the iron warrior: volume 10, issue 2

8/14/2019 The Iron Warrior: Volume 10, Issue 2

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The Magazine of he University ofWaterloo Engineering Society Volume 10 Issue 2cunting all night

The Visions ofa Delirious Mind Issue


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RON ARRIOR

One month six hours 3minutes and counting ....Mike HermannIW ssistant EditorA Systems - The Far Syde

H the time you read this we'll all be one month. . to this cold and snowy tenn, and I thought itwould be a good. time to reflect back on some ofthe fun we've had so far. The list of great stuff isimpressive. So far we've had two printings of the IronWarrior, a director' s meeting, a class reps meeting, threeEng Soc council meetings, a Brewery Tour, the B.O.T.(Beginning Of Tenn) Pub, 2 meetings of the E.G.A.D.committee, nothing at all, two Bridging the Gap lectures, SCUNT Eng week, the FSSCOlympics, ExchangePub, the unveiling of the Concrete Toboggan and Midnight Sun, and OEC '98 planning is taking off. Andthat's just the stuff I can remember s far as I'm concerned it's been a great tenn so far and it's loold.ng greatin the future too. Shadow Days, National EngineeringWeek, IRS Grad Week, Campus Day, Tal-Eng, BusPush, more W's and council meetings, and many otherexcitingevents await your participation.

Now that I've got you all feverish in anticipation ofwhat's coming, 111 ca.l.m you down by relating some ofthose great events that happened. A lot of them nevergot any stories in the IW, but they will at least get a fewlines here, in my humble rambling. On that note, Iwould like to make a request that any event organizersplease write up a little something about the event (orask someone involved), and let us all know how great itwas.

Way back during the second week of this term, ouramazing Spirited Events Directors organized a brewerytour to the new Gold Crown Brewery, which is locatedbeside the Huether Hotel. Over 30 engineers made thelong and cold trek to this shrine of beer. t was an interesting tour J think they had some equipment of somekind upstairs), and the beer was great. I suggest thatMulder never be allowed to man a tap again. A truebeliever in the "one for you, one for me" philosophy.

That week was also B.O.T. pub week. On the Fridaynight POETS was open for business, and it was a blast.Despite the hurting status of the amp, the music blared,and the engineers gathered 10 bond after a long work-term apart. On another important note, the amp inPOETS is currently feeling under the weather. It works,but only on one audio channel f anybody knows anything about fixing very high powered stereo equip-ment, or knows somebody in the business, talk to thePOETSmanagers.

Eng Week was the last week in January, and if you'dlike to read see more about, look further into this issue.By the way, that's me in the picture dropping an egg offthe POETS balcony. What you don't see is the wonder-ful egg holder with a parachute that Faisal Karmali andI built. With a few blotters, rubber bands, duct tape,and some string a couple guys from systems can doanything

The last Thursday in January was the first Brunnytrip of the term. Almost 40 engineers descended on theBrunswick House in Toronto, and every single one hada great time. Even the bus trip there was fun, with thesounds of "The Gambler" and 'The Plummer's Hymn"keeping our spirits high. t was an awesome 6 or sohOUTS and the place was packed. with us, people fromthe Universityof Guelph (it's amazing who you meet ina bar) and many, many others. These kind of things arealways best when the building is packed, and this wasno exception. The trip ended with a silly scufflebetween us and some very opinionated locals. Itshould be noted that fighting is never the answer to thatkind of stupidity, and many thanks to everyone whohelped clear things up. Cooler heads prevailed, and wereturned home.

The E.GAD. committee has by now had it's secondmeeting, and it is continuing to look hard at Eng Soc'sfuture. Eventually it will be providing recommenda-tions to the Exec and Council, SO if you'd like to helpadvise on the future of your society, you're welcome toattend any meeting of the committee. The next one willbe posted, and you can always put a note in theE.GAD. box in the orifice if you just want to drop off asuggestion.

The Bridging the Gap series of lectures is now in fulltilt, and as you read this two have been d e l i v e ~ Iattended. the larry Smith lecture on 'The Engineer as aFree Agent", and he lived up to his reputation as anintelligent, interesting speaker. A very large number ofpeople were there, and I hope everybody walked awaywith something important from it Not everybody mayagree with all his comments, but I challenge anybody tosay that taking an active interest in your own career isnot an imperative thing to do in today's competitiveworld.

Paul Bea m a Professor from the English department,spoke on the history of the Iron Ring at the seoond lec-ture. Many people attended, with a large showing fromthe fourth years. It was an interesting lecture, and whilehe didn't really have anything earth-shattering to say, itwas enlightening to hear about the origins of the Iron

Photo by lex MalanRing Ceremony, specifically Rudyard Kipling's contbutions.

The OEC '98 planni ng is starting to take fonn. SusLee the B Soc chairperson, has named her executiand I know that they are still looking for people to heout. Anybody who wants to contribute should e-mSusan at oec98@Shim. People to help with puttitogether the corporate package and sponsorship aneeded, so if you want to make those big connectiowith business, or if you've already got them, your pticipation would be welcomed.

s I mentioned before, even with all the great stthat's been happening, there's still exciting events on thorizon Shadow Days are coming up in a month,March 4th and 5th, so if you want to sign up to beShadowee, visit the orifice and put a note in the Shaow Day Director'smail slot, or sign up on the list yoclass rep posted National Engineering Week is aduring the first week in March, and I'm sure youl1 helots from the Exec about what's going to be goingthen. Bus Push is also on the schedule . so check out tarticle from the Director's elsewhere in this issuThere'$ lots happening , so check the events calendarthe back cover of this IW.

I1l see you at fill in your favourite event).be the guy who looks like me

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Edtlor-In-ChlefChris Sabre Saw . Foster

Assistant EditorMichael Pipe Wrench Hermann

Iron Warrior Staff

100,000 SurplusWhat it s and where it came from

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Fed Hall To Office SpaceAnd Students Still Pay Th e Mortgage

A State of DeliriumScunt6-7

ESSCOServing 18 000 people, 65 days a year

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Bus Push '97How to push a bus with a rope

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ew Zealand IIHere Comes The Rain Again12-13

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Occidental TouristRamblings of a guy

17Iron Warrior Arts

The creative engineer18-19Youth ChallengeInternational20

The Celestine ProphecLife is not n lIlultiple choice qlliz22-23

Happenings with EngSThe Exec Spew about going-ons25-28


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1 00 000 SurplusKeith ParkerWEEF irectorL What?WEEP has received approximately 100,(XX) in unexpected and available income.2 Where this came from.The Bylaws of the WEEF state that all income generated must be used as funding grants (with the exception of administrative oosts). Since 1995, in a measureto combat inflation, Financial Services has been reinvesting 2% of the principal by talOng that amountfrom the interest earned. Since WEEP is growing at arate far greater than inflation, this protection is of noconcern to us. After several discussions with FinancialServices and other student endowment funds, a decision was made to return all funds wrongly re-invested(according to the Bylaws) and that these funds be madeavailable as soon as possible.3. DistributionThe Board of Directors have unanimously decidedthat the l00,(XX) being returned will go to a one-timemajor capital purchase.4. Reasons for Lump-Sum DistributionA) This will have a larger and more lasting impactthan if simply distributed as nomlaI. f this large fundwas simply added to the regular funding pot, thenquestionable requests will get funded because moneywould 'have' to be spent

B) Generate interest in WEEP. This will be a greatopportunity to show students what their money can dofor them. This will also show corporations what theirmoney coulddo for Waterloo Engineering.q (relates to above) There would be an opportunityto get media coverage for the opening of the facilitiesthat this decision will fund. This will promote WEEPand Waterloo Engineering.D) n the past, there has been discussion on holdingback WEEP funds to make a major purchase. This purchase can be made now with no impact to regularfunding. We will still have significantly more moneyavailable next year for regular funding decisions than

we were originally expecting.E) This will be a benchmark in the WEEF history.This would bring WEEP out of its infancy and into atime where everyone in the faculty recognizes thepower that WEEP and the students hold.5. Format for Funding Decision.Proposals:Proposals will be for a major capital purchase up to100,(0)A major capital purchase constitutes a purchasemade for undergraduate lab/computer/etc equip-

ment that will remain on University propertyindefinitely, and that has a price tag > 6O)XX)The 100)XX) could be for partial funding of a largerproject (e.g. the proposal can be for 100,(XX) of a5OO,(XX) project), but no partial funding of what's

been requested can be awarded (e.g., if request isfor 70)XX); then 45,000 cannot be awarded fromWEEF under the assumption funding will comefrom other sources, because it probably won't).A special guideline to writing the proposal will bedeveloped due to the importance of the decision.Information requested will include: impact on thefaculty; improvements to students immediatelyand in long term; what will happen if funding isnot granted; how can WEEP be promoted if funding is granted?Departments putting proposals together must consult with the students. This can be through anopen forum, email, class prof hour, WEEF reps,etc .Important Steps/DatesWednesday, February 12 -Proposal form and Information sheets are made available.Friday, March 21 - Proposal Forms and all relatedinformation are to be submitted.Fri Mar 21 to Tue Mar 25 - Proposals read by a panel

of about 5 students, and one faculty membeQuestions are formulated, information crosschecked. for anomalies.Tue Mar 25 to Fri Mar 28 - Half hour presentationare made to the p ~ e l Missing informationrequested, suggestions for improvements armade.April to 3rd week in May- Presenters make adjusments, panel continues cross-cllecking info foaccuracy, and develops more questions ensurinnot one detail is missed. Final proposals are wri

ten and submitted.May 26-30 - Proposals are read by WEEF repsallow them to question presenters and discusideas.June 2-6 - Proposals are presented. Funding counc(WEEP reps) makes decision.June 9-13 - Board ofDirectors meeting to approve thdecision. Discussion relating to the handling of thlarge funding decision will be generated.. FundshoulcLbe available as of thatweek

WEEP Approved Spending - Fall '96CivilHard Drive SpaceUninterruptiblePower SuppliesRefrigeratorPH/ISE MeterComputers for4th yr. Civil RoomEnvironmentalServerand ComputerStationsOtemicalLaptopE CEWatstar UpgradesUninterruptible Power SuppliesRLCBridgeComputers for 4th yr. E&CE RoomardDisks for 4thyr. E&CE RoomSystemsControl Systems StationDADS UpgradeMechanicalMaster CAM SoftwareMaterials Testing MachineGeneral UsageEquipment for Machine Shop

1.1 GB Hard Drive for Watstar4.3 GB Hard Drive for Web Server

Civil 1,600Civil 1,300Civil 500Civil 975Civil Eng Students 3,383Env Eng Students 3,200Olernical 1,600E CE 2,200E CE 981E CE 958E CE Student 2,500E CE Student 1)XX)Systems 3,475Systems 828Mechanical 1,848Mechanical 6,(XX)Engineering Mach. Shop 2,125Engineering Computing 4,288Engineering Computing 1,543

DepMUnentalSubrotalStudentProjectsParts for CarEntrance Fee, Construction, etc.Max. Power PointTrackersParts for carand for testingParts and tools for car

MiniBaja '97Snow WarriorMidnight SunTeam PROPeh?NEFormula SAE '97Parts for aircraft UW Aero '97Registration and licenses SAE AeroDesignStartup oosts Concrete Toboggan '98Part for Glider '97 CASI FreeflightGliderAttendance Coots for Conference StudentSociety for Mech EngExperimentalJet Engineer Lab E-JEL Principal DesignGroupWINDEnergyConference MechEngStudentsStudent Project Subtotal 13,925 (25.69 10) Grand Total: $54,239

1,2502)XX)2,2502)XX)2,(XX)4003355008008001,400200

7,7583,2001,600

7,639

4,303

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MINI BAJAROUGH R DERS 1997

Steven Peplinski48 MechanicalI f you ve been through E31ately you may haveseen parts of the 1997 Mini Baja car comingtogether. Thanks to a lot of work by tearn mem-bers the project is almost on schedule and the carwill be running by May.

mphics aJllrtesy Milli Baja olll '97

The Mini Baja is a tudent competition sponsored bythe SAR The purpose is to build a ing1 seat off-roadvehicle powered by an 8 HP Briggs and Stratton engine.The competition includes maneuverability, acceleration.braking, hill climb and tractor pull events. The finalevent is a 4 hour endurance race on a motorcross track.With almost 80 cars flying around the track (literally ),the racing is hard on both drivers and machines.

The 1997 competition takes place May 30 -June 1 inDayton. Ohio. Around 80 schools are expected to compete from Canada, the US, Mexico and South America.

The Waterloo entry is sure to be competitive. Ournew aluminum frame is nearing completiOI\ thanks toWEEF funding and welding donated by SeabornManufacturing. A rolling chassis will be complete for thedisplay at the TorontoInternational Autoshow.

The most unique feature of the 1997 car will be thehydraulic drivetrain. Gears, chains or belts will not beused to transfer power from the engine to the wheels.Instead a hydraulic pump will be attached to theengine. Fluidwill flow from the pump to a small motorattached to each of the back wheels. This systemshouldprovide lighter weight and better reliability than ourusual homemade gear belt/chain transmissions.Thanks to donations from Wajax Fluid Power andEaton Hydraulics we will be able get the exact parts weneed to be successful .

If you are interested in helping out you can eitemail me (sppeplinmechanica1) or drop by at oneour weekly meetings, every Thursday@ 11:3 E3 21A/B.

FED HALL COULD E TURNED INTO OFFICE SPACE(And students would still be paying the mortgage)

Keith ParkerFEDSRepA Systems - The Far SyDeabove statementwill be true if you don t go

out and vote for Federation Hall on Referendum Days. On February 11 and U the fate of

Fed Hall will be decided on. On the ballot is twoquestions:

1. Do you believe that the University of WaterlooFederation of Students should continue to operateFederation Hall?Yes No

2 In the event that a majority of voters are in favourof keeping Federation Hall open, do you wish tosee a $5 increase in your Federation Hall fee for theFall 1997, Winter 1998, and Spring 1998 terms only,to be used for capital improvements to FederationHall?Yes No

The First Question:If he answer by a majority of people is YES, Fed Hallwill remain open. The second questionwill then decide

whether or not renovations will be made, or how soon

they will be made.If the answer is NO, FedHall will be shut down, and

the university will take it over. We will till hav to paythe $7.so Fed Hall Fee each and every term up until th \year 2005, but instead of going to it for th occasionalconcert, frosh week or other special event, the universitywill most likely tum it into office space or a banqu thail

The Second Question:If he answer to the first question is Yes, this question

comes into play. If the answer is Yes, we will pay anextra five dollars in the Fall and next Summer (for us B-Soc. people) with our Fed Hall Fee and the extra $5 togo towards renovations to Fed Hall to bring it up totoday s standards (it hasn t been touched since itopened in 1984).If the answer is No to this question (and Yes to the

first) then the status quo will remain.There s NO REASON for Fed Hall to be OosedBut lots of reasons to keep it open Why dose Fed

Hall, when there is no cost associated with keeping itopen? If we dose it we still have to pay the mortgage(representedby the $7.50 on our tuition fee statements),and get nothing in return for it Fed Hall brings us Con-certs, Summerfests, Winterfests, Frosh Week parties,gives the younger generation 19 years old) a place togo on Friday nights, and a whole lot more. Fed Hall is

even turning a profit for the PEDs since new manament took it over less than a year ago. That moneyours < nd will go into making Ihi 11.,11 bdt f, ,md (aL lO help the r.rol ration of Stud providl' mOI\ Svi to us .U you don't go out and vote, we could 106e Fed Hforeverl

Next year wh n you have to find a way to godowntown Kitchencr to . Moist, or when you casee Our Lady of Pea because they're playing atsize-limited Bombsh Iter, don't be caught yingonly I'd taken the five minutes it to vo ". The truththat most people only go to vot wh J'\ they wachange. Don't sit around and let this happen.What can you do?Go and Vote on Fbruary 11 and 12, in the CPH fobetween 9:00 am and 4:30 pm.If you want Fed Hall to remain open, but wish to

no renovationsdone and no extra fees added: Vate Yto question number one and NO to question numbtwo. If you want Fed Hall to remain open AND woualso like to see capitaJ improvements made, vote YESquestion one and YES to question two. It's your chanto have your say. Don't forget Get out and vote on F11th or 12th It's as easy as going to theC&O.


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a uychulz debonair psychologist strode into theecture hall followed by his assistants . "Wel

come " Schulz began the lecture as his assishanded out programs to the groups in the audi-

Delirium was the topic of discussion and horrible''Killer'' Kadougan the subject of study. Dekes was

June IS, 1959 and following a normal childhoodfalling into his present insanity. Thirteen years agowas captured but has not been fully understood or

since then.Team in the audience were asked to participate in the

and workshops throughout the day in hopehey could afford insight into curing Kadougan.

The time came to introduce [)ekes, the subject, but nota solemn warning by the doctor., ''Kadougan is very

and has escaped before." Strict security meawere being taken.

Guards slammed shut each door in sequence andreported it secure.

"Bring in the subject "

elirum Scunt

A defiant figure in orange priuson coveralls and chainswas led into the room flanked by four guards. Dekes fell Tonka and friends masters of the Scunt feircely poised to go home and sleeproughly back into a chair where a guard shoved him. Theiller Dekes Kadougan glared at the doctor coldly.

A movie, narrated by Schulz began to play. The moviedetailed Dekes's life as a child and the background of hisfive obsessions.

Clinical observation film was shown of each one. Hischild-toy fixation was shown as he played with legooblivious to the outside world. A pot on his head, a lidand egg beater in his hand indicated his medieval delusion as he saw himself as a warrior-knight. Next was theGreat White North where he drank beer after beer andwore an old Oktoberfest hat. Disco music blared and hedanced around like a loony monkey in his retro stage.Wanting to be like his dad, Kadougan was finally shownin his mechanjcal engineering obsession. This drew a piC-ture of this deluded man's insanity, but how did he cometo be here in front of this audience?The movie continued with his capture seven agentstracked him down on an old highway at night. He wasapprehended and has been in detention ever since.

We are very concemed that we deal with ..." the lightswent out suddenly and all was bla k

"Wrult'S going on?"A scream shook the darkness; a chair hit the floor.Hhhngh, Dr. Schull gnmtcd as something knockt >d

him unconcious.Two bruards were pu.c;hed to the floor as adefiant figure

flew out the door.Security cameras on showed Killer Kadougan rwmingdown the corridors and up the stairs to finally reach hisfreedom.

A guard who had chased aft r him burst back into theroomandannounccd, He'sgonc./fry us began Tonka's Dclirium Sclmt sparking the fire of.l fun and craziness that would bum throughout thenight. As I think about the Scunt highlights abound. nevery single event I participated in, judged , was even nearI delighted in with wild fun

The opening ceremonies were so great except for a cou-ple of mi scues for Dekes toescape whid\ made it all morelaughable. n Box Furniture we got to try out some easychairs made from cardboard and were entertained bytotal reality television people jumping around and beingfools Damo and om try t hit the broad side ofa

ontinued on opposite p ge obnbia lceflekh

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the lime in the coconut OASys visits Tonka's disco party

twist it on baby now, shout and twist. Sumters, gods and siamese twins twist in space.

along night is over Andrea and Natacha sleep of the fun

little whil e later someone told me that the OASys,5< Y De, team hEld arrin.'d. All excited I ran overthe fish bo\,\ \ e :peeting to see some familiar faces froon of my fay urite , 'stems cI

What I saw was two unfamiliar faces, Are yoOASy?

"Yeah "n,en I recognized something, "YOU'rE:' Matt's brotheright."

It turns out the OASys team WilS the highschool brothof an AS's guy, Oem, and Dan's friend Tom. So I Ithem to make a giant sling, hot, still reeling from thweirdness of t a 1

Back nt POETS saw ara and Jenny from the TaxEnvengers getting their arrns tap d together for thSiamese T\\ins cvent. Throughout thc night they woulcompete in vents for c tra points.

Following that, I went to olumbia Fields to sec thatapult E, nt and then Ultimate Frisbc0. 11,cn I camback to \,vatch som ,Iadiator ev nt like snow wrestling

padded joust and trobe pillow fight. Lego mechanismwas next and I got a back massage from a lego back macsager, yeah.Talk Show was next where scunters had to come uwith characters to play in a stereotypical talk how. Whad a body-building pink haired super-model with a goatee, a pregnant sex changed husband of a mutually modfied spouse, a schizophrenic mother of siamese twins ana crazy guy. Saying needlessly, chaotic lunacy ensued.

Eating contest was next where the kids in pairs hadeat all of a sub, cookies, crackers, wine gums, peanut buter, samosa, ju-jubes, and gwmni berries. Oh my stomach

Soon after was th.ree-dim.ensional twister. We amuseourselves by making people contort themselves or"twist" around to stay on the colours.

Right after that I was in CPH Foyer with Danna anTom, the OASys kids, and Chris Ford from OASywalked in,

Hey Chris. How're ya doin'?" I shook his hand,Alright, do you know where the high school kids are.

'They're right here,"Chris had flown down from Ottawa to compete in th

Scunt, which justshows our drawing power.Cowagooba We rushed off to headquarters visits. Fir

was Math's Operation Pink. Where they presented uwilb ,11 'n millioll digIt v.lhlt' of pi. I1w p n \ i d ~ 1 , \ t kand I dl S]-um flts while t1ll'y , \ m l l ~ ' I . l l I S with tlwir ,1I1Ii(

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ESSCOServing 18 000 people 365 days a year and getting no tips

ESSCO ExecutiveESSCO. Does this acronym mean anything toyou? f not, don t be worried, you re not alone.Many undergraduate engineers in Ontario donot have a clue what ESSCO is, what it is supposedto do, what it has done, and what it can do. This article is supposed to assist in getting undergraduateengineering students aware of what ESSCO is andhow it can serve all of the 18,000 engineering students in Ontario.

First and foremost, ESSCO represents the Engineering Student Society Councils of Ontario. The 1996-97year starting with the election of the new executive atthe ESSCO nnual General Meeting at the end ofAugust, it was declared a year of rebuilding, restructuring and changing schools attitudes about ESSeO. Thetitle for this year s goal is to prove that FSSCO has apurpose.

The four main goals to be achieved by the executiveeach year are:Facilitate centralized communication and information interchange between member engineering societies.

Represent the undergraduate engineering students inthe province of Ontario in matters of common interest

Encourage the promotion of engineering as an exciting, challenging, and equitable profession to elementaryand high school students.Participate in, and interact with, various sectors ofbusiness, government, and academia as well as professional and student organizations.

ESSCO's motto is action, vision, and communicationWith this in mind, ESSeO has worked on lobbying thegovernment on the issues of funding cutbacks, representing the student views during meetings with theDean s of Engineering, providing assistance and information to the planning of the Ontario EngineeringCompetition, maintaining conversation on the ESSCOernaillink, and helping organize Ontario s contributionto the National Engineering Week Charity event.

At the ESSCO Annual General Meeting 1996, thepresident of the Canadian Federation of EngineeringStudents (CFES) asked the ESSeO executives to helpcoordinate a common charity event for all Ontario engineering schools. This event is to take place during theNational Engineering Week, March 1-8, 1997. The ideais that each engineering school will offer to help womenshelters, homeless shelters, or similar facilities in theircommunity for a day. Due to the recent tmfavourablepublicity of engineering, it is of the utmost importanceto increase public awareness of the engineering disci-pline. Such an event, with the assistance from the mediawould work towards this goal. This event wouldrequire organization from all engineering societies inorder to contact the appropriate newspapers and different media sources (radio, television stations, etc ) mak-ing them aware of the charity day.

With the influential power that comes with representing 18,000 undergraduate engineers in Ontario comes .the ability to approach corporations for corporate sponsorship. Many of these sponsorships are used toimprove the efficiency of the executive as well as to

improve the continuity during the executivechangeover at the ESSCO Annual General Meeting.Currently, the ESSCO executive are with a few companies discussing the possibility of obtaining laptops forthe executive that would be used to keep track of thefinances, take minutes at executive and conferencemeetings involving ESSeo. In addition, these laptopswould assist in increasing ESSeO s professional lookwhen visiting the different engineering universities inOntario.

A new communication link is under investigationthat would work in parallel with the ESSCO email linkdescribed later. The project includes purchasing hard-ware and having London Telecom provide the phoneservices for one central phone number that engineeringsocieties could call and directly talk, live one-on-onewith another school anywhere in Ontario,at no costAnother goal establ ished/realized at the ESSCOAnnual General Meeting 1996 was a committee responsible for determining the long term direction of ESSCO.This committee would get feedback from the engineering schools either at conferences, from the ESSCO link,or by talking with different engineering society members while still focusing on the new ESSCO motto ofaction, vision and communication. One of the issuesthat this long term committee discussed at the Congressof Canadian Engineering Societies 1997 was the role ofESSeo. Was FSSCO to be a lobby group supportingand voicingthe opinions of the Ontario engineering students? Orperhaps ESSCO should play an active role inpursuing government issues? Or finally, maybe ESSCOshould play a very silent role in dealing with the government such as publishing documents delivered to thegovernment expressing the opinions of Ontario engineers. Issues for investigation by the long term comrnittee are:

Tuition increases and what ESSCO is going to doabout them Engineering Curriculum changes External communication with the universities Community Involvement Roles ofVP xternals More defined ESSeO Culture More PEO involvement Exchange programs to other universities/differentprovinces or countries High School/Elementary School Uaison Yearly activity between the universities Scholarships for Ontario StudentsLook for more information about the long term com-

mittee in the next article from ESSC:O. Please diswith your studentbody (by council, newspaper, dissions with a general group of the student body, oanother effective method) what they would like toESSCO undertake as an organization. Also, diswith them the proposed ideas above and get opinon taking a political or non-political stance.

The ESSCO link is a simple concept. A person pomessage to the ESSCO link and all subscribers are an exact copy of this posted message via email. Swe live in the age of technology, all universitieOntario have emailing capabilities. The ESSCOtherefore, is a cost-effective means of communicaideas, event dates, opinions, and general conversabetween all engineering schools in Ontario. All peare welcome to join the FSSCO link and anybodyread the archived emails from prior months. To simply send an emailto:To: listsent@iistserv uottmoo ca

Subject:su essarl name titlebody: sub essarl name titleFor example:To: [email protected]: sub essco-lJason Worry VP-Finance ESSC&x:Iy: sub essco-l Jason Worry VP-Finance ESSCOHope to hear some new voices on the ESSCO linkn conclusion, the Engineering Student Society Cocils of Ontario are here to serve you and all Ontundergraduate engineers. Regardless of how smahow big the required service is, if you don t voice yneed to either your school s ESSCO rep or Vice-P

dent External, your voice will never be heard. Perhyour idea is common across Ontario and will athousands of other suffering engineers. ESSCO is wing on re-Stablishing the confidence in all the engining societies while still pursuing many new and inative ideas. Plain and simple, ESSCO is here to sengineers across Ontario.Julian Wright - [email protected] Harvey - VP [email protected] Worry - VP [email protected] Shustermann - Future [email protected]

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How To Push A Bus With A Rope(or Bus Push 97)

Ed Fletcher8 MechanicalGreetings and salutations everyone. It's coming close to that time of year when theWaterloo engineering students get together

and pull a bus from the Waterloo campus to dov.'11-town Kitchener in support of the K-W Big Sisters.So, on March 15th it's the 21st annual Bus Push

KITCHENER WATERLOAN 2 AREABIG SlST RSJL

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Well, we originally pushed thebus. However, thework required tokeep the bus inmotion only

r l:il tlergoe&..a slightvariation dependent upon theroad grade. Andthe more peopleyou get helping,the less energy per

person is required As there is only a finite area on therear of the bus which is the prime pushing surface, analternate way of adding people was required. Being

great engineers, we found a way to rectify this situation.The ea iest way to add people to the equation wasfOlmd in tying a rope to the bus for people to hold on to.We all learned in first year physics that you can't push arope, so we pulled. However, for the sake of tradition,it has remained the Bus Push.

Everyone can help this event be a tremendous success. If you want an opportunity to test your shearstrength and determination, if you just like pulling on arope or you re in training for professional tug 'a warcompetition just swing on by the Orifice and there's apledge sheet waiting for you. .

The major prizes this year for the top pledge gettertype people include a mountain bike and a snowboard. about the Bus Push, please do not hesitate to contact mTherewill also be earlybird draws for people who have at [email protected]. Otherwise, swing on by thegotten more than $20 in pledges starting the last week , Orifice and pick up a pledge sheet and get ready for aof February. These will include gift certificates for din- fantastic dayners in addition to other great prizes. Everyone whoraises more that $75 inpledges will get a FREE buspush T-shirt. There willalso be free breakfast andlunch for everyone pullingthe bus on the bigdayIf you have any questions

Excuse Me, Did I Get n The Way Of Your Elbow?Shelley arter38 ech

M anners. Gee, what are they? I know, butdo you? Apparently a large portion ofpeople in engineering are lacking in thisdepartment, as was made obvious to me, anyway, atan engineering event this past weekend. When yourun into somebody, is it really that difficult to say"Sorry". I wouldn t have thought so, but what do Iknow. There isn t much to having good, or at leastacceptable, marmers. Please, thank you, excuse me,and sorry are four good phrases to add to your dailyvocabulary. Give it a shot. You might be surprisedat how much nicer people think you are.

I m not sure, but does organizing an event entitle youto a power trip? That you don t need to be polite, our-teous, or considerate? The prevailing attitude seemedto be Tm in charge, get out of my way you little peon.You should be happy I didn t knock you over on myway through' Oh thank you kind sir, may I kiss yourfeet for being so thoughtful? Thank you, thank you,thank you.' Yeah, whatever. It bothers me to think Ilive in a world where some people seem to believe thatcommoncourtesy is below them Whatmakes one personbetter than any one else? A title tacked onto the endof their name? I think not. We all breathe the same airand eventually die similar deaths. Yet while we are onearth, some individuals are under the misconceptionthat they are different and the general laws of the land

do not apply to them .I'm really not sure wh re this probl m stems from ,Maybe their parents didn t tach them any manners,Or maybe they just grew up and out of their manners.

If you are one of these )?


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The California ExperienceArjun Moorthy3A computer Engineering

Last fall I got a co-op job with Ventritex Inc. inSunnyvale California. I was really excited - Iimagined I'd be living next to a beach withwomen like those on Baywatch. Not quite, but nevertheless, it was by far the best workterm I've hadand it is a Mecca for biking enthusiasts. More onthat later, but first a little about the place.Sunnyvale is at the center of a long string of townsthat form Silicon Valley. t is about a half hour drivesouth of San Francisco. Most of you have heard of Silieon Valley . .home of many of the power house companies in the computer industry like Sun Microsystems,IBM, Intel, Apple (well, okay maybe not anymore) andthousands of others. Silicon Valley is like no other placeon earth. It is infested with engineers aU workinginsane hours and making unbelievable amounts ofmoney in stock options and bonuses. It's fast-pacedand not for the weak of heart, but it's where some of thebrightest minds create technology that was onlydreamed about months ago.Beyond that however, is the state of California itself.Absolutely gorgeous and there are a million things tosee and do. Just south of Silicon Valley is Monterey andSanta Cruz. Home of the Pebble beach classic, this areais modeled like old towns in Europe and has the scenicbackdrop of the Pacific ocean. Ritzy and glamorous,many Hollywood. starts choose to make this area homeand hence house prices here are in the millions. Thehighlight of the town is arguablyThe University of Cali-fornia, Santa Cruz; a nice campus with even nicer lookingpeople on it.

Down the coast about eight hours south of the Valleyis San Diego. Along with L.A, San Diego possessessome of the finest beaches. The water was warmenough for surfing even in mid November. Bloodyhard sport but well worth the effort. La Jolla (pronounced: La Hoya) is a northern township in San Diegoand is like Monterey, only richer Old Town is a beautiful part of San Diego and is modeled after a Mexicantown. Here you can get Margaritas at all hours of theday and dance with some very pretty Spanishwomen ... until there big muchachos beat the tar out ofyou.Oeser to home is San Francisco. One of the few citiesthat I would like to live in if I were to go back. The cityhas miles of biking trails and there is so much to see.Sausalito is a great little town on the other side of theGolden Gate bridge. There is Pier 39, a melange ofrestaurants and amusement rides, Alcatraz (pretty cool)and a pile of beaches, both nude and normal. GoldenGate Park stretches for about 10 km and houses thefamous Japanese Gardens, a lot of pot dealers and someother stuff. The bars there, for lack of a better word, kickass. Big, small, dance, rock, light, no lights, you name it,it's there. Most are a tad expensive, the best onesalways have cover around $10 but the ones that havelive bands are fantastic.

Perhaps my best trip during my term was campingin Yosemite. The gigantic nationalpark is simply beautiful ..second only to Banff. Located about four hourseast of San Francisco, Yosemite village is the heart of thepark. At four thousand feet, it is also quite cool. Thereare hundreds of mountains to climb and trails all overthe place. Waterfalls, lakes, giant trees I don't remember the name) and yes, bears. While there we were

attacked by a bear and had a bobcat run throcampsite. All adds to the flavour of the place.Silicon Valley itself has much to do. There isurfing in a man made lake right in MoView ....perfect for pros like me. Whatever. Thundreds of biking trails around the area, andfast, furious and treacherous. I went through atires and shoes in about a month. You need a cto most of the trails but the ride is worth all thThere is also Stanford University in Palo Alto. Dly aristocratic but a greatcampus ..much like WOkay, maybe a bit better. My first day there, Ithe bookstore to sign up for German, and they party going on with music and girls dancingbookshelves I don't remember what I boughaccidentally signed up for Sociology.In general California is very expensive. t islive in youth hostels when traveling ...don't greally cheap ones however. The standard of lSilicon Valley is atrocious, with rent for a one bapartment starting at $900 -$21oo ...a month. Thpart is vacancy rates are 0.6% and so finding a pbattle on its own. There are some people looroomrnates there (search the newsgroups on thnet) and you should be able to share a pl$5OO/month. Having a car is almost vital atransport is lousy .. more like freaking tour butake an hour to do 5 km. You can take the (commuter train) to San Fran. for about $4 (besyou can take your bike on it).

One final point. ... n the four months I wasrained three days. Sun, sun, and more sun an20 degrees Celsius.

New Machines New SoftwareNew NetworksPaul Mc oneW Engineering Computing

W: ere's Elmira? A few miles from here asthe crow flies, a few months from now asthe fingers fly . The fingers, thank you forasking, are flying over the keyboards at EngineeringComputing as we work on our latest project, codenamed "Elmira," in th tradition of "Cairo," and"Chicago."

Elmira is the upcoming Windows 95-based PC-network system which will supplement, and eventuallyreplace, the long-lived DOS/Windows-based Watstarsystem. ElrrUra combines the simplicity and securitythat has been developed and provided by Watslar forover ten years, with the zowie-wowie utility of Windows 95, and its soon-to-be-released successor.Initial work has progressed to the point of applications testing (and the attendant requirements of software distribution, configuration, and regulation). A test

facility for general access (that's you students) should be

available mid-summer, and a full roll-{)ut will follow inselected labs in September of this year. Why 95? Whynot Nr? Why now?Many new releases of software will no longer rununder Windows 3.11, and we need to do something tocatch up. (Who said, "Finally?") We looked at Windows NT as an alternative for our system, but had to setit aside: its hardware requirements are greater; its security less than we'd like; and its administrative overheadmore complicated than we are prepared to support.(There's a lot ofyou, and not very many of us.) We willkeep an eye out for changes and improvements infuture releases.And in other newsConcurrent with development of Ehnira, Engineering Computinghas been quietly upgrading its network,subdividing areas to decrease traffic, and installingnewer switches and cables to speed that traffic along.Work has been progressing on the backbone, and server upgrades should be completed by the end of thisterm. What will you notice? You'll see an improve-

ment in speed where the network was the bottlethe busiest rooms, and at the busiest times. Thbackground improvement lays the groundworimplementationofElmira.What's next?Although ElrrUra is a lovely town. it isn't likeour first choice for the official name of our nworking arrangement. This is where we nehelp. f you have an earth-shatteringly good.what the new setup should be called, drop by tneering Computer User Support Centre, (E2-We're talking about offering a prize and, whein possession of infinite computing power, the s

limitFor more information regarding the upcchanges, type "HELP ELMIRA" while loggWatstar. Questions and comments regardingother computing issues may be posted to thgroup uw.watstar.


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If it s worth dong,it s worth overdoingMike HermannA Systems The Far SyDe

A;0ther Eng Week has come and gone andonce again the Engineers have shown themlves to be intrepid, creative, inventive, andEngenious. And silly, but that doesn t sound asglamorous. Eng Week ran over the last week o f January, and if you happened to be strolling throughthe foyer of CPH during midday, you would haveseen some strange and amazing sights. I'll let thepictures do most of the talking for me, but I'll summarize what happened.

On the Tuesday the 3A Ovils hosted a Banana EatingRace. What a great way to start Eng Week. Punishyour eating process. Despite the crazy thought of it,teams of two a piece faced off with the bananasbetween them. I have never seen such a display ofmouth stuffing before. And I hope I never do again.The winners should be congratulated though. AndreBrisson and Gord Anderson showed great fortitudeand took first place.

Also on Tuesday a Street Fighter 2 tournament tookplace. Since we ve got the machine available in theupstairs of POETS, why not? The winner was Bennyfrom 3A Mech. n keeping with the pub games theme,a Darts tourney was also held. Andrew Mulder 3AOvil) and an Marsh 3A Chem) took the crown.On Wednesday, two more events took CPH by

storm. Inside POETS a Sony Playstation tournamen ttook place. I popped my head in to take a peak, andaction on the screen was secondary to the action ofcompetitors. Just listening and watching to themfunny enough. I've never understcxxi the impulse ofvideo game player to move the controller aboutjust the controls themselves), and scream at the game.

Enginuity took place just outside POETS and was,my opinion, the crowning event of the week.was catapult building; penny ramp building; ato build a way to drop an egg from the POETS -_1 ____ _without crushing it; and a Technical B.S. competition.Check out the pictures on this page for a hint of whatlittle enginuity can do with some wcxxi, power tools,duck tape, and blotters.

On Thursday the 2A Systems class hosted a paperairplane contest. The material of choice was of coursethe blotter, which is one of those itemsthat you can do anything with. (Just likeduct tape and 2x3's) The winners wereAndrew Moffat (2A Elec) for accuracy,and Elliot Bird 2A Mech) for innovation.The 1B Enviro-01ems also ran a paperboat building contest. Brian Cepuranfrom Flying Grcuits (lB Camp) won forstyle, and Peter Parahuz from The FarSyDe 2A Systems) took the crown forsturdiest boat, holding the most penDiesof any entry.

Thursday night was also the Brunny,which of course meant not much hap-

pened Friday. However, Fridaynight was big indeed, 'with theDelirium SCUNf taking W intothe depths of a crazyman' s mind.Check the SCUNT article el ewhere in this paper for tho eamazing happenings.

So what else can I say. EngWeek. Stuff. Cool Stuff. Andhey, if t's worth doing, it's worthoverdoing


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Here Comes The Rain Again July 25 - August 8New ZealandBill Gray48 Comp - Sun of Bitl

N. er a night of celebration and revelry following the big jump, it was time to move onnd begin our journey north towards Auckland. Our first stop was Dunedin, a university townon the east coast that is apparently modeled almostexactly like Edinburgh, Scotland. Right down to awhiskey distillery that produced something that isalmost, but not quite, entirely like scotch. Alth oughwe were not able to tour the distillery, we did get atour of the Cadbury chocolate factory. Leaving thefactory, we fought off nausea and set out to find outwhy Dunedin was considered such a party-town.We never found out. Every bar was completelyempty, with some even closed. Bizarre strategy fora Friday night. lso in Dunedin is Baldwin Street,officially recognized as the world's steepest street ,with a grade of 1 in 1.19. The bus stopped. Weclimbed the street. Yep, it's steep all right. Weclimbed back down.

Leaving Dunedin we headed up the east coasttowards Christchurch again. s we neared, it began torain (of course) and our night in Christchurch wassoggy and cold. We did get to see replays of DonovanBailey's record-breaking sprint however. We were notoverly sad at leaving Christchurch the next morning,and by the time we pulled into Kaikoura it was almostsunny. Kaikoura during the summer is unique in thathundreds of dolphins swim around just off shore, anddon't seem to mind if tourists are swimming in thewater with them. Duri ng the winter months, however,the main attraction are the giant sperm whales thathang around off-shore during their yearly migrationfrom the Southern Ocean into the war mer South PacificOcean in search of food. Using high-tech sonar locationtechniques our boat was able to locate three of the hugemammals and we watched from a distance as theyflopped around on the surface of the water for a whilebefore taking a deep breath and diving down again fordinner. The sight of their huge tail coming up n the air

and sinking slowlydown into the depthswas truly awe inspiring, and one could nothelp but feel slightlyguilty that the whaleshad almost been hunted to extinction not toolong ago.

The next day's travelinvolved water (otherthan the rain) . Veryrough water. We wereto take the ferry fromPicton on the SouthIsland to Wellingtonon the North Island,across the CookStraight After dopingmyself up on sea-sickness pills, I sat back toenjoy the ride. The waves in the straight pitched thelarge ferry around like a cork, making any movementin the ferry next to impossible. A walk on deckrelieved some of my nausea, but scared the hell out ofme once I realized how big the waves were. We pulledinto Wellington harbour three hours later, with mylunch and dinner still inside me.

Wellington is New Zealand's capital and is a decentbut boring city. We ran into some friends from ourAustralian travels and did some typical tourist typethings, including getting caught in the rain, and almostbeing tackled by a security guard when we accidentallywandered into the Parliament House. Our journeynorth continued in a few days. Once more we were ontiny roads cut into the side of a very steep hill, as wemade our way to the North Island's ski mecca, Taupo.The ski season was pretty much over by this point,what with the rain and all, so Taupo didn't offer muchand we moved on to Rotorua the next day.

Rotorua is an interesting place, due to the thicknessof the earth's crust under and around the town. Or

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roIIX; i y BI Irather, the fact that the crust is very thin in this regiThe result is an incredible source of geothermal hthat is used for everything from electricity generatito cheap hot-tubs to geothermally brewed beer (ycan really taste the sulfur). The amount of heat unthe city is so great that there are many steam veinstalled that al low excess steam pressure to escape ithe air. n addition to the hostel's hot-tub, howevRotorua had much else to offer thanks to the geothmal heat. For example, it doesn't rain a whole lot heOur bus-driver explained it was due to the geothermheat. I figured it was because the humidity was alwat 99 anyway, so rain wasn't really necessary. Nthat it didn't rain. t just didn't rain a whole lot. eventually dried off and decided on the WaiotaThermal Wonderl and as our 'tourist place' for the nday.

The first stop on the geothermal tour was the LaKnox Geyser. Although the geyser will erupt onown every ten days or so, it can be forced to eruptdemand by pouring soap flakes down the geyser coThe soap breaks down the surface tension of the supheated water, causing it to spout 10m into the airabout twenty minutes. This method was stumbupon many years ago when a band of convicts wclearing trees in the area to make way for a new hiway, as convicts are pron e to do. T hey found a poohot water (the geyser) and figured it would be a grplace to wash their clothes. So they stripped dowtossed in thcir clothes and then some soap. Imagtheir surprise. The tour continued as we walkaround the Thermal Wonderland getting rainedand viewing pools where large concentrations of ements such as arsenic, antimony and manganese gathe water vivid colours. The steam escaping frunderneath gave the impression of a vast bubblcauldron. Steam rose from many pools, and wblown across the landscape, sometimes completengulfing the walk ing paths.

n order to get to our next destination, Waitomo,needed to take the interCity bus, which is their equilent to Greyho und. Except we had to take the touexpress ~ u s which tumed the 100 kilometres intthree hour ride from hell, as we stopped for every li


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piddly touristy thing you can imagine ( Just on theother side of that fence, over the hill and down thestreet is a hydro-cledric dam. We'll stop for ten minutes so you can take pictures of the front gate. ). t wasprobably raining too.

t eventually stopped raining as we arnved in Waitomo and wanned up in front of the fire. With severalhours to kill before the main attraction. we decided togo horse-back riding. [author note - I had a spiel aboutthe redundancy of the tenn 'horse-back' all set up,including what mightbe construed as 'horse-front' riding, but I doubted it would fit in with the Iron Warnorsimage]. Although Mel had taken horse-back ridinglessons as a child, I had never even touched a horsebefore, so I was somewhat leery of getting on something that big. When asked what kind of horse I wanted, I responded honestly: dead. I eventually got a horseby the name of Jimmy and started moving. As Mel andher horse were jumping logs and galloping up anddown hills, Jimmy and I plodded along in first gear,enjoying the scenery. We climbed up muddy hills, rodeacross muddy fields and then descended through amuddy forest Jimmy seemed a little hesitant to get hisfeet wet. He didn't have any problem running methrough dense branches, however . I still swear he waslaughing at me. We eventually made it back to the stables (being the last one back, of course) and I congratulated Jimmy on not killing me. But we had little time tobond as the main attraction of our stay in Waitomo wasquickly approaching.

The claim to fame of Waitomo, and the only reasonwe endured the three hour bus ride from Rotorua, arethe caves. Under and around Waitomo stretch anincredible network of caves and grottos. Many of thesecaves have been thoroughly explored and are open forguided tours. Visit?rs can even choose the level of diffi-culty they desire. Available are a walking tour, a touron a partially underground lake in row-boats, and thetube-adventure where you float along in inner-tubesthrough underground waterways, admiring the caveformations and plummeti ng over waterfalls. And thenthere's the real tours. The one we chose was calledHagga's Honkin g Holes. Aside from the name, we had

RONit on good advice this was the coolest tour for under$200 going. So when the Honking Holes peopleShowedup to take us away, we were pleased.

Before they would take us underground, we were allrequired to take a claustrophobia test, which involvedsquirming through an extremely small plaster 'cave' asthe guides tied our shoelaces together. Funny guys.With that out of the way, they whisked us to theHagga's property, where we stripped down to swim-suits and donned neoprene wetsuits, full coveralls andrubber gurn-boots. We were then given miner's helmets and a rap harness . A quick lesson on rappellingand we were of{ speeding through the darkness to thecave entrance. Near the cave entrance, that is. We firsthad to hike for about 10 minutes in complete darkness.Of course, it was raining. It was an interesting picture,however, with 20 people marching through the darkness, with only the light on their miner's helmet showing. I couldn't help but start humming Hi-ho, hi-hoas I trudged along. Too bad Disney never thought toinclude Bitter Dwarf in their cartoons. We soonarrived at the cave entrance and climbed down to thefirst opening. Here we had to rappel about 20m intoinky darkness, as the tour guide kicked water onto usfrom the top of the hole. We were to do two moresmaller abseils, and be lowered through a raging waterfall. At times the passage wa s so small I had to crawlalong on my belly holding my breath because I was upto my eyes in muddy water. The sights along the waywere spectacular: stalagmites, stalactites, columns andmany other fascinating formations, all formed overthousands of years. This cave system goes down a totalof 2.2 km and would take an e'Wrienced spelunkerover two hours to get there. We only went 65m underground, where we stopped for lemonade and chocolatebars before the guides said Find your own way out.and ran off laughing. By going against the flow ofwater, we eventually returned to the surface and werereturned to our hostel where a hot-shower was ourreward for our four hours underground.

The next day we could barely move due to the previous d ay's activities, but we managed to get up and getready to go to Auckland. We watched the start of the

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Olympic dosing ceremonies, and were amazed at theth ught of 3.5 billion people shaking their heads in.uni-son at the stupidity of it all. We waited for the InterCitybus in the rain and made it to Auckland before supper.Auckland is a typical city. One thing of interest is that ithas ports on both the Tasman Sea and the PacificCkean allowing you to walk from sea to sea in abouttwo hours. It is also called the Oty of Sails because percapita boat-ownership is higher here than anywhereelse in the world. We onlyhad one real day to exploreAuckland, so we didn't get a chance to see too much.We walked through the university and discovered that

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the Engineering buildings were just as ugly as UW's.The museum displayed the three things New Zealan-ders seem the most proud about their Maori culture,the environment, and their achievements in variouswars around the world.

Soon, however, it was time to go to the airport andbegin another chapter in the journey. I thought back onour time in New Zealand, and realized that we did nothave nearly enough time to enjoy this country. Wemissed large parts of the North Island, and rushedthrough most of the South Island. I have since made it apriority to return some time in the future, and do aproper tour. However, despite the problems faced during the tour, and the fact that it rained almost everyfreaking day for four weeks straight, I still see NewZealand as my favourite place in the world.

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Exchange to Ecole Poly echnique Federale e LausanneEPFL), SwitzerlandSki enthusiasts and chocolate ddicts know two excel-

lent reasons Jor heading to Switzerland, Then there s thebrilliant jazz at Montreux, sophisticated caf life inZurich, booting on lAke eneva and the Alps thrownin.for backdrop.Lonely Planet - Switzerland Travel Guide, 1994

Guy Freidel8 lectricalTI s is a summary which could be useful toanyone considering an exchange, particularlythe one to Lausanne, Switzerland, The pur

pose is to provide just enough material to whet yourappetite and perhaps get you started on the process,Note that my information on the all importantcourse equivalencies covers electrical engineeringonly. Students in other programs will have to dotheir own research, Once decided, I will be happy toassist you in covering more areas and supplyingmore information and advice.Programs Offered Program Coordinators

The exchange is open to students in all engineeringdisciplines, The EPFL Exchange Coordinator is Prof. RR (Bob) Hudgins (E1-2525A, x2092), The WorldwideExchange Program Coordinator (also the Director of theInternational Studies Option) is Dr.Herb Ra tz in the Year 1 UndergradOffice. Cindy Howe works with Dr.Ratz and ha s a small library ofexchange information (CPH 1320E).These are the first people you shouldsee once you decide to go. They willbe able to go over the important dates,application forms, required signaturesand other such details, The basicrequirements arc an overall 70% average to date and some profid ney inFrench, Th term(s) normally spentabroad arc 3A and or 38, All formsshould be processed by mid-Apriland you should receive word fromthe EPFL sometime in July.Lausanne

Switzerland's fifth-largest city on the north shore ofLac Leman (Lake Geneva) with about 150,OOJ inhabitants. It offers alpine scenery, water sports, numerouscafes and restaurants, a vibrantstudent life and weatherthat will never get to 20 degress below, t s also the centre of the International Olympic Committee (t0C) andthe land's highest court, the Federal Tribunal.

EPFLThe ecole Polytechniquc Federale Lausanne is one of

two technical institutes in the country, the other beingin Zu.rich. The university is world renowned for thequality of its professors and facilities, The campus lieson the shore of Lac Leman and neighbours the Universite de Lausanne (UNIL), resembling the UW-WLUrelationship (and male to female ratios, naturally), Youwill likely find that university life in Europe is far morerelaxed and easy-going than at Waterloo,

SchoolYear Sbucture

The winter term begins in late October and lasts untilthe end of January, The summer term begins in midMarch and runs until the end of June. An exam periodfollows each semester, So for a full year exchange, planon being in Switzerland from mid-October to mid-July.

ResidencesThere are several university run residences, Once

accepted by the EPFL, you will be sent a residenceapplication. Student residence are the least expensiveaccommodations and are a great way to meet people,especially if you're going alone. All residences havecooking facilities - that is, there are no residence runmeal plans like Village il', All residences are on orclose to public transportation routes (biking may be agood idea in the summer),

CostsSwitzerland lives up to its reputation as the world'sbanking centre - it is the most expensive country inEurope, often with good reason, One Swiss f r ~ isroughly equivalent to one Canadian dollar at the goingrates, Expect to spend about 1000 Sfr, per month,which will include, residence, food, small trips, outingsand other daily items. Others costs such as bigger trips,textbooks and your plane fare will vary. Tuition is paidatUW.

Money ArrangementsThe most efficient way is to open a bank account at

the SBS branch on campus at the EPFL. You will get an

ATM card, which will allow you to withdraw fundsanywhere in Switzerland, You may also ask for an EC(European Community) ATM card that will let youmake withdrawals in designated instant tellers aroundEurope. You will also be able to withdraw funds onyour Canadian VISA account with your VISA creditcard. Make sure that your account in Canada is credited or you will have to pay daily interest

Course Equivalencies for Electrical EngineeringThe list below has been compiled by several past

exchange students. There may be other courses that aregood. equivalents and it is possible that listed coursesare no longer suitable, StilL the idea of exchange is toexperience something different. In most cases, therequirement is that courses you take overseas at leaststrongly resemble the OW courses, After all, if you misssome portion of a OW course, you will likely get material at the EPFL thatUW students will not cover,

Lectures & Course SelectionA lecture is usually a two hour period once a weekper course, follOWed by an hour of tutorial, There is c ii -

tinction between theoretical and practical courses,Some lecture rooms are equipped with all the modemtechnology gadgets, from automatic sliding windowshades to full multimedia presentation equipment. Geta uvret des CoUl S from your department or from theService Acad.Enuque, which will list all the possiblecourses offered each term. Each department has itsown course book and often the same course will beoffered by another department at a different time, Thisgives you enough room to maneuver and fit all yourrequired courses in your schedule, EPFL students normally take as many as 10 courses per semester, whileexchange studen ts would normally take 7 (includingthe non-technical courses). Note that few courses haveintegrated labs, You may be required to sign up for acourse one semester and its lab the next semester inorder to fulfill the UW lab content requirementProfs

Here you will find a different style of teaching. Atfirst it may seem that the profs would prefer to keeptheir distance from students but that is misleading. Ihad nothing but great experiences with profs,Approach faculty members politely (and they usuallyrealize you are an exchange student) and they will bemore than helpful Overall, I found the quality of lec-

tures and teaching at the EPFL superior to anything I'veseen before, You will understand why the EPFL is sohighly regarded and why it attracts professors and honouraries from aro und the world.

Computer Access E-mail AccountComputers may be found everywhere around theEPFL and are a good indication of the university's

resources, In the Mac rooms printing is free, All computer rooms are access card controlled - your studentcard bears an embedded chip, Email accounts are readily available from your department - see the systemadministrator, He will be able to tell you where to getyour access card activated,

Examsf you think the lectures and profs are a far cry fromOW, wait and see the exams. Most of the exams are

oral anacount for 100% of your final grade, The formatis that you are usually given a problem and 20 minutes


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or so to work on it Then you present your \vork onpaper or on the board and the professor asks you questions about this problem, or about any other aspect ofthe course. In most cases, profs will be accommodatingand help out students by giving hints. You must beable to show that you understand the main points of thecourse - be sure that the profs will quickly see whetheryou did som e work in the course. This exam formatcan be stressful. However, I found that I usually di dextremely well. There is nothing that motivates betterto study than the idea of going up against the prof,rather than against a piece of blank paper.

- Important-Students who are looking to spend only one term

abroad must note that some courses run over bothterms. Exams will be officially scheduled for the end ofthe 2nd term, covering the entire course. Hence youmay have to arrange your own exam with the professorand get a signed attestation of your final grade, whichyou will then bring back toUW.

RONFood EntertainmentIt is best to disCO,rer both th EPFL and Lausanne

yourself. The are numerou restaurants, pub andcafes. The food is far uperior to anything you're usedto in orth America. You'll find a mixture of German.French and Italian cuisine. Tryout fondue and raclette(national Swiss dishes) on one of your trips. Th EPFLcafe..restaurantshave meal plans for lunch and diMyou may find it best to lunch on campus and then fendfor yourself afterwards There's a pub on campus (LeSatellite) which offers nightly activities. Other clubs anddiscos are spread around town. Movies denoted VO(version originale) are in the original language withFrench and German subtitles.

Sports & TravelThese may very well be the activities giving birth tothe concept of exchange. There are excellent ski resortsnear Lausanne - Partes du Soleil, Verbier, Gstaacl LesDiablerets to name a few. Or you may wish to visit theclassier resorts which are a little further away - Cha-

ARRIORm nix, Zermcltt, t Moritz. For some resorts lying onborders you will need to y ur passport - imagine skiingin Ital , France and S\vitzerland all in the same da y.Th very best skiing and a great way to meet people aretrips organized by the EPFL/UNrL sportscentre. n theoff season, au can participate in a variety of leaguesand sports. f y u're planning on traveling, then get theInternati nal tudent Identity Card (ISIC), a Youth Hostel Card and possibly a Eurail or Europass. These willget ou considerable discounts anywhere in Europe.You can then use Switzerland as your base to explorethe urrounding countries and don t fo rget thatSwitzerland itself has a lot to offerHow to contact me - Guy Freidti 4B Elee EngYou can find me on camp us for ttl rest of this semester:Tel: (519) 746-9807 email: gfriedeli relectriealOr you may contact me at home:Tel: (905) 707-Q875 email: gocompibm.net

One Step loser to SunshineBill Gray4B Comp Sun of a BitBrenda BouchetteA Elec - Bad OhmbresW eve received a lot of inquiries from interested people about the end of term trip toCuba, and it s looking to be the party of

the year After examining the proposed timetablefor exams, and comparing it to the flight timetable,we have chosen Thursday, April 24 as the departuredate for the trip. This will ensure that everyone isfinished exams before we leave, and will also give

most people a few days to take care of their affairs(ie. moving) before we take off to party in the sun.

There is a catch, however. Our travel agent (ThomasCook) has informed us that there are only 22 seats lefton that flight as of January 29. This means that wehave to act FAST if we want to get a group going.Which is why we are starting a sign-up list for the trip.f you are interested in being on that list, then see either

of us (Brenda or Bill) and give us your information(name, e-mail and phone number). The list will beformed on a first come first serve basis. I wish I couldguarantee that everyone on the list will be able to go,but the exact number will depend on when we finalize

the list and book the package.Once the list has finalized, we will then come looking

for a 200 deposit. This wil l be given directly to thetravel agent and will guarantee your place in the package. Look for this to happen around the end of February. Final prices won t be known till the package isbooked. The total price tag will be at most $850, andmay be less, depending on what happens with groupdiscoW1ts, which will be distributed evenly.

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RON ARRIORIf a Labourer n a Plantation Cries Out and No One IsAround Do They Make a Sound?

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TIere once was a very large and highlyrenowned plantation. The plantation hadmany departments. One that was well knownwas the department of cotton ginning. The cottonginning department was recognized across thenation and was acclaimed by such magazines as OldMacDonalds Farms. The MacDonalds' 'Encompassing, IJluminating, Expertly Inquiring, Observational' survey, commonly referred to as the E-I-E-I-Opoll, had catalogued high respect for the departmenton several occasions. It had been noted that peoplehere were clucking over the department, peoplethere were doing the same. Tn fact one surveyor wasquoted as saying, [It was like] here a cluck, there acluck, everywhere I turned - a cluck, duck." Veryhigh praise indeed

Few people new the hardships of working on theplantation better then the cotton-ginneers themselves.Every now and then the cotton-ginneers needed toregain their sanity and would take a much needed, andarguably deserved, couple hour break One favouredescapade was skiing. Unfortunately, one day, whenseveral cotton-ginneers were walking to the ski slopes,an elderly lady had mistaken them for a motor cyclegang. Since, in the lady's mind, they were a motor cyclegang, they must have been kidnapping and torturing

several store owners whose establishments they hadundoubtedly just plundered.The police were called in and had taken the surprisedcotton-ginneers into custody. The fact that there wereno telltale marks of a motor cycle gang (nomotorcycles)had stumped the police, but not as much as the information that no stores or store owners had been touchedby wrongdoing in any way, least of all by the hand ofthe aspiring (to be professional) cotton-ginneers. Thecotton-ginneers were recognized and released; but wholikes those sweaty, smelly, hardworking plantationlaborers. Cotton-gmneers all are the travesty of townfolk, and after all they were wearing masks and carrying pointed sticks (ski poles). The police thought it wasonly necessary that the Queen of cotton ginning be notified that the cotton-ginneers had been detained fordoing nothingwrong at all.

The mere mention of the 'Queen' made any cottonginneers stomach quiver. This was in part due to theQueen's very narrow view of the plantation and itslaborers. The Queen believed a plantation and laborerscould be run only one way - the severe way. An example: the Queen found out that the cotton-ginneerswhose cotton was used for wire insulation were spending some of there own free time regaining sanity byplaying rrunbles. 'The insolence of those insulating cotton-ginneers," was the thought - then the Queen ragedin delirium, "SANITY, WHO NEEDS SANITY " The

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Upon receipt of thenews that the cotton-ginneers had been detainedfor nothing done wrongthe Queen became trulythankful for a job welldone. "Wearing masksand carrying pointedsticks, what kind of skiercould do such a thing "Oh the Queen was rabidwith fury, I shall dictatewhat a cotton-ginneer

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their property " From thatpoint on no cotton-ginneercould wear a mask or carrythe tools of their avocationor occupation There wasan uproar, the Queenignored it, the Queen hadbecome quite good atsloughing off the cottonginneers. A neat trick ofthe Queen's was alwayshiding so that it was easierto ignore cotton-ginneers,not to mention the stinkthey raise

Some of the laborers withheld their machine up gradfunds in hopes of catching the Queen's attention. Bwhat did the Queen care if the cotton-gi.nneers didnimprove their equipment, it only furthered the separtion between the different types of cotton-ginneers anmade more work - which meant less fun.

Besides, the Queen had to plan the disruption of neyears new recruits activities, what was that week, Oyeah "fresh week". The current bonding of the nerecruits, men and women alike, had to be stoppeMen and women, "Hah," thought the Queen. Jubecause they are legally adults doesn't make them meand women. 'Til make their decisions for them," thQueen cackled with pleasure. Fresh week was 'too fuanyway and bonds that are never made do not needbe broken - all the easier to keep the cotton-ginneedivided, conquered and generally unbalanced.Which brings us to the generally balanced, genercotton-ginneers. It was said that the cotton of the geneal cotton-ginneers' was used for generally everythinbut no one really knew for sure. In fact, there was dferent degrees of not knowing. It was not even certawhether or not the general cotton-ginneers knew. Thewere certain though, certain that they did not knowthey 'not knew' the most, and they knew it. They weexpert in not knowing; expert in the unknown. Thespecialized in the W1discovered. They professed thunexplored. They were connoisseurs of the uninvestgated They were quite obscure.Obscure enoug h to hide the fact, from the Queen, ththey played Jacks with superballs. Their being so incospicuous was conspicuous enough to unravel the wiof the wire-wrap cotton-ginneers. These ginneers webent and went straight to the Queen. But who coulblame the wired cotton-ginneers, after-all, not so lonago they had lost their marbles at the hands of thQueen. So whatcould they do besides putting the Jackand balls of the general cotton-ginneers in the Queenhands. A most uncomfortable situation.As the minutes past the Queen's heart shrank to size

smaller then a snakes heart, smaller then a roacheheart, smaller then any dictators heart before. Smalleven than the Grinch's (before he stole Ou'istmas).reached sizes smaller then can easily be seen - beforewent speeding around the bend towards smaller thethat indescribable infinitesimal (as the general cottonginneers could attest and would describe) - whicmeant that it blinked out altogether, which made anhopes for a heart attack impossible; a heart not therehard to attack with pleas and appeals.

The Queens god complex grew as that heart shrankInteresting in itself since the word on the street is thgod (or the equivalent) has a fairly large heart A coton-ginneer caught having fun looksbad for the plantation mused the confused Queen .. "Why can't they seit. Are they all crackpots?" And to make sure, thQueen decreed that any cotton-ginneer caught havinfun would be placed directly in hell, which as it turneout wasnot a far cry up the river from the plantation.

How does the story end, well that is left to the genercotton-ginneers. The moral of the story, though. is: AQueens job isno ftm and games.


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ew r just playinen I was in school years ago, I lived in a roomwith three other rornrrunates. We were all talking and jumping around one night after we

be sleeping.Dave the housemaster supervisor guy came in and

goingoninhere?"We all froze and looked at the door. I thought it was a

question but my room mate Ian just smiled andhis question.

'We were just .. uh playin'."At the time the rest of us joked about it because it wascrazy. Now that I think about it, it's pretty smart.

all right word to live by sometimes. Now,I don't know what to say I'm doing I try to say,ust. .. uh playin'.morning last week I was in EL 101 for a Bridg

ing the Gap lecture. A short man in a striped businesscrumpled red tie and khaki pants stood at the front

address the crowd of people.larry Smith was talking on Engineers as Free Agents

your career your enterprise." So off he talked at aspeedas usual.He was talking about how your employers do not have

your best interests in mind just theirs. Your professorsdon't either. You must have your own interests to have aunique combination of skills Streams of rhetorical questions were hurled at us with no one answering, so I decidedlwould.

" . . .Do not abdicate your interests to your employer. Donot abdicate your interests to your professor. Do you really want to be my clones?"

"No," I yelled quickly so excited that I got a chance toanswer the question.

Everyone burst out laughing, I was so happy. It was allright, yeah. People bugged me about it later, but youknow what? I was right.

D d you ever here the story of King Midas? Most pe0-ple know the part of the story where he wishes thatall he touched became gold. Just as known is how much ofa bad situation this became. Following events are lesspopular though.

King Midas being in a bad state pleaded that the godsreverse his ironic condition. Never doing something fornothing, the gods marked the king with a badge of shame.Midas' golden touch was gone but to show his foolishnesshe had two long hairy donkey ears. Ears of an ass, he had.

Fully ernbarrased by this, as many one would, he hidears under a large kingly crown. The crown sat on hisevery moment of night and day save for when he

his hair cut.Only two people knew this secret then, King Midas andhairstylist or barber as they are often called.The barber being human as most are had great difficul-

ty keeping this secret. Every four weeks after the Thursday afternoon royal appointmen t he ran home afraid hewould burst and tell the secret to everyonc.

One time he couldn't stand it an longer. He ran out tgarden. and Dug a d hole. Int o the hole h yelled. "i tida has donke ears." Dirt flew as the barber coverethe secret.I think that that's like ('mail or telephone answemadlin , you kn w you ne\'(' know if someone's goidig up lOur message or just let it sit and rot. It's toosomepeopl d n'tgardenmoreoften1\ A'any years ago 1 read a book tin th' future. Th1V main advances they talked aboul were hypersptra el and long range mental communi ation.

So there was this bo who as part of an arch loexpedition was b:a elling hyperspatially across the univto tudy a site of.highly advanced but long disappealiens.

This boy had a twin sister who was physically disabut had the special giftof long range mental communicaYou see only special people could utilize these new bwave telephones. These peopl e had special mental poand the boy's sister was on of them.

He thought it interesting that she talked about hithough he had the disability by not having mental powe

The Boy (Nervin, or something) goes through madventures as the expedition finds clues and new thabout the ancient alien civilizationof (let's say) the Runya

Some notable events on his adventures is an encouwith.a rude long-range-mental-comunications operator who is not nice to him and rude when he finds some arclogical artifacts. You may now think that i stressed theabout the rude mental communicator lady too much, bcomes into play later.

So as the group tracks down the home planet of the Ryas and explores the surface they find some long range mtal communication enhancers that anyone can use.So Nervin straps on the enhancer and mental ly flies aca billion years. He meets the lady that was so rude tobut he sees her differntIy and lxalltiful hf>


18/28

The epth o arknesshris TrudeauB omp Sun of a BitA cold chill stabbed through my bon while alternating images of pitch and shearing

brightness flashed rapidly before my eyes. I shuddered without feeling it - yet somehow I was aware that the invol untary spasm was a reflex reaction to something ethereal.The quick progression of images settled into a foggy haze. I blinked protectively, likeinstinctively flinching just before a bolt of Lightning strikes. t started far away happyspringtime children s voices carried lightly on a gentle breeze. A rush of sound inundat-ed my senses the kind of sound you can actually see. The breeze gathered momentumuntil the voices became a gale force wind of tortured cries. Whirling visions of murkaccompanied the deafening tumult, and it brought with it the reeking stench and decayof a thousand battle fields. I passed out.I awoke to wondrous colours dissipating into a monotonous gray. The sounds andsmells were still quit evident, except it was now tolerable. Tolerable because the shockhad subsided, not the sensation. n fact it had grown worse. Worse because the overload was accompanied by a new found realization, a new found fear, an all encompassingdread.

The air was cold and damp an atmosphere befitting a smal l cave. My eyes adjusted tothe grim darkness and I peered around. I was underground. There was no discerniblelight source, but it was no longer absolute night The walls of an alcove were just a fewpaces away yet it was hard to see exactly where they were. The sides of my enclosureshimmered, never staying still, a gelat inous quiver distu rbed their solidity. I approachedthe intangtble limits of my new domain to investigate. I am sure the wall was there, but Inever saw it. The boundary that I could see was like that of a freshly decaying body.Slithering. Shifting. Multi tudes of carrion insects contesting for the succulent, life sus-taining d e ~ crawled over one another obscuring what was probably a rugged stonesurface. The shudder returned. This time I felt it quite distinctly. My skin felt as if itwere crawling. I backed away from the living barrier bringing my own slithering deathshroud.

Brushing busily at the uninvited guests, I attempted to adjust to my surroundings. A

section of the lcove was darker and a barely detectable amount of heat perrnea that depth. I drew closer and realized it was a passage. Wanting to avoid the delimits of my confine, I ventured forward, steered toward the black sensory void.I walked. Pointing into the gloom, I walked. Time did not seem to matter. I

Occasionally I stumbled, on what I dare not think, but mostly I walked. I swarealizing a thirst suiting a desert. My throat scratched protesting the dryness. Imomentarily almost contemplating leaning on the wall of the cavern, but a vivback countered that urge. The air had changed. Not suddenly. Only noticinabrupt The change from damp and cold to hot and dry had been so gradual thworth ignoring. I swallowed again. The pressure in my ears changed, and I hpop reminiscent of elevator rides in tall buildings and the exhilarating descent ofplane. I walked.

My thought s ,:\,andered. I walked. I found myself reviewing my life. What hme to this point? Where was this point? I shrugged off the introspection and saiprayer for this dismal dream to end shortly. I walked.

A sudden dull, muted deep thunder of a noise resounded, reverberating off tof my passage. The noise of a mortuary vault closing, the final sound for the dredundant death knell, signifying the end. I wondered at the source of the sounwalked.

A new scent of stagnating water occupied my thoughts. A smell which was weven in its unpleasantness. It was a change, and something else to dwell on whiing. A sensation of futility ravished my soul. Where was I? I walked. The smellstronger, now a stale taste of putrefaction. My feet touched a mois t ooze. A lantits own accord. I was blinded.

Once my eyes recovered, I grinned. The light from the meagre lantern waenough to see two paces in front I had become so accustome d to the lack of ligshaded candle would have hurt my eyes. The lantern was mounted on thepole. The pole was sticking up from the muddy bank of a river. Tied to the polewant of a better word that did not glamorize this craft so, a makeshift raft. Thevessel held my weight, and I used the pole to push along the bottom. The riverdeep, and their was no current, it could have been easily swam. I was thankfuraft none the less. Whatever energy had allowed me to walk for so long disPushing my weight on this raft was difficult work. The intense heat of the air cowith the thick muck on the bottom of the river made the exercise most unpleasanns ached. Just as I was about to stop and take a break the dim lantern light rthe shore. I stepped off the raft onto solid ground. It dawned on me that thiswas predetermined as I watched the boat sink into the stench o f the river. Withoing the choice to go forward, I walked

A rough hewn archway with a heavy wooden door was in the distance. As Itoward it, it opened of its own volition Strange how something that made snoise closing could open as if t were not even solid. I walked. tgrew a trick oftive as I shortened the distance between myself and the archway. I tried towalked. I calmly walked. This predetennined journey ended with the door. I The door grew. An intense heat filled the passageway. I walked. A sense of regtriggered by my final understanding. I wish my earlier prayer had been for somore substantial. espairwas final as I read the inscription above th e door:

I am the way into the doleful dtyI am the way into eternal griefI am the way to a forsaken race.

Justice it was that moved my great creator;Divine omnipotence created me,

And highest wisdom oinedwith primal love,Before me nothing but eternal thingswere made and I shall ast etemally.

Abandon v ry hope, all ye who enterhere.


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Do you think people are curious?I reallyam quite seriousNo matter where I lookWatching television or reading a boo kThey continue what they're doingThere's simply no foolingThe Conclusion I findRegardless of state of mindIs that people always tendTo read things to the end.

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DarknessEmptinessThe stars are vagueThe moon has vanished

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No trees, no ani.mals, no soundsNo LifeDesolation challenged GaiaDesolation conquered GaiaThe mother is deadAnd so are her children

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