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March 3, 1989 THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY'S STUDENT FORUM

Many issues, many ideasThursday, February 23 markedthe start of a new tradition inEngineering, the 1st EngineeringFaculty-Student Forum.The forum, which was held inPOETS pub gathered together over40 students with over 5 facultyincluding the dean, departrrientchairmen coordinators and

administrators. The objective of theforum was to discuss issues ofmutual concern in an informalsetting.The result was very encouragingand the day turned out better thananyone had expected. An ambitiouslist of topics was laid down,however the groups tackled issuesone by one and worked through asmany problems as they had timefor.By far the most important benefitof the forum was the dialogue

initiated. The contact made studentsrealize that not all profs are ogreswho regard undergrads as anuisance, but rather intellectualsfrom whom there is much to learnand who understand the problemsfacing students. Profs had a chanceto remember what it was like to be astudent, and how frustrating anddiscouraging it can be, as well ashow fascinating and fun it can be.

One recurring theme throughoutthe day was the Enthusiasm andResponsibility Circle. Profs andstudents interact in such a way thatcommunication flows both ways.While profs have responsibilities tostudents students also haveresponsibilities to profs. While theenthusiasm of a prof encouragesstudents, the enthusiasm of studentsenergizes the prof. This two way

interaction can result in one of twosituations: .1/ A dismal catch-22 in whichprofs and students experience a dulland unrewarding experience or2/ An exciting, rewarding learningexperience which perpetuallybecomes more exciting as theenthusiasm of the prof and thestudents feed on one another.What makes the difference is thestimulus to the circle. Who takes theaction? Students or teachers? Whatis clear is that if no action is takenor ifit is not taken on the first day,situation # will result. What isalso clear, is that by the very nature, of the circle, action must be takenby both profs and students.Summaries of the discussionsheld at the forum re outiined in sixarticles, each dealing with one ofthe workshop groups.

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. Home brewing:A TreatiseCentrespread

Engineer ng Forumsuccess

Bus Push drawsnear

JlFinally, somefiction: he Noise

John writes atlength


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2Lookingto springThink SpringThe last two weeks have seen

midterms, interviews (fN some,though not for me), and the worstcold, snow and ice all winter. Ithink we are ready for spring.The good thing is that spring isquite near. In Florida, the Blue Jaysare in spring training and hockeywill finish in three months. Theseare the two sure signs of spring.Spring would mean baseball inthe newly cleared CPR quad, thelight at the end of the tunnel, andthe incessant "clink-clink" of brandnew iron rings.At this time of year, the universitygoes through its toughest time.With the edginess of midterms, thetension of interviews and thenuisance of having to travel in thePoorAttitudeLooking around your averageWaterloo classroom it becomesreadily apparent that this is not yournormal cross-section of society.There is an absolute dearth ofwomen. This is true of theuniversity as a whole, where there

are only 30 women for every 70men. but is most evident in theengineeri ng faculty where th epercentage of women generallyranges between only 10 and 15percent.Why is this so? Why aren twomen applying to engineering?The problem lies in the environmentwe were brought up in. For manywomen the idea of engineeringnever occurred to them, havingalways been stereotyped as a male'sprofession. Most female highschool students with an aptitudefor math and science going to theirguidance department for careersuggestions will probably not hearthe word 'engineer' mentioned.Even when I had made the decisionto enter engineering, a counsellortried to persuade me to consider analternate career choice.Worse yet there still persists theattitude that the female half of thespecies is not really in need of adegree. After all, they're jus t goingto get married, have kids, and let

The Iron Warrior is a forum forthought-provoking and informative articlespresented by the academic community ofLhe University of Waterloo. Viewsexpressed in the Iron Warrior. other thanthe editorials. are those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect the opinions ofthe editors or the Engineering Society.

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ron Warriorsnow and cold, students andprofessors alike are getting into arut. I could see the universitychange its complexion as fewer andfewer events were being held and ascampus newspapers struggled to fillits news pages.Spring would change all that.Spirits would be lifted by thecombination of more daylighthours, the end of midterms and

their husbands be the principalbreadwinner anyway, right?Think again. Women are just ascapable of excelling at this, or anyother profession, and should bemade to realize this in theirformative years.Part of the problem is the lack ofrole models for women in thetechnical field . Another is the fearmany have of being a solitaryfemale in a classroom or plant fullof men, or of the discriminationthey may encounter. They wonderif anyone will really hire them as anengineer.

This is not an unjustified concern.Just this week the fact thatstereotyping still exists wasbrought home to me. I had aninterview for a job which wouldincl ude the supervision ofconstruction work in a plantenvironment. The interviewercommented that he had never hired

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interviews, and a more alivecampus.Signs are around advertisingEngineering Week and Winterfest(which is late this year and shouldbe called Springfest): take part inthem. These could not have come ata better time. Go out and enjoyyoursel yes. Bask in the sun Doffthat heavy coat, take off that tie(sorry, sexist), and shed yourbooks for a week of great silliness,fun and spiritual rejuvenation.You would be surprised at theuplifting feeling you get fromrunning around a bunch of stools inthe Davis Centre, or throwing paperairplanes, or going head to head totest your musical knowledge.In this hour of greatest doldrums,don't tough it out alone. Join in thefun. And when your spirits havebeen revived, you will be ready forfinals.

a female engineer before. He wenton to say that the environmentaldepartment 'had one' and he heardwe were taking over chemicalengineering (As though 17 out of55 people were taking over ). Atthis point I was starting to feel like anovel exhibit at the zoo. He thenasked me a number of questionswhich I feel sure he did not ask ofmy male counterparts, such aswhether or not I objected to puttingmy hair up and wearing a hard hat.I am not trying to say that this is aproblem only for women.Stereotypin g also occurs in thereverse direction. Men have just asmuch trouble being accepted inroles designated by society as beingfeminine . Just how many malesecretaries, nurses, or kindergartenteachers do you know of?So what can we do about it? Forone make sure this attitude stopshere. Don't let your opinions ordecisions be decided by what issociety's idea of the norm. As well,encourage those you know, such asyounger sisters and brothers, whoare making their career choices toconsider the opportunities inprofessions which are notnecessarily dominated by theirgender.

March 3, 1989IRON WARRIOR STAFFEditorsDanny LeeSonya Montgomery

WritersJohn VellingaAlex ReedBrenon DalyDave WhiteheadGreg WelsteadA.J. BaxterJim BousquetTodd RuthmanMark LeonardTim BoumaMarc GerinWalton ChanCarolyn AnglinJulian Ford

LayoutTed Timar

r u ~ e FletcherLaurie LitwackVanessa RybackLynda WilsonTodd RuthmanDave WhiteheadJorge SerradorKevin JohnsonChris Shapiro

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Pointing Fingers has proceeded to update thesoftware to keep up with thetechnology. And this says to methat IBM is finally going to give inand adopt the same sort of userinterface that the Mac has. But, I ampraying that they don't rest on theinterface-


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Prez Pontificates a big sister or a big, bad-ass EdCom dude. Sign up in the orificeright away Remember, YOU getthe chance to treat silly frosh likeSILLY FROSH. Have fun whilemaking a healthy return on yourinvestment (I'm sorry, I don'tknow why I said that).by John Vellinga3B Systems DesignPresidentOnce again its time for mysummary of the thrilling spills andedge-of-your-c,hair suspense coming up in Eng Soc,Thanks to all of the profs andstudents who came out to make theEngineering Student-Faculty Foruma success. We look forward toyour feedback. In addition to thearticles in this issue of IW,summary notes and a questionairewill be circulated to all participants,Pick yours up in the or ifice fromCheryl.

us Push round thecornerTHE BUS PUSH IS RIGHTAROUND THE CORNER This isEngineering's major charity eventof the year. If you're a dumb froshor just plain clued out, this eventmight need some explaining.Basically, all of us Engineers will

pull a bus (hence the name) to raisemoney for Big Sisters. PrettysimpJe. However, all of the otherEngineering schools in Canada havechallenged us to raise more moneythan they can in their own pseudobus pushes. HAH THE FOOLS

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Make sure you leave Saturday,March 18th open to participate. Ifyou don't participate, then you are aselfish, pro- crastinating, lazy,good for nothing, apathetic couchpotatoe. SO THERE

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The gala, oh-so-elegant Eng Balltakes place Saturday, March 11.Come out and see what people arewearing You saw what theyweren't wearing at the Iron RingStag

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HEY YOU ENG SOC TYPESThe loint Exec Meeting takes placeSunday March 12 at the ValhallaInn in down town Kitchener. Thistime we're doing it right. After anamazing film and some shortreports, you ' will be meeting insmall groups with your counterpartdirectors form A Soc. I f you reallydon't give a rat's ass about the newand exciting format then come forthe best -- no wait -- THE MOST&%#@ING AMAZING BRUNCHON THE PLANET. (SmokedSalmon, Shrimp, Sculpted fruitdishes and the usual fare - believeme, you haven t seen anything likeit) BE THERE OR YOU WilL BEDIPPED IN A VAT OF BOILINGMAZOLA

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Sorely Missedby Alex Reed18 GeologicalThe Geological Engineering Class

of '93 (now on 1B term) is a verysmall class (12-13 students) and avery close-knit group. Even so wecan list some very notable people inour group. Roger Bowman wasone. He was a very honest anddeliberate person, but he was veryhumourous and fun to have around.Roger died Monday, Febuary 13th.

he was notthe whimsunnamedsubject toof somewriter

I don't think I ever saw Rogersitting by himself in class. Rogeralways joined the Geo-group andalways fitted in. He never tried toattract attention to himself, but hewas always friendly and outgoing.Many times he would sit in classwith Fred or John sharing a storyand a laugh as well. I couldn't claimto be the closest of Roger's friendsbut I couldn't help but like him withhis deliberate speech and the queerdrawl of his voice. He didn't comeacross as the brightest guy I'd evermet, but he always seemed to knowwhat was going on.romby Brenon DalySophomore in LiteratureUniversity of KansasJ .P Lachance, Ron Tripp, GordMeth, and eff Chambers are 3ACivil Engineering students on a oneyear exchange program with theUniversity of Ulster in NorthernIreland. The 8 months of studyreplace Waterloo s 2B and 3A terms

with one work term at the end.I wasn't sure they [The Irish]had toilets, says J.P. Lachancerecalling one of the mosthumourous parts of his transitionfrom Waterloo to University ofUlster. I asked for a bathroom andthey showed me a room that onlyhad a bathtub and a sink. I nowknow to ask for 'a 100'.Lachance, Ron Tripp, JeffChambers, and Gordon Meth citeonly minor problems in theirtransition. University orientationprograms and receptive people have

greatly aided in making the studentsfeel at home.the stress here Spractical

Nightclubs and pubs have alsomade the transfer to the universityin Northern Ireland more pleasant,giving the four civil engineeringstudents an opportunity to relaxwith a pint of beer and to meet otherstudents.

Classes always seem to repeatthemselves day after day - nothingreally changes but the words wewrite on our pages or the words wesay to each other. The second lastclass for Monday was Fortran in EL112. Roger, John and I were sittingtogether near the end of the row andthere was an empty seat besideRoger. Rog kept asking me to moveto the empty seat beside him but Iwas already too settled into my ownseat to oblige him, so we remainedas we were. That was the onlynotable event of the class. At there an Between live bands, nightclubs,and folk bands, anyone can find agood time, says Tripp. I've evenhad the chance to win some 'boatraces'.

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the students haveenjoyed much morepersonal attentionThe students have been able toenjoy increased social activitybecause of their diminishedworkload at University of l s t ~ rFewer class hours have freedenough time for me to be able toplay varsity volleyball, says

Look your best for allthoseformal occasions

end of the day we all packed up andwent home.Tuesday went as usual - I wasone of the first ones to make it tothe Graphics Lab, so I collected theGeos' marked assignments andhanded them out to those who werethere. I kept Fred's and Roger'sexpecting to see them later in theday. The day continued as normal.I still have Roger's markedassignments - I never did see himTuesday. Roger had been killedMonday evening driving home toElmira when someone driving in theopposite direction lost control of hiscar and collided with Roger headon. You may have seen the frontcover picture in the Febuary 14thK-W Record. The picture focussedon a black Chevrolet with abuckled-in front end - that wasn'this car - his car was the little FordEscort in the corner of the picturewhich had been crushed in entirelyon the driver's side. I know thatwas his car, I had to drive it for himonce.

I never did see himTuesdayAll I have felt since Roger died isshock and anger. I feel shockbecause the hand that wrote thoseassignments does not moveanymore. I feel anger because thereis no reason that he should havedied. We see people die on TV Chambers. I would never have hadthe time at Waterloo.Tripp and Lachance have alsoused their free time athletically.Tripp is on the university rowingsquad and Lachance is on thevarsity basketball team. SaysLachance, Sports are a great wayto meet people and travel inNorthern Ireland.While in school, the students areadjusting to a different approach toeducation. The stress here is on thepractical, not tl1e theoretical,explains Meth. For example, wehave 3 hours of labs a week, every

week.The location of the university isalso an advantage in that each of thestudents had the opportunity totravel in Europe during theChristmas holiday. Meth went toVienna, while Lachance, Tripp, andChambers skied in Austria.

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5shows everyday and we never react- they aren't real or important to us.But Roger was not pan of a TVscript. He was not subject to thewhims of some unnamed writer.Roger was pan of this world.I am angry because the passing ofthe world didn't even slow downfor a moment to allow me or anyoneelse to recover and realize thecatastrophe that has happened. I feelfrustated because his death hasdenied my classmates and I fiveyears, or maybe a lifetime, ofenjoying the friendship of a veryhonest and wholeheartedcompanion.

he was veryhumourous and fun tohave aroundThe entire Geo-class (10 of us)

attended Roger's wake onWednesday evening. It was anopen-casket reception, and therewere at least 50 other relatives andfriends in line when we arrived atthe funeral home. Someone quicklyrealized we were his classmates andushered us to his parents beside thecasket. Roger's sister and fatherremained quiet, but his mother wassomewhat talkative. Nevertheless,she appeared very much on edge. Iglanced at Roger's leaden handsand face - no mat ter how hard Itried, he just wouldn't crack a grinanymore. Also, the students have enjoyedmuch more personal attention. Thestudent-lecturer ratio isapproximately 25 to 1.The accommodations at theuniversity are less expensive andmore convenient that the h using atWaterloo says Chambers, If youdon't mind being independent.

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abulous orumby John Vellinga3B Systems DesignPresident(with notes from the

workshop participants)COOPERATIVEEDUCATION

This workshop group discussedissues of concern to students,employers and the department ofCooperative Education and CareerServices (CECS).It was decided that work reportguidelines are too ridgid (rigid). Anemphasis on effect ivecommunication should be stressed,not whether the i's were dottedproperly and all of the t's werecrossed according to fonnat. It wasnoted that revisions have beendiscussed but never implementedfor over 17 years Due to the factthat the engineering faculty nowmarks all but the first report,inconsistencies between thedepartments' standards should beaddressed.The computerization of the co opsystem was also identified as a highpriority issue. CECS has laid downa two year time frame forcomputerization of services. Thistime frame will be very difficult tomeet for CECS, considering that ithas taken over 10 years just toestablish what it has now. Anassessment of available resources,including finances is underway. Asa result, assistance will be requiredof students in developing thesystem and its requirements.The group addressed the issuethat students have a responsibility tomake the coop system work betterfor them. Students have no right tocomplain unless they are preparedto do something about the system.Once again the cycle of enthusiasmand responsibility applies

8 MONTH WORK TERMSSince Professor S. Yagarpublished a report on the concept of8 month work terms, the issue of 8month work terms has been widelydiscussed and debated. Thisworkshop group discussed theeffect that the introduction of 8month work terms would have onstudents, employers and CECS.Advantages and disadvantages tostudents were identified. Much ofthe discussion focussed on the

a major cause of thesuitcase mentality

impact on student social life. I t wasargued that students would havemore of an opponunity to put downroots and meet friends. Four monthwork terms, it was argued, are amajor cause of the suitcasementality at UW. The stressassociated with moving every fourmonths inhibits students' ability tolearn, both in school and in thework place. Interviews every term

disrupt student academic and sociallife. On the other side of theargument, it was pointed out thatthe Engineering Society, the focusof ~ t u d e n t life, and the strongestsociety on campus would literallybe annihilated by 8 month workterms.It would be logistically impossiblefor it to exist. The coinciding 8 and4 month work term streams wouldbe incompatible. It was also arguedthat 8 month work terms aredangerous for students because theymay become caught up in work andnot want to return to school. It waspointed out that students who areunhappy in a job would be stuck init for 8 months. Students wanting toswitch streams would have greatdifficulty.The advantages and disadvantagesto companies was stronglycorrelated to the size of the firm.Large companies like the idea of 8month work terms. This wouldallow companies to extractmaximum productivity out of

students. On the other hand, manysmall companies dislike the idea,because they haven't the budgets orthe long tenn projects to warrant an8 month student assignment.CECS is concerned about themanageability of two different worktenn streams. Coordinator GrahamMurphy pointed out that GeologicalEngineering already has an 8 monthwork tenn. Of those in Geo, mostprefer the 4 month system. As aresult, he expects a high degree ofdissatisfaction with such a system.He also pointed out thatexperimentation on a large scale forsuch a concept is impossible,because it cannot afford to flop.All in all, it was decided that theissue is very hot and will warrantfurther debate. While the idea

warrants further investigation, itwill receive staunch oppositionfrom the Engineering Society inwhat will tum out to be an issue ofsurvival.TUTORIALS

The issue of tutorials wasdiscussed by this workshop group.Before any discussion was initiated,the group identified the differentstyles of present tutorials and whattheir major problem was.

Taking problems up in class onthe board - solutions could be madeavailable for copying. You cancheck them at home. Holding labs and/or quizzes intutorial hours - you don't reallylearn to do a problem under the timepressure, and once complete, thesubject is forgotten until the nextquiz.

whether or notassignments should em rked

Individual help from T.A.s andprofs - not very effiecient.Objectives for a tutorial wereidentified: To provide exposure to differentproblems and give further insights. To provide assistance inovercoming conceptual hurdles. To provide individual assistanceto students in need. To encourage panicipation.Once these objectives wereidentified, the group endeavoured tofind an effective format fortutorials.One issue that attracted a lot ofdiscussion was whether or notassignments should be marked. Noconsensus was reached, but therewere some very strong feelings.Another issue that was identifiedas imponant was the quality ofT.A.'s. Discussion centred aroundthe issue of evaluations, incentives,attitudes, ability, and the everpresent language barrier.Communication between T.A.sand profs needs to be improved.One way of ensuring this is byasking profs to be at tutorials andT.A.s to be at lectures.

ETHICSThe discussion about engineeringand ethics, as expected, raised morequestions than answers. Are engineers taught about theconsequences of their knowledgeand their creations? Should STV courses be mademandatory? Should engineers be required totake a course in ethics and/or acourse in environmental impact?

March 3, 1989 The Engineering Society issponsoring eminent medical doctorand speaker Helen Caldicott,founder of Physicians for SocialResponsibility. Is this a positivestep and what others be taken? Are engineering studentsunconcerned and/or uninformedabout societal issues?TEACHING RESOURCESAND INCENTIVES

Much of the time in thisworkshop group was spentdiscussing what made a "good"teacher. The first point raised wasthat "good" should be taken asmeaning "effective". It was notedthat some of the profs who don't doall that well on course critiques areoften most respected by seniorstudents when they graduate. Theyhave realized that a good teacher isnot necessarily the most entertainingor likeable but rather is the best atcommunicating the course materialand making it understandable forstudents. :When brainstorming about whatmade a good teacher the followingideas came up: Enthusiasm for the course Good Students Organizational skills Approachability Good Course Communication abilities

br instormingwh t made ateacher

aboutgood

t is interesting that good studentswas pointed out as being one of thethings that made a good prof. Thisis where the idea of the enthusiasmand responsibility circle cameabout.The effectiveness of T.A.s wasdiscussed at some length, as it wasin some other groups. It was notedthat Ian Smart of EngineeringCounselling runs a program calledEXPECTATIONS for allprospective T.A.s. T.A.s must havetaken this course to get a position.The idea of initiating T.A.critiques was also brought up Suchcritiques could be used to determinewhich T.A.s would be eligible forpositions the following term.Some of the students in the groupthought that students had no choicein who becomes their T.A. Afaculty member suggested thatstudents should request certainT.A.s if they like them as well ascomplain about those that areobviously unconcerned and

- ineffective.When the group finally gotaround to discussing teachingresources, it was noted that there isno deficiency. The EERC has anexcellent facility as does TRACE.What is lacking s the time for profsto use them. Work loads withadministrative duties, teaching,publishing and researching are justout of hand.See page 7Critiquing Critiques


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Laughter: The est Medicineby Dave Whitehead4B MechanicalOn February 16th, Dr. H.

Lefcourt presented a lecture on theStudy of Humour. A particularlyentertaining lecture was enjoyed, asDr. Lefcourt discussed the variousstudies that he has performed onhumour and its psychologicalimpact on people.According to Dr. Lefcourt,humour has developed in humansas an evolutionary alternative toanger. People with a good sense ofhumour will laugh at situations thatshould logically make them upset.By being able to make a joke of apotentially stressful situation the

hasumourdevelopedalternative to as anangerstress that a person derives from itis reduced. Humour is a way ofholding ourselves together in theface of potentially threatening orterrible situations.Dr. Lefcourt divides people intotwo groups, internals and externals.Internal people don't see the eventsthat happen to them as majorevents. Internals often don't takethemselves seriously, believing thatwhat happens to them is not reallythat important on a global scale.External people believe thateverything that goes wrong forthem is a crisis, that the worldexists purely to revolve aroundthem - these people don't laughenough.According to Dr. Lefcourt'sresearch an internal type person willbe happier and have a better senseof humour. The internals are able tolook at the world from a perspectiveoutside themselves and to questiontheir own vision of reality; they canaccept paradox. The ability to laugh

ng SocPresentsby Dave Whitehead4B MechanicalHow would you like to meet anacademy award winning movie

star? Your big chance is onWednesday, March 22nd at 7:30pm in the PAC when EngineeringSociety B and the Federation ofStudents present Dr. HelenCaldicott, star of the controversialfilm If You Love This Planet" andfounder of Physicians for SocialResponsibility. f you are onlygoing to one lecture this term attendthis one as it surely will be bothentertaining and educational. Dr.Caldicott is a noted public speakerand will be starting her new NorthAmerican tour at UW. Plan toattend, mark your calendar. Lasttime Dr. Caldicott spoke, inToronto, 9000 people attended thelecture and we only have 4000seats, so get your tickets early.

at themselves, society and thepretensions that surround it, is aninternals way of coping withproblems and reducing the stress intheir lives. An interesting statistictossed out during the discussionwas that people with a better senseof humour are more likely to havesigned their drivers license todonate organs.An external person will generallysuffer much higher levels of stressand respond to an irritating stimuluswith anger. Such a negativereaction, causes the brain to shutdown, reducing the person to alower level on the evolutionaryladder. Anger responses, aregenerally unproductive and highlystressful. A person who gets angryat the littlest intrusion into theirprivate reality will not be a happyperson.Dr. Lefcourt uses the responsesof subjects to low level irritants as a

measure of a person's sense ofhumour. In his studies he causesthe subject to become suspicious, toquestion the purpose of the tests.He does this by making peoplethink they are being toyed aroundwith during his tests. He revealedseveral techniques that he has usedto do this.

anger responses areunproductive andhighly stressfulThe first involved the use of wordassociation. The subject wasbrought in and run through a longseries of really boring word tests.In the final set of tests the personwas subjected to a word associationtest. As the test progressed, sexualdouble entendres were slipped intothe words the subject had torespond to, eventually reaching a

point where every word had slightlydirty connotations. The subjectsresponded with uncertainty as towhat exactly they were being testedon.In a similar test, subjects weregiven a set of pictures ofparticularly bedraggled lookingpeople and asked what crimes thesepeople had committed. The lastpicture they were given was apicture of themselves. What doesthe subject do? Admit to their sordidpast?Dr. Lefcourt's research confirmswhat many people already know. Agood sense of humour allows aperson to ride smoothly over lifesglitches, making their lives happierin general. It also has been shownthat happy people tend to thinkbetter. So when finals roll aroundand you're starting to get a littleuptight, laugh a little. Don't studybe jolly.Critiquing Critiques

by Greg WelsteadB Systems Designand A.J. BaxterA Systems Design

Key Points:Many students lack confidence inthe Course Critiques. One of themain reasons is that, since theyoccur at end of term, there is noopportunity to gauge the results oftheir input. Also, the CourseCritiques are administered undernon-ideal conditions-at the end of aclass with no prior warning andlittle time to think about theiranswers or make comments. f

students are to take instructorevaluation seriously, they need tosee that their input has made animpact on the instructor'sbehaviour.According to a survey that Dr. IanSmart of First Year Engineeringadministered last year, here aresome reasons why faculty membersdon't take Course Critiques asseriously as they might:

results arrive too late to beuseful for changing the courseuring the term administration of CourseCritiques is sometimesunprofessional and sloppy sample size is often small sothere is little faith in the results they suspect that there is alatency effect operating; ie. studentswill tend to remember the last thingthat happened (good or bad) and notgive their overall impression of thecourseOverall, the principal problemwith the present Course Critiques isthat they are a summative, ratherthan a formative process; i.e. theyare not designed to help instructorsimprove uring the term.

Recommendations:For students: have class reps act as liaison tofilter the periodic evaluation fromthe class to ensure that constructivecomments are emphasized use class prof hour to generate aconsensus about instructorperformance. This would reduce thetendency of the disgruntled studentsto bias the Course Critiques andinterim evaluations sign interim evaluations toenhance their credibility with faculty take the opportunity to makeyour Course Critique and interimevaluations countFor Instructors: do a sales pitch for the CourseCritiques, and for bettercommunication in general have n initial evaluation threeweeks into the term; this would helpreduce the latency effect notedabove allow more time for in classfeedback and airing of problemsA key point that Dr. Thompson

made was that a lecture is a lot like atheatrical performance; it's easy forthe instructor to lose the train ofthought if someone comes in late orcreates a disturbance. It alsodemonstrates a lack of respect forclassmates. You would not beallowed to enter a Stratfordperformance late; why should acalculus lecture be any different?The next time you are unhappy witha lecture, consider whether one ofyour classmates has contributed tothat dissatisfaction.Eng Soc should take a positiveposition on class dynamics andestablish guidelines for responsiblein-class behaviour for firsl -yearstudents that will benefit them (andtheir peers and instructors)throughout their program ,

Learning is a two-way streetMost faculty members want to do agood job of teaching, and they needyour support, in the form ofregular, constructive feedback. Weneed to work to create acollaborative learning environmentthat benefits students andinstructors. The ultimate choice isyours.Kinesiology Student Association

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How to Home rewby Jim Bousquet2A Systems Designf you've been toying with theidea of brewing your own beer,why delay any longer? Sure it's toolate to enter the Eng Soc- sponsoredhome brewing contest for this term,but there will be others. You'remissing out on a chance not only todevelop a very useful life sldll, butalso to save big bucks. A batch ofhorne brew should amount to about2 and a half cases at a cost of aslittle as 20 (not including start-upcosts). A similar volume from thebeer store will cost you over $50,much of which ends up ingovernment hands. If withholdingthis money from society makes you

feel guilty, you can still go out andbuy a fat wad of Wintario ticketswith the money you save.Many people think home brewedbeers must be of poor qUality. Thisis false. Unfortunately, a lot ofsuperstition and misinformationabout the home brewing processhas been in circulation for decadeson scraps of paper and the backs ofenvelopes. This is partially becausethis pursuit has laboured for manyyears under the shadow of illegalityin the aftermath of prohibition andthe attitudes of that time towards theconsumption of beer. Quality wasin many cases not the primeconsideration, and good ingredientsand sound advice were usuallyunobtainable. Now, however, it isquite easy to produce a wide varietyof superb beers at home.Brewing goes back as far ascivilization itself. According toEgyptian legend dating back 8,000years, Osiris, the god ofagriculture, taught humans toprepare beer. Besides Egypt, therewere brewing operations inBabylon and Ur. Originally. barleywas buried in pots to germinate.

thanks to Osiris, Godo Agric ultureand the resulting malt, mixed withwater, allowed to ferment by theaction of airborne yeasts. The useof hops dates from between the10th and 7th centuries BC. ViaGreece and Rome. brewing thentook hold in areas of northern andwestern Europe where grape culturefor winemaking was impractical. Inthe middle ages, monasteriesimproved brewing techniques, andhome brewing became importantaround the 12th century AD Soonthereafter. simple brew-pubs beganto grow in number, until theIndustrial Revolution made possiblethe large commercial brewery, withcentralized distribution.In Canada. you can brew andserve all the beer you want but not adrop can be sold, or you'll landyourself in trouble with the law. Inthe federal budget of 23 May 1985the government introduced a motionto repeal a section of the FederalExcise Act. Consequently, it is no

longer required that home brewersregister their intention to brew withthe Revenue Canada Customs andExcise Department. and it is nolonger a criminal offence for themto offer or give homebrew topersons other than the immediatehousehold. This is a small but. .sigmficant. advancement of humanliberty, and it would seem todeserve a toast. Before anappropriate toast may be raised.however, one must learn how tomake the beer.There seem to be as manyindividual recipes and procedures asthere are home brewers. Remembert h o u ~ h . hat with home brewing,nothmg IS carved in stone. This canbe a little bewildering to thebeginner, but the procedure usuallyworks this way. (For a moredetailed recipe, consult any brewingsupply store. They usually have an

e a s ~ - t o - f o l 1 o w recipe for beginnersavaIlable free of charge.) First youmix and boil a gallon or two of maltsolution. During this boil, hops are

added, only to be strained or settledout later. This step is a bit likemaking tea. only you keep boilingit. Once the wort (unfermentedbrew) is brought up to a 5-gallonvolume and cooled, yeast is added.and the magical, living process offermentation transforms it intofinished beer. The beer is thenbottled with a small amount ofsugar, and allowed time tocarbonate. The whole process cantake as little as 6 or 7 weeks toproduce a good quality ale. Thismethod can be simplified evenfurther, but is then more likely toproduce disappointing results. If itall sounds simple, that's because itis.EquipmentA great big kettle (at least 3gallons capacity), a primaryfermenter. a great big stirringspoon, a secondary fermenter,fermentation locks, a few feet ofsiphon hose. a hose clamp, about 3

cases of empty beer bottles, and acapper and caps are all theequipment you need to get started.The items not already in yourkitchen are available at any brewingsupply store, often in the form of abeginner's kit. The capper cannormally be rented for $l/day.If you're stinking rich. you mayalso decide to invest in asaccharometer (for monitoringfermentation activity anddetermining alcohol content). athermometer, a bottle filler, and abottle washer.

SterilizationComplete cleanliness is mostimportant. Many contaminants(Pediococcus, Lactobacillus) willgrow vigorously in beer wortproducing excessive cloudiness:and buttery or other off flavours.Everything goes down the drain(iiterally),the malt extract hops and

all that time, if your beer getsinfected. All your vessels. bottles.bottle caps and equipment must benot only visually clean but sterile.One and a half tablespoons of J avexin a gallon of water, or preferablyan ounce of sodium metabisulfite(available at your brewing supplystore) in a litre of water can be usedto rinse all your equipment beforeand after use. One litre can be madeup. stored in a sealed container formonths and reused to rinse manybottles, Jars, hoses, etc. by pouringfrom one to the other, rolling andshaldng each one in tum so that allparts of the interior are moistened.Wipe around the neck of bottleswith a piece of paper towel dippedin the solution. Rinse well (i.e. twoor three times) to avoid inhibitingyour yeast.Some recommend the use ofboiling water, but this techniqueweakens glass and melts plasticand is more trouble. Soaps anddetergents are also to be avoided.smce they tend to leave invisibleresidues. very difficult to rinse

away completely, which can flavouryour beer most unpleasantly, andinterfere with its ability t o form andhold a head. Use them only whenabsolutely necessary.

Ingredients1 Fermentables. These includemalts and sugars. Both providesugar which the yeast can act on toproduce a l ~ o h o l . It .is the maltyflavour whIch, combmed with thebitterness and aromatics of thehops, forms the basis of any truebeer. The body of a beer comesfrom its malt content. Most sugars,on t ~ e other hand, serve primarilyto raIse the alcohol content of a beer

while doing little, if anything, forthe body and ,flavour. Full bodied,full flavoured beers have a highmalt c ~ n t e n t . Very little, if any,sugar IS used, except at bottlingtime. The minimum malt-to sugarratio that makes acceptable beer isabout three-to-one, althoughopinions vary on this point. Sugarbeers take longer to becomepalatable than all-malt extract beers.Beers with a very high sugarcontent may look like beer and becarbonated, but usually taste morelike apple cider.The term malt usually refers tomalted barley, although other grainscan be malted. In malting, the grainis allowed partially to sprout.Amylase enzymes that are releasedin the malt grains during thesprouting process split the starchesof the grains to simple sugars,mainly maltose and dextrins.Malting (from the German malz, tosoften) is important since brewer'syeast does not produce amylase andtherefore cannot directly attack thestarch of the grain. At the sametime, proteases in the malt grainsconvert proteins in the grains andflour to soluble nitrogenous foodsfor the yeast. Then the malt is kilndried at lower or highertemperatures, depending onwhether a lighter or darker malt isdesired. The process is completedby mashing. in which the grain iscrushed, water added, and themixture cooked at differenttemperatures for different periods of ,time to convert the various starches.

6 bottles or 20Mashing can be done by the homebrewer who can chose from anumber Qf different malts, but itisn't necessary in order to brewgood beers. A wide selection ofconcentrated extracts of malt areavailable in both syrup and drypowder form. These have beenextracted from malt after mashing.and cover virtually all types of beerfrom all over the world.In brews where only malt is used.all the alcohol is derived from maltsugar (maltose). When lighterbodied, less malty beer is desired.other sugars may be used to


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Little CrittersYeast, of course, is the friendly little critter that makes the whole brewing

p r o c e s ~ work. f you to?k biology in grade 13 you may remembersomethmg o f . t ~ e blOchemlcal pr?cess by which cells oxidize energy-richcarbon-contam1Og molecules (hke sugars) resulting in energy-poorermolecules plus free energy, some of which is used to convert ADP to ATP.The overall equation for the reaction is

Glucose oxygen -> carbon dioxide water energyC6H1205 602 --> 6C02 6H20 686 kcalThis oX.idati?n t ~ e s p l a ~ e in two stages. The first is glycolysis(fennentatlon), m which ATP 1S produced in the absence of oxygen' and thes e c ~ m d is ~ s p i r a t i o n K r e ~ s cycle followed by the electron transport chain),which requIres oxygen. Smce almost all modern organisms - from bacteriato humans - not only carry out glycolysis but do so using almost identicalenzyme systems, glycolysis is believed to have evolved early, probably

~ h e n the atmosphere lacked much oxygen. Many modem cells. such as thes m g l e - c e ~ l e d y e a s ~ o r g a n i s ~ are a ~ l e to extract their energy from

f e n n e n t a ~ o n alone 1f oxygen IS not avallable to them. The pyruvic acid soproduced 1S then converted to carbon dioxide and ethanol in two steps:supplement a small amount of malt.Almost always, sugar is used atbottling time to carbonate the brew.Corn sugar (dextrose or D-glucose)is the sugar most used in goodquality home brewing. It is readilyfermentable and carries lesspotential for off-flavours than canesugar (table sugar). However,either corn or cane sugar used inlarge amounts may give your beer acidery taste.

hops looks likegerbil food2. Hops. These refer to theflowers of the female hop plant(Humulus lupulus). They serve as apreservative, and as a flavouringand aromatic agent. Usually theyare sold as hop pellets, which retaintheir freshness longer (and look justlike rabbit or gerbil food). It is stilla good idea to store them sealed in arefrigerator or freezer, however.

flavour and aroma of fresh hops toyour beer. The freshest and mostaromatic hops are used for this step.There are several varieties of hopsavailable, and the folks at the storewill be able to help you choose.With hops and malts, you will nodoubt want to start experimenting assoon as you have gained a measureof experience and a degree of selfconfidence. Remember that oneadvantage of hQme brewing is thepotential for arriving at your ownpersonal beer, with its ownnuances, which answers only toyour individual taste. As far as hopsare concerned, just remember thatmore bittering hops will give youmore bitterness, while morearomatic hops will increase thefresh hop flavour and aroma, andthat some varieties are more bitter ormore flavourful and aromatic thanothers.

skilled h ndlittle waste SThe appropriate hopping rate issuch a matter of personal taste andhops vary so much in bittering 3. Yeast. There are two basicpower that hard and fast rules are types of beer yeast. The topseldom useful. A distinction is often fermenting ale type, mentionedmade between bittering hops and above, is hardier than bottom yeast,

aromatic hops. Bittering hops are and makes a great general-purposeboiled along with the malt during brewing yeast. As its namethe preparation of the wort for 60- suggests, fennentation takes place90 minutes, during which time at or near the surface of the brew. Itbitter resins are extracted, giving a may be added directly to the wort,pleasingly bitter flavour to the beer. with good results, after dissolvingThese hop res ins also afford a in lukewarm water for about 10measure of protection for your brew minutes. Bottom- fennenting lageragainst certain potential yeast was originally a strain of scontaminants. Hop extract s are cervisiae, but now merits status as asometimes included in a small vial species of its own, Lwhen you buy certain brands of carlsbergensis (named for themalt extrac t, and these may be Danish brewery which developedsubstituted for all or part of your it). It is more delicate, and suited tobittering hops. Most malt extracts in colder fermentations (5-13 degreesthe brewing supply stores are Celsius), so use ale yeast if youalready hop flavoured, so be sure to can't fennent at these temperatures.check the label. If your ext ract i s With lager yeasts it is advantageousalready hopped, you'll want to to start the yeast a couple of days ineliminatemostorallofthebittering advance so that a stronghops from your recipe. You can fennentation can begin as soon asvery easily overhop your brew possible after the wort is prepared.otherwise, producing a beer which The reason for this is that untilis much too bitter for most North fermentation begins, the wort isAmerican tastes. susceptible to oxidation caused by

Aromatic hops are added to the surface exposure to air. Escapingwort near the end of the boil so that carbon dioxide helps take care oftheir fresh character is maintained. the problem, so it's best to get theTheir purpose is to add the glorious ' fennentation underway quickly.

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The yeast will continue to work in this manner until it either runs out 0food, or dies from the buildup of alcohol in its environment. Othe(contaminant) microorganisms can produce other end.-products 0fermentation which are of value in some industries. but definitely not to thehome brewer (e.g. b ~ t y l and other l c o h o l ~ . l a ~ t i c acetic, and other acids).Yeasts produce protems and also several VltamtnS. especially those of the Bcomplex, and therefore are of great nutritive value. ( Guinness is good foyou. )Make sure YOll use brewer's yeast, not baker's yeast. Although bothbaker's yeast and top-fermenting (ale) brewer's yeast are strains 0Saccharomys;es ceryisiae. mutations and selection over millions of yeastgenerations have produced yeasts vastly different in character. Beer yeast~ used in ~ a k i n g b ~ a d bu.t it wou.ld take 5 or 6 times as long to raise.Smularly, baker s yeast. If used 10 breWing. ferments at an erratic pace andleads to a strong yeasty flavour in the beer. It settles OUt poorly, and'thatwhich settles is disturbed easily when the beer is poured.The yeast you buy usually doesn'tspecify whether it's ale or lageryeast. Normally, you can assumeit's ale yeast unless you see thewords lager , bottomfermenting , or S.carlsbergensison the label. f in doubt, ask thefriendly salesperson.4. Water. Most of your beer iswater, and therefore it merits at leastsome attention. As a general rule,brewing water should be relativelyhard, not excessively chlorinated,but more or less neutral in taste.Many people choose to filter theirwater or use bottled spring water.

Water in K-W is generally quitehard, but there's no telling whatyour landlord may be up to with thewater softener. f you use distilledwater, you will want to harden it byadding one or two teaspoons ofgypsum to the boil.You may want to try a teaspoonor so of salt in the boil as a flavourenhancer. Make sure you useiodized salt rather than normal tablesalt. The iodine in table salt, addedto prevent goiters in people living ininland areas such as southwesternOntario, also kills microorganisms,including yeast.5. Et cetera. Like anything elsehome brewing can become ascomplicated as you wish to make it,but it need not be so to givesatisfactory results. If somethingworks for you, then by all meansgo with it, and share it with others.

all depends on how much youhke to goof around in the kitchenand experiment. Mashing hasalready been mentioned, and thereare many other optional refinementsyou can make to your technique inthe areas of all-grain beers, watertreatment, yeast nutrients, enzymes,unmalted barley, anti-oxidants,finings (clearing agents), headingagents, kraeusening, and so on.ServingAll home brewed beers have a bitof sediment at the bottom of the

bottle. Some may regard this as aminor annoyance, others find it partof the beer's charm, a constantreminder of the beer's naturalorigin. In any case, sediment is notparticularly pleasant to taste.Therefore, your beer should bepoured slowly into your gIn untilthe sediment begins to rise to theneck of the bottle. You then tip thebottle upright again so as no toallow the sediment to pass. As askilled hand will waste very fewdrops of beer in the process,rigorous practice is suggested.Sit back then, and enjoy the fruitof your labours. Such a momentcombines the enjoyment of(hopefully) good beer, thefulfillment of your creative urge,and the achievement of a bit moreindependence than is usual inmodern life.

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Look Ma,by Todd Ruthman2A Systems DesignIn 1969, the US Defence

Advanced Research Project Agency(DARPA) set up a small computernetwork. They named it Arpanet.Its original purpose was to reducecosts by sharing equipment, files,databases and computer time.However, the users of the networksoon discovered an addedadvantage to the system. Theycould use it to send mail, and largerdocuments, to colleagues in acomputerized form of informationexchange. Enter the concept ofelectronic mail which, today, is ahousehold word.send mail all overthe world

I have a few friends at otheruniversities in and out of thecountry. There are three basic waysI can communicate with them. Icould donate a sizable portion of myhard-earned savings to Bell (butonly if they're home). Alternatively,I could rely on Canada Post (a fewdays at best). Then again, I coulduse a computer for free (now thatI've paid my tuition fees). I preferthe last method.To give you an estimate of howlong it takes for a file to get'delivered', one from Ottawa Utook about 20 minutes and anotherhailing from the University ofIllinois took about 15 minutes. Notbad. The articles in previous issuesabout the German exchange weresent to Danny (the editor) via hisWatstar account. One of thoseneeded 8 hours, but that is all the

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No Stampsway from Europe. Try and find acourier that can match thatThere are a few rather seriousdrawbacks to the system. fsomething goes wrong in transit,your files can hang in limbo forquite a while. A bunch of mail oncesurfaced in my account after about aweek delay. Lots of things couldcause this kind of problem, mostnotable is when a mainframe alongthe route becomes temporarily .inoperative. The letters I receivefrom Ottawa get routed throughQueens, U of T (I think) andpossibly a couple of others. If thecomputers on those campuses godown then, if no alternate route isavailable, any mail going to orcoming from Ottawa gets held up.The other major drawback toelectronic mail is that both partieshave access to a computer. This isnot always a problem for universitystudents, we can always get aWatstar account, but it gets ratherexpensive once you leave schooleither for a workterm or when yougraduate.1 usually logon to my Watstaraccount once a day to read new mailor send off a short note to 'keep intouch' with some old friends.On Watstar the M A I Lcommand allows you to send mailall over the world. A few of thecountries you can reach are the US,Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia,Ireland, the UK and theNetherlands. The addressing isfairly straight forward. It oftentakes less characters than a postalletter. You need the user ID of theaddressee, the name of thecomputer system they are on andthe network path used to get there.For example,

mail bill name@uicvm bitnetwould send the file 'bill' to thecomputer account 'name' at theUniversity of Illinois over thebi tne t network. Missionaccomplished. (By the wayBITNET stands for one of twothings: it either means Because It'sThere Network or Because It'sTime Network. In either case, it

currently holds my Best-Net-Nameaward.).a file from theUniversity o f llinoistook about 15 minutes

A computer file of one page,single-spaced, consists of about 50000 electronic pulses. The numberof pulses can usually be decreasedusing data compression techniques.When you send the file, each of

March 3 1989these pulses is transmitted seriallyalong cables, through intermediatecomputers and repeater stations(which amplify the signals so theycan travel farther) over hundreds orthousands of miles. At the otherend, it reaches it's destination, oneamong innumerable computers, andreassembles itsel f into a file whichwaits in storage until the addresseelogs on. All the while, trafficcontrol programs maintain the flowand avoid data collisions. It's awonder that the documents getthrough at all. But they do -reliablyThe next time you use electronicmail, or even the more traditionalmethod of phoning someone(because that's a system even morecomplicated), consider for a secondthe vast number of man-years andtechpology required to develop,build and maintain such systems.

Screaming Treesby Mark Leonard

8 Systems DesignI'm never going to make it intoadvertising but here goes: Watstarrequires a few dedicated individualsfor positions that receive norenumeration, probably norecognition, and two to three hoursof your time a week. Sounds like aco-op advertisement doesn't it?On the serious sitie, Watstar islooking for some environmentally,or better yet, socially consciousstudents to donate some of theirtime each week to fold up discardedoutput in each of the Watstar

terminal rooms (Yes, the same onesyou have spent sooooooo muchtime in, for the last however manymonths).Watstar has adopted a policyreflecting the spirit of the universityrecycling drive by trying to recycleas much discarded paper aspossible. But to do this, we needyour help as Watstar does not havethe person-power to support suchan effort. This is where you comein, two or three hours a week (halfhour in the morning or afternoon,

probably with Fridays off) tobundle up the paper. With thismuch done, the *Watstar guys cantake care of the rest

.:t of you are interested , pleasecontact Martin McLeod, E2 1308AlB or send him an e-mail message(martin@development). By theway, in case you were wonderingabout just how much a contributionyou can make (a refutation of theold drop in the ocean argument),*Watstar eats through, on average,15 boxes of paper (at 3500 sheetsper box) each and every week of theterm. Considering that a largeamount of that is waste (even forthose completed assignmentsdepending on how useful you think

iU fuSij 89trying t recyclediscarded paper

by Kathleen Fraser38 Systems DesignThe Big Sisters BUS PUSH iscoming Saturday, March 18th.

Don't miss your chance to get in onthe action. Pick up a pledge form inthe Orifice or from your class rep.Lots of neat prizes will be givenaway.There are prizes from Toshiba,Labatts, Coke, NorthernReflections, Tilley Endurables,

to help us reach our goal.This year University of Waterlooengineers aim to raise $7500 for theKitchener- Waterloo Big SistersAssociation. These funds will helpthe group provide support andguidance to needy youth in thecommunity.Starting Friday March 10th, BusPush T-shirts will be sold in theOrifice with proceeds going to theBig Sisters Association. Thewinning t-shirt logo was created byWalton Chan. The 3rd yearElectrical Engineering studentreceives a 50 gift certificate fromChances 'R for his design. Thanksto all those who entered the contest.

Adventure Guide, McGinnisthey are ... ), much can be gained by Landing, Reuben & Wong's, Dukerecycling. So get involved, or the of Wellington, Phil's Grandsonsnext time you rip a printout off, Place, Shooters and many more.think of all that tree sap on your Any size of donation is worthwhileands. L ~ ____________________________________________


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Fashion Statement

Rob Hall demonstrates thatrubber gloves, a clip-on tieand an open fly are all thatare needed t knock'em out atFed Hall.

by Tim Bouma4B MechanicalThe First Annual Iron RingFashion Show was a fantasticsuccess. Held in P.O.E.T.S. lastThursday, February 23rd, the

Fashion Show exhibited the latesttrends in polyester attire. This attirewas then auctioned off to theaudience raising more than $100 forthe Grad Gift to the LiteracyCouncil of Waterloo. Engineersreally know what fashion is allabout

(left t right) Harry Bakker, Doug Laugh/en, Richard Wiens,Jeff Ruscica enter the Fashion Hall of Fame.

Doug Laughlen displays theextreme flexibility andpotential pleasure afforded bythe regimental kilt. Thefashion hit of the evening,this outfit fetched the recordprice of 26.

Co-o Trave Agencyby Marc Gerin4B CivilSure the co-op program isexpensive. Sure it's got its share ofproblems. hate writing work termreports just as much as anybodyelse. However, co-op can providegreat opportunities for anyone wholooks for them. My favourite is theopportunity to travel, to see theworld,to meet exotic people andvisit strange places or even meetstrange people in exotic places.Working four months in a newcity is the best way to see more thanthe standard tourist attractions. t isjust enough time to discover theregion and meet the natives, but it isnot too long if you hate it (or thenatives hate you).Whether you want to go as far asToronto, Vancouver or Japan, thereare an increasing number ofpossibilities. The important thing tokeep in mind is that it's only forfour months. If you have never lefthome, are worried you'll miss yourfriends or are afraid to "gosomewhere where you don't knowhow much a bus ride costs (or ifthey have buses at all), this is thebest time to be daring and take off.

co-op is the next bestthing to the armyUniversity is often referred to as thetime to discover and experience life;that's because you are old enoughto do anything, can do anything andblame it on the fact that you are

"just another crazy student", anddon't have to worry about money.Tknow a lot of you will argue thislast point. Some might even saythey would like to eat and pay rent.The truth of the matter is, once yougraduate as an engineer yourstarting salary will be $25 000 to30 000. You will be able to payoff a $10 000 debt within one year,so you might as well enjoy lifenow. "Don't worry, be happy".

don thappy worry, be

Out in the real world, you will beworking full time, making carpayments, house payments, movingin with the new wife; i.e. tieddown. You won't be able go awayfor four months then, you have todo it now.Any way you look at it, universityis the time of your life when youcan have the most f reedom and stillplan a great future for yourself. fyou wait any longer, the best you'llbe able to manage is two or threeweeks of vacation, seeing 13countries in three days through atour bus window.Now that you have startedpacking and are rarin to go, youare probably wondering how tobook your trip. There are threepossible ways to doing this. Thefirst is to decide exactly what kindof work you want to do and end up

wherever a company offering thiskind of work happens to be located.This is not the preferred method.The second is to select the locationwhere you would like to work andapply for as many jobs as you can,within reason. Jt's usuallyworthwhile to make a fewsacrifices, such as being a seniorand accepting n intennediate job ortaking a job not directly related toyour principal area of interest.However don't sacrifice too muchor you'll hate the whole tenn, andthe new city. For example, filingcabinets in Albena are no moreexciting than filing cabinets inToronto.The third approach is toselect the locations where you don'twant to work, e.g. Toronto, KW,Ottawa and don't consider any jobsthere, look everywhere else.Of course, the Want Ads and latepostings aren't the end-all of the job

meetandplaces

exotic peoplevisit strange

market. Even though the number offoreign (outside of Ontario)opportunities is increasing, there arestill many more out there. Careerservices can help you findinformation and contacts in variouscompanies. You can also obtain"employer's information packages"from coordination. These containthe full story on the co-op systemand will do the explaining for you.Send them with your resume

directly to companies in exoticlocations.Great, now you've read all thisbut you are still wondering if itreally works. would like to give aper onal example: Wimer 88, theWinter Olympics were happening inCalgary. t just so happens thutalmost every term there are anumber of jobs in Calgary, forevery engineering discipline.decided wanted to visit Calgaryand the Rockies and see theOlympics. applied to a number ofjobs with oil companies, had a fewinterviews and finally ended upwith Petro-Canada designingfoundations and canopies for gasstations. [ should tell you that it'snot my life ambition to design gasstations. However, for fou r monthsit was ok, the Olympics were greatfun, the skiing was fabulous. Infact, liked the city so much I wentback, to a different job, for the Fall88 tenn. Just to brag some more, Ihave also managed to travel out toVancouver for a summer workterm.Unfortunately I haven't made it tosome of the more exotic locationswhich appear in the Want AdsTravel brochures such as Australia,Japan, Taiwan, Sweden, WestGermany, The Netherlands,California, Fort McMurray andMilton.So there you have it, when itcomes to working/travelling co-opis the next best thing to the army.Remember, the objective is to havefun, expand your horizons and takelots of pictures. See your travelagent/coordinator now


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Jaguars Ripped My Fleshby Walton ChanArts Director38 ElectrticalWrestle sharks in Mexico Flyin to the eye of a hurricane Explorelost cities in the mountains of PeruThese are the exploits of TimCa hil l , a writer for OutdoorMagazine. As signed to live thedream s we all harboured aschildren, he has se nt bac kdispatches from some of theworld's most exotic and excitinglocales. Clearly it' s an opportunitythat Cahill did not waste, as seen bythe collection of his articl es inJaguars Ripped My Fle sh.The title of the book is inspired bythe pulp magazines the author

devoured as a child, journals calledAction For Men or Amazing Men sStories, but the choice is calculatedto be ironic. Cahill would be thepause to contemplate

first to admit that Indiana Jones heis not. His is the perspective of theordinary person in extraordinarycircumstances. In turns terrified andawed by his experiences, he makesno pretensions at self-inflatingheroics. In fact he makes the claim,only hal f in jest, that all adventures,like climbing Everest or reachingthe Pole, are motivated by aperverse desire to see how trulyrotten life can get.More than dispelling the romanticmyths writers like Doyle andBurroughs have left us, however,Cahill redefines adventure withBamaga at the tip of Australia 'sCape York, Cahill greets the arrivalof television with resignation andregret. And on a remote beach inMexico he feels the horror anddisgust he conveys so clearly at thewholesale slaughter of theendangered Ridley sea turtle ,

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journey to the base of Angel Fa1lsand the rainy season ascent ofVenezuela's Mount Roraima, theskydiving and the caving inKentucky. Gripping reading all.But running beneath the surface issubtle insight. Its essence lies not inthe derring-do of tradition, but indiscoveries of the mind and spirit.Certainly there are stories th at seemto fit the time- honoured mold: the

nature decimatedan undercurrent of self-awarenessand thoughtfulness that belies theaction and excitement.Cahill is at his best when hepauses to contemplate the world hefinds. At the gallery of rockpaintings called Walleroo Dreamingin Australia, he stood an d dreamedof the artist dreaming. And on thevolcano where Dr. Dian Fosseylived and died, he watched thegorillas copulate and wondered fortheir future.But the images are not alwaysidyllic. In the small town of

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reeling amidst the carcasses and therotting eggs.The shame we feel here is asstrong as the thrill realizedelsewhere in the book. Adventure isa precious commodity now in ourincreasingly circumscribed world;ever more so as the wilderness ispolluted, the rainforests die, andnature's diversity is decimated. Wemay not all be able to 1ive and

pursue our dreams like Cahill, butJaguars Ripped My Flesh inspiresus to work for a world whereadventures can still be possible.And oh yes, there are no jaguars

in this book.~ D o n t know where JaguarsRIpped My Flesh is avai lablesorry. But if you ask very nicely imay lend you my copy.)

Anglin's Last ProblemsFOUR1B ISSUE QUESTIONS: 4. Three children stand side byside. Their shirts have the number'3', ' I', and '6' respectively. Howcan' they arrange themselves so thatthe digit marked on the clothes willby Carolyn Anglin4B Systems DesignLife is f ull of problems; you f ? r ~ . a three digit number evenly;might as well enjoy them. diVISIble by seven?. 5 . f John and Mary are first1 A 40kg weIght has been ~ O U S l T I S , and Mary's mother-in-law

b r o k ~ n into 4 ~ i e c e s . Fortunately IS J o ~ n s ~ f t h cousin, what is thethe pIeces can sull be used to weigh relatIonshIp between John andany amount, in whole kilograms, Mary 's mo ther i n 1 a w' sfrom Ikg to 40kg. How much does grandmother? (Hint: don't spendeach of the pieces weigh? much time on this one.)2. Complete the followinganalogy: TIllR ISSUE ANSWERS:C,G ,Q are to F,V,R as T ,X,H are 1 A=I, B=9, D=9, E=l, G=6,to H=9, 1=1 , L=9, M=7, N= l, 0=9,P=8,R=3,S=2,T=9, U=8a) V,L,G b) B,F,Y c) W,M,I d) 2. To be overconfident in examsN,Z,D e) A,B ,C does not ensure success.. . . . 3 The 30 has no meaning. T he3. Imagme, havmg 2 IdentIcal engmeers paid $27: 25 to the

cups, one fIlled halfway w ~ t h manager and $2 to the bellboy.coffee, the other filled halfway WIth 4. As the monkey tries to pulltea Suppose you take a t ~ a s p o o n f u l himself up the rope, whatever forceof the cof ee and 'pour mto the he applies to the rope is transmittedteacup. Sur the mIxture 10 the tea without loss through the frictionlesscup . Now take a t ~ a ~ p o o n f u l of the pulley to the weight. In ef fect, themIxture. and pour t mto the ~ o f f e e m o n k ~ climbs the rope and pullscup . Wlli there be more .tea 10 the the weIght up with him. Both thecoffee cup than coffee m the tea monkey and weight reach the pulleycup , or less? at the same time.

ecadent and issoluteby Walton ChanArts Director38 ElectricalStephen Frears' angerousLiaisons is an unqualified tour-deforce. On a night when the theatre'sboiler had broken down, the filmkept the chilled audience warm bysheer brilliance. Based on the novelLes Liaisons Dangereuses byChoderlos de Laclos and thetheatrical adaptation by ChristopherHampton, the story is one of sexualintrigue set in the decadent anddissolute French nobility. Opening

with the Society Lady and theDandy at their morning toilets, thesensual and hypocritical world theyinhabit quickly constricts andfascinates like'a whale bone corset.Frears, known for films like PrickUp Your Ears and Sammy andRosie Get Laid , in which heexplores the intimate interplay oflovers and enemies, realizes hismost ambitious canvas yet. Thecamera-work here, while lush, isstraightforward; there are no tricks.The focus is on the actors, for

whom there is truly no place tohide. And with a screenplay ofimplacable, intricate logic that fairlysparkles with delicious drolleries,they shine with inspiration andconviction.Glenn Close, Academy-nominated for her role as thescheming Marquise de Merteuil, isriveting as she conducts herguerrilla campaigns of sexualwarfare. Determined to avengeherself on her former husband, thesexual warfare and

seductionMarquise enlists the help of a pastlover, the Vicomte de Valmont,played with white- faced hauteur bythe hypnotic John Malkovich. Butthe Vicomte regretfully has otherengagements: he is already on aquest to seduce the Madame deTourvel (the doe-eyed MichellePfeiffer), famed equally for herbeauty as for her piety and fidelity.And so wheels turn within

wheels, and the hunters and thepursued flitter from chateau tochateau. Words are the weapons ofchoice. With words the Vicomtesuffocates and seduces. With wordsthe Marquise misleads andmanipulates. Repartees flash likeswordplay, and wound just asdeeply.But the cruelty and wantonwickedness prove, at the core, to befacades only. Despite themselves,despite their studied superficiality,true emotion betrays the schemers,and a devastating denouementdraws the hunt to a close.Breathless best describesDangerous Liaisons. Its anticipatorypleasures are just as keen as theimmediate ones. Rogues andvictims alike galvanize theimagination, and like whirling topsthat know they must fall, they playout their lives with a feverishintensity.Dangerous Liaisons, Directed

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Fiction Feature: Theby Julian Ford3B Systems Design

There are two hundred andeighty-eight tiles on the ceiling ofmy cell: eighteen long by sixteenwide. I know because I havecounted them sixty-three times.It takes nine paces to cross thelength of the room, and six pacesfor the width. I have made each ofthese measurements seven hundredand thirty-one times.The reason for my diligence isthat I was once told that whensomeone goes mad, the ability todeal with numbers is one of the firstto go. I don't know if this is true ornot, but it is all I have to go on.Besides, I haven't anything else todo.

I have now been held captive foreleven days. At first I tried to holdout. I wouldn t take any food. Iwouldn't talk to the interrogators.But after three days with nothing toeat I gave in.My cell is simply a rectangularroom which contains a small cot, achair and a tiny table -- and nowindow. The only way I have oftelling time is by the meals and thesleep periods which my captorsimpose. Twice each day -- I assumearound noon and early evening -- I

am brought my meals. The mealwhich I believe is lunch, typicallyconsists of two sandwiches and abowl of lukewarm soup,. Dinner,.

however, is usually quitenourishing.An attendant brings my meals. Heenters my room and places it on mytable, then leaves without a word.Twice a day, each time a coupleof hours, i assume, after meals, Iam brought out of my room to awashroom down the hallway, andthat is the only opportunity I amafforded to leave my cell.

I realize I am being meticulous,and perhaps mundane, with mydetails, but r must write this down.Perhaps it will help to keep mesane, though I fear I am very closeto losing my mind already.It was worse when I was firstcaptured. I was only allowed paperand pencil this morning. Until now,the boredom has been so completeas to nearly drive me from mysenses. The last couple of days,though, I have felt much calmer.Perhaps it is a sign of my ensuingmental demise. I think, however,that it is perhaps due to somethingthey have been putting in my food.The alarm has just been sounded,letting us know we have fiveminutes until lights out. I willcontinue this journal tomorrow. Iyet have much to write.It has been six days since my last

entry. I broke the end of my penciland it has taken this long just to getanother one.By now, you must be wondering

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who has taken me captive and why.I have left the discussion of thisuntil I have done my best toconvince you that I am sane anddoing my best to remain that way.The question is not exactly WHOhas taken me captive, but WHAT. Iam convinced that my abductors arenot of this world, but have comefrom some other, perhaps manylight-years away.I'm sure this sounds fantastic toyou, whoever you are, but it is true.In any case, I feel I must presentmy story while I can still rememberit. If anybody ever does read this,they are free to decide on its validityat that time, for I know that it is adifficult thing I ask you to believe.Here, then, is my account of whatled to my current situation.

I was a security guard at WheelerTechnology Laboratories. I wasworking night shifts during thesummer break from University,where I was an English major whofancied himself a writer of fiction.My favourite genre was sciencefiction which makes it all the moreironic that I should find myself inthis current predicament.I used to like working the nightshift because it afforded me achance to write undisturbed formany hours. Sometimes I read anovel in the course of my shift. Ifound it a "efreshing experience tobe left alone to my own devices.Do not mistake me for one whodoes not enjoy the company ofpeople, for that could not be furtherfrom the truth. I simply foundsolace in the opportunity to be alonefrom time to time.In any case, it was the summer of1987, my final year at University. Ihad recently sold two of my beststories to OMNI magazine, and hadjust been approached to join a newclub of novice fiction writers whocalled themselves TYROTALES. Itwas my second month ofengagement to the most beautifulgirl in the world, and all in my lifeseemed, at that point, to havedirected itself in a solid course. Iwas a happy man.

the question is notexactly WHO butWHAT

It was the fIrst night of July and Isat at my post in the lobby of thesmall network of researchlaboratories which comprisedWheeler Technology Laboratories. Inever learned what was actuallybeing researched at the facility, butit did not attract any attention fromthe media, and the dayt ime s taff -which I saw only on my once-amonth visit to collect my paycheck- appeared to be an unobtrusivecollection of rather average-seemingpeople.It wasn t that I expected acompany full of famous scientific

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Noiseminds to be collected at such asmall, unassuming institution, yet Isomehow yearned for some glimpseof secrecy which would be the telltale indicator of some potentiallyrevolutionary breakthrough. I didconsider myself, after all, a sciencefiction writer. In fact, a number ofmy stories dealt with the facility insome respects. Some of thedescriptions I had used were oflocations which I found in mynocturnal wanderings, and some ofmy characters were extrapolatedanalogies of people I hadencountered among the daytimestaff.This, however, is leading mefrom my story. So it was the firstnight of July and it was very warm.I particularly remember the heat ofthat night because that was thereason I had decided to stroll downthe East wing of the complex. TheEast wing was always severaldegrees cooler than the rest of thebuilding, and sometimes I lingeredthere when I made my hourlyrounds.This particular night, I journeyedfurther into the East wing than I hadpreviously dared. 1 had been givenstrict boundaries to which I was toadhere, but I could see no reasonwhy there should be a problem withmy being a few dozen feet furtherdown the hallway than I was

thought heard anoise

supposed to be. After all, I wasn'tabout to steal away with proprietarysecrets should I happen toencounter them.I was about to tum back, when Ithought I heard a noise. It wasn't aparticularly ,loud noise, so I hadtrouble identifying the source. Ilistened for a while longer andheard it several more times. I beganto search for the cause of this, as, tothe best of my knowledge anyway,there should not have been anybodyelse in the facility.After searching a few of thelaboratories in the area, I had foundnothing, and the sounds were nolonger present. I finally decided thatthey had never been there, it hadsimply been a matter of my ownmind - perhaps inspired by myviolation, however negligible, ofmy boundaries - playing tricks onme. I checked several more doors,just to appease my curiosity. thenchuckled at my own paranoia andreturned to the lobby.It was only a few nights laterwhen I again began to hear thenoises. I was patrolling the Eastwing, well within my boundaries,and I heard what I decided was thebumming of electrical equipment.Once again I tried to locate thesource, but was unable, as it keptfading and returning. Finally itstopped, and I did not hear it againthat night.It then came upon me as achallenge. I decided that I had to


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March 3, 1989 Iron Warrior 15discover the source of the noise. Itbecame a game I would play. Eachnight I made my usual rounds, butit was only ever in the East wingthat I discovered the noise. We the ivingI did not hear the noise everynight, to be sure, but there werenights where, upon detecting myacoustic quarry, I quietly rushedfrom door to door, sometimesheading deep into the restrictedarea, trying desperately to locate itssource.

A forty year old moviere-edited and restoredThe noise changed slightly, fromtime to time, and I decided thatwhatever machines or equipmentwere being used to generate thesounds, were not always the same. by Rob Stevens2A MechanicalI also began to realize that the noise Like old movies? There is a brandwas not always in the same place. new old movie coming soon to aSome times the noise came from theatre near you. Its called We thefarther into the restricted area than Living and its a great piece of fIlm.other nights, always only in the e the Living should be a bigEast wing. attraction for those who haveAs the weeks wore on, the game, enjoyed the recent trend towardwhich I originally embraced as alternative theatre. The movie was

healthy curiosity, became an filmed in 1942, and recently reobsession. I was no longer content edited to appear in select theatresto sit at my desk read, and my across Canada and the U.S. Itspatrols of the other sections of the strange history is almost asbuilding became more and more captivating as the fllm itself.rushed, until I gave them up The movie was based on thecompletely. novel, e the Living written byIt wasn t until the noise began to Ayn Rand, and was made withoutinvade my dreams, that I realized her knowledge or permission by

two Italian directors during WorldWar II. They saw the story, whichdepicts life in post revolutionaryRussia, as a way to speak outagainst Mussolini's fascistdictatorship without arousing theattention of the authorities whowere avowedly anti-communist.We the iving is a moraldenunciation of collectivist statismof any sort, but because ofMussolini s strong anti-communistsentiments the movie was allowedto be made.However, upon the movie'srelease, the public (and theauthorities) realized that this filmwas not simply an anti-Sovietpropaganda fi Im bu t acondemnation of Italy's own

reborndictatorial government. e theLiving became a great success butwas promptly banned and all of theprints and negatives wereconfiscated by the government.In 1966, the American author ofe the Living having heard that amovie version had been illegallymade, began searching for theoriginal film. The negatives werepurchased in Rome in 1968 andbrought back to the United States tobe re-edited and restored.Now, more than twenty yearslater e the Living is being shownat Famous Players Theatres acrossNorth AmericaThe three hour film is black and

white with English subtitles, so itdoes not fit the mainstream fonnatfor a feature film. However, thepowerful story of Kira and herstruggle to live and keep her lovealive under the suffocatingsocialism of Russia is as grippingand heartbreaking today as it wasfor audiences over forty years ago.my obsession was becoming too - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -severe. With that thought, I decided imaginings of a hyper-active science FRE SHwas going to stop searching for it. tiction writer.Besides, it was probably only some Over the following few nights Ibegan to compose a short story

upon detectingmyacoustic quarry Iquietly rushed romdoor to doorsometimes headingdeep into therestricted area

automatic processes, set to makereadings at various times, aboutwhich nobody had bothered toinform me. It was an incrediblerelief to realize how foolish andnai ve I had been: the paranoid

related to this incident, in an attemptto purge the obsession completelyfrom my mind. The story dealt withalien beings who had come to earthin human fonn, and were using theresearch facility in order to conductexperiments, in prelude tolaunching an attack on our planet.The story gave me great amusementas I mocked my own imagined

s u r c e ~ of the noise. On the Fridaymorning of that week, however, Iaccidentally left a rough copy of thestory on my desk, and later thatafternoon, I was fired.To be continued in the next issue.

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