Note: This document is hosted here for archival purposes only. It does not necessarily represent the values of the Iron Warrior or Waterloo Engineering Society in the present day. 1 THE NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ENGINEERING SOCIETY VOLUME 36 ISSUE 3 | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 HOW LABOUR LAWS MEET YOUR ENGSOC T CUBED: TAXI APPS WILL APPLY TO US ELECTION CANDIDATES Page 3 Page 5 Page 10 facebook.com/TheIronWarrior twitter.com/TheIronWarrior iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca Canadian Athletes Make Nation Proud at Winter Games M. Smelther The Women’s Hockey team pose for a photo after defeating the Americans 3-2 with two goals in the third and a powerplay goal in overtime. ELIZABETH SALSBERG Figure Skating Round-Up: Canadian Mike Riddle rode his way to a sil- Valérie Maltais, Marianne St-Gelais) took 3N NANOTECHNOLOGY Reigning Ice Dance Olympic Champi- ver medal with a score of 90.60, 1.4 points silver in an exciting A Final contest. De- ons Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir put down behind gold medal winner David Wise of fending 500 m silver-medalist Marianne St- It’s been another exciting Winter a fantastic performance again this year in the United States. These performances cap Gelais finished fourth in the B Final after a Games for the Canadian Olympic team both the short program and the free dance. an incredible Olympics in Freestyle Skiing close third place finish in the semis. Despite in Sochi. Highs and lows, surprises and In spite of this, American training part- for the Canadians this year in Sochi. the disappointment this time around, look expectations, it’s everything we as fans ners Meryl Davis and Charlie White took On a side note, Canadian Mark McMor- for her to bounce back in future interna- and as Canadians look forward to every the gold this time around by a significant ris defied expectations and won the bronze tional contests—including the 2018 Winter four years. After an extremely successful margin (4.53 points). Many figure skating medal in the Men’s Freestyle Snowboarding Olympics in South Korea. showing in Vancouver at the last Olym- experts felt that this was biased and faulty Slopestyle, bringing home one of Canada’s pics, the Canadian team is looking for a judging, trying to ensure that the Canadians first medals of these Olympics. Men’s Super G & Ladies’ Downhill repeat performance, albeit not on home did not win gold. Nevertheless, these silver- Skiing turf. The Benchwarmer has been keep- medalists deserve the same recognition they Short Track Speed Skating: Round- On what was quite an experienced Cana- ing a close eye on all of our Olympic sto- got in Vancouver. Up dian Men’s Downhill Ski team, featuring ries, and in this issue has highlighted key Virtue and Moir also lead the Canadian Canadian short track superstar Charles Erik Guay and Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Canadian performances throughout the Figure Skating team to a second-place finish Hamelin was not only looking to defend it was Czech-borne Jan Hudec who broke Games! in the inaugural team event. The rest of the his gold medal in the 500 m and 5000 m through for the Canadians, tying for bronze team featured would-be men’s singles sil- relay, but also to bring home a few more with American Bode Miller in the Men’s Freestyle Skiing: Moguls ver-medalist Patrick Chan, Kevin Reynolds medals in the 1000 m and 1500 m distances Super-G. This was the second skiing event Of the four Canadian women compet- (men’s singles), Kaetlyn Osmond (women’s after a slight disappointment in Vancouver. in which there was a tie for a medal—in the ing in this event, three of whom were sis- singles), Meagan Duhamel, and Eric Rad- Though Hamelin fell out of his specialty Women’s downhill, Tina Maze (Slovenia) ters, two won medals. Justine and Chloé ford along with Kirsten Moore-Towers and 500 m and crashed out of the 1000 m, he and Gisin Dominique (Switzerland) shock- Dufour-Lapointe took gold and silver Dylan Moscovitch (pairs). took the gold in the 1500 m. His technique ingly tied for gold, with no silver handed respectively, edging defending Olympic of gaining and then keeping the lead helped out at all. The bronze went to Switzerland’s champion, American Hannah Kearney, Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Slope- him win his heat and semifinal before win- Lara Gut. who won bronze. Kearney made a small style & Men’s Halfpipe ning gold. In the 500 m distance, 22-year- mistake in her third run, opening the door With slopestyle and halfpipe making their old Charle Cournoyer defied expectations, Men’s Long Track Speed Skating: for both Canadians, who each nailed Olympic debuts in Sochi, Canada’s athletes winning bronze in his first Olympics, 1000 m and 1500 m down flawless third runs. were up to the challenge of making Olym- and also his first-ever final. As for the 28-year-old Denny Morrison was nev- On the men’s side, Alex Bilodeau be- pic history: Canadians Dara Howell and 5000 m relay, Canada’s men’s team (Charles er supposed to take part in the Men’s came the first Moguls athlete to ever win Kim Lamarre won gold and bronze respec- Hamelin, Olivier Jean, Micheal Gilday, 1000 m… until teammate Gilmore Junio gold in back-to-back Olympics. 21-year- tively in the inaugural appearance of this Charle Cournoyer) came up short, finishing gave up his spot in the event claiming that old first time Olympian Mikaël Kings- event. Howell won by a wide margin, with a fourth in their semifinal in a very tight field, it was “in best interest of the team” to have bury brought home silver helping the best score of 94.20. American Devin Logan though they did finish first in the B Final. Morrison skate in his place. Canadians dominate the podium in this squeezed past Kim Lamarre by a mere 0.4 On the Women’s side, the 3000 m relay freestyle skiing event. points to take the silver. In Men’s Halfpipe, team (Marie-Ève Drolet, Jessica Hewitt, Continued at CANADA on page 9 THE IRON WARRIOR 2 Editorial WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 To Clinton Colwill: My Grandfather worked, they raised their kids, and they still tions or projects of any kind. Not only was The Newspaper of the University enjoyed life. Eventually, all the scraping by he happy to oblige, he was almost always the of Waterloo Engineering Society SPENSER GOOD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF and determination paid off. My grandfather hardest worker present (with the possible ex- would eventually obtain his Elevator Tech- ception of my grandmother, of course) and Editor-in-Chief nician’s license, a trade that had been taken his ability to simply “get shit done” always Spenser Good up by several of his family members and blew me away. His knack for swiftly finding I will immediately begin on to the main one that still features prominently among my the quickest solution possible was uncanny, Assistant Editor topic of this article, my late grandfather Clin- mom’s cousins and younger generations of and I hope that as an engineer I will be able Lucas Hudson ton Colwill, better known to us grandkids as my family (including my uncle, Scott). to embody some of his problem-solving “Grampie,” because he deserves all of these Unfortunately, my knowledge on the next ability. Less than a year after a double knee Layout Editors 1700 words. A lot of my friends laughed at few years of my grandfather’s life is not as replacement in his mid-seventies, my grand- Lucas Hudson this term of endearment, but to us there was extensive. What I do know, however, is that father went up, cane in hand (except when he Krishna Iyer no better name for the man. He was every- he quickly moved up the ranks to become needed both for the chainsaw, of course), to Leah Kristufek thing a grandkid could ask for and more: car- one of Otis’ top big job foremen. This was his brother Ernie’s for their annual woodcut- Cameron Soltys ing, insightful, and always up for an adven- a significant accomplishment, especially ting weekend, falling and gathering lumber ture. He was also a very quiet man, unafraid considering his late coming to the trade, and from countless trees. A shining value of per- Copy Editors to speak his mind but also felt no need to fill some severe health issues (when my grand- severance, my grandfather proved that a man Supreet Kaur silence with banter (a quality I did not inherit, father was diagnosed with cancer he had to is as strong as his will, and I will always be Leah Kristufek for the record). These words do little to de- chronicle his entire health history, which took inspired by his grit and determination. Michael Laanvere scribe a man with so many positive qualities, close to an hour, according to my mother). Another story I want to include is one not Andrew McMahon and I think it is valuable for me to expand on During his memorial service, one of his old of work ethic, determination or willpower, Christy Rouault the life of Clinton Colwill, a man that I will elevator friends sent in a letter describing my but instead one of sheer kindness. Five Jacob Terry always be proud to have called “Grampie.” grandfather as Otis’ “best big job foremen.” Christmases ago my grandfather gave me My grandfather was born in the tiny farm- His importance to Otis would be highlighted the greatest gift I have ever received, and Advertising Manager ing community of Northam, Prince Edward by the biggest job of his career, as an elevator likely ever will receive.