iron warrior: volume 12, issue 14

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CIO -OEC992

INTRODUCTIONThe Competition d'ingenierie de l'Ontario -

Ontario Engineering Competition (CIO-OEC),fomlerly known as the Ontario Engineering DesignCompetition (OEDC), was founded at QueenUniver ity by Di ane Neil in order to giveengineering student ' an opportunity to participate ina cha llenging new competition. This competitionpromotes excellence and ingenuity in engineeringdesign and communication. It is entirely organiLedand run by students of the host univers ity.

DA TE AND LOCA TIONThe University of Ottawa, Canada's largest and

oldest bilingual institution, is the proud host ofCIO-OEC 1992 which will be he ld in the Nation 'sCapital, Ottawa, Ontario on February 28-29 andMarch I, 1992.

GOALSSince its in eption in 1980, the primary

objectives of the CIO-OEC have been: To encourage the interaction of eng ineers from

industry , government, and academia withengineering students in order to streng th en th ebonds between these sectors of the profession .

To provide undergraduate engineering studentswith an opportunity to test and develop th ei rskills in practical problem solving, design, andcommunication, as a to learn from thesuccess and shortcomings of others in acompetitive environment.

To promote a better understanding andappreciation of the engineering profess ion amongstudents and the general public.

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Ontario EngineeringDesign ompetitionCATEGORIES

The competition is open to any full-timeundergraduate eng inee rin g student enroled in anyOntario university. Competitors may enter anyoneof the following five categories: Entrepreneurial De sign Corporate Design Editorial Communica tions Explana tory Communications Extemporaneous Debate

ENTREPRENEURIAL DESIGNThe goal of this category is that students design a

marketable product or service not cu rren tl y avai lablein Canada. Competitors are encouraged to developnew and innovat ive designs that will benefitCanad ian industry and technology. This categorypromotes Canadian self-sufficie ncy in technologyand creates an environment where students may testthe ir ideas in a real-world situati on. The first place

. winner in this category receives the NorthernTelecom Award

CORPORATE DESIGNThe goa l of this category is th at students a nalyze

and design a sol uti on to an existing prob lem inindustry. The Corporate Design Package, whi ch iscompiled by th e Organizing Committee, con tains anumber of such problems supplied by variousco rporations and IS ava ilabl e upon request.Problems from industry not contained in thispackage may als&.be eligible. TI:Ns category offers achance for students to use their ingenuity anded uca tion. The first place winner in this categoryreceive the Ontario Hydro Award.

EDITORIAL COMMUNICATIONSTh e goal or this category is th at students prese nt

a viewpoint on the social impact of a currenttechnological issue. Often enginee rs are faced withdecisions regarding the application of technologyand its impact on society. This category encourages

AWARDS

the competitors to identi fy uch an issue and form awell-5.upported argument. The first place winner inthi category receives the Bell Ca nada Awa rd .

EXPLANATORYCOMMUNICA TIONSThe goa l of this category is that students present

a complicated technical process or issue in layterm '. Pan of an engineer's re 'ponsibil ity is toexplain highly specialized ubjects so that othersmay understand what i invol ved. Thi categoryencourages the development of communicationsk ill s. The first place winner in thi s categoryreceives the General Motors of Canada Award.

EXTEMPORANEOUS DEBATEThe goal of this category i th at student s app ly

analytic skills and presen t a we ll -reasoned viewpointwith a minimum amount of preparation. Engineersare often required to make c riti ca l eva lu ation of agiven proposal or to defend an ex istin g one. Us in g aparliamentary -sty le debate format , compet itorsdefend or refute a previously undisclo ed reso lution.The first place winner in this category receives th eSilver Tongue Award, jointly sponsored by th eSand ford Fleming Foundation and th e ConsultingEngineers of Ontario.

ELIGIBILITY Any full-time underg raduate s tudent enroled at an

Ontario univerSity is e ligib le to co mpete. Work. done by engineering students durin co-opwork term or summer employment may bee li gible. However, In order to protec t employers,students, and the competition, students mustobtain written authorization from their employersallowing their work to be presented at thecompetition.

Term or th esis projects done by engineeri ngstudents may be el igible provided th at the workdone is their own . Students must also avoidexcessive help from faculty members.

First, second, and third place winners receivecash prizes of $1000, $750, and $500. respectively.In the case of the Extemporaneous Debate Category,first, second, and third place winners receive cashprizes of $500, $250, and $100, respectively .

WCRI offers a variety of affordable housing alternatives to studentsIn both regular and co-operative programs, including furnishedsingle or double rooms (meal plan Included), and unfurnishedone- to four-bedroom apartments, all located within a five minutewalk to U o W

Also, first and second place winners are invitedto participate in the Canadian EngineeringCompetition to be held at Queen's University,Ontario, on March \9 -2 1, L 92.

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Prominent professionals are selected mainlyfrom the sectors of industry and academia on thebasis of th eir involvement in bu in ess andenginecring.

TAKE THE CHALLENGEThe CIOOEC has been a highly rewarding

experience for all those who have been in volved inthe past. We. at the University of Ottawa. wish tocarr) Oil this tradition and hope that you \\ illparticipate 10 make this the best competition yet.


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Friday November 22, 1991 Iron Warrior

The r ezSpews

Sean MurphyB-Soc PresidentH I1.

This is the last prezspews of the term. YEA lNo more deadlines toworry about or articles towrite for another 4months ....

To begin with I mayhave a job opportunity foryou for the next couple ofweeks for some extra x-masshopping money. AlumniAffairs is looking for 10people who would maketelephone calls toengineering alumni in thehopes of canvassing funds.They are paying from $6-8/per hour depending onyour rate of success. Callswould be made between 6-

10 pm daily. This job isavailable to anyengineering students whowant to raise some cash forthemselves. It does extendinto the New Year if some8-stream people areinterested. Talk to me if youare interested or call Max atAlumni Affairs (x5000).Buy your tickets to TalEng. It takes place thisweekend on Sunday in theHumanities Theatre.

Get your directorshipapplications in by today.Friday November 22nd isthe last day. All ~ e i s i o n swill be made Friday night.So please talk to the exec ifyou would like to make astronger case for yourapplication. All directorsboth new and old and allclass reps are in vited to

Trez pewsAmy AlfredB-Soc Treasurer

As this term draws to aclose I am happy to be ableto say that the Eng Socmoney situation is undercontrol and we will be ableto start the summer term inthe black.

During the weekend ofNov 15-17 a RESSAconference was held inOttawa. I was fortunateenough to be one of fourEng Soc B delegates at theconference. The weekendwas informative andsparked many interestingdiscussions concerning thefield of engineering inCanada, the role co-opplays in our education (ie.industry's part ineducation), as well as theengineering image ..again.The conference presentedeach student with thechance to find out whatother engineering schoolsare up to, as well asmeeting future engineersfrom differentbackgrounds. U of 0 did awonderful job of hostingthe weekend. f anystudent in engineering atUW is interested in being aUW delegate at aconference the opportunityis available. Please talkwith Serge (VP Ext) aboutupcoming conferences. Ihighly recommendattending these FUN and

INFORMATIVE weekendsduring your time as anengineering student.Here are a f w words ofwisdom for the froshentering their first workterm. Doing well on a workreport is possible despitewhatever ELPE score youachieved. Make sure andfinish it before you comeback to school in May.Spelling and grammarcount so it s a good idea tohave someone else read ilfor technical substance aswell as proper languageusage. When you aredeciding on a topic talk toyour supervisor since youcan then use time at workwithout feeling guilty.Make sure you areanalyzing something anduse an analytical format.Follow the co-op work termreport guidelinesEXACTLY. Use a computerto type and print out thereport (any laser printingfacilities at work make thereport look better). Lookscount for most of the marksso don 't forget to get anice binding. Mostimportantly, to do well on awork term report have atleast a format and title todescribe to your coordinator when he/shecomes to visit so you knowyou are on the right track.

When you get bored inwhatever city you areworking in try finding agroup of students to hang

attend the End of TermPOTLUCK party onWednesday, Nov mber27th in POETS. Bar Serviceswill be there. Council willalso be right after the partybefore we head over to Fedfor the EOT Pub at FED.

The EOT pub isNovember 27, 1991 at FEDHALL. The term video willbe shown and I'm sure Seanand Sheri will havesomething cool cooked for

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our last chance to partywith 4th years graduating.HAVE FUN, IT'S SOCIALTIME.

Going through co-ophas been an experience thisterm. f you have anycomments (good or bad)please let me know . I 'mcompiling some data for areport to find the answer tothe ultimate question 'Arewe getting our money's

the PARTY. BE there. It's I continued on pg 5

out with and make sur toattend Wntpubs. Buy n TVTrivial PursuiL or a d 'ck ofcards depending on yoursalary range. Take a funextra-curricular course at alocal high chool, college oruniversity. Socialize withthe people al work. Join agym in the area. f worsecarnes to worse hop on abus/ train and com.e hometo visit friends in wonderfulWaterloo. As you ventureinto the world away fromschool take the opportunityto make lots of newacquaintances. Everyperson you come in contactwith will enrich your life insome way. During theschool term I was able tomeet grade 8 students at "ADa y with a DifferenceConference held at UW onNov. 2. The conferencehelped me become moreaware of UW's place insociety and in the world. Iam looking forward toworking at Esso Chemicalin Sarnia next term becauseI will be involved in severalchallenging projects and Ihave a chance to work withengineers from numerous

backgrounds. Please ~ O pby t I l l of(ic' if you'll beworking in or about theSarnin M'a. I'd bein t rested i \ n 'cti ngeveryone aJld trying to get asocinl club started. ThankYOLl to 'vcryonc whoappli 'd to be a dir 'ctor inthe Summer of 1992. Pll'aseexpect a confirming phonecall before Novemb r 27and then c{ Inc Oll t to thedirector's meeting. As theterm ends I hope everyonehas lots of wonderfulmemories of events andactivities. To all the frosh, Ihope you have found1A tobe enjoyable and thatyou 've met many newpeople you can lookforward to spending thenext 52 months with. Tothe Grads and the 8 streamfrash 1wish you the best ofluck as you stay inWaterloo to face the winterand a chance to meet theother half of the UWengineering population.Best wishes for the future.

HAVE A GREAT WORKTERM


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ditor ia lsThe ImprintStudent Paper?

T he Iron Warrior has changedquite a bit over this term. Whilethe actual finished product mayin many ways look very similar tothat of past terms, the current methodof publishing the paper is completelydifferent. Those who have in the pasthave participated in all-night (itseems) layout s essions will havenoticed that these cut pastetechniques are no longer used. TheIron Warrior is now put togetherusing desk top publishing software ona Macintosh computer. This softwarehas allowed more emphasis to beplaced on the composition of thepaper, and less on the mechanicalactions of production. Until this time,the University has allowed us to usethe Libra lab for our publishing, but afuture goal is for the paper topurchase its own computer, therebyeliminating reliance on a lab whoseuse, although currently not heavy, isbound to increase in the future (andunreliable, it crashed while I waswriting this). With this goal in mind,the Iron Warrior is attempting to cutcosts and increase advertising inorder to pay for this equipment.

The Jack of money available forthese types of capital purchasescaused the IW staff to begin toquestion why the fed's paper, theImprint, could ask the students formoney while we could not. With amind to answering this question weobtained the financial information forthe Imprint for 1989 and 1988 (thenumbers were not available for 1990what year is it anyway?). We felt thatsince the engineering students areasked to contribute to the Imprint,they have a right to know how themoney will be used - so here it is. In1988, the Imprint made a profit of$28,846 on revenues of $271,000. In1989 the paper made a profit of

44,777 on revenues of 271,000.Although there is indication that thenumbers for 1990 will be lower, froma business standpoint these figuresare very impressive, until youco ns ider the fact that studentcontributions for these respectiveyears amounted to approximately$73,000 per year. In other words, theImprint is losing money and the profitthey are showing is as a result of thestudent contribution, ra ther than aresult of the paper 's goodmanagement.

The Imprint justifies these profits( or losses depending on yourperspective) using two arguments. Itis published using old technology,technology that is already obsolete inthis day and age of desktoppublishing and laser printers. In thefuture this equipment will have to bereplaced and it is this capitalexpenditure that the Imprint isplanning to use their current profits topay for. Their second justificationresults from part of their mandate.The Imprint has a two stage mandate:to provide a forum for studentopmJOl1, and to pravi e anatmosphere for student exposure tojournalism. In order to fulfill thismultiple-mandate it s necessary forthe paper to train a large number ofpeople because the staff of the Imprintvaries so widely from term to term.This extra training, which would beunnecessary if the staff was restricted,costs money both in lost efficiencyand extra expense. The staff of thepaper justify their position of net loss(not including income from studentcontribution) because they feel thatthe paper is fulfilling its mandate.While the reasons the Imprintgives for requir ing the continuedinput of so much student money mayin many ways seem valid, they lose

WHY?????As this is my last term as editor of

the Iron Warrior there are a fewthings that I 'd like the generalundergrad population to know (i.e.get off my chest). Why do the students here atWaterloo seem to feel that the LW. isobliged to print anything that issubmitted to it. Ch ris and I have triedto make the l.W. a respectablenewspaper serving Waterloo students.f we felt that an article was

unsuitable for publication or wouldtake too much time to prepare forpublication It wouldn't get printed. I

would like to apologize, however, toanyone who feels a little miffedbecause of this .. we really tried ourbest to get everything in. Why do the Green Men lock oneside of a double door entrance? Dothey sit somewhere watching withgreat expectations because they knowI'll inevitably pick the locked side andget extremely annoyed at them? Why don't more people bringCheryl, Mary and Cindy flowers moreoften .. lord knows they deserve them.

Why does every class always havea keener who is trying to show up the

much of their validity when examinedfrom the point of an engineeringstudent. Ignoring the possibility thatwhat the paper suffers from is badmanagement, I want to examine themandate of the Imprint from thisdirection.

The Imprint is failing in each oftheir mandates with respect to theengineering students, and possiblythe math and science students as well.The ideas presented in the Imprint donot reflect the interests or opinions ofthe majority of engineers. To illustratethi s one need onl y refer to the Gulfwar fi sco that monopolized theirpages last winter, or the obscurerecord reviews that occupy severalpages of each issue.

The Iron Warrior provides aforum for engineering views and as aresult very few engineering studentswrite for the Imprint. For the samereason very few (if any) engineers arem.embers of the Imprint staff.Therefore engineering students arenot well represented in either thetraining or forum components of theImprint's mandate. According tosome of the stories I've heard, itseems as well that engineers are oftennot really welcome when they dowish to write for the paper.

prof? Why are the Fed's trying to buildan amusement park and call it a'Student Life Centre'? Why can't Co-op do things rightfor a change? What did we ever do to

The Iron Warrior is attempting toprovide the services to engineeringstudents that the Imprint claims toprovide, but does not. TheEngineering Society is limited in theimprovements that it can make to thispaper because of financial restrictions.f we want to buy equipment, we

either make money or do without(most often do without). I questionthe justness of the Imprint fee on thefee statement without the inclusion ofa similar fee for the other stud entpublications here on campuEngineering s tudents should be giventhe opportunity to decide not only ifthe Imprint meets their needs, butwhether they would rather supporttheir own paper instead.

The Imprint fee is a scratch off fee- ir other words, you can just simplynot bother to pay it when you payyour tuition; you don't have to. If youfeel that the Imprint is not a studentpaper (and I mean every student oncampus, not only a select few) , thenexercise your right next term and tellthem.

them? And most of all... Why do someengineers give their hard earned cashto the Imprint... I don't understand


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worth out of co-op?' (Thanks to MarcOuellette for the suggestion.) Pleaselet me know how you feel.The mascot is especially proud ofthe frosh this term. They have beenoutstanding in their support for THETOOL. The mascot apprecia tes it, andhopes it continues.There has been some concernabout first year engineering studentsbeing involved in EngSoc. In speakingwith Dr. Ford from the Department of1st year engineering, we have'beenable to agree on allowing students in1A to be involved only as class reps.As well, studen ts shou ld also be

warned that involvement in EngSocshould not be considered as groundsfor an app ea l to th e Enginee ring

Examinations and PromotionsCommittee. 10derate involvement isencouraged. Please be careful, ithyour involvement. We'd like to talk toyou rather than about you.B Soc has decided to shelve the idea ofan Engineering Student Centre. Theissue of need was investigated andwas found that essentially at presentspace lacks in POETS. But for futureconsiderations, it may be wise toinvestigate expansion ideas forPOETS and for the ORIFICE in orderto centralize our activities.

That's it for the term. Good luckwith exams and see you during theSOCIAL SUMMER

VP Spews .. on time even

Serge GravelleVP ExternalThe term is coming to an end, and

my job as VP Extern al seems to beonly starting. I have received moremail in the last two weeks than everHere are a few things that have comeup:ONTARIO ENGINEERINGCOMPETITON'92:Some of you migh t remember theOntario Engineering DesignCompetition that we hosted lastMarch in the Davis Centre. Bigmoney was won by Waterloo studentslast year. This coming March, thecompetition will be held in Ottawa,and I encourage you to accept thechallenge. It is open to anyone who isinterested. This is an excellentopportunity for 4th year students topresent their projects. There are fivecategories in design andcommunications. Prizes for first,second and third places are 1000, 750and 500 dollars respectively . Getmore details at the Orifice.BRIDGE BUILDING COMPETITION:Civils and Mechs are challenged:popcicle sticks, dental floss,toothpicks and glue and the bestbridge design will put $1500 in yourpocket The competition will be heldat Concordia University on March 6,1992. Get more details at the Orifice.COMMERCE AND ENGINEERINGFOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE:This conference (another one ) is heldMarch 6 to 8, 1992 (a lot of things arehappening that weekend) at Que.:m's

University. For more info, 'go to theOrifice.CANADIAN CONFERENCE OFENGINEERING STUDENTS: Wehave 5 de legates representing B-Soc atthis con feren ce n ex t January inMontreal. Many important issues willbe discussed, and the delegates willrepresent UW well.

Have you noticed that everythingI've mentioned is happening duringthe work term? That 's why I'mtelling you people now- in order tokeep you bu sy du ring th e winter.Take some time and participate tothese. Employers usually find itreally cool that students are involvedin such things and may give you sometime off to go to them .. or sponsoryou .. or tell you that you aredreamingPUBLICATIONS:

Project Magazine: This is themagazine representing all Canadianengineering studen ts. The next issuecoming out Nov. 22 highlights

Canadian Cutting EdgeTechnology . t promises to be acollectors item. Grab your copy (It'sfree )

Engineering Dimensions: Thismagazine comes from the APEO andis usually really good. Keep yourselfinformed on the professionalengineering career tha t you'll begetting into pretty soon. Grab a copyin the Orifice. (It's free to )ESSCO Newsletter : This is not amagazine. It is a newsletter . But itstill is good (and free ). It gathers infofrom all Ontario Universities. You'llfind copies i n the Orifice.

To whoev r ..Shortly after the last issue of the

Iron Warrior ca m e ou t someonemeth odically cleaned out all of the

distribution boxes, taking with themall current and past copies of theWarrior. This theft was particularlyannoying because the current issue.va the first time the paper had everdone a color front page and the hopev\'as that many of the papers wouldbe pi ked up by returning allumniduring homecoming.

Approximately Ol e week latercuriously aft r fairly persistentbadgering of MathSoc (mmmm, Iwonder), the papers wer returnedwith a vcry touching apology note .

The staff here at lW would like tosay this - lame stunt people. So muchfor creativity.Chris DeBruskIW Staff

ewer Jobs or GradsEngineering grad uates job

hunt ing this spr ing ap p ea r edhampered b y th e r ecession,accord ing to the 1991 University ofToronto convocation survey.

The survey, conducted in Ju ne,in cl u des responses of 2234gr ad ua tes from a ll ma jor d eg reepro g ra m s, or 57 of th o se wh oat tende d.In a ll, 31.3% of enginee ri nggraduates classified th em se lves asunemp loyed, co mpa red to lS.1i n 19 90. Th e numbe r whore ported la ndin g full - ti m e,

permanent jo bs d eclined 12percentage poin ts over 1990.Grad u ates of other degreeprograms also suffered.Unemployment rose to 14.5% from11.5 for arts and sciencegradu a tes, to 16.3% fro m 9.4% forBEd graduates, and to 17.9% from10.4% from com m erce gradu ates .Reprodl ced froll1 EngineeringDimellsic Ils, 1991, Vo llJlJe 12, No.6page #11, by perll1issiol1 o thepllblisher.

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Friday November 8, 1991 Iron Warrior Page 7What I Really Wanted for ChristmasSean MurphyPissed off Mech

Co-operative education has anumber of advantages. I'm sure it isfor this reason a large number ofstudents chose Waterloo over a lot ofthe other Canadian engineeringschools. t is what brought me toWaterloo, otherwise I was gone toMcGill. (Sometimes, I wonder if I hadalready left.) In any case, co-op isimportant to warrant a mention in theinfamous MacLeans article .N o t w i t h ~ t a n d i n g their glorification ofthe Waterloo co-operative program,the question remains "Does thesystem actually work?

In my opinion, given myexperience this term I would say"NO " Now, that is my opinion;however, it seems to be a commontheme. The story begins like this .. .I had hoped to get a job out westfor the winter term (you know, goskiing in Banff, etc .. . I filled out myapplication with 20 jobs with adefinite intention of going to Calgaryfor the winter term. There were jobselsewhere as well, and I was verywilling to go anywhere. I also appliedto 3 late postings. I thought thatwould give me enough of anopportunity to receive someinterviews considering my pooracademic performance in the past. Asfar as I knew eveything was alright.

However, strange things wereafoot in Co-opLAND . After twoweeks of no interviews, I was

confused. I thought that I should interests. at only was there an errorcheck my file to see if there were any in my file, they were now taking meerrors. There was. Co-op had out of interviews as well. People wereforgotten a term on my transcript. beginning to ask me i f I had any(Wonder how come I wasn't getting enemies in co-op, it appears that I do.too many interviews.) Once that was When my ranking form came outcorrected, my corrected "package" on the Friday, I was then even morewas to be given to the remaining shocked to find out that I had had aninterviewers who were to come interview with BNR, Proctor &during the last week of interviews so Gamble, Kraft, CP and PIe (though Ithat my resume might be considered. was only ranked for CP). Well, I lost

Canadian Pacific agreed to it I had 4 other interviews that co-opinterview me . However, they were a had apparently taken me out of. Colittle confused at my package. They op had succeeded in making it a weekreceived a note that indicated that I that I would never forget.wanted an interview; however, at the The question remains "Are wesame time another note was added getting our money's worth from coindicating that I was withdrawn from op? As evidenced by my situation, itinterviews. They wanted to know appears that I suffered a great deal forwhat was going on. I had no idea that my $320 donation to co-op education.anything of the kind was happening f this was an extraordinary event,so I checked with co-op. It appears than the situation could be forgiven.that a computer glitch resulted in my However, the problems seem to recurbeing withdrawn. t was an in various degrees for many people.'aberration' and not likely to have From an informal survey carriedbeen there long enough to cause a out in the Engineering Society Office,problem. So I relaxed... it was noted that there is no particular

During the summer term, I had bias on anyone person. However, itarranged my own interview for a job was noted that to some degree th ewith Petro-Canada in Calgary for the process has a tendency to screw upwinter term. I also applied through more randomly than would beco-op. I should have had an expected. Many situations have ariseninterview .... but I didn't. I called PIC that students are not informed aboutto find out what had happened, they interviews until 20 minutes before thetold me that I was on their list to co- actual interview, horror stories aboutop but that co-op had scratched me students being contacted byoff the PIC list. When Petro-Canada employers through their parents atcalled back to find out what was home, screw-ups when the employerhappening, they were told that It is hires too many students and thenone of your business". Obviously, students are left without a job.co-op was out looking for my best These are all circumstances that

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have arisen. There are numerouse amples that could be added. It isbecause of these stories that students,if they are able, will arrange their ownjobs just to avoid the hassles of co-opor they will return to previous jobsjust because it is easier. As a result,their money is collected, but it is notused to their advantage because thestudents choose to avoid the problemin the first place.

The attitude, pr valent amongstudents, is that it is easier for them toaccept the problem because they onlyhave to deal with co-op for 5 years.The true challenge is to create asystem that is accomoda ting tostud en ts tIla t would allow theflexibility for its use for all students.However, the promised system hastaken such a long time to develop thatmost students have given up on theidea of a fair deal from co-op. Inessence, they have given up on theidea that they can get a job wi thoutalot of hassle.I think it is time that students takea stand in this regard. It is importantthat we take an interest in oureducation, and because it is afundamental part of our program, it isan integral part of our education. I fyou have any concerns regardingyour treatment in co-op educaton,please let me know. It's time that weas engineering students standtogether and fight for our education.We pay for it, let's do somethingabout it. I can be reached in theEngineering Society Office or call meat 888-4762.

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Rob and LynnArts Directors

ArtsWell folks, the term is almost over. Most of the arts director sevents are coming to a close, and we would like to thank all the people

who helped us out, as well as those who took advantage of the servicesand events we ran this term.Congratulations to our Photo Contest winners. The response to thiscontest was outstanding; we had 18 people enter almost 90 photos.Catch the winning photos in the display case outside the Orifice.

Of course our last big event for the term is only days away ..TALENG rolls into town this Sunday. See the article elsewhere in thisissue for details.To finish off the term, come to our post T ALENG jam night inPOETS on Tuesday November 26 at 7pm. Hopefu lly most of th emusically inclined acts will be coming back for a great evening of musicwithout rules.

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Chris DeBruskEngineering Student CentreCommittee

At the beginning of this term,Engineering Society A presentedEngSoc B with a rough, informalproposal for the construction of anEngSoc building. EngSoc A wasinterested in exploring the possibilityof for this building and asked us todevelop an opinion which paralleledthe general feeling towards it withinour society. With this goal in mind,the Engineering Student CentreCommittee was formed and publicityconcerning the building was started.

The findings of this committeewere presented at the joint counciland at the most recent councilmeeting. The committee chose toexamine the problem in three parts:1. Space: The committee attemptedto informally develop an EngSocspace usage opinion - i.e. how muchspace do we currently use and whatare our future needs. The committeeagreed that an increase in spacewould be nice, but a definite needonly exists currently in two areas. Atthe beginning of the term the Orificesuffered from overcrowding, andoften students could not get to theservices that it is intended to provide,simply because of the number ofpeople. This problem has been solvedthrough its reorganization and thesituation seems to have greatlyimproved. The other major spaceproblem that exists is in Poets. Ofteni t full and is unable to hold thenumber of engineers that would liketo use it - especially during pubs. Thisis a problem that requires furtherexamination before arecommendation for improvemenlscan be made.2. Image: The second concern wasthe effect of such a building on theformality and image of EngSoc. Thecommittee felt that commencement of

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such a plan would necessitateincreased formalization of EngSoc.The responsibility necessary tosuccessfully complete a buildingwould greatly increase the amount oftime and work that was required bythe EngSoc executives. The committeealso thought that as EngSoc grows,this formalization will still occur, butat a slower rate. Therefore themanagement of a building would putadditional pressure on people whoalready devote a great deal of time toEngSoc, and that pressure would beimmediate, rather than gradual. Thisidea generated some concern withinthe committee.3. Student Life: The final concernwas the re-emergence of the StudentLife Building, now called the StudentCentre. f engineering pursues theirown building now, this action may beinterpreted by the rest of theuniversity as a slap in the face. Inother words, the engineers are doingtheir own thing once aga in . Sincecurrently there is a drive to increasethe involvement of engineers incampus wide activities, these possiblenegative effects are not desired.In summary, the committee felt thatwhile the idea of our own building isattractive, the lack of need, lack ofstudent support, and the possibleramifications towards engineeringimage at this university lead us to theconclusion that the pursuance of thisproject at this time is not in the bestinterests of EngSoc B. Therefore thecommittee recommends against thisproject. t does recommend acontinuation of research so that if at afuture time we attempt this projectEngSoc is prepared. The committeealso recommends that a smaller scalerenovalion of Poets be examined, andthat a formal examination of the spacerequirements of EngSoc beperformed. EugSoc A has indicatedlhat they will pursue these ideas andthat their findings will be presented

pmecember 6 1991Siegfried HallSt Jeromes College

MEMORIAL SERVICE FORTHOSE MASSACRED IN MONTREAL 989

AND OTHER VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

Page 10UW's share of NSERC grants totals 2.8million

UWNEWSThe University of Waterloo wasone of the chief recipients of research

funding this year from the NaturalSciences and Engineering ResearchCouncil.UW received about 2.8 million inNSERC strategic grants, with 31

faculty members obtaining new orcontinuing awards. Results of the1991-92 national competition wereannounced in Waterloo November 12.

The funding helps fuel UW'scontribution to the local economy,already reaching $245 million infaculty and staff salaries, as well as insupplies and services. Factoring instudent and visitor spending, totaleconomic impact topped $320 millionlast year.

At the ceremony presided over byfour UW scientists were

honoured for their researchachievementsfederal Science Minister WilliamWinegard, four UW scientists werehonoured for their researchachievements, along with an equalnumber from the University ofGuelph.

Winegard said the competition'soutcome points to the high calibre ofresearchers at UW and Guelph.These two universities are a drivingforce in the new understanding of

d ~ n c e d areas and in the training of

young people for careers intechnology.He added that the applied natureof the research helps bridge the two

solitudes of the university andbusiness communities.By building partnerships

between sectors, we increase thechances that the research results willmeet real needs and will be exploitedin Canada.Winegard said the competition'soutcome points to the high calibreof researchers at Wand Guelph.

Winegard said the NSERCs trategic grants program is one ofseveral federa l initia tives to sparkresearch in advanced technologies,natural resources and theenvironment.The program is pre-competitiveresearch with a mission, he said. Ineach of the fields that the programsupports, these missions are verycarefully designed with consultation

The program is pre-competitiveresearch with amission Iwith potential users in business andgovernment.Jointly, UW and Guelph received14.5 per cent of the grants awardedunder the $37.5 million strategicprogram this year. Guelph received$2.5 million, shared among 30scientists.

Humanities TheatreSunday November 248:00 PMTickets 2, ( 3 at the door)available in the Orifice No\v


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The Sandford Fleming Foundation Waterloo Campus Activity4333 Carl Pollock Hall, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N L 3G1 519) 888-4008

The Sandford Fleming Foundation presented the following awards at the 16th Annual Engineering Awards Dinner, November 14th:1991 Teacning Jllssistantsliip f ~ c e a : e n u Ylwari111inners: :fa{1991 DtoatesRoshni DuttonChemical EngineeringWilliam KungElectrical & Computer EngineeringRomson NinpongManagement Sciences

Mark EarnshawSystems Design Engineering

Mahesh PandeyCivil EngineeringA. Bruce McIverFirst Year Engin.eeringJudd KaiserMechanical Engineering

The Fal11991 deadline fo rTA nominations is November 22,1991.

Denis Bigioni, CivilAnthony West, CivilJacques Millette. ChemicalBelinda Elysee-Collen, Chemical

Winners

Runners Up

An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education

IW BOOKREVIEW

WOODYCCCP

I'm writing this review in order topay tribute to one of the people whoshaped my life. His name is TheodoreGeisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.Some of his notable works are GreenEggs and Ham, If I Ran the Zoo, Howthe Grinch Stole Christmas, and TheCat in the Hat. One of his harderhitting novels, The Cat in the Hat waswritten in an attempt to pay homage

u e - g l : e a t Dr. Sigmund Freud. It isthe nightmarish fantasy of a renegadefeline helping two young childrenunderstand their frustrated sexuality.

The story opens with the twoyoungsters, a brother and a sister,abandoned by their mother, staringmournfully through the window oftheir single-family dwelling. In theforeground a large tree (phallicsymbol) dances wildly in the wind,taunting the children andencouraging them to succumb to thesexual yearnings they undoubtedlyfeel for each other. Even to the mostunlearned reader, the blatantreferences to the incestuousrelationship the two share set the tonefor Seuss' probing examination of thesatisfaction of primitive needs. TheCat proceeds to charm the waryyouths into engaging in what he so .innocently refers to as "tricks". At thispoint the fish, an obvious Christfigure who represents the prevailingChristian morality, attempts to warnthe children, and thus, in effect, warnsall of humanity of the dangersassociated with the unleashing of theprimal urges. In response to this, thecat proceeds to balance the aquaticnaysayer on the end of his umbrella,essentially saying, Down withmorality; down with God "

After poohpoohing the righteousrantings of the waterlogged Christfigure, the Cat begins to juggle severalicons of Western culture, mostnotably two books, representing theOld and New Testaments, and asaucer of milk, an ironic reference to

Warning: The following articlemay completely ruin any fondmemories you may have ofyour childhood Read at yourown perilmaternal loss the chIldrenexperienced when their motherabandoned them "for the afternoon."Our heroic Id adds to this boldgesture a rake and a toy man, andthus completes the Oedipa l triangle.

La ter in the novel, Seussintroduces the proverbial Pandora'sbox, a large red crate out of which theId releases Thing One, or Freud'sconcept of Ego, the division of thepsyche that serves as the consciousmediator between he person andreality, and Thing Two, the Superegowhich functions to reward and punishthrough a system of moral attitudes,conscience, and guilt. Referring to thisbox, the Cat says, Now look at thistrick. Take a look " In this, Dr. 5eussuses the children as a brilliantmetaph9r for the reader, and asks thereader to re-examine his/her owninner self.

The children, unable to controlthe Id, Ego, and Superego allow thesecreatures to run free and mess up thehouse, or more symbolically, controltheir lives. This rampage continuesuntil the fish, or Christ symbol, warnsthat the mother is returning toreinstate the Oedipal triangle thatexisted before her abandonment ofthe children. At this point, Seussintroduces a many-armed cleaningdevice which represents thepsychoanalytic couch, which proceedsto put the childrens' lives back inorder.With powerful simplicity, clarity,and drama, Seuss reduces Freud'sconcepts on the dynamics of thehuman psyche to an easilyunderstood gesture. Dr. Seuss' poetryand choice of words is equallyimpressive and serves as a splendidcounterpart to his bold symbolism. Inall, his wri ting style is quick and fluid,making The Cat in the Hat impossibleto put down. While this novel is 61pages long, and one can read it in fiveminu'tes or less, it is not until aftermultiple readings that the genius ofthis modern day master becomesapparent.

GET INVOLVEDAnother term is drawing to aclose at Waterloo, and theCSME/ ASME/SAE at Waterloo haspresented a vanety of mtereshngseminars and presentations. Topicsincluded a discussion of dieselemissions, the use of lasers and robotsin the aerospace industry, biomedicalengineering research, and adiscussion o f SAE projects available atthe University of Waterloo.Additionally, seminars in Torontoand a plant tour of McDonnellDouglas in Malton were attended.Thanks to everyone who participatedthis term, please continue to take partin the future.

The current CSME/ ASME/SAEstudent executive is nearing theconclusion of their term as executivemembers. All positions on thexecutive are available forsummer term. An enthusiastic groupof individuals are required who arcinterested in developing leadership,organizational, and interpersonalskills by organizing and runningevents. The struc ture of the execu tiveis very flexible, allowing for a large orsmall student group. A standardorganization would include aChairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer,Publicity Manager and ExternalLiaison.The Chairman and Vice Chairmanorganize meetings of the studentexecutive, plan events and contactprospective speakers and companiesregarding seminar presentations.Membership drives are alsocoordinated by the Chair.

The Treasurer is responsible forhandling all money managemenduties, including expenserelmbursement and membershipaccounting, by dealing with theCSME/ ASME/SAE faculty advisor(Currently Professor FaridGolnaraghi, Mechanical Engineering).This position also involves themaintenance of detailed financialrecords.

The Publicity Manager preparesthe advertising of upcoming eventsthrough preparation and distributionof posters, articles in the Iron Warriorand Enginews]etter.The External Liaison coordinatesthe schedule of seminars, arrangesspeaking venues, and maintainscontnel with spcakl'ls to l'tmfirmtiwdetaill-; .All positions ( f th 'xccutivework tngclh'r in pionning v ~ n l t l andorganization. The lime r{'quircd byeach member of the executiv ' needonly be 1 to 2 hours per w>ck, or evenless with a larg r group. There arenumerous ben'iils of involvem 'nt inthe CSME/ ASMEjSAE xecutiveincluding seminars and awards;company contacts, and to quote acliche, it looks grea t on a resume.

Plan to attend the General BodyMeeting of tIll? CSME/ ASME/SAEWaterloo Student Chapter November26, 1991 at 11:30 in DC 1302, orcontact Steve Rebello or DougPilmoor through theC5ME/ASME/5AE mailbox in theOrifice for more information aboutthe Executive.


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