The Twists and Turns of Executive Order 13769

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Rhododendrites via Wikipedia Commons Protesters Gathered at JFK International Airport to Protest President Trump’s Travel Ban

day afterwards, and the airport protests manent residents, against the reported ob- Shortly afterwards, the Trump admin- were peaceful. Numerous lawyers offered jections of controversial White House chief istration appealed the stay on the travel CAITLIN MCLAREN 4B CHEMICAL their services to those affected by the ban strategist Stephen K. Bannon. Bannon later ban, but after hearing legal arguments, for free, beginning work on lawsuits from denied having this dispute. Meanwhile, a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit airport lounges. Prominent in the first law- prominent people criticized the order, in- Court of Appeals ruled unanimously not to suits were two Iraqi men, Hameed Khalid cluding religious leaders of all sects and repeal the block of the travel ban. Judges One week after taking office as President Darweesh (who had acted as an interpreter politicians, including former president Ba- Michelle T. Friedland, William C. Canby of the United States, Donald Trump signed for the US military) and Haider Sameer rack Obama. Washington’s Attorney Gen- Jr, and Richard R. Clifton declared that an executive order banning citizens from Abdulkaleq Alshawi, both of whom were eral then sued the administration in federal the ban was not in the public interest and seven different countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, detained in the JFK Airport in New York. court, followed shortly by New York, Mas- that the President’s claim to such vast and Somalia, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen - from Their case was taken up by the American sachusetts and Virginia. The White House “unreviewable” executive powers “runs entering the United States for any reason for Civil Liberties Union. continued to insist that the ban was in the contrary to the fundamental structure of the next 90 days. Refugees from all coun- Protesters and opponents of the ban interests of national security, and denied our constitutional democracy.” In a much- tries were banned from entering for 120 pointed out that no terrorist attacks on US that the ban was directed at Muslims. How- mocked tweet, Trump wrote “SEE YOU days. This order was highly controversial soil have been carried out by citizens of ever, this was belied by former New York IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR and caused immediate chaos. Protests be- the seven countries on the banned list. On mayor and vocal Trump supporter Rudy NATION IS AT STAKE!”, threatening to gan spontaneously at airports, as travellers the other hand, numerous terrorists includ- Giuliani, who stated on live television in an bring the case to the Supreme Court, which who had set out before the order was signed ing many of the 9/11 attackers, came from appearance on Fox News that Trump had currently has an empty seat left by the late were turned back or detained. TSA agents, other countries such as Saudi Arabia and consulted him on how to fulfill his cam- Justice Antonin Scalia. Former candidate police, and security were overwhelmed and Egypt. Certain suspiciously-minded people paign promise of a Muslim Ban legally. Hillary Clinton tweeted “3-0” in response. unsure of how to carry out the order, which have further pointed out that several coun- On January 30, acting Attorney General Trump’s own nominee for the Supreme applied to legal visa holders and permanent tries where known terrorists came from, Sally Yates, the incumbent Obama appoin- Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, expressed con- residents of the United States. Even minors which were not on the banned list, were tee who was still in the position of Attor- cern over Trump’s antagonistic statements were detained in some places, such as a countries with Trump business ties. While ney General awaiting the confirmation of towards the judiciary, with Sen Richard five-year-old American citizen who was on there is no evidence that this was relevant Trump nominee Jeff Sessions, refused to Blumenthal reporting that Gorsuch called a flight from Iran. There are reports by the to the selection of countries where travel defend the Trump ban. Yates wrote that Trump’s “so-called judge” tweet “disheart- ACLU of Customs and Border Protection was restricted, it does raise eyebrows, es- “At present, I am not convinced that the ening and demoralizing”. officers attempting to coerce permanent pecially considering the numerous conflict- defense of the executive order is consistent Eventually, the Trump administration de- residents into signing I-407 forms, giving of-interest questions that have plagued the with these responsibilities nor am I con- cided not to pursue the court cases any fur- up their permanent residency. Trump administration since his election in vinced that the executive order is lawful”. ther. Instead, according to Homeland Secu- During his presidential campaign, Trump November 2016. She was fired by Trump in short order. The rity Secretary John Kelly there is a newer, openly called for a “total and complete The day after the protests, US District Trump administration continued to defend “more streamlined version” of this ban in shutdown on Muslims entering the United Court judge Ann M. Donnelly for the East- the travel ban, although the restrictions on the works. Although there are no details States”, and most people immediately con- ern District of New York ruled that authori- legal American permanent residents were yet, Kelly indicated that green card and visa cluded that this travel ban on travel from ties did not have the Constitutional right to relaxed. Policy director Stephen Miller ac- holders would likely not be banned; it was these seven Muslim-majority countries remove people who were en route while cused Yates of refusing to defend the ban the extension of the ban to these people that was the Muslim ban that he had promised. the order was signed and arrived shortly for political reasons. was the basis of many of the numerous law- Thousands of people showed up spontane- afterwards. She declared that deporting On February 3, US District Court Judge suits contesting the ban. ously at international airports, many with them “violates their rights to Due Process Nathaniel Gordon declined to renew the The future of travel to the US is uncer- homemade signs saying such things as and Equal Protection”. The White House Massachusetts stay on the travel ban. How- tain; perhaps the administration has learned “Refugees are welcome here”, decrying denied that this did not undercut the execu- ever, on the same day, federal judge James its lesson regarding the limits on its legal the ban as racist. There were also protests tive order. Robart of the District Court for the Western power and the necessity of drafting legal in Toronto outside the US Consulate, with The next day, a federal judge in Mas- District of Washington blocked the ban na- documents carefully, but given President many Canadians outraged at initial reports sachusetts ruled in a lawsuit on behalf of tionwide. A furious Trump blasted him as a Trump and his staff’s controversial com- that Canadians with dual citizenship were two permanent resident university profes- “so-called judge”, complaining that block- ments regarding the Judicial Branch, that being turned away at the border (this was sors that lawful visa and green card holders ing the ban would allow dangerous people is doubtful. However, the systems in place later changed after Canadian officials con- could not be blocked. Judge Allison Bur- to enter the country. This statement was to check presidential power worked this tacted officials from the US). The Consu- roughs, along with US Magistrate Judge widely criticized, especially since Judge time, and the American people voiced their late closed on the following Monday to Judith Dein, issued a seven-day stay on the Robart was a Republican Bush appointee disapproval loudly. Hopefully, if more in- avoid any possible trouble, though both executive order. Homeland Security Secre- who would have no political reason to op- justices are to come, the same saner forces that protest, the larger protest the Satur- tary John F. Kelly issued a waiver for per- pose Trump. will prevail. THE IRON WARRIOR 2 Editorial WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Letter from the Editor

The Pixies, Soundgarden, and More The Newspaper of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society last Christmas, and it’s a blast to play. Cornell’s house as a child, Soundgarden DONOVAN Enough about me for a while though, I holds the distinction of releasing the first Editor-in-Chief MAUDSLEY want to talk about the bands that I like. I ever major label grunge record, 1989’s Donovan Maudsley EDITOR-IN-CHIEF mentioned The Pixies before, and want to Louder Than Love. This album wasn’t su- recommend that you check them out. The per successful or super good, but their third Assistant Editor Pixies were one of the first modern alt-rock full length album Badmotorfinger helped Hasan Ahmed Well here we are, having successfully bands and were way ahead of their time. cement them as a major player in the navigated the stress filled mine field that is Some of the songs off of their 1989 album grunge scene. I attribute this to the addition Layout Editors midterms. I hope you were able to get out Doolittle could be passed off as 2017 indie of Ben Sheppard on bass. He’s probably Donovan Maudsley unscathed. rock. Extreme uses of dynamics (louder my favourite bass player ever, and coming Meagan Cardno Some of my classmates and I were talk- choruses, softer verses), sometimes rough from someone whose primary instrument ing about examinations over our Hell Week guitars, and massive vocal ranges meant is the bass that’s a big thing. Copy Editors though and we realized something kind of that The Pixies’ sound was never quite the Badmotorfinger is a freaking terrific al- Donovan Maudsley funny. Other than Chem 102 in first year, same from song to song. They released an bum. Soundgarden perfectly merge heavy Hasan Ahmed which is entirely multiple choice, you can album a year from 1987 to 1991, and then metal riffs with radio friendly choruses. Caitlin McLaren probably make it through most engineering promptly broke up. Some standout tunes from the album are Raeesa Ashique programs without ever getting a question They left one hell of a legacy though, “Rusty Cage”, “Outshined” and “Jesus Meagan Cardno right on an exam. Food for thought. and their records influenced pretty much Christ Pose”, which was protested as be- Brigita Gubins We’ve put together a pretty sweet issue every other alt-rock band from the 90s. In ing anti-Christian but is really about the of the paper for you guys this time. All your particular their music left a lasting impact exploitation of religion for personal gain. Photo Editor favourite columns are back. Raessa makes on a young Kurt Cobain. During an inter- “Jesus Christ Pose” really distills Sound- Thomas Willert an appearance to argue against Hasan in view in ’94 he said that when he first heard garden, and in a larger sense grunge, down our Point-Counterpoint column. Our new them he connected so much that he thought to one song. Circulation Manager staff writer Qianshu makes his first appear- he needed to be in The Pixies, or at least a After Badmotorfinger, Soundgarden Donovan Maudsley ance. Tristan tells us a little more about his cover band. In the same interview he also toured around for a while and then record- experiences in Germany this year. Gabri- said that while writing “Smells Like Teen ed their magnum opus, Superunknown. Web Editor elle gives us an update on the whole Brexit Spirit” he pretty much ripped off The Pix- How can one album be so heavy, contain Bryan Mailloux situation. We’ve even got a comic! How ies. so many great instrumental parts, have cool is that? Another great musician who stated a wickedly awesome lyrics, and still be to- Social Media Manager So I just went through my (hopefully) Pixies influence was David Bowie, which tally radio friendly? I doubt anyone will Hasan Ahmed last ever Hell Week. As usual I got way too was funny because The Pixies were influ- ever figure out the formula for Superunk- little sleep, drank way too much coffee, and enced by David Bowie in the first place. nown. Rolling Stone Magazine marked it Staff Writers ate horribly throughout the whole week. Bono from U2 also said that he thinks The down as the 38th best album of the 90s, Hasan Ahmed However, before my Fluid Dynamics 2 Pixies are one of the best American bands which I think is total lunacy. Superunk- Raeesa Ashique midterm on Friday, my study group and I ever. nown produced five awesome singles, and Meagan Cardno used some advanced geometric properties Eleven years after disbanding and doing was nominated for the Best Rock Album Tiffany Chang of paper to turn a single page of newsprint a million other projects (Frank Black and Grammy Award. Tahreem Farooqi into a circle of paper with a diameter of the Catholics, The Breeders, The Amps, After recording and touring for a fourth Alexa Grittani around 12 feet. It was pretty awesome, but The Martinis), The Pixies got back togeth- full length album the band members went Sumaita Karim then Thomas Willert went and broke it. er and everything was right with the world. their separate ways, similar to The Pixies. Gabrielle Klemt Nice going Tom. We also made a smaller They’ve released a few albums since then, Also similar to The Pixies, they reunited Alexander Lee one out of a post-it note, and you can actu- and played about a million shows around twelve years later. Enter 14 year old Dono- Bryan Mailloux ally fit through it. the world. A few members have shifted van, who woke up at 6 AM on a cold No- Donovan Maudsley Well, I guess it’s time to get to the point around, but the core lineup is still pretty vember Saturday to go downtown to wait Caitlin McLaren of this damn editorial. much there. The new albums are good and in line for tickets to actually see Soundgar- Alina Pavel I really like music. That might seem like I like them a lot, but they don’t quite hold den, because online tickets sales weren’t Alex Pezzuto a stupid sentence; everybody likes some up to the old school albums. It sounds like really a thing yet. I was second in line and Aaron Propp sort of music. I’ve been into music and they know how to play their instruments very excited. The show was awesome, and Hira Rahman music related things for years now. It start- too well now... I still have my concert t-shirt stashed in a Elizabeth Salsberg ed when I picked up the violin in the fifth The Pixies are tangentially related to closet somewhere. Ratan Varghese grade. At first it was just for school, but I pretty much everyone in the world of rock Fast forward another 6 years and I find really liked it and my mum got me one for and roll. Their current bass player was a myself without a co-op position over the Contributors my birthday after I started lessons. Next member of the Queens of the Stone Age, Summer ‘15 term, so I work part time for Katie Arnold came the guitar. My grandfather bought me and A Perfect Circle for a while. Thom my cousin as a security guard. I’m working Melissa Buckley a classical acoustic guitar from our neigh- York from Radiohead has cited the band concert security for shows around Ontario Rachel Malevich bour across the street during a garage sale. as an immense influence. Producer Steve and I actually got to meet Ben Sheppard for Andrew McBurney I remember when I finally learned how to Albini worked with The Pixies before a whole minute and a half. I like to think Chelsea VanderMeer play “Here Comes Your Man” by the Pix- working with a million other bands in the that I didn’t embarrass myself too much. Tristan Kuehn ies I was so proud. 90s and 2000s. The band has also played Other lesser known bands you should Leah Kristufek I started playing bass guitar is bands almost every major music festival in North check out are the Sword (a more straight when I was in eighth grade, and kept that America and Europe. up heavy metal band), Motion City ADVISORY BOARD up all through high school. Any old fool You’re probably saying “okay Dono- Soundtrack (a pop-punk quintet from Vir- Off-Stream Editor-in-Chief can play bass. I’ve never really taken struc- van, I get it. The Pixies are awesome. Who ginia), and O’Brother. Vince Magas tured guitar lessons though. I learned from else are you going to talk about?” Well get Well, that’s all I have to say about my- videos on Youtube and by watching play- ready to hear about Soundgarden. “That self for this issue of the paper. As usual, Executive Members ers who were better than me. Eventually I band that has those two songs on Rock if you’ve got things that you want to tell Rachel Malevich started teaching guitar at the school I took Band?” Yes, Avid Reader, yes. me about (such as disagreeing over which Chelsea VanderMeer violin lessons at, which was pretty fun. I Soundgarden is a grunge band from (you Soundgarden album is best), please, please, even started playing drums after a few guessed it) Seattle. Named after a statue PLEASE email me at iwarrior@uwater- Students-at-Large years. My parents surprised me with a kit which stood in a park near front man Chris loo.ca. Alright then, I’m going for a nap. Megan Town Maya Deen Advertise With Us!

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they were mourned by thousands who government formally calling the reporting crimes by Islamic extremists. GABRIELLE KLEMT recognized the horror of this attack on shooting a “terrorist attack”, it seems The morning after Kellyanne Conway 2A GEOLOGICAL peace in our country. The 13-year-old unlikely Bissonnette will receive terror appeared on CNN to explain that Trump daughter of one of the men killed spoke charges. The laws on terror attacks in our “doesn’t tweet about everything,” in to the crowd in Quebec City, urging country are such that prosecutors would response to a question regarding his them to “Take care of your parents need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt silence on the shooting, Trump tweeted Every once in a while, events happen because you never know what is going that the shooter committed the attack about Nordstrom treating his daughter that can’t be ignored, events that break to happen”. I believe that we live in a “for a political, religious or ideological Ivanka unfairly with regards to her through the campus bubble we live in country where young girls do not have purpose, objective or cause” (from the clothing line. at university. The shooting of peaceful to say such things, and yet in 2017 this is Criminal Code). Additionally, “lone Some people find it disturbing that worshippers on January 29 at a mosque something that happened. wolf” attacks cannot be deemed terrorist since he leans heavily on the idea that in Quebec City is one such event. It’s In a time when people world-wide attacks unless they are actually part of or terror is something perpetrated by those the kind of shocking, unsettling thing are looking at Trump’s order to ban giving money to a known terrorist group. of the Muslim faith, Trump might be that makes you ask, “Here in Canada? immigrants from seven Muslim majority Although it seems like we live in an leaning on media to downplay this event How?” the kind of event that makes our countries, an anti-Muslim attack like age where the word “terror” is thrown north of his border. Some Canadian Prime Minister use the words “terrorist this one could be seen as a dangerous around lightly, many events cannot be journalists have even looked into US attack”. sign. The suspect charged by police with deemed to be legally terrorist in nature coverage of the attack and seen that Three weeks ago, a man burst into a six counts of murder and five accounts without the correct background. This US news outlets covered the attack on mosque in the suburb of Ste-Foy Quebec of attempted murder, is 27-year-old fact which seems hard to believe given Parliament Hill by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau City and opened fire on the worshippers, Alexandre Bissonnette, an allegedly far- that this event is so clearly considered three years ago much more heavily killing 6 men, wounding 19 other people. right white supremacist. According to a terrorist attack, especially by those than they covered the Quebec shooting This is an attack made all the more cruel neighbours and those why knew him at living in fear in the small Quebecois last month. Could it be the notoriously because in Canada, where we respect the Université de Laval, where he studied Muslim community. vocal President is staying quiet because religious freedom, a place of worship political science and anthropology, he One person who really likes the this time “terrorism tables” are turned? should be off limits to crimes of any sort, always seemed solitary and had political word “terror”, President Trump, has Let’s hope not. In the meantime here in least of all murder. The six men who were leanings towards Donald Trump and not commented on this issue at all. The Canada we can work on being good to killed were fathers, community figures, Marine Le Pen, a far right French President’s lack of response to the attack our neighbours and remembering that and upstanding Canadian citizens. politician. comes shortly after his accusation that in this country, and at this university, At vigils all across the country, However, despite the Canadian the American press has been under- everyone is welcome. The Complexities of Organ Donation What happens to your body isn’t a decision that is only up to you

and “asked to reaffirm that choice” ac- France has recently adopted. more potent than morphine, meaning ALEXA GRITTANI cording to Ontario’s organ donor website The new law in France assumes that that the size of about four grains of salt 3B MECHANICAL (beadonor.ca). From a legal perspective, everyone consents to organ donation un- of Fentanyl is enough to kill the average there is nothing a family should be able less they enter their names on the Nation- adult. In British Columbia, the head of to do to veto the legally binding consent al Rejection Register. the province’s renal transplant program, to donate organs that an individual has One province in Canada has already Dr. David Landsberg, reports that 25 per There is a disconnect in Ontario and signed prior to their death. been trying to move to presumed consent. cent of the deceased donors so far in 2017 Canada between the laws governing or- But, the Trillium Gift of Life Network Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall tried to are the result of overdoses. gan donation and the actual practice. Act gives families the right to express make the province the first to change the This raises a risk for diseases in the Even if the deceased person has consent- if they believe that their loved one may laws surrounding organ donation. While organs due to the organs coming from ed to donating their organs, the family have changed their mind on the topic the committee did not support it last No- someone who participates in “high-risk” can step in and veto this decision. of organ donation. While a majority of vember, he says that the conversation is behavior. The organs undergo careful In Ontario, when someone dies sudden- families will honor the deceased wishes, ongoing. testing to ensure they are safe for trans- ly, making their organs viable for dona- according to CBC 20 per cent of fami- At the same time there has been a sig- plant, and the recipients are advised that tion, there is a lot that physicians must go lies of registered donors blocked organ nificant increase in the number of deaths the organs come from a “high-risk” in- through before they can actually harvest donation. According to national post, no from drug overdose in Canada, which is dividual. It makes no difference to the the organs. They have to check that they physician has ever denied the wishes of actually making more organs available for transplant receiver, as to them it is often have consented to donating their organs, the family when they have chosen to stop transplant. Since the beginning of 2017 life or death. and only about 30 per cent of the eligi- organ donation. there has already been over 50 organs According to the Canadian Blood Ser- ble population has formally registered as What is the solution to this disconnect? donated from 20 donors that have been vices, there are approximately 4600 cana- organ donors, even though a majority of It may be as simple as talking about it. It transplanted, according to BC Transplant. dians on the waiting list for organ trans- Canadians agree with organ donation. is important to inform family and loved This is because there has been a deadly plant. They must also test that the organs are ones of your decision on organ donation, spike in fentanyl abuse in Canada. Registering online at beadonor.ca only healthy and that there are matches for so that it cannot come as a shock to them Fentanyl is a potent, synthetic opioid takes minutes, and telling next-of-kin transplanting, but then before harvesting later. Others suggest that Canada should pain medication that has rapid onset, but will make sure that your wishes can be the organs starts, the family is notified, be switching to an opt-out system like only a short duration. It is 50 to 100 times understood. One of these doesn’t quite belong...

Leah Kristufek THE IRON WARRIOR 4 News WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Billionaire Abducted From Hong Kong Chinese Authorities Reportedly Responsible

kidnapped. Xiao stated that he was “re- Xiao with stakes in banks, insurers, and ment believed him to have been “invol- QIANSHU WANG cuperating overseas” and that everything property development. Chinese state- untarily removed to the mainland.” All 2B NANOTECHNOLOGY was fine and that he hoped to meet with associated media report that Xiao is as- men later turned up unharmed and Lee media soon. The troubling fact is that sisting the government with an ongoing Bo denied that he had been abducted this statement appears to contradict ear- anti-corruption probe. and had instead voluntarily left to assist lier reports that he had been on the main- Looking beyond the individual case of with an investigation on another book- Xiao Jianhua, a 46-year old Chinese- land. His statement also emphasized his Xiao Jianhua, this recent incident bears seller. Canadian citizen and one of the rich- loyalty to the Communist Party of China a number of similarities to an incident The recent incident with Mr. Xiao est billionaires in China with ties to and to the nation as well as the fact that in Janurary of 2016, when five book- and the bookseller case raises questions top Beijing leaders, was reportedly ab- he is a Hong Kong permanent resident sellers known for selling salacious titles regarding the autonomy of Hong Kong ducted from the Four Seasons hotel in and Canadian citizen and as such enjoys regarding high-level Chinese politicains in the future and their relationship with Hong Kong where he had been staying the legal protections of both. Mingpao disappeared from Thailand, southern Beijing. Hong Kong, as a former Brit- near the end of January by Chinese pub- was also unable to disclose who had mainland China, and in one case, Hong ish colony, enjoys a special relationship lic security agents and brought back to purchased the advert which typically Kong. Similar fears had also been raised with Beijing under the “one country, the mainland for as of yet inconclusive costs around $36,500. The newspaper at that time regarding the possibility of two systems” policy and as such main- reasons. Xiao was last seen in the lob- statement was also similar to statements them being abducted by Chinese author- land legal agents have no jurisdiction by of the Four Seasons hotel on CCTV posted on and later removed from We- ities as they all later resurfaced in main- in Hong Kong. The recent cases have footage before being escorted away by Chat, a Chinese social network and mes- land China. Lee Bo, the bookseller who caused many to worry that Beijing is mainland security agents to an undis- saging app, by the Tomorrow Group, a had gone missing in Hong Kong, was a exerting its power and challenging the closed location. In essence, Xiao got massive holding company controlled by British citizen and the British govern- city’s autonomy. batmanned hard, and this case does indeed bear many interesting similarities to that particular scene from “The Dark Knight.” News sites as well as independent in- vestigations performed by Hong Kong police have both confirmed that Xiao has crossed into the mainland with security agents but other details are sparse and there is a great deal of mystery surrounding the case. The mystery deep- ened after Hong Kong police, who were investigating this incident as a missing persons case requested by his family, soon received a request to drop the case from Xiao’s wife who had been told to by Xiao. His wife also fled to Japan after submitting the request for the with- drawal of Hong Kong police assistance. Hong Kong police are continuing to in- vestigate. In addition, a front page ad in Hong Kong’s Mingpao newspaper soon ap- TUBS via Wikipedia Commons peared afterwards in which Xiao appeared to deny that he had been Some Worry That Chinese Authorities Operating Within Hong Kong Will Limit the City State’s Autonomy Doctor Watson to the Rescue IBM Supercomputer Turns Talents to Fighting Cybercrime

are a big drain on security teams’ time with a total of 16 terabytes of RAM, and field, analyzing vast amounts of data BRYAN MAILLOUX and which help to hide actual security all the information Watson could draw coming from smartphones, wearables, 3A MECHATRONICS vulnerabilities. Because of its ability to from during the game was stored within and other sensors. From all this data, crunch so much data at once, Watson is that RAM. It couldn’t be stored on hard Watson can come up with insights into quite adept at this newfound use, and drives because it would then be too slow customer behaviour that could be useful is currently being beta-tested at the to compete with the human contestants. in marketing, or aggregate sensor data While it’s usually Sherlock doing University of New Brunswick and a Since then, Watson has found use to help engineers come up with better the sleuthing with Watson in tow, now number of companies. in commercial applications, such as designs for things. it’s Watson’s turn to fight crime, and Watson’s original claim to fame was the medical insurance field, where it So, it’s a doctor, a cybercop, and a simultaneously be a doctor, a journalist, when it defeated two of the greatest helps determine health care costs and fancy calculator, all in one. And perhaps and a financial analyst all at once. For Jeopardy! champions of all time, Ken influence medical decision-making most impressive of all, it’s physical size the past year, IBM has been teaching Jennings and Brad Rutter. Indeed, for lung cancer patients. It does this has shrunk by about 90 percent since it its Watson supercomputer how to fight playing Jeopardy! was what Watson by going down to the genetic level was first created – from those 90 servers cybercrime, and now they’re making was originally designed for, to show and analyzing which mutations could that originally played against Jennings it available for commercial use. In this off the capabilities of IBM’s artificial have caused the cancer, and from there and Rutter that could fill a whole room, new job, Watson’s main role is to help intelligence. In fact, for the game during determining what the best course of Watson is now about the size of three security teams whittle down the list of which Watson beat Jennings and Rutter, action might be. Watson is also getting stacked pizza boxes. Just another step false leads on security threats, which Watson was running on 90 IBM servers its feet wet in the Internet of Things closer to the robot revolution…

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HASAN AHMED the decision overturned, then we know RAEESA ASHIQUE Some may argue that everyone on the 1B NANOTECHNOLOGY there was a truthful process behind it, 2T ELECTRICAL team should be encouraging each other and all can be set straight in the athletic to play fair, or that he/she should be A little while ago, Jamaica was world. In a perfect world, everyone plays aware of what a fellow team member stripped of a gold medal in the 100 m Also, who cares if Bolt can’t claim by the rules. No one takes performance is doing. However, we cannot blame from the 2008 Olympics, due to one the title of triple repeat? His teammate enhancing drugs, no one gains access one person for the actions of another. of the members of the 100 meter relay caused the downfall of the title, but he to another team’s playbook, no one An Olympic athlete is an adult. Even if team, Nesta Carter, testing positive for seemed to react to it fine. He stated deflates footballs before the AFC they are not legal or allowed to vote, performance enhancing drugs (meth- that, “Things happen in life, so when Championship game. anyone with that kind of commitment is ylhexanamine, to be specific). Long it’s confirmed or whatever, if I need to But in a world which tempts athletes capable of making their own decisions. story short, this drug seems to give an give back my gold medal I’d have to with incentives such as money and fame, We cannot put the onus on the rest of adrenaline boost to the user and make it give it back, it’s not a problem for me.” as well as nationalism which motivates the team to monitor each other. Anyone easier for them to take in oxygen. Like Sounds like Usain knows how much athletes to bring home medals and make who cheats fully knows the potential any PED, it gives an advantage to the hard work he puts into his own athletic their country proud, some athletes will consequences of their action, but one user, and a disadvantage to the oppo- regime, and is most likely upset with his do anything to get to the top. person’s decision should not bring nents. Thus, Trinidad and Tobago could teammate. All in all, he wanted the best Drug abuse is very common, everyone else down. The rest of the be given their rightful gold medal. Now, for everybody, and as cocky as Bolt is, from abuse of painkillers even after team is consciously playing fairly, and I agree with the Olympic Committee’s it gained a lot of respect from my point recovering from an injury, to taking this needs to be acknowledged. decision to take away the medal, for a of view when he was aiming for justice. steroids to enhance performance. So what is the intended effect behind few main reasons. Not to mention he’s already regarded Because it is common across all sports, stripping the rest of team of its medals? First, it looks bad on the International as the best sprinter of all time; I think I will focus my argument on substance- The league or committee in charge Olympic Committee (IOC) if they don’t a gold medal is a small price to pay in related violations. (such as the International Olympic take the medal away. Especially since comparison to his athletic (and not to I am going to narrow my focus on Committee, in this case) wants to show Jamaica is one of the highest supported mention financial) status in the Olympic cheating in the Olympics, because this everyone who is boss. They want to country during the summer Olympics, world. is the most relatable to a larger audience. establish a standard that says “we don’t failure to strip them of the medal could I know I am expected to talk about condone cheating”. They want the come across as favouritism towards that Deflategate, but as a diehard Patriots athletes to know that their actions have country, and not to mention, Usain Bolt. fan I like to pretend that Deflategate consequences. Bolt is no longer able to claim the ti- never happened. Yes, it is important to punish tle of triple champion for the sprinting Currently, if one athlete on an cheaters, or else the integrity of the events at the Olympics for three con- Olympic team tests positive for game is greatly compromised. But does secutive competitions, and that’s a price performance enhancing drugs, there the whole team need to pay the price? he had to pay for his teammate’s doping may be sanctions imposed on the rest Theoretically, the peer pressure and IOC via Wikipedia Commons scandal. That can lead to accusations, of the team, such as disqualification the possibility of letting down your and prevent people from watching the The Olympic Rings Represent Five or stripping of medals, as is deemed teammates is theoretically an additional Olympics if they gave special treatment Continents United by Olympism appropriate. The question at hand is deterrent to potential cheaters. to Jamaica. With thousands of people whether it is fair to punish the whole However, stripping medals does not watching the Olympics, and probably However, just during this week, as team for the actions of one or a few, and actually achieve the desired effect. 10 times more watching the sprinting I’ve already mentioned above, Carter its effect on the integrity of the sport. First of all, the incentive to cheat events, do you really want to show fa- has appealed AGAINST the doping The most publicized recent case that (including money, recognition, and vouritism in front of your most captive ban, claiming he didn’t do it. Now this is relevant to this argument is Usain national pride) outweigh the deterrent audience? is where the grey area comes in for this Bolt being stripped of his 4 x 100 metre of letting down one’s team. As long as Not only that, but taking away medals PCP, as the medal has still been taken relay gold medal from the 2008 Beijing these exist – and they will exist, for as from cheaters will deter others from away from Jamaica. In my opinion, I Olympics after his teammate, Nesta long as the general public is interested doing it. No one wants to be known as agree with the IOC’s decision in keeping Carter, tested positive for doping. I am in watching their countries’ athletes the guy/girl doping, and the price to pay the medal away until he can be proven here to argue that Bolt should not have compete – some people will be willing if you are caught is too big a burden. innocent. Jamaica has had a history of been penalized. On a broader scale, the to take this chance. Not to mention, you let your team down, doping contestants. The most prime entire team should not pay the price Secondly, this breaks trust between which is extremely discouraging to re- example I can name is Yohan Blake, for the wrong actions of a few team teammates, and destroys the team participation. There may be legalities who was essentially Jamaica’s second- members. dynamic. Punishing the entire team is involved as well, and again, it’s too in-command sprinter. Known mostly for The average Olympic athlete trains the equivalent of keeping the whole much for a person to bear. Besides, if his 100 m performance; although not a six hours a day, six days a week. They class in for recess because one student you’re training for majority of your life team event, he still put a heavy weight are symbols of pushing one’s body to misbehaved. The rest of the class is in order to win the Olympics, you’d on Jamaica’s shoulders for upholding its the next level, and achieving physical going to hate them. Causing division devalue all the hard work that you (and reputation as a sprinting nation. When he excellence. They inspire the next within the team is not the appropriate others) have put into the sport. What’s was caught for using the same substance, generation to aim high, and strive to way to address this issue. the point? Do you really need the PED? that put strain on the sprinting nation. achieve their goals. Finally, people are selfish. Call me a Or would you rather say to yourself, Thus, the IOC cannot take any chances Every Olympic athlete on the team pessimist, but I believe that everyone “Yeah, I earned that. I’m truly the best,” with keeping the medal with Jamaica. worked very hard to reach that point, is out to make it for themselves. This and feel great about yourself? There’s no We’ll see what happens after the appeal and almost every single one of them is especially the case when money is excuse for cheating, period. Also, drug is decided, but for now, Jamaica is still played by the rules. Unless the entire on the table. If an individual is willing test samples are kept for 10 years and disqualified from the 2008 Beijing 100 team was aware of cheating happening to risk his/her own career in order to tested every once in a while. So if you m relay race. amongst their teammates, which is be the best, he/she will definitely be think something you use today won’t be In the end of the day, I can relate this to quite unlikely, there is no reason for willing to risk their teammates’ careers caught, think again. They can try again academic integrity. Your work and effort everyone to be punished. as well. An athlete who was planning in a few years with new methods, and gets devalued if someone plagiarizes It is unfair to hold everyone to cheat beforehand will do so anyway, if they catch you, then you’ll face the the assignment and gets a higher mark accountable for one person’s actions, regardless of this additional so-called same fate Carter did over the course of than you. Wouldn’t that make you and it is especially unfair to do so when “deterrent”, without giving a second the past few weeks. angry? I know I would be. Especially the athlete who cheated did not even thought to the rest of the team. Stripping the medal away will also since there’s so much unspoken trust participate, such as a backup member In conclusion, it is unfair to penalize give justice to those who actually within the sporting community, you’d of the team, or a second or third string the entire team for the actions of one deserved it. If you were in the Olympics, lose a lot of respect (as many athletes player. individual, when that individual is and you came second to someone who have in the past) for your performances. Stripping medals is a heavy aware of the consequences of his/ was full of steroids, wouldn’t you want Lance Armstrong, David Ortiz, Alex punishment, and the future of an her actions, and is an adult perfectly your rightful claim of the medal? I mean, Rodriguez, and many other Olympic athlete’s career should not rely on a capable of making the right decision. assuming you’re not doping either, you participants and medalists. I’d like to factor over which they have no control. Additionally, stripping medals from would have probably come first if that conclude by saying this medal stripping Essentially, this comes down to luck: the entire team is not the correct way person had not used PEDs. Besides, it should not affect the whole country; the rest of the athletes were unfortunate of minimizing cheating, and so the makes you feel good about yourself, just events where teamwork is the main enough to be on the same team as a consequences of cheating should be putting in pure hard work for your goals factor (case in point: the 100 m relay). person who made bad life decisions. reevaluted. and achievements. Trinidad and Tobago are in a spot for gold, Japan for silver, and Brazil for bronze. The gold medal Editor’s Note: can’t be reassigned until Carter goes Point Vs. Counterpoint is a feature meant to stimulate discussion on thought-provoking topics. The views and opinions through the appeal process. Even if expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, The Iron Warrior, or the Engineering Society. Carter DOES pass his appeal, and gets THE IRON WARRIOR 6 Engineering Society WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 What’s Council Anyway? The Chronicles of Council (No Aslan, Sorry)

EngSoc Leadership Excellence Award Now onto meeting 2! The FEDS mentorship program in the future (Women RACHEL MALEVICH Committee and Teaching Excellence Executive candidates had an opportunity in Engineering and EngSoc), and remote PRESIDENT Awards Committee. A new committee was to share their platform with Council. By attendance (for all of us on co-op) at our formed to assist the VP Communications the time you read this, the successful Joint Annual General Meeting this Spring. in selecting delegates for conferences, and candidates will have been elected. I The VP Academic, Andrew, was also to remove any bias from these selections. encourage you to get informed about their mandated to conduct a survey and write a WE MADE IT! Maybe? For those of We hope that this committee will become initiatives and support transparency and letter to CECA regarding WaterlooWorks. you done midterms, congratulations! I a new standard for EngSoc! accountability! Stay tuned for that survey as we’ll be hope you all had a great “reading” week. We also passed a motion to establish Just like in meeting 1, meeting 2 began looking to gather as much data as possible. We’re halfway through the term now, and brand guidelines for the Society. Melissa, with many routine motions including the Finally, the Dikcissel now joins the lots of initiatives have been rolling out the VP Communications, will be working election of the Sponsorship Committee, Dikdik (EngSoc’s official animal) as the by the Executive. On the Council side of on this over the term and we’ll have it election of a Chief Feedback Officer, and official bird of the Society (Google them, things, we had two jam-packed meetings! posted to the website for easy access! the rollover motions from the A-Society they’re both pretty cute). From FEDS, to WaterlooWorks mandates, Finally, at meeting 1, Council was in full term. Whenever a big change happens If any of this sounds interesting to and committee after committee, this agreement that AT LEAST 1 Executive that affects how the Society operates or you, and you’d like to take part in these article is going to break it down for you! will volunteer to participate in charity pi our governing documents are changed, discussions, I’d highly recommend In meeting 1, we passed a lot of day by getting pie’d in the face. Make the motion needs to be passed on both attending Council! We still have 3 routine motions, like the budget for the sure you visit the CPH foyer on March parts of the Society. The results of meetings left this term (March 1st, 15th, term, and electing students to sit on the 14th to see who you can pie! these motions will include a combined and 29th) and I hope to see you there! Engineering Student Deals Getting More Bang for Your Engineering Society Buck

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of the initiatives I (with Dan Robertson) down. We are really hoping to get some Waterloo first years to the First-Year MELISSA BUCKLEY ran for VP Communications on was a of the specifics of what you prefer out Integration Conference in Ottawa on the VP COMMUNICATIONS survey to help EngSoc understand where of this survey. Only want to hear about weekend of February 4th. They seemed and how the student body (that means EngSoc events through Facebook? Want to have a really great time learning about you!) wants to receive news from us. If a mailing list overhaul? Prefer everything professional development, Engineering you subscribe to us on any of our medias go exclusively through twitter? We want Societies and how to make the most of Hello there reader! We’ve made it to (we are on the Facebook, the Twitter, to hear about it. Then we will have their first year. On the Sunday morning, Reading Week, congratulations to us all!! the Instagram, the Email and of course the data and will be able to shape our I voted on behalf of the Waterloo I’ll be working on some of my executive uwengsoc.com.), you may sometimes services and updates to best serve you. Engineering ‘B’ Society at the plenary initiatives over the break and also going feel bamboozled with EngSoc updates. And because we know you well enough (Engineering Student Societies’ Council skiing. I used to be an every-weekend Maybe you love getting tons of updates, to know you love free things, if you of Ontario’s version of a Council skier, and then I came to Waterloo and maybe you muted us a long time ago - complete the survey you can win some Meeting). gave up on ever going outside. I think but the exciting thing now is that you can gift cards or miscellaneous prizes! So, as You can read more about their this will be a fun break! help decide how you and others receive my final plea, when this survey comes experiences on our conference website, A part of my job is receiving event, the news. out in the very near future, please take and stay tuned for a full-recap of the news and opportunity updates from our The upcoming survey will be the 5 minutes to fill it out for yourselves event: http://www.uwengconferences. affiliates as well as our own material, cover EngSocs current methods of and the waterloo engineering students ca/blog/fyic-2017-reflections-from-first- and deciding what is most important to communication with students, and where who come next. years share with you on a weekly basis. One you think we should expand or tone it In other news, I brought a group of Thanks for reading, see you around! A READING WEAK READING WEEK Events and Books and Booked Events

- Whine & Cheese! Brandon Sanderson is 10/10 for me, we so often work against our own best CHELSEA (5:30pm at TBA) but this series specifically changed the interest, and are sometimes forced to VANDERMEER way I see the world (and how I want it do things we don’t want to do, but they VP STUDENT LIFE MARCH 10TH- CANstruction! to be). It’s the perfect mix of fantasy, end up helping us. (9am, Conestoga Mall) adventure, action, and drama. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. I had A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Back- never thought much about identity, Hej til mine intelligente venner! - Semi-Formal! man. This book is about a stoic old man peace, or purpose very much, and how (Y’all can probably guess what this (8:30pm at the Turret – buy tickets in who is dealing with grief, but doesn’t they are linked, but this book showed means, but it’s in Danish, by the way.) the Orifice) show it. Random occurrences and a different ways of thinking and working What’s coming up soon that you Thought: They call it “reading week” disgruntled cat help him through life, with yourself as well as other people. should come to? because they want us to study, although although he fights them every step of Nice. Fred ud (...peace out, in Dan- they place it right after most of our ex- the way; it’s a refreshing look at how ish). MARCH 2ND – LIFE SKILLS ams? Right…yes…we will definitely WORKSHOP! do lots of studying. My bets are, how- (4:30pm…check facebook for de- ever, that a plentiful number of people tails. There will be baked goods) won’t study again until finals. None- theless, I hope some of you did spend MARCH 3RD – BOWLING! some time reading over reading week (5:30pm, meet on campus and bus) though, because during our regular weeks we sure don’t have any “extra MARCH 4TH – TALENG! time” (what is that?) to flip through de- (8pm, Wilf’s) cent novels or papers. Other than the Iron Warrior, of course. Wait, what’s MARCH 5TH – Education Outreach that? You don’t read books anymore? @THEMUSEUM! *gasp*! Don’t worry, I’m here to rec- (10am) ommend some of my favourite books for when you do have time. It could be MARCH 7TH – GENIUS BOWL! on your next co-op, or next weekend, (7pm, MC 1350 or 1351) or perhaps a tool for procrastination for studying, but I hope you get back into MARCH 8TH – EUCHRE reading at some point. TOURNAMENT! The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon (5:30pm in CPH 3607) Sanderson. Really, anything by PD ‘Wat’ are you doing? WatPD, WaterlooWorks, and the importance of student feedback

majority of undergraduate students are With that being said, I’d like to talk forming, and to decide where to go next ANDREW still choosing not to participate. about two opportunities coming up in (improvements, etc.) from this feed- MCBURNEY the near future for you to give your back. The biggest problem from their VP ACADEMIC The question is: why? feedback. perspective is they don’t know with cer- That’s the question organizations like Firstly, CECA is looking to gather tainty what most students think of the CECA and WatPD ask when trying to as much feedback as possible about courses, and the program in general. Hope everyone had a great time with collect data: “Why don’t students re- WaterlooWorks, to prioritize improve- That’s where you come in. There cur- midterms! To those still in midterm spond?” People sometimes get the no- ments for the system in subsequent rently isn’t a date set for this survey, as mode - I feel your struggle (I still have tion their feedback won’t matter in the terms. Later on in the term (after the it’s still in the works - but I encourage midterms too). Without further ado, I’m grand scheme of things, or that their main matching process, and before ex- you all to fill it out once it’s distributed. going to dive right into this week’s top- opinions won’t be adequately consid- ams) your class representatives will be WatPD is very interested in finding out ic. ered - so they don’t express them. Some circulating a survey on WaterlooWorks students’ honest feedback - to make the people might think their feedback is ob- for you to fill out. The survey will take overall experience better for students. The importance of giving vious, but could easily be overlooked. approximately 10 minutes to complete, feedback and making your voice Sitting on CECA related committees and your feedback will be passed on di- Final remarks heard like Co-operative Education Council, rectly to CECA. This is a great way to As always, if you ever have anything and Co-op Student Council, I can tell get your opinions taken into considera- you’d like to discuss, you can contact me Apathy is a prevalent issue in today’s you firsthand that CECA doesn’t know tion by the people prioritizing system at [email protected]. society, especially visible in elections all student concerns - which is why it’s improvements. Cheers fam - stay woke, and surveys. For instance, in the last important to provide feedback to make Secondly, the Vice-Dean of Engineer- Andrew FEDS elections there was a total voter them aware. ing and Associate Dean of WatPD En- turnout of 15.28% of undergrads. While gineering have taken great interest in the turnout was a 7% (approximately) Opportunities to make your voice doing an honest and complete evalua- increase from the previous election, the heard tion of WatPD, to see how well it’s per- THE IRON WARRIOR 8 Feature WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 My Engineering Exchange Experience

TRISTAN KUEHN ogy pretty quickly. I came to Germany Seeing things like a book that was made to have the opportunity to interact with 3B SYSTEMS DESIGN with an alright grasp of the language, but almost a thousand years ago has been an people from so many different coun- I certainly wasn’t fluent. What I found, interesting part of this exchange. tries who have also come to Brunswick This is part two of a three-part series though, is that armed with Google Trans- Living in a student residence near the to study away from their home country. on my experiences as part of an engi- late, following lectures wasn’t too bad university has also been a very good ex- I’ve certainly come to understand what neering exchange in Germany. I’m cur- because of the clear structure of what perience. I’ve met many friends who are the world is like better than I did before rently just starting my exam period, so was being said. Any specific technical also international students, so whether I came, and I think that understanding I plan on using this space to reflect on terms could be looked up easily enough I’m buying groceries, eating in the caf- is one of the most important things I’ve what life was like once I was settled in. and I came to recognize them without too eteria, or heading to the library to study, learned over my time here. Up to February, the experience of being much trouble. I see friendly faces wherever I go. The Tune in next time for more views about in classes in Germany was pretty bliss- Learning to better communicate with opportunity to meet people from all over exchange! I’ll be wrapping up my exams ful. With the exception of labs, classes my peers was a whole other can of worms. the world with a variety of different expe- by then, so I should have a more com- here don’t have marked assignments or I wanted to improve my spoken German riences and perspectives has been a real plete view to sum up the whole experi- projects of any kind, so I was free to just as much as possible, which meant strug- highlight of my time here. It is amazing ence. show up to lectures and learn at my own gling through expressing some difficult pace. At the time, this was pretty freeing! concepts in awkward ways occasionally. I did my best not to use that as an excuse I’ve found that most people, especially to slack off though, as it means that all younger people in a university environ- of the exams I’m about to write will be ment, speak English here, but whenever determine my entire grade. I now have I tried to speak German, people were al- to work twice as hard to understand any ways willing to speak with me and help points I glossed over at the beginning, so me get better. In the worst cases, people regardless of the educational system on always understood when I had to switch exchange, it always pays to keep up with to English. the material as you learn it. A library card and relatively inex- While this certainly isn’t an issue for pensive transit has been an incredible all exchanges (there are many potential opportunity to learn. There are a lot of destinations where English is spoken ex- very old buildings and whole cities of the clusively), the language barrier was an kind that one can’t find in Canada around interesting challenge for me. All of my here. I remember having fun learning lectures and tutorials were conducted about the middle ages when I was in in German (and all of my exams will be grade 4, so it has been very cool for me written in German), so I’ve had to get up to see buildings where knights and roy- Brunswyck via Wikipedia Commons to speed with all the technical terminol- alty of the middle ages lived and worked. Tristan is Attending TU Braunschweig For His 3B Term Prof Personalities Evelyn Yim

What courses do you teach? occur at different stages of my career. positive with something you like and have HASAN AHMED I teach 2 courses: NE489 (Special Paperwork may be difficult for some, but a good attitude. In terms of interview, be 1B NANOTECHNOLOGY Topics in Nanoscale Biosystems) and a I don’t find it too bad. Not painful after a prepared, and use the Tatham centre to chemical engineering graduate course, while, since you get used to it. However, your advantage. Things I have seen in CHE760 (Special Topics in Biochemical sometimes things we do in faculty are the past other from Waterloo students PROF PERSONALITIES Engineering). activities we don’t have training for. Eg. is that they were not prepared. Know management of lab, starting up business, about the company beforehand. During In this issue, I interview a fairly new What is your favourite course to et cetera. There’s a lot of learning on the interview, it might not be that fancy or professor at the university of Waterloo. teach? job as we go onwards. New challenges uptight, so let your potential employer Evelyn Yim is part of the department of I can’t really decide, since it’s about come up all the time. that you’re passionate to learn and you’re Chemical Engineering, and does a lot of the same. Similar topics are introduced open to learn whatever is coming your research related to biological systems in each course because both focus on What is your teaching way. Whatever they can teach you, you’ll and nanotechnology. She is extremely research, specifically my research in philosophy? learn. passionate about her research, and has an biomedical engineering. However, the I would say, for students in a sense, impressive background education. I was focuses are different. The nano course is different generations are different. Can you share three tips for lucky enough to sit down with her and more focused on design and concept. You Catering to each individual is hard, and undergrads? discuss her position at Waterloo. identify a problem and propose a solution you have to remain student-centric. Make a lot of friends! Know your to solve the problem. The grad course, on Learning goals are set for the class, so friends and build your network. These are How long have you been the other hand, is more knowledge based. I make sure the method used in class is lifelong friends. Could also be business teaching at Waterloo? Since they’re graduate students, there’s helpful for learning goals. Not just course partner, spouse, et cetera. Just know them I’ve only been teaching here for 1 year, more reports, writing, etc. The class material, but I also want to make sure well. but I have been faculty in Singapore for dynamic is also very different. things are useful so they can apply them Waterloo is good on this, but in 8.5 years. later in life outside of class. Ten years general, still a lot of undergrads realize How’d you end up as prof? later, you won’t remember everything they need reference after graduation. Ask How was your time in Singapore? I always knew I wanted to research. I you’ve learned, but hopefully they still for references and reference letters! For I’ve been to a lot of places, and usually knew what I wanted to do, and I knew know stuff from my course, then I’ll be your first job/grad school, these are super people ask where I’m from. It’s a long how to do it. It was going to be related to happy. important and can come in handy. answer. I was born in Hong Kong, and the biomedical field, and I wanted to do Studying is important, but make sure moved to Canada. I did my grad school research. I figured all this out during my If you weren’t a professor, what you have fun and have university life. in USA, then went to Singapore. It’s last year of undergrad. I drifted towards would you be doing? After you start working, it will not be very nice, and extremely different academia, and just took the different Hard to say. I’ve wanted to go the same. You won’t have the same from Canada. However, they are both opportunities that came my way. Now biomedical since I was in high school. opportunity to enjoy what you have multicultural. Lots of Singapore-born I’m here, doing my research and teaching So I’d be involved in something that now. Chinese, as well as Malaysians, Indians, my students what I love. area, maybe industry. I’d probably try and other Asians. The main language new things like med school, dentistry, et What is your favourite memory is English. Also, the food is REALLY Favourite part of being a cetera; so long as I was in that area. Other of your undergrad? good, and I’m actually going back professor? than that, my faculty friends talk about It was very enjoyable, I had a lot of next week to visit. You can find food I like both research and teaching. Doing their hobbies, and second careers after good friends. I remember having a design anywhere, any time. If Canada’s national research and academia is my favourite retirement, and I can never relate because project, it was a fun experience because sport is hockey, I’d say Singapore’s is because I get the freedom to follow my I wouldn’t know. It’s too tough for me to everyone spent time in the lab and eating and shopping. There are a lot of own path, so it’s perfect. Lots of work, choose. worked together. It was a good bonding opportunities for travel, which was good but I really like it, so everything’s fine. experience. I guess it was also the first for collaborations. It was also relatively In terms of teaching, the teacher student So interviews are upcoming. time we really made something and used cheap. In terms of school and work, it’s interaction (in class, outside class, in lab, Do you have any tips for 1B something we learned in class to make a very good place to work due to a lot et cetera) is fun. students? it. But overall, it was most memorable of hard working people. They’re almost because of my friends. always working. Although I liked it a Hardest part? Start to search EARLY. A lot of the lot due to the diversity and opportunity Bureaucracy is painful, but its positions are first come first serve. Anything else? there, my family is here in Canada, so everywhere. I guess it’s not hard being Secondly, try everything, especially Just work hard and enjoy your being here makes me happy too. a prof, but different types of challenge something you like. Be happy, and university experience! THE IRON WARRIOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Miscellaneous 9 The History and Power of Executive Orders

his book The Executive Branch of the be considered free if they reached the The Council was eventually merged with RATAN VARGHESE Federal Government: People, Process north. Executive orders require some other organizations to form what we now 2A ELECTRICAL and Politics. Washington tried to be basis in the powers of the President call the Executive Office of the President prudent because he knew that anything established in other areas of the law: in the of the United States. he did had the potential to set a precedent. case of the Emancipation Proclamation, In recent years, Obama has come under Washington’s most important order the basis was the Presidential authority significant fire for his use of executive In the United States, an executive was probably the very first executive to prevent rebellions. Legally, the orders. In numeric terms, his order count order is a unilateral order by a President order, issued on 8 June 1789. In those Proclamation was a tool to crush the is not very high. Obama issued 277 to federal agencies which have the full days, the President had very few people Confederacy: this is why it only applied executive orders during his presidency, force of law. Other unilateral orders or agencies to assist him. This first order to the southern, “rebellious states”. The or about 35 per year. This is fewer orders by Presidents include presidential told the heads of agencies to “impress me Proclamation was related to, but distinct per year than any president in the last memoranda (which also have the force with a full, precise, and distinct general from, the 13th Amendment to the US 120 years. The main reason Obama’s of law) and presidential proclamations idea of the affairs of the United States.” Constitution which abolished slavery executive actions have been the focus (which have no legal force behind Another executive order by Washington and involuntary servitude across the US of so much attention is the way Obama them). These orders can, and often are, declared US neutrality during the except as a punishment to a crime. That used this power: Obama’s executive challenged by the courts. Donald Trump French Revolutionary War, between amendment had to be argued viciously in orders have often served to defy an has been grabbing headlines for the past Revolutionary France and Great Britain. Congress. uncooperative Congress. few weeks with his executive orders, It would take centuries for American Executive orders continued to be a After hardly a month in office, Donald after years of Conservatives claiming interventionism to become the norm. rarely used tool until the 20th Century, Trump already has issued 12 executive that Obama’s executive orders were Executive orders started being when presidents starting issuing orders orders. In addition to Trump’s stated illegal. The American government was numbered in the 1900s, but the US in the thousands. The record for highest campaign goals, it has been suggested not always this way, however. Once upon government took an interesting approach number of executive orders is currently that the rapid use of executive orders is an a time, executive orders were extremely of retroactively numbering a large number held by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who attempt to confuse and exhaust Trump’s rare. of executive orders from the distant past. issued 3721 executive orders. Many opposition. How many controversies During George Washington’s time Executive order number 1 was Abraham of his orders were economic measures can we pay full attention to? How many in office, he passed very few executive Lincoln’s order for a provisional court designed to pull America out of the Great scandalous orders can we rage against orders. His orders did not exist to defy in Louisiana. This order was followed Depression. One of his executive orders before we lose our will for defiance? It Congress, but only to address issues by several others, including the most declared a bank holiday. Another was used looks like Donald Trump will soon find where the Congress failed to make a impactful US executive order ever: The to establish the still-controversial Import- out. He issued executive order 13765 the decision. In those days such orders Emancipation Proclamation, which is Export Bank. Still another was used to day he assumed office: this order was were unannounced and not numbered: considered a presidential proclamation establish the National Labor Relations to cut down spending on the Affordable they were usually issued to the agencies and an executive order. Board. Roosevelt’s unpopular National Care Act in preparation for its eventual concerned and only provided to the The Emancipation Proclamation was Industrial Recovery Act was passed repeal. Executive order 13769 is the public later. Two of the sources I used for legally supposed to free all slaves in the through the Senate and the Congress, extremely controversial order to ban this article claimed different numbers of Southern States. When the Proclamation but was deemed unconstitutional by citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, orders by Washington: Thomas DiBacco was first issued, the government lacked the courts. So Roosevelt issued an Syria and Yemen from entering America. claimed Washington issued 8 in an article the power to fully enforce it. The practical executive order attempting to protect it, Executive order 13771 was the “1 in, 2 for the Washington Post, whereas Brian effect was that slaves that escaped from creating a National Emergency Council out” requirement for agencies to repeal 2 R. Dirk claimed the number was 4 in the Confederate States of America would to administer the functions of the Act. regulations for each one they issue. As time passes, the American president gains more and more power over “his” government. The number of executive orders per president varies, but each president has the orders of his predecessors to bolster his power. As Congress loses the ability and will to control America, the courts remain the main obstacle to presidential authority. Yet the courts, too, are under attack. “The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!” claimed Donald Trump in a tweet. Yet even if the President had a bit more respect for the separation of powers, the overall trend may well be irreversible. How many voters would vote for a President promising to limit his (or her) own power? How many Presidential candidates would oblige? If Cruz or Clinton or Sanders or Rubio Alexander Gardner via Wikipedia Commons Elias Goldensky via Wikipedia Commons Pete Souza via Wikipedia Commons were in office today, they wouldn’t United States Presidents Abraham Lincoln (Left), Franklin D Roosevelt and Barack Obama (Right). limit their ability to complete their own These presidents all used different numbers of executive orders for different reasons. Lin- campaign goals. The future of executive coln used one to declare emancipation, Roosevelt used his to bring America out of the orders looks bright. If only we could say Great Depression, and Obama used his to circumvent an uncooperative Congress. the same for the nation issuing them. Waterloo Student Startup Epoch App Makes it Easier to Help Refugees

student competition which challenges where around 1000 Syrian refugees have Epoch is working with ShamRose for CAITLIN MCLAREN students around the world to find a been settled. Syrian Culture, a group in Kitchener 4B CHEMICAL solution to serious social issues, with Epoch will connect people who dedicated to helping the refugees in topics each year chosen by Bill Clinton. require services with other people who our community. You can check Epoch It is meant to help young entrepreneurs have the time and ability to provide out at epochapp.com, and ShamRose at with ideas that will make the world a them - ranging from household chores shamrose.ca. Yes, it’s official! There truly is an better place get their ideas running. We to tutoring. It will work on a time-credit As for what you can do right now to help; app for everything. Apps for travel, for all wish our winners good luck! system, where users can utilize time- many of our new neighbours don’t speak socializing, anything you can imagine - This year’s topic is “Refugees - credits from services they perform for English, making it a lot harder for them and coming soon, and app for helping Reawakening Human Potential”, with other people to “purchase” services that to socialize, study, and access important refugees. the challenge question “Can we build they need. For example, suppose you see services. You can help! ShamRose holds A team of Waterloo students, Lisa sustainable, scalable, social enterprises that someone on the app needs help with English-speaking sessions at the Queen Tran, Scott Forsyth, and siblings Jade and that restore the rights and dignity of their spring cleaning. If you help them Street Common Café in downtown Keith Choy won the Waterloo division 10 million refugees by 2022?”. The for a couple hours, you get time-credit Kitchener every Tuesday from 5-7 P.M. of the 2017 Hult Prize with their startup Waterloo idea, Epoch, is a social app for those two hours you spent with them. If you are proficient in English (and yes, idea, Epoch, and are soon heading off to for helping refugees integrate into a new Then, if you later need help moving, you engineers do count!) why not show up London to compete for the $1 million community. This can be a very valuable can use your time-credits to get someone and help some Syrians adapt to their new grand prize. The Hult Prize is a yearly tool, in Kitchener-Waterloo especially, to help you. surroundings? THE IRON WARRIOR 10 Science and Technology WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Spring Cleaning The History of Soap and the Leblanc Process

enough the excessive use of trees began were it not for the French Revolution ready known reaction for converting salt MEAGAN CARDNO to become a problem over the course of causing more worries for France than the (and sulphuric acid) into sodium sulphate: 4B NANOTECHNOLOGY history, with deforestation running ram- lack of soap. 2 NaCl + H2SO4 → Na2SO4 + 2HCl pant from every industry under the sun The Leblanc process was incredibly This sodium sulphate is then reduced chopping down trees like they were going successful, and variations of the process via the oxidation of coal (carbon) into car- CHEMHISTORY out of style. Very soon trees were going were used for the production of sodium bon dioxide, producing sodium sulphide:

out of style, becoming a resource to be carbonate for over eighty years, until Bel- Na2SO4 + 2 C → Na2S + CO2 I won’t lie, the idea for today’s Chem- rationed. Alternative sources of resources gian chemist Ernest Solvay developed This sulphide is then reacted with a History did arise while taking a shower, were needed. the (again eponymous) Solvay process in calcium carbonate (usually limestone or but for solid reason. The topic of the By 1783, the current king of France, 1863. However, despite the process’ suc- chalk), resulting in a substitution of the creation of soap is traced back to at least Louis the XVI, addressed the issue with cess, Leblanc himself fell upon incredibly salts’ anions to form the desired sodium ~3000 BC, where evidence of use of “pu- a heavy reward for the person who could hard times. During the French Revolution, carbonate, and the by-product of calcium rifying rituals” by Sumerian priests sug- produce a suitable alternative for potash he lost his soda ash production plant to the sulphide. gested the use of a slurry of ash and water. from readily available sodium chloride. new government, went horridly in debt, Na2S + CaCO3 →Na2CO3 + CaSwwThe This ash, of course, was potash (liter- The reward was 2400 french livres (like and never received his promised reward. two are then separated via dissolution of ally meaning ashes from a pot), a mixture the book, only the currency was feminine Even when he was given the plant back the products into water, as calcium sul- of potassium-containing salts, primar- and the book was masculine), approxi- by Napoleon in 1802, he still was horridly phide is far less water soluble than sodium ily potassium chloride. The historical mately worth $630 000 today. Eight years in debt and prize-less, and unable to run it, carbonate, a process known as lixivation. prevalence of this substance is actually later, in 1791, French chemist Nicholas causing him to fall into depression before Evaporating the product dissolved in the the reason why the element is called po- Leblanc developed the Leblanc Process, eventually committing suicide in 1806. water will yield the desired sodium car- tassium, and even the source of the el- and should have been a very rich man, The Leblanc process starts with the al- bonate. emental symbol K, which references its Latin name kalium. This comes from the familiar term of alkali, which itself actu- هَيْلَقلا ally derives from the Arabic word (al-qalyah), meaning “plant-ashes”. Yeah, it was that big of a deal. This potash (or in general, any alkaline solution) reacts with fatty acids to form the amphiphilic molecules we know and love in a process known as saponification. For the accent Sumerian priests, these came from the greasy fats on their skin themselves (which wasn’t horribly effective, you might imagine). For the modern soap maker, these amphiphiles are made in advance from animal or vegetable oils, and usually mixed with fragrance and col- ours to make the users of said soap to feel special. Over time, the potash used in the production of soap became an increasingly valuable commodity. It was also used in several other industries, most notably the production of paper and many textiles. For a long time, the source of this was pot- sponk via Wikipedia Commons ash from trees (or, more specifically, the Even Though He never Got He Prize, I’m Sure That Leblanc Was ashes of wood from trees), but strangely Happy With His Discovery Manny, Petrie, and Nessy

My personal favourite example of NOT Mastodons were browsing herbivores, this week is the Elasmosaurus, an aquatic DONOVAN a dinosaur is the Mastodon. The Mas- but in a different sense than ordering food dinosaur. While the Elasmosaurus IS tech- MAUDSLEY todon, sometimes known as the Wooly online. Browsing is herbivory talk for ani- nically a dinosaur it qualifies for this issue 3B MECHANICAL Mammoth, is an extinct genetic relative mals eating leaves, shoots, of fruits from by being just totally awesome. The Elas- of the Elephant. You probably have a pic- shrubs. Moose browse when they eat. mosaurus is the closest thing I’ve seen to OLD NEWS ture that comes to mind when you hear the Moving on from Mastodon and going a real, dead, Loch Ness Monster. There’s name Mastodon (or Mammoth). A large, very far back in time I’m going to briefly really not a better representation of a sea Here we are again! It’s been a while lumbering beast with a trunk and massive discuss the Pteranodon. I’ve already cov- monster. These creatures were around 10 since I’ve written about some old news, tusks. Yes, this internal picture might be ered the Pteranodon extensively in a pre- m long, and that was mostly neck. Their you could also say that you thought this derived entirely from the Ice Age movies, vious issue of Old News, but I just want to relatively small body was equipped with column was extinct. Yeah, I went there. but it’s fairly accurate. cover quickly why they’re so cool. flippers to help it move easily through Honestly though it’s been too long The Mastodon, of which the American Pteranodons lived during the Cretaceous the water. Looking closer at the skeleton, since I’ve sat down and dropped prehis- Mastodon is the best known, went extinct Era alongside many actual dinosaurs, but this creature is literally made of the stuff toric knowledge bombs. Today I’m going around 11,000 years ago and lived in North are a member of the pterosauria family of nightmares. There’s actually a very to talk about some really cool, really big, and Central America. The circumstances and obviously not real dinosaurs. Pterano- impressive, and terrifying, reconstructed really dead animals that technically aren’t surrounding their extinction are a little dons are pretty sweet for pretty much one skeleton at the Canadian Museum of Na- dinosaurs. To clarify that though first I’m murky, as happens when there is literally reason: they could fly. The average wing- ture in Ottawa. gonna walk through what a dinosaur is no recorded history. Many paleontologists span of a male Pteranodon was 5.6 m, and Obviously we can’t tell the hunting hab- and what a dinosaur isn’t. tie their downfall to the disappearance of larger specimens with wingspans of up to its of the Elasmosaurus, but based on its Dinosaurs are technically only those rep- other species of megafauna, and overhunt- 8 m have been reconstructed. The preda- physiology there are a few assumptions tilian animals of the clade Dinosauria. To ing by hunters of the Clovis culture. The tors were quite lithe and nimble though; which can be made. The Elasmosaurus be fair, this is a fairly broad term. Humans Clovis people were a prehistoric Stone mass estimates range from as low as 22 was likely a slow, but agile, swimmer. It belong to the Primate clade, which also in- Age civilization from North America. - 93 kg on average. However, the guesses probably swam low in the water and used cludes many species of apes, monkey and I find the very idea of the Mastodon on the large end of the spectrum have been its long neck to snare fish out of schools. lemurs. Every species in a clade evolved intriguing. Imagine strolling through the largely debunked in recent years. Analysis The dinosaur also had a small tail, which from a single ancestor, and can contain woods near your house and coming across shows that to carry that amount of weight lead to a funny coincidence when it was many different families of organisms. a two and a half metre tall beast of animal the wing bones of the creatures would discovered. The neck of the Elasmosaurus Commonly depicted families of dinosaur that could literally crush you by sitting on have had to have been stronger than alu- has 72 vertebrae, and the tail has 10, and include the ankylosauria, the stegosauria, you. Fully grown males could reach over minum. typically animals have longer tails than the sauropoda, and the theropoda. Thero- 3m in height, and weight over 10 tonnes. Their wing shape suggests that they necks. In 1868 the Elasmosaurus was un- pods include the majority of the carnivo- Mastodons had a fairly structured society. would have flown in a similar fashion to veiled with its skull on the end of its tail. rous dinosaurs including the Tyrannosaur The females and youth lived together in an albatross. Using rapid burst of wing Also, there’s a species of it called the Ter- and many species of Raptor. herds, and once they reached maturity the flapping separated by long sections of minonatator, so that’s awesome. Alright, now that we’ve talked about males would either live a solitary life or soaring, the Pteranodons could likely fly So there you have it, two sweet non- what IS a dinosaur, let’s discuss what in small groups. Even Mastodons are al- for hours without tiring. dinosaurs and one sweet dinosaur. Until ISN’T a dinosaur. lowed to have friends. My third and final species of discussion next time! THE IRON WARRIOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Miscellaneous 11 2016 Officially Hottest Year On Record Third Record Breaking Year in a Row

record. gling with pollution and dependence on of the Environmental Protection Agency While climate scientists do not expect fossil fuels, is also the world’s leader in (EPA). Pruitt hedged on this during his CAITLIN MCLAREN 4B CHEMICAL that 2017 will be another record-setting renewable energy. confirmation hearings, saying that hu- year, as El Niño effects are dying down However, the election of Donald mans do have an effect on the climate this year, it is still expected to be warm Trump might have serious consequences and that the degree of it should be sub- compared to pre-2000s years. You can in efforts to reduce the effects of climate ject to “continuing debate”. Even more According to NASA, 2016 was once probably see this outside for yourself; change. Trump is on the record as a cli- worryingly, Trump’s administration has again the warmest year since people be- this January has had lots of rain and not mate change denier, and has stated his banned the EPA from releasing the re- gan measuring temperatures, more than a lot of snow compared to the way it was intention to back out of the Paris Agree- sults of studies until they have been a hundred and thirty years ago. This when we were kids. Climate change is ment. While his intentions for this are reviewed by government appointees. It makes the third straight year of record- not some hypothetical danger in the fu- not clear, he has also pledged to reduce looks as if there are dark days ahead for setting global high temperatures; in fact, ture; it is happening right now. or eliminate funding for climate change American climate science. Hopefully, 16 of the hottest 17 years on record have On the bright side, CO2 emissions programs, and to make it easier to use other countries will be able to compen- occurred since the year 2000. In the first have been fairly stable over the last few public land for fossil fuel production. He sate for the environmental damage of half of 2016, all of the months were also years, largely due to China’s decreased has also appointed Scott Pruitt, another Trump’s administration in the next four the hottest of their respective months on use of coal. China, though still strug- notorious climate-change denier, as head years. Brexit: 6 Months Later Referendum Still Moving Forward

leave, they have to invoke Article 50 of government has been scrambling to secure opposite, and an example would be a GABRIELLE KLEMT the Lisbon Treaty, only created in 2009 bilateral deals around the world with new situation like Norway, which has never 2A GEOLOGICAL and never before used, where each side and existing partners. Although Trump been an EU member but which has access gets 2 years to decide how to make this himself has been an opponent of many to the single market. As a consequence, divorce as amicable as possible without existing US trade deals, it seems keen on however, they have to accept free hurting the children. By children I mean creating some new ones, specifically with movement of people. You may recall the furor raised over all the British workers in Europe and all a post-Brexit United Kingdom. Is anything else happening other than the summer over the great Brexit debate: the European workers in the UK who Speaking of trade deals, and there are lots of deals soon? I’d say you’re likely to to leave the EU or to stay? It was one of are wondering exactly what is going to going to be lots of them pretty soon, the see a reduction in immigration, given that David Cameron’s campaign promises to happen to them. May plans to start the UK plans on continuing trade with the Theresa May has said she wants to listen have the referendum for the country to process to leave by March 2017, meaning EU, seeking a “comprehensive free trade to the people and that’s what they’re decide if they wanted to stick with Europe that they’ll be separated by summer deal” with “the greatest possible access really calling for. For the time being, any or forge their own path. Unfortunately for 2019. Of course though, since politics to the single market”. In effect, what EU workers in Britain and vice-versa will David Cameron, he discovered, just as our is politics, there’s a bill going through Theresa May said in her recent speech on not have to leave the countries they’re own PM Justin Trudeau is discovering, Parliament now to decide whether or not Brexit is that she wants to be in the single working in; the final say in this depends that people tend to want you to keep your to even invoke Article 50; it is expected market without being under the control on what the deal made between EU and campaign promises. to pass. of the European Court of Justice and UK is, but it’s doubtful anything too No sooner was Cameron elected than What are the next steps then to secure a avoiding unlimited flow of immigrants major on that front will occur soon. It’s he started to back off from the idea of strong future for the UK? Let’s start with from the EU. She also wants to negotiate likely you’ll hear more about it in a year referendum. Unfortunately for him, the May’s meeting with US President Donald a new customs deal with the EU, allowing when Article 50 is in action and deals are country wouldn’t let him forget, and Trump, who told her what a wonderful a common tariff on goods coming from starting to be struck. neither would the very vocal contingent thing Brexit would be for Britain. It seems Europe while also allowing them to Lastly, what about Scotland? While it of pro-Brexit politicians. Lo and behold, that in the meeting, May and Trump tried have trade deals with other countries, sometimes feels like Scotland threatens a the referendum took place and the UK to build on the “special relationship” their something prohibited while they were an referendum on independence every few voted 52% to 48% to leave the EU. countries possess, to create a special trade EU member. Seems like she wants a lot to years, another one really looks to be on As you might imagine, this caused a relationship sometime in the near future. me, I hope they can make it all work out. the horizon. With all 32 council areas in huge uproar across the world, considering As a result of its imminent departure If you ever decide to read about or Scotland voting to stay in the EU, Scots no one has ever left the EU before: what from the EU, the UK will be leaving listen to anything about Brexit after are upset about the decision by the rest would happen? How would they make the the European single market. The single reading this article, then you might of the UK and they want to have a say. transition? Would they be able to survive market allows for the free movement hear the words “hard” and “soft” Brexit They’re especially upset about leaving the change? One day later, Cameron of goods and services through Europe, being thrown around. The former simply the single market and the First Minister stepped down from his post as PM and stimulating competition and trade, means that the UK would be taking of Scotland has said that a referendum is Brexit’s staunchest supporter Boris improving efficiency, raising quality, and a very uncompromising approach on highly likely, but not in 2017. Johnson was seen distancing himself the helping to cut prices, according to the negotiations with the EU for issues like For more fun worldly drama, keep issue and declaring he would not run for European Commission. Due to the loss free movement, a major reason many updating yourself on the issues. There is PM, an office that would be facing huge of this important trade deal, the British people voted to leave. Soft is just the never a dull moment in news, is there? heat in the wake of Brexit. So now, 6 months later, what is Britain and her new PM Theresa May planning to do to move the Brexit forward, and what’s been done thus far? May, the former home secretary under Cameron, was originally against Britain leaving the EU, but since taking the post as head of her country she has declared that “Brexit means Brexit” and she will respect the will of the people. It’s important to note that the value of the pound, always a very strong currency, has remained near a 30-year low since the referendum. However, despite many doom and gloom forecasts saying the economy would just jump right off a cliff if Brexit went through, over all the economy is doing pretty well. I mean, the pound is still worth more than the Loonie so who am I to judge really? Some costs have increased for businesses and for government borrowing, but most share prices have recovered any loss they may have suffered in the initial wake of the vote and the Bank of England cut interest rates for the first time since 2009. But wait, is Britain officially out now then? Are they separated metaphorically as well as physically from their European chums? In a word: no. In order to officially THE IRON WARRIOR 12 Miscellaneous WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Christmas Logs, Bowls of Rice and Horse Heads Five Wacky Holidays

fair. But there is a great deal more poop countries, but this is China we’re talking tremely organized about the whole thing, CAITLIN MCLAREN than one might expect. For one thing, about. Chinese kids have to wade through and so participants write their name, blood 4B CHEMICAL most Christmas traditions now involve molten lead up a cliff both ways to get to type, and emergency contact on a piece a nativity scene (i.e. a set-up of dolls school. Now eat your vegetables. of paper beforehand and keep it in their representing Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, loincloth in case anything goes wrong. All 5 THINGS YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW and various other figures that are part of Creepy horse heads very sensible, although awkward for the the Christmas story), the Catalan version For the past few hundred years in EMTs. Since this is Reading Week, we have also includes a figure of a guy pooping. Wales, people have celebrated Christmas a holiday! Yay! It isn’t a very traditional He is called “El Caganer”, which means and New Years with the Mari Lwyd tra- Lupercalia, the wolf festival, not holiday, but all holidays are fun. Plus, “The Crapper”, and is not at all subtle dition. That is easier done than said - all If we were Ancient Romans, we that’s maybe for the best. Traditional holi- about it. While traditionally he would be you have to do is mount a horse skull on would have celebrated the Lupercalia days can get weird sometimes. For ex- dressed as a peasant, it is now common to a long stick, give it some creepy glass last week. It’s name was taken from ample, one city in Ireland has the “Puck have a caricature of a famous person or a eyes if you are so inclined, wrap yourself the word for “wolf”, but it actually had Fair,” where they honour a random goat politician. and the stick in a long white sheet, and nothing to do with them. Instead, you for three days and drink till three in the That isn’t it, though; another Christmas run around scaring people. Of course, you would start by sacrificing a goat and a morning (nothing stereotypical there). tradition is the Tió de Nadal, or “Christmas do this in groups and go door-to-door de- dog, which is frowned upon today but In Turkmenistan, they have a national Log”, which is indeed a double meaning. manding food and alcohol. If the people par for the course in old-timey religions. holiday to celebrate melons, because It is a hollow log that is covered with a in the house make an excuse to not let a The organizing priests would then pick they used to have a dictator who liked blanket and often painted with a face. bunch of drunk guys and a creepy undead a couple upper-class young men, who them and was prone to wacky dictator On Christmas, children will hit the log horse in, the party keeps singing until they would have blood briefly smeared on whims. When he died, the people decided with sticks until it drops treats, like with are allowed in anyway. them while they laughed. The men that while bans on lip-synching and TV a pinata. Except, with pinatas you do would then run around naked except makeup were dumb, the the melon festi- not call them the “poo log”, order them Japan’s Naked Festival for goatskin thongs - not the underwear, val was actually pretty fun, and they kept to poo, and threaten to hit them harder if This festival is pretty much what it just strips of fresh goatskin around their it. In Eastern Europe, there are multiple they do not poo sufficiently. sounds like. In Okayama, Japan, thou- waste. They would often be joined by festivals in different countries where peo- For obvious reasons, kids love this stuff. sands of men take part in the Hadaka other aristocratic men, and would run ple dress in strange costumes and make Matsuri, in which being naked except for around the city naked and whacking loud noises, in order to scare the Ottoman Molten metal fireworks a loincloth is mandatory. Some variations random people with more leather Turks (history suggests that it wasn’t very The Chinese invented gunpowder and involve wrestling and goofing off in the thongs. Women would seek them out to effective). And, of course, pretty much all were the first people to have fireworks, mud, but the main festival is basically a get whipped, because it was thought to festivals anywhere involve setting some- but that still isn’t the only way to make massive rugby match. The men all gath- be good for fertility. Or maybe it was thing on fire. fireworks. In one village called Nuan- er near Saidai-ji Temple, where a priest just a Fifty Shades situation. Maybe While that is all very fun, people some- quan, people do it… differently. That is to throws a pair of sticks into the crowd of we’ll be seeing a revival. times take things too far, or in weird di- say, they melt a bucket of metal to insane naked men all squished together. A huge Obviously, when Rome became rections. Here are five holiday traditions temperatures and throw it in the air with brawl follows, and the winner is the man Christian the church frowned on that that might not fly well over here. ladles and dash it against cold stone walls. who can successfully get the sticks, run sort of thing and Pope Gelasius wanted This does create a display of lights, which through the door of the temple, and stick to ban it. The Senate objected, claiming In Catalonia, Christmas is all is called “Beating down the tree flowers”. the sticks in a bowl of rice. Now, I’m not that it was necessary for the safety of about pooping It is exactly as dangerous as it sounds a Freudian, but… the city, but the Pope didn’t buy that at Well, not all about. That isn’t quite and would probably be banned in most It wouldn’t be Japan if they weren’t ex- all. What a spoilsport. Election Reform: Trudeau’s Broken Promise

AARON PROPP Another reason cited by Trudeau is in a coalition with a broad consensus. could as welcome protection to the Ca- 1B ELECTRICAL that proportional representation would And none of the parties elected in Ger- nadian democratic process. lead to the election of fringe elements of many are particularly extreme compared Along with cyber defense, Gould was Justin Trudeau recently declared that the left and right. This has been a claim to parties in Canada. The most extreme told work with the Communications Se- he was abandoning his promise to push levied against proportional representa- party currently in the Bundestag would curity Establishment to give the best cy- through electoral reform before the next tion for awhile. However, looking at a be The Left, a German socialist party. ber security practices and advice to all federal election. This comes despite the case study such as Germany would dem- However, Canadians might gain some- Canadian political parties, presumably repeated promise that 2015 would be the onstrate this to be not the case. Germany, thing positive out of this all. Karina to avoid the situation which happened to last election held under first-past-the- a western democracy in many ways simi- Gould, the new democratic reform min- the Democrat party in the United States’ post, reiterated as prime minister in a lar to Canada, operates with proportional ister, is instead charged with ensuring recent federal election. An additional speech from the throne. While this might democracy. the Canadian electoral system was free welcome part of her mandate is to tighten come as a shock to some who only saw In the most recent German election a of cyber security threats and hackers. In campaign fundraising rules, specifically this headline, it was clearly heading this grand total of 5 parties where elected to light of the allegations in the American to block cash-for-access events that have way from the beginning and should come the Bundestag, their parliament. Three presidential election that was Russian marred both the provincial and federal as no surprise. of the parties are involved in governing interference was involved, this should governments. To start, there was never an explicit system proposed, such as proportional representation or preferential ballot. Even the “support of Canadians” was left vaguely undefined as to how many Canadians needed to participate in the consultation process for there to be a consensus of the majority of Canadians. However, the moment where the electoral reform promise went truly south was when then democratic reform minister Maryam Monsef chastised her committee for not coming forth with any con- crete conclusions. She particularly took pain to explain how the Gallagher index, an index about how disproportional the distribution of seats in parliament is, was not understandable to Canadians and was thus inappropriate to be included in the report. Justin Trudeau has put forth various reasons for abandoning electoral reform. One of his reasons is that calling a referendum would be to divisive for Canadi- ans, citing Brexit and Italian referendum on a constitutional reform package, both of which had narrow victories and both Pete Souza via Wikipedia Commons of which lead to the resignation of the re- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Speaking with President Barack Obama in spective prime ministers. The Oval Office in 2016 THE IRON WARRIOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Arts and Entertainment 13 Mozart, l’Opéra Rock A Modern Reimagining of a Classic

Figaro, upsets the Austrian royalty, and igy, Wolfgang, but the Archbishop rejects (“I Sleep on the Roses”), which closes the TIFFANY CHANG the play is banned from Austrian theaters. the requests and tells them to quit if they first act of the musical. It is a beautiful 2A CHEMICAL These are some of my favourite num- are dissatisfied. Leopold and his daughter, ballad in which Wolfgang reflects on the bers from show: Wolfgang’s older sister Nannerl, lament humiliation, betrayal, and suffering that The show opens with “Penser the state of Salzburg under the new Arch- he had endured, upon realizing how lone- DISCOVER BROADWAY l’impossible” (“Think of the Impossi- bishop, but they realize that life must go ly he was and that all doors had closed ble”). With the ascension of a new Arch- on, and Wolfgang must find commission on him—he decides that he will remain Welcome to another edition of Discover bishop of Salzburg who discourages the elsewhere while Leopold stays behind, true to his old dreams and aspirations for Broadway! arts, the future of the Mozart family be- since the family cannot afford to be with- his musical career, despite who or what We will continue our journey through comes a lot gloomier. Mozart’s father, out work—even if it means working un- stands in his way. the wonders of musical theatre. This term, Leopold, requests leave to tour with his der an unsupportive patron. Another number that I adore is however, I hope to enrich your experi- seventeen-year-old son and musical prod- I absolutely love “Je dors sur des roses” “L’assasymphonie” (“The Assassinate ence and knowledge of this great art by Symphony”). This was actually the song exploring some behind-the-scenes gurus, that I had heard on the radio on vari- underrated performers, and the history of ous occasions and propelled me to listen this art. through the entire show. He is conflicted This time, I wanted to switch things up. about his options after Wolfgang had After all, gems of musical theatre can be completed The Marriage of Figaro: he re- found in any language. A lifetime ago (i.e. alized that the Austrian monarchy would my high school days), I used to listen to a never approve of the opera, so he could French pop radio station, and oftentimes, easily run Wolfgang’s reputation by play- I would hear numbers from a show called ing this card to his advantage. However, Mozart, l’opéra rock (Mozart, the Rock he acknowledged that Wolfgang’s work Opera). Intrigued and the curious person was, once again, sublime, and laments his that I am, I gave the entire cast recording a inability to compare with his rival’s talent, listen, and man, did I ever love the music! despite dedicating himself to his work day As far as I know, this musical is a much in and day out. more historically accurate recount of Mo- Overall, I would recommend this musi- zart’s life and work than the famous film, cal as great workout music—it is mostly Amadeus. The only mismatches with loud, energetic, and upbeat. I would not history were the relationships and why recommend treating it as studying music, Mozart suddenly began to lose fame and unless you are accustomed to listening success. The show attributed Mozart’s to loud music while cracking down on fall from fame to Antonio Salieri, an Ital- schoolwork. ian court composer for Austrian Emperor Thanks for joining me on another mu- Joseph II. While it was true that Salieri sical adventure! Music is a great way to resented Mozart, they respected each oth- begin learning a new language, if that is er—even attended operas together and re- something that you are interested in. And viewed each other’s works. Only after two who knows? Perhaps you will find other Otto Erich Deutsch via Wikipedia Commons decades after Mozart’s death did rumours interesting shows in a foreign language spread about Salieri poisoning him out The Legendary Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, simply by giving one cast recording a of envy. In the musical, Mozart loses his Whose Life and Music are the Inspiration for chance. credibility when his play, The Marriage of Mozart, l’Opera Rock Tune in next time! Another Dose of CGP Grey From Hello Internet to Cortex

financial worth of each moment… these least allow the user to declare more than ter watch out!). However, you shouldn’t RATAN VARGHESE are all simply reasonable and normal 99 “VIP”s whose phone calls can circum- subscribe to Cortex in the hope of mining 2A ELECTRICAL behaviours, or Grey would have you be- vent “Do Not Disturb” mode. Did I men- such gems. Unless you have the interest lieve. He places some extra cash in all tion Grey uses Apple products? (or patience) required to navigate hours his bags in case he gets locked out of the Now and again there is a funny little upon hours of iPad productivity tips, it RA(TAN) LINES house without his wallet. He has a long anecdote, or information about one of may be better to cherry-pick cool epi- checklist of tasks he follows to the letter CGP Grey’s videos. In particular, there is sodes. Last issue, I claimed that Cortex lacked whenever he uploads a YouTube video. an episode about Grey’s “Rules for Rul- Cortex updates once or twice a month. some of the interesting personal chemis- He has opinions on the correct type of ers” video, with a discussion of some of That’s fine: while I am genuinely -inter try in CGP Grey’s other podcast, Hello iPad background, and the correct way to Grey’s personal experiences with a power ested in the prospect of becoming more Internet. Feeling guilty from making an arrange app icons. He needs Apple to add struggle his university days (Physics stu- Grey-like, I am not exactly shaking with unjustified statement about Grey, I took more granular notification settings, or at dents seeking an Economics minor: bet- anticipation. the only reasonable course of action: binge-listening to Cortex. Turns out … I was entirely correct. Cortex is a podcast about Myke Hurley’s quest to understand CGP Grey’s working life. At least that is how it began, as current episodes are more Hurley-focused. Myke Hurley is the founder of Relay FM, a major podcast network. He is not the “human” counterpart to the “robotic” Grey in the way Brady Haran is in Hello Internet. He does try to get Grey to understand the wider population, but never rep- rimands Grey for his mechanical, system- atic approach to life. Quite the opposite: Hurley’s aim is to see the world through Grey’s eyes. “I’m becoming just like you, it’s horrific,” said Hurley in one episode. The joke is of course the idea that becoming Grey would be horrific. Grey himself views himself as absolutely mundane: to him, the whole concept of this podcast seemed ridiculous on its face. What is CGP Grey’s working life like? Having a fleet of iPads, multiple bags with the exact same contents, tracking every second of the day to calculate the THE IRON WARRIOR 14 Miscellaneous WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 EngSoc’s Rube Goldberg Machine Turning the Tower Purple

doing at Waterloo to celebrate, Starting with totally impossible that would be to organize well as some extra people who were hang- GABRIELLE KLEMT the first event, Build a Rube Goldberg! logistically, so it’s more of a cool way to fit ing out in POETS and took pity on us, the 2A GEOLOGICAL Each year the Engineering Student Socie- the videos we make together than anything going was very slow. In all, I estimate that ties Council of Ontario (ESSCO) organizes else. just building the machine took us upwards a Rube Goldberg to light the CN Tower It’s been a few years since Waterloo has of 5 hours. Then we had to film. If you are ENGSOC EVENTS purple in honour of engineers all across this participated in this particular event, which I so blissfully ignorant as myself to believe great nation, or something like that. The thought a total shame because who doesn’t that just because every component of your Hey all welcome back to the column event is actually pretty cool, it combines want to build a Rube Goldberg!? How dynamic puzzle works individually, that where I write about events that I went to Rube Golbergs from Universities across young and naïve I was to think such a thing. they will work together in harmonious uni- and you probably didn’t, hence you reading the province to eventually connect to the As someone who had never made a Rube ty, do not read further. Remain ignorant. For this article. I wish I could say I was writing Rube in the foyer of the CN Tower, where Goldberg before, organizing the construc- those for you who know where this story this from the warmth of a hot sunny beach a special button gets pressed to light up the tion and filming of such a high profile one takes a ghastly turn, keep reading and laugh in Punta, but sadly I had to stay in the great world’s (second) tallest building a very ex- as this was a tall task that for which I did at us fools. white north this holiday to study for my 4 citing colour. not realize I was unprepared. But, as one of Filming the Rube Goldberg machine midterms after the break. Yes, count your- Of course, you may be reading this and two NEM directors for the term, I was deter- took us almost an additional 2 hours. Eve- selves lucky if you get a hell week because saying, “So what exactly is a Rube Gold- mined to see this through. (As was my co- rything would work perfectly, and suddenly I’d kill to be reading actual books instead of berg, Gabrielle?” Which would be a is valid director Liam, also un-learned in the ways at the last second, something that had never textbooks right now. question because it has a very strange and of Rube Goldberg construction.) gone wrong before would go wrong and As previously noted, we’ve reached half- misleading name. There are some pretty If we had more experience, we might the whole take would need to be scrapped. way through the term, meaning profs trying awesome examples out there; one cool one have known our budget and construction Over and over again we set up the start, in to scare us into taking their courses more is the OK Go music video for This Too Shall team were too small, our design too unspe- and of itself a difficult thing to do, and over seriously, and that I’ve stopped going to the Pass. I’ll wait while you go look that up. cific, and our equipment too faulty. Ignoring and over again something would go wrong. gym. Just kidding, I never went to the gym. Simply put, a Rube Goldberg machine is a all that, it was on a cold Friday afternoon in Even the dominoes refused to fall. How is It also means less events for people to at- series of different, overly complicated func- POETS that we determined engineering stu- that possible? The answer is you just don’t tend, because really, who’s going to events tions that combine to complete one, usu- dents set about building our first ever Rube use dominoes in a Rube Goldberg machine. when you could be at home in your PJs cry- ally fairly simple task. This can be anything Goldberg machine. It is just not done. Super Bowl LI Recap ing about the direction your life is headed from lighting a match, to calling a phone – There were some stipulations imposed As I am not still in POETS, we did finish after procrastinating for 48 solid hours and which is what our Rube Goldberg had to do. on the construction by ESSCO that made the machine, though some strategic splic- Everything’s Bigger In Texas coming to the realization that you have your You see, the way ESSCO has the Rube things a little more complicated. For one, ing of the videos may have taken place… If exam in less than 12. Although there were Goldbergs from universities across the there could be no motorized or electronic you’re free in a few weeks on Friday March some fun events which took place since my province combine together to light the CN elements. That meant elements using an Ar- 24, come to POETS to check out the screen- last update, I too fell prey to midterm fever Tower is through phones. Our machine had duino was out, as well as a fun idea I had ing of the video and maybe get some pop- and was able to only attend one. to start when my phone was called, and had that used a fan. It was back to basics using corn. With National Engineering Month, or to end by calling another university… so a lot of cardboard, duct tape, balls of all I hope you’re all enjoying your break and March as it’s sometimes known, just around that their Rube could start, etc. until reach- shapes and sizes, tons of string, and some I hope to see you at EngSoc Goes Bowling the corner of this reading week, it’s time to ing whichever school is at the CN Tower. Hot Wheels cars because why not? on March 3rd. Be there or be boring, it’s go- look forward to some of the things we’ll be Now of course I don’t have to tell you how Even when the whole team was there, as ing to rock! Cream Cheese Quesadillas

I actually tried these for the first time Ingredients onions to the tortillas, and if you want put BRYAN MAILLOUX at Montana’s, where they decided to call 4 tortillas some cut up chicken or fish strips on as 3A MECHATRONICS them antojitos instead of quesadillas. They A tub of spreadable cream cheese (you well, but if you’re adding some meat make seemed simple enough to make – just a won’t need the whole tub… well you can sure you’ve cut it quite small. Fold the two tortilla with cream cheese and bell pep- use the whole tub if you want I suppose) ends of the tortillas in, then wrap them up HALF-BAKED pers in them – but I still wanted to find a About a quarter-block of cheddar so all the contents of the quesadilla are recipe online for them. Turns out, antojitos cheese, grated enclosed, like a nice little burrito. Finally, Welcome back for Issue 3 of Half- are just any sort of Mexican street food, One bell pepper, diced place the quesadillas in the oven for 7-8 Baked! Hopefully everyone’s exams went including anything from quesadillas to 1 or 2 green onions, chopped minutes (but keep an eye on them to make well – having the whole of reading week tacos to tamales. So, calling these things 4 chicken or fish strips (optional) sure the tortillas don’t burn). And there off is definitely a well-deserved break after antojitos is really a misnomer. I’m not Preparation you have it, a nice little snack for when all that studying. If you’re like me, you’ve really sure you can call them quesadillas Preheat your oven to 350°F. Lay the you watch Netflix or do whatever your probably been eating all kinds of unhealthy either, cause you roll them up instead of tortillas out flat and start spreading cream preferred post-midterm relaxing thing is. stuff while studying as well. Now that you laying them out on the baking sheet, but cheese all over them. Like, the more cream These go really well with salsa, sour have so much extra free time, maybe you whatever, I’ll just go with it. All you have cheese the better – adding more cream cream or hummus, and at Montana’s they can start making some healthier snacks as to know is that they taste really good and cheese will help the cream cheese texture were even served with a pesto sauce that well. Not that this issue’s cream cheese they’re amazing snack food, even if they and flavour stand out. Next, sprinkle some was quite good. It’s quite a lot of work for quesadillas are the healthiest thing for you take a while to prepare. cheddar cheese on top of each of the now just a snack, but I’d say the taste is more either, but they’re still a step up from eat- Cream Cheese Quesadillas – makes 4 cream-cheese covered tortillas. Add some than worth it. It certainly beats eating out ing two Kit-Kats and calling it lunch. quesadillas of the diced bell pepper and chopped green for a whole week straight. PDEs 101 BY DONOVAN MAUDSLEY AND LEAH KRISTUFEK 3B MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL 2016 THE IRON WARRIOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Sports 15 Super Bowl LI Recap Everything’s Bigger In Texas

frequently throughout the season, but adjustments range from assigning the and Julian Edelman, more often and it DONOVAN had finally found its rhythm. They kept blocking responsibilities differently paid off. The Patriots scored a touch- MAUDSLEY the pressure on Brady, sacking him mul- to swapping out players entirely to get down but missed the extra point to 3B MECHANICAL tiple times, and didn’t give up many better matchups. When the Patriots are round out the third quarter and a kicked yards on the ground. ahead, Bill likes to tweak things here a field goal shortly after that. The start of the third quarter was more and there to keep the pressure up, but The Patriots kept going with ten min- What makes a truly great football of the same, with the Patriots going when they are down he throws every utes left in the game and down by two game? Most would say explosive plays, 3-and-out and the Falcons responding idea he has onto the field. scores. They stifled the Falcons offense, edge-of-your-seat excitement, a come- with a touchdown. 28-3 is a pretty big So yeah, the Patriots started pulling having finally figured out how to shut back attempt, and sudden death over- deficit in any sport, and it was looking out all the stops to get something go- down Ryan and company. Patriot run- time. Super Bowl 51 between the New like the Patriots were going to choke. ing. They played a slightly more con- ning back James White went to work on England Patriots and the Atlanta Fal- New England’s head coach Bill Beli- servative game and put the ball in Tom the ground and found the end zone. Ju- cons had literally all of these. I’m go- chik is legendary for his game time ad- Brady’s hands more. The last few drives lian Edelman made probably the great- ing to walk through the action and then justments, and general ability to build of the game prove that you can’t EVER est catch in Super Bowl history for a break it down. and run a game plan. The man’s brain count out Touchdown Tom. much needed first down, which led to Not much happened in the first quar- is actually just a supercomputer spe- Brady started sending the ball to his another touchdown. With one minute ter. Both teams punted a few times and cially tuned for football analysis. These favourite receivers, Danny Amendola left the Patriots had pulled off the big- the defenses looked solid. The Falcons gest comeback in Super Bowl history. running game got moving a little bit, but Overtime was a historic event. No neither team was able to score. The Pa- NFL Championship Game has gone to triots came out in the second quarter and OT since 1958, and that was prior to started moving the chains, but turned the Super Bowl era. It was over fairly over the ball and allowed the Falcons to quickly though: the Patriots won the run in for the first score of the game. coin toss and marched the ball down the Following a New England 3-and-out, field for a touchdown. the Falcons took over again and Matt Records were shattered throughout Ryan threw his first ever Super Bowl the game. The Patriots won without ever touchdown. The Patriots were now leading in score. James White had the down by 14, and started throwing the most receptions ever in a Super Bowl. ball more. They started moving down Tom Brady beat pretty much ever quar- the field, but then Tom Brady threw his terback related record that there is, first ever playoff pick-6 and the Falcons and made a serious case for being the led 21-0. The Patriots got the ball back best quarterback to ever play the game. and scored a field goal before halftime. That’s the reason behind all the GOAT At this point the game was starting (Greatest Of All Time) memes online to look like a blowout. While the Su- right now. per Bowl is one of the world’s biggest For real though, it was a great game. sporting events, it’s usually not a very I was the only one of my friends cheer- good game. To put it simply, good foot- ing for the Falcons, which was kind of a ball teams don’t let the other team score bummer. My uncle has been a die-hard and enjoyable games have lots of scor- Falcons fan for my whole life, and I ing. Last year the Broncos suffocated have no special attachment to the Patri- the Panthers. A few years ago the Sea- ots (outside of Madden, where they’re hawks smothered the Broncos. Defenses Mark Sardella via flickr just so good). If you remember back to win championships. Super Bowl 51 was Bill Belichik and Tom Brady in 2013. The Pair Broke Re- my article from last issue, I’m now 0-4 beginning to look like another case of cords by Winning Super Bowl LI, Becoming Respectively The picking the Super Bowl Champ in the this. The Falcons defense had faltered First Coach and Player To Win Five Championships. last 4 years. I’ll get it eventually... Raptors Make Midseason Adjustments Is Ibaka the Right Fit?

Orlando, he’s averaging 15 points and 7 out. DeRozan will likely see minutes at this Friday, very much a must-win. The ELIZABETH rebounds. With a better offensive team small forward to give Carroll a rest. Car- Raptors are sitting four games back of SALSBERG like the Raptors, he will undoubtedly be roll has been sensational of late, frustrat- the Celtics and seven back of the East- 4B NANOTECHNOLOGY a frequent double-double contributor. ing the opposing offence to no end while ern Conference-leading Cleveland Cav- He also brings high-calibre basketball sinking multiple threes a game. We are aliers. If the playoffs started today, the THE BENCHWARMER REPORT experience from the Durant era in OKC finally seeing the Carroll from Atlanta Raptors would face the red-hot Atlanta and is an absolute monster on defense. who contained King James—to the ex- Hawks, with home-court advantage. If Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri Head coach Dwane Casey was delight- tent that King James can be contained the past is any indication, the Raptors brought power forward Serge Ibaka to ed with the signing. Though Ibaka is that is. The defensive begins and ends will need home court advantage in the the Raptors this week at a critical time strictly a rental for the time being, Ujiri with this man—between him and Ibaka, first two rounds to make it back to the for the team. The Raptors have won intends to re-sign him as a free agent in the Raptors’ defense should be much Conference Finals. They’ll need to earn only 5 of their last 16 games, a dismal the offseason. more consistent. it with defense, quality shot selection record thus far in 2017. They have slid The deal also means that Norman Pow- The Raptors should be a changed team and a hungry, serious, and focused atti- from second in the conference down to ell will see more well-deserved playing coming out of the all-star break. They tude. They have the tools, the coaching fourth, with the formerly razor sharp of- time in place of Terrence Ross. Powell start off with a home game against di- and the capability. Let’s see if they can fence looking dull. Defense, of course, brings a more complete game; he is a vision rival Boston Celtics at the ACC make good on it. remains a lingering issue, exacerbated stellar defender, he drives the net like by the lack of offence. The absence and no one’s business and he can shoot the inconsistent offensive play of workhorse mid-range jumper. He’s a much smarter Patrick Patterson among others hasn’t player than Ross, demonstrating much help either. Indeed, these Raptors looked better shot selection, and the ability to an awful lot like the 2015 team that spread out the floor, suck in the defense keeled over in four games to John Wall and kick it out to the perimeter for open and the Washington Wizards in the first looks. round. So what does the Raptors lineup look Ujiri, well aware of his teams’ plight, like now? If you’re Casey, there’s cer- sent guard/small forward Terrence Ross tainly plenty of palatable options. He along with the lower of the Raptors’ will likely go with Lowry and DeRo- two first round picks to the Orlando zan, with Carroll, Ibaka and Valanciunas Magic for Ibaka. Ibaka helped the OKC up front at the 3, 4 and 5 spots respec- Thunder to the NBA finals in 2012, tively. Off the bench, Cory Joseph and where he was a pivotal piece defen- Norman Powell take the backcourt, with sively against the three amigos, King Nogueira and rookie Jakub Poeltl taking Augustas Didzgalvis via Wikipedia Commons James, Wade and Bosh. This year with over 4 and 5 duties while Patterson is Can Ibaka Help The Raptors Go Deep in the Playoffs? THE IRON WARRIOR 16 Distractions WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 The Iron Crossword Sudoku Family Game Night #2017-03 CAMERON SOLTYS MEAGAN CARDNO 3T MECHANICAL 4B NANOTECHNOLOGY

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