iron warrior: volume 3, issue 3

8/14/2019 Iron Warrior: Volume 3, Issue 3

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IRON WARRIOR

FORUM OR ENGINEERING CONCEPTS

Referendum PartIIA central issue amongst UWengineering students over thepast sp.ven months has been theQuality of Education Maintenance Fund (QEMF). The pro

posed fund would consist of a $50(;ontribution from each engineering student returning from awork term. The money would beused to benefit the education ofundergraduate engineering students. Control of the fund wouldbe given to a committee with astudent majority under the condition that the money is to bespent on undergraduate teachingequipment, increasing the number of high quality teaching assistants, and, possibly, establishing a physical plant fund.The QEMF was first proposedat the Engineering Society 'A'Council meeting of March 9,1982. t was introduced as "aconstructive way for students toaddress the problems caused byinadequate funding of universIty education ." The original

The campaign i s o f f and running. Q MF referendum pos t e r sboth pro and con, adorn the ha l l s o f Engineering.rou to n ' ie elected Executive was radically altered by the members ofCouncil and further changeswere made over the next fewmonths as a result of commentsreceived from students, faculty

and administration.At the Joint Executive Meetingof Engineering Societies 'A' and'8' on June 27, 1982, the FinalProposal was written and approved for the referendum. (See

WorktermProspects

John Westlake: Be prepared to t ravel

Well, the Want Ads have beenout for a week now and as most ofyou will have noticed, any re semblance to the New York CityTelephone Directory is purelyalcohol-induced. fndeed, theWant Ads contain just 35% of the

number of jobs needed to placethe current cropof co-op studentswho are going through the placement process. Don't panic yet,though. According to John Westlake of the Department of Coordination, companies have ten-

elsewhere in this issue.) t consists of four articles concerningthe amount of the contribution,the allocation of funds, the QEMFCommittee, and a review of theQEMF. This last article in-

ded to n.otify Co-ordination oftheir winter job needs later th-anthey have for summer and fallterms. In other words, manywinter jobs have traditionallycome in after the Want Ads havebeen printed. We can keep ourfingers crossed that this trendcontinues.There is no doubt that thepresent economic climate has hitthe co-op program hard, particularly the engineering andscience faculties. The days ofabundant job prospects (two orthree jobs per student) are gone,at least temporarily. The abruptdecline in the number of available jobs from the winter to thesUTTImer of 1982 came with asharp impact on the prospectsal)d outlook of co-op engineers.Economic changes also broughtabou t changes in a co-ordinator's -job. Waterloo co-ordinators havehad to really scramble to keep theco-op program healthy. The #1priority of the Co-ordinationDepartment is job development.Some of their other functions,such as student visits, have hadto take a back seat, and understandably so.To compensate for the sharpdecreases in the number of jobsover the summer, co-ordinatorsused the following strategies togarner more jobs for the fall workterm. Firstly, they conducted atelephone blitz aimed at co-opemployers and potential employers. Next, alumni were sentletters which requested theirhelp in jinding co-op jobs. Also,the newsletter to the WaterlooAdvisory Council contained a

dicates the hope of the studentsthat this fund will only be neededfor a few years. During the Springand Fall terms of 1985 anotherreferendum will be held todecideon continuation of the fund .

similar appeal. There has been nofinancial restriction limiting theefforts of the co-ordinators intheir hunt for jobs . This all outeffort over the summer paiddi vidends i n the fall term. Of1329engineering st udents who soughtfall work terms, only 43 remain unplaced.The gl'oup of students who aresuffering most under presentconditions are the juniors. This ispartly due to the fact that they arealso the most populous group.Juniors going through interviewsnumber 590 out of a total of 995.In addition, junior jobs tend to bemainly in production, an areaparticularly susceptible to vagaries of the economy. Co-ordinators chasing down productioniobs run up against companiesmixed in a world of plant layollsand abbreviated work weeks.Against this backdrop, it's toughto convince an employer to hiremore co-ops. t is handy toremember, however, that sinceproduction requirements arehard to predict. many employersare holding off until NovemberorDecember before they finalizetheir co-op student needs. t ishoped that many more jobs willcontinue to come in during thisperiod, as has traditionally beenthe case. Junior students can takeheart in the 97 fall placementrate and in the fact that coordinators are working very hardto ensure that 'as many studentsas possible are placed.Besides the reduction in thenumber of jobs, co-op studentshave been affected in some otherways by theec'Jnomicdownturn.

Friday October 15 1982

Since the proposal would affect bot h co-op streams of engineering students, a two-part referendum was required to decide onthe establishment of QEMF. Thefact that students were beingasked to contribute additionalmoney when already faced withhigh costs at university causedthe Engineering Society to placestrict requirements on the approval of the proposal: a minimum 50% voter turnout; and twothirds of votes cast plus one votebeing the majority for approval.These strict conditions were imposed to ensure that QEMFwould only be implemented iengineering students reallycared about it and approved it bya large majority.On July 14 and IS, 1982,Enginellring Society 'B' ran theirpart of the referendum and theresults were a 78 voter tur l tand, of these, 81 were in fa.-ourof QEMF. Engineering Society'A'will be holding its part of thereferendum on October 27and28,1982. tapproved at that time, itforwarded to the Board ofGnors of the University of W100 for approval in January.last step is required to havenew fee added to the Student FStatement.sec centrespread for details

For example, salaries are nolonger increasing as quickly as inthe past. A cursory examinationof average salaries from Winter'82 and Summer '82 shows nodis cernible increase. Although wedo not have enough informationto really see t he trends as yet, it iseasy to believe that in a buyer'smarket, companies no longerneed to entice co-op studentswith fat salaries.Another effect of the economicsituation has been the partial relaxation of some of the criteria forwork term credit. Previously, astudent needed to work 12-13weeks to gel credit for the workterm. Because several studentswere laid off in mid-term , orperhaps because many did notget jobs until some weeks into theterm, about 8 weeks of work wasenough to get a work term credit,although the nature of the jobwas also considered in thedecision.What can the student do to helphimselflherself? Westlake hasbeen pleased with the enthusiasm and interest displayed bystudents in the co-op orientationlectures. He sees this as an assetand offers the following advice."Be prepared to travel to whereever the jobs are. The importantthing is to get a job and get theexperience. Location and moneymay have to become secondary.Westlake also suggests that

~ t u e n t s be well-prepared fortheir interviews as the com-petition will be tough. A fewminut )s research in the careerinformation centre will be timewell spent. Duncan Samuels


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IRON WARRIOR

The debate associatedwith QEMF is an excellentopportunity for all students to get involved. Hereis an issue that could affecteveryone and I feel it's ahealthy sign in our societythat both sides are demanding to be heard. Thisshould be the case in otherissues too - the 4A-4Bstreaming, the arena, theelection of Eng . Soc. executive, the issue over ourown sculpture (where isthat fine piece of artwork,anyway?). The importantpoint is to be able to seethrough all the emotion andlook at facts.I am not writing thisarticle to support QEMF,but to present some background for the debate. Theunderfunding of the university system has beengoing on for almost tenyears. Several excellentarticles on this issue haverecently appeared in theGlobe Mail - Oct, 9, 12,13 and 14th. The Deans ofEngineering in Ontariocollectively have been makinga plea to government aboutthe serious erosion of resources within our faculties for the past four years,but to no avail. We have allthe data to show thisdecline and I list but .a few:Enrollments in engineering have risen by22.3% in the past four

years with no additional faculty or supportsla being hired.Larger class sizes suchthat the student/faculty ratio hasgonefrom13:1 (1972) to 20:1(1982).The underfunding ofunive rsities has beenspread uni formly

Guest ditorial

ean Lennox t e l l i ng t l i k e t i sthroughout the faculties.Ontario now ranks 10thin spending /student -$1100. below nationalaverageOur undergraduateequipment purchasesare down 57% over thepast ten years.Our laboratory expenditure is 16-35% lessth an other regions inCanada.The Ontario supportstafflfacultyratio is thelowest in Canada.Ontario faculty resignations are increasing

- 240 in 1976-80 compared with in 1970-75.The Canadian Council ofProfessional Engineers,which speaks for the profession, concluded at its1982 meeting that:It is clear that further deterioration will r.ontinue unlesswe - the profession, the universities. industry and gov-ernments - ta e a stronstand ~ n d make a concertedeffort to turn the situationa round . If we do nothing, wemay destroy 0111' 01 thl' hl'stengineering education s y ~tems in thl' world. With thutdestruction will go Canada'scapability to maintain 01' in crensl' its status as an industrialized society in thllwodd.

The Minister of Education t h e HonourabJe BetteStephenson - stated attherecent APEO Engineersin-Education Conferencethat the universities canexpect little help from theprovince. There just isn'tany more money.The Canadian Accreditatio n Board Chairmani Tepo ' ;Unfortunately, engineeringfaculty budgets hav e not keptpact' with the demflndfi plncednn tl1l'l1I hy till' 1'[11'1 ts of IIInatIOn HI{d nnrOIiIlH'l1t in -

t : r I H S I ~ SWhdt, ti ll' BOlll'd rt'fl lgni/.l 'sthut thtl qllHltty of .In 1'1l).pn(,Pring p rogrillll IS Ilot "dll'C'ct

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Friday October 15, 1982

function of the size of itsbudget, it is nonetheless concerned that if present trendscontinue. the qualit of manyprograms will be adverselyaffected.Again, if present trends areallov ed to continue. our engineering education systemwill suffer.It is also true that thenumbe r of part ial accredi t-ations has increased in thepast four years.The point of all theabove is to illustrate thatwe have had an ongoingproblem for sometime - itis nol something that hashappened overnight.The only sources left tous for help in turning thesituation around are in dustry, tuition and alumnidonations. The Deans ofEngineering of Ontario arenow working in partnership with a numberofChiefExecutive Officers of Canadian Industry to presentour case to the govern men t.Tutition now reflectsabout 18% oflhe true cost ofyour d u c a t i o ~ . It was 32%some fifteen years ago andso some increase can beexpected .1have personallywritten to all of our alumni,outliniBg the problem andasking for help. Hopefully,some of the above initiat-ives will prove fruitful. Ihope the above information proves useful whendiscussing the QEMF in itiative.There is no question,hu "''' , \.1.0.-1:- I . :Ul......JioIlOW)generated by such art.init- iative would prove immensely \Ispflll and I willout'llIl(' how and why inllwscilt'tillll't1 1ll('I'IillgH 1'0-garding I lw rdpt'('lllltllll.W. C. Lennox,DOHn of Engineering

The Iron Warrior is a publication of the EngineeringS9ciety at the Uni versity of Waterloo . It's purpose isto promote professional awareness within theEngineering faculty . pushing the e onomyMailing Address:Iron Warrior '.c/ o Eng Soc AUniversity of WaterlooWaterloo, OntarioCanadaEditor:Advertising:Layout:Photography:Con trib u tors:.

Arnim LittekGeorge HobartDon, Ie'nny, HaroldAndrew PattersonRob Brooks Co., Jeff Cox,Greig Garland, HaroldGross, Don Heath, SteveHutton, W. C. Lennox, MaryOwens, Andrew PattersonAlan Plaunt, Duncan S a m ~ue ls, Paul Stevers, and Anitavan den Hurk . .

The Iron Warrior is typeset at tpe Imprint office onca m pus and pr in ted at Webman Printing, Guelph.

Adapti ng to Changi ng Sodety- Push the ~ c o n u is thetheme of the Fift ee nth AnnualCongl'css of Canadian Engin eering Students (CCES) to behosted by the UnivcrityofUritishColumbia from jClnuary 5- },1983.CCES is a national organization of engineering students,formed in 1969, to provide Can adian engineering students achance to discuss Gurrent issuesand exchange ideas. Every Ca nadian undergraduate engineering student is a memberofthiscorporCltion (CCES WClS inwrporClted in 1978).At the conferenl;e, severnlspeakers are invited to addrllsscertain topics chosen by the hostuni versi t y. Allendi ng delegatesare also given the opportunity \00presen t ei ther tf'chnical or non tfc hnical papers which deal withengineering or engineering education in Canada. A plenarysession is held, whereby variousresolutions are made concerningthe direction t ha t the corpor-


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IRON WARRIOR

Overseas work terms are notunknown to co-op st udents, and alot of students take advantage ofthem at one time or anotherbefore they finish, but it's not theonly way to appease the urge tot ra vel.I had the opportunity duringmy 3A and 3B terms to get toknow the first two groups ofstudents from the TechnicalUniversity of Braunschweig,who were studying in Walerlooin 1980 and 1981 under theauspices of a one-way exchangeprogram between the departments of Mec:hanical Engineering in the respeclive universities.

Since I'd had one work term inGermany previous to that andhad begun also to take Germanclasses, I was interested in thepossibilities these fellows presented. One of them in the firstgroup arranged an excellen t jobfor my work term subsequent to3B, and during this process Jseriously began to look into thepossibilities of actually s Iud yingthe Braunschweig, to make theexchange program a two-wayaffair.


pportunity kno ks

The flow of students fromBraunschweig to Waterloo originates in a professional contactbecome-friendship bet ween Dr.Hecker of the T U Braunschweigand Professor J. T. Pindera of

Arnim L i t t e k discuss ing his year in Germany with Prof J T . Pindera,Liaison Of f i cer for the exchange program.

Waterloo's Department of CivilEngineering; so it was to Pro- The term starts out on an easy,fessor Pindera that I weni. He relaxed basis, and lectureswas very enthusiastic about my stretch from the midJle ofplans to study in Braunschweig, October until the middle ofjust as he is enthusiastic about February. Lectures are similar tohis German guests in Waterloo. those here, except that profs likeOriginal plans called for a to lecture two periods at a lime,l e ~ student, a mechanical i.e. 90 minutes straight. I've

~ ~ I i I I ' i I I i ~ ~ _ ' - : ' ~ ~ A t i o ' ; = ; . I . ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [ ; O : . 4 . i I o - ; ; ' : : ; ~ i . I o i ' . a . ~ ~ used to IMt .along in the first year, but he Since I had free access to anybacked out over the course of the lecture I wanted to sit in on, Isummer work term forreasonsof attended those that interestedhis own . me, and thAI did nol include 100During my work terlll near many courses slated for beforeStuttRflrl in Houthern CermAny,1 7th semt'ster (4A) und so in sometook severn I weekend trips to respects I l11issf'd tllP. "normal"Braunschweig to see about my aspects I)f lectures therf' . Withorl'angements for the coming twCl ('xccptil)ns illI my r;lass\'sacadernie yenr. An f ' V I r p r e s l ~ n t were smaller than 15,probll m in Cerman university Part uf the reason thut thetowns ill the lu ck of housing and r:l,Hlfws are su slllall is Ihe fllctinspiteofrcgislel'illginMayfol'C1 that t h l ~ program Ht a C;('rmanpluGe in I'I sidence, I did not t(,Ghniclil l I n i v l ~ I all()ws fol'reccive nn open room IIntil somewhat 11101'(' speciulizationNovember, although I knew than th e Ilnchelor's programalready in May that I would con tains. For instanc(', an I'lec-receive that room. The winter trical ('nginl'er gradualcs fromterm s tarted in the middl(' of thr.re with a sort of titl ( asOctoher, so J had to find a placl' to electrical I'ngincl'I'ing in CO 111 -stay for two weeks, hut nnc(' lIlunications or in r.f. engin-again my friends from the ex- eel'ing, that is to say, with a fairchange pJ'C)gram in Wat 'l'ioo alllount of sllllcialization alreadycame through. inherent in his degrpc.Althuugh normally onr. III list lmustatldatthispointthatthppreregister about 4 months in 'irst degrcl' gl'unted from a TU inadvance of the stHI't of semester, I (:erllHl ny I'n tails SOI1lf'W hat mOl'ewas pushed through the system work than a Bachelor's. The firstone week before classes startl'd. four seillesters comprisl' some-and I must admit r r('ctlived some thing similar tl) that at Waterloo,kid glove treat ment at times. Thr but specialization begi ns alreadyprogram was already Wf'1l to H degree in 5th semester. Andknown and publicized around when one specia lizps, the c:hoiceBraunschweig (by the first 1 coursf'S in a field is somewhatgroup) and whlln it became more ( xtensivl'. The llormalknown that I was a retul'n planned schedule is to finish thestudent on the same program, l11ain bodv of lectures in II 01' 9doors opened very quickly. sCl1l1'stel's', the totlll ineluding

(J fair (11110,, 1 / ~ f,' ;/JI'(' ifll i::;Ulioll fI/r( (uly

;II/wr(JII' . .Since the preregistration pro-.cess involves the only money theUniversity sees. I got that out oft he way then. It eost OM 33.20 tilgo t } seh()ol for a semester. whichis ilbout 17, quite bearable.

Registration is only for eXillnS,and I'll get to that later.

tlltot'ials ilnd labs to form il fulltimelable. Afterthat. tlH'stutiE'ntis required to do i-l selllinar. adp.sigli projl'c:\, and it majorproj 'ct on his own til11(' hcfor 'takil1g on his diploma thesis. amajor project which may beoneati11l1' limited basis. It is nOl'1I1Hves enough time in the scht'dule to take long vacations, attpll lext ra leet ures and l ' n t ~ r a l l y eascup the pace a little hit. In otherwords, a Dipl. Ing . i1S th('

engineering degree is known ,may be finished in 10 semesters(and has even been known to befinished in less, by workaholics. . . ) but is more often finished in12 to 14 semesters, and my nextdoor neighbour in the residence,who was more a professionalmusician, was in his 22nd semester, and on his 2 nd majorproject, not his diploma thesis.That speaks for a somewhatdifferent attitude towards auniversity education,l think.The l ' x ~ l m sr.hedull' too sctv e r ~ l o o s e l ~ . A general s(:hedulris put out and s l g n ( ~ d up for, hut ifyou feel you have too many"heavy" ('xams, it 's quitl withint he rules to post pone an B\am to asubsf'qul'nt semestl'r. For thatreason mosl if not "III'xflms nrcoff('red but h in SUnlllH'l'illlCl in thr1\ intl r semester.Thi' real regist ratioll comesmidway through thE' t('l'llI , \\hpllone decidps which exams toactually take. And as if that isn'tenough'. you Illay back out 01 allY

tl /l o f 11/ , / 'Ol lnw I 1001.-for ( .\ ' ( I III.'; luullll(',o;('

oral ( X(I / I I , , ; , exam up to onE' week before th('exam , if you ft el vou're nol reacl\'fMit. .

The lecture period ends in midFl'bmarv. and t hel' ' is at wo 1\'I'rkinactive' period with no I' '( illS.and Oil ' spl'I'ads one's exams outovel' the rell1Hining 6 weeks untilthe stn 't of the SUIllIlH'rSI'II11'stl'rin mid-April. This 1H' 'lI1its iISOIllt'what more reiH,ed ll1i1nn('rin approa(;hing thel xallls , whichdid nothing to hUl't Illy marks Imight a d d . l s p l c i , d l ~ sincE' I ) n l ~taddl,d 2 exams in t hI' first p\alllperiod.Th ' SlImlllf'r SPIl1f'Stl'l' runsfrolll mid April until mid l u l ~ ' ,fllld with.1 hreak of 4 weeks untilthe middle of August. thl' I',amperiod e"tends thell until thl'middle of (ktnlwr. Thf l'(' is iIfeatun' 01 tilt' SUJ11IlH'1' termddinitl'lv worth Illl'ntioning.Ont' IIf ' the \\pl ks which isshortl'nlHI dllP to a long wt'ekendis givE'n O V t ~ r 10 E'lI.(;ursillns. A 101

of professors organize H tour ofdifferent areas of Germa ny (and Isuppose outside too to tourfactories , examine installations .The tour [w a s on spent 4 days inthe area around Koln [Cologne)and we visiled4 or5 instilliationsin 3 Gities. TreHt ment WHS par fortH coursesincewewereallnear:graduating students and therewas no question the comp,lnieswere out to impress. It IVHS Hworthwhile week.

Although the last eXHIll pl'rindstrl'tches IIntil the middl e ofOctol)('r, I I\'Hnted tn bl' finishedill1d com ' back in timp loreturn toWaterloo lor thf' heginning ofSeptemlH'1' Hnd had to ilrrange J l ) \ 'exams ill :; cnursrs ilccordingly.This nll'ant a I'I schl'duling ofr\,l'r\'thin into 2 \I' ppks but thckid glOVE treat 111l'nt e\tl'nded tosrpanltl' datI'S in sl'l'pral cas 's.i.( . whl'l' ' J was thl' only pl'rsonbeing t''\'III1in 'd.

II is fal 'ollritl' hdhit IIf mostprofessors in Cprl1l


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IRON W RRIORthe basic \, illage II form.

The floors hin e 21 rooms each.and a v e r ~ large. well laid (luicommunal I-.itchen. I supposeIhere are situations where 2peoplt' operated separately. \\ithindependent mealtimes. but jwas lucky in coming into a verysocial floor. and once or Iwice aweek we got toget herfor a big do.That doesn'l sound like much.but the main meal in Germanv.and most of Europe. is the midd;;ymeal. and there is a stalesubsidized cafeteria at the university. This "Mensa" processesapproximately 6000 of the 11000students Rt Braunschweig everynoon . and I wasoftenthere fnrm ybig meRI of the day.

The quali t y of food vRried considerably. de p ending on whRtyou were willing to pOiy. For 75< :you get the standard garbage.hardly fil to eat. For $1.10. thefood was about th e qualily ofvillage food . and for about $2.the food was quite acceptable.

For thRI reOison . I really lookedforward to th e communal se s siclOs. especially our regular barbeques on the balcony in thesu I11mer.How did I finance all of t h i sWell. s ince I was the first to gothis route. th e finances were notparti c ularly well organized:

a . ~ I ( t I I ) - , w h . di::;I 'd l 'afl ' II 'r ial tilt II l1in'r i ty

things w ere a lillie c lose to tilllin e al lim es. Prof . Pinde ra hasallempted to initiate a fund tosupport th P program. and although thi s process is still veryIlluch lJlldl'rway . enough was dugOllt of tilt' univcrsit v coffers 10cover the ex penses . U is ho pedthat ev e ntuall y eno ugh moneycan be found frolll Cerma nCanadian indust ric'S


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IRON WARRIOR

QEMF . . . Questions AnsweredWhose idea was QEMF? available each year. As thecurrenl equirment budget for theQEMF was conceived by the en- Faculfy of Engineering is basic-gineering studentsof he U ni ve r- a ll y nil, this money will have asity of Waterloo. It arose as an large impact The fact that theappropriate response to the prob- fund is controlled by t udentslems of underfunding of univer ensures that our concerns aresity education, Similar fees at heard when buying equipment.other schools were suggested by Finally, this money could triggerthe administrations of those contributions frllm i1lumni, in-schools. dustry, and I?) government, soWhy should we pay? that everyone pulls his weight.

The only actions under our Will the Focllity get Inss moneycontrol are our own actions. For from 'he Universi,y budget beyears students have been trying cause of QEMF?to tell universities, industry and The President of the Univer-government what to do, either sity, Dr. Wright, has assured usthrough confrontation or lobby- that UW will be blind to the ex-ing, and we have not been istence of the QEMF money whensuccessful. Since the problem the university budget is beingdoes exist, and we are the ones set. Also, since QEMF will notbeing hurt by it , it is in our best s(llve all the Faculty's financialinterests to make an effort to problems, we know Dean Lennoxsolve the problem. Perhaps Ihis will always fight 10 get Engin-will result in additional money cering's fair share of Ihe budgelcorning in from other sources whether or not QEMF exists.after we set the example. At thevery least, we will make things When will WI IWfl,hfl "'suIts?beller than they are now. The first contributions will goHas the qualily IIf education into the fund in May. Thedeclined? committee will hopefully makethe first purchases in time for theThere" xists no yardstick [meter- Fall term. If , he allocationsstick?) labelled "quality of ed- meeting is in May, the Committeeucation", howeverthereareother would have only one term'sways for us to see the problem. worth of money and so weshouldThe Committee on the Future expect Ihe first purchases to beRole of Universities in Ontario smaller items . The Committeerecommended funding increases will try to spend each year'sin the 1980's at a level that meets contributions in their entirety,. '"t of nflation and provides during the year in the most.nr"""allamount of real growth. errective way. Sludents makings not occurred as yet. the contribution in lower1969 the value of the Basic should see some results.Unit [BIU), the basis of year whoi b ~ ~ .:onlsurner Price Index [CPI) has128.1% over the same

p e r i ~ and it is believed thaiIIIlty coetslncrea8eat a rater than the basic CPl. Obviously, universities are beinasked to operate on much less.In 1971172 there were 12.5students per regular facultymember. In 1980161 there were17.6.Since 1969 the number IIffaculty members has decreased1.8%. During the same periodthere has been a 28.4% Increase nthe number of undergraduatestudents enrolled.)n UW's brief to OCUA (June 4,1982) the projected shortfall dueto the excess of expenditures

over income In 1987-88 will be$15,000,000 f govern men IHrantsand tuition feesincreaseatl'1blessthan the CPI and other assumptinns un the costs are met.The Faculty of EngineerinH'sdirect expenditures on equipment dropped from $403,100 in6917 to $206,000 in 80161.More evidence is seen in theovercrowding nf classrooms, theshortage of qualified TA's, theage of some lab equipment andthe reliance n aboratory courseson demonstrations or groupexperiments,Also, Waterloo is a schoolbased on innovation. A dozenyears ago, the Association Deanhad over $t20,OOO of "free"money annually to spend oninnovaUoDs in teaching facilItiesand .. tbocla. Today here are nofunds available In tbis area.

W f J ~ f t } > ~ 1It s i''''tedlhat 1 e.tawiU contribuleeach term ..tauttias in almost 1200.000 being

have a UW degree. The value ofthis degree in the future willdepend on the value placed byindust y on UW's program at thatlime. As lonM as it remains respectable, you can be proud to bea Waterloo grad. bUI if it shouldrop in value because of the program's deterioration after prolonged underfunding ...Who dec:iclt:s huw th : muncy islilllln'?The QEMF Committee allocatesthe money to various projectsonce a year within the mandategiven it in the proposal. II isexpected that proposals will bebrought furward, in a yet 10 bespecified format, by professorsand students, and the commit teewill weight the relative merits ofeach proposal. As all departments and programs are represenled by a st udent andlor afacuity member (IVeryone willbenefit tu some degree. Althoughthere is no Department of Geological Engineering some QEMFexpenditures will be made tobenefit students in that program.Will QEMF go on forf:vHr?We hope nul. The mandate ofQEMF, if passed, will extend toApril 1986. To continue beyondthaI lime another referendumwill be needed during the Springand Fall terms of 1985. The fundcould also be dissolved beforethen by two-thirds vote of eachEngineering Society Council,should It no longer be necessary.

the Department oj Co-ordinationand Pla cement. In addition . students repeating 4A on the "catchup" prowam can apply for iJrefund.Whot wllI hoppen if evcryonl ' hosto do 8 months stroight for4 \ 4B?As yet we don't know if this willhappen. Should it happen duringthe mandate of the QEMF theonly change necessary will bethat students doing a doublework term after 3B will contribute$100. This ensures that bothst reams of one class will contribute the same amount.Whol about gelling money f romour alumni?Plans are underway toget alumnito dona e money as well. Whethertheir contributions will gostraight into QEMF or intoanother fund is not yet known.Certainly many of the currentfourth year students (includingsome of the last Executive) willwant to donate after having seenthe needs first hand. More information on these plans will beavailable later.Are we in danger losing ouraGcredita,jon?The Canadian AccreditationBoard (CAB) decides whether ornot a program meets the standards of the engineering profession and grants accreditationaccordingly. Waterloo's last review was very positive and weare not in imminent danger oflosing accreditation. How-reach a point where eit herWaterloo will lose its accreditation or the standards of theprofession will belowered.Either'event will have a negative mpactupon Waterloo engineeringalumni.Is my QEMF contribution laxdllductib/ll?It appears that it is deductible asa charitable donation, but thatwill have lillie effect on moststudent's tax returns. The contribut on will. however. be acknowledged by OSAP as a legitimateeducational expanse.Whull rio I Ville?The final part of the referendumwill be held on October 27and 28,1982. All registered engineeringundergraduates may vote uponpresentation of their Universityof Waterloo student cards.Voting will take place outside heEngineerinll Society Coffee andDonut Stand.

If you care aboutthe quality of youreducationthe reputation of theUniversity of Waterloothe future value ofyour degreethink about QEMF andvotel

Friday October 15, 1982 IRON WARRIOR

E M FQuality of ducation Maintenance Fund

Final ProposalJune 27,1982

Submitted for Approval by Two-Stage Referendum In the Spring and Fall 1982The Quality of Education Maintenance Fund

This fund is establishedby he undergraduate engineering students of the University of Waterloo n orderto maintain hequality of engineering education. This fund was c?nceived as a constructive way for students to address the problemscaused by inadequate funding of university education.Article 1: Contribution

All undergraduate engineering students registering in anacademic term following a work term will makea compulsorycontributionof fifty dollars [ 50 .00). Neither students entering the 1A term nor.thoseenterlng the second erm of a d o u ~ l eacademic t.eLm reg . when a 48 winter term follows a 4A fall term) Will be reqUired to o n t r i b u l e S t u d e n t ~ . u n a b l e to findapproved engineering employment on a work term, or studentsdoing a 4B / 4A sequence on the catch up program mayapply for a refund of their contribution . . .The first contribution to the fund will be collected in the spring 1983 academIC term .Article 2 : Allocation of Funds

The fund is administered by the QEMF Committee (see Article 3). The money may be used in the ollowing three areas :A.B. Undergraduate Teaching EquipmentTeaching Assistants .(i) Training - creation of an effective teaching program, pOSSibly n co-operation With the Teaching

Resources Office. . . .(ii} Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships - hire undergraduates to serve as teaching assistants Inlower year courses . They would be paid from these funds and would have the ir performancereVIewedafter each term of employment.c. P h y s ~ a l ~ a n t F u n d . .. . . . .Money may be set aside to be used o renovate uncl: rgraduate faCIlities In order to Improve heIr educationaluse, or to serve as leverage money to have new facilities constructed.

All allocations must be made to benefit the education of uArticle 3 : QEMF Committee

A. MembershipThe Dean of EngineeringThe Presidents of Engineering Societies A' and S' . . .The Chairmen or designates of Departments with,undergraduate Programs (ChemIcal, CIVil, Elec -trical. Mechanical. Systems Design) . .One Student from each engineering program (Chemical, Civil, Electrical. Geological. Mechanical.Systems Design) from each stream to be apPOinted / elected by Ihe respeclive Engineering SocietyCouncils .Secretary(nonvoting)provided by the Dean's oHi:e

1 )(2)(5)

(12)Members will serve one year terms unless they cease to :holdthe pOSitions through which they were appointed o heCommittee

B. Meetings . .Quorum for meetings is thirteen (13) members present. Members who are unable o attend meetings should notify theOffice of the Dean of Engineering two weeks before the meeting o facilitate rescheduling if necessary. A vottng membermay carry hiS vote, and , at most. one proxy vote . .

The committee should meet wice per term. Therewill be one malor meeting per year at which he QEMF IS allocatedandthe next five meetings are to be used o review Incoming applications to ensure completeness, to reallocate funds wherenecessary, to prepare reports to Engineering Society Council and to educate people about QEMF . .Travel e)(penses to the allocations meeting will only be paId at the university rate for members who musllravel fromWithin 500 kilometres of the univerSity -Meetings will be chaired by the on-campus Engtneering Society President.

Article 4 Review of QEMFEach term the QEMF Committee will make a report to the on-campus Engineering Society CounCil at CouncIl's third

meetmg. . . . .The QEMF can be dissolved by two thirds vote of both Engineering Society CouncIl.During the Summer 1985 and Fall 1985 terms another referendum should be held to decide on continuation of theQEMF.Any monies remaining in the fund upon dissolution shoul< .90 into the engtneering scholarship funds.

YES NO

Friday October 15. 1982

No - edon Jt wantQEMFWhy should you vote '0 toQEMF? What's w r ) n ~ with thepresent proposal?lsQE 1Fa stepin the wrong direction? Thisarticle addresses thesE questions. slarts with the knownfacts about what the QEMFproposal is and ho\\ it developed. then goes on to a d('t,lileddescription of the deficiencies ofthe present proposal. The threemain reasoos that people want tovote 0 are then listed anddiscussed .QEMF was conceived lastspring as a response to the declining quality of education.Traditional sources of moneysuch as student tuition andgovernment funding were notmeeting the needs of Ihe faculty.II was decided to ask thestudentsof the Faculty of Engineeringwhether or not they wanled oestablish a fund to help meel theseneeds.

The QEMF has been proposedto provide funds for allocation inthree areas: UndergraduateTeaching Equipment, TeachingAssistants and a Physical PlantFund. .

A list of the UndergraduateTeaching Equipment required bythe faculty has been submitted to' Mark Liddy, Eng Soc B Presidenl. The otal cost of equipmentrequired is $1,965,772 brokendown as follows:

Faculty ofEngineeringChemical EnllineerlngCivil EngineeringElectrical EnillneerinllManagement SciencesMechanicalEngineerinlolSystems Desi nEngineerin

$552,000299,322189,170298,00046,280248.000335,000

Money would also be allocatedfor Teaching Assislants. An effective training prollram wouldbe established. Also, fundinlolwould be provided for Undergraduate Teaching Assistants.This would enable undergraduates til serve as T.A.'s for Illweryear courses.

This fund wlluldalso be used IIestablish a Physical Plant Funel.This fund would be used to renovate existing buildin s or tohelp construcl new facilities. .

Sludenl returnin ffllm a workterm would be asked til cllnIribute $50. each toward therund. The lund is to be Ildmlnistered by a committee composed of students and facultywith students holdings majofity.Mark Liddy stated tbat initially no set allocalion would gotoward the Physical Plant Fund.However, a recent Gazellearllcleexplains thai tbere is an immediateneed ormorebuildingspace.Proposals for a new 100.000 sq.ft. puilding and an additional

floor for E3 are being considered. The QEMF would beseverely taxed if t were requiredto contribute tn Ihese projects inany significant W I I ~ ConsiderIf (,\'In two new T.A.'s were hiredfOT(ach dept r'menl. At $600. pel'I['rm thIS \\ould amount toapproxil1l


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IRON WARRIOR Friday October 15, 1982

A Birthday CelebrationHappy Birthday to us HappyBirthday to us HclPPY BirthdayUniversity of Waterloo. HappyBirthday to us This year ourUniversity is 25 years old, olderthan many of its st udents Seemslike a long time compared to howshort our lives are, but a short

time as the lives of Universities

go. Even though {)uruniversity isrelatively young as Universitiesgo it is one of the biggest inCanada rind highly respectedinterna tionally.

prefabricated buildings. to ourpresent respected and uniqueuniversity. Our Engineering Faculty has grown tosix main Engineering courses.

Thursday. October 21 toSunday.October 24 . There are so manyevents planned for this week,both academic and recreationalthat if you don't manage to visit afew of them you will be missingout on a great and interestingtime.

displays and events will takeplace from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30a.m.and then at 2:00 p.m. Convocation will take place.The University of Waterloohas grown from a fledglingorgClnization which began in1957, evolving from 70 Engineering slud( nls taking classes in

This year we celebrate 25years. one quarter of a decade.Although celebrations have beenand will be going on all year. thebig bash is Anniversal'y Week.

To whet your appetite. here area few events and displays thatwill be happening.

Engineering ActivitiesOctober2 24El-2536C (Chern)

El-2517 (Chern)E3-2103 (Civil)CPH 1324 (Civil)CPH 1333 (Elec)E2-2364 (Elec)E2-1307C (Systems)

IBM "Advanced Control System", acomputer package that will simu latereal-life situations in qil refineriesand pulp and paper mills.All of these displays are hands-o nexhibits, where you can actuallyexperience the different processes.

CPH 1335-1336 (Systems)El-2517 (Chern) A slide show and working model ofawater treatment process involvingwastes.E2-2341 (Civil)

CPH 1332 (Elec)

CPH 3381 M. Sci)CPH 3381 (Mech)

E2-1 :HJ7C (Systems)

A displny of videotapes and a/vequipment showing the applications of engineering to medicalproblems in orthopaedics and rehabilitative engineering.An auuience participatiun demonstration to simulate lightning andshow the importance of correctinsulator design.Test your skill against the compu terin plant or office layout.The famous Shell Oil CompanyMil a ar. that on the 'hell OilCompany's Better Mileage Contestlast fall will be on display.COJl1plltrr silllulations of solarheHt ing syslt lIls.

Listed here al'e only a few events going on at AnniversaryWeek for Engincl'ring. Keep your eyes open for furtherinformation Other faculties arc also exhibiting variousdisplays.Oth('r ( t i v i t i ( ~ sOctober 19 - 23Arts Theatre 8:00 p.m

October 21 - 24HH Foyer

BMH

BMH Foyel'

MC 5158MC 515881-295SIC (Faculty StaffCommon Room andAdjacent Halls]Optometry 3rd Floor

BMA

"Vanities" - n play that comicallyexplores the "baton twirling", "pornporn" intellects of three teenagecheerleaders as they "rah rah" t hei rway in u small Texas town duringthe fjfities. Admission $5 (Studentsand Seniors $3).Display of Nuclear Disarmamentand Canada as a Nuclear WeaponFree ZoneHighlights of the creative works byUW Dance students and 15th and16th cenlury court dance costumes .An event that detcl'mines your riskof developing heart disease.An analysis of how physical paincan be assessed, analyzed and managed.Techniques for measuring acousticalproperties of stereo speakers, etc.Your chances of winning in Wintario01' Lollario.Glass-blowing demonstration.Photographs providing a sketch ofUw's first 25 years.

ands-on opport unities 10 gain anew view of their eyes and how I heywork.Demonstration of body's response10 exercise.

Thursday is classified as Convocation Day. TheOpen Houseof

One Day ShowsOctober 219:30 - 11:30Humanities Theatre Continuous 15 minute presentationon the history of the University.10:00 - 11 :00C2-080 Biomechanical TV analysis of golfswing, slapshot, pirouette, etc.October 229:30EL 10111 :30MC 206511:30EL 101

An event concerning microcomputers .Computers in ChemicalEngineering.Leisure and Technology: From theAbacus to Space Invaders andbeyond.

6:30 -1 :00Transylvania Club Hom eco min g Oktoberfest ($4J German Food and Band. Tickets can beobtained from Alumni Association,Federation of Students and theFaculty of Staff Associations.October 239:30 "Blimp Raising Ceremony" sportingbanners that advertise the weekendthe blimp will be launch ed by th ePresident, D T. Wri ght.October 23-241:00 - 3:00 Learn how to produce pictures on aMC 2034 computer Llsing a paint program.This is only about one tenth of the total ac tiviti es. events anddisplnys that are happening during Anniversary Week. So getout nnd enjoy nnd learn something al the same lime.

Squash Racquetsale

from 14.95see our great s e lec t ion

Racquetbal lale

Racquets Pricefrom 19.99 to $69.99

Eye GuardsPr iceon ly 3.45

. -indsurfers$999(Reg. 1325)

Buy now or l ayaway tilChristmas or nex t Spr ing

MaryOwens


8/11

IRON WARRIOR

A Workterm OverseasThings are looking a little on

the grim side economically hert'at home, so maybe its lime toconsider one somewhere else. That 'swhere JAESTE comes in.

What is JAESTE?Theacronymsl'ands for International Ass;)c -iation of the Exchange of Students for Technic


9/11

IRON WARRIOR Friday October 15, 9 2

People in Profilethe Graduate

Larry D AndreaThey call him "Guido". His

name is Larry D'Andrea and he'sa graduate mechie. 80rn inWeI land 25 years ago, he came toWaterloo in 1976 from Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate andVocational institute in Thunder8ay where his parents still live .He curren tl y lives in Waterloowith his wife who is a high schoolmath and computer teacher.

After graduating in 1981 Larryspecialized in ~ h e Solar Energyfield and is currently writing histhesis on this topic. He did notarrive at tbis goal quicklythough. His main objective whenhe ar r ived at Waterloo was toobtain a degree from this institution. Disillusioned in theearly years because of a sense ofdi vergence in the course materialhe had covered, Larry only beganto understand where he wasgoing in the thi rd and four thyears. He noticed a ll the avai lab le specialties but none seemed

to stand out above the rest. Infourth year he worked on hiseight month 482 project under Dr .Hugh Martin of the productiongroup doing Noise Simulation onthe Apple computer.

Larry is "definitely positive onthe co-op experience" because heap p lied what he had learned onthe first three terms in hiS lastthree . This involved a program ofpreventative maintenance ac quired a t Hawk er Siddley ofThunder Bay (GO Trains andsubway cars) on his first twoterms and implemented on histhird at Inglis in Stoney Creekwhere they did not have this inhouse expertise . He worked forWestinghouse Canada on hisfuurth term and for PolysarPlast ics in Cambridge on his fifthand sixth.

On finishing his fourth year hefound that he didn't want to leavethe university and began work onhis Masters thesis upon graduation. His thesis concerns thelong term efficiency of flat platesolar co ll ectors: to predict th esavings of energy dollars over anextend ed period of time instead

of the usual inst an taneuus savings predictions. The only othermethod of doing this thot iscurre ntly available is throughhourly samplings of the sun'senergy done over the course of t hefull year using a large computerto do the simulation. Larry'smethod will use the statisticalmodels of the sun to make thesepredictions. He hopes that thesewill be in line with those of themore costly method. He hopes tobe finished by the end ofDecember.

His plans for the near futureinclude the consideration of anoffer from Watsun User Service,a company affiliated with theuniversity which sells fourteendifferent simulE IotU >HROO-":'; 4.15 7.25 9.75P E P P f ~ N I GAtE .. P f P P E . ~ > OI.l\1S B C O ~YOUR CHOICE OF 4.50 7.00 9.50ANY FOUR ITEMSYOUR CHOICE OF 4.25 6.75 9.25ANY TWO ITEMSPLAIN IHCLUOf$ S.roUC( A 'D GHHf'll 3.75 6.00 8.50[ . -0 AOOEO10 T1-If aOOFATHUt$ SUPlA D(lV-'[ ADO .65 .80 .95

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plime nt his recent work termsand current project. The projectinvolves building an inventoryco ntrol system for a firm inMississauga. Dundescribesit asa"real world problem" and enjoysth e consulting aspect of lhis'WIJI'k .

Of coul'se the alternatives of aTechnical Masters degl'l'( or onM.Il.A. howe to 1)( considered: "I'dlike to do a technical mastrl's

c J e g l l ~ e from the point of view ofCanada, in }lut icula ' ( I )needshigh quality te chnical rngineel'sin addition to enginecrs ill otherfields: There's a rCill need for

innovation, entrepreneurship inCanada beca use we're a lwaysbeing accused or being a branchplant economy . . .

If we're going to avoid hei ng abran c h plant we're go in g 10 haveto set lip t l 1 ( head offices ofindustries here . . . an idea originated he '' ",ill have til hI solt/.say, to the Stotcs in order to beable to competr internationa ll y".He ci tes asexa n pI ('so fourad va nlages in satellite t;oll1l1lunicat ionand the nedr adoption of TelidonilS the vidpo I('xt industry standarcl. The question remains whether the Canadian people arecapable of explo itin g the se aclvanlages. Don ho pes we will.

Harold Gross

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There are loopho les . my friend ,and to that .end we at th e IronWarrior wo u ld like to create areg ul ar travel co lumn to passalong the accummu lated pearlsof wisdom of co-op travellers. Iwould lik e to inaugurate theco lumn with some tips for hitchhiking in Europe.

I've spent a filiI' amount of timeIn Europe and have had severalrailpasses (both Eurail and lnter rail) nnd aGcess to an automobile(.f my own and those of friends.but neither wayofgettingaroundJel niP. ge t to know moreabout thearea I travelled than using thegood 01 thumb.

The relative success of anyhitching trip depends on a multitude of factors. The sing le mostimportant factor. it seems to me,has to do with the national character. I guess the culture of thecountry in which you thumb.There were vast differences i na tti t udeg-, and hence successrates in a matter of a fewkilometers when cross in g a border. but in general I'd have to saythat th e further so uth you get inEurope, theharderitgets.lndeed,in Spain and Portugal. forasinglemale, hi t c hin g is an excruciatingly slow process. It once took metwo days to thumb from Malagato Almeria, 200 km along thesunshine coast of SouthernSpain.

I talked with several womenhitchhikers in Portugal who saidthey got around well. and quickly, bu t ha ving seen the southernEuropean attitudes towards women that is a very very riskybusiness. no question about that.

The majority of rides I did getthere were from French andGerman tourists. and a lot ofthose were on account of the flagon the backpack, a recommendedace-in-the-hole for every Canadian on the road .continued on following page


10/11

IRON WARRIOR

Plummers orumWhat is your opinion of QEMF?

Doug Skelly2A Geological[ Ih ink it's worthwhile. TheT A's lea\'e a lo t 10 bedesired.

l,;harles Peeren38 Electrical

Dave Beckley4A Electricall lhink il'lI be a good idea ifmanaged well. but il will bedifficult 10 manage well.

Allen LengacherlA ElectricalIt's a good thing I guess.governments are cullingback and we'll need the

On I hl' ROrld conI inued

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11/11

IRON WARRIOR

Club NewsChern Eng Society

The Chemical EngineeringSociety is currently languishingIn a state of limbo. and urgentlyneeds student volunteers to helpout. The previous Chern Eng Socexecutive members have run theSociety for a number of terms.and are now approaching graduation. They would like to seefirst, second or third year students become involved in theoperation of the Soc iety. Interested people should get in touchwith Heather Scoll, 4A ChemEng. Heather is willing to lendahand to any volunteers, so don'tworry about a lack of experience.The Chem Eng Exam Library inthe Chem Eng Soc Office (E1-2514). It is a collection of oldexams find midterms from mostChem Eng courses. Students mayborrow test papers by leavingtheir J.D. cards in th e office, a ndthey th en can make t heir owncopies of th e exams. These oldexams are often very useful (Ispeak from experience ).A Chem Eng Faculty Night willbe held on the evening ofNovember 10 at the Faculty Club.Chem Eng classes will receivemore informat ion on th i s soon.rust a quick note resist th e ur geto take off with Faculty Clubg lasses, pitchers, cha ir s or otherparap herna li a as the Chem EngSociety will be held financiallyaccountab le.

The Society also organizes a"S t ud ent-Industry Dinn er" during th e winter term. This a nnu a ldinner allows stude nt s, facultyand representat ives of indu stryto get together in a socialatmosphere. It is a good opportunity for s tu dents to meetprospective e mployers, and toliste.o..1D employers promote thei rrespective co mp a ni es. It' s a lso agood meal for the price. Unfor -tunatel y, having said all this, ourstream wi ll be on a work term thiswinter and we'll have to waituntil the next one.These events and servicesshare a common denominator -they all need people to help getthem organized. With luck, someof you w ill feel encouraged tovolunteer. Con ta c t HeathersoonCSCE

Wh at is it? CSCE stands for theCanadian So cie ty for Civil Engineering. So what? For 3 yearsnowa local CSCE student sectionhas been in operation here oncampus. Th i s student group wasformed for the benefit of civilengineering students and anyothers that may be concernedwith what 's happening in th eCivil Engineering world. (I'll betyou didn't know that a computerprogram named ELAPLAS wasavailable to simulate the loaddeformation behaviour in awelded truss-joint sujbected to aprescri bed transverse shear load- sound impressive?)On a more serious note CSCE

a schedule of events is arrang dconsisting of general interesttalks and seminars. They areusually held during a lunch hourwhen there are no classes scheduled. Students are invited tobring a lunch and if you're early,you may get a donut and orcoffeeprovided free by CSCE. Thesetalks are well advertised inadvance so keepaneyeout fortheflyers te lling you when andwhere. This term's activitiesinclude talks nn:- Fabric Structures and SpaceFrames - Peter Kneen- Northern Arctic Const ruc;-tion - Ralph Haas- Timber Engineering- Borg Madsen- C. N. Tower - FoundationCanada, Andrew Jordan .Plans for a follow up si te tourare included for the last subject.Ceili ng interested? What canyou do? The easies t way to pa r licipa te is as an a udience. So gra byour lunch and come out to a ta lk .T hese talks are a bou t 45 minutesin length a nd allow you lots oflime to move to your next class. Ifthis ca tc hes your interest, thenyou co uld go o ne s tep furtherandjoin th e loca l student chapter.The fee is $20 for one year whichincludes a subscription to theEngineering Journa l a nd to th eCanadian Journa l of Civil Engin eering . Finally, if you' re reallykeen yo u ca n he lp th e execu ti veplan and exec ut e these events.The local stude nt sec tion is rela tiv ely new and is still suscept ibl e to ea r ly childhood diseases. New talent and energy isalways welcome (and need ed ). Ifyou fee l like you would like tohelp, con ta ct Steve Kelly, 3ACivil, this term's chairman. Youmay also leave your name wit hMarilyn Clarke in the Department of Civil Engineering. Sowhen you see the flyer adverti si ng the first eve nt . take a fewminutes and be an audience .

IEEEThe Student Branch A of theInt erna tional Institute of Electrica l a nd Electronic Engineers(IEEEJ is off and running this

term. Our first meeting washeld Wed nesday, Oc tober 13,a t 12:35.The Comm uni cations, Computer Control systems and in formation soc iet y of the IEEE isa lso operating th is term with anInter t ec Superbrain mi crocomputer and IDS 460 printer.This computer can be used bymem bers to run PASCAL, BASICa nd WORDSTAR programs.

We invite members a ndmembers-to-be to visit our roomin E2-2339 (open most after'noons) to take advantage of anexce llent opportunity to make adull term worth while.

For more information talk toCord Dey or John Kempff or seethe display in the EE readingroom .offers to you, the student, an op - __port unity to meet with others in Lost and Found

I

fl.:I'-'

Civil Engineering with similarinterests and to keep up with developments in Civil Engineering.It provides a forum for theexchange of ideas in informationbetween students, faculty, andprofessional engineers in indus try. It also provides for socialcontacts between students ofi f f e r e n ~ course options, academic_ years and streams andbetween students and facuitymembers in order to improvecommunications and understanding between the variousgroups.How do they do this? Each term

No, no, Eng Soc is not lost. Orfound for that matter. But if youfind something worth returning(like my wallet or wantsomething returned that you . . .ahem ... misplaced, trot on by theOrifice, talk to Liz, and theproblem may get solved.It is entirely possible that youdid lose something and the, Orifice doesn't have it. ln thatcase, do not commit suicide rightaway, it may have turned up atSecurity; try callng ext. 3211.Belter yet, don't lose anything inthe first place.

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HOMECOM NG 82October 21st - 23rdThursday, October 21 sto Noon til 2:00 p.m.Elias, Schritt and Bell FREECampus Centre Great Hall08:30 p.m.BEnt Pub - VILLIANSL'etranger and the Masterbeats $6 .00Waterloo InnFriday, October 22ndo 12:30 p.m.Tug-O-War on Village Green

Between on campus student organizationso 1:30 p.m.Earthball Contest on Village GreenDefend your faculty or residence06:00 p.m,Road Trip to Uncle Sam's In BuffaloCanadian dollar at parMore i n f o r m ~ t i o n and tickets at Math Soc Officeo 6:30 p.m, [ ~ t oFederation :>f Students SOLD OUT ionHomecomIng Oktoo 3D Movies

Campus Centre Great Hall FREE

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Saturday, October 23rdo NoonWarmup PubRuby's at the Waterloo Motor Inn$4,00 (includes meal and bus)

o Football - Warriors vs. YorkLast Game of the SeasonHalf-time festivities08:30 p,m.Homecoming D.J. Pub '

South campus Hall - In the Festival Room(Warmup Pub Tickets Gets You In For Free )Sponsored in part by:Dance Student AssociationEngineering SocietySt. Paul's College Students' CouncilMen's Intercollegiate CouncilMath SocietyScience SocietyRecreation Students AssociationCKMSCampus Centre Boardand your FEDERATIONOF STUDENTS

HAVE A GREAT WEEKENDOCTOBER 21 23 ISU of W HOMECOMING

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