the iron warrior magazine: volume 8, issue 1

8/14/2019 The Iron Warrior Magazine: Volume 8, Issue 1

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Editorialmpty Pockets

Katalina PrinczEditor in Chief

I is a terrifying experience, signingyour bank account away. Watchingyour funds trickle away with a singlesignature. But each and every term I doit. Each and every term I pay tuition.And each and every term it seems totake a larger bite out of my account.

The first term that I paid my fees, itwasn't too bad . Tuition and all those otherfees only cost about fifteen hundred dollars. Three years later, the price has leapt toclose to twenty-five hundr ed dollars. Overa term, tuition was increased by twentypercent. Continuing increases at that rateper term would result in an increase intuition Gust tuition) of a thousand dollars

in only 3 terms.Today's government seems obsessed

with cutting costs .The deficit has become a

political buzz word . Education fundinghas seen serious cuts . Universities seem tohave little choicebut to cut costs The traditional round of cost savin g golden-handshakes may have trimmed the budgetsbut has reduced staff experience. Variousprograms have seen unprecedented cuts.The civil department is being destrearnedin an effort to reduce costs. But this mustnot have been enough as, fees continues torise. The gover nment cuts deeper anddeeper, and tuition rises higher and higher.

Students now rely on loans to pay fortheir educations . Gone are the days ofscholarships and grants. Debt has becomea necessary evil of higher education for

some, and insurmountable roadblock forothers . Many have considered. droppingout of school, unable to support the

increasing burden of dept. Too manynowfind that they can no longer afford to leam.

Those trying to get work find themselves in a vicious circle. University education is now needed for jobs, but these samejobs are needed to pay for school. Decreasing job opportunities increase competition,as greater numbers of people vie for smaller numbers of employment opportunities.Increasingly technical job requirements,the after effect of technical advancement,make higher education a necessity.

But those of us in co-operativeeducationare part of the lucky group. We are able topay for tuition (for the most part) and otherfees with the money we earn during our

Letter to the Editor

Shelley CarterA Mech

Adrove home for Christmas, a

pleasant 18 hour drive, I real. d that there are some interest

ing signs on the roads. It was not thefirst time 1'd driven this particular route,however it was the first time I was making the merry little safari without aradio. Which is another story. So I sangto myself as long as I could stand it (myrepertoire of songs consisting of Christmas carols and elementary school songsabout rainbows), before giving in to thesilence broken only by the whining ofthe engine. Since there was nothing todistract me, I read the signs along theroad. What a novel idea.

aMy route is through Ontario, Michigan,

Wisconsin, Minnesota, and back toOntario. Driving through Michigan, there

were a few choice signs which grabbed myattention and then continued to irritate mefor the rest of the way home. The first set,which you may be able to make out in thephoto ('cause I just HAD to take a picture),consists of two signs on either side of theroad. Alright. First of aU, there is a solidyellow line down the road. Meaning ...?But just in. case you somehow managed topass your driving test without knowingwhat the lines on the road mean, they putup a sign that says 0 0 NOT PASS'. Ok,fair enough. But is it really necessary toput u p another sign on the opposite side ofthe road which says NO PASSINGWNE ? A little redundant, is it not? And

a I these signs are placed at regular intervalsalong the highway through Michigan.Maybe I'm missing some obvious reason

for this, like people are busy singing withthe radio and don t notice the first twosigns, but who' s really going to pass someone going up a hill? It kind ofscares me alittle to think that they might possiblyNEED three indications not to pass. Pleasetell me that there really aren't that manybad drivers.

My other favorite sign is 'PRISONAREA-OO NOT PICK UP HITCffiITKERS'. Doesn't that give you a wann senseof security, knowing that they MIGHTescape. I think I wou ld ahnost rather notknow.

Finally, what would you think a signthat said WATGI FOR PEDS' meant? It

work terms. But even with the inmoney every eight months,theeducation is steadily increasing an

soon overtake those job earningsscales instead of learning opportumay soon become the dominatinwhen choosing whichjobs to apply

Higher education may soonbechaven for the elite, s further incretuition put learning out of the remany.

I don't envy my siblings. Both wpursue careers that require higher tion. But,by the time they're done,may havedoubledagain.

(Aside: parkingis now 2bucks )

took me quite a few years s a childure that one out. I have much symfor foreigners driving in North Ame

Now you'll probablynotice eveyou see, and curse me for bringinyour attention. Mission accompMy job here is done.

Editor s Note:

Q inions expressed in Leo the Editor donot necely represent the opinionthe EngineeringSociety and memof the Iron Warrior Staff


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Editor-In-ChiefKati Taz Prinez

layout EditorChris Wiley Coyote FO.ter

Advertising EditorNatalie Babs Zgola

Iron Warrior StaffNathan Buster DoidgeMike Mighty Mouse Hermann

Tim Hampton LeeShannon Daisy McLaren

Christopher Plucky TrudeauChristian Buggs Westarp

contributors~ l t o l 'Dot Abcarius

Bill Daffy BaerShelley Elmira Carter

Edward Yacko t'lelc::11erBill'Marvin

ContentsGR DCOMM

What is it?

C D Logo ContestCCES Update

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UW DonationsEricsson Donates 1 Million dollars

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4th Vear RamblingsBikes, IRS, and the TOOL

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Winter Term UpdateStuff You Probably Don't Care

About

Iron Warrior NewsWhy the IW was suspended

during Winter 96

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SAE UpdateBuilding Racing Formula SAE

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Arts Pages and FoodEngineers do have a left side

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Workterm necdoteso ISDN, and Amway?

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Hear Ve, Hear VePublic Speaking and FUBAR

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P.O.E.T.S. UpdateWhere Everybody Knows Your

Name ..

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Bike TipsIs He Serious?

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Travel UpdateBill's Excellent Adventures

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ESQ UpdateA Great Volunteer Program

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Concrete Tobogganuy 'Boggan Burgers

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Eng Soc Spew NewsWe're So Crazy We're Pulling Out Our Hair

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GRADCOMM Jason Murray4A CompQ: What s GRAOCOMM?A: GRAOCOMM is an acronym for the GRADuation

COMMittee

Q: Well, if they're the GRADuation COMMittee whydon't they graduate already and leave us alone?

A: They did Last term's GRADCOMM was for thegraduating year of 1996. This terms GRADCOMM isfor the cJass of 1997.

Q: WhatdoesGRAOCOMMdo?A: GRAOCOMM has two primary goals.

1) To organize the graduation events such as GradBall, IRS, and IRP.

2) They raise funds to help pay for the graduationevents. Oh yeah, we also do the yearbook.

Q: Who is GRAOCOMM?A: GRAOCOMM is a group of volunteers sacrificing

they're precious time to make sure that the class of1997's graduation is something to remember. Cur-rently we have 20 people that I know of involved.This will probably grow as the fourth year classesassist in selling pizza and run other fund raising

events.Q: Howcanlgetinvolved?A: If you're not in forth year just wait, your turn is

coming. You'll form your GRADCOMM sometimein your 3B term. If you're in forth year just ask

around. There's bound to be someone in your cJasswho can point you in the right direction (they probably made an announcement about grad pictures). Oryou can just e-mail me at [email protected] (you only need the watstar .. stuff ifyou aren't mailing me from watstar).

Q What kind of things can I help out with?A: Just about everything. Currently we really need a

fundraiser (actually we want each of the classes tocome up with at least one event, and run it, so you'dprimarily look after making sure that event goes

smoothly), and novelties people (you'd come upwith, purchase and sell GRADCOMM related trinkets). You could give your cJass yearbook editors ahand (they'll probably want all the help they can get).We need people from each of the 4A classes to comeout to help sell pizza (please sign up in the Orifice).Each class will need people to run the fundraisingevents that they come up with. Most other thingsseem to be pretty well taken care of, but we won'tcomplain about anyone wanting to lend a helpinghand to Grad Ball, IRS, Finance, or just about anything.

Q: How are GRADCOMM and EngSoc related?A: They aren't. However, EngSoc will help us out if

we are in dire straits with respect to money.

C D ogo o te tJason WorryC D Director

Well the time has finally come to judging allof the artistic creat ions that have beensubmitted over the past two terms. To all

that contributed, thank you for the support. It willnot go without notice since all participants willreceive a coupon, a value determined by the numberof entries, redeemable at the C&D. The artist of thewinning logo will receive a $50 coupon, substantial-ly larger than the average part icipant gets, againredeemable in the C&D.

ll of the submitted logos will be displayed underglass in the CPH hallway near the Orifice for judging.Each logo design will be numbered and voting will bedone via e-mail where you place your vote for the winning logo which best represents the EngSoc Coffee andDonut Shop. The e-mail address to either make comments about the C D or vote for a design will be posted outside of the C D and under glass with the logodisplay.

Anyone still desiring to submit a logo can still do soto Mary, the manager of the C&D, or in the orifice.Good luck to all participants Conte st ends May 31st

CCESA Delegate s Vie

Nicole Abcarius4A Chemical

CCES , the Congress of Canadian EngStudents, the 28th one to be exact, wright here in Waterloo during the la

of December 1995 and the first week of Ja1996. ll the planning and preparation thatway back in 1994 finally climaxed during tof this conference.

I don't really know how "smoothly" thingsthe point of view of an active committee meming this week, but everything appeared to befrom the point of view of the delegates. Thwind week blasted off with a New Year's Ewhich celebrated every midnight countdownthe country setting the pace of the week to comfollowed was a week jam-packed with speakershops, regional meetings, industry tours, hosuites and of course the plenary session, everwhich is summarized nicely in the Project Ma

strategically place d around CPH foyer.The strongest message we received from th

ers was that with the changing industry, ther

change in required emplo yee skills. Being ththe class is no longer a guarantee of an exceinterpersonal skills are becoming a key factor.panies are moving from vertical to lateral sttheir employees are required to deal with anumber of people which translates to a growfor better oral and writt n communication skwhich aren't really stressed in our current esystem. It was strongly recommended that weeducation into our own hands to further devverl>al, written and interactive skills .

What means have you at your disposal toWe haven't much say in the courses we takwith the few electives that are open to us athose are limited to what will fit into our scEven with this being the ease, how difficult woto chose one or two English writing courses to imyour skills? It may also be advantag eous to pain debating competitions or join a debatingimprove thinking and speaking on your feet. Talso many clubs out there where it is necessarywith people, people who don't think like you like you, to accomplish things which may hinterpersonal skills. This is a major part of yoution that is controlled by you, whether you dpick up or improve on these skills or not, it'syou.

On a different note, I would like to congratul

Faber aka Fabes) for winning the election at Cthe position of VP Ontario on the CFFS (Canaderation of Engineering Students) executive wplans to tellyou all about.


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Ericsson Donates 1 Million toUW Engineering

Michael Worry Ericsson's p reside nt Bernt Hoegberg for recognizi:ngth e products of the CWe either students or research However, in recognition of their commitment I wouldencourage Engineers to consider Ericsson for their ro-op terms, and upon graduation.

A Electrical need for this program . This type of c o - o p e ra t ionbetween the priv ate sector , government and u.ni ersi-

Ericsson Communications has generously ties is a precedent that we all hope other companies willoffered to donate 1 Million to setup a new follow . Ericsson willhave no proprietary ho ld Over theCentre for Wireless Communications (CWC).

The CWC will be a new graduate program withinElectrical and Computer Engineering offered for thefirst time in 1997 to 20 students . Students will graduate with a Master of Applied Science in ElectricalEngineering with special training in the field ofwireless communications.

The new CWC sponsored graduate programsinclude:

- Broadband Communications Networks- Communications over Fading Dispersi ve Channels- Microwave and RF. Engineering- Wireless Communications Systems- Multimedia Communications in Wireless/Wire

NetworksEricsson 's research and development facility in Mon

treal employs 900 engineers. They currently serve theCanadian market for cellular systems, Personal Communications Services PCS), cellular telephones, mobiledata systems and access products and private radioproducts. Ericsson 's 85 lXX>employees are active in over _ .100 countries. Their combined expertise in switching,radio and networking mak es Ericsson a world leader in

I t : : t : : , LD,nl7J,Un'I,; ,n [Jns a f l a u , ~ :PremierHarris; University of Waterloo president ames Downey; and Roger Poirier, president ofCanadian Wireless Telecommunications, surrounded by Ericsson Co-op students and fourth

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Jason MurrayA Compo

ourth Year

Iwent out for my first real ride (mountain bike) this moming at 8. Boy was itcold, for May 12 anyway. CouJdn ' t have been more than 10 degrees. Thisweather is really getting to me. Last week I think I remember three quarters

of a day of sun, Monday. It was overcast and rainy for the remainder of theweek. I thought the rhyme went: April showers bring May flowers. I don't seeany .flowers, probably can't grow because of too much rain. Now I realize that itdoes no good to get ticked off with Mother Nature, after all what can we reallydo about it. We better have one hell of a summer.

Speaking of mountain biking, I was going to put something about the Off-RingRoad Oassic in the IW but I figured with it coming out the day before the event you'dprobably already know whether you were going or not. I am going to write anewsletter about the race so you should have seen it by the time you read this.

s you have probably already figured out (from the date in the first paragraph)we've only had 8 days of lectures. Why do I point this out? Well let's just say that I'venoticed an apathetic air around campus. Nobody seems to want to do anything,nobody came for 300 days till illS, not just a few people, NOBODY. I've tried to holdtwo meetings to get some riding groups going and I got a totalS people between bothmeetings. I hope it's just because it's early in the term and the weather sucks (see previous).

An unnamed (he's not really unnamed his parents gave him a name, I'm just nottelling what it is) person (okay friend) of mine noted that during the first EngSocmeeting, when the TOOL came to visit, nobody seemed to care. Not like in the past.Now, I'm not the type to get hyped up about this type of thing (mascots and all), buthe's got a point. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) it stems from the fact that the classthat most recently graduated (1996) was the last frosh class who worshiped theTOOL. From what I understand there was a shift in the attitude towards the TOOLafter this. Thi.s would definitely have something to do with what we (my friend and I)noticed. He also pointed out that the meeting in general seemed a little toned downfrom what he remembers. He said it might have to do with the fact that we have anew speaker. I don't think this is true. We've had new speakers before (every term tobe exact) and he remembers some other first meeting'; to be rather exiting. Again Ihope this is just becaus e it's early in the term and the weather sucks.

EngSoc elections are coming up this term. So what? a lot of people will say. Wellshame on you. You may not get involved in EngSoc yourself, but it is acting as yourvoice on campus and nationally, whether you get your student fees back or not (I'mnot talking about the $75 dollar WEEP contribution). EngSoc is the official voice ofengineering students to such bodies as the University senate, the Faculty, CO-OP, the

PEDS, as well asthe

Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (CFFS). In addi-tion to this EngSoc hosts great events for the community like Canada Day, and the

The Sandford e m i n ~Foundatioo

amblingsBus Push So you see its a little bit more than a bunch of people with too muchon their hands. So what has this got to do with the elections? Well see ing as howexecutive runs the whole show, I think you might just want to pay attention tothe candidates are and if you think they can improve and enhance the image ofneering at Waterloo.

Which brings me to my next point Who is going to run for these positions.the failure of a few people in second year. We're left with a few less people whotypically more involved with EngSoc, hence they would probably be the peoplewould run. Now, 1'd like to state right now that anyone who is a member of theety, i.e. your didn't get your $14 society fee returned is eligible to run well not exbecause the appointments are 16 months, and you must be on stream with yourduring the term). I can really only think of three people that would run for anytion and one of those has said they will not be running (they said they werethey wouldn't do a gcxxl job. I say you have nothing to fear but fear itself). So it like well have a shortage of candidates. If anyone is interested in finding out morpop by the Orifice and ask someone.

Speaking of popping by the Orifice, I've heard that some people are intimidatthe people that usually hang out there and some even go so far as to say thatSoc" (It's quoted to denote a usage of the term meaning those more involved mbers, as apposed to the proper term of the students who pay their fee) is too cliqPoppycock The people that hang out in the Orifice are chummy with each othernot you because they know each other (from being Orifice denizens) better thanknow you. Most people that I know that hang out in the Orifice will be morehappy to help you out (really). You have but to ask. And remember if you finperson you ask disagreeable it's probably because of personality incompatibilitiesbecause they hang out in the Orifice or because they are a member ofEngSoc.

Resume writing really sucks. I just finished updating mine. I deleted some thadded others, but how can you tell if it will do the trick and get you the intervyou really want? Should I put experience with Windows on it or not? I feel it shbe assumed that in 4A camp eng you have worked with such programs, or if noyou can pick them up pretty easily. Yet employers don't seem to know thisdon't know that given enough time and with the right people I could write Wind(probably some thing significantly better), let alone be able to use it. I think that thop department should get their heads together with the faculties and talk aboutstuden t A in faculty B.in term C has as an ass umed skill set. That way I wouldn'tto waste space on stupid 1 can use Word BS . I've shared this view with SAC,Westlake, and others. Think we'll see this done anytime soon?

Thi.s is m y first submission (Submit Dammit ) to the IW and I hope they printThey really should, they printed Mario's drivel Gust kidding). But anyway (notways, that's wrong, wrong, wrong) I ll shut up now (stop the cheering) so I can

something to talk about next time (no groans either).

Waterloo Campus ActiyitiesEngineering 2, Room 2317, University of WaterlooWaterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G 1 (519) 888-4008

The Sandford Fleming Foundation is proud to announce the 1996 recipient of the John Fisher Leadership Award:

Nancy Faessen, Chemical Engineering

Congratulations

o ~ of Nancy's contributions to UW Engineering include several directorships within the Waterloo Engineering Society including twoterms as Manager of the Coffee and Donut Shop. In addition she also chaired the PEO conference hosted by Waterloo. bid for andhelped organize the 1996 Canadian Congress of Engineering Students Conference held at Waterloo. and was an active member of herGraduating Students Committee. Nancy also held the position of Vice President External for the Canadian Federation of EngineeringStudents and attended several engineering conferences within Canada a nd the United States.

1be John Ftsher Leadership Award is made from to to a graduating student whose activities throughout his/her academic careerhave made significant contributions to Co-operative Engineering Education. The Award at Convocation consists of a citation and anhonorarium of $1,000.

TECHNICAL SPEAKER COMPETITION


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The Building of the 996Formula SAE Car

Stephan Schwag) SchweighoferA ME H BULLS

e Formula SAE is an international engineering competition in which engineering stu-dents from competing schools design, build

test, and drive a race car slightly smaller then a Formula 4 car, like a miniature Indy . 85 to 90 schoolsfrom the US, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Canada compete in a grueling three day competition in May. Thecar is tested in several dynamiC events, such as accel

eration and auto-cross, as well as static events, suchas a design analysis and marketing presentations. Inthe past, Waterloo has done extremely well, comingin as the top Canadian entry almost consistently

since its first attempt in 1987 with a highest placement of fourth overall .

The 1995 car had a top speed of about 85 mph withthe cylinder turbocharged and fuel injected 600ccHonda motorcycle engine generating between 85 90

horsepower. This year s team built a new car for the1996 competition, and for the first time used an electronic data acquisition system and extensive flowbenching to monitor the car while testing. This aide d inevaluating and increasing the performance .

The 1996 car was completely redesigned: new chassis, redesigned air intake and exhaust, modified engine,

new suspension system, to list just a few. One of thegoals for the 1996 car was to increase the output of theengine to about 95 to 100 horse while reducing the 5 5lb wet weight by at least 30 Ibs. We hope to put Waterloo back into the top seven overall rankings at the 1996competition; it s an ambitious project, but so far weseem to be on track.

This is also the first year n which this program wasapproached with a professional, business-like attitude.We created a large computerized database of sponsorsand suppliers to aid in the organization of the team andare also mounted a very aggressive marketing campaign. We anticipate direct exposure of the car and theUniversity of Waterloo to over half a million people this

year through trade shows, community eventsas parades (you may have seen us in the Oktober-fest Parade a while back), and media exposure.This was all part of the new business attitudewith which we approached this program: weintended to prove to both our sponsors andthe University that we are a very worthwhileinvestment of their time and money.

Our budget was rather large and wedepended heavily on corporate sponsorsfor most of our funds. The Engineering

Department also providedus

with someseed money to get started, but the restwas raised through corporate sponsorsand other organizations such asWEEF, which, incidentally, has consistently been a strong supporter ofthis program in the past.

The project involved mostlyfourth year Mechanical Engineering students, although there werenumber of younger studentshelping out withand testing. Some of the prcrjects that younger student s o t & / l i ~ ~involved with included fixingup the dyno for engine testing, building

new A-arms for the 1995 car and fixing up the 95 carso that we could use it to test the data acquisition system we have. Other tasks included aiding in rebuildingthe engine, construction of jigs for the frame, aiding n

public relations, etc. There was lot to do in a very shortperiod of time .

The Formula SAE project occurs every year. Forthose who missed helping with this 1996 car, the 1997team will be starting their car soon. Getting involvedw ll give you very good exposure to the program, aswell as teach you a lot that willaid you n constructingyour own car when you reach fourth year. To getinvolved drop by the FSAE room and leave yourname. [Reprinted from Iron Warrior, October 15,1995 ]


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The 996 Formula SAE CompetitionChris Foster

8 Mech

Te 1996 Formula SAE team had the potential

to go all the wa y . Unfortunately they likemany o ther t eams with po ten t ia l were

plagued with a run of bad luck which they ouldhave done without.

Listening to the car run, and watching it complete alap of the endurance track are two things one mustexperience to fully appreciate the absolute power thatthe 1996 team was able to harness for their car .

This year s team put together a car which rivaled thebest of the American universities (you know, the oneswith the huge budgets) in both it s design and it s competitiveness . n the auto-cross, the event wh ich tests thecars acceleration, handling, and raw power, Waterloo steam placed 4th out of 80. Not bad considering thosewho placed above them were mostly second year cars.

The auto cross was not the only event that Waterloo steam competed well in.. The skid-pad test also provedto be an event that the 1996 SAE car was able to compete in with success . With an overall ranking of 10th inthis event, Waterloo proved that they were a tea m to bereckoned with.

An even more impressive feat for the team was topull the fastest time for one complete lap of theendurance race, with a time of 59.1s. This time was 0.2seconds faster than the next fastest time. Alth ough thisseems like a small margin, once you understand therestrictions placed on the engine by the organizers, , youwould see how even 0.2 seconds would be hard tomake up . Unfortunately, even though Waterloo hadthe best time for a single lap in this event, it was alsotheir most disappoint ing event.

Saturday morning started (way too early) with a firstattempt at the endurance track - 30 laps, with a drivechange after 15 laps. Unfortunately the bad luck struckearly in this event, and with only twelve laps complete,Waterloo was forced to quit due to a rear axle mountfailure. Not a big deal, take the frame down to the GMplant down the street, weld it up, and it will be readyfor the afternoon s attempt at the track. Well kinda, thecar came back, and was running test laps with plenty oftime to spare before they had to be out on the trackagain . But as luck would have it, the wheel mount wasthe next to go. Still the event wasn t for a while and theteam could get the car down to the GM plant, weld it,and have it back in time for the second chance atendurance. Come race time, Waterloo was back, andready to roll. With the best starting time of any teamout there followed by the best lap time, things werelooking really good, at least for a while. Come the thirdlap, things started to go wrong again. With smoke coming from the exhaust, it was obvious that there wassomething wrong. The judges soon pulled the car fromthat track. After careful examination, it was determined that due to a last minute re-working of thewiri ng for the cooling system from a power on systemto a switch on the dash, the cooling system never cameon For those of you who have tried to dri ve their carsdown the 401 in 1st gear, it s roughly the sam e concept-

the engine gets very hot, and a number of the rubberseals inside that keep the fluids separate melt.

The design competition was also an event in whichthe gods were not smiling on the Waterloo team. In

fact, it probably was not the design competition, asmuch as it was the suspension judge. Unfortunately theofficial judging the Waterloo suspension was not asopen minded as he might have been. It was unfortunate, but this judge lacked sufficient knowledge on thesuspension system to make a fair judging . Waterlooincorporated a revolutionary design into their front endsuspension t was a design which was easy to adjustand calibrate for particul ar situations, as well as beingquite simple to service. Unfortunately, since it did nothave a traditional setup, it was ranked lower ie 49th indesign).

When it came to the end of the competition the

awards ceremony took place. This was not expected tobe an overly exciting event all things considered. Butwith this is mind, the results for the competition werequiteastounding. n fact, considering their high placingin a couple of events, followed by a few less successfulevents, it is really quite amazing that Waterloo placed3 th overall, ahead of Queens, McMaster, and mostother C anadi an schools.

n all, it was quite a successful Formula SAE competition,. and a lot was learned. Special ment ion should goout the 1997 FSAE team, who were there helping andlearning from the 1996 team. Congratul ations go out tothe 1996 team for a job well done, and best wishes to the1997 team, yo u guys have your work cut out for you.


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xercise our Left Ha\fff

The Engineer s Soliloquy

To study, or not to study: that is the question:Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer

he labs and lectures of outrageous courses,Or to slack of f against a sea of assignments,And by slacking fail them? o learn: to sleepNo more; and by a sleep to say we endThe head-ache and the thousand sleepless nightsThat school is cau e of, tis a relaxationDevoutly to be wish d. To learn, to work;

o work: perchance to write essays: ay, there s the rub;For in that pile of BS what phrases may comeWhen we have thrown away grammatical knowledge,Must lose us marks: there s no respectThat markers give us for how long we worked;For who would bear the sarcasm and scorn of profs,

he tutor s wrong, the lab technician s accent,

The pangs of raised tuition, the administration s delay,The insolence of the Dean s office and the spurnsThat patient waiting for graduation takes,When he hims elf might his living makeWith less education? who would deadlines bear,To grunt and sweat under a heavy courseload,But that the dread of unemployment after graduation,The unskil l d labour from whose Burger BarnNo highschool dropout returns, puzzles the willAnd makes us rather stay at home to readThan drink Tequila till we know not our names?Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

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s E c T IKatalina Princz

A Mech

Hre are a few hearty Hungarian re cipes. At

home, the main ingredient in any meal iseat, so you may want to adjust the quanti

ties of ingredients accordingly. Note: some letters inthe Hungarian words should have accents on them,but the Mac was uncooperative)

Lenese LevesLentil Soup)

This quantity of ingredients made me enough soup tolast for a week - if I had eaten it every day, for everymeal. You can freeze extra quantities.

2 cups lentils4-5 carrots peeled and chopped4-5 . sticks of celery choppe d1 medium onion chopped3 cloves garlic1/2 ham hock smoked, with bone still in

Before you begin to make the soup, soak the lentils inwater overnight Put them in a large bowl, and cover themwith about 2 inches of water. They will double in size, sobe sure to add enough water. Before adding the lentils tothe soup, drain off any extra water.

The most important ingredient is the smoked hamhock. Make sure it is smoked. I got a huge ham hock andonly used half of it . You should put in about a kilogram,more or Jess, I prefer a really meaty thick soup more like astew) of meat including the bone.

Put your ham hock in a large pot and fill the pot withwater, until the water level is above the top of the hamhock. Boil the ham hock for 4 to 6 hours, until the meatfalls off the bone. Remove the bone from the ham. At thispoint you can let the mixture cool and skim off any fat.

After boiling the ham to create stock, add all vegetables.Boil this mixture until the lentils are soft This will takehalf an hour or longer.

Add salt and peppe r to taste. You will not need to addmuch salt, as the smoked ham hock willbe very salty.

Bowl of Lentil Soup

PorkortThe Hungarian version of spaghetti sauce, this dish is

generally served over pasta of some sort. Any sort of meat,such as chicken, can be substituted for the stewi ng beef .

1 medium onion finely chopped6-700g stewing beef cut into bite size chunks1 tbsp. oil2 tsp. paprika1/2 Isp. salt1/2 to 1 greenpepper coarsely chopped2 large tomatoes coarsely chopp ed

or a small can of tomatoes)Cook onions in oil until browned, stirring constantly,

then add paprika. Watch the onions and paprika carefully,as burned paprika will ruin the flavor of the whole dish.Add stewing beef . You can trim off any fat if you want,but we never do at home. Add the salt and stir. Add greenpepper and tomatoes. Cook until me at is tender. This willtake approximately 90 minutes. When the dish is cookedto perfection, you should be able to cut the meat with afork Serve over pasta.

C N

NokedliDumplings or Noodles)

It is very difficult to get the noodles the right size, ankeep the mixture at the right consistency. The first t imetried to make these by myself, it resulted i n nothing bmessy kitchen. They tasted really good though, so I triagain.

2 eggs1/2 cup water2 cups flour1 pot boiling water

Crack the eggs, yolks and all, into a bowL Beat theAdd the water. Then add flour slowly, mixing constantStop adding flour when the mixture reaches the consistcy of a thick paste . You do not have to add the full 2 Getting the ideal consistency takes practice. The first tmade it myself it took a while to get the right viscosity.is too thin, it will not stick together in the boiling water.is too thick, the noodles will be too hard You mighttesting the mixture in the boiling water, to see if it stogether.

Porkort and Noodles

To make the noodles, add the mixture to the bowater, a bit at a time. The noodles will double in size wcooking. I have found that the best way to add the mixto the boiling water is to use two spoons. Take asmall quantity, about a cubic centimeter or so, on the the spoon. Then use the other spoon to scrape thismixture into the boiling water. You have to do thisfast, so it is best if you get someone to help you ou tthe noodles until they re firm, which should onlyabout five minutes.


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SO ISDN Amway and an afternoonfrom hell

Chris Trudeau

A Elec

Eve reached the pinnacle of geekdom. For three

weeks during the work term my car bumper waseld on by computer network cable. The com

ments about this are almost as wide spread as thoseJeff Foxworthy "You know you're a hick when .. "jokes (the colour of your car is bond 0, your porchcollapses and kills more than three dogs, your wifewants to take a bath and asks you to move the transmission .. you get the idea). Four pair, 64Kb/s ISDNcable w i t h an RJ-45 jack became a s t ructural lyimportant part of m y car if you can recognize atleast two of the terms in the preceding sentence youmay well be on your way to my personal DalaiLama level of geekdom ). What escalated me to thisnew tier in geekitude, and more importantly: howcan you avoid it? What does an Amway selling Sys

tem Design Engineer have to with this? What wasthe average throughput of my bumper assuming anM M 1 k queuing system? What the hell am Italking about? Read on

My work term was spent at a company that was aconglomerate of seven Toronto hospitals .. what hasmore bureaucracy than just one Toronto hospital? Anyhow, we were participating in a convention at the Weston Harbour Castle, which for those of you who are notfrom the Greater Toronto area (Please see the above JeffFoxworthy jokes ) is near the lake .. hence the Harbourin Harbour Castle. The office is about five kilometresaway, and so one fine Saturday morning Ruby, Slavenand I packed nearly everything into Slaven's car (as anaside, leather inter ior and sharp metallic cases gotogether like Pat Buchanan and an NAACP meeting )

and headed to the hotel .The convention was a farce. The setup for the con

vention was a farce. The reception afterward was afarce .. there seems to be a pattern here. We were told toarrive at noon on Saturday, pu t the PC in the booth,plug the router into the phone lines, check that everything worked, and leave. Three hours tops. Unfortunately the crew who were installing the booth were alsotold to show up at noon, so Slaven, Ruby and I wentshopping. Can you say "Corporate Visa", I knew youcould

Around four o'clock there was enough of a booth thatwe all could start the technical stuff . About an hourlater, like so many children playing with a puzzlewhich has been handed down over the generations, wedetermined that not all the pieces were there. It hasbeen my observation in the past that without networkwire, it is extremely difficult to install a network Wecould debate the pros and cons of a limited bandwidth,high frequency, wireless network (thank you Ericsson ),bu t we could also talk about the elongated yellowfeathered high breasted beach brooder, and hey you

just can't pack that much fun into just one articleAfter much debate, and finger pointing, I finally took

the blame for the missing wire . The mere fact that I hadnothing to do with the network setup at any point intime obviously just does not outweigh the fact that Iwas a co-op. Co-p also defined as bottom feeding,coffee fetching, peon. As I said, I took the blame. Tofurther complicate matters Slaven had a soccer game togo to at six o'clock, on the other side of the city. Soccer

the game of frenzied, riot causing, beer swilling octopusthrowing .. no wait, that's hockey in Detroit, nevermind.

Slaven drove me back to the office. This in itself wasan adventure. The ride was a cross between Mr. Toad'sWtid Ride, the Indy 500 several Fom-tula One races, aschizophrenic, and a ew York Taxi drive throughCentral Park. Somehow I managed to survi e, and findreligion at the same time

Slaven dropped me at the office (thank the gods heslowed down a bit to let me out, the last roll and tumblecould have broken more than just my collar bone ) andtook off for his soccer game. Took off .. pretty damnaccurate. I am pretty sure after hitting the first bump onSpadina he didn't land again until somewhere in Etobicoke

Once I found sufficient network cable at the office, Ipacked it all into m y car and set back for the hotel. Thisis were things went from the sublime to the ridiculous.

I was stopped at the lights (they were red ) just in frontof the tum-off for the hotel. The light changed, andbeing the cautious driver that I am I have changedsince that little dangerous-driving-dirt-road-I-thoughtthe-s ign-said-one-hundred-and-eighty incident ) Ilooked around for idiots going the other way. Sureenough someone ran the light. Thinking "hey, aren't Ilucky I looked .. this time." I proceeded into the intersection the insistent honking of the guy behind me

prodding me in the forward direction. As I was almostthrough to the other side, out of the comer of m y eye Icould see a grey streak of metal, this preceded the Iargecrunch noise and a lot of lateral motion of my car. Welldip m y privies in sweet cream and squat m e in akitchen full of kittens, some moron had hit my car Ifonly I had been right It wasn't ust some moron, it was

a real genuine University of Waterloo System's DesignEngineering Graduate Moron. A very special flavourof moron

Looking around I noticed what had hit me. A mintcondition 1981 grey vette. Well to be more precise, itwas a Chevette. As this fine automobile was createdback when steel was actually a component that wasused in something besides the engine, his car was fine,not a scratch. Before even getting out of my car I couldsee that my bumper's wonderful plastic covering wascloser to his car than it was to mine and he was parkedtwenty feet away.

I took a deep breath in order to maintain my cool,and decided that I should put the gun away and assessthe damage first. I got out of m y car attempting toremain calm and extended m y hand. Several oddwords formed in m y mind, most of which directlyquestioned this "gentleman's" heritage, but instead Ifigured I would be civil and introduce myself. Mistakenumber two (Mistake number one being crawling outofbed on a Saturday before noon).

Someone in the crowd mentioned that there was anaccident reporting centre just up the street which weshould drive to, instead of waiting for the police toarrive. As m y car was dragging several large metalobjects which used to be attached, I climbed into thisguy's car and we headed for the cop shop. Oimbing isprecisely what I had to do. Brian (this turned out to behis name, which was far more polite t han what Ithought he should be called) had just been at a tradeshow, the front seat of his car was occupied by his

betrothed behemoth (evidently you can fit at leelephant in a Chevette ), and the back was fillewhatever it was that he was hawking at the trade

Unfortunately I was about to find out.Brian was UW System Design class of '94. Whfound out what program I was in, he expressedas if the mere fact that he is alumni at my univmeans I no longer consider him an idiot. I see anpeople on campus everyday that I am pretty surthe rough intelligence of assorted Village food,fact that he was alwnni didn' t really do anythinme . It turns out that Brian is now an Amway saleI was cramped into the back of a Chevette, wwouldn't fit into if it were empty, sitting on godwhat, squished between a door without an insiddle and a half dozen boxes. Brian's betrothed bellintroduced herself, and I might remember her nahad been paying attention to what she was srather than to the green leafy thing that was

wedged between her two front teeth. (Note to thetor: is this slander yet?). This is roughly when thpitch started. Normally I would rather havecanal while sitting on an angry rhinoceros' homlisten to an Amway salesman, but for some strangson I was fascinated . I could not believe that thishad the audacity to try and sell me something whileving around looking for an accident reportingafter hitting m y car.

After running two red lights and narrowly mitractor trailer we found a poli e station. that wasAt this point I gave up. There was nothing moreI told him to take me back to my car, and I wouldhis insurance number down ("you do have insudon't you?/I), and then we could be on our respways .. hopefully in opposite directions.

Once back at my car Brian searched aroundtrunk for duct tape (quack ), but had no luck Theme .. ooh, maybe I should rephrase that... thenstruck with an idea .. no, that isn't much bettermy subconscious communicated with my upperory lobes producin'T a :- gnili.ve p,lltt'm which mscious mind would understand (much better )enough network cabl in th car to tic Roscannherd of malcontentt.'CI water buffalo, surely thathold almost anything on So Brian helped mebumper back to my car, pia ' the plasti coverback seat, all the whlle pitching th unm.at ledmaking ability of pyramid schemes. r must admseveral times during this little experience it crossmind that I should tie Urian to the bumper andhim over a long distance, but something tellswould live through it. Kind of like those monstethat movie .. you know the one, the one withcreeping things that just won't di e r after the foufifth atomic bomb they lose an ann and keep cobrrrraaains, brrraaaains, brrrraaaii ... and then ofthe sound cuts short because their jaw discomboed. The kind of movie where I Attack" and "usually appear in the same title .. you know, Atthe Endles s Killer Amway Selling Behemoth BetSlug Eating System Design Graduates from Heill"

So if you wish to remain a human being,not be swallowed by the ever prominent geek-dam, stay away from grey Chevette driving,Amway selling, System's Design Engineers.roa.clEs are easier to kill.


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15/24

Mark Vidler

8 Civil

No, you haven t gotten rid of me yet. I mwriting this thing too, so buckle up and hopon the boredom t rain . I m too t i red to

attempt to subject you to what I find amusing. Thisis just a little spot of happiness in your otherwise

brutal day. I will try to educate, placate, sate, alleviate, and just generally all around -ate you, so heregoes.

Your POETS managers this term consist of Peter Gordon and myself, Mark Vidler. Ian Marsh is handlingthe progra.mmID.g. Ian spent the last twelve months inTibet studying with the greatest A-V people in theworld; I think that you willbe happy with him. Peter ison the run from the authorities for what has becomeknown as ''The Fort McMurray Incident" and can onlycontinue to avoid them with your help. I have no life.

P O E T SBack by popular whine is movie days on Fridays.

Look elsewhere for the PBD results, or look aroundhere. I don t know; I m not doing layout. You know,it s absolutely amazing what dirty words you typewhen its late and you can't spell wort h shit. Sorry aboutthat, it was ust a little insight into my personal little hell.On a happier note, the BOT was on Friday, and we'vedecided not to have another one this term . We'll proba

bly have a MOT and an EOT, though . complete withbands, streamers, party favours, and Pin-the- Tail-onthe-Programmer i our budget permits it. Of course thisall depends on whether or not I can ram the paperworkthrough the dean's office before Elaine leaves. Oh yeah,I should have told you in the off term article that Elainewas leaving. She is. Mario is pretty sad about the wholething. He can be reached for comment 24 hours a dayin the Fed office. He s that committed. So i you seeElaine, say goodbye to her (she's the one who doesn'tspeak funny); you probably don t realize how much she

Theoretical POETS TV Schedule ,

Time

10:30

11:00

11:30

12:00

12:30

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Dukes of

limits Hazzard

XFilas Simpsons WingsGrace

Coach Frasier

XMen Murphy NYPD OrderBrown

The Tick Cybil Blue Movies

Chicago

liii EJj:::r Music Playing in POETS Scheduling subject to change without notice All times are subject to the following condhions:

AblHtyof Programmer 10 gel up on timeMemory of ProgrammerAccuracy of TV Guide EdllorWhim of the network Big Wigs

Friday

Simpsons

Friends

rolino inThe

Movies

has done E r you.So where was I? We are going to try to get some

lighting outside for the patio this term, but, again, its abudgetary matter, although we may be able to get thSafety Committee to do it for us. We have a tentativeprogramming schedule in this issue [Ed: See this pageand one will be posted in POETS for your perusal, bkeep in mind that the shows d1ange in the summer. A

well, we would like to hear your thoughts on watchinsome Olympic coverage during, oddly enough, thOlympicS. You can let us know bye-mailing usPOETS@deanBums , but since we don t have an accounyou probably shouldn t Let us know in person if yofeel strongly about this r i you feel strongly in generaI would like to feel strongly about somethi ng again. blately I just seem to have lost the magic. I lied about thhumour.

Mart Vidler - POETS Ma Ulger

Ill/II Mllrsh POI s ' 1 1 ~ ' n I ),,01 /or

Peter Gordon POl?rs Ma'IlI#


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Mark Vidler s Bike TipsMark Vidler

8 ivil

mmer is here and its time for bikes again. No,at mountain bikes, but REAL bikes, the kind

that do the work for you. I've had a bit of experience with these machines, and I have come to the

conclusion that anyone can ride them, and ride themwell. t doesn't take much to ride one of these things,just point and shoot, right?

Ok, so you've decided that you want to buy a bikethis summer, but you don't know squat about them.Never fear you' ve come acroos Mark Vidler's Bike Tips.I'll tell you what to look for in a bike, what to avoid, andwhat to do when you have your little cr otch rocket.

1. Never buy a red bike. Never EVER buy a usedred bike.

2. Since the bike must carry you for tens of thousandsof miles horsepower is a prime consideration. Todetermine the necessary horsepower go stand onyour bathroom scale and look at the small windowon top of it. A number will appear there. Write thisnumber down and take it to your dealer. Tell yourdealer that you want a bike with this many horsepower.

3. Its very important that you be comfortable on thebike or you will probably wreck it. o go to yourdealer and sit on every bike in the showroom. Youdon't want to buy one yet, just try them on, so if

you are approached by a salesman ask if he has anyspare change.

4. Beware of gimmicks like turbochargers and fuelinjection. These exotic devices are needlessly complex and expensive and make maintaining yourbike much harder. Only foolish squids buy suchthings.

5. f the bike is blue or older than 3 years its probablyunderpowered and in need of modifications. Get atwbocharger right away. Fuel injection would alsohelp.

6. Many people will tell you that bikes are invisible toall cars that don't belong to cops, so visibilityis veryimportant. To be sure other motorists c an see youget a bike in a colour that is easy to see .. like red.

7. Tires are one of the most important things on abike, so make sure you get the right ones. The besttires out there now are 190s. Whatever the dealersays, insist on 190s, race compound if you can getthem. f you don't know what this means, justkeep saying it; people will think that you're a bikeexpert. Money spent on good tires is ALWAYS thebest investment.

8. Take advantage of the Honda Come Ride WithUs programme. They let just about anyone with adrivers licence take out a brand new bike. Do this.Crash it. When the Honda guys show up, just tell

them that you were determining how well the bikeperformed in a slide, just like in Sport Rider. Ask to

take out another one.9 . Leathers are one of the most important thin

consider. Always wear top quality leathers expense of everything else. Hold off on bunew tires if you have to.

10. Bikes are quite loud, so use the quietest pipyou can find. Ear protection is often overloobut without it you can find yourself going deafalways listen to a walkman at high volumes wride so as to drown out that harmful, high frecy bike noise.

11. Buy a loud pipe. Loud pipes save lives, jusany Harley rider. You get more horsep ower, to

12. Light weight is essential. Saw or cut ofunnecessary parts to save weight. A few sutions are the passenger footpegs, rear sub-f1/2 the footpegs, the handle bar weights, anparts of the frame that don't looked stressed.

13. Go as fast as you can all the time. Let 's fabikes are dangerous, so you want to cut dowyour exposure time as much as possible.

through intersections . Rip down King street. cool. The faster you go the less chance anyonto see you, let alone hit you.

When you've done everything on the list yomake the jump right to GP racing, without al

annoying Gub racing or World SuperBike racingin the way. Have fun, and keep the rubber side do


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Bill s Continuing Exce lent AdventuresAustralia and Beyond

Bil l Greyth year Camp

April 28 - Toronto, Canada

ship that lay just a few feet below the water with 1177 temperature of -54


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What the @&* is SQill aer

ESQGuru

w at is ESQ? ESQ could be an abbreviat ion a member of the Englishgentry of ranking below a knight oran expensive watch. However, at the University of Waterloo it is an acronym for ENGlNEERING SCIENCE QUEST. It is a STUDENT RUN,NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROJECT in it's sixth consecutive year of operation .

Started in 1991 by two individuals, a Ovil student from Engineering and a Chemistry studentfrom the Science Faculty. ESQ has grown toalmost three times the original size in the past fiveyears. The objectives of Engineering ScienceQuest are a s follows:

To offer a program that will stimulate andencourage children's interest in Engineering andScience.

To offer a hands-on program to develop anappreciation in young students for Engineering

and Science.To provide the university with the opportunityto form a unique relationship with the surrounding community and the local school boards.

To provide positive role models in Engineering and common buildi ng materials.Science for young students. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

To introduce children to the university as a friendly, Make and test your own "ESQ" toothpaste and testn o n t h r e a t e n i n ~learning environment. its effectiveness against some name brand toothpastes.

To give high school aged girls an opportunity to be OVILENGINEERINGrole models in Engineering and Science for elementary Build a 'Human Sized' Spider Web and A Supportschool students. Structure to explore the load distribution principle uti-

To develop an appreciation of the many aspects of lized by Ovil Engineers.E n g i n e e r i n ~Science, and Technology. ELECIROCHEMISIRY

To promote the profile of the Engineering and Science Electroplate nickel coins with copper to discover theFaculties. behavi or of charge d particles when an electrical current

ESQ offers Elementary School Workshops, where is applied.

ESQ staff provide un ique hands on activities in 1 )9tl ele- M EC HANICAL ENGINEERINGmentary classrooms . This year, we are offering SIX Build machines with gears using LASY mechanicalWORKSHOPS as listed below: equipment to examine three types of gearing systems.

ELECTROMAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY - CRIME AND GIEMISIRY - FORENSIC SCIENCEELECIRICAL ENGINEERING Discover the chemistry involve d in Forensic Science;

Build Your Own Acoustic Speaker using some very explore the application of Science and how Chemistry

can be used to catch criminals.Engineering Science Quest has also develope

ence (Chemistry) Magic Show for use as an Ition to Elementary and Junior School Science Fairhighly dynamic and visual presentation has beeat several local schools with great success. Ourto make this show available to schools to promodent participation in their school's science fair.

In the months of July and August, ESQ offweeks of summer camp held right here on tVERSITY OF WATERLOO CAMPUS. Eachthere will be approximately 70 FSQ CAMPERS

halls and rooms of CPH, E1, F2, B1, ESC, C2,Davis Center. We are offering three differenexperiences based on grad e levels:

Junior Newton's entering grade five or six;Junior Edition's entering grade seven or eightSenior Camp entering grade nine or ten.

During the camp phase of our prograalso hire Counselors in Training (CIT'week. CIT's are individuals from loschools who are interested in pursuingin either Science or Engineering.

This year we have purchased SIXDACT A CONTROL LAB systems.thought LEGO was cool when you wethis stuff will blow your socks off t haware interface that CONTROLS the h

(motors, lights and sound elements) wback from LEGO sensors (angle, temperatouch and light).

Finally, ESQ is always loo king for vof you have any interest in helping

workshops or simply want to help unew camp activities, eel free to drop uWe can be found in F2 2349A (at leasthe day-l ight hours), or e-mailE'.SQ@HELIX.


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Snow FearHamish Martin

A Civil

Great orthem Concrete Toboggan Race ...last time I checked the average Engineeringstudent knew precious little about the Con-

crete Toboggan. Some are aware that those involvedwith it are lith guys with the burgers but that pret-ty much covers it. Snide jokes about the quality orauthenticity of those burgers aside, it is somewhatdisturbing to me that so little is known about therace and Waterloo s entries (and impending entry)in it.

So just what is the Great Northern Concrete Tobog-gan Race (GNCIR)? n brief it's five people hurtlingdown a hill on a three hundred pound concrete slab.Whoohoo OK So it may not have the flare of the For-mula SAE, or the elegance and innovation of the Mid-night Sun race. But it is (no really ) just about thebiggest thing there is in Civil Engineering competitionsin North America. The race is organized. and run each 'winter by a host engineering class from a Canadian uni-versity. The objective of the competition is to build andrace a five per son concrete sled, complete with a brak-ing system, and a "safety" (ahem) roll cage. The tobog-gans are judged on technical merit and innovation, raceperfonnance, and aesthetics. The teams themselves arejudged on their spirit, uniforms, and the quality of theirtechnical exhibits and reports. The even t attracts teamsfrom universities worldwide and, unlike the StanleyCup this year, it is traditionally dominated by C N -DIANS .

Waterloo enters two teams, one from~ ~ ~ ~ n m r ~ ~

the respective entries. Waterloo's entries in the racewere more than just clrunken rabble. With malted bar-ley cour age Sharctic's innovative design and inebriatedspirit netted them third overall. The previous yearWaterloo's Waterluge was first overall. Both of this

year's classes are striving to uphold Waterloo 's reputa-tion and honour. The new entries for 97 are the SnowWarrior and Snow Fear. Snow Fear is representing thecurrent 4A class who will be preparing for the upcom -ing event throughout the surruner . Design of SnowFear's Sled s underwa y.

A change in the spirit of the Waterloo entries has

come about this year as both streams are entering as single team from the university. This is a departurefrom past practice: in the past two separate teams wereentered in the G ICI'R which has led to animositybetween the two teams as a rul e. We h pe that enterina single team with two sleds will usher in a new eraglobal harmony between our classes.

The G O R s going to be held in Ottawa in the witer of 1997 SO it is near enough that we hope to sscads of Waterloo eng's on the slopes to cheer us onvictory.

ngSoc Family Photo


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21/24

oe e wsVp-Finance Spew

Hllo from the land of budgets,

blotters and Texas Markers. Aeminder off the top to direc

tors, if you haven't submitted your budget request yet, you're late so please getyour form in as soon as possible. Donation requests are also included withinthe initial budget. There is a form with adozen or so lines, but it's best to type aletter including the following information:

- Funding requested ($)- Description of group- # of Engineers involved- Benefit to EngSoc / Engineering /

Community- Other sources of funding-Total Budget ( )

Texas MarkersThe government has now mandated

that we must now label all our TexasMarkers with radioactive symbols. Wellnot quite, but they did seize our TexasMarkers when they came across the bor-

your own CDs. There has also been a newBBQ purchased for student use.

This term I am putting together a pro

posal to see if ts costeffective to purchaseour photocopiers. Currently we rent romGraphic Services.We alsoseemto spend alot of money on axes,and I intend to lookat purchasing our own fax machine. Thatwould mean installing another ph one line,and while rm at it fd like to get either aphone line or an extension installed in theback room of the Orifice.

Video CameraGood news The video camera, once

thought stolen, has been found again twas found shoved into a locker. While itstrikes me as a very conscious action toplace a video camera in a locker, for somereason nobody remembered doing so.Anyways, this certainly demands strictersign-out policies for the video camera,WEEF computer, and keys. So if we askfor your student card, three character references and your first born, you knowwhy.

der because they felt it was unsafe to trans- C&D1 T 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e ~ 0 5 s ~ t a ~ 1 ~ s ~ s t ~ e ~ m ~ ~ I ~ ~ Y u may have noticed that the lockers

admi t, if a postal worker mistoo a can 0 across from the Orificehave been replacedink for his thermos there could be compli- with the C&D stockroom. This stockroomcations. And we all know what happens was badly needed for the C&D, as forto disgruntled postal workers. Anyways, some time now they had been strugglingthis story has a happy ending as we were with storage. By the way, if you had anyable to pick up the shipment from Etobi- thing in those lockers, you can pick upcoke where the ink had been sent for dis- your belongings from the Orifice. There isposal. alsoa new bagel bin in the C&D, giving us

Capital ExpendituresWhile A-Soc was on stream, they pur

chased a new fridge for POETS. The oldfridge had been on its last legs for sometime . They also purchased a tuner forPOETS, so we can now receive radio stations. Along the lines of music, there isnow a new stereo in the Orifice. t willplay CDs, tapes, or radio. So, if you'reworking in the Orifice, feel free to bring in

Weef Spews .

Hi, I 'm Kamil Pawlowski , 2BComp. Eng., WEEF Director forthe Summer of 1996. Thanks to

every one who contributed to the WEEFthi s term . Due principally to the continued commitment of the students, theWEEP is over 2.1 million dollars an dwill be distributing over $50,000 thisterm.

In the past WEEP money has supportedlab upgrades and computing resources inall departments, as well as student projectsuch as Midnight Sun, and Formula SAE.

better use of our space. Our thanks toMary for spearhead ing all these changes.

Last term saw the creation of C&Dcoupons. Directors can use these couponsas prizes or thank yous. Coupons are $1and can be bought in variable quantities.

The C&D logo contest was started lastB-Soc term, and ran through the A-Socterm giving both streams a chance to contribute. This term a logo will be chosen,and used to create a sign in CPH foyer, as

Any Engineering student, or faculty

member is eligible to request funding,(application forms willbe forthcoming) forprojects designed to improve the qualityof undergraduate engineering at Waterloo. A funding decision will be madedemocraticaJJy by a committee of WEEFReps (one from ea c h class), so pleaseensure that your class has a WEEF Rep

Any questions can be directe d (via E-mail) to Endowment@Helix, or can beasked of me in person in the WEEF office(CPH1323).

amil Pawlowski

well as letterhead, business cards, etc. Thubmi ions we've received 0 far ar

going to be posted in the display case bythe WEEP office. f you have any otherideas, please submit them quickly so wecan include them in the contest. There willbe a prize for the winner, and all submissions. More importantly though this willgive you a chance to be immortalized. inEngSoc history. A C&D e-mail addresswillbe setup so you can vote on the logoof your choice.

BlotterThe blotter is back The template got

deleted accidentally, and we've been without a blotter for a couple terms now.Thanks to Jason Worry for recreating theblotter from scratch, and re-establishingcontact with our standard advertisers. Bythe time this is published, the blotter

should be in the Orifice so you can pass byand pick up a copy.

There's already a lot of events filling theEngSoc schedule. On May 25th s Off-RingRoad Classic headed up by Jason Murray.On the 26th Omega Sector bring s you aSoccer tournam ent (see separate article).The following weekend there's a WhiteWater Rafting trip setup by the IB Systems class. Then midterms, then Scunt.Looking for ward to anoth er great term

ichael Worry

Eng Soc alendar


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oe e WVP-X Spews ..

Well, I hope everyone's had agreat workterm and is upand raring to go for the sum-

mer school term. It's going to be a funfilled action packed swruner, so I hopeeveryone's rea dy for it. Here's a bit ofa summary of what went on your workterm and will be happening on yourschool term.

Ontario Engineering CompetitionOEC) Results

Waterloo placed extremely well in thiscompetition which took place at the endof February The following peopledeserve a heartfelt applause for winning:

Corporate Design:Tonya Sulley placed 2nd

Entrepreneurial Design:David Zakutin placed 1st

Editorial Communication:Nancy Faessen placed 2nd

Parliamentary Debate:Ritcha Gupta

Jeremy Steffler placed 2ndParliamentary Debate:

Parker MitchellO1amath Palihapitiya placed 3rd

Parliamentary Debate:Mike Worry

Rod Cave placed 4th

Canadian Engineering CompetitionCEC) Results

Waterloo took home one prize from

this competition which took place at UBCin March a nd congratulations goes out toDavid Zakutin who came in 1st with hisdesign of a Speed Sensing Baseball.

OEC 1998Waterloo has won the bid to host the

Ontario Engineering competition in Februar y 1998. This semester w e will bechoosing the BSoc co-chair and the rest ofthe committee. I willkeep every one post-ed so you'll know exactly when to applyfor your position of interest.

Upcoming EventsLook out for:

A trip to Canada's Wonderland w iththe rest of the University

Charities events such as plan t sales,

dWlk tanks, casino nights .FSSCO (Engineering Student Societie

Council of Ontario) AGM (Annual General Meeting) Augu st 24 25 , fill ouyour conference application now, onlyspots available.

Nicole Alx arius

Directors Their DirectorshipsAcademics DirectorMike Hermannmhennann@novice

Athletics DirectorKim Whitearkjwhitea@Shim

Athletics DirectorShawn Bedardsabedard@novice

Campus Wide Director

Gloria Tamgsytam@novice

Student ResourcesKyle Corbettkcorbet@electrlcal

TSN DirectorMichael Lynchm2lynch@shirn

Campus Wide DirectorSusanl.eeslee@systems

Class Rep AdvisorMelinda Henrymphenry@chemical

Oass Rep AdvisorOliDumetzorateste@elecom2

Course Critiques

ShellyCartersizcarte@mechanical

Social DirectorJason KImballjkimball@chemical

Speaker Arts DirectorDarren Zacherd z c h ~ c l

Course CritiquesSK

sdkingsl@elecom2

Darkroom DirectorEddie Changbx746@freeenet

Exchange DirectorBardia Pishdadpbishdad@electrical

Frontrunners DirectorChris Trudeauctrudeau@electrical

TSN DirectorRobSJrnsrsims@chernical

P o.E.T.S. ProgramminglanMarshijmarsh@chemical


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Frontrunners DirectorLara Javedl a j a v e d ~ e c o m

Home Page DirectorKevin O'Keefekokeefe@novice

IW Editor-in-OUefKatiPrinzkjprimcz@mechanical

IW Layout DirectorChris FosterccfosteI gaH

Greg Jonesgjones@chemical

C&D/Blotter /Financeand Semi-FormalJason Worryjjjworry@novice

Off-tenn RepKevin Wutherick

o Address Available

Off-ring Road OassicJason Murrayjmurray@novice

Orifice DirectorKaren Genowaykcgenowa@chemical

P S DirectorJohn FaberjiabeI@chemical

P.O.E.T.S. ManagerPeter [email protected]

P.O.E.T.S. [email protected]

More irectorsArts Director Charities Novelties DirectorMike Olley ScottJames Melanie Hammondmfdolley@shi:m scjames@novice mhammond@chemjcal

Canada Day and Spirited Events Enginewsletter Off-Term RepsDirector Kevin Wright Allison Nolting

Brenda Bouchette krwright@systems anolting@gaffb j b o u c h ~ e c t r i c a l

IW Advertising & Enginewsletter Publicity DirectorCanada Day Director Natalie Zgol.a Julia KendrickDoron Solomon jmkendri@leverd s o l o m o n ~ e c t r i c a l Grad Ball

Nadine Cowan Public Relations DirectorCanada Day Director /Finance nmcowan@bridge Tony CampbellKitty Fong awcampbe@chemicalk f o n ~ e c t r i c a l IWLayout

hristian von Westarpctlwonwe@chemical

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Semi-Formal DirectorNicole Hensen.snhensen.@Wheel

SFF CommunicationsDirectorParker Mitchellpbmitche@mechanical

Social DirectorBlyan ormandinbdnorman@chemical

Semi-Formal DirectorGayan G Fernandogcfeman@helix

Publicity DirectorKrisDorkenkdorkenShim

Recy Icing DirroorTruong DiJ1ht2dinhWht'Cl

S CRpJames Thai

jthai@novice

Ofirice DirectorJason Robertsjj2rober@novice

Off-Term RepSteve DufoursadufoUl@elecom2


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