Note: This document is hosted here for archival purposes only. It does not necessarily represent the values of the Iron Warrior or Waterloo Engineering Society in the present day.

1 THE NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ENGINEERING SOCIETY Volume 26 Issue 4 | Wednesday, March 16, 2005 http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca/

Entrepreneurial BUS PUSH FOR HEART & STROKE Design Champions at CEC 2005 This year, one individual and two teams passed the initial hur- dle of the Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) here in Waterloo to be invited out to QUOC HUY T LE Calgary. 3B Systems Design's 4B ELECTRICAL Jeff Alfonsi competed in the Editorial Communications cate- ach year the brightest engi- gory. My team (including my Eneering students across the buddies Preet Inder Shihn and country gather to see who the Erik Schmidt) competed in the best in Canada is. Usually, the Corporate Design category. And first and second place winners a 4B Systems Design team of each category in the regional (Alice Malisia, Melanie Stern, competitions are invited. This Beth Vary and Matthew Millard) year, three Waterloo groups got brought their project along to to fly out to Calgary, Alberta to show off in the Entrepreneurial participate in the Canadian Design category. Engineering Competition (CEC) Unfortunately, neither of 2005. Alfonsi nor my team placed in From March 3rd through the our respective categories. But 6th the students from the Waterloo did not come home University of Calgary were gra- empty handed as the fourth year cious enough to provide us with Systems team took first place in excellent accommodations and the Entrepreneurial Design with entertaining activities. (If you their computer assisted piano happen to run into anyone that tuner. They beat out stiff com- went, ask them about the risqué petition by the likes of U of T pleasures Cowboy's on Friday with their motion tracking net- night!) work and a fellow from Ryerson As always, corporate spon- who compiled his own compres- sorship provided the competi- sion implementation algorithm. tors with a prime opportunity to After the awards were hand- find out about career possibili- ed out during the Saturday night ties that wait in the west. Not banquet there was a slew of Last Saturday, engineering students braved the snowy weather to pull a bus from UW campus to surprisingly, many companies thank you's and congratulations, Waterloo city hall. This year, over $5000 was raised for the Heart and Stroke Foundation! were of the fuel and energy in the middle of which our hosts business. There were some from U of C distributed white other corporations there as well hats to all the competitors. By including a strong presence doing so, we were all made hon- from the Canadian Armed ourary Calgarians as per the tra- Fire in CPH High-Voltage Lab Forces. dition in Calgary. Yeehaa! Damage estimated at over $1 million ments by four professors in the above it. ECE Power and Energy Systems Fortunately, the fire was large- Group. Research in the lab focus- ly confined. After some initial es on high-voltage insulation for cleanup, students and staff were power transmission, power quali- able to return to classrooms and CINDY BAO ty, electrical technologies for food offices the next day. The EngSoc 3B ELECTRICAL processing, and water purifica- C&D also resumed its operations. tion, among others. Some of the Air purifiers and high-pow- n Monday, March 7th, many long-term experiments run twen- ered fans have been placed Ofaculty members, students ty-four hours a day, seven days a throughout the building to elimi- and staff had come to Carl week, and do not require constant nate the smell of smoke, while all Pollock Hall for work or class, supervision. surfaces, floors, and walls are only to find the building was The exact cause of the fire has being thoroughly cleaned. closed for the day due to a fire not been identified at this point. Reconstruction of the lab is that occurred in the high voltage Nobody was in the lab at the time expected to take approximately lab at about 4 am. and no injuries occurred. The esti- three months, as it must be com- The two-storey lab is situated mated damage is over $1 million pletely rebuilt. However, it may in CPH 1333, across from the in equipment, with another take years to completely replace CEC Entrepreneurial Team members Alice Malisia, Beth Vary, multimedia lab. It serves as the $150,000 in smoke and soot dam- all the equipment and make up for Matthew Millard, and Melanie Stern placed first in their competition. home for the research experi- age to the lab and two offices the lost research. 2 Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Letter from the editor It is only by embracing education produce a budget which would placate that the quality of our lives and the the opposition parties so as to avoid The Newspaper of the University of strength of our economy can continue the collapse of the government, the Waterloo Engineering Society to grow. However, significant invest- Liberals tabled a budget high on ments must be made to bring the stan- promises but low on substance. Editor-in-Chief JAMES SCHOFIELD dard of Ontario universities up to the Although on the surface, there James Schofield EDITOR-IN-CHIEF national average, and even more to appears to be considerable new invest- bring it in line with the North ment (notably, for the Canadian mili- Assistant Editor Since February, there have been American average. Rae implores the tary), much of the money consists of Dan Arnott two significant events which will have provincial government to commit itself funds that were previously announced, the potential to change the course of to education, and makes several ambi- and funds which will be distributed Photo Editor postsecondary education for some time tious recommendations. over a five-year period. As minority John Olaveson to come: The Rae Review on First, he recommends an increase in governments go, Paul Martin's govern- Postsecondary Education released its base funding to colleges and universi- ment will be fortunate to survive Layout Editor final report in early February, and the ties of $1.3 billion by 2007-08, with another year in parliament, let alone Gabriel Chan Federal Budget was tabled a couple of the majority of the money to be direct- five. After the next election, most of weeks later. ed towards quality improvements. He these five-year commitments will in all Technical Editor The Rae Review was headed by for- also recommends that funding should likelihood be brushed under the rug [Vacant] mer premier Bob Rae, and was com- be guaranteed for any qualified student and forgotten. missioned by the Government of who wishes to attend postsecondary The budget was severely criticized Webmaster Ontario to provide recommendations education, regardless of the family's by the FEDS for providing no relief for Cindy Bao on the design and funding model of income. In addition, he recommends a students graduating with debt, and for postsecondary education in the major reorganization of OSAP, by failing to implement the Liberal's cam- Advertising Manager province. It took into consideration the increasing funding for lower-income paign commitment of creating a dedi- [Vacant] accessibility of education, the quality students, and making more middle- cated education transfer, which was of the education provided, the overall income students eligible for loans. promised to eventually provide $7- to Distribution Manager design and coherence of the entire sys- Engineering students will probably $8-billion in new funding for educa- Richard Li tem, the funding required to provide a be happy to hear that Rae recommends tion. The NDP, unsurprisingly, was high-class education, and the account- continuing the tuition freeze until the also vocal in expressing their dissatis- Offstream Editor-in-Chief ability of the colleges and universities new funding is put in place. Thus, the faction with the lack of funding for David Yip to the government and to taxpayers. two-year tuition freeze will likely postsecondary education. Prior to releasing the report, there was remain in place for the coming year. In the end, while the Rae Report an extensive consultation process While he does not completely demand offers some hope for improved post- Staff which received submissions from uni- an end to tuition deregulation in pro- secondary education in Ontario, and an versity administrators, industry, and fessional programs like engineering, end to the ridiculous tuition hikes over Katherine Chiang students groups, among others. he does suggest that tuition should be the past decade, the provincial govern- Neil Damgaard In the report, Rae champions the subject to a provincial framework ment will likely move slowly in imple- Francis Hope benefits of higher education, whether which should provide more pre- menting these recommendations Chun Lam provided by colleges or universities. dictability and fairness than the 15% because of budgetary constraints. The Quoc Huy T. Le He writes, “People have a right to annual tuition hike which Waterloo federal government, however, has no Ian Leung develop to their full potential. engineering students have endured excuse for the pathetic budget which Richard Li Learning is a value in itself. The from several years. was recently tabled. As it rakes in bil- LowRider capacity to be curious and reflective is The response to the report has gen- lions of dollars in surplus ever year, Christine McCullough what allows us to grow as individuals. erally been positive. The University there is certainly room for at least Kevin Quan To be moved by an eloquent passage or administration and FEDS have both some investment. Michael Simoes poem, to be relentlessly inventive in expressed their support for the recom- Edward Tan solving the riddles of natural science, mendations in the report. However, Sung Hon Wu to be learned and practiced in a body of what remains to be seen is whether the knowledge or a skill, to understand the government will be able to find the time and discipline it takes to do some- necessary funds to implement these Contributors thing well: these are indispensable cul- changes. Given the current deficit situ- tural values that need to be ation in Ontario, and the spiraling Joachim D’Costa championed.” Moreover, he notes how costs of health care, it seems unlikely Andrew Dodds Questions? Comments? the percentage of high school gradu- that extra funding for education will be Ken Hanes ates continuing their education after found anytime soon. David Johnson We welcome letters and feedback high school has dramatically increased Moving on to the other major event, Karim Lallani from all our readers. Please email over the past 40 years, despite the con- the Federal Budget — what was per- Tom Lee us at: tinual university participation gap haps most significant about this budget Alicia Liu between low- and high-income fami- was the complete lack of any signifi- [email protected] Kristen Yee Loong lies. cant education initiatives. In trying to Parisa Mahdian Kevin Po Andrea Rayner Neil Rittenhouse Mike Spendlove Kirk Steele Taneem A. Talukdar

The Iron Warrior is a forum for thought provoking and informative articles published by the Engineering Society. Views expressed in The Iron Warrior are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Engineering Society. The Iron Warrior encourages submissions from stu- dents, faculty and members of the university commu- nity. Submissions should reflect the concerns and intellectual standards of the university in general. The author's name and phone number should be included. All submissions, unless otherwise stated, become the property of The Iron Warrior, which reserves the right to refuse publication of material which it deems unsuitable. The Iron Warrior also reserves the right to edit grammar, spelling and text that do not meet university standards. Authors will be notified of any major changes that may be required. Mail should be addressed to The Iron Warrior, Engineering Society, CPH 1327, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1. Our phone number is (519) 888-4567 x2693. Our fax number is (519) 725-4872. E-mail can be sent to [email protected] Wednesday, February 2, 2005 3 Who you gonna call? LowRider! I’m glad that you sent me this letter. I Dear Mischievous, through midterms, and now finals are know a lot of people who were very upset I didn’t think that was true, but then I only a few weeks away. I think that the by that article in question. You probably looked into it a little more. I know a girl longer I wait, the tougher it will be, but I have one of the best reasons for being who knows a guy who agreed to answer don’t want to do it before finals in case he upset, because you were the victim of this question as long as he stayed anony- takes it really badly and fails. What LOWRIDER slander, libel and defamation of character. mous. I’m paraphrasing what he told her should I do? 4B CHEMICAL No, I’m serious. However, this is not the to tell me. —K place for such discussions. “It’s all true. They used to keep IT Dear LowRider, You don’t want to fight the way that pretty much out in the open, and anybody Dear K, Opinions may differ about how fun the public sees you after this article and could just walk up, defile IT or whatever I can understand your problem. You’re IRS was. I had a great time. So did most picture. That will look bad. Instead, I and then leave. After the last IW, so many dating a wussy pretty boy with feelings of my friends, even the ones who got think you should embrace your “new” people wanted to come and join the defil- who doesn’t own a red bandana. I’m arrested and beat by the po po. So when I image as a clothes-tearing, chauvinistic, ing that there was a big line up and things going to proceed with my answer assum- pick up last IW and I see my head on page womyn-hating, anti-sports-bra thug. just got out of hand. It was a bad scene, so ing that this is true. Normally, my advice 4. I think, this could be a good day. Then Some chicks dig that- for instance, all the now they just rocket The TOOL into for breakups is just to stop contacting or I read the article, and I realize that she is female engineering students who went to space between special events (i.e. seeing the person so that you don’t do talking about how IRS is a female- IRS. Obviously, they went to IRS so that Gradball, EOT, etc.). Stephen Hawking anything to hurt their feelings, if applica- unfriendly party. Then I look back at the they could be the victims of guys like you was the guy who did the physics to figure ble. By the time he puts 2 and 2 together, picture that I didn't know was taken of (the image you, not the real you), not for out the exact orbits you need to keep IT in it might be finals time, which is not cool. me, that I didn't know would be used bonding with their classmates, having a space for the perfect amount of time.” So, what you need to do is write a above an article that shouldn't have been good time, or any of the reasons that a I guess that means that you can’t breakup letter. Then go to the post office, written in the first bloodclot place. guy would go. You can use that to your defile it any more. Your source was very and have them date stamp it for like 3 So to straighten the record, playa, I advantage. well informed, but is now out of date by a weeks ago. Then when he gets the letter, have the following question: Can you In conclusion, go with this new image. couple of weeks. Sorry that’s not the he’ll think Canada Post lost the letter tem- help me put a positive spin on things for It’s apparently what girls want anyway. answer you were looking for. porarily. Then he’ll realize that it’s the masses who don't know me as the sen- —LR —LR already been 3 weeks since you guys sitive guy I am, instead of the womaniz- broke up, and he’s pretty much over you ing caveman that the pic + article make Dear LowRider, Dear LowRider, anyway. Problem solved. me seem like? You seem to know what’s what around I’ve been dating my boyfriend for —LR Your Friend, UW Eng. I, like, heard that I can defile about a year. Things were pretty good at E "Tarzan" Rock The TOOL anytime I want. How would I first, but I’m just not into him anymore Have a problem? Need advice? go about doing that? Appreciate the help. and I think we should break up. I just Email LowRider at: Hey E-Rock, —Mischievous 2A don’t have time to do it. I just made it [email protected] Canadian Government: No to Missile Defense, Yes to Millitarization conformance. But you see, by spending the Canadian government to join the pro- usually involves some type of basic train- money on the military, you give the mili- gram, and for four years in typical Liberal ing; this training involves learning tech- tary more cash to spend on developing per- style, they have been mulling and provid- niques on surviving in the outdoors, and in sonnel and equipment to go on more UN ing ambiguous responses to the question. first aid. But more importantly, the training peacekeeping missions, which spread Now one must ask the question, why involves some type of physical exertion. CHUN LAM world peace (world peace…), and also, the would the US want Canada’s support with This physical exercise will keep a nation’s 3A CHEMICAL military can now buy more equipment and this project? Its not money they're looking adult population fit, and help reduce obesi- supplies from Canadian companies like for, as Canada has a pitiful military (if you ty in an overweight population that’s n February 23, 2005, the 2005 budget bullets, helmets, uniforms, and food can call it that), and were too cheap to addicted to sugar and fatty foods. Owas announced in the House of rations, thereby generating economic spend on anything as expensive as the The military teaches discipline and Commons by Finance Minister Ralph progress which generates more tax dollars. Ballistic Missile Defense System. So what self-control, a character trait that usually Goodale. Along with the other regurgitated This increase in funding may be the US would really want from us is to use degrades in a liberal society; hence, con- funding proposals came the announcement required as Canada’s dependence on US our reputation as a neutral and fair moder- scription instills a degree of discipline in of $12.8 Billion for the Canadian Military. military support is compromised with the ator in world affairs. If Canada were to the people. Also, conscription will produce The $12.8 billion will be spent over 5 Canadian government’s decision not to sign on to this defense system, then this diversity within the ranks of the military. years to booster Canadian forces numbers join the US Ballistic Missile Defense sys- system would become much more legiti- Typically, in most professional militaries, by 5,000 troops, and reserve forces by tem. On February 24, Prime Minister Paul mate in the eyes of the international com- military personnel usually have the similar 3,000, and spent on improving the equip- Martin announced to the House of munity, and hence permit the US to cultural views, class status, and education- ment and other infrastructure areas. This Commons that Canada develop this system al levels. Filling military ranks with more funding is the largest increase in funding in would not take any part with little protest. This diverse people makes the military more 20 years. (officially) with the “The system is being was the main reason successful in completing a task, as it con- Ever since the end of World War 2, the Ballistic Missile why the US has been tains more diverse backgrounds and per- Canadian military has been a decaying Defense system of the perceived as a ‘disappointed’ with us— ceptions of that task at hand. Also, the entity, from 100,000 persons in 1956 to USA. For all those not attempt by the US to we just didn’t play along exposure of diverse people to each other around 60,000 today; where spending on aware of the situation, dominate / blackmail with their game. makes people aware of the problems of defense has decreased from 6% of the the US are developing a So with the US not people of other classes/professions/cul- GDP to 1% of the GDP in the same time Ballistic Missile the world ” pleased about us not tures/education levels, which lead to a bet- frame. Today, the Canadian military Defense system which supporting their military ter possibility of the harmonious remains one of the best-trained armies in in theory would inter- endeavors, i.e. Iraq, and integration of the masses. Similar to my the world, but the lack of proper equip- cept a nuclear missile launched by a ‘rogue missile defense, we would expect the US last point, by putting people into a com- ment and infrastructure make it a farce. nation’ by using a complex system of to be less supportive of defending Canada. mon institution it provides a common way When Canada buys used subs decommis- space satellites and ground installations So what now? to unite the members of the nation for the sioned from another country, and its only that would coordinate an interceptor mis- Well how about mandatory conscrip- benefit of the nation. tank battalion contains 110 1960’s Leopard sile that would collide with the nuclear tion in Canada? For all those who don’t In Canada, the institution of multicul- tanks, you know that we don’t give a crap missile and prevent it from reaching its tar- know what conscription is, conscription is turalism has left Canada a fragmented about our defense, and we're screwed if get. the requirement of a nation’s citizens to patchwork of ethnic groups. This is most someone invades us. Unfortunately, this Scientists have called the system ‘hit- undergo a finite term of military service. evident in Toronto, one of the most diverse lack of proper support for our military has ting a bullet with another bullet.’ Now the Conscription has always been a dicey topic cities in the world, except ethnic groups deteriorated the armed forces to a point of system has so far been a white elephant (or for people, training people in the art of war are ghettoized into specific areas in the city collapse. This new funding will go a long in other terms a POS), as tests performed is quite debatable on its contribution of the Ð i.e. Little Italy on College Street, China away toward maintaining some state of on prototypes of the system have failed development of the nation, as war is quite Town on Spadina, the Greeks on Danforth. readiness of our armed forces. consistently. But ideologically, the system horrific and graphic. But I personally think Even this patchwork is evident at UW, as Now, all those peace-loving, anti-war, is being perceived as a attempt by the US that mandatory service in an institution is noted by the “He Can’t Speak Mandarin anti-military folk out there must be quite to dominate/blackmail the world with a beneficial to a nation. Other nations, which but..” Imprint article, and social commen- disappointed that the federal government global weapon that can accurately ‘mush- have mandatory conscription, are Sweden, tary by quick-witted Francis Hope. By get- spends $12 billion on buying weapons and room cloud’ any country that doesn’t agree Norway, Finland, and Switzerland, which ting everyone to join a central institution missiles instead of a less profitable cause with the US. For the past 4 years, the Bush rank high on the UN’s Nation’s Quality of like the military, it instills a sense of unity like affordable housing or Kyoto protocol administration has been lobbying hard on Living Index. Mandatory military service in all ethnic groups towards Canada. 4 Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Brain Drain: The Truth Pro-Life: One Half of the Larry Smith reminds us, net job growth has been positive for years. The USA has a monster budget deficit, its retirement sys- Great Debate tem will not be able to support seniors in 30 sins of the father is wrong, and will add years, the US dollar is falling and people additional emotional and physical stress to SUNG HON WU are betting on when not if it will crash, and an already fragile situation. In India, if a 4B COMPUTER as Larry Smith reminds us, net job growth woman is raped, she is disowned by the fam- has barely been positive on the last 4 years. ily, and will more than likely be put to death. emember the word “brain drain”, that Score +1 for Canada. MICHAEL SIMOES It is not her fault that she got raped, yet they Rword that came to symbolize all that • Health Care — Canada has universal 2A CHEMICAL would still kill her. If this is wrong, then so was crazy about the dot-com bubble, when health care, USA does not. Score +1 for is killing the baby within her. It is not the it was thought every intelligent engineer in Canada. he essence behind the pro-life move- baby's fault his/her father raped his/her Canada were packing their bags and going ¥ Taxes — Canada has high high taxes. Tment is that human life begins at the mother. In some cases, the growth of a baby to Silicon Valley to work at pets.com? The As a general rule, for every dollar you moment of conception and lasts until the within the mother’s womb could cause death term certainly has faded as the years have make, 50 cents go to the government, and moment of natural death. All human life is to either the mother or the child. These passed, but for many here in Waterloo, they for every dollar you spend, 15 cents go to important, and no one has the right to take cases, although rare, do happen. The most still have to decide between working in the government. The USA was founded on away life from anyone. Within this broad frequently-occurring of these cases are tubal Canada vs. working in the U.S. As some- tax revolt, so it has low taxes. If you live in definition of the pro-life stance, there are pregnancies (the growth of the baby is one who has done both, I have decided to Washington State, you pay no state income more specific groups that focus on ending occurring in the fallopian tube). The life of offer a quick list of pros and cons. tax, and if you live in Oregon, you pay no abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, death dur- the baby cannot be saved at this point, and ¥ The climate. Its March. Outside of my sales tax. This is a really nice feature for all ing war, and slave/human trafficking. the mother would die as well. The embryo room, I see a lot of snow right now, and this those poor students who are up to their Typically the debate between the pro-life must be removed from the fallopian tube; is one of the warmer places in Canada. The necks in debt. Score +1 for USA and pro-choice advocates deals with abor- however, the intent of killing the child is not U.S has an undeniable advantage being • Political leaders — Canada is lead by tion. Some of the most common arguments there. south of us; there is a reason why retirees in Paul Martin, a Mr Dithers who cannot seem surround the questions: “is it a woman’s In many cases, those who seek abortions Canada go south in the winter and to make up his mind on anything. But at “choice” to have an abortion” and “is abor- are those that are in “crisis” pregnancies. Americans do not come north. Score +1 for least we can claim that Mr Martin has bal- tion murder? Many women will choose to abort their USA. anced the budget, created a national day- To begin, life must be defined. The child due to economical hardships, angry • Career opportunity — Here the USA care program, and not made the country go American Heritage Dictionary defines life parents, or nowhere to seek help. Is this any dominates Canada, whether you want to do through a referendum to blow it up as Mr as “The property or quality that distinguish- way for life to be regarded? Just because the the best research (Harvard, MIT, Yale, Trudeau and Mr Chrétien did. The USA es living organisms from dead organisms baby is unwanted, society in general says it Stanford), the best computer technologies has Mr Bush. In Canada, there are about 10 and inanimate matter, manifested in func- is okay to kill him/her. Would we ever think (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon), or the people who actually like his strong and tions such as metabolism, growth, reproduc- of killing a son or a daughter when times get best finance career (Wall St), the USA has sometimes effective leadership in solving tion, and response to stimuli or adaptation to tough and there is no way to provide for the “best”. Canada has certainly improved some of the most difficult problems around. the environment originating from within the them? By this same reasoning, there is no in the last 10 years or so with increased For the rest, Mr Bush is toxic Texan who organism.” From the moment of conception, reason to kill the unborn. There are 2 million funding for research and companies such as says “We’re working hard to put food on a life exists within the mother. Some people couples in the world looking to adopt a RIM and ATI, but it has a long way to go your family”, “I come from Texas” and refer to this life as a fetus, which in Latin child. These couples are going to raise the before it can match the USA for opportuni- “I’m right, you disagree with me, I’ll bomb means “little one” or “offspring”. The baby child to the best of their ability, while loving ties to do interesting work. Score +2 USA you, so help me God!!” (The last quote was at 8 weeks has all of his/her bodily func- and caring for them. The adoption agencies • Diversity — Canada loves to define fabricated) For the 10 people who like tions, which are fully functional, at 22 days screen the couple and will not give the child itself by the fact it is a multicultural society. Bush, +1 for USA, for the rest of Canada, he/she has a heartbeat and by 6 weeks he/she into the hands of “bad” people. If the child It starts with the 2 official languages. its +5000000000000000000000000 for has brain waves. He/she grows, eats what ends up in a foster home or an orphanage, it Where else can you find Caribana? Or the Canada, to create an average of he/she receives through the umbilical cord, has a rough life growing up, but at least it great variety of restaurants in Toronto, from +4999999999999999999999.99999 for his/her microscopic cells are reproducing has the chance to grow up in this world; to Chinese to Indian to Thai? The USA is not Canada and he/she is responding to stimuli. For deny him/her the experience of life would be bad in this area, through—one of my most The final score is +4 for USA example, if you put music around the moth- wrong. vivid memories from Seattle last fall was +5000000000000000003.9999 for Canada. er’s stomach, the mother will feel the baby The Pope, in his recent writings, has just how diverse it was; visit a mall and it So it seems the best advice is to stay in moving inside her as it adapts to the envi- called our culture a culture of death, with a could feel like a mall from Toronto in terms Canada. For all those people who are going ronment of the uterus. The DNA, the very new ideology of evil that has been accepted of the people there. Score +1 for Canada to the USA, it seems they might have made makeup of a human being, is a composition by society. Within these writings, he since Canada has the 2nd language. a mistake. Perhaps the brain drain in fact of both the mother and the father’s DNA, describes abortion as the legal extermination • Economy — Canada has a budget sur- refers to how anyone who is going to the and is not exactly the mother’s DNA; this is of the unborn, genocide of that group of plus, our retirement system is secure for at US had their brains drained of all wise deci- especially true if the child is a male. He/she society. Going even further, he compares least 75 years, the loonie is going up, and as sion-making. has a different fingerprint and a different this legal extermination to the Jewish blood type, all characteristics which define Holocaust. His comparisons are true, since it us in society. was legal in those days of Nazi Germany to Now it has been established that at the kill a Jew and not be punished, just as it is Good Times at GradBall moment of conception there is a life, a baby, legal today to kill an unborn child. For a an appearance. The recently-ringed engi- existing within the mother’s womb. Is it reform to come, the ideology of evil must be neers were surely on their best of behav- really the mother’s body, and her right to put down. Mother Theresa once said that all iours, as opposed to mobbing the Tool take the life of the unborn child? Before she cures for cancer and AIDS have been dis- Bearers a la IRS. got pregnant, it was her body to make deci- covered, but society accepted the abortion of During the course of the evening, pres- sions for, but when she got pregnant, the those who would create the cure. Although CINDY BAO idents from both societies Nick Lawler and child is a new body growing within her the above two people speaking against abor- 3B ELECTRICAL Karim Lallani announced the recipients of body, and she needs to take responsibility tion are both Roman Catholic, the issue is Paul and Paula Plummer Awards, who for her actions. If she was raped, and during not a religious one. However, it is society’s ant to enjoy a night of dinner, dance have “contributed to the benefit of the that violation of her body she conceived a issue, making it our problem. For more Wand simply a good time with over Engineering Society in such a manner to child within her, the baby is still a living information about this issue, please visit five hundred people? Start looking for- be outstanding and commendable”. The human being. To kill the baby because of the www.abortionno.org. ward to your gradball, because that’s pre- eight individuals recognized this year are: cisely what many fourth-years did on Emma Bardon, Mary Bland, Grant March 4th at the Bingeman’s. Holohan, Larissa Klypycz, Josh Levitz. If you have been around on the day of Laura Mooney, Sarah Sirega, and Ryan IRS and see the drunken fourth years in Walker. their ridiculous outfits, it certainly is a con- For the graduating class, Gradball is trast to see them again, all dressed immac- one of the rituals of graduating. For one ulately in suits and gowns, looking prim. night, people are complaining not about With the reception set up and ready to labs but complaining about the food; shar- go at 5:00 pm, the first guests didn’t arrive ing not about four years worth of pain but until about 5:30. After the dinner tables sharing about the future; talking not about were cleared and the guests hit the dance how sleep deprived they are but talking floor, the party went well past midnight. about how beautiful the dresses look. Besides the incredibly long queue of peo- A special thanks goes to Jenny Yeung, ple waiting to get their photos taken by the Alice Malisia and everyone else involved photographers around nine, the night went in organizing the event, from booking the smoothly. venue down to choosing the colours of the As part of the rituals, the TOOL made napkins. Wednesday, February 2, 2005 5

POINT VS. COUNTERPOINT Is IRS still a relevant celebration? tures, but I can understand that some guys and girls be able to rip clothes off of share your aversion to IRS. But please, people could view it as a disturbance, or each other? Men and women are treated don’t say that IRS should go away simply take offence to the sometimes outlandish as equals in all other aspects of because you don’t like it. That’s childish costumes. But your fourth-year comrades Engineering at Waterloo, why should this reasoning. If people were being forced to are not trying to offend you—they are be any different? That would be a dou- attend or had no other viable alternative, DAN ARNOTT simply celebrating their own accomplish- ble-standard. Oh, and what if an over- it would be a legitimate concern, but 2A ENVIRONMENTAL ments, and giving you an idea of how zealous male should rip TOO MUCH while there are options, please stop try- good it will feel to be done. I remember clothing off of a female? Come on— ing to ruin it for the rest of us. here’s been a lot of talk going around that day, the graduating Enviro-Civ class we’ve worked with our classmates for Further to that point, as mentioned, I Tlately about the time-honoured stormed my Probability lecture, and four years as respected colleagues, in am in my second year. I have a long way Waterloo Engineering tradition of the delivered a particularly poignant drunken drunken times and sober. Give us more to go before I can stand looking back on Iron Ring Stag, or IRS; suggestions that speech about the ‘priceless’ times you credit than that. it all, an Iron Ring on my finger and a maybe it’s a little bit outdated, that will have with your classmates over the That being said, it is a valid point that smile on my face. I want to be able to maybe it should not be continued as it is, years. That is the real message, folks. standard-issue IRS black boxers are sex- have the same experience that my com- and replaced instead by some other cele- Let’s move on to the actual IRS event, ist, providing protection for males only. rades before me had. And I want to cele- bration. Ugly words like ‘sexist’ are after Iron Rings have been received. It would not be that hard to provide black brate the same time-honoured way that being thrown around, and people are get- From what I have gathered, it is a big cel- sports bras or tank tops- there’s no sense they celebrated. Really, these people ting very disgruntled and unfriendly ebration with dancing, TOOL-touching, in changing the clothes-ripping aspect stampeded through my class stone drunk about it. This is a shame and an outrage, and ripping-off of non-black clothing. when a simple modification to garments and caused a ruckus, swore a solemn oath and it must be addressed. Now personally, I would derive a great provided could make it safer for both to the dignity and responsibility of their I am currently in my second year, and amount of fun from such activities. But sexes. profession, and then went and tore each due to co-op, this has been the first term objections are understandable. Isn’t there It is also important to consider that no others’ clothes off while drinking and that I’ve been able to witness the truly something wrong with ripping off the one is being forced to go to IRS. If it touching a sixty-inch pipe wrench with wonderful IRS celebrations. Personally, I clothing of female classmates? Well, doesn’t sound like your idea of a good iron-ringed fingers. Do I deserve to do think it’s fun to have a bunch of drunken guys can rip clothes off guys, girls can time, then don’t go. Go somewhere else, any less? Please, do us all a favour, and fourth-years parading through your lec- rip clothes off girls, so why shouldn’t to a bar, out to dinner, with friends that don’t mess with IRS.

banned from the University of Waterloo? However, these students sometimes go social people in engineering, and the Iron Many people would into non-engineering Ring Stag has many events that are consid- simply say no, it should classrooms or non-engi- ered risqué. For example, there is a part of be kept, while others “...many other engi- neering offices and dis- the ceremony where all of a person's would disagree. One rupt the classes or clothes are torn off until they are wearing FRANCIS HOPE reason that it should be neering faculties do professors within. This is nothing but black. This might be consid- 3B ELECTRICAL removed is because of not have a celebratory a minor inconvenience, ered offensive by some people. the actions of some of but it does disrupt the The last thing to consider is that many ow before I say anything else, I would the graduates before the event like the University. The other other engineering faculties do not have a Njust like to say that I think that IRS is IRS ceremony. This is University of Waterloo downside is that many of celebratory event like the University of a great tradition that celebrates a student the time where graduat- has...” the drunken graduates Waterloo has, and simply have a clubbing graduating from the University of ing students get to go cause minor damage to night or go out for a party instead. Waterloo. But I am playing devil's advo- out and show that they the University, such as Anyway, this is just the other side of the cate for this issue. Having said that... are graduating in a broken windows. The issue, but I still think that IRS Night is Do you think that the IRS should be drunken and humorous manner. other point is that there are a lot of anti- great.

Sandford Fleming Foundation E2 3322, ext 4008, sff@engmail www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~sff

Student Travel Grants: The Sandford Fleming Foundation provides grant money to students for Conference Registration, Conference Presentations, Technical Team Projects and Non-Academic Professional Conferences. Only engineering undergraduates are eligible to apply and only work carried out while at the University will be considered for grants. Please check our web site for further information.

Emergency Loan Funds: SFF has made available funds for short-term emergency loans, interest free for 90 days. These loans are available to engineering undergraduates, on either an academic or work term. Contact the Student Awards office for further information.

The John Fisher Award for Leadership

The John Fisher Award for Leadership is made from time to time to a graduating student whose activities throughout his/her academic career have made significant contributions to Co-operative Engineering Education. Nominations for the Award can originate from student groups, faculty members and the Foundation. Nominations should document the nominee's contributions and other support for the nomination. Contributions are to have a professional orientation and can involve student activities, the Sandford Fleming Foundation work or other appropriate functions. Letters from colleagues, faculty members, and others knowledgeable of the nominee’s efforts will be given consideration.

The Award at Convocation consists of a Citation and an Honorarium of $1,000. For more information, contact the Sandford Fleming Foundation. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2005. 6 Wednesday, March 16, 2005 You can’t take it with you Reflections on 5 years at UW Sycamore in the play goes through so refund system finally appear, will the engi- many emotions and is such a girl, which neering GradBook come in book form and she can’t relate at all. a CD-ROM as well? Even though the play is mostly jokes Then I reflect upon an interview I had and the director wishes the people who with June Lowe on 1A term. She gave CINDY BAO come to see it are having fun, he pointed SUNG HON WU such good observations about life at uni- 3B ELECTRICAL out the message of the play is that you 4B COMPUTER versity. She said that “Enjoy your first really can’t take it with you. Written in the year, while you have great school spirit, t’s that time of the term again, when a mid 30’s, Fairles finds it still has its rele- f there ever is a time to reflect on life in because by the end, all the graduates just Ibunch of engineers with a strong pas- vance today. He hope the audience “real- IWaterloo, for me this is the time, while want to get out of here and start making sion for live theatre brings you the ize life isn’t all about work and money, it’s all the fun 4th year activities are done, and money”. It is so true; I can see it among beloved tradition of the Engineering Play. about living” and success “shouldn’t mean yet school is not quite finished. the people in my class. We all once loved This year, the director Chris Fairles giving up happiness and freedom.” As I reflect, my first thought is how studying, marks really did matter. But and the assistant director Neil Cavan bring Although Fairles said it is purely coin- much the student experience has changed somewhere along the way, perhaps after us the Pulitzer-winning You Can’t Take It cidence, it is nonetheless worth to point for the better in the last 5 years. Even as the first bombed final, perspectives With You, by George S. Kaufman and out that You Can’t Take It With You, sim- others complain the school is getting change, marks do not motivate like they Moss Hart. It was decided upon for some ilar to last B-soc play Arsenic and Old worse (step up President Johnson) I see used to, a bad midterm creates laughter not very practical reasons: a large cast and a Lace, is also a hit Broadway screwball how things are getting better. For exam- tears. Now the things that we talk about unit set to eliminate the need of scene comedy which was eventually adapted ple, when I first came, I lived in V1, as a are jobs, careers, where we want to live, changes. Yet, the simplicity of later is off- into a film directed by Frank Capra. large percentage of 1st years then did. V1 and RRSP’s (you feel your age when …). set by the former as the cast includes nine- Before picking out You Can’t Take It was fun, but there is a reason why most As a computer engineer, I also reflect teen members in total, turning out to be With You, Fairles considered a number of people prefer suite-style housing. But upon my luck on graduating this year. The more difficult than anticipated. other plays, including Arthur Miller’s now, I am living in luxury at Mackenzie year I came in was the very top of the bub- With a cast this size and everyone a “The Crucible”, which he has worked on King, which was just a big hole 4 years ble. I could remember talking to two 2nd full engineering workload, to schedule a before, Tom Stoppard’s “Acadia”, and ago. I remember the 1st-year courses, and year computer engineers, and they said rehearsal is next to impossible. There’s “The Real Inspector Hound”. The possi- in those days you had to spend $10 at the graduates that year could expect $100K generally someone missing due to school bility of doing a musical came up as well. beginning of every term buying a book of signing bonuses and a starting salary of or other commitments. Most of the time, However, most are ruled out due to tech- old exams to study. Well, now it is free $100K. Then I saw the bubble collapse, the scenes were rehearsed out of nical details, such as excessive scene with the online exam bank. I remember and suddenly even finding a job became sequences to accommodate everyone, and changes or extravagant set pieces, which when not every engineering course had a impossible. If predictions are true, 2005 the directors occasionally fill in the lines are beyond the reach of a relatively small website, and how easy it is now to study will be the best year to look for a job since for the missing individuals. student production. when every assignment, every course note 2000. Quite a blessing since the first real The cast members enjoy working The major source of funding for the is just a click away. And I remember the job often sets the direction of person’s together despite the fact everyone finds it play is the EngSoc budget and ticket sales. school before Quest and Jobmine, how career. And probably now is a good time challenging to juggle with the times. A Time constraints make it hard to find other frustrating it was in those days to pick to leave since a good economy when you few veterans claim this is the funniest cast sponsors and the directors did not see the courses, to actually walk to Needles Hall graduate is never a guarantee. they have worked with, and some of the need for more sponsorship than what looking at job postings, to actually have a I think now about how this day would first timers are just having a great time and EngSoc provides. report card mailed to you. Now, it is all so never arrive, the torture of all the labs, all are happy to learn a lot of new things. When inquired about the future plans, convenient, all these tasks can now be the projects, all the exams. It seemed that When it comes to their roles, Mark Fairles said he will pass the torch onto done with a click of a mouse. five years would be an eternity with all that Truchanowicz, who plays Boris Neil Cavan, who he believes has already I can only imagine what student life work. But then you have all the friends, all Kolenkhov said his character is loud, had the play picked out. However, keep will be like in 5 years. How will the expe- those parties, all the laughter, and like a booming and boisterous, much like him- your eyes open, because you may just see rience change? Will online learning get blink of an eye, its over. All good things self. Yet Melissa Cesana thinks Alice him on stage. even easier, will a functional and simple must come to an end. Update from warm, sunny India that make V1 look like paradise, along removed for the sake of our ‘weak’ for- saw crows diving into water from a tree, with all the amenities for living, learn- eigner tolerance levels, and buying and coming out white. This showed him ing, and enjoying life. On campus there whatever we could find. We were also how special the place was, and so the is both the TIET and a smaller treated to a rock garden. Now I know temple was later built there. The waters Polytechnic. The machine shop we’ve what you’re thinking, and yes, my 3 pho- inside are part of the natural water table, ANDREW DODDS been working in still competes well with tos do seem kind of boring, but once my and have cured skin diseases and been 1N MECHANICAL the facilities at UW, and even we can’t film was done and we got past the 50- shown through science not to harbour boast a smithy shop (anyone need a foot-high narrow paths, we were any bacteria. The Golden Temple in the s it still cold there in Canada, because shortsword?). Currently, we’re rotating amazed. Over the course of an hour, we middle of the pool was beautiful. It Iit’s getting into the mid-20s here. through the welding, machining, and barely had a chance to explore endless would have taken immesurable time and Seriously, it’s really nice. By now, lathe portions in two enclosed areas filled mass amounts of gold and other precious you’ve all passed through your week sessions. with stone statues of all jewels and beautiful things to make it all midterms, EngWeek, the Bus Pull, and Our other classes “...we’ve even figured kinds Ð people, horses, that it is. hopefully you’re all very jealous. have proven to be just cows, spirits Ð number- Slowly, our classes move on, and Jealous enough, anyways, that some of as interesting. We’re out where our classes ing in the thousands. while only a mere month is left, we are the 1B Mechs are forgoing the nuisance learning about electric- are, and we still man- They had all been starting to think about preparations for of Jobmine in order to take our place ity, CAD (ProE), weld- assembled into this our final exams. Things like Thevenin’s here in June. India is indeed a very ing, machining, and age to get lost and be ‘garden’, roughly the theorem throughout our thoughts thor- incredible place to be. metrology. While we at least five minutes size of UW campus, oughly thucks. Sorry. I know our MTEs Currently we’ve gotten through a enjoy learning about late to every one.” and everything was and our one Elec are benefiting from it, month of India, and we’re starting to get electricity and using made of something and we Mechs will just have to adapt the hang of it. We don’t get so many the 400V of lab power, unusual, from rock and (hence engineering, right?). But for our looks when we’re in town, we can han- we all seem to find that cement bags to broken final project (and work term report, hello dle eating chilis at meals, and I might metrology makes ChE 102 seem posi- bracelets and beer caps. While we all free topic!) we will take on a variety of even buy a plastic bucket and jug before tively fascinating. Still, there are some, thought that an hour would be more than projects, such as the full construction of coming home; it’d probably be cleaner like me, who find the strength to make it enough, we were thoroughly amazed a lawnmower India-style (the one we than the V1 showers. We’ve even figured to class for every hour-long lecture we until we left for our next stop half an saw had stone or steel wheels, two out where all our classes are, and we still have on how to measure concentricity, or hour late. machetes on a motor, and took two guys manage to get lost and be at least 5 min- how a machine that we won’t ever see In Amritsar we visited the border to operate). utes late to every one. We’ve accom- can take measurements with air pressure. with Pakistan. While we might have Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s Friday plished other things too, such as As stressful and long as a term at UW needed a military escort just a few years night, which means it’s time to play becoming adept at bargaining (although felt, spending 7 hours a day from 9-5 in ago, this trip was far more peaceful and poker, watch sexy Indian television we still probably pay twice what we class definitely gives us that co-op work pleasant. On either side there were hun- (…?), and relax with some more should) and learning a little bit of the term feel, and the 12 hours a week we dreds of people in the stands from both BEvERages. Come on, we work hard all language. It’s not ALL work over here, get to spend in the machine shop always countries chanting in support of their week to earn it, and we don’t have a Unit but don’t worry, we’ll still have our own relaxes us. country as the border closed for the day. 36 or POETS to flock to. Hope you’re all final exams to contend with. Recently, we’ve visited a couple of In Amritsar itself, we visited the Golden not getting too depressed at UW, because The university itself is very impres- interesting cities. In Chandigarh we got a Temple, which is the Sikh equivalent of it’s always hot and sexy and fun here in sive. They have 5 hostels (residences) chance to sample some more local cui- Christianity’s little manger. It is where India. Until next time, stay cold friends, packed with many cement cell rooms sine, without our menu’s spices being the first spiritual leader of the Sikh faith and keep on studying! (suckers…) Wednesday, February 2, 2005 7 Students converge on UW for FIRST Robotics Competition ROB GORBET today, FIRST Robotics builds partnerships E&CE DEPARTMENT between schools, teachers, industry men- tors and sponsors, and the community. hat are you doing this Easter week- Teams spend the off-season visiting public Wend? schools and recruiting other high schools, In the case of 500 high school students spreading the message that science and from across North America, they will be technology can be fun and exciting. in the University of Waterloo's Physical Two of the teams in this year's compe- Activities Complex (PAC) main gym, tition are local: Team 1385 from Waterloo competing in some of the most exciting Collegiate Institute, and Team 1565 from spectator sport you'll ever witness live. Jacob Hespeler Secondary School. The There will be fast-paced action, live cam- WCI team, whose main sponsor is RIM, era coverage, last-minute game-deciding competed for the first time last season at plays, penalties, intense competition.and the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, where lots of machining. There will be excite- they won the Rookie Inspiration Award. ment, tension, disappointment, adrenalin, COMDEV is sponsoring JHSS in this, and breakdowns. There will be strategy, their rookie year. There is great potential scouting, playbooks.and business plans. for expansion of FIRST in the region, and There will be referees, judges, cheerlead- it's anticipated that five more schools ers, mascots, announcers, a flashy emcee, will join for the 2006 season. coaches, lights, pounding music.and This year's robotics challenge sees robots. Twenty-four big, fast, 130-pound teams randomly matched during qualifica- robots. tion rounds to form three-robot alliances, From March 24-26, teams from twen- with two alliances competing against each back in the pits, there will be last-minute Saturday March 26 (elimination rounds) ty-four high schools from Ontario, New other in each qualifying match. A match repairs and adjustments in preparation for 8:00 pits open Brunswick, Michigan, and New lasts two minutes and fifteen seconds, dur- their next match. 9:00 opening ceremonies Hampshire will converge on the PAC to ing which time teams must guide their The agenda for the three days of com- 9:30 qualification rounds continue participate in the inaugural FIRST robots to collect as many two-foot "tetras" petition is as follows 12:00 lunch break Robotics Competition Waterloo Regional. (a hollow pyramid) as possible and stack 12:45 alliance selection At the same time, thousands of students them on eight-foot high goal tetras. Thursday March 24 (practice day) 1:00 elimination rounds will be competing in six other regional Teams develop strategy with their alliance 10:00 pits open 3:00 awards ceremony competitions across North America, all partners to best accomplish this goal, 3:00 practice rounds part of the 30-regional, five week 2005 alliance partners who may be their compe- 5:00 day ends All events are open to the public and FIRST Robotics Competition season. tition in the next match. The goal: to build admission is free; for more information, FIRST (For Inspiration and up enough qualification points to make the Friday March 25 (qualifying rounds) visit www.firstrobotics.uwaterloo.ca. Recognition in Science and Technology) elimination rounds. All the while, they are 8:00 pits open If you're wondering how to spend a is a non-profit organization which for 13 scouting other schools' capabilities, 9:00 practice rounds continue few hours this Easter weekend, bring years has been running the FIRST preparing for the elimination 12:00 lunch break yourself and your family to the PAC to see Robotics Competition, their flagship pro- rounds when the highest seeded teams 1:00 opening ceremonies what Discover Magazine has called "the gram (www.usfirst.org/robotics). Growing will get to choose their alliance partners 1:15 qualification rounds SuperBowl of Smarts." You won't regret from 28 teams in 1992 to nearly 1000 for the final play downs. After the match, 4:30 awards ceremony it! The People’s Republic GABRIEL CHAN but it is certainly not bullshit. Economy is 2A SYSTEMS DESIGN the principle driving force of a superpow- er, while public opinion determines the hat do you call a country that is popularity of the superpower. Weveryone’s friend? China has been a world power for the A people’s republic! HAHAhahaha… majority of the last five thousand years; try Jokes aside, in a recent study published naming one culture in the Asia-Pacific by BBC World Service, more people see region that has not been affected by the China as a positive influence on the world Chinese civilization. Two thousand years than is the case for the United States or ago, China produced 25% of world output; Russia. in 1820, it was 33% of the world economy. The study revealed that 48% said In the last two centuries, China’s perfor- China is playing a mainly positive role in mance went on a sharp decline due to var- the world, while 38% of respondents saw ious reasons, such as being harassed by the United States as having a positive European (we called them the “gwai lo”) influence, 36% saying the same for Russia. and Japanese imperialism and the fact that China had a positive influence than a neg- China went through two major revolutions ative one in 17 of the 22 nations surveyed. within the span of 50 years. After 1949, Even though most African nations were China was about 5% of the world econo- nomic output of a country should be pro- exponentially (and now it is socially unac- not part of the study, China’s economic aid my. Now, benefiting from a solid commu- portional to its population. Thus nothing ceptable to like them at all). The Cold War probably has a positive influence on their nist central government and capitalist-style can stop China from becoming another produced two global superpowers, the people. reforms, bringing political and socio-eco- world superpower. Soviet Union and the United States; world So what is so significant about this pile nomical stability respectively, China is And China is a superpower that is glob- opinion was basically divided 50/50. Since of numbers that is steadily streaming out of growing up very fast. In 1990, China’s ally accepted as benevolent. So what? the collapse of the USSR, China is emerg- statisticians sitting on their ass all day GDP per capita was $450; in 2001, it was Well, history has never produced a super- ing as the next economic powerhouse, with phone-spamming people? $3580. Current figures show China pro- power that was generally accepted by the the whole world getting a piece of the This is the first time in world history ducing 15% of the world output. With a people of this planet. When the Mongols action, while the US is bombing the shit where a superpower is globally accepted fifth of the world’s population, it is logical decided to go conquer the world, everyone out of Iraq and turning their country into a as a benevolent part of the international that China is moving to that global eco- was either with them or against them (i.e. sea of fire (sorry, a “precision-based” sea community. This may be a bold statement, nomic “equilibrium” point, where the eco- dead). In the end, all the Mongol khanates of fire). were overthrown, so we conclude that China is choosing the path of co-exis- most people didn’t like them. There was a tence and co-operation in the world; think time when the sun was never to sets] on the of them as Canada, but with 1.3 billion British Empire, because it covered a fifth people, a respectable nuclear deterrence, of the world’s land mass and 25% of the and lots of global influence. China’s world’s population. Obviously the other peaceful rise is not just the pride of the 75% of the world was not pleased with Chinese people; as citizens of Earth, all Britain’s expansionism, due to rivalries, humankind should be proud that we are conflicting imperialist interests, and gradually striving for a world of better co- etcetera. By 1935, Germany had grown to existence and co-operation. It is great to superpower status; although Adolf Hitler see that the international community is The “Second Industrial Revolution” is evident in supercities Shanghai and Chongqing. was financed by the West, not many people finally finding a focal point for world It is mathematically logical that China will eventually be 20% of the world economy. liked them and that number kept growing peace. 8 Wednesday, March 16, 2005

ENGINEERING SOCIETY EXECUTIVE REPORTS F’05 Directorship Apps Bus Push raises over $5000 Coming Soon for Heart & Stroke This past weekend, I had the opportu- who wish to tell them… nity to participate in the Bus Push chari- Bus Push happened this past weekend ty event for the Heart & Stroke and they ended up raising $5000+ for the Foundation. I had a wonderful time, and Heart & Stroke Foundation. I was happy I’m extremely pleased that over $5000 to see so many people out for the event. KARIM LALLANI was raised for the event. A special thank CHRISTINA WATERS One thing though: when attempting to PRESIDENT you goes out to Phil Newman, Jenn Bell, VP EXTERNAL hook up a bus to a rope, try not to use plas- and Jillian Goll who organized the entire tic zip ties….it may not work out as irst off, I’d like to congratulate the event. he Professional Engineers of Ontario planned. Fwinners of the Paul & Paula Plummer Although I wasn’t able to attend the TStudent’s Conference (PEOSC) was Since my term is starting to wind down Awards. These individuals have put Semi-formal, I heard a lot of positive held at McMaster University on the 4th to due to a lack of conferences to attend, I countless hours of their time into making feedback regarding the event. Sharon the 6th of March. This conference was would like to take this opportunity to thank the Engineering Society better for every- Attwood & Xitij Ritesh Patel did a fabu- amazing and I wish I could have brought the Comps for a wicked party at their one. They have been the heart and soul lous job organizing the event. more people because of the wonderful place. Some of the things I remember: the of the Engineering Society for the past 5 The moment you have all been wait- experience I had. Chrissy cup, our wonderful VPI insisting years. Here are the winners: Emma ing for is almost here. Directorship There were nurses partying next to us that my other half—the A-Soc VPX—get a Bardon (BSoc), Mary Bland (EngSoc applications for Fall 2005 will be avail- in the hotel, and when nurses and engi- new hat because “it is a ‘stupid’ one,” Jay, Corporate Manager), Grant Holohan able very soon. If you have any ques- neers mix, I become highly entertained. you can make the call on that one buddy, (BSoc), Larissa Klypycz (ASoc), Josh tions about the responsibilities of a The RMC crew decided to do a strip tease the lovely the Chili, and the amazing hos- Levitz (BSoc), Laura Mooney (ASoc), director, or any general questions about for all to see, and that was only the begin- pitality the whole night---wicked times Sarah Sirega (BSoc), and Ryan Walker the different types of directorships avail- ning of the night! There were some happy had by all. (ASoc). Congratulations to all of the able, please don’t hesitate to send me an people, and by happy I mean lucky, that Look out for Pi Week this week, and winners for your wonderful achievement. e-mail or visit me in the Orifice. night, but I will leave the stories for those Karim, be warned, my friend… B**5 Bowling, EngPlay, Online course critiques and Genius Bowl coming (hopefully) while. To make everyone’s life much eas- access this. Therefore, this service will ier for events to come, both this term and only be open to those who have redeemed more so next term, let's try and get those their EngSoc fees. So, hopefully with the forms in good and early! co-operation of engineering computing The first performance of this term's we can get that up and running within the ANDREA RAYNER EngPlay, “You Can’t Take it With You”, is KEN HANES next few weeks. VP INTERNAL on Friday, and promises to be a blast. VP EDUCATION On another note, the end of the term is There are also 2 performances on approaching and it’s time to think of what reetings and salutations once again, I Saturday, and I’m sure there are still some rumroll please…it’s Exec article directorships everyone wants to run for Gtrust that everyone is doing well. As tickets available for at least one perfor- Dnumber ‘x’, where ‘x-1’ is the num- next year. Within the next week or two, I am sure everyone noticed, there was a bit mance. So if you don’t already have your ber of articles written before this one. applications should be available for next of an “incident” in CPH a week ago tickets, look for them on sale at lunch in This is going to be a quick report. As the term and I’m hoping that we get just as Monday. The Orifice was unfortunately the CPH foyer term winds down, there is less and less many applications as last term, (especial- closed for 2 days, but is now back up and Genius Bowl will be occurring next going on. ly for those directorships which are in the running in full force. All of our comput- Wednesday. To take part in this event of Everything in the faculty of education category). ers are nice and sparkly clean and it smells events, sign up your team in the Orifice, Engineering seems to be at a standstill Finally, for those fourth years that wonderfully of disinfectant! maximum of six people per team. Watch right now due to the recent fire in the care, we’re having a Gradcomm2006 Semi Formal went down last Friday for a large cup and some smarty-pants at CPH foyer. For one, the online course meeting on Thursday. Anyone who’s and was well-attended. Thanks to Ritesh the Bomber that night! critique process is hurting. I’m still hop- interested in helping out with graduation and Sharon for pulling off a stellar event. And now, onto the fun stuff, B**5!! ing to get that up and running before the stuff for next year come on out. I would like to take a brief moment to talk March 20th (yes, that’s this Sunday) is the end of the term so all of the course cri- That’s it for this week, see I told you about Feds Event Forms here- Semi date for this term's Big Bad B-Soc tique results can be viewed through the this would be quick! Have a good week, almost didn’t happen because there was a Bowling Bonanza. For $10 you get hours EngSoc website. You will need to sign in you stay classy San Diego, err…I mean bit of confusion with the event form. We of super-fun 10-pin bowling, a bus trip to using your waterloo ID and password to Waterloo. were able to get everything in order in and from the bowling alley, pizza, nachos time, but it did get quite stressful for a and BEvEReges! What a deal!! Don’t wait a second longer! Walk- no, run down to the Orifice right now and sign up. Submit expense reports (if I hope to see everyone out at the EngSoc Meeting tonight, it’s our 2nd-last, and should be lots of good times. In clos- you want your money) ing, I would like to leave you with this: Finance. There is a species of moth that lives Donations cheques are done, if you entirely on cow tears. Think about that submitted who they are to be written to. So next time you’re driving around in the please come and pick them up! If you are a country at night looking for something to director, just let me know when you need do. Tipping over that cow might just put DAVID JOHNSON your money. a moth's life in danger. VP FINANCE Submit your Expense Reports in order to get reimbursed. As always, Feel free to ell, once again, there is not much email me at [email protected] Whappening in the world of the VP loo.ca

Did you know you can earn valuable P**5 points for volunteering time at the C&D? Email Mary Bland at [email protected] to schedule your shift. Wednesday, February 2, 2005 9

ENGINEERING SOCIETY EXECUTIVE REPORTS Anti-WEEF Posters, what a waste of time… WEEF FUNDING DECISION - WINTER 2005 # Proposal Requested Allocated Chemical Engineering MIKE SPENDLOVE 1 New Equipment $9,080.00 $5,470.00 WEEF DIRECTOR Civil Engineering 2 Brookfield Viscometer $3,589.25 $0.00 elieve it or not, over 100 anti-WEEF 3 Portable Water/Wastewater System $4,000.00 $2,000.00 Bposters have been put up this term by anonymous individuals late at night. (It Electrical & Computer Engineering appears like they’ve also taken down 4 Oscilloscopes/Printer for ECE 332, 231 $8,300.00 $8,300.00 legitimate WEEF posters for our AGM. I 5 NEXUS Computer Upgrade $2,325.00 $0.00 find it truly amusing that they’re trying to keep our AGM a secret: even if people Mechanical Engineering knew about it, they still wouldn’t show 6 Solar Hot Water Demo $625.00 $625.00 up…) 7 Simulation Software (Mechatronics) $7,340.00 $7,340.00 Yeah, I don’t get it either. I have no problem with people who want refunds. Systems Design Engineering But you’ve got to be pretty jaded to use 8 BDM Cables and Software $1,887.00 $1,132.00 WEEF equipment all day and still want to 9 RFID Kits* (See below) $2,190.00 $2,190.00 put up posters filled with misinformation, criticizing the only student-controlled 10 Monitors for SYDE Multimedia Lab $1,651.00 $0.00 aspect of your education’s funding. Not Miscellaneous surprisingly, the anti-WEEF-ers did not 11 Student Shop Lathe $21,000.00 $9,199.81 even show up at the AGM to discuss their points. It turns out you need more courage Departments Total $61,987.25 $36,256.81 to listen to financial statistics than to run a silly guerrilla-poster campaign. 12 EngSoc – Toolbearers Uniform $1,500.00 $0.00 Salient points from the AGM: 1. WEEF is run by students. All fund- 13 EngSoc – Video Editing PC $2,000.00 $0.00 ing decisions are made by a council of 14 Iron Warrior/EngSoc TSN PC and Software $2,636.95 $2,636.95 100% undergrad students (the WEEF class 15 ASIC – Cyclonium boards $360.00 $360.00 reps) and administration and policy is overseen by a board which must (by con- 16 CUSEC - Software Eng Conference $0.00 $0.00 stitution) include a minimum of 2/3 under- 17 Formula SAE – Shipping Crate + Materials $8,300.00 $5,300.00 grad students. If you have a problem with 18 Free Flight Glider Team - Equipment $1,354.85 $879.85 WEEF, I suggest you talk to or become your class rep and do something about it. 19 4th Year Project – Hexplorer $4,700.00 $2,340.00 2. WEEF funding does NOT replace 20 4th Year Project – Autonomous Lawnmower $1,447.48 $931.39 your department’s funding and does NOT 21 4th Year Project - LED Rims $665.31 $0.00 free them from their responsibilities of providing basic infrastructure. If your 22 Midnight Sun - Brakes and Equipment $7,000.00 $5,000.00 department is not doing its job by provid- 23 UWAAT (Entity Robotics) - Misc. Equipment $1,000.00 $700.00 ing these basics, you can bet that the WEEF reps will not give it any funding. 24 Robot Racing Competition - Desktop PC $1,500.00 $1,100.00 That’s the advantage of having a student- 25 Robotics Team - Equipment and Desktop PC $2,445.00 $1,820.00 run, democratic endowment foundation. 26 STEP - Anemometers for Wind Energy Project $5,000.00 $3,000.00 For the record, the portion of WEEF’s $35,000 or $70,000 a term that goes 27 UWAFT - Energy Storage System & Equipment $7,720.00 $5,800.00 towards computers is a fraction of what is 28 WARG - Motor Controllers & Equipment $4,100.00 $1,700.00 needed to upgrade or maintain our labs. 29 WOMBAT - Dynamometer $2,175.00 $2,175.00 3. The Faculty does NOT spend less money on student initiatives because of Student Teams Total $53,904.59 $33,743.19 WEEF. The Dean continues to fund stu- TOTAL $115,891.84 $70,000.00 dent teams and recently paid $26,000 to *Funding is granted on the condition that these RFID kits are available to students from all depts. upgrade the safety system in the student shop, as well as purchase a new lathe. Like NOTE: Details for each proposal are available at www.weef.uwaterloo.ca with the departments, WEEF works in parallel with the Faculty to bring better, WEEF’s initial funding permitted a trial submitted a proposal in two years. debate or discussion; in fact, that was the enhanced equipment to the students that run to convince the faculty that a wi-fi net- There’s more to say, and more will be ultimate purpose of the AGM! If you don’t would otherwise not get purchased. For work was worthwhile. Of interest to crit- posted on our website in the near future. If think WEEF is doing a great job, send me example, the first few public nodes of our ics: Engineering Computing has only been you’re curious to read the Anti-WEEF an email. We know we aren’t perfect, but Engineering wi-fi system were paid for in granted a few thousand dollars in the past posters, I’ve scanned them in and will post if you really want to improve things, don’t part by WEEF in 2000. This pilot project five years for things like optical mice and them in the next week or so, along with a just run some erroneous smear cam- proved so successful that there are now a colour printer upgrade, not basic com- more indepth rebuttal of each. paign… Why not start a real discussion nodes all over Engineering buildings, but puter hardware. In fact, they haven’t even Please note: WEEF is not against where both sides can participate?

Upcoming Events from EngSoc

Sunday Mar 13 Monday Mar 14 Tuesday Mar 15 Wednesday Mar 16 Thursday Mar 17 Friday Mar 18 Saturday Mar 19

Explorations TalEng EngSoc Meeting St Patrick’s Day EngPlay 8:00 pm, EngPlay 2:00 & Showcase 5:30 pm, CPH 3385 AL 113 8:00 pm, AL 113 Campus Day GradComm 2006 Check out up-to- Meeting Enginuity Car Care Workshop the-day event postings on the EngSoc website at Mar 20 Mar 21 Mar 22 Mar 23 Mar 24 Mar 25 Mar 26 www.engsoc. uwaterloo.ca B**5 Genius Bowl Iron Warrior Good Friday (Big Bad B-Soc Submission Bowling Bonanza) Deadline Frederick Lanes 10 Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Four Homosexual Israeli Incidental Fees Couples Wed in Toronto Out Of Control ples to its exports list. Also, since Canada tuition fees and how it drives poor students has a good reputation within the interna- into staggering debt, this nice simple view tional community for upholding human clashes with the reality that poor students rights and social justice, getting a marriage can afford to have their own radio station, license in Canada may provide some polit- fund political activist groups (WPIRG), CHUN LAM ical legitimacy to the concept of same sex SUNG HON WU and subsidize weekly free newspapers. 3A CHEMICAL marriage to get these nations to begin to 4B COMPUTER There are two major problems with the address these ideas. Somewhat ironically, current system of incidental fees- the first n the ‘blistery coldness’ of Toronto, on one the couples that had got their marriage his last Feds election was the first I of democratic consent, the second the IFriday March 11, 2005, four couples license in Toronto was Etai Pinkas, a Tel Tever voted in. And it will also be my sheer amount of effort required to refund made their way to Toronto City Hall to Aviv city councillor. last, with my impending graduation. I the money. obtain a special license, a marriage. Yes, Currently, in Israel, in conformance voted because my friend was a candidate Only two types of people vote in FEDS that piece of paper which legitimizes the with Judaism practices, Orthodox rabbis for VP Internal, and as luck with have it, elections. The first type are people who bond between 2 people forever, locked for- are the only people who can perform mar- Lawrence Lam got elected. Now I hope he care because they know a specific candi- ever to each other like a life sentence in a riage ceremonies for people of Jewish can talk with the other FEDs executives date, the second are people who are actual- institution, with a fancy faith. If anyone else per- about what are becoming out-of-control ly emotionally involved with FED’s, and ceremony akin to a judi- forms the ceremony for incidental fees. would like to increase the funding of stu- cial sentencing hearing Jewish people, it is not Whenever someone talks about out of dent organizations. This means people with a member of the “I guess now Canada deemed legitimate in the control fees, they are usually talking about who vote in these fee referendums are peace, or a religious can add homosexual eyes of Judaism. In tuition fees. What no one talks about are more favourable to new fees or increased clergyperson acting as a married couples to its Israel, the government incidental fees, all those fees a student has fees than the general student population. judge proclaiming the only recognizes the mar- to pay but that do not serve the University's Also, once a fee is passed, it is automati- sentence of marriage. exports list.” riages of Jewish people core mission of education. Yet incidental cally renewed every year and paid by stu- However, this isn’t a that are performed by fees are pretty substantial in and of them- dents who never had a say about the fee. usual marriage, it’s a Orthodox rabbis. selves. For example, in Engineering, stu- This is contrast with how our governments marriage between two people of the same Currently, the Orthodox rabbis, in confor- dent fees add up to $346.50, compared to work; there, all spending has to be gender. Now by this time in society, you mance with a fundamentalist Jewish faith, tuition which is $3936, or 8.8% of tuition. approved every year. Combined, these should be accustomed to the sight and con- are adamantly opposed to the marriage of And while tuition has been frozen last year two things make the whole process of cept of same sex marriage, but what’s dif- same sex individuals. As a result, same- and this upcoming year, incidental fees are adding an incidental fee undemocratic. ferent about this sight is that the couples gendered Jewish couples who want to have increasing. For example, the Feds election Next, the amount of effort required to are from Israel. Yes, now with Canada’s their marriage legitimized are out of luck. approved a plan to add a dental plan for refund the refundable portion of the inci- starting to liberalize its marriage laws, Now will this attempt get same-sex $34.25 plus an orientation fee of $100 for dental fees is crazy. Currently, a student is Toronto has started to become the Las marriage legalized in Israel? I personally first year students. At this point, a student required to run to 7 different places to get Vegas of the north Ð except for our rain- doubt it. For a nation like Israel that is entering the university this Sept will be these refunds. How come this has not been bow-power kindred. With the current heavily into its faith, it is going to take expected to pay $3146 worth of incidental computerized? Surely if they can create attempts of liberalizing our marriage laws, many years for this issue to gain enough fees before they graduate. And the fees JobMine, and Quest, this process can be couples from other nations whose views on general support for any meaningful change looks likely to increase. For example, there more straightforward then it is now. same sex marriage is still entrenched in in the law. Will this decision lead to con- is serious consideration to add a fee so that Personally, I am not optimistic that the ‘evilness’, have come to Canada to get a demnation to eternal Hellfire by Abraham every student would get a universal bus upcoming FEDS exec or any future FEDS marriage license and then return to their for the four couples? I can’t answer that pass, and the Engineering Society has exec will be able to change how the current respective nations in an attempt to get question. But at least the decision will talked about linking their fee to cost of liv- system works. The only solace I can find awareness for this cause. I guess now attempt to bring this issue to the forefront ing inflation. is that once I graduate I will no longer have Canada can add homosexual married cou- of Israel culture. While everybody complains about to pay for this madness. Students Showcase Engineering To The Public TANEEM TALUKDAR Borders set up their booths and projects 2A SYSTEMS and fielded questions from curious onlook- ers throughout the day. The Engineering Engineering groups showcased their Society's beloved mascot, The TOOL, a projects at Conestoga Mall earlier this giant 60-inch wrench, was also on display month on March 3rd as part of the activi- (secured by chains, of course). ties for National Engineering Week. The event was organized by Sameer Engineering student groups and projects, Rehman, Director for National including UWAFT, Mini-Baja, Formula Engineering Week with the assistance of SAE, WARG, Clean Snowmobile, Women Co-directors Taneem Talukdar, Sonya in Engineering, and Engineers without Chang and Kristen Yee Loong. Wednesday, February 2, 2005 11 Got Milk ? Winter 2005 08SYS Coffeehouse Time, playing four pieces and featuring several great solos from different instru- ments. WRTT will also be playing at EngPlay this weekend. The next big event was an elaborate juggling act by Professor GABRIEL CHAN Joe West, who is teaches differential equa- 2A SYSTEMS DESIGN tions by day, and juggles everything and anything by the afternoon. Joe West jug- n Friday March 4th, 2A Systems gled glow-in-the-dark balls while syn- ODesign class hosted a coffeehouse at chronized with music of different tempos POETS to showcase the plethora of and timbres. Another guest group that per- SYDE talent this term. This high profile formed was UW Hip Hop, which put on event was organized by Cheng Hu of an awesome show. 08SYS and was not just attended by Other notable shows of Systems talent SYDEs, but Chems, Mechs, profs, even included a cappella by some SYaniDE stu- some non-engineers were among the audi- dents, freestyling and rapping by a ghetto ence. SYaniDE lab group, random singing by The evening started off with the engi- 08SYS classmates, drumming by Andrew neering jazz ensemble With Respect To D’Souza and Chris Pellett, juggling by Kristen Yee Loong and Chris P, short film ended with a milk chugging contest, directed by Kirk Steele, and shaving which literally tested (or redefined) partic- cream spraying (don’t ask). While perfor- ipants’ lactose tolerance. “Moat-racing” mances were happening, coffee, hot involved a shitload of people downing a chocolate, brownies and other snack food- shitload of milk in the shortest time possi- stuffs were freely available for the audi- ble and trying their best to hold it in. This ence. The last event was Alex Magdanz term, moat-racing teams were formed to and his band playing a several songs on down even more milk in the shortest time acoustic and electric guitar. Skilled with possible as the contest guidelines were the guitar and possessing musical ingenu- modified. The ’09 Mechs (1B ity, Alex regularly writes songs on his Mechalomaniacs) were represented with spare time. their veteran boat-racers, who eventually The coffeehouse ended with Funny came out victorious, unseating previous Man Mike, a comedian from BlindSyded, term champion Katelyn Poyntz (who not who kept the crowd entertained while only won the milk chugging contest, but 08SYS converted CPH into a beer also downed pure goat milk... yummm). hall…that served only milk. But the milk Overall, the night’s event was a huge was not for the audience! success. Stay tuned for the SYDE Look at all that delicious milk, lined up for Moat-racing. Last term, the SYDE Coffeehouse Coffeehouse and moat-racing next term!

Milk: It does a body good. 12 Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Cindy’s Kitchen Album Review: 3. Toss and serve immediately. Makes 4 to 6 servings. Fruit Cocktail Cake ‘Worlds Apart’ Courtesy of Alphia Silvius cribs and rings and shit”? I first tried this cake at last year’s Overall, the rest of the album is solid. CINDY BAO Thanksgiving dinner; it was brought by The band begins to explore more melodic, 3B ELECTRICAL one of our guest, Bernice Silvius. This is a multilayered, orchestrated compositions cake she grew up with in South Africa. It with songs like the piano-driven rocker efore I started researching for recipes is a wonderfully versatile dessert, can be DAN ARNOTT ‘Summer of ‘91’, and the non-stop drums Bfor this issue, my knowledge of served warm with vanilla custard, cold 2A ENVIRONMENTAL on ‘The Rest Will Follow’ pull this dense, African cuisine was limited to couscous. with ice cream, or just eaten straight. The swirling track along at a furious pace. And In fact, I still don’t know very much, but it syrup makes it moist, a bit like bread pud- nyone who listened to …And You Will while ‘Will You Smile Again’ is the only will suffice for this issue. ding. AKnow Us By The Trail Of Dead’s track that really captures the energy of Mandarin-Radish Salad The recipe uses self-raising flour. 2002 Source Tags and Codes album has no Source Tags and Codes, others come close. This salad is called Shlada Fijl Wa There are directions I found on how to doubt been waiting for this release with ‘Caterwaul’ comes on pretty strong and Latsheen. Honestly, don’t ask how to pro- make the equivalent with flour and baking bated breath. After all, the Texas indie-rock stays intense all the way through, and one- nounce it properly. I can’t. However, it’s powder, but I have never tried, so you may band was hailed as “the next Nirvana”, and note-at-a-time piano bridges have never easy and pleasant. have to experiment a little by yourself. Source Tags and Codes was the first release sounded so heavy. ‘A Classic Arts While testing, I added less sugar than Cake: where Trail of Dead was able to successful- Showcase’ lurches along to a groovy off- the recipe called for. It largely depends on ¥2 cups self rising flour ly combine their chaotic noise-rock with beat rhythm, and speaks of ‘the shit they’re your preference and the sweetness of the ¥1 1/2 cup sugar beautiful song-writing and hints of orches- writing in the Stone or NME’. (The Stone mandarins oranges. As well, I admit I did- ¥2 teaspoons baking soda tration. Based on this, I went out and actually gave this album a pretty decent n’t use any orange blossom water. I didn’t ¥1 teaspoon salt bought Worlds Apart sight-unseen, song- review!) The song breaks down into a have any and couldn’t think of any other ¥2 eggs unheard. But it was aptly titled indeed- this swelling string interlude, then kicks right way to use it if I actually purchased some. ¥1 500ml can of fruit cocktail album is worlds apart from Source Tags & back into high gear. If any hardcore foodies out there tested it Syrup: Codes, and even their recent Elena’s Tomb ‘Let it Dive’, the eighth track out of with orange blossom water, please let me ¥ 1/2 cup condensed milk EP. Whether that’s a good or a bad thing- twelve, is arguably the last great one on the know how it turned out. In fact, bring me ¥ 1/2 cup sugar I’ll leave it up to you. album. Although it follows a rather pre- some if you feel generous. ¥4 tablespoon butter Right away, there’s something different dictable verse-chorus format, it is simply a ¥ 12 seedless mandarins, peeled, sec- ¥1 teaspoon vanilla extract about Worlds Apart- that big ugly ‘Parental beautiful track, with incessant drums and a tioned ¥ 1/2 cut shredded coconuts Advisory’ obscuring the epic hand-painted wall of guitar that simply shines. It’s a good ¥1 cup coarsely grated red radishes 1. Butter an 8 by 11 inch baking dish. album art. Trail of Dead has never shied break-up song, for all you forlorn lovers out ¥ 1/4 cup each: lemon juice, brown 2. Beat eggs and mix all cake ingredients away from an f-word in the interests of art, there, written with all the goodness of Trail sugar together. Do not drain the fruit cock- but they certainly hadn’t struck me as a of Dead! ¥1 tbsp olive oil tail band capable of earning that designation. ‘To Russia My Homeland’ is an odd, ¥1 tsp orange blossom water (optional) 3. Bake at 350F for about 30 minutes or The album opens with a scary instru- violin-driven instrumental that seems to be ¥ 1/2 tsp each: salt, ground cinnamon until a toothpick inserted comes out mental track called ‘Ode to Isis’- a crescen- included on the album simply as a ‘found- 1. In bowl, combine mandarins and clean. do of piano and chanting which culminates art object’. But ‘All White’ is an excellent radishes. 4. Mix all syrup ingredients and brings to in an unearthly scream and a whispered track for being only a minute and a half 2. In small bowl, combine remaining a boil. incantation of the band’s own name. Kind long. It tells the story of the night on the ingredients. Pour over mandarin mix- 5. Prick the cake with a fork and pour the of strange- it’s not really a song, but rather town, from the symphony to the parking lot ture. syrup on top until it’s absorbed. the kind of stuff they hid between the tracks to the bar to the dance floor, and culminates on their last album. with our hero sticking his head in the sink. Things improve immediately. The sec- It’s a pity this track suffers from over-pro- ond track, ‘Will You Smile Again’, is duction… the electric piano and back- Your Chosen Five Are The arguably the strongest on the album, and ground singers make it almost sound like possibly the one that most resembles their Queen. It’s good, but it’s not Trail of Dead. earlier stuff. It starts with a pounding guitar ‘The Best’ starts promisingly with piercing Ones Who Mattered riff, complete with furious and frantic guitar, but soon turns jerky and slow- it’s Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said, “At drums. But after a minute and a bit, the intriguing, though, a solid track although first we do not know how to live; and song shifts dramatically into a slow, melod- not brilliant. when we know how to live it is too late.” ic, dreamy passage, with horns and sax in On the last track, ‘Lost City of Refuge’, In this heaven, you are given another the background almost reminiscent of Dave Trail of Dead pulls the same stunt they did chance to relive your earthly life, and Matthews. And then, after a build-up of on the Elena’s Tomb EP- electronic beats. It CINDY BAO have the events explained to you by five cymbals, there’s yet another change- we are worked on the EP- here, it does not. Despite 3B ELECTRICAL individuals. Some are loved ones, some left alone with a one-two bass drum beat. a hepped-up interlude with real drums, this total strangers, yet each, through fate (or This is where the real meat of the song gets track is the Trail of Dead equivalent of once met a strongly opinionated indi- happenstances, depending on your per- going (did I mention it’s seven minutes lounge music. Ividual who asked anyone believing in spective), had altered the courses of your long?). Trail Of Dead’s impeccable sense of Overall, this would be an excellent the notion of Heaven, “So when you die, path. melody makes this vocal/bass/drum pas- album- a band experimenting with orches- you will go to Heaven and sit at the right While alive, Eddie always regretted sage (with occasional guitar squawks) tration and composition, taking a step away hand side of God. What do you do the sec- that he didn’t achieve something grander. exceptionally strong- plus, they’re singing from their old sound… it’s too bad that their ond day?” In an age where everyone is busy trying to about writer’s block- a topic to which every old sound was so utterly amazing. Worlds The debate on the different ideas of get ahead and never look back, surely he’s IW editor can relate. Eventually, the guitars Apart will never live up to Source Tags and Heaven seems to get as touchy and con- not the only one. Therefore, a heaven to come back in, and the track closes on the Codes, but it is an exciting album in its own fusing as the ones on whether a Heaven reflect our life seems reassuring. Yet, same chaotic riff it started on. right. If you’re just getting into Trail of exists. For example, Anthony DeStefano’s somehow, it raises some questions that The next track, ‘Worlds Apart’, is sur- Dead, I actually suggest that you buy this ATravel Guide to Heaven describes it as one hardly ever does, even doesn’t dare prisingly one of the weaker ones on the album first. the “"ultimate playground, created purely to, think too deeply about. How easy is it album. Despite a great for our enjoyment." Somehow, this for us to finally make peace with our- catchy melody and "Disney World, Hawaii, Paris, Rome and selves? Can we really come to terms with sing-along vocals, the New York all rolled up into one", where who we were, and the mistakes and fool- lyrical subject matter is you can talk literature with Jane Austen ish things we wished that we haven’t extremely disappoint- and metaphysics with Einstein, gave me a done, especially after we learn how one ing coming from Trail feeling that it is definitely not heaven for thing or another can profoundly impact of Dead. This song the above two individuals. On the other the life of a fellow human being? alone is responsible for hand, a more interesting version can be Despite being a very interesting and the Parental Advisory. found in Mitch Albom’s The Five People thought-provoking read, I do have one Instead of the introspec- You Meet in Heaven. complaint. The serenity of this heaven tive soul-searching lyri- In this novel, death is not the end, but seems somewhat man-made, like the hot cal artistry they usually only the beginning. 83-year-old amuse- pink, artificial-tasting strawberry ice employ, they take unin- ment park maintenance worker Eddie died cream you had as a kid. Maybe it’s just I spired cheap shots at in a ride accident trying to save a little set my expectation unusually high, but the current rock scene, girl. Widowed with no children, he died Albom's other book Tuesdays with Morrie MTV celebrities, even penniless and lonely. Yet Albom makes has proven that he is capable of more gen- American politics. you care about his ordinary protagonist uine emotions and sincerity. Seriously, can’t they more than you think as the narration pro- Now, only one question remains: come up with better gresses. “Who will be my five people?” than the term “cars and Wednesday, February 2, 2005 13 Rheostatics at the Starlight Social Club Million NEAL DAMGAARD peoples of the great white North abound. 3A CIVIL Their nationality also shows through their character: they find room for both levity Dollar n Thursday, March 10, the and seriousness in their music, reflect on ORheostatics, a classic Canadian band the simpler incidents and accidents of life, (two of their albums made it onto the and leave the agendas aside. Bigotry? CBC’s list of the all-time top ten Canadian The years they have spent together are DAN ARNOTT records) played at the Starlight Social Club evident: when these fellows play, they play 2A ENVIRONMENTAL on King St. I had never seen the band, but well. They’re tight and together, and they had heard glowing reports of their prowess, obviously enjoy playing with each other ooks like Clint Eastwood’s really got it so I decided to forgo the pleasure of cram- and to an appreciative crowd. Their songs Lright this time. His latest film, Million ming for a geotech quiz in order to make it (all their own material) are catchy and easy Dollar Baby, won a bunch of Oscars, to the show. I was not in any way disap- to get into. The end result is a highly enjoy- gained critical acclaim from most of the pointed (until quiz time, that is). able show. It’s also good value for your and classic music acts. Drinks are reason- top film critics in America, and is being Arguably the best Canadian band never money: the $10 ticket allows a substantial able, and the staff are pretty cool, unlike hailed as a real Hollywood masterpiece. to make it big, the Rheostatics have been sum to be set aside for beverages (of which some of the peculiarly enraged paranoiacs It’s all good, right? Depends on who you playing together for almost twenty years. there is a good selection at the bar), and the you can stumble across in other venues. ask.I am not writing to talk about the film- Perhaps one reason they have so far been shows usually last two hours or more, so Most importantly, the sound is great and making of Clint Eastwood or the successes missing commercial success is their refusal you’re in for a fine, full set of songs. the contact with the band is immediate and or failures of Million Dollar Baby as a to be pigeonholed. It’s difficult to say what It was my first time at the Starlight intense. movie. Instead, I want to deal with the style of music they play; it’s a bit like a lot Social Club, and the experience was entire- In a word: I’m told the Rheostatics unspoken message which the film carries of things, but always ends up sounding ly positive. It’s a bit retro, with plastic come through town about once a year. If with it, one that has scholars and activists only like the Rheostatics. One thing which leather chairs and funky lamps. The venue their next visit happens to fall during your alike up-in-arms about it. can be said for sure is that it’s thoroughly is modishly lit, with comfortable sofas stay in Waterloo, go to the show. I promise In the movie, (Warning! Plot spoilers Canadian. References to the towns and where you can sit and read up on the new that you won’t regret it. just ahead!) Hilary Swank plays Maggie, a young woman who manages to goad Eastwood’s character Frankie into training her to be the best female boxer out there. Everyone Calls Me A Trendsetter— However, she breaks her neck and becomes a quadriplegic, and the movie suddenly changes into a disability tragedy. They’re Absolutely Right! No doubt it was this kind of radical plot us listeners seven reasons (one for every letter They then toured a bit more, and now they’re shift that garnered the film some of its of his name) why he truly is, “the man.” writing their next record which is due to release praise, but as the movie progresses, Overall, I recommend the entire CD and the later this year. So in summary, Thrice is good. Maggie loses a leg to infection and ends up “Ding Dong Song” video. Simply fantastic My recommendations have already been men- asking Frankie to help her die, to which he stuff. tioned above. agrees. KEVIN PO Streetlight Manifesto Mae Now the problem with this is not just 2A SYSTEMS (http://www.streetlightmanifesto.com) Sounds like? They’re like a bagel with that gar- the sudden and dramatic inconsistency in Sounds like? SKA!! lic spread found in the C&D. Yeah, they’re Maggie’s character (why would a feisty ffensive article titles are so effective. See, Streetlight Manifesto is a group formed by the THAT GOOD. young boxer who would stop at nothing to Oyou’re reading my article right now! remnants of Catch 22. They combine the typi- I didn’t care too much about Mae’s previous get to the top suddenly change personali- Anyways, let’s get started with a certain cal ska sound (brass instruments), gang vocals release since it seemed pretty boring. Let’s skip ties into a total defeatist?), but also the Swedish dance sensation: and some very catchy hooks. There is nothing it and move onto their upcoming release, “The broader message which the film portrays to Gunther (http://www.gunthernet.com) revolutionary to their approach, but when it Everglow.” This album is simply beautiful. many people: that a disabled life is not Sounds like? The greatest dance music you comes to ska music today, they are my golden Each track on this album is intertwined with worth living. have heard / are listening to / will ever hear. standard. The key to Streetlight Manifesto’s one another to create one encompassing story. This is what has the disabled activists success is the incredible amount of attitude they The melodies are soothing, and are easy to lis- and scholars furious. As the film moved add to all their songs. You can literally feel how ten to when studying. In terms of instrumen- towards production and release, protests much fun they must have had recording each tals, Mae uses a solo piano for some songs, and activism by the disabled community tune just by listening to each track on while switching to a full band for others. I rec- have been rife. And understandably so- this “Everything Goes Numb.” The songs them- ommend “We’re So Far Away,” “Suspension” movie is blatantly stating that a disabled selves are great, with some common trumpet and “The Sun and the Moon.” life is not worth living. Why else would themes tying themselves together. I recom- Acceptance such a driven character suddenly want to mend “A Moment of Silence,” “A Better Place, Sounds like? Pop-punk/Emo. They’re next big stop living after a disabling accident? A Better Time” and “Here’s to Life.” thing. This kind of attitude reveals the bias of Thrice (http://www.thrice.net) The last band in this article will likely be the ‘ableism’ deeply ingrained in our society. Sounds like? Post-hardcore I guess ... They’re one you’ll be hearing the most from over the Despite continuous steps towards accessi- good and that’s all that matters. next few months. This band’s upcoming full bility, or perhaps because of them, people Thrice is yet another band from Orange length, “Phantoms,” is not only a very well pro- are ignoring the social issue at hand, that is County, California. The difference between duced record, but it is receiving significant to say the treatment of disabled people as them and other similar acts, such as Avenged major label support (a.k.a. Sony.) Acceptance second-class citizens. You’ve seen it- we One day, back in the summer term, I was work- Sevenfold, is that their lyrics are not absurdly combines sweeping melodies, simple guitar all have- that attitude of pity and conde- ing on a Digital Systems group project upstairs funny. That and they don’t wear eyeliner, riffs and great sounding vocals. It’s as simple scension that society tends to adopt on the fourth floor. We were happily working which is essentially the new trend nowadays as that. I recommend “Seeing is Believing” towards disabled citizens, the obligatory away until Mark Brawley (now an A-Soccer) (*cough* My Chemical Romance *cough*.) from their previous “Black Lines To comment about how ‘brave’ they are or showed up. Now, if you know Mark, if he has Thrice began in August 1998 with an idea to Battlefields” EP, as well as “Permanent,” and how you ‘admire their struggle’, and then a grin on his face, you know something’s up. start a local band. After a bit of practice and “Gloria/Us Appearing” off of “Phantoms.” the uncomfortable withdrawal and hushed That’s when he showed us some touring, they put out “Identity Crisis.” Well, that’s another review down the hole. comment about how you’re ‘glad you’re www.gunthernet.com. At first, we thought The record was fairly successful and combined Next issue, I’ll focus on some bands with a bit not them’. Gunther was a joke. Brawley disagreed. He hard guitars with some anthems. After a bit more recognition that are currently assaulting It is totally baseless. Disabled people showed us the “Ding Dong Song” video and more practice and some more touring, they mainstream charts (hint: three bands are from are capable of living lives as productive after playing it for 30 seconds, we were instant- released “The Illusion of Safety.” This album Long Island, New York.) Bye Bye, Get Up and happy as anyone else- studies confirm ly hooked. It’s hard to describe Gunther’s true had a greater amount of success, with even Kids. that on the whole, disabled people are appeal. It could be his armpit hair or his puck- heavier guitars and darker lyrics than their pre- Extra stuff: more satisfied with their lives than able ered lips. Perhaps it’s even his killer mullet. vious record. It also had everyone’s favorite I really like acoustic songs so here are a couple people- that is, if society gives them a Then again, he does have hilarious lyrics, Thrice song, “Deadbolt.” After even more in case you like them as well: chance to. catchy beats and good videos. Anyhow, after practice and even more touring, they released ¥ The Spill Canvas Ð The Tide It is said that the disabled rights move- watching that video, we knew that Gunther was “The Artist in the Ambulance.” This record ¥ The Spill Canvas Ð The Night Will Go As ment is now where the civil rights move- awesome. What we didn’t expect was the qual- was a change of pace compared to their previ- Follows ment was in the 1950s. But ableism is a ity of his debut CD. Gunther’s debut record is ous sound since they added some catchier ¥ Brand New Ð Play Crack the Sky fallacy, and like so many others before it, it stellar; it’s equivalent to a musical joygasm. hooks and sing-a-long choruses. I guess that’s ¥ Say Anything Ð I Want to Know Your Plans too will fall. Million Dollar Baby draws The man moves from high energy songs such what happens when you sign onto a major label ¥Yellowcard Ð Rough Draft attention to a very important issue in our as “Gold Diggers,” and “Naughty Boy” to like Island Records. Either way, the record was ¥ Motion City Soundtrack Ð My Favorite society today… that is, if we could look slower paced songs such as “Pleasureman” and still solid. It had radio friendly songs, for Accident (Acoustic) past all the Hollywood accolades and see “Touch Me,” while maintaining that deep, rich instance “All That’s Left” and “Stare At the ¥ Millencolin Ð The Ballad the film for what it’s really saying. For Gunther-style trademark voice. His best song, Sun,” as well as tunes such as “Under the ¥ Rufio Ð Face the Truth more info, take a look at www.not- “I’m the Man,” is not only addictive, but gives Killing Moon” with the signature Thrice sound. ¥ Rise Against Ð Swing Life Away deadyet.org. 14 Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Unicorns and Rainbows Taneem A. Talukdar, 2A Systems Design Unicorns and Rainbows in Regent Park, Toronto ****

Why do you fear God daddy, and his eternal burning and brimstone? we live in hell anyway

bullet frags, white powder triple locked doors broken up homes

and always, the lost children "thug life yo" (only kind I know)

a sharply grey world, but turn on the telly:

unicorns and rainbows Untitled everybody's hugging Rahul Bhardwaj, 3B Electrical OMNI 2, Canada we're so diverse! There was this number eleven, Beaten and smashed on every step, and yet Calling me back home, Life spins on a spiral spirits, I am so cold Whisper in the winds of seven, Lost, I have no soul, stones hitting me right and left Now they are throwing stones, Yet she still calls me through the darkness, A Blinding Halo on each step, Seduction lies within, Bodies rub like sheets, As lust takes over, Blind with no soul, Editorial Haiku Each touch has betrayed me yet, I submit to her Highness's whim Dan Arnott, 2A Environmental Bodies bang to the WarDrum’s beat, On this path of life I walk to the end, This bored reality gives in, Running away, liberated over the sea callous disregard Caves into my own, Even though I know, I know her every promise is for wise words writ long ago This body cannot hold within, empty, yet we all must learn The escaping love it has ripped and torn, A Stab by the light into the dark, Punished and bleeding with every impact, Un hurt, every stone was hollow, then she threw one ice on the roadside And now they are throwing stones. too, black as all our hidden thoughts I couldn’t lie to her, A Stab by the light into my heart sodium chloride It would hurt too much if I ever did, And now She’s throwing stones too!! Cannot stare at the halo grow brighter? A Stab by your betrayal, into my heart, stricken with a cold The Sun’s inferno burning, life it does give …why?….and now she’s throwing stones too……… james goes home to recover Blind, lost and out of control, fallen warrior

UW Profs Joachim D’Costa Water By John Olaveson, 3A Civil

A water drop hits my head, As I pass beneath a tree. Do You Have It soaks me through, Douses me in vibrant liquid, Washes me into the gutter Something to And drags me down to the wastewater treatment plant. Swirling twirling turbines Chew my bones apart. Contribute? My pieces fall to the bottom of a sedi- mentation tank, mix with a million molecules of chlorine, Drop off your poetry, cartoons, And end up as fish fodder drawings, and anything else In a faraway chemical dumping zone. Recycled through time, artistic in the “Arts” box Eaten by fish, foxes and fleas. in the Orifice, or email them to It’s all the same to me now, An inanimate package of parts, [email protected] Worn and weary, Floating in a cesspool of silt And limestone deposits. Submissions may be published Time turns me to peat, to coal, here in The Iron Warrior, and To a brilliant diamond gleaming in the earn you valuable P**5 points deep darkness in the Earth’s heart, To be turned into a jewel in a wedding for your class! band worn once, and lost down the drain. Wednesday, February 2, 2005 15 Prof quotes The tale of the green fairy “Aren't chemistry words awesome? My made such a mess of the U.S., trying to KATHERINE CHIANG addictions and hallucinations among other wife doesn't ask me to talk dirty to her at protect the U.S... I can say this, I'm an things. This kind of “fake” absinthe trig- night, she asks me to talk chemistry to her. American citizen, freedom of speech or “Once upon a time, there was a Green gered many health problems, which unin- Damn.” something.” Fairy. Now, the Green Fairy wasn’t a nice formed public blamed on the real absinthe. —Forsey, CHEM 38 —Emelki, ENVE 276 fairy, she was evil. She makes people mad, The series of accusations and petitions and makes them do evil things…” against the use of absinthe eventually led (after talking about polycyclic compounds “I can see that this vibrating beam makes If there was a tale in the early 1900s to to the ban on absinthe in almost every and how they are in smoke) you excited” caution people against the dangers of country in Europe by 1920. “Smoking cigarettes is bad. Weed? That's —Potapenko, CIVE 331 absinthe, this would likely be how it starts. However, according to chemical analy- bad too, probably worse, because there is Absinthe, also known as the Green Fairy, sis of bottles of 100 year-old absinthe, no filter. You might as well just have it in “The TAs have already completed their dates back to the time of Hippocrates. The there is no Thujone in the distillate (hint: it brownies.” part and you know, as I am a lazy drink was long considered an elixir as well won’t make you crazy if you drink it!), —Forsey, CHEM 38 bastard...” as a remedy for various illnesses in the which meant that the basis for banning this —Potapenko, CIVE 331 ancient times, and was very different from absolutely wonderful drink is completely “Now what do you want to know the heat the modern versions that many artists, unfounded. Perhaps this is why some transfer coefficient for? [Students mention “Consolidation is the simplest, most com- including van Gogh, Picasso and countries, like France, are now lifting the several scenarios.] Why don't we just cal- plicated thing that is easy to understand.” Hemingway, had enjoyed. ban on absinthe, and hopefully one day, we culate it for a deer's antlers?” —Knight, CIVE 353 Absinthe is a spirit, infused with the will see the recognition that the green fairy —Dr. Mario, CHE 30 essence of wormwood (Artemisia absinthi- rightfully deserves. Now, if only I can “Its not difficult if you keep it simple.” um) and various other herbs, giving it an sneak a bottle of that stuff in through cus- “This data structure can hold billions of —Mark Knight, CIVE 353 emerald green hue – thus the name “Green toms…… records...billions with a big B!” Fairy”. The ancient versions of absinthe —Singh, ECE 456 “I love confused classes....Confusion is the consist of wormwood leaves soaked in first step to acquiring knowledge” various wines, beers and other spirits. The “First of all, this theorem is weird, right?” —Tizhoosh, SYDE 223 modern version of absinthe came out of a Campus Events —Davison, on the Principle of Argument, small Swiss town call Couvet in the late ECE 380 “Researchers around the world dream 1700s. It was said to have been invented UW Drama Production: Marat/Sade about the big-Oh every night.” by a doctor named Pierre Ordinaire, who March 16-19, 8:00 pm “They [induction motors] are very friend- —Tizhoosh, SYDE 223 fled France during the French Revolution. ly; they aren't going to harm you.” Dr. Ordinaire apparently discovered the Location: Theatre of the Arts, ML Bldg —Jayaram, ECE 362 “What's zero times infinity? [Class looks wormwood plant, and knowing its ancient Student Admission: $10 distraught.] Why don't we just take the uses, combined it with other herbs and Set in the bathhouse of the “insane “If you don't know Thevenin, I'll send you halfway point, and says its 100.” plants to create a concoction of cure-all asylum” of Charenton during the back to first year. I'm the Dean, I can do —West, SYDE 211 remedy. Dr. Ordinaire’s recipe for absinthe French Revolution’s bloody aftermath, that.” was given to two sisters in Couvet, and Peter Weiss’ play-within-a-play depicts —Sedra, ECE 332 “I feel sorry for the 3rd quadrant, people eventually landed in the hands of Henri- the events leading to the assassina- never spend any time there.” Louis Pernod, who later opened the tion of French revolutionary Jean-Paul “You should practice bus synchronization —West, SYDE 211 world’s first and oldest absinthe distillery. Marat by Charlotte Corday. See at home. Get drunk one night, play the bus The popularity of absinthe rose when http://drama.uwaterloo.ca for more game... if you get it wrong, you have to “Are there any other questions I can't artists of the 1800s discovered the stimula- information. take a shot.” answer?” tory effects of the drink, which apparently —Gorbet, ECE 324 —West, SYDE 211 boosts creativity. Wormwood, the key ingredient in absinthe, contains a chemical EngPlay: You Can’t Take it With You “The bottom surface is the cone; the top “This is what five years of higher educa- called Thujone. It is believed that Thujone, March 18 (8:00 pm), March 19 (2:00 surface is the ice cream.” tion does to you.” (after the scantily clad, being structurally similar to the key ingre- and 8:00 pm) —Xie, ENVE 221 overly joyous, IRS bunch stormed the dient of Marijuana, was the reason for the Location: AL 113 class) “high”. Cost: $6 “It's all happy, everybody's eating, it's like —Heppler , SYDE 281 The use of absinthe was accused in There is a horrible stereotype about a smorgasbord for these microorganisms, many accounts throughout the 1800s and engineers. Actually there are a they're having a few cocktails, having a the early 1900s as the reason behind vio- few...but let's set one straight. The good time...” The Iron Warrior welcomes prof quote lent crimes, which may or may not have its one that deters a beloved audience —Emelko, ENVE 276 submissions from engineering students. merits. At the time, unscrupulous manu- from coming out to see an Email your submissions to facturers sell alcohol with many impurities Engineering play – a production put “The U.S. Department of Defense has [email protected] and poisonous chemicals, which causes on by those unsocial, technically quirky, blood-sucking vermin, er, engi- neers. Hungry Dan Enjoys Jamaican Jerk The truth is, and it's not enough to Jamaican Jerk offers a variety of The coleslaw was crispy and fresh speak, but to speak true, if you prick Caribbean cuisine- the ever-popular Jerk (although not particularly Jamaican), and them do they not bleed? If you tickle Chicken, Oxtail, curried chicken, beef, the rice was cooked just right. The plan- them do they not laugh? If you poison lamb, and shrimp, stir-fry, and many other tain was decent too… it looks a little them do they not die? And if they put tasty dishes. Large and small-sized din- strange, but tastes fine. The first time I ate on a play, should you not go? DAN ARNOTT ners were available, although there was at Jamaican Jerk, I had no idea what it So let’s go to the EngPlay. Come out 2A ENVIRONMENTAL slightly less selection in the small-dinner was, and tasted it with some trepidation, and see Moss Hart and George S. menu. Large dinners ran about $10; small but was pleasantly surprised. It was a big Kaufman’s "You Can't Take it With You" o most students, the University Plaza ones were $6.99, but as a student, I was meal- I was definitely full by the end. brought to you by the UW Engineering represents a great wealth of potential, eligible for the Student Special, a small A warning: Each table comes equipped T Society. Ticket Sales: Mar 11-18 a veritable smorgasbord of wonderfully dinner for $5.99. I selected the Jerk with a little bottle of ‘Jamaican Scotch diverse culinary experiences just waiting Chicken- this place is Jamaican Jerk after Bonnet Hot Pepper Sauce’. I thought it (11::30-1:30pm) CPH Foyer. For more to be tried out. Foods from around the all, right? would add a little flavour to my rice. And info, contact: bsoc_drama@ world, all shapes, sizes, flavours, compo- In addition to a meaty leg and thigh of it did. But the trick is this: ONLY USE A engmail.uwaterloo.ca. sitions, and price ranges. And a nice alter- Jerk Chicken (served from a hotwell LITTLE BIT. It was too much for my native from Cindy’s Kitchen, too. (Sorry, behind the counter), I received a bowlful Anglo-Saxon taste buds to handle, and Born to Be Mild — A sensible intro- Cindy, but we both know that I am too of seasoned rice, a fried plantain (small even the rest of my water would not quell duction to motorcycles lazy to cook for myself). How can a stu- red banana type thing), as well as my the burning. I rushed to the washrooms March 23, 7:00 pm dent be expected to select from all these choice of salad, pasta salad, or coleslaw. I (labelled ‘Bwoy’ and ‘Gal’) to get more. Location: E2-1303E options? Well, we at the Iron Warrior are chose the slaw. A formidable meal for the In conclusion, when you’ve had your Presented by the Engineering Alumni price! Drinks were extra, and the selection fill of pizza and sushi, Jamaican Jerk pro- here to help. Waterloo Area Chapter, this event will On March 9th, 2005, I decided to eat included traditional pop, water, and juice, vides a bit of a different flavour for all you feature an expert panel from the police, out for a change. In a mood for something as well as ginger beer and other exotic soft jaded university students out there. There rider training, insurance, and a dealer. a little different, I settled on Jamaican drinks. aren’t many places in the University Plaza Jerk, located two doors down from I sat down to enjoy my plentiful boun- that can make you full for the low, low Bikes and equipment will be on display. Campus Pizza and right next to Subway. ty of hot, fresh Jamaican food. The chick- price of only $5.99. And I hate to do the Students, faculty and staff are all wel- The place was pretty empty when I en was well-cooked but tender, and the obvious thing and quote the late, great Mr. come and the event is free. Contact walked in, but incredibly clean, and jerk seasoning was nice and strong, but Marley (that’s Bob Marley, all you [email protected] for more infor- although it was colourful, it didn’t assault not overpowering, providing a nice spicy Dickens fans out there), but some times mation. my eyes. sensation without the horrible burning. you’ve just got to “Stir it Up”. 16 Wednesday, March 16, 2005 The Great Winter War of Waterloo KRISTEN YEE LOONG & GABRIEL CHAN OMNI had fielded some impressive tech- journalists shall be attacked; I ran into the 2A SYSTEMS DESIGN nologies, such as the human catapult (a guy battlefield putting my life, and more impor- with a shovel) and operation human shield tantly my camera, in harms way. It was t the University of Waterloo, the sheer (a guy with a piece of ducttaped cardboard). noted that innocent onlookers were inten- Astress of rivalry flowing through engi- The first hostile action was initiated by tionally and unintentionally targeted by neering classes has caused unparallel ten- Chemikazes lobbing long-range snowballs everyone, including the war correspondent. sion within the Engineering Society, with at the 08SYS fortification, who responded I guess international law does not apply to total war threatening to break out between with a shower of long-range projectiles, UW during cold winter terms. these forces at any moment. The slightest while a small task force was deployed to The most daring assault of the day was pressure would trigger a strain in rela- engage OMNI head on. conducted by Andrew Lee from 08SYS, tions—that trigger was the fresh snow that Fighting was fierce on the frontlines, as who attacked OMNI with a boulder, threw regularly blankets the K-W region every people pelted each other at point blank out his back, and managed to still run away other day. range. Occasionally, someone would get a little before taking a beating from Evan A few weeks ago at 11:30, while the rest snow-stuffed into a snow drift amidst the Murphy of Green Eggs and RAM. of campus was scurrying to class or scurry- flying fluffy projectiles. The war took Everyone was in good spirits, even ing to lunch or scurrying to class with another interesting turn as OMNI decided to Richard Winograd of Green Eggs and lunch, engineering classes were engaging in charge on 08SYS. At this point, the number RAM, who was pinned down by 08SYS snowball combat between CPH and E2. of snow-stuffing and snow-wrestling and took a fluffy boulder to the head. He 08SYS had the highest turnout and attacks increased dramatically. The human walked it off like a man. It was good clean quickly fortified the POETS patio. History catapult was captured by 08SYS while fun on part of everyone, except when Evan repeats itself as all the other classes form an some OMNI infiltrated the 08SYS strong- Murphy who resorted to cross-checking uneasy alliance, also known as OMNI. To hold on POETS patio. Peter Szabo of 08SYS with the shovel on oppose the superior numbers of 08SYS, The rules of engagement state that no POETS patio.

Kamikaze Attack by Andrew Lee (08SYS)

the Iron Inquisition What is your best memory of Cindy Bao, 3B Electrical Engineering at Waterloo?

There was that time at the Bomber… Getting a physics quiz cancelled, ‘cause I IRS, baby! Chanting about Edcom’s water. Ð Andrew Ferguson, 4B Mech proved the question was impossible. Ð Alice Malisia 4B Sys Ð David Fanning, 3B Elec Ð Ian Machenzie, 3B Sys

Still trying to make one Probably the ones I don’t remember. Dancing with Mary. Back in the days, 1A; Bomber Wednesday Ð Andrew Elnazir, 3B Elec Ð Josh Levitz, 4B Mech Ð Sarah Seriga, 4B Civ and eating Gino’s pizza at 4am. Ð Michele Heng, 3B Sys