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1 The Newspaper of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society Volume 30 Issue 10 | Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca Waterloo Shines in Troubled Times Shared Goals for the Region, City and University

Michelle Croal & d e v e l o p m e n t . Joonha Shin The Kitchener- 3A Chemical & 2B Management Waterloo region, including Cam- From a student’s perspective, Water- bridge, has long loo may not be the most exciting place in been a manu- the world. There aren’t that many places facturing centre to visit, we don’t have high sky scrap- in Ontario, and ers like Toronto, and even our university with the grow- campus looks like mostly bleak concrete. ing presence of Regardless, all of us decided to come to insurance com- University of Waterloo for reasons that panies such as some are able to justify, some not. Manulife Finan- Lately though, the Waterloo region, cial shows con- much like the rest of the world trying to tinued diversifi- tough out today’s economic storm, has cation. been hit hard with various problems. The Tom Jenkins, Globe and Mail states that due to the two Chief Strategy largest U.S. auto makers facing a huge Officer of local crisis, “more than 117,000 manufactur- high-tech com- ing jobs in Canada [have been elimi- pany Open Text nated] in just past 12 months.” Close to Corp, describes 3400 jobs have disappeared recently in how the unique the Waterloo-Kitchener-Cambridge area mix business, alone, and many plants have already government and been shut down or are facing an inevita- educational in- Stuart Pearson ble doom in the near future. stitutions lead Perimeter Institute at night, one of Waterloo’s beacons of knowledge and innovation Despite these hardships, Waterloo to the success of stands tall and continues to be a leader the region. He credits it to a distinct en- for hundreds of spin- off companies to the University of Waterloo is yet an- in the market. With big industries such vironment of respect for entrepreneurs develop in the region. other example of scientific excellence as Research In Motion and Open Text and their ideas. The community also is Furthermore, the University of Wa- in our community. Resident and visiting Corp located right next to our univer- “action-oriented”, working to imple- terloo supplied 400 acres of land to the researchers from around the world col- sity, our reputation as an innovation and ment changes and not just sit in unend- Region of Waterloo – forming what is laborate projects in cosmology, particle technology driven city and university, is ing discussion. now the Research and Technology Park physics and string theory to name a few. recognized not only within Canada but What role did the University of Water- just north of campus. From the $13 mil- Between PI, the Institute of Quantum by companies around the world. loo have in all this? Co-op co-op co-op! lion from federal and provincial govern- Computing (IQC) and the Waterloo In- How is this possible? Perhaps it is By building a university with a practical ments and almost $7 million from the stitute for Nanotechnology (WIN), the because of the culture the Waterloo re- and problem solving focus, graduates Region itself, facilities such as the Ac- community of Waterloo has a strong gion was built upon. Back in the 1800s with up to two years of relevant experi- celerator Centre act as “incubation cen- lead in Canadian and international sci- the hard-working Mennonites laid down ence apply that directly back into their tres” for start-ups from the University ence. the building blocks for the futures gen- full-time jobs, some locally and many and private research labs. With a global Extensive ties between the universi- erations to come. In a community that globally. Another crucial decision in the move away from manufacturing in the ty, the community and the region have is older than Canada itself, generations early processes of the university was to near future, innovation and technology made this city what it is today, and give of change-embracing families have been allow researchers the intellectual proper- will be the driving engine of Canada, the promise of growth, strength and involved with culture, community and ty rights for their projects. This allowed putting the University of Waterloo and adaptability to weather these tougher the Region of Waterloo in economic times. While these changes a prime position to be the are directed by presidents, mayors and leaders of the future. Uni- other officials, it is critical that under- versity leaders have long graduate students involve themselves argued for a move to re- in these changes. Whether by applying search and development, skill sets from your education, or by and this focus needs to be voicing concerns and directions for your expanded to government community, students now play a crucial and industry levels. In a role in the innovation and design of the world where innovation future. is on an instantaneous de- The main lessons to be learned from mand, university students the Waterloo Region are these: need to be prepared. That is what the leaders here 1. Be Entrepreneurial at UW are trying to im- 2. Innovate plement at the graduate 3. Network and undergraduate levels, 4. Build on strength especially when you con- 5. Diversify sider the efforts of Vision 6. Attract smart people 2010 and Campaign Wa- terloo. Hopefully, in the years to come, oth- The Perimeter Institute er communities can learn from these Stuart Pearson for Theoretical Physics, strengths to overcome economic stress Barrels from the old Seagram Distillery are an iconic reminder of Waterloo’s past while independent from and change the focus of global industry.  wednesday, July 22 2009 Letter from the Editor

trapped in trawling nets. Despite this, article about the frogs, it’s mentioned that The Newspaper of the University Michelle toxic chemicals such as PCB can bioaccu- biodiversity losses have reached levels of Waterloo Engineering Society Croal mulate in their bodies and be passed onto not seen since the end of the Cretaceous Editor-in-chief the next generation. Elephants and rhinos Period, 65 million years ago. That puts have long been the focus of conservation human destruction on the same scale as Editor-in-Chief efforts in Africa, namely to reduce spe- asteroids! (Or rather, your preferred and Michelle Croal It’s been a long road to the end (or rath- cies loss due to ivory poaching, conflict accepted method of dinosaur extinct-i-fi- er, passed in a blink for too many of us), with humans and even as a food source. cation...) Assistant Editors but by the time this paper comes out, we’ll However, these are examples of “large” Speaking of monoculture, the strength Stuart Pearson only have 4 days left of classes! Where on species – it’s easy to see that a creature that biodiversity provides to an ecosys- Amrita Yasin earth did the term go? Anyone have plans is going missing when it’s the size of a tem is indisputable. Fields of genetically for August that don’t involve socks, pants car to start with! What about modified crops Layout Editor and permanently wearing a hoodie at the those animals that are smaller Where else in the endless have advantag- Yousif Al-Khder “height of summer”? and harder to see in the first distance of the universe have es for a certain Copy Editor Very, very soon we here in E2 2349A place? Birds, amphibians and we found the diversity of engineered as- will be working on the FROSH ISSUE insects can too face extinc- pect, but when Mikayla Micomonaco 2009! This means we’ll need contribu- tion when their habitats are life as on our own planet? attacked by a tions from student teams, students in destroyed, competing species pathogen or Photo Editors each discipline (program descriptions), are introduced (accidentally pest, the entire Vacant Orientation Huges (Frosh group descrip- or intentionally) or through conflict with crop can fail to adapt, causing significant tions), blurbs about campus and engineer- humans. It’s hard to think of mosqui- product loss. Diverse and evolving spe- Advertising Manager ing life and other topics. The deadline for toes or cockroaches going extinct, but we cies usually have a competitive and adap- Joonha Shin this will be August 14th, 2009 – so write were just chatting the other day about la- tive advantage to changing threats and your exams then write for Iron Warrior! dybugs. Even these beloved insects from environmental factors (within limits- the Circulation Manager (I will remind you again soon, but keep our childhood seem affected by human demands placed by modern society on Dalia Al-Ali it in mind). impact, as introduced species outnumber many natural ecosystems are simply too Important Announcement! There’s a native ones and they bite too! There is much to allow recovery within short term Web Editor whiteboard in our office with our list of even a project in California dedicated to time scales). Vacant things to do after classes: including go- tracking and promoting ladybug conser- We like to say that “We are alone in the ing to the crepe place and suckering some vation, believe it or not! (www.lostlady- universe,” and yet in our hearts we hope Staff Writers unassuming literate student into being the bug.org) we are not. What many people fail to in- Alex Giroux next EIC… And can I have a big drum Amphibians tend to be considered slimy clude in this equation is that our planet Amanda LeDuc roll please! The Editor-in-Chief for Win- or disgusting, but up to half of 6000 beau- is alone and singular not just because of Amrita Yasin ter 2010 will be Amrita Yasin! She’s been tiful and diverse species are under threat, the existence of a dominant and (mostly) Andrew Wong a big help with layout this term, intelligent species, but the exist- Angelo Alaimo and I think she’ll be up to the ence and diversity of more than a Cailin Hillier job. I seriously recommend million living types of creatures. Dalia Al-Ali getting staff phone numbers at Where else in the endless distance Dan Armstrong the start of term, Amrita – to of the universe have we found Jon Martin better hunt down your minions that? Certainly not on the moon... Jon Radice staff on distribution days… As What would the future historians Joonha Shin for me, my time here is coming think of us if we failed to stop the Kevin Ling to end (minus some last minute destruction caused by our race? Leah Siczkar things to finish up). It’s been a What can you do to help? As in- Matt Casswell good term- hard and stressful, dividuals, you can join or support Mike Seliske but good and I hope that my conservation groups in your area, Milena Beloia-Cheres management of The Iron War- for a specific ecosystem, or for an Neil Partridge rior this term has left you in- animal or your choice. Be sure to Stuart Pearson formed, amused or inspired (or research the group before donat- Yousif Al-Khder Virginia Herpetological Society any combination thereof). And ing significant amounts of money, now I present to you: my last The spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata, is one as in many cases mismanagement Contributors editorial topic!! Enjoy. of many threatened species in Ontario or a lack of transparency can lead Peter Roe The other day, I was surfing to only a small percentage of your David Liu around on BBC News looking for topics due to their sensitivities to their environ- donated funding reaching the actual con- Eric Cousineau to bring up in my IW staff meeting, and mental relationships (consider water pH servation projects. As engineers, take Jay Shah I noticed a disconcerting headline: ‘15 and contamination) and fungal diseases. into account species at risk that may be Mike McCauley Year High’ for Rhino Poaching. The arti- Researchers in South America describe affected by your construction project, Sarah Scharf cle goes on to outline how rhino killings how mass migrations of thousands of chemical plant or field work, and imple- Tim Bandura have increased significantly in southern frogs used to be common, whereas now ment actions accordingly to reduce your Kevin Liu Africa in recent years, as findings by the counting a dozen of certain species is company’s impact on fragile ecosystems. Erin Matheson World Wildlife Fund indicate. The reason considered lucky. Consider that endangered species need Florin Gheorghe I thought this was surprising is that while Hundreds of conservation groups exist, care not only in Africa or South Asia, but Will Bucholtz illegal poaching and endangered species dedicated to different groups of animals right here in Ontario. The spotted turtle, Karen Dubois were hot topics of the 90s, it seems that and ecosystems the world over, but their juniper sedge and the monarch butterfly they have fallen out of common discussion efforts will be in vain if public focus and are examples of species that are listed as Off-Stream Editor-in-Chief in the last decade. Don’t get me wrong, attention continue to concentrate solely endangered, threatened or of special con- Trevor Jenkins environmentalism is still a hotly debated on other environmental issues. Media and cern (Species At Risk in Ontario, MNR). topic, but the focus seems to have moved consumer attention has diverted to “be- Understand the differences in levels of more towards global climate change and ing green” and energy reduction, both of risk: special concern (may become threat- personal “green” status symbols than which are valid causes, but I see no point ened without further action), threatened, those animals that share our planet. in saving the planet’s climate without endangered (at high risk of extinction), Primates are among the most threat- saving its diversity and variety. Taking extirpated (is no longer found in a certain The Iron Warrior is a forum for thought-provoking ened, with up to one third of all primate things to extreme, in 50 or 100 years, region, but possibly in others) and ex- and informative articles published by the Engineering species facing extinction, due to threats without intervention and a changing of at- tinct (no living members of that species Society. Views expressed in The Iron Warrior are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions such as over-hunting and deforestation. titudes, our forests and oceans will with- remain). This is the only planet we’ve of the Engineering Society. Marine turtles can live up to 100 years out a doubt become barren and monoc- got, but remember that the creatures can’t The Iron Warrior encourages submissions from stu- dents, faculty and members of the university community. if they survive illegal fishing and being ulture. In the same National Geographic leave either… Submissions should reflect the concerns and intellectual standards of the university in general. The author's name and phone number should be included. All submissions, unless otherwise stated, become the property of The Iron Warrior, which reserves the right to refuse publication of material which it deems unsuitable. The Iron Warrior also reserves the right to edit grammar, Frosh Issue Deadline: spelling and text that do not meet university standards. Authors will be notified of any major changes that may Friday, August 14th, at 6:00pm be required. The Iron Warrior is directed by an Adviso- ry Board, consisting of members from the Engineering Publication for Orientation Week, September 2009 Societyexecutives, editorial staff and student- at- large representatives. Mail should be addressed to The Iron Send your submissions to [email protected] Warrior, Engineering Society, E2 2349A, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1. Our phone number is (519) 888-4567 x32693. Our fax number is (519) 725-4872. E-mail can be sent to iwarrior@engmail. uwaterloo.ca Wednesday, July 22, 2009  With Respect To Time Inside the PDEng Charity Gig! Independent Review

Erin Matheson tions. This term we’re sending all our ed and how deviating from the template 1T Chemical donations to the local Food Bank, a re- Mikayla causes failure, even when the deviation ally great cause, so don’t forget your do- Micomonaco was to include more detail and content. Hey everyone, it’s that time of the nations. Any amount is appreciated! 2B Electrical Concerns were also raised that expecting term again! Your local engineering jazz So mark your calendars for August 1st students to write exactly to a template will band is hosting its term-ly charity gig. at 1:30pm. Yes, we realize this is right prevent students from developing the writ- But this time around, it’s both new and before exams start up, but why not take On July 7th and 8th, there was a 3 per- ing skills that one would hope for in the improved. This term, we’re switching a short study break to listen to some son review board on campus to evaluate PDEng program, since every sentence is up facilities, so we won’t be playing at great music? We’ve got some awesome the PDEng program, and how it can be dictated to the student before they begin. Conrad Grebel. Instead, we’ll be play- new charts lined up, along with some improved. This board consisted of the A third issue raised was the amount of ing at the Bandstand in Waterloo Park old WRTT classics (I’ve been hearing current dean of the University of British time PDEng consumes. There were con- (fingers crossed for good weather). some whispers about Gospel John). So Columbia, a former dean of the University cerns from those who have more difficult As if that wasn’t good enough, you tell all your friends and come on out for of Ottawa, and a member of the PEO. work terms, with more hours of work ex- can come on out to listen to some great some awesome jazz in the park! Throughout these two days, the board pected of them by their employers, being music in the park, for free! That’s right, met with many different students. Among unable to do all of these extra hours due to FREE CONCERT! It is a charity gig Much Love, these were two different meetings with the requirements of PDEng (or vice ver- though, so we will be collecting dona- -WRTT class academic reps. These meetings al- sa). More flexibility in when students can lowed students to give direct feedback do assignments, and making the assign- as to how they and their peers felt about ments less time consuming were some of PDEng, and what could be done to im- the changes requested by students. Ready for a Co-op With RIM? prove it. A final concern raised was for more The meeting I attended began with the relevant course materials. Students ac- Will Bucholtz dents the opportunity to grow and learn review board asking us to come up with knowledged that there is some useful ma- RIM Campus Ambassador on the job while contributing to team and one positive thing each about PDEng. terial in PDEng, but stated that there were company goals. Students at RIM number in There were about 15 students in this meet- other assignments which were not useful Imagine having the use of a BlackBerry® the hundreds and there is always plenty of ing. After about three different reasons, and seemed like a waste of time. Another smartphone to complete your co-op work. extracurricular activity: ranging from RIM including that some of the content was comment made about course materials Yes, actual work that challenges you and Co-op Social Committee, weekly sports useful and that it was an opportunity to was that there should be less assump- offers the opportunity for a dynamic and nights, and informative speakers. practice technical writing, we ran out of tions about what a particular student has rewarding co-op placement. RIM is look- Placement opportunities are available good things to say. After a few repetitions had the opportunity to do on work term, ing for qualified students for four, eight, in engineering, software development, of the same reasons, they stopped us and since sometimes PDEng sets assignments twelve and sixteen month co-op terms. hardware, mechanical design, manufactur- we moved onto the negatives. which ask students to reflect on a particu- With the economy struggling to keep ing, marketing, sales, business and project There were many problems with PDEng lar aspect of their current or previous work quality jobs, RIM is still growing! RIM is management. discussed, but some were emphasised term. Students may not have had the op- a leading designer, manufacturer and mar- RIM is currently seeking students for the more than others. One major topic that portunity to actually experience these situ- keter of innovative solutions for the world- upcoming term and there are new positions was discussed thoroughly was marking. ations, depending on what they have done wide mobile communications market. RIM being posted on the website daily. If you The inconsistency of marking, as well as on their work terms. was founded in 1984 by University of Wa- are interested in applying please check out the use of a minimum function for grades, These issues were discussed by the aca- terloo Electrical Engineering students, and www.experiencerim.com or www.rim.com/ and that sometimes mentors from other demic reps who were at the same meet- is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with offices careers/students. If you have any questions programs would be marking technical ing I attended. The review board let us throughout North America, Europe and about the application process, what it’s like content and might give bad marks due to continue for an hour and a half- half an Asia. RIM is recognized globally as the to work at RIM, my experience at RIM, or their own lack of knowledge about the hour longer then we were scheduled. The developer of the BlackBerry smartphone any other RIM-related questions, drop me subject. report is supposed to be published in the which is used extensively throughout the an email, [email protected]; Another topic discussed was the tem- Fall, and hopefully student comments will world. plates. Several students were concerned have had a significant impact on the re- A co-op term at RIM means working Will Bucholtz about the template writing that was expect- view board’s findings. with some of the brightest people on the Your RIM Campus Ambassador. forefront of technology. RIM offers stu- Staff Appreciation Corner

Jon, your articles make me laugh every sin- Michelle gle time, and we all know that without Matt’s Croal crossword/sudoku/obligatory news items, no- Editor-in-chief one would read this paper anyway... Amanda, you’re always willing to write more content for me, even at last minute notice, so thanks! Well here we are at the end of term, and it’s To my other staff writers: Jon Martin, Andrew time to express my thanks to those who helped W, Joohna, Mikayla, Dan, Neil, Alex Angelo, me stay sane these past three months! Stuart, Cailin, Kevin, Milena , Leah and Dalia: this you were my go-to guy for everything. Eve- paper would be nothing but blank pages with- rything... “Stuart!!! How do I do this?? Stu- out you, so make sure you realize how valu- art! Help me upload the paper to the server!” able your contributions are! EngSoc Exec, I can’t believe you put up with it, and thanks your reports were on time (for the most part), a million that you did. Your experience was and I thank you for your continued support of invaluable to my learning curve... our engineering newspaper. To Yousif and Amrita, without you two, I To my classmates, thanks for supporting would have had to do layout entirely on my the IW by helping with distribution, carry- own... Which with my ceaseless perfection- ing boxes, answering annoying questions ist demands would’ve probably been easier and most importantly actually READING for you to deal with, but I have since learned THE PAPER! To Bruce, over in Central that “perfection is an asymptote” anyway. I Stores, thank you for that time when issue 3 can’t thank you enough for the Sunday morn- came super late and you let me wait around ings I’ve come in and said to myself “Wow, in your warehouse AND lent me a trolley we actually did a whole lot last night!”, due to to haul those papers back over to E2! Mary you sticking it out with me until the late hours Bland, without you the business side of of Saturday night. “Yousif!! Use the mouse! things would never get done, and IW would DRAG the object!” (as he uses the arrow keys cease to exist! to just nudge text across an entire two page If I missed you here, it’s not because I spread...) Amrita, you know my secret inter- don’t thank you for your contribution but view tactics (namely flirtation) and we had a probably because I have 36 things going few good laughs together over the term. on in my head and things get lost easily... To Jon, Matt and Amanda: your unfailing Anyway, this paper is built by a team of attendance at meetings and commitment to wonderful individuals, and my sincere writing for the paper has put you as the Top thanks go out to every one of them! Enjoy 3 for word counts this term! Congratulations! the issue :)  wednesday, July 22 2009

EngSoc Motions to Allow Engineering Debt Load 8s-4s Executives Survey Results elections. Proposed Solution: 1. Term Total Stuart Pearson • Keep executive positions a full 16 Total Responses: 521 2b civil months with the option to hold the posi- Number of Surveys Sent: 1835 tion as a pair if necessary due to academic Response %: 28% streaming. # of Students in Core Classes: 2446 This article is based on the presentation • For this option to take effect, one part- made by the 8S Stream Committee at Joint ner must be unable to be on-stream for the Council on July 11th. whole 16-month term due to being enrolled 2. Does your family support you financially? (509 response) Conventionally, Engineering programs at in 8S or 4S. The other partner must be on- Yes: 66% the University of Waterloo run in alternat- stream to carry out the executive duties No: 44% ing four month cycles of school and co-op. when the original partner is off-stream. This system spawned the need for separate • At least one of the people must be in “A” and “B” student societies, a system 4S or 8S stream in order to run as a pair. 3. Average Cost of Living for a 4 month School Term (517 responses) that has worked effectively for over forty The other person must be on opposite 4S or $10,148 years. However, recent changes to this sys- 8S stream, or can also be in regular 4 or 8 tem have complicated matters in such a way stream, as long as they can cover the oppo- that unfairly prevents students affected by site term from their partner. This applies to 4. Average Cost of Living for a 4 month Work Term (461 responses) these changes from participating fully in the all executive positions, including president. $4,062 Engineering Society. Nanotechnology en- • Graduating students cannot use this op- gineering students operate on a system that tion (in their 4B term), as this would mean involves irregularly alternating 8-month that they are unable to help their partner 5. Have you applied for local aid or other bursaries to pay for school? work and school terms (“8S Stream”). Simi- transition during their second term of office. (511 responses) larly, some fourth year ECE students switch Students involved in extracurricular or vol- Yes 45% streams for their 4A terms. As a result of untary academic programs (e.g. exchange) No 40% these changes, students in these programs cannot use this option, either. The option Not Yet 15% are currently unable to run for executive is reserved solely for those who are put at positions in the Engineering Society during a disadvantage because of their academic their upper years. Currently, students must streaming. 6. Have you applied for OSAP? (517 responses) be on the same stream for 16 consecutive The committee believes that this solution Yes & Received 38% months, beginning with four months of tran- provides a fair means of allowing all engi- Yes & Denied 18% sition, their first four-month term in office, neering students to run for every executive No 43% four months over co-op, and their final four- position without drastically altering the cur- month term of office. rent system. It also prevents by-elections This inequality has led to some consterna- every 8 months, which could lower voter 7. Do you have a loan for academic purposes? (512 responses) tion among students who would like to get turnout and increase apathy towards the En- Yes 40% more involved in the Engineering Society gineering Society. No 47% but are unable to as a result of their academ- Based on discussions with co-op and Not Yet 12% ic program. To find a potential solution for administration, the possibility of more the issue, a seven-member committee was programs switching to the 8-month co-op selected by EngSoc to review options and term model seems likely, but for now these 7a. How much is the student loan? (273 responses) propose a measure that would enable the changes have not been confirmed, nor has $1-499 6% affected students to participate fairly. Sean any schedule for implementation been es- $500-999 2% O’Neill, Nikki Weckman, Dan Taylor, Mina tablished. At the present moment, the is- $1000-1999 11% Labib, Cat Hay, Tim Bandura, and Stuart sue only affects a minority of students, so $2000-4999 25% Pearson sat on the committee. The proposed major constitutional changes were deemed $5000-9999 24% plan has already been read to A-Soc once as unwarranted by the committee. If a major- $10,000+ 32% well as at Joint Council, and A-Soc voting ity of programs do adopt this system, then will occur on Wednesday, July 22nd. The complete restructuring of the Engineering motion will be read and voted on by B-Soc Society may be necessary in the future, but 8. Has the differential in the fall term. If the motion passes on both until these details become more concrete, tuition increases societies, it will be in place for the Fall 2009 the proposed solution will have to suffice. caused you hardship? (510 responses) Yes 45% Leader Retreat 2009 No 22% Frosh Week a Month Away Not Yet 33%

Sunday morning began early with 9. How much debt do you expect to be in by graduation? (493 responses) a small meeting at CIF to partake in No Debt 23% Amanda leduc certain questionable and water-bal- <$999 3% 2b management loon related activities. All leaders then $1000-4999 14% proceeded to RCH 101 to begin Frosh $5000-9999 15% Week discussions. FOC announced the $10,000-19,999 18% The summer leader retreat took place schedule for the week and described the $20,000+ 26% on the night of Saturday July 11 and all events new to Frosh Week 2009. day on Sunday July 12. It was a lovely One awesome new event is the “Mur- couple of days devoted to team bonding der Mystery Night” which will be re- 10. Do you live at home while at school? (509 responses) and general pre-frosh-week awesome- placing Scunt. The principle of the mur- Usually 9% ness. der mystery is similar to Scunt, except Used to 2% Saturday evening was spent outdoors that teams will receive clues for good No 90% at CIF. We played a modified version performance in events and acquisi- of capture the flag consisting of three tions rather than an arbitrary number of teams instead of the traditional two. points. 11. Have you lived at Since we had no way to tell who was The Sunday events were wrapped up home while on work on which team, the most deceitful and by having each colour team perform a terms? (515 responses) convincing team succeeded at sneaking 5-minute skit to introduce their team’s Always 22% across enemy lines to capture one of the theme to the other leaders. Such memo- Sometimes 39% opposing team’s flags. After capture the rable skits as “I’m a Boat” to introduce Never 39% flag, FOC built a campfire by the lake the Pirate team and “Inca-Inca” sung to and provided hot dogs and marshmal- the tune of the “oompa loompa” song lows for roasting. The campfire provid- shall not soon be forgotten by those in 12. Average of the weekly salary while on work term (428 responses) ed a nice relaxed atmosphere to mingle attendance. $672 and get to know the other frosh leaders, Hats off to EngFOC for organizing a not just the members with whom you superbly fantastically marvelous event! will be paired during Frosh Week. Wednesday, July 22, 2009  UW Researchers Create Low Obama’s Tours in Africa Cost Internet Solution Political Growth and Foreign Policy

is that it “freezes” all the packets sent by is the key which can boost up economic the computer without an internet connec- and social development in Africa. Kevin Ling tion. The data (ie: an email) is encrypted AMrita Yasin US foreign policy regarding Africa is 2N COMPUTER 3a Chemical and kept on the computer until a USB drive still vague. President Obama’s speech is plugged in to retrieve the data. At that gave the impression that the African situ- point, a courier physically transports the ation will become an integral part of US A team composed mainly of students USB drive to a location where a compu- Africans prepared enthusiastically to foreign policy, the exact policy still unde- and research programmers at the Univer- ter is set up with a connection. When the welcome the American President, Barrack fined. Changes envisioned by Obama en- sity of Waterloo has recently developed a USB drive is connected to that computer, Obama to Ghana on July 10, 2009 for his tail huge financial commitments and with simple and functional way to help spread the packets are automatically retrieved, first Presidential visit to Africa. the recession and two wars, Congress is internet communication to more remote re- “unfrozen”, and sent across the internet to This visit has been seen as an effort to unlikely to take costly initiatives anywhere gions of developing countries. Computer the recipient. integrate African countries into the world else. Having said that, in his previous visit Science professor Srinivassan Keshav led Since there are some situations where affairs. “The 21st Century will be shaped to Italy, President Obama pledged $20 bil- the team in developing VLink, a free and the speed of the internet communication is by what happens not just in Rome or Mos- lion to help Africa’s poorest citizens with open-source software system. much more critical, the VLink system al- cow or Washington, but by what happens their financial crisis. One major challenge to expanding the lows for a cell phone to be connected to in Ghana as well,” he said in his speech According to the President, previous accessibility of internet access in develop- the computer and send text only emails via in Ghana. President US efforts to allevi- ing countries is the restrictive costs of de- a cellular service providers short message Obama chose Ghana ate poor conditions in ploying either a landline, cellular, or satel- service (SMS). due to its steady de- The African situation will Africa have been ill- lite network to cover areas outside of major The team that develops VLink sees this mocracy and good become an integral part coordinated; a steady cities. With the VLink System, the cost of as a good way for non-governmental or- governance which has of US foreign policy policy focussed on expanding the network is greatly reduced ganizations to communicate with branches led to the emergence practically achievable since it only requires the VLink software of their organizations in remote regions. of a relatively stable goals is very important. to be installed on each computer in the For example, a nurse working in a small civil society and economic growth. He The president also addressed the West say- network, and only one of the computers to village in India can use VLink to contact a presented Ghana as a role model for the ing that help from the West should include have internet connectivity. Since there is doctor in Canada for help on a diagnosis. democracy and growth for the rest of Af- more than just financial aid. no hardware change required, deployment It can also be used for farmers to commu- rican countries. President Obama also presented the time can be as quick as two program instal- nicate with a central organization to find President Obama has stressed US concern progress of African-American individu- lations. out how much their crops are worth. The for the whole continent of Africa during his als and appreciated their talents and skills. The VLink implementation is a reliable hope is that by spreading the access of in- visit to Ghana. He stressed the importance Given socio-economic and political insta- way to deliver internet communications formation, developing countries can make of four areas for Africa’s development; de- bility in African countries, Africans will when there is little or no internet connec- more advances in socio-economic areas. mocracy, opportunity, health and peaceful also get the opportunities to employ their tion. While it can’t match the ease of ac- While it still has yet to be seen if VLink resolution of conflict. He urged the African potential for the development of their na- cess that is experienced with a landline will be as wide spread and effective as its countries to overcome poor governance, tion. internet connection, it will hopefully be a creators hope, it is another step towards poverty and abuses of human rights and Kenyan ex-President Daniel Arap Moi practical solution for things such as email, making the internet a truly universal vec- corruption prevailing in the continent and urged his nation not to expect much from where the speed of transmission is typi- tor for communication and information. which has been disadvantageous to other the US President and to strive to solve cally not too critical. VLink is still in early trial stages, and the countries too. The people of Africa should their own local problems. This statement To set up a minimal network using beta version of the software was released take the initiative themselves and stop may also be considered an expression VLink, all that is required is two computers just last month. For more information, pointing fingers at other countries for the of contempt as the President’s first visit (one with internet access), the VLink soft- visit http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/teth- instability and economic undergrowth. Ac- was to Ghana and not Kenya, his father’s ware, and a USB drive. How VLink works erless/index.php/VLink . cording to the President, good governance homeland. The Golden Shield Project

China (PRC) government. The goal of the na” on Google then click the “I’m Feeling page of this website, explaining why they project is to restrict the type of content in- Lucky” button. You will be directed to have decided to take their site offline. joonha shin ternet users in China can access. It is an www.greatfirewallofchina.org, a website “Because of the ever stricter measures of 2B Management ongoing project since there are websites which claims it used to be a working censorship China imposes on the Internet, being created every day, which means the website. The main purpose of the website the team of www.greatfirewallofchina.org PRC will need to be on a constant look was to allow anyone to “test” whether at present can no longer vouch for the reli- More commonly referred to as the “The out for more websites to block. From an or not a specific web address would be ability of its test tool. We have therefore Great Firewall of China”, the Golden outsider’s perspective, the project looks blocked in China. Sadly, it seems like this decided to take the test tool offline.” Shield Project is a censorship project im- extremely successful. site has been in inactive for more than a Is it possible that they been getting pres- plemented by the People’s Republic of Search for “The Great Firewall of Chi- year. Here’s what you’ll see in the main sured from external forces (the PRC itself maybe?) and finally caved in? I couldn’t tell you for sure. But I can tell you that the website still has some uses. They kept records of their previous tests, most of which ran two years ago. For example, Google was blocked in China as late as November of 2007. Upon checking their FAQ section howev- er, I am told that censorship in Chi- na is constantly changing. What is blocked today might be available tomorrow. Regardless, censorship in China seems to be a serious so- cial issue, and this website seems to have been made to emphasize this point. How do 338 million internet us- ers in China feel about this? First of all, would majority of them even see this as a concern? The answer to this question might not be so obvious, considering that different countries have different cultural norms. If you were to type in “The Great Firewall of China” in Google, you would get over a million hits. Of course, if you were in China, I doubt you would be able access Google.  wednesday, July 22 2009 An Enterprising Approach to Poverty Manufacturing and Engineering in Ghana Florin Gheorghe carrying high currents that are tattered or ex- clothing, or goats – as if incapable to solve worked with an organization like SMIDO, the Engineers Without Borders UBC posed, and in some instances the artisans will their own problems. Today there is a noticea- engineers took a calculated risk and invested place scrap pieces of metal plate and rod end ble change in the Magazine. Thanks to the im- some resources and time into creating a mutu- The Industrial Underbelly to end, thereby creating an improvised “elec- proved business that SMIDO and Global Gold ally beneficial partnership. In the end, it pro- of West Africa trical cable”. provide, artisans have seen a steady increase vided both economic and social returns. Covering an area of 450 acres with a work- • Common equipment in industry to prevent in income. With that, comes not just the power • Sense of Social Responsibility: At eve- ing population of 200,000 people, the “Suame explosion when using cutting torches is not to buy food and pay school fees for their fami- ry step of the way, Global Gold’s engineers Magazine” neighbourhood of Kumasi, Ghana found in the Magazine. lies, but the opportunity for Africans to choose showed compassion and a drive to support is Africa’s largest informal engineering cluster. The Global Gold engineers also questioned and build lives of dignity and personal value. local initiatives and strengthen the Ghanaian The Magazine attracts customers and inves- how SMIDO could manage and subcontract Impact Summary tors from across the continent, as it is situated complex work to dozens of shops sprawled Since the start of the SMIDO Engi- along major transport corridors from Cote across 450 acres of the Magazine – all while neering Program in mid-2008, the fol- d’Ivoire to Nigeria, and from northern Africa ensuring industry standards in quality control. lowing impacts have been achieved: to the Atlantic. It seemed risky, but it sure was an interesting • Funded the training of nearly 200 The 12,000 small-scale enterprises in this idea. artisans in computer skills, advanced “industrial cluster” benefit greatly from econ- Promising to deliver the impossible – on auto diagnostics, safety and qual- omies of scale as they interact in three main time – SMIDO convinced Global Gold’s en- ity standards, technical and business economic activities: vehicular repair, manu- gineers to take a chance. In May of 2009, Glo- skills, as well as English and French facturing, and spare parts dealing. However, bal Gold contracted SMIDO to supply a major literacy despite an estimated $1,000,000 in daily cash access system upgrade to their Caterpillar 777 • Invested 5% of revenue towards flow through the Magazine, the Government off-road haul trucks. better safety practices of Ghana estimates that 25% of people work- Four weeks later, SMIDO delivered the first • Engaged an average of 30 artisans ing here live in poverty, with the majority of of two units. Arriving at the Global Gold site in and small-scale enterprises per project artisans having very limited access to social a broken down truck and a mismatched rain- for procurement of materials, services, services and few opportunities for skills and bow of torn coveralls, nobody quite expected and labour technology upgrading. what would come next. Six senior engineers • Increased income of sub-contract- SMIDO: An Enterprising Approach to – Australians, Canadians, Americans, Peru- ed artisans by 200-300%, providing Poverty vians, and Ghanaians – stood silently around wages that are 10 times higher than Florin Gheorghe In 2006, after recognizing the challenges, as the work, carefully inspecting every weld and Ghana’s minimum wage for labour Machining artisan hard at work well as the immense potential of the cluster, a every brush of paint, finally breaking the tense • Developed long-term supply chain small group of the Magazine’s elders created silence with cheers of praise and handshakes. partnerships with six multi-national corpo- economy. This drive cannot be mandated by the Suame Magazine Industrial Development “To be honest, I didn’t think you guys could rations, promoting import substitution for a a company’s CSR policy, but is up to the in- Organization (SMIDO). As a grassroots or- pull it off. I’m pleasantly surprised, and very healthier local economy dividual. ganization, SMIDO aims to turn the Maga- impressed with the work you are doing,” • Executed contracts totalling $130,000, • Understanding Local Context: Without zine into a technologically advanced indus- praised one of the company’s chief engineers. with 100% of this revenue channelled towards understanding our background, and that of the “Consider this a development of sustainable livelihoods in the informal sector, it would have been easy for test for big things to Suame Magazine the engineers to shrug off the Magazine as a come!” The Impact that One Engineer Can useless junk yard. Looking past the surface The Result? Have though, they could see thousands of talented Valued at $30,000, One of the challenges SMIDO has faced in artisans who simply lacked a viable market. this contract was engaging industry is the negative perception • Willingness to Collaborate and Learn: business as usual to of the informal sector, which is synonymous Global Gold’s engineers understood that SMI- Global Gold, and with “small-scale, unreliable, and of poor qual- DO was new in the game – and perhaps was quite insignificant to ity.” SMIDO is quickly moving beyond that used to playing a different game altogether. the multi-billion dol- perspective, thanks to two young engineers, a Although the partnership with SMIDO didn’t lar company, but it Canadian and a Ghanaian, who have taken on require any more time, money, or resources was a different story this challenge by running the program. than a traditional supplier, it certainly required for the Magazine. But a great deal of SMIDO’s success is a different approach. Working together, both This was not only owed to the decisions of a few bold engineers SMIDO and Global Gold adapted their supply a $30,000 manufac- at Global Gold Inc. Faced with an interesting chain management style to better serve each turing contract, but (yet unfamiliar and untested) opportunity they other. Florin Gheorghe to the Magazine, this took a chance and put their faith in SMIDO. SMIDO’s example has proven the massive Suame Magazine – a major was $30,000 of devel- That opportunity has turned into a long-term, impact that one engineer can have, and there transport corridor and industrial core opment. The money mutually beneficial relationship, one that pro- are ways we can all play our part. Whether trial zone, promoting economic development would mean a direct cash injection into the vides Global Gold with high through access to education and business de- economy of Suame Magazine in the form of quality local products; a low velopment opportunities for the artisans. material procurement, services, and fair wag- cost compared to the im- SMIDO runs two main programs: the ICT es. That translates into $30,000 of school fees, ported equivalent, free of in- Program, a training program providing com- health care, and improved nutrition for the ternational shipping charges puter skills, business management, literacy, families of the artisans. or hefty import taxes; and as well as technical training; and the SMIDO 100% of SMIDO’s profit would be used to the opportunity to become Engineering Program with a goal to integrate fund the ICT Training Program to further de- a champion of Corporate small-scale artisans into formal sector supply velop the business, literacy, and technical skills Social Responsibility in the chains. of artisans, making them more appealing for international mining indus- The Engineering Program essentially re- companies like Global Gold to work with in try. Many companies have sembles a non-profit manufacturing firm. the future. A portion of the profit was invested charitable giving programs Run by two young engineers, this “social en- in improving working conditions and safety and fund various initiatives, terprise” markets the skills of the Magazine practices in the Magazine by subsidizing the but rarely does a major cor- to major multi-national corporations in the purchase of personal protective equipment for poration like Global Gold Florin Gheorghe mining, food and beverage, and construction all artisans involved as well as providing train- integrate an innovative lo- SMIDO delivers their upgraded Cater- industries. The engineers then manage and ing on industry standards and promoting an cal partner such as SMIDO pillar 777 trucks to Global Gold sub-contract manufacturing contracts to vari- incentive-based culture of safety. – and the beneficiaries of ous artisans in the Magazine. This program goes beyond a $30,000 con- their charity, the one billion people around the working for organizations like SMIDO, A Proven Model for Social Enterprise tract. Long term partnerships, like this one world living in poverty – into the core activi- choosing to support local purchasing in your SMIDO’s model of social enterprise be- with Global Gold, remove a layer of vulner- ties of the business. workplace, advocating for responsible corpo- came reality in early 2009. After a presenta- ability from life in the Magazine. It allows ar- This presents an exciting challenge for Ca- rate and regulatory policy, or just encouraging tion to the executives of Global Gold Inc., a tisans to plan, save, and to make investments nadian engineers, both at home and abroad. your workplace to switch to Fair Trade coffee, major North American gold mining company, into their own businesses for improved qual- Our profession is fast becoming one of key all of us can contribute to building a globally they visited the Magazine to get an idea of ity, education, skills development, and safer global influence, with immense potential for conscious profession recognized for its posi- SMIDO’s potential. manufacturing practices. social, environmental, and economic better- tive contribution to society, the environment, Admittedly, the mining engineers were quite Consider an artisan who makes $2 a day and ment. Although the idea of “Corporate Social and our global economy. apprehensive about working with SMIDO, not sometimes goes three weeks without work, for Responsibility” has now become institutional- Florin is a fourth year undergraduate me- least because of the appalling safety standards them a simple investment in $5 safety glasses ized in nearly every engineering company, it chanical engineering student at UBC. Dur- they witnessed in the Magazine: is out of the question, not to mention the $10 is up to the individual to make it meaningful. ing the summer of 2008 he spent four months • Many artisans involved in heavy machin- per foot for new welding cable – may as well The success of SMIDO would not have been in Zambia with Engineers Without Borders. ing would wear flip-flops and shorts lay scrap metal end to end to serve as an exten- possible without Global Gold’s engineers He is now nearing the end of an eight month • No eye protection was available when sion cable in the shop! thinking differently, and exhibiting four key contract in Ghana, which he arranged with grinding, machining, or even welding Africans have long been recipients of West- attitudes: SMIDO directly. • It is very common to find welding cables ern food aid, medicine, teachers, tractors, • Entrepreneurialism: Having never Wednesday, July 22, 2009  Looking a Little Deeper: Engineers CAN Act!

Bale) regarding the misinterpretation (or is Packet Inspection that false advertising?) of his laundromat’s Stuart Pearson sign. Canadian ISPs and their shady ways 2b civil Itch was one of the funniest skits of the night, wherein a man (Mark Aylward Nally), Not all P2P use is illegal, as there is a frustrated with his marriage, seeks the help lot of public-domain, open source soft- Every term, Engplay happens. Calculus- of a prostitute (Melissa Deziel) to scratch an Jon Radice ware on file-sharing sites. Also there are weary engineers look for a reprieve from itch that he just couldn’t reach on his own. 3a chemical many other legal practices that mimic school work and show off their hitherto un- Gone to Take A… recounted the story of two heavy bandwidth use: playing intensive discovered acting talents. This year, EngPlay employees at a shoe store (Dan Armstrong video games or streaming a large number was a series of short skits, rather than a longer and Graham Hendra), one of whom had ex- 1Bs, let me impart a little slice of wis- of videos. In fact the Hospital for Sick single play as is usually performed. Director traordinary difficulty talking about bodily dom on you. While you still have a little Children is filing a claim against Bell as Megan Pollock chose eight hilarious sketch- functions. This skit was lots of fun to watch. bit of time left before you’re done this they claim that they were throttled when es, and her cast did a fantastic job of bringing In Alone at Last, a young couple (Ker- term DOWNLOAD AS MUCH STUFF they were streaming a live charity fun- them to life. ryck Jones and Ki- AS YOU CAN. TV shows, movies, mu- draiser across the internet, causing their I had the chance to ara Bruggerman) fi- sic – anything and everything that you live stream to be cut off many times. see Saturday’s per- nally have a chance can find on DC++. Why? Because once Bell declined to comment on it. formance; tradition- to be alone with you’re out and on your own renting One of the more outlandish claims is ally the final EngPlay each other… that is, your own house or apartment, you get that all of this high-use is slowing down show of the term is until their families to come across one of the worst trends the speed and hogging all the band- somewhat chaotic. and a host of other that is sweeping our nation: tyrannical width. This statement makes just about Most of the crowd guests arrive to cri- ISP providers. as much sense as telling drivers to share shows up heavily tique them on their There are really two players in the cars when there is rush hour, to prevent inebriated and the technique! What is Waterloo region for ISPs – Rogers and congestion. Poor infrastructure is no ex- audience’s heckling “Skronking”? Even Bell. Sure there are many smaller com- cuse, especially for a company that has unfortunately tends by the end of No panies as well, but they are running off not increased the speed of their inter- to drown out the ac- Skronking, nobody of the same infrastructure that Bell or net services in the last 4 years, causing tors’ performances. knew, but it was still Canada to fall This term, however, a great sketch. In No farther behind the crowd may have Dogs Allowed, Kiara in internet gone a little too far Bruggerman defend- speeds. If they when they started ed the honour of her know that they firing numerous pro- “husband” (Mina can’t reach jectiles at the stage. Labib), whose un- their speeds That being said, this canny resemblance at peak hours, term’s cast did a fine to a dog drew criti- and then do not job of carrying on cism from disgrun- Michael Seliske try to work on regardless of their tled manager Sand- Melissa Deziel acts out as a mime expanding the audience, even fir- ers Wong. system, that ing back with a few Duck! Wait – does just screams witty retorts. that mean, “lower your head”, or “beware laziness from An ongoing sketch, Check, Please, of vicious waterfowl!”? This debate lies at a company bookended the first and second acts, re- the heart of Duck, where Cailin Hillier and that does not counting a series of unsuccessful (and at Mina Labib ruminated on the ambiguities need to care times painful) dinner dates. The entire cast of the word while avoiding angry birds in about its cus- drifted in and out of these skits over the a most hilarious fashion. EngPlay finished tomers. course of the play, including a memorable (if with another round of Check, Please, and Wired Magazine Deep Packet not alarming) appearance by Mina Labib in had a happy ending for the two protagonists 60 years ago they used bugged wires; Inspection is a dress. Wash and Dry was an amusing tale in spite of their previous dating disasters. now it’s Packet Inspection just insulting of belligerent laundry clerk Mike Seliske’s Great job to everyone involved, your the rights of systematic abuse of his customer (Marissa hard work certainly paid off! It was defi- Rogers use and therefore they have to Canadians. By labeling every packet to play by their rules. If you haven’t heard be scanned as a ‘potential threat’ is as- some of the latest and greatest ideas that suming that every Canadian is a terror- these companies have developed, listen ist, a pirate and a child pornographer all up. in one. Adding this policy will not help In order to combat those heinous the internet, where the constant outpour- pirates that are lurking around every- ing of unfiltered content has shaped our where, Rogers and Bell have decided to culture so much in such a short period of throttle the users whenever their down- time. The main problem with this, simi- loading pattern appears similar to that lar to the main problem with closed cir- of P2P downloading. They claim that cuit camera systems or warrantless wire- not only will this prevent piracy, but it taps, is that it is the governing body’s also will prevent slowdowns from other choice to decide what is right and what users during peak hours by ‘unclogging’ is wrong. And that becomes just as rife the lines of the heavy-use traffic. Just for abuse by the overseers just as much recently, Bell decided that they might as they are claiming people are treating introduce Deep Packet Inspection; their internet service. which will pluck at random packets of The internet providers would rather information sent to or from you in order you clean up their shoddy services than to make sure the information being sent to actually improve their services them- isn’t harmful, criminal or malicious. Not selves. And they feel that they are big surprisingly, all of these ideas have been enough to get away Michael Seliske met with a large amount of criticism. with it. Mark Aylward Nally and Melissa Deziel in Itch

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and to give them a feel for what to expect to see you all out! We’ll have the patio when their on campus. If you are interested open and I’m sure the Tool will drop by mike mccauley in helping to volunteer to help us with the tim bandura for a visit. Plus, we’ll get to see the final vp-external vp-internal Engineering portion of this event, please standings for P**5 and the TSN video! email me and we will get you involved. Don’t forget that it’s Directorship Lastly, the Ontario Society of Profession- Season! All sorts of directorships for Wow, last IW report of the term already!? al Engineers (OSPE) has put a call out for Final Exec Report of my First Term as this upcoming Winter 2010 term are I guess this means I should probably start presenters for Engineering in a Climate of VPI!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!! now open to those who are interested studying pretty soon. Change: Making the Lakes Great. This one- WOAH! It’s nearly gone! The term in helping out, gaining some leadership I’m excited to say that I think it’s been an day symposium explores approaches to mit- just rushed by! Time flies when you’re and organizational skills, or just meeting amazing term and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed igate, adapt, and improve resilience in large having fun! new people! Applications close on Mon- my first term as your VPX. I’m definitely lakes. It will take place at the MaRS Centre So here’s a quick update on some of the day, July 29th at 4:30 PM. Go online to looking forward to the upcoming winter (downtown Toronto) on April 29, 2010. This more recent events that have happened. http://www.engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/direc- term when we’re back together. is a fantastic opportunity for students to in- D.U.S.T.E.D. took place July 9th. A lot tors/application-form (make sure you’re There are a couple final events before we teract with industry and to spread the word of people had a great time hanging out, logged in!) and fill one out! If you don’t throw in the towel for this term. First is the about interesting projects being worked on singing, and playing a few games! July see a directorship you want to run, send charity event in support of the Alzheimer’s at UW. For more information check out 11th was the date of our important Joint us an email suggesting it! Society of Canada which is about to happen http://www.ospe.on.ca/Climatechange/pub- Council. It’s the Council meeting that Finally, all the amazing stuff and in a couple hours or has already happened lic/pdf/call%20for%20presentations%20a trumps all over Council meetings simply events could not have happened without (July 22), depending on when this paper hits pril%202010%20v3.pdf. Submissions are because we get to meet with our B-soc my directors. They all gave a portion the stands. Participants gathered pledges in being accepted until September 30, 2009. counterparts! We also held a successful of their time and energy to run events support of PURPLING themselves so watch I’d like to send a huge thank you to every- brunch and dinner in celebration of the and services. We had memorable events out for an increased number of purple engi- one who made this an outstanding summer day too! All the food was delicious and such as bowling, athletics, Genius Bowl, neers roaming the halls these days! term – we had some great events and A-Soc seemingly endless. A quick thanks to semi-formal, music, TalEng, Special The second exciting event is happening was very well represented at the conferenc- everyone who helped run that! Engplay Events, Engplay, and a few year spirit this FRIDAY (July 24) and it is dubbed es this term. was another wonderful success this year parties! We also had people who gave ENGSOC FLOAT DAY. We will be giv- The upcoming fall term is a busy one too. It was an enjoyable series of short their time to offer us services such as ing out FREE soda floats (pop + ice cream = for conferences so keep your eye out for skits put on by our own very talented Jazz Band, secretary, TSN video, P**5, awesomeness) outside CPH and RCH to cel- some exciting opportunities to attend events fellow students! Very few words can signs & whiteboards, class rep advisors, ebrate the end of the term and just because throughout the work term. I will be sending describe the feeling of theatre. Thanks and e-mail communications! it’s cool to give out free stuff. This is the first out information over the mailing list so stay to all the cast and crew for performing! Thank you all very much! YAY! event of its kind so be sure to come out be- tuned. Our final council meeting just happened I wish you all the best of luck head- tween 11:30-1:30 to grab your free float and Well, I think that’s all folks! Best of luck too! A delicious Potluck with your Exec ing into your finals, and I hope you will spread the word amongst your friends! to everyone on finals and I look forward to and many others purpled and delectable all have a wonderful Fall term. Can’t Student Life 101 is also coming up this seeing you in the winter! As always, feel dishes that were devoured. wait to see everyone back in the Winter Saturday (July 25). The event is designed to free to email me (asoc_vpext@engmail) if Our last upcoming event of the term is term!!! welcome incoming UW students to campus you have any questions. –Mike :) EOT this Friday, July 24th! I really hope Presidential Report beyond the everyday activities. Here is my POETS: Since the renovations to our who took on the position of Acting Dean final update for the spring 2009 term, as a beloved POETS were completed in De- during the Dean’s absence, was recently Sarah Scharf brief recap of the major happenings. Good cember, we have been continuing to make appointed to the position of Associate VP, President luck on your exams, enjoy your time off, POETS the best it can be. The new furni- International. and have a good work term! ture came in about mid-June, as well as the Welcome letter: For the first time ever, New Website: On May 1st we launched pool table. Your exec and Mary will con- the Engineering Society created a welcome EngSoc, it’s that time of year again. our brand new website. We hired external tinue to work with plant ops to have the letter for the incoming first year students, Projects are due and exams are just around developers to create it to our specifications, decorative Plexiglas in place as soon as to be put in their frosh kits in September. the corner. To all of those who volunteered and it turned out great. The feedback we possible so that students can actually use This was done in an effort to raise aware- for us, thank you. To all of those who en- got from students early on was very posi- the new pool table. ness in first years of EngSoc and what it joyed our events and took advantage of tive, and we also welcome more. We are The Dean’s Office: Dean Sedra returned has to offer. I’d really appreciate hearing our services, thank you for showing your still working on an ideal way to add new from his sabbatical on July 1st after writ- about any first years who mention the let- support for your engineering society. Eng- students as members to it, but hopefully ing the 8th edition of his textbook Micro- ter. It would be great to see how many stu- Soc has had a very busy term, above and that will come soon. electronic Circuits. Professor Rothenburg, dents it reached. Fri. JULY 24 11:30-1:30 CPH CourtYard & Outside RCH FREE FLOATS All Are Welcome! (Seriously, everyone...) now made with bpa-free tin Volume 1.4142 Issue 0.693147 | since 6.283185 (Its a nonlinear sequence)

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Amrita Yasin or ever existed on campus. Needless to say, DC Veteran I get heart-broken when I do not see the well-deserving DC on such a list. In order to help students confirm to the Future plans individualistic culture and condemn stu- Another huge concern is the ‘presence’ dents to a life of solitude, Davis Centre of cell phones in DC. ‘Use’ of cell phones Library (aka DC) has taken measures to is not permitted in the library. So if you lessen the degree of interaction among stu- think you can store that call number on dents. Twenty-two tables and eighty-eight your amazing iPhone 3GS because you chairs have been removed from the Davis cannot find a pen and a paper, or you can Centre Library and distributed throughout just look at the calendar to see when your the Student Life Centre. The remaining ta- assignment is due, you probably will be bles have been arranged at longer distances asked to leave the library. As much as they (at some locations enough for a Frisbee or want to, if signal access is blocked in the dodge-ball game) to provide less area for library, the student body being accustomed study in general and group study in par- to cell phones since high school will most ticular in the library. likely kill them! Assuming that each and every student on With the speed with which the changes campus can only study in pin drop silence are being implemented, the need for pro- and that majority of students are from Fac- fessional help will become necessary to No wonder DC is quiet! ulty of Arts who do not have too many mute down the rustling of pages, typing of group projects and assignments that make students in studying when the weather is so less act such as flipping a page is likely to the keys, and possible breathing! you consider suicide a logical solution, DC awesome, give and take the rain showers make every head on the floor turn around. After removing the study tables, which have administrators felt the need to transform and drizzling times. “Ever since they removed the study ta- been used for group study, from the open area DC to make it more suitable for (individ- Students have indeed noticed the change bles, I have been having group meetings DC administration now plans to remove the ual) studying. Taking out furniture seems in the environment and are hoping that it among the book-shelves. It works well be- individual study rooms intended for individual to be the perfect solution to bring down the will change in the busier terms. DC is a li- cause no one bothers us about the noise”, study (that was hard!). volume in the library by bringing down the brary for people who like studying in noisy said a friend, who will probably get beaten number of people who used to produce that places and group studying in DC just pro- up by DC staff if they happen to read this. See Too Quiet to Study volume while studying. One of the reasons vides the right kind of atmosphere. If these When old-DC loyalists like me express Page 4 for the quieter environment is the low en- transformations continue on, DC will soon concerns, we are provided with a list of all rolment and even lower interest of enrolled resemble its twin sister DP, where a harm- the places allowing group study that exist ENGINEERING VI PLANS LEAKED

Matt Casswell will be provided. About 30% of the struc- ulty of Engineering isn’t going to finish the Construction junkie ture remains unfilled, and its contents will roof of E6, and instead just leave all cranes, be announced at a later date. steel, concrete, and barbed wire in place un- In an unprecedented move, the Faculty of Fancy New Stuff, WEEF Funding til they are ready to continue construction. Engineering has leaked the top-secret plans of It is not yet clear what fancy new stuff This decision was made most likely be- Engineering VI exclusively to The Iron War- the Faculty of Engineering and the Chemi- cause the Faculty feels that students should rior. Engineering VI, a new engineering build- cal Engineering department intends on fill- be used to construction by now, and that ing to be built on the B-lot behind the plaza, to ing up various rooms with, but it expected working in a dust-filled, unfinished building the East of the E5 construction site, is to house to be very fancy, and very expensive. Most wouldn’t cause too much anguish amongst the Chemical Engineering Department. of these new things will also likely not be students. Engineering 6 is being built as a design- for the use of students, meaning Chemical It is not clear, however, if any roof will be build project, and until recently all miscellanea Engineering students will have to resort to put on the building prior to the completion has been kept under close guard by the Dean’s using the same 30-year-old lab equipment of Phase I. Putting on a roof would require office. that their profs used when they were doing extra money for water-proofing, installation, Design-Builds are controversial projects their undergrad degree. and then removal once Phase II construc- where a majority of the structure is designed The Faculty of Engineering is expected tion begins. Instead, a series of blue tarps as it is getting built. However, the Faculty of to ask WEEF to fund some (read: all) of and duct tape will likely be spread across Engineering has created some very basic de- the purchases for the fancy new stuff, as the soon-to-be-fourth floor of E6 to provide sign ideas that construction is going to follow, well as equipment for computer labs and students some shelter from the rain. As the and will give us a rough idea of how the build- innovative student collaboration incuba- fancy new stuff is to be located on the sec- ing is going to turn out in the end. tors. Overall, students are not expected to ond floor, only the biohazardous materials The building will somewhat resemble DC benefit too much from this new building and wasted space have a chance of feeling in the fact that it is filled with a lot of useless, except for when they have the odd chance adverse affects due to weather. empty space that could be better used for some- of being in the new lecture hall, which will floors, but not finishing others until later. The Next Steps thing else. Some of this useless space includes likely feature desks, chairs, and a chalk board. Later, it was revealed that it was expected that It is unclear if the University has found a a grand entry foyer, a scenic look-out space, Most of the building will be used by faculty Phase II would instead add on to the building contractor to begin construction, though con- and wide hallways filled with objects depicting and research professionals for elaborate offic- in the areas currently occupied by East Cam- struction will start in August 2009. how awesome Waterloo is, in order to impress es, private research stations, and other things pus Hall. The most recent revelations reveal, In addition to creating new space for dif- visitors and prospective international students. which the University uses as reason for raising however, that construction is instead not going ferent departments, it is also expected that the E6 will also feature a new lecture hall, storage our tuition. to stop after Phase I is completed: Phase I will Management Sciences department will even- facilities for Management Engineering kids, Phased Construction Process consist of construction floors 1 – 3, with Phase tually be consolidated somewhere other than and lots of “fancy new stuff” that the students As previously mentioned, Engineering VI II consisting of floors 4+. While several other the ritzy fourth floor of CPH. will never be able to use. Additional storage will be constructed in two phases, Phase I buildings at Waterloo have been expanded up- and research space for nuclear waste, biohaz- and Phase II. Originally, the plan was to just wards, including E2, RCH, and DP, they were See OMG NEW BUILDING ards, and other generally “stanky” materials “shell” in the entire building, finishing some actually finished first. To save money, the Fac- Page 2  Corrupting your children since last tuesday Koolerzeit mit Dan und Neil

Woody’s Blueberry Pomtini was in fact Protection Services as the sole-worst case [5 unnecessary spoilers/5] Dan Armstrong Jesus Christ’s beverage of choice for the of xenocide preceding Ender’s Game. Neil’s thoughts: One quick twist of a Angesäuselt last supper, an appropriate selection re- Dan also has a record with Animal Protec- cap reveals the high level of carbonation Neil Partridge Betrunken ally as it compliments just about any dish, tion Services, but that’s neither here nor in this drink. On first pour, the foam flares deep-fried or otherwise. there (He was acquitted on the account of up menacingly like a purple-headed mon- Today, coolers are made by breweries ‘cooler goggles’, sadly enough). ster. It seems suspicious, yet expected for Welcome, to the first issue of Koolerzeit around the world, using the synthesized Regardless, the Woody’s we know to- Dan to contribute that analogy to my sec- mit Dan und Neil, the cooler connoisseurs fruit juices native to that area to produce day produces several easy to drink bever- tion... Well, despite a very real threat of of Waterloo. We have traveled the world a sort of faux-tropical plasticky sweetness ages that all bros can enjoy. Personally, I foam-to-face contact, Woody’s Blueberry in search of the finest craft coolers, and to- that cannot be found in any other drink. have a Woody every morning, after class, Pomtini is truly a work of art. Woody’s day we bring you a review of the absolute Typically in the 5-7% ABV range, the and preceding every new episode of Keys engrained the visual appeal of blueberry best, most exquisite, most complex elixir colours can range from fluorescent pink to the VIP. and artificial pomegranate with scrupu- this Earth has seen: Woody’s Blueberry to neon orange, from Hi-Liter blue to nu- Dan’s thoughts: After pouring this into lous attention to detail. It’s blueish-pur- Pomtini. Before we get into the subtle- clear waste green. my man glass, there was a nice bunch of ple as expected of a traditional blueberry ties of this liquid sapphire, let us first un- Neil: Woody’s has a long and strange purple bubbles but they disappeared fast- vodka infusion, which is emphasized by a ravel the history of this magical family of history, dating as far back to -103 BC. The er than Neil after he sees a used box of unique clear tinted bottle. beverages as well as tell you a bit about first neon coloured beverage was derived pregnancy tests. The colour reminds me On a side note, you can use this drink Woody’s, their eldest brewer. from berry juice and the vital organs of of a melted purple popsicle. The smell is to accessorize for club nights. Match the Dan: Coolers have been pleasing pal- several mythological creatures. How else heavenly, like an empty grape juice car- drink with an extra small, sky blue car- ates for thousands of years now. They can you explain that unearthly glow? Re- ton that’s been sitting on the counter for digan for best effect. What I love most were first developed by the nobles of maining at micro-scale for many years, a few weeks. Every sip is pure euphoria; about Woody’s is how they added that ancient Greece as treats for their servant Woody’s received divine props from the J- there’s fresh blueberry concentrate with special ingredient that promotes a feel- boys; the boys loved the sweet flavours, man himself at the last supper (see above), a hint of synthesized pomegranate, fol- ing of superiority. I think it’s called Al- and the alcohol ensured they wouldn’t put resulting in an ascension to the top of the lowed by notes of cheap vodka, all bal- cool? No, alcohol! Indeed, these masters up too much of a fuss when it was time to alcoholic world. Much later, Woody’s dis- anced out with the purest refined sugar. of taste have created a perfect blend of ‘get to work’. Bros such as Neil and my- covered that the use of refined sugar and This is better than the feeling I get after alcohol and awesome, sort of like myself self apply this same technique to today’s artificial flavours were much easier to in- a nice scrimmage with the guys... Damn every Friday at Philthy McNasty’s. Pick female club-goers, and 40% of the time, it dustrialize than butchering baby unicorns. it’s even better than the shower we take up a four pack on your next trip to party works every time. Trust me ladies, when However, the switch to modern ingredi- together afterwards. Largely due to how zone, the area beside that shitty Ontario Neil looks you in the eye and hands you ents and distilling technique did not come much Neil and I drink this stuff, Woody’s craft beer section at the LCBO. a bright purple cooler, you won’t even soon enough. Woody’s is accountable for Blueberry Pomtini is currently the third [5 Ravin’ Eurobeats/5] care how many sexual assault charges he the extinction of at least three exotic ani- best selling drink at Caesar Martini’s, los- has. A little known piece of history is that mal species, a figure reported by Animal ing only to Heinekens and Jager-bombs. Props to Chris Brown// Dan and Neil E6 Will Eat You for Breakfast Grad School Mixology OMG NEW BUILDING sion, a shuttle service between engineering From Page 1 buildings may soon be implemented to help Tasting the Mystery Bottle With classrooms in DWE, lounges in students travel across the train tracks, and CPH, and a new storage space in E6, the in particularly help management science almost like my tongue had forgotten all required physical fitness of Management students get around without burning too of the bad aspects of those flavours. The Jon Radice Engineers will increase as they run across many calories. Some additional features of mixture made me realize the merits of phd in etoh campus trying to get to their labs and class- this new system may include covered sta- those tastes, how each simple flavour es on time. tions at E5, E6, and CPH, a pre-paid fare combined to make one of the greatest Since the Faculty sees physical fitness system, and stops on demand at RCH, DC, swigs of booze out of an unmarked bot- as an unnecessary requirement for admis- and V1. Inside of the Iron Warrior office, high tle that I ever had the joy of experienc- above one of the many display cases ing. The taste is so transcendent that I showing off our enumerable awards for have decidedly changed my career path journalistic excellence and love-mak- from ‘Chemical Engineer’ to ‘Loveable EngSoc Motions to ing, lies a clear bottle adorned with a Drunk.’ But therein lies the one and only solid black question mark. This bottle problem of the Mystery Bottle; it makes Increase Exec Power Yet Again is the alcohol aficionado’s Holy Grail, you want to experiment with as many something out of the most divine of concentrations as possible. Tequila and into class. dreams. A bottle that never goes empty, jagermeisters, scotch and coffees, whis- “We’re in the process of drafting a motion that never tastes the same, but will give key and chocolate milks are not stupid alex giroux to allow the campus geese to vote. There are you a good buzz all the same; an act ideas once your mind has been liberated disillusioned voter so many of them on campus, they should of benevolence so heartfelt, Greek po- thanks to the Mystery Bottle. The world have a voice in who runs things.” explained etry has just recently discovered poems is your mixed drink, and that could lead another Exec member, who wished to re- dedicated to it. People here in the office to some ostracism from your snobby In an unprecedented move, Engsoc Joint main anonymous. “We realise that there have come to know it as the Mystery Bud-Light drinking peers. But I’ll un- Council voted this Tuesday to once again will be opposition to this, but we also feel Bottle, while I have come to know it as derstand your madness, and more im- increase the number of Exec to accommo- that having their campus run by geese will a little slice of heaven. portantly so will the Mystery Bottle. date a new program. This brings the total encourage more students to get out and vote, Describing what the product of the To those attempting to make a Mys- number of Exec at any one time to 43, sur- and become involved in their society.” Mystery Bottle tastes like is almost en- tery Bottle, patience is your new man- passing the total number of votes in the last Those who are strongly opposed to al- tirely moot. As we speak, hard work- tra. Sure you’ll want to dump all of your election. One of Engoc’s presidents (of five lowing geese to vote in Engsoc elections are ing taste engineers (yes The Tin Soldier leftover mickeys and 26ers into there and in total) said that the motion was put for- few and far between, with most students not has enough money to hire two full time start chugging it back, who wouldn’t? ward in an effort to allow students in the caring one way or another. “Engsoc had an taste engineers) are constantly tweaking But to deny the Mystery Bottle the time most recently added program, Randomized election?” was an oft-asked question dur- the subtle flavours and tannin balances and experience needed to perfect itself Engineering, to serve as executives on the ing a random survey of students in the CPH every day and every night. In my one would be doing it a massive disservice. Councils. foyer. However, one lone third year did take year of writing for The Iron Warrior, I Once you can’t remember what’s in it, “This motion allows Randomized Engi- a stand last Wednesday, when he stood in on have watched the fabled concoction turn then you can start tasting it. But the key neering students to run for Exec. In order the CPH benches offering “roasted goose” from a golden honey brown to a deep thing is that the Mystery Bottle is a so- to better serve employers, their co-op terms to all who passed him and wearing a sign crimson, and I have no idea where the cial bottle. Share it with friends, have are determined by spinning a giant “Wheel saying “GEESE ARE FOOD, NOT A VOT- colour will end up when I come back in them add or subtract what they want. of Fortune” type contraption in January ING POPULATION!”. However, when the the winter term. The aroma is overpow- Diversity is the name of the game. And of each year, which makes it very hard to administration questioned him, fearing that ering, yet inviting; opening the bottle hopefully you’ll stumble upon the per- them to, you know, do ANYTHING. We, an offense against a goose had been com- turned every Asian’s face in the room a fect combination of hard alcohol that the Exec, feel that it is only right and just mitted, he admitted that the “goose” was bright, drunk, red just on smell alone. you will reach that new plateau of tran- to allow them to run, and we feel that add- actually turkey, and that although he had By putting your lips to the bottle, you scendence that I reached. But be fore- ing more Exec positions will serve that pur- considered catching a goose for his protest, get so lightheaded you need another warned of the great tragedy of the Mys- pose,” said a very harried President #Uno, the thought of being attacked by the goose strong partner just to lift the bottle to tery Bottle: once you get that perfect as he attempted to dodge my questions on and being forced to miss his finals was off- you. And then, down the hatch. blend, you’ll have no idea what’s in it the way to his next class. When asked about putting and he decided to use a common After I regained consciousness and in order to recreate it. But you’ll spend the depressing statistic that there were now goose substitute instead. my vision, I was met with a strange your life trying to get that flavour again. 43 Exec positions, when only 37 votes had For more information on both motions, combination of some of my most hated The whole experience is both haunting been received in the last election, he mum- please see the Engsoc website: www.uwa- tastes: cinnamon, gin, and a hint of te- and beautiful because of it. bled something unintelligible before going terloo.engsoc2020.com quila. Combined however, and it was it’s been a slow news week, bite me 3 Point vs. counterpoint

POINT Twilight: The Greatest COUNTERPOINT Book of All Time?

ing Twilight. Edward Cullen is over 6” tall I loathed Bella by that point. I had to take and is idolized by females all over the world; a break at that point to think of terrible Amanda leduc alex giroux Kevin is clearly hating on the attention re- things to say about her. I’m not allowed TWIhard bitter 4th year ceived by tall males such as Edward and thus to print any of them. They were.... crea- chosen to attack them with his poisonous tive. words. 2. I can’t even go into how much I hate The single greatest set of books of all time Jon – Jon disagrees with everybody on I hate to admit it, but I got bored on my Bella for being miserable. Like, omg, I is without a doubt the Twilight Saga! The everything all of the time. He’s a crotchety last work term. That doesn’t happen to am, like, a terrible person. SHE HAS, single greatest movie, with the best looking old man hiding inside a university student’s me very often. To make matters interest- LIKE, DEEP FEELINGS.But I had a low male lead character of all time is also without body. Come to an Iron Warrior staff meeting ing, I happened to get bored while in Wa- tolerance for teenage angst even when I a doubt Twilight! and you’ll see his questioning and constantly terloo for the weekend. And there was a was a teenager. In high school, I wore There is no girl who wakes up every morn- opposing nature. I’m sure that if I decided to copy of Twilight on the floor of the place black not because I was emo or goth, but ing and thinks to herself “I sure hope I don’t argue on the Counter-Point side of this arti- I was staying. because when you’re the type of kid who get swept off my feet and fall in love and live cle, he would write on the Point side just to So what do I do? I pick it up and start will be entertained by a tree, your par- happily ever after with a good-looking, kind, go against me. from Chapter One. ents tend to insist on not buying you stuff caring and loaded prince charming”. Even if Alex – Alex has admitted to me that she And three pages later, I WANTED TO that stains. And black t-shirts are hard to a girl says she doesn’t, she just hasn’t real- has only read the first ten pages of Twilight. GOUGE MY EYES OUT. You cannot stain. ized it yet. That means that she does in fact believe in UNREAD something. If I could have Now Edward. Sorry, Eddie. Whatever. The story portrayed in Twilight is the un- love and wants to find her Prince Charm- recorded over the 30 seconds it took me There’s really only one point I have to likely story of how an average normal girl ing. Unfortunately, her copy of Twilight was to read those pages, I would have. But I make about this one: (Bella Swan) and a ridiculously good look- stolen by a rowdy bunch of pirates and she was still bored, so what do I do? I KEPT Real MenTM do not sparkle. ing vampire (Edward Cullen) fall in love. It’s never got to finish reading it. She’s only ar- READING. Because sometimes, I’m stu- Now, ok, this is a generalization, and a romantic, it’s exciting, it’s adventurous and guing against me because she wishes that she pid. pretty sweeping one at that. But the only it’s filled with really unbelievably good look- had read the whole Twilight Saga (including I finally quit somewhere around 15 guy I’ve seen who sparkles is a Ken doll ing vampires. The vampires are tall, strong, the un-released version) like I have. pages in. Now, what did I learn in those one of my friends had when I was about smart, handsome and sparkly … what more Yousif – Yousif doesn’t know how to cook; 15 pages? Two things: one, whatserface eight, and let’s face it - sparkly or not, Bar- could one ask for in a man? he goes to the plaza for every meal and that’s is a whiny git who ENJOYS being mis- bies are meant as projectiles. And here’s Now that I have convinced you with no not healthy. He is also deathly afraid of veg- erable, and two, whatsisface is the most another thing about the sparkling - if be- question that Twilight is the best thing EVER, etables and can’t name the four food groups. beee----yoooooooootiful thing in the ing around your boyfriend on a sunny day I will continue by questioning the integrity of Clearly, due to his lack of proper nutrition, his world, and he sparkles. Let me explain means you need to wear sunscreen, there the poor souls who disagree with me. brain isn’t functioning properly. This brain why those things, in combination, make might be a wee bit of a problem here, ya Joonha – Why on earth would you believe malfunction is causing him to question all for a terrible book. know? Just maybe? I mean, think about anything Joonha tells you? I believe that he is that is good in this world, including Twilight. Let’s talk Bella. the potential implications. Actually, don’t a closet Twilight fan. Have you checked out Yousif needs our support in the form of cook- 1. Bella is a whiny git. Protagonists think about the implications there, since I his hair lately? Isn’t it oddly reminiscent of ing lessons and vegetables to help his mind don’t have to be lovable people all the think I just managed to creep myself out. Edward Cullen’s bronze tousled hair style? work properly and see the light in Twilight. time, but you shouldn’t want to hate their I’m going to go think happy thoughts This hair style comes naturally to Edward, Mikayla – Mikayla is one hell of a sly guts after the FIRST PAGE. And by jove, now. but Joonha actually wakes up and styles his devil. She may appear to be unassuming and hair this way each morning. Seems to me like innocent and thus you will want to believe somebody is trying to imitate Edward… her, but do not be fooled my friends! Evil Kevin – Let me give you one piece of ad- lies inside this small girl and her word should COUNTERPOINT vice; don’t ever believe anything a short per- never be taken for the truth. She is trying to son tells you about Twilight. Kevin happens poison your mind with negative words about to be below the mark of 5’6” which should Twilight in her attempt to gain support and While snooping around the internet I cause you to question his motives on attack- head for world domination. found a fun little forum called twilight- Jon Radice sucks.proboards.com. I thought to myself that guy at the bus stop “Well, I can get a few cogent arguments COUNTERPOINT that others have overlooked.” What I got was sheer horror. I’m going to assume that my fellow There is this one thread that lists all of ping Bella from displaying any independent counterpointers have covered a few of the events that have transcended between Mikayla action. She doesn’t even seem to resent this, the most glaring problems with Twi- fans of the book (Twihards) and people Micomonaco which any person with an ounce of free will light: the softening and perfection of a who oppose the book (Antis) that could look, new photo! should. No healthy relationship is so entirely male-female relationship, the fact that be considered criminal ( Google ‘Twihard one way. Stephanie Meyer is looked down upon Attack Directory’ to take a look). The list Now let’s consider how little value Bella as a horrendous writer by many other starts off with small things, name call- Although there are many ways to show places on her own life. She does have some authors (search Steven King Twilight ing, being stalked, harassment over the how Twilight by Stephanie Meyer is a terrible friends other then Edward, and although her and see how he feels about Stephanie phone, but then they start to become book, I am going to focus on the Bella, the parents are separated, she keeps in contact and the series), and that she is destroy- more and more morose. Beatings with female protagonist. with her mom who she formerly lived with, ing the longstanding tradition of vampire a bat, broken arms, attempted drown- Without the vampire, Edward, who Bella and lives with her dad. She’s in high school, canon (To quote myself from a previous ings, attempted throat-slittings. There’s a has fallen in love with, it seems that she would and presumably has some plans for her fu- Twilight rant “ Vampires don’t sparkle, story of this seven-year-old girl that told never be able to survive a single day. He ture. Apparently, once Edward came into they can’t go out in the day at all. And her older brother’s girlfriend that she fin- has to save her from being mugged, getting the scene, none of this is overly important. they still manage to seduce a boatload of ished reading the first book and that the crushed by a car, killed by evil vampires... She decides that she wants to cast all of this chicks. They’re made to be pimps!”). I’d writing was pretty bad. She got her gold Ok, I’ll admit that I don’t think I could aside to become a vampire, and be with Ed- rather hit the root of the problem with the fish bowl thrown across a room and the handle evil vampires either, but I think things ward forever. I’m sorry, but forever? She’s Twilight books. fish stepped on. Stories of people getting like not wandering around alone in a strange all of 17. How many people had a boyfriend/ And it’s the fans themselves. choked after school for saying the book city should be common sense. Especially for girlfriend at 17 who they now know is NOT I’m not a fan of when the book du-jour was average. Breaking toes in Hot Topic. someone like Bella, who allegedly grew up in the person for them? This isn’t as if it is like comes around and everyone starts sing- Being pushed down the stairs (twice!). a big city. Bella’s in a city she’s never been to marriage, where you can get divorced. Once ing its own praises. I hated when Harry Getting beat with a bible. Is it any won- before with friends, then wanders away from she’s a vampire, she’s a vampire for eternity, Potter fans did it, I hated it when Dan der that these Twilight fans haven’t found them, a bunch of men try to mug her and a no going back. Does the life available to her Brown fans did it, and I hate when Twi- their Edward yet? vampire pops out of nowhere and saves her. if she stays human, not to mention the people light fans do it. But the funny thing is, Of course, this is coming from an Bella’s in a parking lot, an out of control car she would hurt if she disappeared, not matter I’ve argued the merits of all three series, anti-Twilight board, but even if half of comes to crash into her, the vampire saves to her at all? and no one stands so vehemently for their the stories were made up, there are still her. How could any of us possibly survive Apparently the plot summary of this story book than Twilight fans. I’ve never heard about 30 cases of Twihard hate crimes. without an overprotective vampire shadow? should be: a girl finds the perfect boy to pro- a coherent defense for the book from All over a freaking book for some rea- Apparently Bella can’t. tect her and tell her what she has to do. She anyone and in fact, the only response I son! Bella is also hopelessly controlled by Ed- tries to throw away any chance of having her usually get is a goosed “Well who cares So say what you want about the writ- ward. He disables her car to keep her from own future to stay with this boy. She is in- what you think?” and “Well what do you ing, the plot or whatever, the real prob- going places that he considers dangerous. In capable of doing anything without this boy’s know” as a response. lem behind Twilight is that the fans are their relationship, Edward is the one who’s protection. Yes, this is a wonderful message But here’s where it gets fun. criminally insane. always right, and he enforces this by stop- to send to teenage and preteen girls.  Corrupting your children since last tuesday Tin Soldier Gets Around Our Staff’s Fine Home Towns

theatre downtown. Random fact: the city is ******* Dubai, UAE: Yousif Al-Khder. Garbage Strike? Is there a TTC Strike? Are also sister cities with Kabul, Afghanistan. They have a seven-star hotel, so automati- there any new taxes being introduced today? MATT CASSWELL ***** Beamsville, Ontario: cally this place gets seven stars. It’s awesome Did the Leafs beat the Sens or the Canadiens completely unbiased Matt Casswell – they have EVERYTHING there – an un- last night? Is there a snowstorm? If yes, was This town is somewhere between Hamilton derwater restaurant, a indoor ski lift, a giant the army called in? I don’t need to recom- and Niagara Falls along the QEW, and you EVERYTHING. Too bad the economy killed mend travel to Toronto, since you’re going to Timmins? Saskatoon? Kitchener? Where can see Toronto across the lake. +1 for being it all. :( But it is still well-loved by all. be going there at some point anyway. are these hick towns you ask, and why do you near substantial stuff. There’s nothing in this * Timmins Ontario: Amanda LeDuc ***** Waterloo, Ontario: care about them? These hick towns are the town either – a Tim Horton’s, a McDonalds, Timmins is about as North as Victoria is Mike McCauley places where our staff originate from, some a grocery store, and a Home Hardware make West. Along with the Northern Ontarian prob- Those who go to the University of Water- being absolutely disgusting, while others are up almost all the major businesses. However, lems of unemployment and being a dumpsite, loo also have their home town being Water- loving and pleasant. Join us this week for our the town is in the middle of the Niagara Wine Timmins should have a travel advisory issued loo. You’re already here, so you’re clearly trip around the world as we visit eight com- Country, and has produced many award-win- for it for two main reasons: going to visit it. Surprisingly however, many munities, big and small, pleasant and diaboli- ning wines and Ice Wines. +2 for wine. The 1. People who live there like Twilight people don’t know what the city itself has to cal, where our writers and staff come from. town is also near several other small towns, (please see our PCPCPCP on page 3) offer. Waterloo is home to a number of brew- Each town has also been assigned a star-based such as Smithville, which some members 2. There’s a country singer there who I eries, St. Jacob’s Farmers Market, and a lot rating, allowing you easily identify good from the Exec team visited a few weeks ago have been told not to name. We shall call her of engineering students (of course). If you’ve places (high star ratings), and bad places (low for Poultry Fest. +3 for Exec appreciation. Goose. never been to St. Jacobs, you really should star ratings). The town also features an annual Strawberry Yes, based on a very scientific study and a go. It’s full of local food, it’s inexpensive, and * Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Festival. It’s recommended you visit. series of observations on people from Tim- it’s a great time had by all. Another local at- Alex Giroux **** Kitchener, Ontario: Tim Bandura, mins, it can be determined that everyone there traction is Phil’s, on King Street across from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – a place that Jon Martin likes Twilight. They like it so much, in fact, Wilfrid Laurier University. A well-known es- Microsoft Word’s spell-check doesn’t like, Kitchener is an exotic location to the South that harm is inflicted on those who can’t recite tablishment, Phil’s is known for its high-class and that took me a couple of times to type out of Waterloo. With its streets paved in gold, the entire book in their sleep. Secondly, while environment, enchanting atmosphere, and of correctly. Most people have probably heard bustling city life, singing birds and beautiful she may not be as bad as other Canadian course, beautiful women. of this place. It’s not the capital of Saskatch- flowers, and VERY friendly people, Kitchen- singers such as Céline Dion, Goose is from ****Ottawa, Ontario: ewan, but it’s the biggest city – and that’s all er is high on the list of places you should visit. Timmins, and everything about her is proudly Daniel Armstrong it has going for it. With high crime rate, bad Downtown Kitchener is filled with many plastered everywhere. So, Timmins is actually We finish our whirlwind tour of the world weather, and being overly north and overly lovely boutiques and eating establishments a wonderful place to visit if you like Twilight, by visiting our country’s capital city, Otta- flat, there’s no reason someone would want to that offer a friendly atmosphere at reason- country music, and polar bears. Otherwise, it wa! Filled with bureaucracy, French things, visit this place. There’s no hockey teams, no able prices. Be sure to check out the nightlife. wouldn’t hurt to skip it. patriotism, separatism, and the infamous football teams, no baseball teams… it’s pretty With low crime rates, it’s completely safe, * - **** Toronto, Ontario: Jay Shah Byward Market, Ottawa is even a city that much a constant yawn. A quick Wikipedia and sometimes recommended by locals that Toronto gets a rating anywhere between 1 Marc Tan calls home. +1 for Leather Jacket read, and it turns out that one of the city’s you walk around by yourself at dark alleys at to 4 stars. In general, Toronto is pretty awe- Models. And if it’s good enough for Marc prime attractions is a Galaxy Cinema movie night. some, so its rating is a function of: Is there a Tan, then it’s gotta be good enough for me! Not Enough Desks WEEF’s Vision 2011 Too Quiet to Study ing study space means that book shelves will Yenom Leats vates!) which have a highly unstable return of From Page 1 need to be relocated. One of the options is to Ex-Advisor to Bernie Madoff between -100% and 200%. The rationale behind this plan is that (claus- use the underground area between DP and AL 4) Based on an average return 50%, we will trophobic) students, who choose to book these (Arts Lecture Hall) as a storage space. All of WEEF has just established its 2 year plan on make a yearly return of 4 275 000 000 dol- rooms and then study in them, find them too those adventure-loving and wild engineering how to stimulate the interest that we currently lars. smelly and claustrophobic. students should not get excited because as make on our principal amount of $8.55 mil- 5) If we split this equally among three New group study areas will be introduced, far as I see, there is still no chance for us to lion. The plan is as follows: terms, then we can payout a sum of 1 425 000 facing the Ring Road, with fancy study tools explore the mysterious, not-quite-forgotten 1) Borrow 855 000 000 from an Ameri- 000 dollars such as whiteboards. This probably means that underground tunnels beneath the campus can Bank, putting up the principal amount of 8 Our spending plan for this money is to pay I will get to read junk written by a previous buildings. 550 000 as collateral (1:10 leverage ratio) for everyone’s tuition, subsidize pub crawls, group… Student input still needed 2) Go to a foreign bank that is unaware of and return $75000 to every student every What about DP? As always, student feedback on the our American loan, and leverage again at a term. A new WEEF Pub is being opened in After spending $3 Million on main floor changes and new ideas are still needed; the 1:10 ratio, for a total of $8 550 000 000 dollars E5, which will serve $5 000 000 in ‘milk kegs’ renovations in DP, it just dawned on the ad- input will be unconsciously screened, cen- in borrowed money. for free, after which it will start charging regu- ministration that the rest of the floors need sored and discredited based on their current 3) We will invest this amount in extremely lar rates. We hope that you support this Vision modern cubicles and more of them! Expand- views about the aforementioned changes. risky derivates (or better yet, options on deri- 2011 plan!

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Jon Radish Italian pronun- Yousif Al-Khder ciation FTW Not a terrorist “Moving in with Amrita Yasin “01010011 my Amish neigh- Disappointed reader 3RR0R” bours” “Bonfire with Twilight fuel”  wednesday, July 22 2009 Engineering Society Executive Reports VP Finance Report VP Education Report and I am waiting for that. Then we can pleted report, including their recommen- keep moving forward! It’s going to look dations to our dean by September 1st. eric cousineau awesome, and most importantly..... the David Liu The result of the review will be available vp-finance VP-EDucation UGLY poster will be gone! to public in the Fall ‘09 term. As you might know the Event-A-Tron Another goal I had this term was to put has been out of commission all term, and more emphasis on the academic class rep Well it’s been a busy term, but more we have been waiting since mid June for Hey A-soc, role. We held 2 academic rep meetings importantly the most awesome term Engineering Computing to fix the prob- As the term comes to an end, I’d really with one more meeting to come. These ever!!! There have been lots of things lem with their server. I have looked up like to thank you for taking your precious reps bridge the gap between the students going on, and all of it for you! I had an a few prices for new televisions, but I time to read this report. Best of luck on and Faculty. As such, it is important to awesome time this term, and I hope all am re-evaluating the current implemen- your final projects, assignments and ex- keep in touch with them and exchange you did too! tation of the Event-A-Tron and will ams. So, here is a couple of updates and general issues such as co-op, PDEng and This term I took the initiative to try continue to work on this over the Fall recap for the term: exam scheduling. 1st year reps found the and make the leather jacket more at- Work Term and into the Winter. My cur- Great turn out on the Debt Load Sur- meetings to be especially helpful. tractive to students, and I believe that rent goal is to have new TVs mounted vey. 28% of the students took their time We had 3 guest speakers this term and I succeeded in this goal. After friendly on the wall, or at least a clear path to to fill in this valuable information for each talk had a hundred attendees. We discussions with Retail Services, it was having new TVs up. In case you didn’t Dean of Engineering to review. The re- had Chris Cummings, Larry Smith and apparent that they were just as keen as know, these TVs would be displaying a sult will be used to further Engineering Andy Thibodeau. Each of them gave us I was to increase sales, and show stu- sequence or images advertising events and future planning. some wise advice on how to approach dents that they really do care. For this, and telling you anything we want you Course Critique is going smoothly as our career and life in general. Moreo- I would like to say, “Thank you, Retail to know. So keep your eyes up and look ever. The course critique reading session ver, these events attracted diverse UW Services!” They were able to reduce the out UW Eng! will be on Thursday, July 23rd starting at students and expanded the outreach of cost of the jacket on Jacket Day from The Novelties Sale on Thursday July 4:30pm in CPH-3607. This reading ses- Engsoc. $415 to $390 (both prices before taxes). 16th and Friday July 17th was a huge sion is to ensure that course critiques are I will continue to push PDEng im- I was one of the ones that bought a jack- success! I will let everyone know the fair and provide constructive feedback provements, the role of academic class et, and you will see me wearing it in the total revenue of the sale at Potluck, but for the faculty. reps and hosting guest speakers for the winter! (Perhaps with one of our attrac- preliminary estimates indicate AWE- One of the goals I wanted to achieve terms to come. tive scarves from Novelties) SOMENESS! this term was PDEng online survey. Al- Lastly but not least, I must say I really Flasks are in, and they look great! This has been the most enjoyable term though this survey did not happen, a cou- enjoyed being part of EngSoc and tak- Thanks to everyone who ordered them! I have had since I got on campus, and I ple of valuable ideas came out of it. Jay ing on the VP Education role. It gave The class t-shirts have been sent in to know Winter 10 will be an even better Shah and I are now looking to implement me different perspectives that I never the company. I am waiting to hear back term. Thank you everyone, and I hope to course critiques for PDEng courses, sim- thought about. However, I still have so from them about the date of return. I keep in contact with you over the work ilar to all of our other core courses. Also, much room to improve and my weak- will let all classes who ordered know as term! Email me anytime at asoc_vpfin@ students’ opinions and feedback were all nesses follow me. So if you have any soon as I find out. I hope you are ex- engmail.uwaterloo.ca, I will always ap- received by the high profile external re- ideas, suggestions for me or EngSoc, let cited, I AM! preciate hearing from you! viewers during the PDEng independent me know at [email protected]. The Novelties Sign Design has been See you at POTLUCK! (Meeting 6) review. They will be submitting the com- See you… submitted for approval to the Faculty, - Eric “Ginger” Cousineau WEEF Funding Allocation WEEF Report # Page Proposal Requested Allocated Architecture 1 3 AcmLaboratoryComputers $36,953.00$ 8,694.82 of funding to spend their allocations as 2 4 Rhinoceros3dLabKit $975.00$ 975.00 quickly as possible (while still being pru- Total $37,928.00 $9,669.82 Jay Shah dent) so that an immediate impact can be WEEF DIRECTOR ChemicalEngineering felt by students today. This is WEEF’s ver- 3 5 ComputerAidedTeachingRoomComputerUpgrades $52,802.64$ 13,100.00 sion of what Larry Smith calls “Priming CivilEngineering the Pump”. 6 9 CivilStapler $17.99$ 27.99 WEEF Funding Council met on July 7th. WEEF’s Board of Directors held their tri- 7 10 InstrumentedTrussConstructionSystem $3,802.45$ 2,201.00 It was a grueling 3 hours, and we had to annual meeting on July 18th. Some action Total $3,820.44$ 2,228.99 ElectricalandComputerEngineering make some tough decisions, but the fund- items that came out of this meeting were 8 12 LaboratoryMonitorUpgrade $5,400.00 $5,400.00 ing allocation for this term is complete. The increased communication about the WEEF 9 13 LinuxComputerstoReplaceSunComputers $4,600.00 $2,300.00 table on right outlines the decisions that and E5 love affair, creating a corporate do- 10 14 NexusComputerUpgrade $8,800.00 $2,200.00 Funding Council made. (Note that funding nations pamphlet that students can present Total $18,800.00 $9,900.00 council is comprised of one rep from every to interested employers to stimulate addi- GeologicalEngineering class on campus- it’s 100% students!) tional contributions, and including an info 11 15 LaboratorySpecimens $9,010.00$ 2,250.00 If you would like to discuss any of the sheet regarding what WEEF is in incoming ManagementEngineering amounts allocated and why the funding students’ welcome packages. 12 16 DaleCarnegieCourseforManagementEngineers $15,000.00 $Ͳ MechanicalandMechatronicsEngineering council made the decisions they did, I Don’t forget, WEEF is designed to be for 13 18 RankinePowerCycleTeachingLaboratory $9,411.00$ 9,411.00 would be more than happy to meet with students by students – its 100% up to the 14 19 RoboticsPlatformforMe595 $8,675.00$ 3,435.00 you or discuss it via email. Please keep in council of students (Reps from each class) 35 54 PowerElectronicModulesforPowerEngineeringLab $27,487.00$ 3,966.00 mind that funding council had some very to decide where we put the money. WEEF Total $45,573.00$ 16,812.00 tough decisions to make this term as a to- is good =). SystemsDesignEngineering tal of $252 666.20 was requested, and only Questions, comments or suggestions are 15 21 BenchEquipmentforTeachingLab $4,097.50$ 4,097.50 $85 000 was available to allocate. always welcome - email me at weef@eng- DepartmentsTotal $187,031.58$ 58,058.31 We have encouraged all recipients mail EngineeringStudentTeams 16 22 ChemͲEͲCar $600.00$ 600.00 17 23 CleanSnowmobileTeam $6,400.00 $2,850.00 18 25 ConcreteToboggan2010 $3,000.00$ 1,250.00 19 26 EngineeringOrientation $2,000.00$ 500.00 20 27 EngineeringSocietyGuestSpeaker $300.00 $Ͳ 21 28 EngineersWithoutBorders $580.00$ 580.00 22 29 FormulaSAE $4,700.00$ 2,200.00 23 30 IGEMCompetition $1,750.00$ 900.00 24 32 TheIronWarrior $1,355.00$ 450.00 25 33 MidnightSun $6,500.00$ 2,300.00 26 35 NorthHouse(SolarDecathlon) $4,832.00$ 2,750.80 27 37 STEPͲBikeGenerator+SolarCookers $1,866.50$ 1,000.00 28 41 UniversityofWaterlooNanoroboticsGroup $6,100.00$ 1,800.00 29 43 UniversityofWaterlooRoboticsTeam $3,809.71$ 2,000.00 30 44 UniversityofWaterlooUnderwaterTechnologyTeam $5,440.00$ 1,750.00 31 46 UWIntelligentRoboticsExperimentsGroup $7,490.52$ 1,500.00 32 48 UWMicroAerialVehicleTeam $2,900.00$ 2,000.00 33 50 WaterlooEngineeringCompetition $510.89$ 510.89 34 52 WaterlooSpaceSociety $5,500.00$ 2,000.00 Michelle Croal StudentTeamsTotal $65,634.62$ 26,941.69 Pocahontas, Hairiel, Mulan, Belle and Jasmine listen to the Nano Steering Presentation at last A-soc meeting GrandTotal $252,666.20 $85,000.00 10 wednesday, July 22 2009 Point vs. counterpoint

POINT Should Credit be an Option COUNTERPOINT for Tuition Payment?

will go a long way, and certainly a lot fur- If students do not have enough to pay Mikayla ther then no points at all. tuition there are always other ways such AMrita Yasin Micomonaco Any way you look at it, tuition is very ex- as provincial student loans which do not 3a Chemical 2B Electrical pensive. For some students, it is impossible accumulate interest until after the study to pay this huge expense all at once. If you period is over, bursaries and grants, UW put part of your tuition on your credit card, short term student loan programs etc. University students should be allowed you can delay having to pay that part by I am a student. I buy coffee at CnD and Some people argue for this system to pay their tuition on credit cards. The more than a month. Maybe you need that not Tim Hortons because it saves me 70 putting forward excuses such as credit his- convenience, the ability to collect reward last co-op paycheque to help cover tuition. cents. I am an Engineering Student. I pay tory and such: Pay the tuition with a credit points, co-op causing students to be far If you have a part time job during the term, more than 5 grand in tuition each term. card and then pay your credit card bill and from campus when tuition is due, and the this could let you accumulate a couple more I have a credit card that earns interest wholla enjoy all those fancy benefits that large expense, are some reasons why credit paycheques, which would certainly help. I 19.75%. Now someone’s coming up to me your bank offers and build an awesome cards should be an available alternative for know, most of engineers don’t have a part and telling me that I can pay those 5 grand credit history! This argument only works students. time job during term, but lots of other stu- by a credit card. Just doing the math that for people who have the money already Credit cards are very convenient. You dents do. Being able to put a part of tuition means my first interest payment will be and if all of us had the money for all our don’t have to worry about bank transfers, on a credit card, dividing up the expense, $82. I think this is a ridiculous idea! expenses why would you need credit cards setting up the university as a bill payment, could certainly help some students. It University of Waterloo currently accepts for anything at all in the first place? This or anything else, just stick the amount on would also make the drop in your bank ac- tuitions through cheques, bank drafts or system can be abused to a far greater ex- the credit card. Also, it doesn’t add any bills count balance look less scary. Somehow, bank payments. Lately many other univer- tent. Use of credit card is a routine matter beyond what you pay on a regular month. paying $5,499 (or whatever you paid for sities such as Dalhousie, St. Thomas who for a lot of us. We sometimes use credit As long as you pay it off when the balance this term) over two payments seems slight- previously allowed payment of tuition for transactions as low as a dollar! If given becomes due, you won’t have to pay any ly less scary then one huge payment. through credit card have eliminated the the option most of us will probably avoid interest. Often, students are far away from Other reasons to use credit cards to pay option. Universities in New Brunswick, spending time and effort searching for re- campus because of co-op. The opportunity tuition include the usual reasons that peo- Alberta, Calgary and British Columbia sources such as grants, bursaries, and stu- to pay tuition in person is unavailable be- ple use credit cards. Purchases made with also plan on removing this option. I do not dent loans to be able to pay tuition and not cause of this, as tuition is due before stu- credit cards are more secure, as you are see any need or reason for allowing stu- think twice before using our credit card to dents return to campus. By paying tuition spending the bank’s money, instead of your dents to pay tuition with credit cards. pay $5000. The more the loaned amount, on a credit card, it doesn’t matter where you own money. If there is a mistake, or some- I think being engineering students at UW the more interest it accumulates and the are, or what your bank policy is about on- thing goes wrong, you have time to make we have less excuse than other students to higher the monthly payments are, and if I line money transfers. sure that it is fixed before you actually use argue for payment of tuition through credit do not have the money to begin with how Reward points are another good reason your own money to make the payment. cards. All engineering students have co- will I pay the monthly payments? to pay tuition on a credit card. If your Making purchases on your credit card and op terms which are paid, for most of us Have we not recently seen, and as co- credit card accumulates points, that’s a lot paying off the balance promptly helps to if not all. While not all students earn the op students we are not still suffering from of points. Many cards accumulate points at boost your credit rating. A good credit rat- same amount of money, I think if we man- the consequences of economic recession 1 point per one dollar spent. Paying your ing will help when trying to apply for loans age our money wisely we should be able that hit the world last year? The bottom tuition by credit card can help you to ac- and mortgages in later life, so you might as to save for our tuition. Psychology has its line of recession is that people and institu- cumulate in excess of 5000 points. This well build it up as much as you can while role to play too. Knowing that I will not be tions spend huge amounts of money which could be put towards many things: a new you have the opportunity. able to pay my fees if I do not have enough they do not have and will not have either. laptop, iPod, a flight home if you live far Therefore, for many reasons, including in my bank account makes me more con- Aren’t we devising yet another scheme of away. It could even be used for groceries! convenience, the ability to collect reward scious and forces me to budget each pay economic instability? By introducing this Who doesn’t like free food? As long as you points, the option of splitting up tuition cheque and each month so that I have the system some students will likely go into a pay off your balance by the time it is due, payments over a month long period, the tuition fee available. If I know that I have debt of 8 grand per year! Is it really worth you won’t accumulate any interest charges. security of the credit card, and the ability the alternative of paying all or sum of it it? This means that you’ve accumulated points to build up your credit rating, the option through a credit card payment that will Rather than ranting excessively about that you can use to buy something without of paying tuition by credit card should be not be due immediately, it will relax my low salaries and ineffective student loans it costing you any extra. This cannot be a allowed. Credit card payments provide nerves and even though unconsciously, I system I think we all should just learn to bad thing. Yes, it takes lots of points to get students one more option for covering the might not be as diligent with money as I manage our budget wisely and save ac- good rewards, but more than 5000 points difficult expense of tuition. am right now. cording to our priorities. Sandford Fleming Foundation

Congratulations to the winners and all the participants in our first ever Waterloo Engineering Competition Week!

SFF Debates SFF Technical Speaker Junior Design Competition Senior Design Competition Consulting Engineering Competition Competition 1st Jeffrey Aho 1st Rana Tehrani 1st Ray Zhou, Mechatronics 1st Daryl Tiong, Mechatronics 1st Artem Burmistrov, Systems Design Aditya Sharma, Yekta, Civil Fred Ting, Mechanical Sean Anderson, Mechatronics Oleg Artemenko, Systems Design Mechatronics Wilfrid Ngo, Kirk MacTavish, Mechatronics Kyle Collier, Systems Design Mechatronics Brian Cheung, Systems Design Gregory Niestrawski, Systems James Anselm, Design Mechatronics 2nd Jason Tang, 2nd David Ng, 2nd Mark Khaitman, 2nd Maple Leung, Mechanical 2nd Phuong Dinh, Mechanical Systems Design Mechanical Computer Jeff McClure, Mechanical Erik de Jong, Mechanical Simon Chen, Frank Zhao, Electrical Cody Prodaniuk, Mechanical Kathleen Lui, Mechanical Systems Design 3rd Kim Osborne, Leon Rabinovich, Nevin McCallum, Electrical Goran Vlacic, Nanotechnology Mechatronics Mechatronics Jaspreet Dhillon

Our next competition will be held in Fall 2009. Stay tuned for more details.

E2-3336, ext 84008, [email protected] www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~sff Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11 Winology 102: Jhalak: Sparkling Wine and Champagne! A Glimpse

wines in the world and uses a unique method sparkling wine (a 0 on the scale) the term called “methode Champenoise”. Thus, only “doux” describes sweeter varieties (1 or of India Amanda leduc sparkling wines produced in Champagne, greater on the scale). 2b management France can legitimately call themselves The price of sparkling wines vary. One of Champagnes. The Rule: All Champagnes the most popular and inexpensive sparkling AMrita Yasin are sparkling wines, but not all sparkling wine available in the LCBO is “Brights 3a Chemical Sparkling Wine and Champagne are typi- wines are champagnes. Got it? President Dry” and it sells for a mere $9.50. cally consumed as a celebratory drink at The classic example of a sparkling wine As far as sparkling wines go, it’s not bad for such events as weddings, honeymoons and is Champagne, but many other examples the price if you like a sweeter wine. It’s a birthday parties. The terms sparkling wine are produced in other countries and regions, 3 on the sugar scale and has a typical alco- I am a huge fan of school formals and Champagne are often used interchange- such as Spain, Italy and South Africa. The hol content at 12%. It is described as being where I can enjoy delicious food, be ably; however, this is not the case! One sure United States is also a significant producer “Golden colour; citrus and orange peel with entertained and dance my life away. I way to tell a novice a wine drinker is if they of sparkling wine. In fact, California has vanilla in aroma and flavour”. The serv- attended one such formal ‘Jhalak – A do not know the distinction between these had many French Champagne compa- ing suggestion is “Finger foods; aperitif; glimpse of India’ organized by UWIC - two wines. After reading this article, you nies open wineries to make American spicy food”. University of Waterloo Indian Connec- will never make this mistake again. sparkling wine according to the “meth- As a point of interest, the most expen- tions on July 10 in RIM Park Hall. The Sparkling wine is a wine with a significant ode Champenoise”. Recently the United sive sparkling wine sold by the LCBO event started a bit late, keeping in with level of carbon dioxide contained within it Kingdom, which produced some of the is of course a Champagne. “Krug clos the tradition of all South Asian events. to make it fizzy. The carbon dioxide may earliest examples of sparkling wine, has d’ambonnay blanc de noirs brut Cham- The event was loaded with perform- result from natural fermentation in a large started producing Champagne-style pagne 1995” is sold by the LCBO for ances and proved to be a very healthy tank designed to withstand the pressures in- wines again. $4529.00 per bottle. I wonder what that opportunity for UW students to display volved or as a result of carbon dioxide injec- Sparkling wine is usually white; would taste like… their talents. The hosts did an amazing tion. Essentially, sparkling wine is created however, rose and reds do exists. Back to reality, while keeping in job of keeping the audience entertained when a yeast and sugar solution is added to Also, the sweetness of sparkling the student budget, “Brights Presi- with their humorous conversations. a dry table wine. The resulting fermentation wines can vary just as it does dent Dry” is likely the most eco- The event started with a Bharatnatyam creates tiny bubbles of carbon dioxide in the with table wines. The sweetness nomically friendly option you will (South Indian) dance performance, fol- bottle. of sparkling wines uses the same find and I suggest you try a spar- lowed by another dance performance by Sparkling Wine is the broad category, sweetness index discussed in pre- kling wine at your next celebratory a larger and very well coordinated group a supertype if you will. Champagne is a vious articles; however, sparkling event … perhaps after your last of girls. This performance had a fu- specific type of sparkling wine, a subtype. wines have their own adjectives exam! sion of many dances including Bharat- Champagne is actually a region in France to describe the sweetness. The Cheers, Natyam, Bollywood and even some which is known to make the best sparkling term “brut” describes a very dry Amanda Western moves. Students also show- cased their musical talents and there were some amazing singers who sang Urdu/Hindi songs from 1990s and early IW Gets Around: Elora 2000s. I was swept off my feet by the guitarists and drummer who played very cliffs that line the gorge famous songs very skilfully. and even right down At this point the audience would have Stuart Pearson by the river. If you’re attacked the organizers if they hadn’t 2b civil looking for a thrill, you called for food. The menu had some- can even try kayaking thing for everyone with the vegetarian or tubing down the tur- and non-vegetarian options. Following In IW Gets Around, we try to look at bulent river as it winds the food were some more performances; student-friendly places to visit that make through the gorge. there was a satirical play of the famous ideal weekend getaways or daytrips. In Riding an inner tube legendary love story of Saleem-Anarka- this issue of The Iron Warrior, we de- is an awesome way to li. We also got to listen to some English cided to shine the spotlight on Elora, take in the spectacular songs sung by BSA (Bangladesh Student a picturesque village located about 40 scenery and have some Association) band called Jaagran. minutes north of Waterloo. fun while you’re at it. The closing Bhangra performance was To get there from Waterloo, just fol- It’s only $20 (plus de- undoubtedly the best performance of the low Northfield Drive out past Conestoga posit) to rent out tubing A tuber wipes out in the Grand River evening. A group of girls and guys per- Mall into the country for about 30km. equipment, including a life jacket and mer days (I know we haven’t had too formed on a medley of old and new Pun- It’s a great drive in the country, and if helmet, which gives you access for the many so far, but they’re coming eventu- jabi songs. Their colourful clothes and you’re feeling adventurous, it might entire day. Floating down the river is a ally!). energetic moves left the audience open- even make for a nice bike ride. Alter- great way to cool off on those hot sum- If you feel like sticking around for the mouthed in awe. natively, you can drive whole weekend, the conservation area The Chief Guest of the event was to Guelph and then go has 312 unserviced sites, 145 serviced Karun Jethi, Vice Captain of Canadian north on Highway 6 sites with water, and 20 sites with elec- Cricket Team. He appreciated the ef- and then Wellington tricity. Up to six people are allowed forts of UWIC in putting together such Road 7. per campsite. There is also a lake and a huge event, and for providing a plat- Founded over 100 fishing opportunities are available at the form for all students of Indian origin to years ago by Scottish park. come together and enjoy their common settlers, 19th century If you’d rather just saunter around the cultural hertiage. architecture is still village, there is still plenty to see. Small A unique aspect of this formal was prevalent throughout pubs, gift shops, and specialty stores that it was not only for students; I saw much of the village, line the main street, and there are also many students with their families and giving the downtown a several fancier restaurants that would also some UW employees enjoying the timeless sort of feel not be perfect for a more romantic dinner. show, bringing the number of attendees found in larger cities I have visited Elora on numerous occa- to 250, definitely one of the largest for- like Waterloo. Elora is sions with my family in all seasons, and mals any student club had ever seen. located along the banks I would have to say that my favourite of the Grand River, and seasons for visiting are either during the a prominent feature is fall or just around Christmas. Before the large waterfall on Halloween, the entire town gets deco- the edge of town that rated to suit the occasion, with cobwebs pours 80 feet down into everywhere. Similarly, as the snow be- Elora Gorge. gins to fall, the village becomes adorned The Elora Gorge with Christmas decorations, giving the Conservation Area is cosy pubs and shops a great atmosphere. one of the best plac- In the summer, there’s also a handful of es to visit if passing great places to get ice cream. through Elora. It’s a Whatever you’re into, and whatever beautiful place to hike, time of year you visit, there’s something Amrita Yasin with trails that follow Shaun Coleman for you in Elora… Bhangra group posing at the the tops of the high Lover’s Leap, one of the many cliffs at Elora Gorge Spring 2009 Jhalak Formal 12 wednesday, July 22 2009 Review Based on the Trailer: Where The Wild Things Are

early nineties when my older brother got the people who never read this book as but true picture that the world is not full in to skateboarding, he brought home a a child. Looking back at the book now, of smiling happy people all the time, as Jon Radice borrowed copy of this awesome skate- you’ll find that it’s a story of a kid that many other kids’ books would have you 3a chemical board video ‘Video Days’ directed by refuses to listen to his mom and is sent to believe, and that you can control how Spike Jonze. I coveted that tape, prob- bed without dinner, creates this fantasy you feel when times get tough. All in all, ably watching it dozens of times; as all forest, parties with giant monsters (in a the book really struck a cord with the Just a quick question for the readers little brothers know, whatever the older grand rumpus fashion) and then returns younger -- out there - is anyone as sick and tired as brother did was instantly cool, and this home. Really not much to it, and on the Wait, I haven’t actually talked about I am of Hollywood exhuming the best was the video he thought was cool, mak- surface it looks like a bad idea to make it the trailer yet… I better get on that. relics of our childhood in order to make ing it instantly cool too. Fast forward a into a movie. But this book had a lot of a quick buck and an ostentatiously hor- few years to when our family got cable. underlying connotations that separated it The first time I saw the trailer, I had rendous movie to boot? Everything from Outside of the Toni Braxtons and the from the pack. Primarily, the book shows chills running down my spine. The mon- iconic video games (Street Fighter), to Coolioes that were on sters were as if they were ripped from long running anime series (Dragonball), repeat, there were a few the book themselves. The screen is filled even to relatively obscure action figures imaginative, inspiring, with a whole bunch of wild things; lum- (just last week they announced a Max and sometimes laugh- bering, and scary at first, but as the trailer Steel movie, remember him?) is getting out loud videos. Sabo- progresses you see them express such a a feature movie, and I’m not looking tage by Beastie Boys – wide range of emotions from fear and forward to any of them. Their plots are think a cheesy 70’s cop dismay, to happiness and clumsiness. just shallow excuses for product promo- drama, Da Funk by Daft This indicates a perfect mix of CG ani- tions and CG graphics sprinkled with Punk – The humanoid mation and live action and a welcome those catchphrases we all knew and got dog on the crutch walk- change from many summer blockbust- sick of decades ago. The actors are from ing down a New York ers; the action is on frame and crisp. In the bargain bin, and these movies be- street, Rocafeller Skank fact, the whole movie has that dreamy come such forgettable pieces of garbage – The impromptu dance haze that is the trademark of Jonze, mak- that they can rehash essentially the same circle in the subway, ing the movie itself feel like a handful flick every few years that the public will and Weapon of Choice of old photos. Couple that with voices watch it again without the slightest feel- – Christopher Walken provided by Forrest Whitaker, Catherine ing towards the previous. And with the flying around a room; O’Hara, James Gandolfini and Paul Dano amount of comic and video game movies all of these memorable alongside Catherine Keener, Mark Ruf- well into production right now, it seems music videos stuck in A scene from the original children’s falo and newcomer Max Records all to as though the cavalcade of crap will con- my head to this day, book Where The Wild Things Are the tune of Arcade Fire and you have an tinue for quite some time. all of them done by Spike Jonze. On top children that while there may be mon- indie movie-lover’s wet dream. But wait! There’s a diamond in the of that, the man helped create Jackass, sters in your closet, under your bed and The trailer itself is something magical, rough. An unlikely source sent to us to filmed both of those movies, and went on anywhere in the shadows, these monsters the shots and the emotion and the warm vanquish all the other steaming piles of to do great dark comedies such as Being are not entirely bad creatures. Looking at feeling that is brought out of it is serene. celluloid filth and restore a little sanctity John Malkovich and Adaptation. With the trailer and the book, these monsters It’s simultaneously dark and warm, light to my childhood memories. Where the a resume like that, not only am I not would be scary to any child in Max’s sit- and serious, and I can’t think of any Wild Things Are looks, but more impor- afraid of him stomping on my childhood uation. But like our protagonist, us kids movie that I’ve been more excited to see tantly gives the feeling of being that im- Micheal Bay style, I expect this movie learn that by staring those fears head on, in a very long time. Oh, and also appar- pressive. to have a certain level of grit and polish we realize that these big scary demons ently a whole bunch of kids ran out of Firstly, let me outline my love affair (and yes you can have both) expected aren’t so big or mean, and in some cases test screenings crying. The sadist in me for the director, Spike Jonze. Throughout from all of his other work. The man can are nothing to be scared of at all. This thinks that based on that alone, the mov- my entire life, the outline of what was do no harm; hell, he even made Kanye book also showed us kids that sometimes ie will be awesome. October 16 couldn’t cool and what was innovative and what look like less of a jerk by directing the the main character gets mad, things don’t come soon enough! I’ll be there on open- was the most imaginative has been eas- Flashing Lights music video. go his way, and he imagines his way out ing day, and expect anyone with a soul to ily dictated by Spike Jonze’s work. In the The allure of this movie may be lost to of bad situations. This painted the bleak be in line as well. Wanted - Guinea Pigs

Peter Roe by 4A and 4B at UW, and then a final is an opportunity for Director of abridged year in Lyon. When finished the adventurous that Exchange Programs you will be qualified to work in Europe, shouldn’t be missed. or to apply for a doctoral program at This is another ex- The Faculty Exchange Office is look- UW or CPE Lyon. This is not a program change opportunity ing for students who would like to be for everyone, BUT, if you want to have that you can think guinea pigs or pioneers in our new ex- truly international credentials, it is one about while on your change programs. We have a number that could be just what you need. Mull coming work term, of these, and they offer exciting pos- it over while you’re on your coming and one that will give sibilities. If you are wondering what work term, and come to the Engineering you experience in a you might do in the future, and if you Exchange office for more details. burgeoning economy are ready for a change from the normal 2. Exchange with IIT Delhi (the In- that is bursting on the routine of altering academic and work dian Institute of Technology, Delhi. international stage. terms, give some thought to one of our This is a new program which nobody has 3. The Czech new exchange programs: yet applied for. We all know that India Technical Uni- 1. Dual Degree Program between is emerging on the international scene as versity in Prague. the Ecole Superieure de Chimie, Phy- a major power house. IIT Delhi is one Here’s an opportu- Indian Institute of Technology sique, Electronique de Lyon, (CPE of the absolute top places in India. Go- nity to study in the One of the characteristic buildings on the ITT campus Lyon) and Engineering at UW. This is ing there on exchange will immerse you oldest technical university in Europe. sities and is specifically arranged for a program that needs planning, but will in a culture that is radically different to Again, it’s an exchange program that’s students in ECE. Zhejiang University give you a Master’s degree from France Canada; it’s not for the faint-hearted, but not yet been used by UW students. We is in Hangzhou, not far from Shanghai, on top of the Engineering need pioneers to spearhead a stream of in the South of China. You could be the degree that you’ll get any- our students going there for one or two first student from UW Engineering to go way from UW. Why do it? terms. there! It gives you qualifications 4. RMIT (Royal Melbourne Insti- 6. Universidad de Los Americas, as an engineer in the Euro- tute of Technology). Australia has al- Puebla (UDLAP). This is a new pro- pean Union in addition to ways been a popular destination for UW gram in Mexico which is specifically the qualification as a profes- Engineers on exchange. Recently it’s for Nanotechnology students. Up to sional engineer in Ontario. been difficult to go there because of re- now we haven’t had many opportunities It does it with very little strictions by our partners down under. for NTE, so if you want to go on ex- extra work, and only about However, a new agreement has been ne- change, spend time during the coming six months extra time. You gotiated with RMIT, so what we need is work term learning some basic Spanish. can be a trail blazer for this a few engineering students who would The above are all new programs. It brand new program if you like to study on the opposite side of the takes a special breed to blaze trails for plan for it. It requires com- world. Think about it! future generations; why not be one of mitment to two exchange 5. Zhejiang University in China. them! terms, normally 3A and CPE Lyon This is a brand new exchange program Peter H. Roe, Director of Eng’g Students register for class at CPE Lyon 3B, in CPE Lyon, followed with one of China’s top-ranked univer- Exchange Programs Wednesday, July 22, 2009 13 Living off CnD Food The Future of Gaming you’ve got a solid five years here, and hav- Gaming Price Manipulation ing a “usual” meal means that when you alex giroux inevitably get bored (or sleep-deprived) from each system rise as production costs 4A Mechanical you can buy pretty much anything and it have fallen. will still seem new and exciting. Jon Martin This Christmas, my high school spon- Obi Jon1138 2. Eat the chili. That stuff is AMAZING. sored five families who could not afford to As a follow up to my previous article It’s also cheaper than Tim Horton’s, even get their own children presents; one of the on the art of napping on campus, I thought with a bagel, and it’s at least twice as awe- gift ideas for a family with three boys was I’d do an article on how to live off of CnD some. I would normally start the article by men- a Nintendo Wii. Unfortunately we couldn’t food. And by “I thought” I mean Michelle 3. Invest in a solid coffee mug. I prefer tioning that I own an Xbox 360 and my sis- find a Wii... so we ended up getting them an requested it. And so, without further ado, I a stainless steel interior, but right now I’m ter owns a Wii, so please excuse any bias. Xbox 360. That is where Nintendo’s plan give you my advice on how to live exclu- using an acrylic mug with two lids that will But this article is very biased, so I’ll warn is backfiring, while they may have been sively off of CnD food! keep my coffee in it’s place even when my you in advance, and then start complaining. able to sustain a higher price because peo- Actually... Don’t. Just... Don’t even try mug falls off my car. It will eventually pay So here it goes. ple were striving to find the system, they this one. As much as I love our dear CnD, for itself, and it’s better for the environ- So far in this generation Nintendo has were also losing a fair number of customers the source of all things delicious and caff- ment. The CnD cares! held their price the longest – its entire life to their competitors. Both Sony and Mi- ienated, there are limits to what I will do to 4. When you do get around to the gro- span. In the entire history of the video game crosoft have changed their SKUs, offering myself, and eating exclusively at the CnD cery store, stock up on fruit and snack stuff industry no console has gone so long with- new features, bundled games or accesso- is really just a bad idea. So instead, here’s in bulk. This will keep you from getting out a price cut, or even bundling an extra ries, and of course; dropping their prices. some advice on how to mostly live off of scurvy and will also help tide you over game. Nintendo has been able to entirely Everybody has probably noticed that CnD food. through those long nights and weekends, control the system of supply and demand Wii systems are now in stock at most re- 1. Find stuff you like. Eat it. Repeat. when the CnD is not open but you still - how else can you explain the fact that it tailers, so the supply part of the equation Seriously, the ability to eat more or less have to be on campus working. Actually, it was impossible to go into any store and be has reached the tipping point. Now is the the same thing on a regular basis is a good may just be me who does this. Either way, guaranteed of finding the Wii in stock? time when the demand has dropped – so thing here. I personally very much enjoy a tub of raisins and a bag of pretzels will While systems normally retail with sup- the price needs to as well. Nintendo can- the egg salad sandwiches and cheese ba- go a long way towards finishing that de- ply far below the demand, they don’t last not afford to continue driving the market, gels with herb and garlic cream cheese, sign report. long. When I got my Xbox 360 on release they just don’t have the price point or the supplemented with large vats of coffee. 5. The CnD opens at 7am, but if you get day I was one of the few who actually had originality to keep the demand and justify While this may seem boring, remember that to campus at 7:15 during exams, they may their pre-orders honoured. Best Buy was the price. While the Wii started out as the not actually the only store, out of Futureshop, Best Buy, least expensive of all three systems it has have coffee EB Games, and Microplay, who honoured now lost that boast. Also with both Mi- made yet. It’s the pre-orders they sold; all of the other crosoft and Sony unveiling motion sensing worth the wait. stores sold the systems they got even if they systems, Nintendo has lost their ace in the Well, that’s were already promised to another custom- market. all for now er. In the weeks after the 360 was released I am not trying to turn people against folks. Best of the few who got systems started making a Nintendo with this article; I think they have luck on exams, profit on Ebay, with some systems selling a great system with fun games. Instead I and remember: for over a thousand dollars. am trying to show that Nintendo needs to just because The same thing happened with the PS3 realise that people won’t stand this price you CAN sub- and the Wii, the only difference with the freeze forever; eventually people will stop stitute CnD Wii was that the lack of supply and the buying the system because they can wait coffee for profiteering didn’t stop for two years. Nin- for a price cut to come along, or for a game sleep, doesn’t tendo was able to take advantage of the to be included. Of course, if you want to mean it’s a demand for the system, control the supply buy a Wii, do it, at the rate they are going good idea. and engineer the circumstances that have you won’t be angry in a week when the Michelle Croal Take a nap in- allowed them to sustain the price at $279 price drops – chances are it won’t... Late nighters be warned: the CnD closes at 7 stead! for two years, while seeing their profits Keep on Gaming EngSoc Underwear! Strange Things Found protect yourself with EngSoc underwear! in the IW Office Ladies, consider this other extremely logi- Amanda leduc cal argument: What is the single most pow- - The Mystery Bottle - A bucketful of toy blocks 2b management erful symbol you can think of? The EngSoc - A Fridge Door - A signed poster of Marc Tan logo! In what situation do you most need to - Shamrock-shaped sunglasses - Michelle Croal assert your status of power and dominance? - A large inflatable hammer - Mike Seliske’s shoes... What is the best new Novelties item you The only logical conclusion to be drawn here - A foam sword with built-in - The sketchiest brown can think of? ENGSOC UNDERWEAR!!!! is that you should wear EngSoc underwear so watergun couch on campus I’ve been trying to convince our lovely VP- you can assert your power and dominance as a - A large green beach umbrella - A stopwatch that only beeps on Finance to order EngSoc underwear to be sold female in engineering when the time is right! - Giant bowl of potato salad Saturdays in Novelties but he seems reluctant … I can’t Since I have now convinced you of the need - An anthropomorphic pineapple - Cupcakes and IW apple pie! figure out why. I’ve also broached the topic for EngSoc underwear, I urge you to go to your - The Genius Bowl - Crayons with a few friends and I have received the EngSoc Exec and demand that EngSoc under- weirdest looks whenever I bring up this amaz- wear become the next new item available for ing idea … still don’t know why. purchase in Novelties! Anyway, since nobody can see the IW staffQuotes! genius behind this idea, I have resorted to writing an article to convince you non- “’Obligatory’ is now mandated for all IW Staff” EngSoc-underwear-believers. – Matt Casswell While it’s true that “Engineering Sucks”, “If I were ever gonna try a drug, it would probably be LSD” we all love EngSoc. What is the best way – Yousif Al-Khder to show how much you love EngSoc? To “WEEF will not fund a Carnot Cycle” keep an EngSoc logo near to your body at – Alex Giroux all times. “Perfection is an asymptote” But where shall this logo be placed on – Stuart Pearson the body? Why not keep with the usual “Spelling mistakes are INACCEPTABLE” EngSoc T-shirts and pants? – Michelle Croal Gentlemen, consider this extremely “Die hard, Die harder, Die harder-er, Die harder-er-er *explosion*” logical argument: What is the toughest, – Jon Radice most protective thing you can think of? “Thumbs down to…God – for making it rain so hard during pubcrawl” Toolbearers! Toolbearers protect the Tool, -Joonha Shin the Tool is the official mascot of EngSoc, “You can’t give a thumbs down to God – He’ll smite you!” the EngSoc logo represents EngSoc, there- - Stuart Pearson fore, by association, the EngSoc logo is “North Bay is so cold, even the hookers wear long johns…” the most protective thing known to you. – Alex Giroux Now what part of your body do you value the most? The only logical conclusion to be drawn here is that you should definitely 14 wednesday, July 22 2009 Across Community Editorial 1. Actor who played Davros on Doctor Who, Michael ______7. E-book reader developed by Amazon 13. ______Palsy – a group of conditions causing physical disability in human develop- Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down ment 21. 2002 animated film featuring a mammoth and a sloth Thumbs up to the new Kinder Thumbs up to Free Floats on 22. A headband, especially a garland of flow- Surprise eggs! They pop July 24th outside CPH and Thumbs up to wine! ers (pl.) open with ease! RCH! 24. What judges do when they don’t allow arguments or actions 25. Vacuum tube with an electron gun and a Thumbs up to Prof Marios for Thumbs up Ex-Dean Rothen- fluorescent screen (CRT) playing accordion at Chem burgs new VP International Thumbs up to Steamwhistle 27. Fitted clothes to cover the leg, usually for Eng Coffee House Position tour Friday! women 28. A story, question, or statement in the his- tory of Zen Buddhism 29. 1980’s Mexican pop music group Thumbs up cream that fights Thumbs down to Prof’s who Thumbs up to the new thicker 30. Ankara, the capital of Turkey, is some- the first signs of aging- be lower your mark when you CnD cookies times called this name, which is also used in cause engineering is causing try to explain your work to the names of goats, cats, wool, and rabbits me to age prematurely! them! that come in the city. 32. Trademark Electronic Application Sys- Thumbs up to FOC for an tem (abbr) Thumbs down to the coldest To WEEF for giving $85 000 awesome leader retreat! 33. A metamorphic rock used for roofing, July on record in Waterloo! to departments and student counter-tops, and flooring teams! 34. Small animals that live in the northern hemisphere that are related to wolverines, minks, and weasels 36. International vehicle registration code IW RECOMMENDS for Laos (ie. Canada is CDN, Germany is D, The Iron Chef Australia is AUS) Spinach-Strawberry Salad 38. The highest level reached by a body of Waterloo Town Square water that has been maintained for an extend- (SSS ain’t that cool!) ed period of time Venue 43. Being lukewarm Uptown Waterloo 48. Land area in acres Amrita Yasin 49. 1 Amrita Yasin 3A Chemical 50. Forces being applied to a structure 3A Chemical 51. 17th letter in the Greek alphabet Ingredients 52. A small, brown-and-white bird It’s the weekend and you want en- 1 pound flat leaf spinach 53. Mexican beer joy your Friday evening but aren’t in 3 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced 56. American television station and broad- a partying mood. Then Waterloo Town 1/2 pound quartered strawberries casting company Square is the perfect place for you! The 1/4 cup slivered almonds 57. Early 1990’s pick-up truck made by streets are dimly lit and there is light Volkswagen, which was only a rebadged music too. You always see people tak- Salad Dressing Toyota Hilux ing walks with their dogs or cats or high 3 tablespoons lemon juice 58. Train company that provides direct serv- school kids hanging around. The newly 1 tablespoon honey ice from New York City to Atlantic City. renovated mall seems to be a hot spot 1/4 cup olive oil 59. Re-evaluation of something, esp. some- for skateboarding lovers; some of their 1 tablespoon poppy seeds thing related to monetary worth (pl.) feats will leave you mesmerized. If you salt and pepper to taste 62. Another name for a buffalo are lucky a band might be playing there 63. Not a Number too. If you are in a really good mood, try Directions 64. A shortage of food (pl) the gelato ice-cream or coffee at ‘Lotta 1) Place spinach, kiwi and strawberries in a large salad bowl. 65. Generic term for an old song, typically Gelato’ (120 King St.). You won’t regret 2) Combine all ingredients for salad dressing in a separate bowl. from a period 15 to 55 years from the present it! And finally if you feel hungry there 3) Toss dressing with salad. Sprinkle with almonds. (You can also arrange straw- day (singular) is a variety of restaurants, bars and cafes berries and kiwi slices on top). 66. Actor Christopher _____, probably best to choose from! The strange iron statue known for his role in the 1978 film Super- in the corner completes this highly sus- man tainable urban oasis. Yay concrete! Wednesday, July 22, 2009 15 Here We Go Again! Matt Casswell 2B Civil

67. Lyrics in Kanye West’s “Stronger” : You should be honoured by my lateness / That I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 would even show up to this fake s*** / So go 21 22 23 24 ahead, go nuts, go ______(2 wds) 69. What wakes you up in the morning 25 26 27 70. Where the milk comes out of the cow 71. Current federal governing party in Can- 28 29 30 31 32 ada (2 wds) 78. Relating to the pope 33 34 35 36 37 81. Opposite of tight 82. Luxury car made by Volkswagen 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 86. 1990’s film Home _____ 87. A braid of hair or straw 48 49 50 51 88. Polite and well-mannered 92. Long period of time 52 53 54 55 56 57 93. Boogers (pl.) 94. Many people have claimed that George 58 59 60 61 62 Bush and Stephen Harper have had one of these 63 64 65 66 96. SI unit for weight 97. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syn- 67 68 69 70 drome (abbr) 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 98. Abbr. for a baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player’s on-base percentage and 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 slugging percentage 99. Dislike for personal past acts 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 100. Thin ridge of rock formed when two gla- ciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. 93 94 95 96 101. Frozen water 102. Contraction for “will not” 97 98 99 100 104. To strive for victory 105. A generally unused form for being 101 102 103 104 105 106 “more polite” 107. A sin that condemns one’s soul to Hell 107 108 109 110 111 112 in Catholicism 110. The act of hesitating or state of being 113 114 115 116 hesitant 113. The name of the Black Eyed Peas’ new- 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 est album, The ___ 127 128 129 130 131 132 114. A superhero created by DC Comics, best known as a member of the Teen Titans 133 134 135 116. One of the most common screensavers for Windows computers, before Vista 134 137 138 117. Where the Tiny Toon Adventures was set – the city of ____ Acres 120. A brawl 122. A copier or follower (slang) the 1930’s. 54. Occupied Palestinian Territory (abbr.) someone’s maiden name 123. One of the top sound systems in the 14. _____Quest – fantasy-themed online 55. A sauce made of garlic, olive oil, and egg, 91. Explosives world. RPG typically served with seafood 95. Not always, and less than sometimes 127. The loose back part of a coat that hangs 15. Royal rights or prerogatives 56. Committed people within an organisation 96. Smile below the waist 16. Unit of energy and mechanical work that form the backbone of that organisation 100. Type of beer (pl.) 129. A gambling game in which the dealer equal to 10-7 Joules 57. Popular way of making ‘psychedelic’ 102. Wide Area Network (abbr.) shows a player three cards, then turns them 17. Generic term for people from Great Brit- shirts 103. Slang term for an old person face down and moves them around, and the ain 59. A harness, usually on a horse 105. Peter ____ picked a peck of pickled pep- player must guess the position of a particular 18. Any character from an ancient Germanic 60. Slang for food pers… card. alphabet used in Scandinavia until the Middle 61. The largest ethnic group in Europe 106. Late 133. Capable of fertilizing female organs Ages 62. Bad or terrible 108. What babies do when their teeth start to 134. A chief of leader 19. Australian Local Government Associa- 64. Another name for an India Wild Dog come in 135. C4H4N2O2 tion (abbr) 68. Barely sufficient 109. New York City abbr. 136. Doing something with attention and 20. Opposite of more 69. Past tense of ‘eat’ 110. Foolish nonsense (pl.) sharp focus 23. Past tense of send 72. Relating to or having the shape of an el- 111. Relating to an apex 137. A sandbar (pl) 26. To make proud or joyful lipse 112. 2000 film with Denzel Washington – Re- 138. Chemical compounds derived from an 31. To receive or come into possession of 73. What cars drive on (pl.) member the _____ oxoacid and a hydroxyl compound (pl.) something 74. Invalid 115. Historic city in South-West England 33. To use influence to have power over 75. The name of a very common purple flow- 117. A small, grape-looking fruit from South someone or something er. Its name isn’t common, however America 34. A large house (pl.) 76. Portuguese Distribution Association (Por- 118. Short form for Connecticut 35. The ACC, the Montreal Forum, Madison tuguese abbr.) 119. Actor ____ Damon, who appeared in Down Square Gardens 77. Titaness daughter of Uranus and Gaia in Saving Private Ryan, the Ocean’s Series, and 1. The string in a candle that is lit 37. The first “real” math you learn is school Greek Mythology the Bourne Series. 2. International Civil Aviation Organisation is how to do this 78. Latin for “here and there and every- 121. Currency of Iran (abbr) 38. Capital of Cuba where” 122. Raised platform 3. Bristles or hair-like structures on living or- 39. Popular summer drink from Tim Hor- 79. Acronym for alloys composed of alumin- 123. What T-Pain is on. Still. ganisms ton’s ium, nickel, and cobalt 124. Singular occurrence 4. The father of Nuclear Chemistry, Otto 40. NFL Quarterback David ______, who 80. Having less wealth and possessions than 125. To mix or agitate ____ played for the Seattle Seahawks from 2005 another 126. An electric underwater species (pl.) 5. The “I” or self in any person – 2007 83. Cylindrical and slightly tapered at both 128. X 6. Symbol for warning 41. Not his. ends 130. Royal Albert Hall (abbr.), 7. Martial art 42. To change shape or form 84. When someone speaks in a very formal 131. Tokyo’s original name 8. Someone that lacks sense or substance 44. A close-knit group of people manner (pl.) 132. A married woman usually uses this title 9. A negative reply or vote (pl.) 45. What your prof did before you could fin- 85. Type of website that is becoming increas- before her name 10. Controversial pesticide ish copying down notes – he ____ the board ingly popular to find a baby name on (pl.) 11. Currency of Romania 46. Another name for Pancake Tuesday 87. Unit of apparent loudness 12. To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, ie. at the 47. Most people prefer it then, rather than 88. Pledging as security start of a journey later 89. A type of white heron 13. British cartoon character originating in 53. Automobile 90. French for “born;” usually indicates 16 wednesday, July 22 2009 profQuotes

“Entropy says that if you create dinosaurs, you will get eaten” “Who are we to question L’Hopital’s ghost?” - M. Collins ME 250 - M. Ioannidis, CHE 322 “I was going to call it an ‘Energy Diagram’, but I didn’t like the initials” “Mathies have no friends” - J. Medley ME 212 -L. Smith Econ 102 “How’s everyone feeling today? Happy? Well-rested? Yes? Ok let’s do course critiques!” “I figure this is as good a time as any to make fun of my cousin.” - B. Epling, CHE 330 - B. Conant, EARTH 458 “Your goal in life as an engineer is to take something cheap and make something expensive” “The university is saving money by getting inferior chalk” - B. Epling, CHE 330 - K. Daun, ECE 309 “If you don’t stop talking I have an injection for you!” “Everyone get their goggles ready, I’m going to draw this in 3D” - R. Pal, CHE310 - K. Daun, ECE 309

The Iron Sudoku: Procrastination at its Best Alpha-Numeric Style

Leah Siczkar Matt Casswell 1B Environmental 2B Civil

5 7 6 D D 1 B 4 6 5 C 2 2 9 8 E 3 B 1 F 6 4 A 1 8 7 3 3 6 F G 7 D D 7 5 1 G C 4 F 3 8 2 B C 4 3 C G 5 4 2 1 6 F B 7 A 7 A B 1 8 2 3 E D 6 2 3 D E 4 A 9 1 C 5 2 3 G A 4 9 C 6 E F 5 3 A 4 9 1 C E F D 6 9 B A G Use the numbers 1-9 and letters A-G in every row, column, and 4x4 square

THE IRON INQUISITION “What would you do to prevent global cooling?” Amrita Yasin, 3A Chemical

Chen Zhu Jack Wu 1B Mechatronics 3N Electrical “Take away “Let global all the activists warming do the who are going work” against global warming”

Shaharyar Tabish Wajid Khan 2B Mechanical 4A Mechanical “Stop using my Neha Sinha “Have some refrigerator” more wars” 4A Electrical “Become hotter”