spain.

There exists a major differencebetween Canada and the U.S. withrespect to a professional standing. nCanada you may qualify for P. Engstatus after completing 2 years ofwork experience, but in the U.S. youmust write State examinations toensure your education level is up topar. Incidentally, the CCPE hasrecommended that the workrequirement be increased to 4 years. fthis happens, as is very likely, it willapply to the graduating year, not tothe entrance year. This means thatanyone not already out of schoolwhen the requirement is changed willfall under the new rules (most of us ).

A profeSSional standing isbecoming more coveted both inCanada and around the world. Oftenthe professional title will bring with itan increase in social status in foreigncountries. Since U of WaterlooEngineering is accredited, and relativeto other countries the act of obtainingof a professional license is relativelysimple, it seems rather foolish not toget it.

n case you didn't realize, Canadianengineers are regulated both by theirprovincial associations, as well asgovernment legislation. Canada is theonly country in the world that hasthis.

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The Bitch is BackMike Bessuille3ASystems

In 1979, Alien rocked the moviegoing 'public with its untried m x ofthe monster film, the horror film andf ~the sci-fi adventure. Ridley Scott'smasterpiece worked. In 1986, Aliensagain rivited audiences with fastpaced action, more great specialeffects, and a faster pace, based on theingenious premise of the first film, butwith a very different look and feel.

Now, in 1992, the third of this serieswill be one of the summer's bigblockbusters (Along with BatmanReturns, June 19 and for good reason.First-time feature director DavidFincher gives us a stunningly visual$60million film with a darknesscomparable to Blade Runner. The

qualities.. )film is set on a prison planet completewith a huge, grimy lead-works, plentyof garbage, alien slime (actually K-YJelly) and obsolete, unusabletechnology, bringing Ripley and thelot back to basics agail1s the new,improved model alien.

Do not expect a repetition of eitherAlien or Aliens. Each of the three, ofcourse, has Lieutenant Ripley(Sigourney Weaver) and the alien,

lending continuity and a story threadto all, but each is different in concept,approach and virtually all artisticqualities. Even the way the alien isportrayed is different in Alien3, andthis gives each film its ownuniqueness, so you never really knowwhat to expect. Alien3 is also very

non-hollywood -ish, because it is avery artistic film visually, andparticularly because of its beginningand ending. One stunning aspect ofits artistic flavour is the editting;several scenes, including the opening

have extended montages of intercutscenes, very subtle and quickly editedtogether, to tell a large portion ofstory in a very interesting andefficient way. It's NOT a horror filmlike Alien, nor an action film likeAliens; though it includes plenty ofboth; rather it is, to steal from'Marquee', a Space Gothic.

Sigourney Weaver does quite aconvincing job, showing herversatility in portraying not only thestrongest {mal lead of the movie .bUl also as a vulnerable, couflictstricken p rson.

Of all the summer movies, this willlikely be the biggest and b sl.

Rating 1Director: David FincherStars: Sigonurne y Weaver

Sandford Fleming DebatesChris DeBruskIWStaff

The Sandford Fleming Debates are back again The quarter and semi-finalrounds of this term's competition are scheduled for the week starting MondayJune 29th. The format is a little modified this term. Instead of holding onedebate per day, three debates will be held one after another over a 90 minuteperiod. The quarter final schedule is as follows:

Mon June 29 11:30 Mechanical vs. Civil12:00 Chemical vs. Electrical & Computer12:30 Civil vs. Systems DesignTues, June 30 11:30 Chemical vs. Systems Design12:00 Mechanical vs. Electrical & Computer

The two semi final debates will be held on Thursday, July 2nd and 11:30 and12:00. The four most successful teams, based on number of victories oraggregate score in the case of a tie, will compete in the final in POETS onFriday June 3rd at 12:00. All quarter and semi-final debates will be held in E23324.

See you class prof if you are interested in debating fot your department.Even if you're not into debating, come on out and support your departmentGood Luck


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Tria halon Results:DAWGS Overwhelm Competitorslison PearseBChem

helped with timing and marshalling, the course on Sunday t was a greatday.

An engineering triathalon was heldlast Sunday, May 24th. t was madeup of an 800 yard swim in the PACpool, a run (about 2.5km) aroundColumbia fields and a mountain biketrail around Columbia lake.

In case anybody left clothes, bathingsuits or towels on the pool deck,they're now in the Orifice in the lostand found. f anyone has anysuggestions on ways to improve thecourse etc., please let Alison orStephen know or leave a note in theOrifice.

Congratulations to all of thecompetitors and THANK YOU VERYMUCH to all of the people who

The ResultsTop Individual Results

1 Ron Howden2 Colin MacDougal3 Paul Snowdon4 Fidel5 Gerry Yen6 Mike DeVries7 Marcela Garzon

Team ResultsDAWGSCCCP a MooseCWAJELLOSYDESTIC

IBCIVABUCIVCHUGA-Soc PrezWHATWHATCHUG

Ian Hunt, Pat Hardy, Paul SlackJeff Dyck, Woody, MooseSue Swing, Matt Yagar, Pat LemarreJeff Burton, Dave Massie, Brad LoewemYarek Neidbala, Colin Lawrence, Tyron D'Sout aAlison Pearse, Stephanie Ostry, PEZDave Scheiderman, Jason Hynes, Neil CacheroMario Boutin, Mark Soto, Invisible ManChris Wormald, Graham Wickens, Colin HungJoanne Richard, David Jarvis, Francis MuzIo

37:1643:5746:1847:1052:2853:0453:15

32:5237:1638:1339:0941:1041:1441:2042:01

Stephan Schweighofer, Mark Cocklin, Jeff Bowskill 44:05

CWA PezOHM BREWDAWGS#23AMECHCHUGDAWGS#3IBMech Todd Mellay, Nathan Chin, Dave Campagnola 47:29 a;;o;; i ;

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Engineering Spirit ?Marc OuelletteD WGS

Another reason the D.A.W.G.S. have advice and expertise in setting up marshmallow stuffing contest had justbeen successful is that they do not similar activities. On a sour note three teams - the same three that joinemphasize drinking when though, Iron Warrior Co-editor in everything (they know who theyI looked up spirit in the dictionary disseminating information. # Scott Chandler lamented the are). Either some pretty lame events

and the definition I read was kind of Excessive drinking is lack of submissions to were dreamt up, or, most classesappropriate. Spirit is some sort of definitely unacceptable the newsp per # f I ~ are fairly indifferent. Perhapsinvisible thing which lives in all of us in our society and there . While these turn out would have beenand is really our inner self, a soul, if are many people who do un c t ion s better if the Olympics takeyou will. Certainly spirit is the most not drink at all. Many are may be away . place during a weekend,important contribution a person can turned off and intimidated by an from the mainstream . . instead of a week. In thisgive to the life in engineering. emphasis on drinking. To ensure of "traditional" engineering wa y, fewer classes need to beWithout it, life around here would be that these people continue to things to do, they provide an missed. Further, if the events are(more?) incredibly dull and mundane. participate, the D.A.W.G.S. make sure extremely useful service for one after the other, people might justThe question, though, is, "Does spirit that non-alcoholic beverages are everyone. As well they offer students stick around to participate, since theyexist in engineering and engineers? provided at class parties and who may not participate in other would not have to make a special trip,The answer was a resounding yes-but. functions and that no one is ever events an opportunity to get involved they would already be there.Yes the re is spirit and heaps of it, but made to feel uncomfortable. They and make an important contribution The situation, while not hopeless, is,there is room for improvement and only stress that, " ..you should come to the life here. according to most less thanmore people need to become out and have a good time with your The recent Eng-Olympics are an satisfactory. The class reps are theinvolved. buddies, as Schweighofer stated. He excellent example of the varied spirit important link in the chain of

Getting people involved requires commented that other classes should emanating from the classes. While information. They have to make theirthat the various classes be informed do more because it makes for a great the triatholon was an early success, class aware of what is going on. Engof upcoming events and time and they are missing a lot of the rest of it has been fairly Soc must ensure that there are manyactivities. This is done # fun . nightmarish. A few classes continue different things to do and that they doeffectively thrOugh Clearly, the class reps and to participate in nearly every event, not all involve drinking and partying.advertising in the Iron the class rep advisors play but most have yet to do anything, as However, some of the onus must beWarrior, the . a crucial role in inducing the P**S standings will indicate. The placed on the individual. ManyEnginewsletter, posters, . . spirit. The advisors need to chariot race, usually standing room people are too shy or modest tobanners, and the class reps teach the reps how to get only, had but three entries. Other become involved. Others are tootelling the entire class. The most their class involved. The # events, such as the pudding toss, indifferent for even the mostimportant of which is the class reps, advisors, admittedly, need ape a buddy to a wall, the raft enthusiastic and convincing rep tosince they have the opportunity for to improve their teaching ~ . . . I race and even the parade coax into joining in. What it comesdirect contact with their class. techniques. In their had minuscule or no down to is that an individual canHowever, this is only possible if the defence, they are new to " response at all. The make a difference. We are all here aclass rep actually does report the the job and it is still cloning competition drew long time and i f you want to enjoynews to the class. To make matters something of a learning eleven contestants, but eight your five (or more) years here, showworse, according to Irit Uzan, P**S experience for them too. were from the same class. The some spirit and get involved.Director, four classes have missed Eng Everyone would agree that the repsSoc meetings (there have only been need to talk to individual8, or:small

, r sulting in a deduction of fifty groups, in order to achieve thei r goal.P**S points for the offending classes. Large groups of people who alwaysThis apparent lack of spirit not only participate are intimidating to thosecosts the class points but it deprives who do not usually take part in thethem of the foreknowledge of planned activitif'


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In Terms Past ...IW Staff

What happened last term you ask?Well let the folks at the Iron Warriorinform you with the help of A-SocPrez Fidel.

Cheryl the Ultimate had her officerearranged once again. It seems thatthe Fall arrangement didn' t quitework (O.K. so she got lonely back inthe corner) and this set-up seems towork alright so we might just have astable Orifice for a term. The lockshave again been changed after severalitems disappeared. The new revisedkey policy, although restrictingOrifice access, has worked well so far.

An agreement with the EERC hasbeen reached for them to providelaser support for the Macs. All Macaccounts will be handled by them aswell. This will allow Mac users topick up their laser output when theOrifice is closed, but willunfortunately require a laser accountsimilar to the one on the DeathStarTMsystem. This means that some moneyhas been saved since a new highvolume laser printer is not needed inthe Orifice.

Certain friends of Engineering havedonated a keg fridge for POETS, butthe demand has not yet been highenough to press it into service.Perhaps these summer months, andpatios will do the trick, and neverfear, Orientation '92 will certainly seeit in active duty. Other capitalexpend itures for POETS include videoeq nf for orientation and Take 2News.

One item still in the air is theGarage. This Fed service has beenrun by Engineering Society for quitesome time, but is become too costlyfor us to maintain. Negotiations arecurrently underway with the Feds totransfer ownership.

Study lounges have undergone afew changes during the term but itappears that few other changes willbe taking place. A fourth year loungearea is still a possibility and third year

reps should get together to present aunited front on this subject.

Also undergoing an overhaul arethe Course Critiques. Starting in thefall A-Soc will be running critiquesduring the first half of the term. Thiswill allow for improvements duringthe term, and also will not conflictwith exam study time, much to thedelight of the Course Critiquedirectors. A final set of critiques willstill take place at the end of term forthe purpose of tender andpromotions, and will be run by theDean's office.

Bike security is still being lookedinto by AI MacKenzie, the director ofSecurity. The compound that wasinitially proposed has been turneddown by the campus architect. (Andwe all know what a good job they'vebeen doing until now, don't we. Ed)Under consideration are lockers andBike Guardians. Maybe a morevisible presence by security oncampus would do a thing or two?

As discussed at the last JointCouncil, the Engineering Student Lifebuilding has been shelved. Thetiming was not seen as fortuitous,especially considering Feds new PinkElephant, the Student Life Centrebeing ratified. We all have to muchon our hands to pay for right now. Inthe future however, when factors aremore favourable, that skeleton willstill be in the closet to pullout.

One last item on an environmentalissue. At the end of the summer, theasbestos in the ceiling of the Orifice isdue to be removed . (Just wait untilFiberglass Pink, is deemedresponsible for the death of thousandsof muskrats. Ed).

Well that was the term that was,and now onto the term that will be.Thanks for all of your help Fidel andhave a good time in the Fall.

Office LingoMarc Ouellette 0DAWGSWhat language is this anyhow?

I happened to read an article duringmy last workterm that a co-workerhad pinned to her wall. The articlewent to great lengths to note manywords and terms which have becomeover used by people in the businessworld.

This was ironic because this womanwas the most frequent abuser of officelingo. She, like many other people Iworked with could not go for morethan one or two sentences withoutsaying something so over used that it

s e e m ~ d apathetic, crass andindifferent, not to mention shallowand mde. Aside from this, I couldn'tunderstand her.

As an example, one never calls,phones, talks to, contacts, meets, ordiscusses. You Touch bases. Ithought touching bases was whatCecil Fielder does after a home run -he touches all the bases. We musthave had a good line up because therewere a lot of bases being touched.

Other examples include:vis-a-visfeed backinputnetworkinterfaceOne thing I did notice though was

that nobody did lunch. We hadbreakfast meetings instead. Lunch itseems, was overdone.

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Canada ScholarshipsU of W Blows themAwayChris DeBrusk3A Systems

The 1990-91 Canada ScholarshipsProgram Report Card was releasedrecently. One of the more interestingthings contained in the report was abreakdown of the number of CanadaScholars by institution. Taking intoconsideration Waterloo's size, it doesexceptionally well at attracting tophigh school graduates (as if we didn'talready know). Here's how we stackup:Institution Men Women TotalWaterloo 124 127 251Toronto 127 129 256Western 64 63 127Queen's 73 57 131Ecole Poly ech. 50 47 97McGill 75 71 146UBC 74 78 152

Some other interesting stats:The number of women applyingincreased over 15 percent in 1990-91.

Of the scholarships awarded, 52percent went to women.

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Friday, 5 June, 1992 Iron Warrior Page 16E.L.P.E's Enough, Right? Wrong

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I originally intended to writesomething satiric about engineers andtheir lack of skill in communication,both written and oral. t wouldprobably have ended up being on thefunny side. However, as I got deeperinto the issue I discovered that thesituation is anything but humourous.So you say you do not need to havegood grammar skills, diction, styleand speaking abilities b ecause you arean engineer and that stuff is forartsies. Ever have to make ' apresentation, send a memo, orexplain a plan to someone who is notan engineer?

I do not know how many times Ihave heard a purportedly intelligentperson say, With regards to thisissue ." Saying i t that way iscompletely wrong. t should be,

with regard to. t is a sloppymistake that takes away from theprofessionalism of the presentation orletter or report.

Another common example is theuse of the words affect clnd effect.Contrary to popular belief, they arenot interchangeable Affect is a verb,meaning to influence; effect is a noun(sometimes a verb) meaning to bringabout change. A further example isthe common use of the word myselfinstead of I or me. The rule is: I isALWAYS the subject and me isALWAYS used after a preposition.This means that of the followingsentences,

The package was sent to Joe andmyself.The package was sent to Joe and 1.The package was sent to Joe andme.the third sentence is the only correct

sentence. f you thought either of thefirst two sentences was correct, theunfortunate truth is that you areprobably not alone. f you thoughtthat the previous sentence shouldhave read, " ... sentences werecorrect.. .," you are most definitelywrong, but not alone.The root of the problem is in theeducation system. In spite of the factthat Metro Toronto students do notknow rudimentary grammar, there isstill no English curriculum. Thecurriculum used by the elementaryschool teachers for English is derivedfrom nne of the following sources: a)the school principal (rarely); b) theEnglish Department Head (in manycases the only certified English

teacher on staff); c) the individualteacher; d) psychologists andpsychiatrists establishing tests on theway students learn. Some of the testsgiven include absolutely no teaching.The students are expected to learn bygroup discussion. Grammar andspelling are no longer adhered to forthese tests, in order to allow thestudents' creativity to expand. Manyof you reading this article areproducts of these tests. Can youremember learning any real grammarin elementary school?

The reason grammar is no longertaught in elementary and secondaryschools is because a shift in teachingphilosophy which took place duringthe sixties and seventies. The newphilosophy was that of thebehaviouralists, who were typified bySkinner in the United States. Theirattitude was that drills such as thoseused to teach grammar were bad forthe children. They also believed thatsince most children learn to speakbefore they start school, they wouldacquire grammar, diction, style, andspeaking skills through everyday use.In theory it seem s like a good concept.No one likes to do repetitious drills.The English language, however, hastoo many subtleties and intricacies forit to be just picked up. The languageis much more complex than wasoriginally realized. Another aspectthat was totally overlooked is theenvironment in which the child isbeing raised. f the parents andfriends of the child do not use orknow any of the proper skills, thenthe child will not learn the properskills. On top of this, many youngteachers are products of this system.They often do not feel comfortableteaching grammar because theythemselves are unsure of what is rightand what is wrong. As this systemsregards engineers (in this instance,using regards is correct), it has beenfound that people who are analytical,inductive thinkers have difficultyresponding to languages because theyare not systematic things. Some of theprocess requires one to be instinctiveand to have a sense for the language.

While the education system iscurrently recovering from thebehaviouralists, there is a newproblem arising. Teaching has sort ofdisappeared at the senior secondarylevel and has been replaced byResearch Based Learn ing RBL), betterknown as independent study. Theconcept behind this system is to betterprepare students for post-secondary

education by having them teachthemselves. This means that studentsare assigned complex reports whichsupersede their ability. These reportsare often produced badly because theteacher has not reinforced themethods of writing a report (whichmay not have really been taught in thefirst place). The teacher has notemphasized these methods becausetoo much time is spent researching.So basically, the students are asked toperform without first knowing thefundamentals. t is kind of like askingsomeone to ski the Olympic downhillcourse their very first time out. Sincethe majority of the time (70 ) is spentresearching, very little is left over forpresentations, both written and oral.This imbalance is being rectifiedbecause it has produced studentstotally unprepared for university.By the time a student reachesuniversity, certain abilities are takenfor granted. One of them being theability to write and speak adequately(and solving integrals using inversetrig substitutions. Ed.). At theuniversity level it is too late to beginteaching and re-teachingfundamentals. However, practicingthese skills should be encouraged andeven required. All engineeringstudents at this fine institution arerequired to write reports for termproject, labs, and of course work termreports. The only problem with this isthat the people marking these reportsare NOT, by any stretch of theimagination, qualified to correct

grammar, diction, style, andpunctua tion. A professor a t thisuniversity once corrected thegrammar in one of my work termreports. The bitter truth is that he wasentirely wrong. I had my report proofread by two people for grammar,spelling and the rest before handing itin. The first person has a MastersDegree in English and teachesEnglish; the second person has aBachelor Degr ee in English and is aneditor for a publishing company. Iwould not ask them to comment onthe design of a gas turbine engine, sowhy would an engineering professortry to correct my English? Hecertainly was not helping me out.

t is always easy to blame thesystem, in fact a little too easy. n itsdefence, it has produced some verycapable people. However, there arealways people who are more talentedthan others. The system has failed tohelp the less talented people attain alevel of proficiency which is sufficientfor them to articulate their thoughts inthe most expedient manner.Language skills, like any skills, needto be honed, and practiced regularly.The faculty of engineering could helpachieve tris by providing a course onreport writing and givingpresentations. Such a course shouldbe taught be qualified personnel, i.e.,not engineers. t would certainly bemore useful to us in the real worldthan some of the courses which arepresently mandatory.


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ngineering and thicsChris DeBrusk3A Systems

Engineering students are exposed tothe wo rd "professional" fairly often inthe course of achieving their degree. Itseems, given the amount we a retaught on the to p ic, that ou r

there is a real lack of " ;u i l d e i t a n d i n g i n t h ~ e aI ~ : ; = l : ~ ~ ~ ~

understanding of the concept ofprofessional is assumed, but it is

questionable whether ti1is assumptionis justified. The Canadian Council ofProfessional Engineers (CCPE)attended the Canadian EngineeringStudents Society's conference inMontreal in January and chaired around table discussion onprofessionalism and ethics. If one is tojudge by the questions directed to theCCPE representative, there is a reallack of understanding in this areawithin Canadian engineering schools.

The CCPE defines a profession as alearned calling which requires

advanced intellectual knowledge,understanding and abilities gainedfrom intensiv e and specializededucation, training and practical

ex p erience. The members of aprofession limit their activities to thisdefin ed area of knowledge and arecommitted to serve and protect thepublic. Professionals are also expectedto maintain their competencethroughout their careers.

Who you say No one told me aboutthe fine print when I signed up forth is. I t is comm on ly pe rceived inCa na di an so cie ty that do ctors and.lawyers are held to some su rprisinglyhigh standard s , but it is no t wellknown that engineers are as well. Theethical and professional obligations ofengineers are equal to those of the lawand medical professions.

Above all other concerns anengineer is expected to protect theinterests of society, i.e. the publicsafety comes above all monetary,business and personal obligations.This sounds like a potentiallytroubling and confusing charge, giventhat an infinite number of unclear

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a practising engineer. How could onedecide i their actions might constitutea break of professionalism and hence,

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breaking of the law. That's right, thelaw, in Canada an engineer's actionsare governed by governmentlegislation.an engineer is expected toprotect the interests of s,ociety,

What provides a guideline to anengineer 's endeavour is theprofessional engineering code ofethics. A code of ethics typically is aset of governing principals which areused to judge the appropria teness of aparticular condu ct or behav iour. Thecode of e thi cs set ou t by the CC PEcovers eight general areas:

Professional engineers shall:1.hold paramount the safety, health

and welfare of the public and theprotection of the environment andpromote health and safety within theworkplace;

2. offer services , ad vise on orundertake engineering assignmentsonly in areas of their c o m p e t e n c ~ andpractise in a careful and diligentmanner;

3.act as faithful agents of theirclients or employers, maintainconfidentiality and avoid conflicts ofinterest;

4. keep themselves informed inorder to maintain their competence,

strive to adva n ce th e bo d y ofknowledge wi thin which they p racticeand p r o v i ~ e opportunities for theprofessional development of theirsubordinates;

5. conduct themselves with fairness,courtesy and good faith towardsclients, colleagues and ot hers, givecredit where it is due and accept, aswell as give, honest and fairprofessional criticism;

6. present clearly to em ployers andclien ts the possible conse qu ence s iengineerin g decisions or judgementsare overruled o r disregarded;

7. report to their association or otherappropr iate agencies any illegal orunethical engineering decisions orpractices by engineers or others; and

8.be aware of and ensure thatclients and employers are made awareof societal and environmentalconsequences of actions or projectsand endeavour to in te rp re tengineering issues to the public in anobjective and truthful manner.

In other words, you are responsiblefor your own actions as well as thereporting of other's actions when theybreach these ethical guidelines. Nowaren't you glad you choseengineering


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