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I R O WMay 19, 1989 THE ENGiNEERING SOCIETY S STUDENT FORUM

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In This Issue:

Formula S.A.E. Car

Registration B :I£s

w · Age Avoi ism

SPACENEWS

What is ESSCO?

Tender Kisses and Smiles



Iron Warrior

o Thought Required This would be my first editorial

of any kind eve r. The pressure is

just overwhelming. I've got to stay

within those stringent bounds t.hat

define t.he Iron Warrior. At th e same

time, I have to manage somehow to

amuse and entertain and what.not.

Plus, there's the ego element. Af

ter all, eve ry new e ditor wants to

be "t.he best danm editor there ever

was "

I thought I'd kick off the t erm by

being totally typical. Lets discuss

some important engineering issues,

shall we? Since its th e sunuuer term,

t.he big words and lengthy justifi

cations have b een removed. II nun

nurull ...

To start, SDI is a really bad thing.

How many articles in past IW is

sues have you seen that argue for

Star Wars? Is there anyone on cam

pus who thinks t.hat SDI would be agoocl idea?

Of course, there's t.he eng ineer

ing elective issue. We need more

electives in engineering to ma k e us

more well-rounded (whatever that.

means). Never mind that there is

absolutely no t.ime for .an engineer

t.o fit in more' undergrad electives, or

that. most. people only work at. th eir

non-techs t.wice each term.

What about. stress? St.ress is a

bad t.hing, y'know. You have to

learn t.o deal with it, or you won't

make it. through. Learn to relax,

take some time off. You'll be a bet.-

I just bought a WPIRG mug.

(For those of you who don't know

what that is, it 's a refillable mug

that you can use to buy a Inrg cof

fee or t.ea at. the C&D. This art.icle

mainly for t.hese people. )

Now, t.his may not. seem like sucha hig deal J know I shOlllcln't

be clrinldng coRcf' anyway - but. I'm

proud of y purchase bec ause to me

it. represent s an awareness of our en

vironment. It means t.hat. 1 won't.he using over a hundred styrofoal\l

ClipS this t('rl1l w hen I buy Illy coffee

at the C I> every morning. A small

st.ep, bnt only the lat.es t in a ho pe

fully continuing change of at.titude.

(M y last ~ t e p was inst.illing in lUyself

a great sense of guilt if I ever t.hrow

ou t. a piece of paper.)

To me, the Earth and what h1l

mans are doing to it is one of the

most important issues that we face

t.oday. I mean, this is it: t.his is th e

The Iron Wan;iQr is a forum for

thought. provoking and informative articles

presented by the academic community ofthe University of Waterloo. Views

expressed in the Iron Warrior. other than

dle editorials. are those of dle authors and

do not necessarily reflect the opinions of

dle editors or the ~ Society.

The Iron Warrior encourages

submissions from students, faculty and

other methi)ers of the univeTSity

community. SubmuliOld should reflectthe concerns and mte11bCtual of the

university in ~ an4 should be

typewrfttett ii neatl,. written.~ a p a c e d and OD one side e>f the pas.

only. The author'. ~ (ifapplicable). and phone nuuaber shoUld bebleluded.

ter pl'rson.

IlIIage has oft.en been the topic of

debat.e . We seem to feel compelled

to create some sort of god-like image

of engineers in the minds of t he pub

lic We don't drink, we study really

hard, we're nice guys (and girls) andhave a human side.

And then t.here's und ergrad uate

funding . We're really unclerfunded,

eh? Our labs are und er-equipped,

and tuition is sooo expens ive. Is

there anyone who attends an On

tario university who thinks that

the government should give post-

only Earth we have and we seem to

he trying our darnedest. to dest.roy

it . EVl'n the above sent.ence shows

a fault in aHitude: jt. supposes own

ersh ip . Mankind has always seemed

t.o think that the Eart h and its re

~ o l l f c e s are here for our use - t.hey

belong to us and we lllay do what.

Wf' want with them. This att.itude is

l i 1 1 l i n a t i n g f o r c s t ~ through acid rain

~ n d logging, it's killing ofT t hOllsands

of ~ p c c i e s of ani mals, it 's dest roy ing

the atmosphere and wat er .

1t Sf f ms that ev n tl1(> reasons he

hind st.opping the de tructiOIl reflect

this OWllPfShip at tit ue/p . We should

c\pan tip the wat er so that w can

drink it. We should preserve forest

and wildlife so t.ha(. we can look at

it. Everything in this world is for

our benefit . Everything has a value.

Well, anyway. This is not a new

opinion, and I suppose I shouldn't

All submissions, unless otherwise

slaled, become the property of the him

Warrior. which reserves the right to refusepublicalion of material which it deems

unsuitable. The IroD Warrior also reserves

the right to edit arammar, spelling and

portions of lext that do not meet

university standards. Authors will be

notified of any m ~ j o r changes that may. be

requiIed.All sllbmissions and advertising

enquiries should be forw..-ded to:

secondary education less money?

Maybe we should pay full tuition in

stead of one third or one eighth or

whatever we pay now.

There, now that. you know whatthe popular stands on these issues

ar e , you don 't ha ve to apply any

thought to any of them again. Come

to think of it, I don't have to write

any more edit.orials either'

speak strongly about it unless I 'm

prepared to propose a strong solu

tion. After all, I only bought a plas

tic mug . What I do think we need

most of all is a change of attitude, an

awareness of the environment and

its l i m i t ~ This is happening now,

wit.h the WPIRG mugs and the re

cycling programs - small steps t.hat

at least signal t.his at.titude change.

As engineers, we must e ~ p e c i a y be

aware of the impact. of our work on

the land and air and water. We

can't leave concern for the ecology

t.o t. hose Artsies because it see m s

the thing for them to do. It 's the

t.hing for eve rybody .0 do.

So. f you use a lot of st.yro

foam cups, huy a WPIRG mug. And

don't. use your blue recycling box as

a laundry basket..

May 19, 1989

Editors

Carolyn French

GeoffVona

Writers

Not Dean lennox

Jay GibsonErik KerstenbeckSteve RobinsonEdmond ChowJoe AJeixoCynthia SmartJody levine

Joanne WadeSA JonesEric PJamondon

Wendy BoltJackie MorganSteve RobinsonEric langford

PodzieBruce RobinsonGunge

j

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CQPY ~ d i t i n gRuss ChangChris Shapiro

ArMste

Brian Sullivan

Pbotography

David Chen

Paul Martin

Advertising

Christine BurkeTeresa FungAndrew Maclean

lQyout MQDQgerTodd Ruthman

LaYQutRoy UnnyDan Curtin

Chris BaisleyChris ShapiroDebbie GibsonRuss ChangEdmond ChowKevin MoonTeresa FungYuri QuintanaMatt Powell



May 19, 1989 Iron Warrior

Prezby Jay Gibson

Greetings The weather has yetto make up its mind-but it definitely feels like sUlluner is upon usMuch has happened since we werelast on campus, and there is lots

in store this swnmer. First about

last term. B-Soc had a busy winter, running many successful events.

P.O. E .T.S saw a "Bohemian NewYear's" party and a "Surfing the

Bell Curve" Pub as well as several "Alternative Cinema Nights."

On t.he more serious side, they ran

an "Informational Seminar" for high

school guidance councilors from allacross southern Ontario. The alsoran a very productive "Engineering

Forum" which saw about 80 stu

dents, faculty and staff gather to dis

cuss topics ranging from "The Problems with Lans" to "8 month workterms" to "Engineering Ethics."

The 4th year Civil "Concrete Toboggan Team" came a close secondout of 34 teams out west at UBC.

The Eng Ball and the Bus Push werealso great successes. All in all, B-Socmanaged to stay busy without goingbankrupt (though rumours say they

tried hard')

I am sure that most of youhave noticed some changes from last

term. The CPH Foyer now has alarge whiteboard displaying impor

t.ant messages and announcements.

-Spews

MacBooth users now can print doc

ument.s without having to fight forthe Mac in the Orifice. We also havea big, brand new darkroom behind

EL211.

Of all the changes, probably the

C&D contains t.he most visible ones .These are largely due to the out-

standing efforts of Scott Rose, one

of our students who had lots of freetime on his work term in the Syste ms Lab, and Mary Trinunel he

C&D manager. We have two large

refrigerators. The triple Coke fridgewas given to us since we a ~ e the third

largest seller of canned Coke prod

ucts in the K -W area We also have

a new coffee maker (wi th water fil-ters ), new tables and a new, more

efficient traffic flow. I was prolld to

give Scott a President's Award forhis great work at th e first council

meeting. There will be further improvements this term.

Other places that will see some

improvements this sununer will beP.O.E.T.S. (new bar, new furniture) , the Orifice (paint job, new

au t.ofeed photocopier), and the MacBooth (new Macs, new stools ( )).If you have any suggestions as to

ot.her needed improvement.s-let. me

know

Dean Doesn't Say

not by Dean Lennox

The Dean couldn't get anything

ready for us (we told him about the

deadline on Tuesday), so this article

is not by the Dean.This term is going to be great.

The sun will shine and it will be-verywarm from now until August. Everyone will get great marks and have

lots of fun. All engineering students

will learn alot from their fantast.icprofessors and invite them all to dinner at the end of the year.

The graduating class will give usall lots of money and all labs willhe made wonderful. There will be

enough money left over for all engineering students to go to Florida

during the winter t.erm in 1990. You

will be given a two-week reading

break in March of 1990 wit.h no

condit.ions. No assignments will behanded out until after the hreak.

Everyone will get exactly the job

they want and will make lot s of

money t.his fall. All t he other engineering schools will take note of

this and concede that Waterloo isthe best school in the world. Many

fourth -year U of T students willshow up in this fall's frosh class. Female enrolment. will increase 6000%t o make the class of 1994 the firstto have an even split of males and

femal es.The Depart.ment. of Coordination

and Placement. will realize the error

of their ways and knock the co-opfee down t o $6.00. There will heno incirlpntal fpes. Thev will fl'( 1 sobad about overcharging st.1\dents for

so long that. they will refund all the

student's money. The engineering

student.s will use this money to buy

me a brand new Honda Prelude with

power windows and racing stripes.

In short, everything will be wonderful. Your wildest dreams willcome true this term. Have a good

one.

Though EngSoc will be busy with

the above project. , by no means willthe event cheanle slow down. Infad, thi will a. 'VERY 1 11 Y summer

in t ha t. area. Check out just some of

the big events for the ununer:

June 2-4:June 22:

July 1:July 9:

July 14:

July 15:

White Water RaftingRock the BoatCruise in Toronto

HarbourCanada DayRing Road CyclingRunning RaceBlue Jay / SkyDomeRoad tripOUtdoor P_O.E.T.SPatio pub

l l keeping with the busy mood,

the Iron Warrior is going to pub

lish four issues t.his SUlluner-not

an easy feat, so please come out

and help by writing or doing layout.or helping with advert.ising. (G eoffand Carolyn may look like .vicioustyrants, but t.hey are actually a lot

offun to work wit.h ) There is lots of

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opportunity for budding reporters,

writers, graphic artists, and photog

raphers . The Iron Warrior is the

most respected Engineering Newspaper in Canada-be a part of it.

eoff lnd Carolyn mil] looklike vicious tyrants, but ..

For the fourt.h year st.udents, 3and 2/3 yel\T are behind us, 11ternH down and nly 3 lef t It's timeto tart thinking graduation. As t.head elsewhere in this issue says, weneed to get t.he Graduat.ion Comntiltee going. If you plan on being

involved next winter, help gel. the

ball rolling this SUlluner. Each classhould start thinking about elect

ing a Grad. Conull. rep and start

taking lots of photos for your yearhoole Finally, don f forget about.Grad Photos next we ek . If y u don't

get yonr phot.os done now: yml will

n )1 be 011 the class composite and

may not make it int.o t.he Yearbook l

Sign lip in t he orifice now.Finally, there was a Fed. election

last term and the new Fed Executive are a good bunch of people.Dave Readman (an '89 Mech Eng

g r a d l 1 ~ . t p ) is tht' new P r t ~ i d p n t : Tim

Collins is the new VP Operations

Finance; and Fran W dowczyk isthe new VP Universit.y Affairs . For

those of you who have political int erests., th e Federat.ion Student. Council

is looking for two Engineering St.u(lent. Reps. In addition, t.he University Senate has one vacancy for an

Engineering Undergraduate.

Well, I think that. is enough 'Prez.

Spewing' for t h is issue. Please drop

by the Orifice or st.op me in thehan t o say "hello" and discuss anysuggestions or COIluuents you have

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Iron Warrior May 19, 1989

What •IS ESSCO?

by Jody Levine

This is a question I have asked

myself almost as often as peoplehave asked me. At the ESSCO gener al meeting on May 6, I found whoit. is, what it is, and what it isn't. Iam hoping that this article will provoke as many questions as it pro vides answers.

The Engineering Student Societies Council of Ontario (ESSeO)

is not a branch of the Imperial OilCompany, nor is it the provincialboat racing t.eam. It. is a bunch

of engineer ing students from acrossOntario who got together over somecoffee and donuts (and later a fewbeers) to discuss some means of im pr oving li fe.

It was founded la st. year in the

wake of the success of COFIQ,

a similar organization in Quebec.COFIQ developed out of the need

for cheap microcomputers (which itgot) , and has grown to become areal kick-ass student lobby group

with which eng ineers can make their

op inions hea rd. ESSeO is slowlybut surely headed in that direction.

After last year's setbacks involving some not so cOlTu tt ed people and

some unrealistic goa ls, this year's

conunittee is super keen to get goingon its new projects. ESSCO's 1989objectives are to find ways of im proving engineering education and

increasing engineering awareness.How good is our education? The

ESS(,O Education C O l n u ~ ~ i o n e rwill be sending a survey t.o student.s

and industry across the province

New APEO PresidentTakes, Over

George Piper, P.Eng ., assumed

the office of President of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ont.ario (APEO) at t.he Association'sannual meeting Apri l 21. He succeeds William H. Kerr and wi11 remain in office until April 1990,

As priorities for rus term, Mr.

cation and training of engineers in

Canada .The APEO also has a new Exec

utive Director in Peter G.S, Large,P.Eng. Mr. Large replaces Alan C.

:agne , P . ng who has retired after serving as Executive Dir ectoryfor 12 years.

in order to determine what. people really think. Are our labs an

tiquidated and our courses obtuse?

Do our employers complain that wecan't speak English and that we

don't know how to turn a screwdriver? The results of the surveywill be taken to the universities' administration, the government and

the accreditation hoard. We can

have a voice in what, we learn.

Point numb er two: How many

frosh had no clue as to what engineering is about until they got

here? How many still don't, know?Who is going to list en to us i hedoesn't know who we are? All of

these questions point to the need

to tell the general public about engineering. The ESSeO awareness

group will be sending promotional

Recycling

BulletinAs you mayor may not. know,

Engineering Society is collecting tin

cans for recycling. The cans are taking up too much space, which is basically all air.

How about designing a cancrusher? The crusher must be compact in size and appealing to the eye.It. should accept one can at a timeand automatically put it in the appropriate compart ment (A or B) . Itshould also crush the cans automat

ically, Compartment A should contain only Pepsi- Cola products (the

cans are 100% aluminum). Com·

partment B should contain onlyCoca-Cola products (the cans havesteel in them) except for Diet 7-up,

flyers to Ontario hich schools in order to describe engineering from the

students' point of view. ESSCO

will also sponsor prizes for the best.engineering- related entries in local

science fairs. T.he idea is t.o showthe people what that iron ring really

Ineans.

Regardless of whether it is evident

in that last lab writeup, we like the

. things that we do. Why not. make

t.he bes t of it? To find out. more

about ESSCO as well as what this

and other engineering societies are

up to, drop by th e Orifice, I t could

be worth your while.

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Piper will support the drafting of

a national definition of practice of

professional engineering, to helpclarify the Canadian professional engineer's scope of responsibility, and

will support reRcarch into the edu-

Mr. Large believes t.he Association must continue to play a major

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Professional engineers receive amedian annual salary of $55,000,an increase of 3.8 percent over t.heprevious year, according to statis

tics collected in a recent surveyconducted by the Association of

Professional Engineers of Ontario

(APEO).

The modest increase in median

salary was not unexpected since engineers salaries tend to track increases in the ( 'PI annual adjust

ments, says Stephen Jack, APEO

Conullunicat ions Director.

Jack cautions that the salary figures reflect base salary only and

do not include bonuses, profit sharing or fringe benefits. Performance

based pay is becoming more prevalent for engineers. In order to geta true picture of an engineer's total pay package, it 's necessary to

combine base salary with merit pay

awards. This kind of income is usually received as a lump sum bonusor profit sharing payment and must

be re-earned each year.The APEO survey, conducted De

cember 1988, indicates 16.5% of the

urvey

engineers received an average bonusof $11,177 while 1.5.4% received an

average profit. sharing payment of

$12,492.Th e 1988 survey shows that. pro

fessional engineers who have COlll

pleted a masters of business administration degree earned a median salary of $61,000. Those whoha.ve wmpletecl a doctorate earned$65, 740, One- third of all professional engineers hold other university degrees in addition to an engineering degree,

APEO has conducted the annual

member salary survey for 36 year.The Associat.ion, which is a regulatory body empowered under the

Professional Engineers Act of Ontario to license professional engineers, has been in existence since1922, Only licensed engineers are

permitted to use the designation,

P.Eng., which stands for professional engineer.

The APEO survey was sent to

47,430 licensed members. Valid responses were received from 35% of

APEO members. Women engineersma.de up 2.7% of the respondents.

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WPIRG: You Can Help

which include acid rain, waste man

agement, water supply /pollut.ion,native rights, forestry, South Africa,and much more. Books and pe

riodicals can be borrowed for twoweeks-vert.ical files can he used in

our office or photocopied.

WPIRG provides students wit.hthe opportunity to do researcll

WPIRG workgroups allow stu

dents the opportunity to work with

other students in selecting and or

ganizing educational event for the

canlpus. In the pa.st, workgroup

members have organized an environmentru cla sics film series, a forum on free trade, a play about

apartheid, and speakers on a va.riety of issues. The workgroup meet

ings occur regularly throughout. theterm.

The financial and organizational

direction of WPIRG is provided by

a seven- member, student. board of

directors who are elected early in

t.he fall term. The progralTlIlling and

salary expenses of WPIRG are pro

vided by a $3.00 student. fee c01-

lect.ed each term. This fee is refund

able during the first two weeks of

each t.erm.For more informat.ion on how to

get. involved, or on a spec ific issne, v i ~ i t . OHT office. Wp Plrp locatr>rj

in room 123 of Ihe <'::"neral Services Comp lex , which is besidp the

Davi Compnter Research ('entre.

Our hours are Monday t.o Thursday,

10:00-4:30, and Friday 10:00-2 : 00.

Are you worried about the deteri

oration of the ozone layer, the silentdestruction of our lakes and forestsby acid rain, your rights as a tenant, or the lack of a campus widerecycling program? Have you often thought about doing something

about these problems but couldn't

find a way to get involved?

which will benefit both the C01 n 1- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _nity and the student. UW st.ndents

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and Disposable Products. WPIRG

staff and volunt.eers also provide

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For more t.han 15 years t.he 'Water-1 Public Interest Research Group

(WPIRG) l].as provided an outlet for

concerned UW students to actively

work on a variety of envirorunent.al and social issues. T hrough ablend of research , education, and action, st udent.s can increase their unders tanding of the relationships between social and environmental issues while working for change.

cial issues.

WPIRG offers UW students valuable information. Unlike the university libraries, WPIRG has concentrated mainly on providing socialand env ironmental resources to the

University conullunity. We have an

ex tensive collection of books, files,and periodicals on a variety of topics

WPIRG's resource centre and reception desk are maintained by .st.udent volunteers. Time cOllullitmentsare flexible, ranging from one to several hours per week. Drop by our

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by Joanna WadeStudent Awards Office

The following awards are availahle

to engineering students who eat alltheir wheaties.

The Arthur Anderson Manage

ment Consulting Scholarship ismade up of two annual awards vaJ

ued at $400 each. They are given

t.o st.udents enter ing their 3A t.erm

in either the Faculty of Engineering or a Co-operative Mathematics

program. Selection of recipients willbe based on academic achievement,

~ c t . i v e participation/ leadership in

x t r a c u r r i c u l a r activities, ability to

'onmlUnicate and career ob jectives

of implementing change through the

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and/or Manufacturing Process Imorovement. R elevant work-term ex-

The Bell Canada Sc1JOlarsIJip

perience will also be considered. Applications should be submitt.ed to

the Stud nt. Awards Offic(> <lIlTing

the 2B term. Applicat.ion d 'adlitH'is June 30, 1989.

The Bell Canada cholarship cover ; tuition for the final undcrgrnd

uate year plus an offer of SUJ11ll1 remployment. with BelJ Canacia, a1

though acceptance of employment isnot a condition of t.he Award. Th

awards are availab le to third Y('l\f

Engineering student who rank in

t.he t.op half of their class, hav an

int.erest in t e l e c O m l l n 1 J 1 i c a t i o l l ~ or rl?lat.ed fields and have been invol veein on-campus or communit.y adiv

it.ies. Application deadline is J u n ~30, 1989.

The Canada PackeTs Inc. R('-search Division Award is vRluec1 at

$800. It. is available to an under

graduate in Chemical Engineering

who has a high academic standing

during the first and second year and

is continuing in t hat program. Posi

tive evidence of leadership and contr ibution to university and/or com

munity life are also given strong consideration . Application deadline isJune 30, 1989.

To ettgineerlng students

who eat all their wh

The J.P Bickell Bursaries make

available a sum of money to Chem

ical Engineering st.udent.s of good

acadetnic standing who need finan cial assistance . The application

deadline is May 21, 1989.The B .P. Canada Bursaries are

two bursaries of $500 offered an

nually to two st.udents enrolled in

Earth Sciences , Engineering, Com- -m er ee or E conomi cs at. th e University of Waterloo. The application

deadline is May 31, 1989.The SUllcor Bursaries are offered

ruillually to student.s in Chemical or

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STY ilm Seriesby SA jones

The Day the Universe Changed,

a film series from the fertile mind

and lively wit of British scholar

writ.er James Burke, will be scr eenedweekly at UW this spring, starting

11 May and running till 13 July.The screenings will take place each

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to 12:30 p.m.

other and contending that we're living today i n constant tension between new knowledge and inherently

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Scientific Imagination in the RenaissancePrinting Transforms Knowledge

- Thursday May 25- Thursday June 1

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- Thursday June 15

- Thursday June 22

- Thursday June 29New Physics: Newton Revisist.cdChanging Knowledge, Changing Reality

- Thursday July 6- Thursday July 13

The Organizer is Dr. Carl

Thompson of UW's department of

Civil Engineering. Co-sponsors ar ethe Centre for Society, Technologyand Values (CSTV), the Architecture Student.s AssoCiation, and Engineering Society A.

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will trace the development of Western thought through major trans

formations over the centuries, taking us to the rooms and ruins wherehistory has veered in new directions. Host James Burke willtry to show how we have become

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The one constant in knowledge ischange, says a promotional blurb

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by numerous and varied film locations. Like Connections, the newseries was shot in many locations

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Class Reps For All Seasonsby Debbie Gibson

Every term, classes go through

the motions of electing/ appointing/strong-arming people to be class

reps . However, the specific dutiesof class reps are i l l defined and are

usually passed from generation to

generation by word of mouth. Iam writing this article to give everclass an idea of what their class reps

SHOULD be doing. Class with agoau set of class reps always seem to

be t.he most spirited as a group and

always do well an event.s (especially

P**,I)'). For classes above 3A, it maybe difficult. to change your ways, but

you can try. For the younger classeshow ever , there is still time

Every Class should have . a fullcompliment of class reps. What you

ask, is a full compliment? Well, it issuggested that every class hav e the

following positions:

2 Eng Soc Reps

2 Academic Reps

1 Athletic Rep

1 Photo Rep

1 Treasurer

I know, I kn ow-most of you are

saying "Seven people 11 We haveeno ugh trouble just getting two Eng

Soc Reps " First. let. me explain

what. t.he duties of each position are,

t hen I l l suggest how you may want

t.o structure it. in your class.

Eng Soc R e p ~Yom Eng Soc reps uP the li nk be

tween your class and the Eng Socconncil. The specific dut.ies are asfollows:

• Attends all Eng Soc meetings

• Give the Council feedback as to

how happy or pissed off your

class is about Eng Soc events

and services

P**5by Wendy Bolf

and Jackie MorganWelcome back.

We 're your new P**5 direct.ors:Jackie and Wendy. P**5 (Paul

ancl Patricia Plununer Participation

Point.s) are present ly being t.abulated. We 've decidecl t.o put a lot. of

emphasis on participating in event.srat.her t.han winning. Another major difference t.hat you'll notice this

term is the value of P**5 allot

tecl to the events. We 're thinking

BIG The categories-major, minor,

special, sports, and miscellaneoushave been carefully broken down sothat each class can closely monitor

their standings. To be P**5 champs

has always been an honourable andprestigious title, not to mention the

pot.ential for upgrading resumes, impressing girls, missing classes, and

winning beeeeer

Here's what we've got so far:Major: These include event.s

such as Boat Racing, Poets Chal

lenge, Chariot. Race, etc. Events requiring team participat.ion, t alent (?)

and some semblance of organization.

Minor: These are spur of the moment events, mostly concent.ratedduring engineering week and weekend. They include individual as well

• Pick up and post. announce

ments put in the class boxes in

the Orifice

• Announces event dates and im

portant. Eng Soc issues

• Encouraging class to come outto events

• Make a class list at. the hegin

ning of the term and distribut.eto the class, with a copy sent to

the Eng Soc office.

• Organize class T-Shirt.s, Logos,etc (See Eng Soc Novelty director for help)

• Enjoy Milk & Cookies (if youdon't. know what these are,

come t.o a council mee ting )

AcademicYour Academic reps take care

of business between your class and

your professors and department.

Specifically, t.hey should do the foll o w i ~ g :

• Attempt to re-arrange your

schedule (i.e., move that 3:30Friday lecture )

• Arrange your midterm and finalexam elat.es and times

• A c l l 1 l j n i ~ t e r the lJ nwant Ad

forms and Course critiques

• Petition pr fe or to chan elab/assignment scheduling

• Submit copies of midterms and

finals t.o Eng Soc office

• Att.end Faculty fe dback sessions

• Enjoy Faculty sponsored dinners, wine and cheeses, etc.

Athletic Rep

Athletic rep duties include the following:

• Sign up class teams for Corec sports and Eng Soc tournaments

• Attend captains meetings

• Maint.ain the Class Athlet.icPoint Book (If you don't have

one, you should Talk to the

Athletic director i f you don't.rThe Eng Soc gives out Athlet.icLetters eac h term and every

sporting event you enter earns

your p o j n ~ s

Photo RepMany classes forget about Photo

reps until 4t.h year when you start.to do a Yearbook. Then you realize that. you have no photos of allthose m emorable class events. Eng

Soc has a filing cabinet in the Ori fice where classes can st.ore negatives

and photos. We also supply freeB&W film for class photographers.

f you can develop your own film,you can sign out a key to our darkroom. f you have no darkroom expf"rienc:e, O\1T photo director CRn in-struct. you. Specifically the photo

directors do t.he following:

, a e 1· at v r po ihl

time (e.g., Eng Week, class par

t.ies , last. exam, etc)

• Maintain the class archive ofphotos

• Submit.s cool pho1os 10 Iron

Warrior, Eng Soc Photo Con

t.est.s, Toront.o Sun, I-Ie ,

Gets Rollingas team events requiring litt.le prepa

ration. Example$: smarty t.ast etesting, sub eating, eJectric jello ..Special: Mega P**5. Scunts and

St.unts. These require particapa

t.ion, preparation and imaginat.ion .Stunt.s will be judged on originalit.y,so be creat.ive but rememb T .. don 't

do anything that cmi't he undone.

Sports: Sports.

Miscellaneous: All the rest. For

example, blood donat.ing, recycling,handing in exams for Orifice file s ...f you have anything to add to this ,

drop off a note in our mailbox (Ori

fice). We are open to aU ideas. Run

ning events are of course the major

source of P**5. Your Eng Soc com

Iluttee can only do so much to fillyour social calender. You've got to

take care of the details.Got an idea? Go with it. Remem

ber, we're rocks, we cannot be per

suaded, coaxed, bribed or coerced in

any way. Did we say ny way?? .Jackie and Wendy

P.S .: Dear Geo. and Camp Eng,

You haven't, been forgotten. In light

of your small class size and high per

cent of keeners we have allotted afudge factor.

This is the new and improved

PLUMMER equation:

Let. n = of e a m ~ parl.iripal ing

:1' = inal standing (x ic; positive,real)Pi c event: vMiabk (dep n d ~ on

categorips d scri heJ abuve)o :: . Pie _. 00

o :: organizal.ionaJ facl.ur (01.5 )

Part.icipating team :# P** ) (n3 I 1)* Pi,. (I)Organizers:

# P**5 - 1l",Pie*0 (2)

Clearly, form"la 2 shows increasp(lpoints for organizing as well as incentive for organizers t.o encourage

maximum pMticipat ion .

Fudge

Factor(F)

/Y= n (x)

l . O I - - - ~

Class size (CS)

TreasurerThe treasurer must not be some

one with large Visa debts The trea

surer takes care of the following:

• Collecting a class fufid ($5 or$10 usually)

• Doling out. money for Scunt Entry Fee, Boat Racing, Parties

• Check if your department gives .money for "class social events"

(EE dept. gives $50 / term )

So, t.hat is what all the class reps

should do . I know that this may be

news t.o many of you. f you wonder

why sOllie classes seem to be so orga

nized and always do so well in P**5,

it is probably because they had agood set. of class reps.

Now for the problem of how t.oget. your class properly "equipped"

with class reps . NO, you do not

need seven different people for the

jobs. Often, classes will hav e two

Class Reps that do both Eng Socand Academic Rep duties. The at.h letic rep and treasurer jobs are fairlyeasy and usually the same person

will do it. t.erm after teTln. As forphoto rep- you rpRlly shOlllrl find011(,11 As r f \ i r ahove, VOll will appreciate having one when it comes

t.o your graduate yearbookFinally, as a word of encourage

ment. , mos t class reps who hecome

involved wit.h Enp; Soc enjoy i.t so

much that they continue on to become Directors or to run for a position on ' the Exec. f you have

any more questions about class reps,

please talk to me or one of th(' eli

re (' t.urs . I f your ~ ' 1 dews t hi1\lI.<; to

tnHy diffcrent from how 1 c\cserilH'dit (nnel lik t' it, t.hat way), fill mc in.Happy clns I fl'ppillg '

Grad Photo

Bulletin

by Steve Robinson

Th class of 1990 <:rn.d Phot.odates arl' Mfly 2:3,24,25,20 and 29.Pleas(' sign lip as oon ns possibJ(> foryom appointment. Sign up is in Lfl<EngillPcring S()('icly oOice.

Thes( ' are the plwtoR of you that

will be nspd for t.he y(·arbook and

class composite for t.he clMs of 1990.See fh e d j s ~ ) J ~ y case by P.O.E.T.S.

for more iuformat iOIl. The sit.tingfee is $J 5.00. For this fee you receiveall your proofs, thp class composite

C\.nd yearhook phot.o.



Iron Warrior

CASI Now At aterloo

by Bruce Robinson

Last January, The University of

Waterloo became one of Canada's

first english speaking universities to

get a St.udent Branch of t.he Cana

dian Aeronautics and Space Insti t.ute (CASI).

CAST is a professional organiza

t.ion dedicated to t.he advancement.of aerospace / space t.echnologies and

t.hei r relat.ed app lications. CASI

memhership includes engineers sc i-·ent. ists, doctors, lawyers, geographers, computer scientist.s, teachers,

astronauts, as we ll as specialists in avariety of ot.her fields. While CA SI

is as much an industry associationas anyt.hing else, its emphasis ismore on the t.echnical develo})mentof the industry t.hen on it.s financial development . CASJ regularly

publishes two t.echnical journals and

frequently hos t. s sem.inars and conferences in cit.ies all across Ca nada.

Student regist.rat.ion for these conferences is generally onl y $15. CAS Imembers are involved in all kind sof research including such topics asm.icro gravi .y studies space ph ysiology, aeronaut.ics , remot.e sensing ,

art.ificial int.elligence, and materials, dards. However, with your support,

to name btl t a few. we can meet this challenge.The Waterloo branch's mandate This term, we have a great pro-

is to improve the awareness of the gram lined up. This includes several

Canadian Aerospace Industry and informative and int.eresting gnest

to promote aerospace research <l:t speakers as well as some fant ast.icWaterloo. There is presently no video events. Watch for our posters

coordination for people at Wat er- around campns for more in forma-

lao who are doing research in the tion on upcoming events. In addi-

aerospace and related technology ar- tion, watch for the biweekly CASI

pas. Many people are not even aware newsletter that ~ l l annOltnCe im-that th eir research is of value to the p o rt ant. accomp Jshlllents and up-Aerospace industry. CASIUW was comin g event s in t.he aerospace in-stnrted to change t.his situation. dustry. T he newsl \.t er wiP also

The University of Water- bring people up (.0 elate with events

100 branch of CASI was highly suc- right here in Wat.erloo, such as t.hecessful last 'te rm with their January next CAS J event. ,12 kick-off event featuring Canadian You might be wondering what

astronaut Bja.rni Tryggvason, who kind of support. CAST has. Well,discussed several m.icrogl'avit.y ex- t.he Wat.erloo branch has nine corpo-per iment.s. This event was followed rate sponsors as well as t.he support

of several faculties and depart ment sat Wat.prioo. Om 1 l l ~ jor sponsor is

COM DEV in Cambrid ge. They are

very helpfu l in bot.h organ izational

and finan ri al terms. The ot.her spon

sors are SPAR Aerospace, Canadair,

Dowty Aerospace, Te1esa:t Canada,

Air Canada, Prat t and Witney, the

Impact Group, and Canadian Astronautics Limited .

UW laid foundationfor future

aerospace research

l)y five o t.hers, including speeches byseveral Wat.erloo professors and the

showing of space relat.ed videos. The

UW branch also made many cont.acts within t.he ap.rospace industry

and laid th e foundati on for future research at. Wat.er loo. Last. term wasso successful t.hat it will be quite difficult. to meet the same high stan-

Membership in CASIUW is only$15 and this provides some real hen- .efit.s. First , you be come a junior

member in CASI and as such are

May 19, 1989

entitled to attend CASI conferencesand semina rs . You also receive asubscriptio n to t.he CASI Journal,

which is very interesting and usefulreading. In addit.ion, t.he Canadian

Space. Agency and COM DEV havesome very good undergraduate rese arch projects and would lik e Waterloo students to do them. These

projects are in a variet.y of fields and

make great. fourt.h year project.s towards degree requirements. Members will be able t.o advertise their

membership on there resum es whichcould prove quit.e helpful during

that traditional Wat.erloo Co-op job

hunt..We are .always look ing for people

t.o help and the re are plenty of things

t.o be done. f you would lik e t.o help,or would just like t.o join, leave amessage for us at. th e Engsoc officein CPR. f you are not sure if youwant to join CAS I, just come out to

any of our events and see what yout.hink. f you lik e what you see, wewill b e happy to sign you up . Unt.ilthen, have a grea t. term and we hopet.o see you soon.

RADARSAT: Canada's Eye In the Sky

by Erik Kerstenbeck

If th government does not talcefright at the high cos ts involvC d ,Cannda could SOOll he fl ying I heworld's most ad vnnce'cl remol ('sensing sa l ellit.e in t.il (' en rl y I D90s

HADARSAT will ca rry a s.yn

t het ic ap e rt.ure radar (SAR) to sen

('rate oblique-v iew images of the

Eart It '5 surface be l pa h il . Unlikeopt.ical sensors , such as thosl' carried

by Landsat or SPOT , HA DAUSAT

can pierce through clouds and flinction in darkness.

Synt.het.ic ap erture radar t.akes t.hedata from each scan and elec tron ically synthesizes t.he efrect whichwould be obtained if the antenna

ext.ended physically over the entire

distance travelled during the scan.Conventional radar image resolution

depends on the size of the aperture

(or antenna size). SAR processing

allows an antenna only a few IH<:.

t.ers in lengt.h to yield a resolution

equivalent t.o a conventional antenna

many t.imes as large.RADARSAT's SAR will be ahle

to resolve features on the Eart.h's

surface to 28m. Wit.h t.he exception of France's visible image sensor SPOT, this performance meets

or exceeds the capabilities of most.opt.ical sensors.

The primary use for SAR imageswill hp to monitor ice f o r m a l i o n ~ offCallada's coasts. Along with simply

reporting the presence of ice, it willbe ahle to discriminat. e bet. ween thin

first-year ice and thicker multi-year

ice. This would allow ships to choose

t.he path of least resist.ance to ram

their way through . Off shore drilling

plat.forms will receive information

on iceberg movement - an obvious

matt.er of concern . With SAR's

reso lnl ion , inrliviclual ships can ber cord ed, which will be valu able in

locnt ing dist f('ssed vessels or those

npp.rating illegally within Canada's

8xcl usive Economic Zone - a boon

t.o Ihe defense inrlu<;try.A sca \.l;erolll Ier on hoa rd will

prov id l' in format ion on wave act.iY-

ity , allowing windspf'ed and direction t.o he calculated to 10( 0 (speed)and 20 degrees (direction). The

sca t.t. eromet. er works by recording

th e manner in which t he radar signal

is scattered on reflection from t.hesea surface.

With SAR s resolution,individual s ips can b,,.,cord,d M boo to tM

4e/,,, ind.str,.

RADARSAT will also carry a payload of t.wo visible sensors and various infrared sensors. One of t.heseis a high resolut.ion (30111) elect.roopt.ic mu1t.ilinear · array (MOMS)

which will provide imagery similar

to that produced by Landsat, but

over a 417 km swat.h.The other sensor is a radiomet.er

which will "see" yellow /orfl.nge, red,

and into the infrared spect.rllm. The

resolut.ion of t.he radiomet.er much

coarser but will cover a much larger

swath (3000 kill) for each pass.MOMS will provide information

on vegetat.ion such as forests, crops,

and natural ground cover, whereas

the radiomet.er images yield dat.a on

sea-surface and dourl temperat 11rp s.

. Bping optic:. spnS0rs. t i l rnn 01llv

operat.e during dayli lS ht. allr\ I hincloud cover.

The cost of Ihe equipment (sat.elli te, la unch vehicle, Earth stations,

etc.) has been est.imfl.ted 10 be closet.o $8001'1 (FY86). It. is confidently

exp ec ted to earn $150M/ FY in imagery sales and benefits.

For "only" another $J40M , th esa telli te's lifet.ime can be douhled t.o

10 years by making it serviceableby NASA's Shuttle Orbiter . However, this depends on NASA having an Orbit.al Manoeuvering Syst em (space t.ng) by that. time , t.o

fet.ch RADARSAT from it.s 1000 km

orhit. to the low Eart.h orhit. of t.heShut.tle.

The Conservat.ive government.,anxious about. costs, called fora review of t.he program halfway

through the definit.ion and preliminary design phase of t.he pro ed..

Promoters of t.he project, wit.h an

ace up t.heir lab coat.s, have estimat.ed t.hat. the long term value to

Canada's advanced industries to he

close to $550M only five years after the proposed 1991 deployment.

Th.is, along with image dat.a sales,could well put t.he program into t.heprofit. COIUIlUl.

Canadian companies picked bySPAR Aerospace Ltd. (the prime

contractor) t.o be members of t.heRADARSAT team are Canadian

Ast.ronaut.ics, Canadian Marconi,

ComDev, DSMA-Act.on, Fleet 'In

dust.ries, SED Systems, and, of

course, Telesat. Canada, which. willbe named as the operanng agency.

The actual sat.ellit.e plat.form, or

bus, will most likely be an adap-

tation of t.he British Aerospace's

Olympus exp erimental conunUllI cahons satellite, which is due forlaunch in ea rly SU i l lnCr of 1989 .

The launch vehicle chosen will likely)e provided by France.s Arianespace

for launch at. its KOllr U spaceport

in French Glliana. I f BAe (Brit.ishAerospace) dr ops ont, alternn.t.ive

p l a t f o r m ~ such as Fa ir child's Leasecraft or RCA Astro's On1ll.iSt.ar may

he used. The choice of launch vehicle, however , seems to he fixedwit.h r i a n e ~ p a c e sin ('e SPAR has

eIlll)loyed their services throughout

most of the ANIK series communi

cat. ion sat.ellit.es .With t.he poo r reco rd of the Mul

roney government. nn past. space issues, it seems t.hat t.he RADAR.SATt.eam at. SPAR's Integration and

Test facilit.ies at. the David Florida

Laboratories in Ot.tawa will be safein hooking vacat.ions all t.hroughout1991 when deployment is due . They

might also consider a more penna

nent vacat.ion down sout.h or back

t.o Europe (from which most. of t.hemoriginate) where a more stable environment often exist.s.




SPACENEWS Vol. 1, No.3.

EDITOR S COLUMN

Welcome to the third issue ofSPACENEWS, a bimonthly report on

space new s and technology for Canadianengineering students.

The purpose of the newsletter is to

provide a forum for students across Canada to share information on space relatedactivities. In this issue, there is an overview of the U of T SEDS group. There is

also a report on U of W s newly formed

CASI student branch.

I encourage sLudents, professors and

researchers to submit articles to share withothers. Below are some further low costreferences on space.

Enjoy

Yuri Quintana.Systems Design Eng. MaSc'89 (Waterloo)

Mars Anyone

Mission t Mars is an article by

Micheal Collins (former astronaut) on aflight scenario for Mars. It appeared in

National Geographic magazine in Nov.1988 . TIME magazine also has a scenariofor Mars in LtieJuly 18, 1988 issue.

TV Ontario on Space

TV Ontario is offering a comprehensive TV course on space. Programs clarifyhow we get into space and work there,

how we profit or lose, and what the spaceexperience means to us. The 400 pagecourse handbook The Space xperience

can be purchased for $20 by calling1-800-387-1952 ext.24 (in Toronto call231-4249 eXl.24).

In the Next Issue ...

An article on the Canadian Astronaut Pro-

gram

SI ACENEWS is a bimonthly C;madianIlUhlication on spac e news and terl1l1olol )'.Although every errort is nHlde to ('nsureaccuracy, SI ACENEWS is not responsihle forany inaccuracies or omissions. All materialreceived becomes property . of SI ACENEWS

lind the editor reserves the ri2ht to edit lindprint it. Opinions expressed in IIrticles are

those of the authors.Copyright 191UI hy Vuri Quintana.

All correspondence should he mailed toSI ACENEWS, 455 ncgency Crc.c;cent,Waterloo, Ontar io, Cana da, N2T t 1'2.Editor-in-Chief: Vuri QuintanaFaculty Editors: Ur. G.L. Greig (University orWaterloo), Ann Gawman (\11M Canada Ltd).

World NewsU.S.A.

NASA plans to have 7 shuttle missions in 1989 . Among them:

April - Magellan : A probe to

Venus that will map the planetsurface in detail.

October - Galilco : A spacecraftto Jupiter to study the planet'smoons and drop a probe into theatmosphere.

December - Hubble Space Telescope : One of the largest telescopes in the world will be put in

orbit to study the stars.

U.S.S.R.

The U.S.S.R. has lost contact with

Phobos I a spacecraft bound for Mars.An accidental command shut off the guidance sensor. As a result, the craft was

unable to orient the solar panels and the

craft lost power to operate. Phobos 2, a

second Soviet probe, has just reachedMars and will photogfaph the surface.

U. ofT. SEDSIn 1980, an ambitious MIT micro

biology student, Peter Diamandis wasfrustrated by the degeneration of the U.S.space program. After gaining support of

some of his peers on the MIT andPrinceton campuses, the Students for the

Exploration and Development of Space(SEDS) was born.

When an appeal was made in 1981

to students in a letter to the editor ofOMNI magazine, the SEDS office wasinundated with letters of support from

across the nation. One of the respondentswas a Canadian, Bob Richards, who suggested thaL the SEDS concept be expanded to encompass other countries. Theestablishment of SEDS Canada made it

the first international chapter of SEDS.

Dr. David C. Webb, World Chairman of the Unispace 82 (UN Confer

ence on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space)invited SEDS to make a presentation atthe upeoming conference in Vienna,Austria. The paper entitled "International Student Cooperation in Space" wasreceived with support from many people,including Arthur C. Clark.

The formative years of SEDS saw

the creation of a renowned AdvisoryBoard, an Alumni Board, a Space Scholarship Program, the Arthur C. ClarkAward for Space Education, affiliationswith other major space soci.eLies, conferences, symposiums, and the ongoingactivities of SEDS chapters.

In 1987, SEDS continues to growan evolve. Operating with a core of

about 35 Chapters in the United Stalesand Canada. SEDS constitutes a focusfor thousands of young people. futureleaders, who are determined to play asignificant role in pioneering the spacefronLier. '

A branch of SEDS is located at the

University of Toronto. They hold regular

meetings and have a newsletter. The alsoorganize lectures and trips to space con-

ferences.Reprinted with Permission From

SEDS Canada, Vol. I, No.1.

For more Information, c ~ t a c t U of T SEDS,

P.O. Box 159 Station A, Toronto, Ontario, M5W

IB2.

RADARSAT - Canada s View of the World

A Satellite for All Seasons

Canada is leading the developmentof RADARSAT, a sophi ticated satellitescheduled for launch in 1994.

RADARS AT will the most advancedsatellite of its kind. Its outstanding fea-

ture is a Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR), a powerful microwave instrument that can transmit and receive sig

nals that sec through clouds and darkness. RADARSA T is a Canadian-Jed

project involving the United States, several provinces and the private sector.

From almost 800 kilometers abovethe earth, the satellite will circle the

globe from pole to pole, scanning the

entire surface in 500 kilometer-wideswaths and producing high resolutionimages of the earth's lands and oceans.The satellite will cover most of Canadaevery 72 hours, and the Arctic every 24

hours. Canada will have secure access to

it Processed and interpreted infonnationwill be available only a few hours after

RADARSA T passes over an area.

Canadian

Astronaut

Visits U .of W.

Canadian asuonaut B amiTryggvason was at Lhe University of

Waterloo on Jan 12, 1989, to address the

newly fonned U of W CASI (CanadianAeronautics and Space Institute) student

Canada s North

RADARSA T will be able to d teet

strengths and weakenesses in ice. It will

be invaluable in plotting the easiest courses for ships and icebreakers. The movement of ships and their tracks through

he ice can also be monilored by

RADARS AT. Daily surveillance of the

Arctic waters and islands will enhanceCanada's claim to Arctic sovereignty .

The Oceans

RADARSAT will be able O measure ocean winds and waves. This will

improve sea weather forcasts. The addedcapability to detect oil spills on all three

of our oceans will be particularly useful

as Canada moves toward exploitingenergy resources in the North.

Resource Management

This steteoscopic SAR imagerywill point out geological differences and

help identify potential mining sites.

branch. The purpose of he branch is to

establish a "space" presence on campus,

a presence which U of W has been lacking.

In his speech, Tryggvason encour

aged scientists and engineers to lake agreater responsibility in educating the

public and politicians as to Lhe importance of science and engineering. He

noled that most politicians are not technicians and this may be the reason why

RADARSAT will be able 1 make

r 'gular Observuliofls of lime dependentphcnollll'na such as rop growth. It will

also be able to monitor soil moisture and

plant conditions.

The Payoff

The economic bene[iLS will also be

subSllli1tial. The development and opera-

tion of this system is expected to generate 10,000 per. on yenrs of employment

in Canada and provide more lhan $) bil-lion in benefits to the Canadian privateand public sectors. Thus, Canadianindustry should be a leader in the world

market for radar data and services intothe 21 5t century - a market that is expected to account for 30 percent of worldwide space business by the year 2000.

Reprinted witb permission from the Canadian

Space Program.

I •

the country lack's a science policy.

The CASI branch is sponsored by agrant from COMDEV, a world leader in

the satellite communication systems. TheCASI student branch plans to hold aseries of lectures and activities at UW.

For more Inrormatlon OD the UW CASr branch,

write to CASI, do Englnerlng SocIety omce,CPH·1327, University f Waterloo, Water·

loo,Ontarlo.



Page 1 ron Warrior May 19, 1989

Gentleman, Start Your ENGinesby Erik Kerstenbeck

The 1989 Formula SAE competition, hosted by the South Texas

Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, will pit the designexpertise of 45 teams of Engineeringst.udents from across North America in a three day, head-t.o-headcompetition in San Antonio, Texas.This grueling three day event willbe held during May's traditional

TWO-FOUR weekend.

Th comp('tit.ion is similar to

other competitions such as t he

SAE MINI-BAJA off-road vehicle,SUPER FUELATHON, ;M SUNRAYCE USA, etc., all of which haveseen (or will see) exceptional entriesfrom the University of Waterloo.

The concept of this event is for

the student team to produce a vialllprotot.ype for evaluation as a r alproduct.ion vehicle. The int nded

market is the non -professional closetautocross racer. The vehicle lllustconform to ridged specs in t nm ofacceleration, braking, and handling(not t om nt ion cost, safet.y, maint ainahili t y and others). The designt.eam must. nlso considpr ergonom.icfnctors, ne:c;thet.irs , comfort nd havet his machine on t he llIarket, for lesst.han $[IS6000 (based on a production run of 1000 units) .

The FORMULA SAE entry fromWaterloo is not an r b s v i l l ~ trackterror This growling beast isa sophisticated integration of rawpnwer, Clprodynr\1nics, advanced SIIS

pension , and innovative el ctronic

fuel inject.ion sytems which propelthis light-weight machine at speedsexceeding t.hat. of any productioll ve-

hicle. With specs Ijke 0- 60mph in

I four seconds, this is not a car to giveGranny to replace her VW u -

she'd end up swallowing her dentures off the first light .

. ; When asked about this face-I peeling accelerat.ion, Elgin De

war (Fuel Injection/Hardware Development) nonchalantly remarked,

, "Yeah, it's pretty scary when the

,,- throt.tle sticks ' in the lot.," as he. tweaked yet more efficiency out of

his custom fuel injection system.

The car is powered by a 600 cc

Honda Hurricane 4 cylinder multivalve engine. But, with a Kevlar

venturi (limited by a 20 nun restrictor to protect the driver from breakneck speeds), this engine bears little

resemblance to the stock powerplant

of the street/ Honda CBR600 Hurri

cane.Beam.ing, Jouko Haapanen (En

gine, Steering/Driver Cont.rols) expounded on the virtues of the venturi/fuel injection system. With

only air going through the vent.mi , we have eliminated cath icingproblems which plague any non-fuelinjected design," The 1988 winning car (rom :ornell did not evenattempt fuel injection which is inherently IHore drivable, easier to

j,une and can squeeze out a (not-somodest) 80 HP from t he 600 cc engine. Cornell inst.ead resorted to

heating the venturi t o prevent ic

ing (a design kluge?), Waterloo's

entry makes a veritable mockery of

this bandage style of design through

sheer elf>gance.As anyone who at.tenrh'rl the f:ala

unveiling at FED HALL and s\lbsequent. dynamic testing in the

parking lot will attest, this machine

is LOUD (105 elBA max .). The

muffler was designed by Gary Wolfof Wolf Racing Products of Cambridge. This silencieux is designedto provide a fiat powerband to take

into account the variety of race conditions. Although a trifle of peak

power is lost by this tuned system,

it is a bonus for the tight. courset.hat has to be navigated in Texas.How was this critical system designed, Mr. Haapanen was asked.With a gleam in his eyes he whispered, This is a Black Art. Anyspies from Western (one of the other

Canadian entries) will garner no informat.ion from this Flying-Finn.

The streamlined body was devel

oped with assistance from Fiberglas

Canada Ltd. in Guelph. This hasresulted in a lower coefficient o( drag

(actually CD*Area) along with aweight reduction compared to last

year's ahuninum shell (fondly knownas the Tank).

As one of the categories of. the

competition is presentation, t.his design is sure to titillate the fashionconscious judges. It not only goesfast, it looks fast.

What is underneath the shell is amonocoque tube frame, independent

suspension with racing slicks, and

the DOHC 16 valve Honda engine.The chassis and suspension designsare the result of extensive finiteelement analysis which has led to

a dramatic decrease in weight compared to last year's tank. This isbased on Tom Huschilt's studies of

F0RMFLA 1 race cars.

The cars are judged and scored in

three categories: Static, Individual

Trial, and the Endurance Race, with

other cars on the track. The Static

events are concerned with overall design, manuiacturing costs, and the

formal presentation to the judges .Individual performance trials consist of straight-line acceleration, lat

eral acceleration on a skid pad,

and maneuverability. Endurance

events place four ot.her cars on a15 mile course with two heats after the qualifying round. GiovanniMilitano (Engine Development/Fuel

Injection Software), who was seentearing around the FED HALL lot,

feels confident that this car can

match or exceed any effort from Cornell, l st year's winner.

The Team Manager, Dirk Kroll(or, as he calls himself, The Official Mouthpiece ), says that t.he development cycle can be likened to

a sine wave of joy and depressionas milestones were achieved or bugs

encountered. By the smile on hisface during recent ' track testing it

seems that all is welJ for the 1989Texas event. As for beating the 8thplace finish of last year's entry, Kirk

pointed to the car burning the test

lot and gave the thumbs up-enough

said.



Page 6 Iron Warrior May 19, 1989

Chern Eng Soc Is Ready For Action

by Cynthia Smart

"Our go?l is to ~ n h a n c e student

education in our department," said

Danny Yuen, Chairman of Chem

Eng Soc; ·in his usual off-hand· un :derstated manner. The .attendees

of the society's first meeting of the

term listened as he rattled off an impressive list of events scheduled forthe tprm .

Chem Eng Soc is planning tours

of the Brick Brewery, the Procterand Gamble plant in Hamilton, the

BF Goodrich PVC plant in Niagara -Falls , and a winery in t.he Niagara

Peninsula. A few of these tours willinclude fre e samples, some of which

will be mo re intoxicating than others.Ot.her t.rips in the works include

an outing to the annual Canadian

Society of Chemical En gineer s conference, to be held this fall in Hamil

ton. AU Chemical Engineering stu

dents are encouraged t.o att.end.

Socialby Eric Langford

T his sununer term promis es t.o bethe most fun-fil led and exc it.ing ever.I t started off with some barbeques

and a great turn out at the Welcome Back Pub in POETS. Road

Scholars won the recycle drive and

The Chemadians won the Engineering Feud, hot.h by very close mar

gins.

If you have not yet picked up your

Engineering Blotter, it 's free in the

Orifice and looking for a ho me On

it you'll find all the important da tesincluding when resumes are due and

when the first nautical is. Here is ashort list of some Engineering stuff

which is happening this SUllUller:

May 25-27 Eng. Weekend and Nautical IJune 22 Boat Cruze (a must)June 24 Nautical nJuly 4-9 Eng. week (Scunt, Pub etc.)July 9 Ring Road ClassicJuly 14 Blue Jays Road Trip (Skydome)

o·sG \ ~ £,\ .

A chemical engineering soiree, not

done in any recent SUllU11er, will

he scheduled. Last year's soireewas a success by everyone's stan

dards. Approximately 100 gradu

ate and undergraduate students at

tended, as well as 15 profs and 13indust.rial guest.s . This crowd took

co nt.rol of t.he Universit.y Cluh and

kept the hart.enders on t.heir feet allnight.. A much larger group of industrial guests are expected for t.hissunUller.

Anothpr unprp.cerlpnterl rrnjPrt isthe publishing of result.s from last.years survey of the two most recently graduated classes of UW

chemical engineers. This survey

will provide information on starting

salaries, joh duties and joh sat.isfaction. I t is designed to help the junior

st.udents focus their effort.s.Also in the wOIks is a c'ourse Stilll

mary Booklet, a collection of relevant formulas for chemical engineer

ing core courses from lA through

4B. The hooklet will serve as a refer-

Stuff

\¥e always need your help to or -nize and run these and other events.

I f you've got any ideas or want to

help, come to t he Orifice now , or

to the next Eng Soc meeting on

Wednesday May 24, everyone is welCOIl1.e and there's always free beerDen ise and Drew are the Special

Events dudes, Eric and Geoff are t.heSocial guys. See you there

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ence for student. both in school a.nd

.at work . The hooklet will be edit.ed

and puhlished thi pring . "Weneed people to assi t with the edit

ing of the booklet," says Mary Ellen

Perkin 4A ('hE, who ha started t.he

ambit.ious project. Tho e wishing toedit or participat.e in ot.her ways can

... ree samples some of

sign up at the Chem Eng Soc office

(El-2514).

The Chem t:ng Societyis

thetrW student chapter of the Cana

dian Society for Chemical Engineers

(CSChE), ~ n d is affiliat.ed with the

local Toront.o chapt.er. Thus, chemical engineering st.udents at. UW are

encouraged to attend events spon

sored hy t.his chapt.er . One such

event is a Chemical Engineering design competition, priz ed at. $1000.

Anot.her is the lunch get-together

feat.uring a speaker on indoor air

quality at the Hart. House at U. of

T. June 15.Says Yuen, "We will a lso con

t.inue t.o provide t.he same basic

services t.o Chem Eng studen t.s as

we have in the past." This involves t.he discount sa.le of unit con

version booklets, engineering paperand Perry' Chemical Engineering

Hanrlbnolc Tr:vlf' m : \ g a 7 i n p ~ FITI'

available for browsing. "uh yes,"added Yuell, "we'll' be throwing inat least. a barhecne t.his term per

haps in conjunction wit.h a Chem

Eng Softball tournament."

It is also hoped t.hat Chem Eng

Soc will be pro;yiding regular professional tax a.dvice t.o students via the

Iron Warrior.

Wit.h this busy schedule of events,

Chem Eng Soc continues to look forpeople to help out with the on-going

projects and new ideas for the Soc to

become more prominent. in its role to

enhance education.

ATTENT_ON

4th Year Students

It may seem like our Convocationis a long time from now, but the

Gradu.ation Committee will be getting

things off the ground this summer.

Grad. Comm. organizes the Yearbook,Eng. Ball, Iron Ring Stag, Grad. PledgeGrad. Gift (and much, much more )

The following positions must be filled:

• GRAD. COMM. CHAIRPERSON• YEARBOOK EDITOR• 1 Rep. from each 4th Year Class

Chemical CivilComputer Mechanical

/HELP .MAKE O U R G R A D U A T I O N' . P E C I A L GET IN-VOLVED

Speak with JAY GIBSON i f interested or i f youwould like more information about the positions



12

Geoff Vona andEric Plamondon

Most times, the University of Wat.erloo is pretty easy to get along

with. As with other universities,we have our ugly bureaucratic side,but the bulk of engineers manage

t o sidestep most of the nightmares.

(Of course, its pretty hard to screwup CORE on a pre-registration

form). Sometimes, though, it seemsthat UW goes out of its way to be

difficult. That's what Eric Plamon

don would tell you anyway.Poor Eric is just a 4A Computer

Engineer who can't wait to get out

of here. His only crime is laziness;he's written only one work report infour work terms. During Novemberof last year, he pre-registered for 4Awith the rest of his classmates. Heselected two electrical courses, two

CS courses and a management science elective. All of his selectionswere fairly popular and not unusualin the least.

During the Winter 1989 workt.erm, Eric was informed that

his pre-registration was cancelled.When his coordinator came t o visithim during the work term, Eric

NEw

Iron Warrior

Registration Bluesa.sked what he should do. The coordinator said to have at least one

work report ready to hand in at t hedeadline and things will work out

fine.

On Ma y 1st, Eric filled out a preregist.ration form provided by t heElectrical Engineering Undergraduate Offke. He was told t o gpt signatures for entry into his CS courses,something he (and many of his classmates) obtained with no trouble.The form was then handed back to

the office.

On May 4th, a notice returned saying the pre-registration

was frozen because of work report credits. The EE Undergrad Office said to fill out another

preregist.rat.ion form and get anynon-Computer Engineering coursessigned by t he instrudor. Again Eric

did what he was told and returned

the form.On May 5th, Eric went to see the

Engineering Co-op guy (name has

been changed to protect the innocent), with his work report. ready

to hand in. He said that the second pre-registration form, filled out

the day before, was unnecessary.He took the work report and senta memo to the Registrar's Office

to unfreeze Eric's registration. Healso said the new schedule would be

printed over the weekend and wouldbe available on Monday May 8th.

When May 8th rolled around,

Eric's schedule was still not ready.He went to the Registrar's Office and

found out that the schedule wouldbe printed that. evening. The next

day, Eric picked up his first schedulefrom the EE Undergrad Office. Everything seemed to be in order, but

he noticed that his CS courses werenot scheduled. t seems that co-op unfroze his original pre- registration form, which did not allow C0111-

puter Engineering st.udents to register for CS courses. Eric then tookhis schedule and filled in his two CScourses using the normal drop /addprocec111Te .

ow Nar To P o<.A cJ - c JP Jol3:

By this time, Eric was gptting

a lit.tle ticked. He needed t o be

officially registered in his two (,S

courses in order t o obtain com put. raccoun ts. Wit.h assignment. due

dates coming IIp fast, Eric was hecoming more than a little paranoid.

Eric checked on May 10th for hisschedule, but t was not yet in. Almost all the other people who were

.

May 19, 1989

having problems similar to Eric's received their schedules on this date.

When he went to the Registrar's Office to find out what had happened,

he was told that there was a printer

problem and every second or thirdschedule s missed. That night, wehad to give Eric sedatives to keephim from killing his roonunates.

On Thursday May 11th, Eric's

second schedule arrived. This time,he had been given six courses (the

maximum course load is five). t

seems that Eric's original regist.ra

tion form was still around and hadbeen combined with a later form.Eric then dropped a course (one daybefore the drop/add deadline) and

went. home. The last time Eric wasseen he was very drunk and happy

that the nightmare had ended.

• • • • • • • • •

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by Erik Kerstenbeck

A voidislu is a "new age" philosophy designed to save modern

man frqm himself. The principle

of Avoidism is simple. An Avoidist

avoidsthings. He

avoidsbecause

Nonavoiding leads to Involvement ,and all of mankind's troubles have

grown out of Involvement .Descartes once said, "I think,

therefore I am." The Avoidist always says, "I won't, therefore I ain't

gonna."

Contemporary man is admittedly

heading nowhere fast. This has happened because man suffers from an

insatiable compulsion t.o prove himself as a unique and superior being.For instance, he goes to University

in order t.o make more money so that

he can surround himself with ma te

rials which his neighbors don't have ,

buys chic clothes to prove that he issexy, etc.

H seems obvious that. such attempts can only lead from anxiety,

t.hrough frustration and dismay , to

event.ual neurosis (by far the best

word in this article). And it's all unnecessary You see, Avoidism tells

us t.ha t. we are already superior bythe sheer virtue of belonging to the

species Homo Sapiens (if you do not

belong to this species, please writ.e,

stat.ing your name, address and faculty).

For f'x::\lllr1p. think how c>11pprior

you are to t.he conUllon clam. Let

us examine t.he differences between

man and clanl. I chose my goodhuddy Harry as a repr esentati ve ofa t.ypical man and found an excep

tional Nova Scotia clam. After an

exhaustive series of tests, the follow-

New Ageing table was compiled, exceeding all

my wildest hopes

Harry vs. Clam

Test Harry Clam

Motor Abiljty +12 +18Sense of Humor +40 +30I.Q . +97 +121Physical Attractiveness +3 +2Ability to Remain

UnderWater -53 +705Grooming <iO +60Taste With Horseradish +60 +60Ability to Keep Mouth

Shut +227 -55Integrity -91 +33Ping-Pong +300 -300Sexual Activity -4 +1

Political Influence -15 -705TOTALS +516 -30

These tests prove Harry 's superiority over the clam beyond

any question. (One uninvited observer,a Dr. Klaus von Kruschstat.ian, claimed that the differential

in Harry's favour was due entirely

to the inclusion of ping-pong in the

test, which he said was unfair. This

is destructive thinking and he should

he put away somewhere (or at least

have his tenure revoked). It is now

clear that any man is superior t.o any

COllunon clam and that any other

man is superior to Harry .

The Argument

Against AvoidismMany reacti r, bi iou , e -

ergetic Yuppie-types will tell you

that Avoidists are nothing but. slobs .

F I Q l : pf 'R c.W ED rv..E THO\):S

A V O ( D /N{

voidism

The Rebuttal To

The Argument

Against A voidismThIS j true .

How To BecomeAn Avoidist

This is not as easy as it. first.seems. Th e novice should pract.iceth e fundamental shown iII Figure

1 before even att empting Advanced

Avoidist Techniques .

Any new Avoirlist may, at times

find himself trapped int.o listeniJlg to

what is being sa id to him. The following rule should be rememhered

and obeyed at. all times : "t.he on lything an A voidist ever listens to isnothing." Frequently, though, youwill find it necessary t9 take certain steps t.o make sure t.hat there

is nothing for you not t.o listen to

(read t.his sentence twice- it makes

sense) .A voidist conversation should be

employed illunediately when anyone

in clines his / her torso towards you.The danger increases in direct pro portion to the cube of the sine of t.heangle of inclination (on a scale of 0

t.o 1) . Whenever this sort of danger

happens, you may Avoid by employing one of the seven tested remarks

which are of such extreme d u l l n e s ~t.hat. the avoidee will experience part i cerebr p a r a l y ~ i s ura ion ap

proximately four minutes) while try

ing t.o conjure a response .

The Seven

Tested Remarks

] . A girl I used to go out. with inpublic school is an operator for the

telephone company.2. Tgot t.his pair of sock four years

ago in Sarnia for two bucks.3. I went. to bed at eight. last night

hut I didn't get to sleep until two.4. I didn 't hardly have not.hing t.o

eat. for lnnch today- just. a salad, pie

and a cuppa coffe .5. My second n phew will be eight

years old next month. You ought to

hear him talk.

6. I sure wish I hadda kept up withmy piano lessons when I was a kid.

7. r can t.ake l)pt t f'r pidHrf's with

my inst.amatic than I can wit h those

real expensive cameras.

I f ou practice these remarks, you

can Avoid almost anyone. Sometimes, however, a mentor is needed

to truly master the subtle art of

A voidis11l. Ment.ors can readily be

found during all times of university terms- be careful, though, theyare all Masters and Illay avoid your

attempts to solicit. their expertise.

The best way to harness their enormous talents is to employ the tried

and true lessons detailed above, butalways make sure to . . think I ' l l goto bed and mull this article over fora while ...

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~ T V r . . . IN&- <>IZ. I ) T I ~( , . t be"i"'n«ra)AL.C:ul..v:S TEX.'"

Gene Jackets

A recent breakthrough in genet. icengineering could reduce the costof jackets oy 40%, says Dr. Rita

Schubb of the UW jacket farm inGuelph.

At. t.he jacket farm, cows are hornnaturally wit.h the genes to produce

one set of lette ring and a university

crest. On e cow produces one jacket..Dr . Schuob has isolated t.he gene

responsible for this lettering . This

gene can be removed using the re-

strict ion endonucleus Hind Ill. Onceremoved, the gene can be duplicated

using a t.op secret prorednre. The

new gene, now twice as long, contains the information for two jacket.s. Dr. Schuhb showed this IWreporter several pilot cows, and t.heresults are t.riumphant. Several 93calves are sh owing clear signs of

growing two crests.

Expect price red uct ions to begin

in 1994.

\ J ~ O I H ~ l l A-12-E T e

G - ~ A - T E F V L D6A Q MD Wrl l

A-f t m V 1=0 LLO vv(rJ Cr M ~ ? tJ·

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Iron Warrior need YOU

The editors of the IronWarrior desperately need

YOUR help to put togetherthis paper.Absolutely NO

experience necessary

We need layout people,typesetters, copy editors,writers and artists.

If interested leave a note forthe editors in the ORIFICE.

Submissions can be mailed togajvona@electrical



Iron Warrior May 19, 1989

Short Story: Tender

by Edmond Chow

What time is it? Michael turns

over in his bed and squints at hisdigital alarm clock: 2:18 only He

turns on his side, and snuggles comfortably into a corner. His senses

are numb, and he should fall asleepagain soon. In his mind, he recallsvaguely the argument with his par

ents the night before, and the anx

iousness of the next day, but luckily,his thoughts are random and don't

connect., and he quickly drifts again

to sleep. The room is so different. at night- shadows, no colours,peace and stillness. When the dawn

breaks, the little light from the

brightening sky will seep in throughthe sli ts in the blinds, not lighting

anyt.hing, but colouring things insipidly and morosely. Michael's fir

ing neurons still . miss in his littlehead- the birds' chirping seem both

distant and near, familiar and for eign: t.he first sense of realit y in

his dreamy state, beckoning him to

wake.

It's the sun, suddenly crashing

through the blinds once it hits

th e· right angle in the sky, draw

ing int.ense bright lin es across hisface .and pillow, that finally wakes

Michael up. As i frightened, Mor

pheus steals away, unlocking doors

in Michael's mind , letting gothe

truth of harsh realit.y: you're st.arting grll flp f('1lr in a npw tn

day; you fought with your pa rents last night over who will take

you to school. Ten years old, and

Michael wants to be ind ependent. -he doesn't want. to be seen wit.h

his parents at school, st.m a baby,

they talking to his new teacher

as if he wasn't there. So he

fought, raising his voice with his par

ents, talking back, stabbing, "Youdon't care You never care Youdon't understand me " into their

hearts. Michael knows he's wrong

and shouldn't do this, but with lossof control and pride, Michael doesthings he really doesn't want to do,or doesn't mean sometimes. They're

not speaking now, and his older

brother will walk him to school instead, so for now, he's won .

Michael had just moved into t.heneighbourhood two weeks ago. Not.

yet part of any of the groups of children playing outside in the street

until dark, he had spied on them

from his bedroom window on t.hesecond floor, his window hidden by

a branch of a large maple, already

losing some of its more crimson

coloured leaves. This first day of

school, he thought, is his chance to

make friends with some of the neighbourhood kids. (Michael had left

his friends nonchalantly two weeksbefore, understanding vaguely that

he would never see them again,

and if he did, only bumping into

them awkwardly at some supermar

ket, not really knowing what to say.)

This was his anxiousness, as well as

the new teachers and th e new books

and pencils . All that paraphernalia

which grew from year to year madehim feel impnrtant. w n p r ~ h i p M vpf>llril M \ nntph(')ok.

\Jicitad walks as f<lf \Wrl\· from

his brother as he can. kicking stones

along the way, kicking them again

as he cat.ches up to th em, some

times having to dart from side to

side to keep up, or sometimes losing the stones altogether. This way,he is distracted, forgetting about hisbrother, who is watching him, walk

ing beside him.

His brother has thought.s of hisown though, and, as brothers, they

have none of the closeness that

would at any time give him any real

concern over Michael. At the playground, they s t o p Michael loves the

playground - the wood and steel, at

treacherous heights and angles, and

On tlep at I t l m e ~ Mkhael

wisely thin1ca

the orange-coloured tub slides. Lit

tle kids are crawling over it, on fours,the brave ones on twos, littering it

like ants. Micha.el's brother thinks

himself too old for playgrounds, and

wants to leave, feeling embarrassed,

as if he was condescending him

self. Other than that, he likes the

fe eling t.hat he is the oldest onearound for quite a few feet-except

for the teachers and parents watching over their kids, of course, but

they don't cotmt . Michael runs and

deftly climbs up a rope net. t.o the

first level of the playground struc

t,ure. Although he is the new kid

in the neighbourhood, he has a cert.ain pride of his athletic abilitieson the playground. He's fam.iliar

with all the ways to get in and

out. and up and down- these play

grounds are all modular arrange

ments of the same thing- he thinks,

but. in more simpler words .

Michael notices that. most of the

kids are familiar with each othe r -

thi.:: l 1 1 n r n i n g ~ llrlvpnhlrp on thp

playground a t l l e r ~ cont.inuation of

last night's hide and seek, or SPID.

(The children have no prelim.inaries

when they see each other, no "Hello,

how are you, how was your sum

mer? and they even meet. people

they haven't seen since June as ithey had seen each other just yesterday. Michael doesn't think about

his until years later, when in highschool and university, when relation

ships are a bit closer, and people livea bit farther.) The ~ n l i l i a r i t y upsets

him a bit. Why don't t.hey introduce themselves to him? and sometimes he feels that eyes are looking

at him from behind. He thought it

would be different; he thought he

would know all these kids by now.

One step at a time, Michael wisely

thinks.

His parents served him hreakfast

without speaking a word this morn

ing. He just went to the table,

after getting up and washing hisface and brushing his teeth, just like

usual verything like usual, except

no speaking. His mom pushed toast

in front of him, not looking at him,

still bitter and upset at how herbaby could make her cry . Michael

knows she cares, but she's mean and

stubborn, and won't give in. He fid

geted wit.h his toast, to show that

he's upset too, and he's uncomfort.ahle, looking down in front. of him

on ly, not daring to look up."Leave me alone " to his brother.

Michael doesn't. really mean this ei

ther, but he can't really help it.

Subconsciously, he's dropping a bighint to his brother that he's up

set, and please be sorry and be un

derstanding. His hrntllPr thinks he

knnwi: w h ~ t h,,'s goillp.: thrnll '11. hIlt

he doesu·\. r e ~ p o l l d . Ht doesll . re

ally care, or h e doesn't know howto respond, even thnugh he wpnt.

through it too. At those times it

was Michael who, as a little child,

felt. the sting of the harsh words between loved ones. How could this

be happening? he thought then. t

was his world breaking up. · How

could they say such things? do suchthings? Later, everyone is tender

kisses and smiles, and being extra

nice. The pleasure of making up,

saying sorry, forgiving, and making

new plans, starting over again.

Michael climbs up a ladder to the

upper level of the playground, and

bravely stands up. There is roolll.for at most two or t.hree people up

there a small platform with a single encircling bar to keep peoplefrom falling off. The bar is at the

wrong height for Michael, so holding

onto it. is a bit awkward. Instead,

Michael leans against it, and looksaround: a clear horizon which makes

him notice things far away from him,

like the roofs of the houses around

t.he school, and not only t.he things

around him . Looking down , il. is

frightening, because of the height,

but Michael lives for the advent.ure,and t.his pride he is feeling. Pretty

good time, he thinks. There should

be a playground-climbing event at

t.he Olympics. He has dreamed that.

he is called on by some Canadian

Olympic Association to compete inthe event for Canada. He imagines

himself training on all sorts of playgrounds, and then finally setting a

world record at the Olympics, in

some very far away place, like China.

He would he a hero, and there wouldhe i \ rarllnp and thmlsands of ppnp)p

t.o greet him at the airport when he

got home .Michael looks clown again, amI re-

alizes the platform he is on is dan

gerous; a strong wind could blow

him off. Nevertheless, he stays up

there. Many of t.he younger kids

are slowly moving along the framework of the playground, amused

with the places their bodies can

t.ake them. Most of the older ones,

around the age of Michael, are noisier , running around, calling obscenenames , using words lea rned from

older brothers, hut too young to

really understarid the" words them

selves. Michael can swear too. He

used t.o get off really good ones,especially if he was mad at someone. He too didn't quite under

stand all t.he words, but his oppo

nent.s knew they were beaten when

one of Michael's was really long and

used many different swear words, or

maybe even rhymed a bit. He did

know from his older brother , how

ever, that AIDS was a terrible disease, much like the cooties.

Standing there, alone at t.he top,

the breeze hlowing all around him,

he's like a naked flag pole with noattachments. Standing by himself,

he knows he can disappear for. a

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Kissesfew days, live like the shopping-bag

ladies in the subways and old shopping malls, or even kill himself. No

one wonld care-he won't have t.otell anyone, and no one would notice. He has no responsibility, and

he is no one s responsibility . Alonein the world. No attachments. But

he won't kill hlmself, but. he wants

his parents to know t.hat. he is upset and w a n t ~ some freedom, maybe

12;0ing frlr :j<; hillin him,,,,lf if hp

duesll·t gd it. Ik c()II I 1 \1 :dl; Ihnt.railing over there. YOll ' re not ::\1-

lowed to do t.hat; it's dangPfol1S,and you could fall off and get killed.But if he did walk that railing , hisbrother would know that. he is npset,

and feeling reckless, and hopefully,he would tell his parents, bringing

them some concern. Maybe thenthey would realize that they werewrong and feel guilty, and apologizeand be nice, and let him do what hewant.s to do. -

What. does he want to do? A litt.le girl, maybe start,jng school forthe first time, is knocked down byone of the bigger boys. He runs

away, and leaves her crying, her loudand shrieking wails, ·obscene, bringing the hush, hush of her mother,

who picks her up, not. interest.ed in

revenge, but. only that she is not

hurt and that she would stop cryingand embarrassing her. The girl just

wails, and point.s t.o the boy running

away, too stressed to express herselfproperly, and wanting justice done,only occasionally mouthipg out, he

hit me, he hH. me: Michael wants

to be t.he hero, catching the boy running away, beat.ing him up a hit , and

then bringing him to the principal's.

The girl's mother would thank him,think him such a ~ e e t boy, and

spread the word, he imagining hermot.her in a small d e c o r a t i v ~ room ,sitt.ing up straight with other ladiesin their Sunday blazers, sipping tea.The girl would then fall in love with

him , of course, falling in bed together, and kissing, exp loring, and

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Sill', silly, illy, he thinks. He'stoo far to catch the boy, but makes

a lllPntal not p ofhinl anvwav, in r 1 \ ~ phe bumps int 0 him on th e st reel .Silly, just like he imagine that

he's a computer "progranuuer the kind that makes the computer

games with all the real graphics and

sounds. He'd go into a computer

store, and he would nnderstand allthe big words that everybody's using, like XMODEM prot.ocol" and

"sixteen megahertz processor." The

man in t.he store would think t.hathe's just a little kid, and say, May

I help you?" and Michael will return

that audacity with hls computerese,

maybe catching him on some unfamiliar t.erms of the jargon.

The classroom walls are giant bulletin boards with coloured construction paper and cardboard stapled

ont.o it, the naked backdrop for creative students' work for t.he comingyear. Many of the boards are fadedin places, the sun having st.olenthe intensity of the colour around

large rectangles where a drawing or

project used to be. The desks, arranged in groups of six, and the longcolunms of fluorescent lights hanging from the ceiling, all seemed to

be dusty and untouched since the

beginning of sunUller. Michael findshis way to the ,desk farthest from the

teacher's: a solid st.eel thing, like hisdad's, but wit.h piles of textbooks

piled up on top. There are t.hreeother students sitting at desks already; Michael sHs down, like them,

and watches I.he other students comein, look around, excited.

In t.he hall , he sees I he girl inthe playground walk by. The wIlDIebusiness of girls, dating, and mar-

riage, however was all embarrass ing for him. During the nexi ~ 1 \ 1 1 l -111f r \ I r h : j , ~ r n r l , r r ;W tPT

will bel HUll ri l d. ..\11 I Ita( I\lidla,,1will know about it wiIJ he from the

rumour that he is f'mha rfllsspd tobe curious about, and the m.iraculous change.in her name. At recessesand in the halls, the entire next year,then, Michael consciou Iy shuns her,not knowing if she realizes that heknows she is married, and thus not

knowing how to talk 1.0 her . The

more self-assured ones would actually talk to her about her new husband, and t.heir honeymoon, as if

bly, sulks Michael. She comes to

school in a pretty pink dress, and

announces that sh will dance with

nll the guys in the class that day.She does, except for one: Michael,who was too upset at her, and athim elf, to dance with anyone. If

it was any consolation, Michael wasthe only one he did not dance with.But. just as the blonde girl does not

She lias a great timepretending affection ..getting tll em confused.

t hey were experts. Michael rOund realize Michael's feeling for her, shet. his too tactl ess. As for t.he girls is oblivious to t he fact th 'at he hasin his class, Michael will soon de- been missed. Thus, she has a great

velop crushes for them, particularly t.ime, running around, pretending

one, with blonde hair , and a l ll inia- affect.ion, or hitting them and teas-ture pair of spectacles propped on ing them, get.ting them confused.her nose. But the girls kept. to them- Later t.hat day, Ahmed, one of hisselves, usually, and it was only the classmates, will ask, Do you want

self- assured ones again, who were to be friends?" after they have been

able to talk to them without be- talking for a while. Innocent as it is,ing embarrassed. Whenever Michael the question comes to Michael like atried to talk to the girls, he would blow in the chest, surprising him sovery soon be lost for words, unless that he does not know how to an-he had them planned out before- swer. After a while, Michael real-hand . He would be so out of con- izes that Ahmed has been driven to

trol, that he naturaJly used a differ- say thi s because of his past friend-ent, hlgher pitched voice, when he lessness. He could imagine Ahmed's

spoke to them. I t would be a while mother suggesting to him that he be

before he could relax; for now, he nice, and talk to other people, and ..

envied the self-assured boys . ask t.hem to be his friend. Blunt,

Valentine's day was going to be a Michael thinks; tactless again.

big clay for him and his blonde girl, "No," Michael answers, not. reallythought Michael. There was o . . __ kn owin wlly. Ma. be ·ust to 5 )i t.f, be a Mce, and from what he had him, because of his tactlessness, or

heard, everybody would be ·standing maybe so that Ahmed will realizearound the sides, in camps of hays, that he is upset . But Michael is nowand camps of girls, and not danc- not too young to realize the impor-

ing, excep t for the self-assllrl'd onl'. , lal l l'(, of fri( IlIlq and falllilv : "Snrry,but only by Ihelllselvcs anyw,\y. ('or I Jllenn, V('s, 1',1 likl' In 1)(' f'riPIlfk"\.hree weeks b"fore Val'ntinc's day, And illl'fl tlt, · \· l' I I ' pl:II I i 'h

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them . But .. on Valentine's day, t lH' IIl<'nl, c 1 i r f r t ~ Illlieh IllCJrf' of his ('11-

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