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Page 6 Page 3 Page 10 facebook.com/TheIronWarrior twitter.com/TheIronWarrior iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca Muhammad Ali: A Champion of His People

Cliff via Flickr over the next six years. and develop as a person. When he returned, it Religion became very important to Ali’s RAEESA At age eighteen, Clay qualified for the 1960 was to a much higher pedestal in the public’s identity and decisions. In 1977, he received ASHIQUE Olympics in Rome, but almost backed out eye. a question on British television from a young 2N ELECTRICAL because of a fear of flying. The parachute he After three years the Supreme Court unani- boy: “I’d like to know what you are going to bought to wear on the plane proved a great mously overturned the ruling, and Ali returned do when you retire from boxing?” Ali’s answer investment, as Clay defeated the 1956 bronze to ring the following year, but a toll had been was deep and inspirational: “Get ready to meet Muhammad Ali, boxing legend and politi- medallist to win gold. taken on his skills. In 1971, Ali was dealt his God.” He continued on to voice his conviction cal, social, and religious activist, passed away first professional loss by Joe Frazier, who had that God will one day judge everyone based late last Friday at age 74 from septic shock. The Legend become the heavyweight champion, in the on his or her actions, and that he wants to be He had been suffering from a respiratory ill- “Fight of the Century” that was watched by prepared. “God don’t praise me because I beat ness, and was admitted to hospital the previ- After the Olympics, Clay’s professional millions around the world. Joe Frazier… He wants to know how do we ous day. Fellow athletes, political figures, civil career was born. He set out to become the Ali sought to reclaim his title in the “Rumble treat each other? How do we help each other? rights leaders, and many others are joining greatest, and was known to brag and trash talk in the Jungle” in Zaire in 1974. George Fore- So I’m going to dedicate my life to using my the general public in paying tribute to “The his opponents. He fought with the agility of a man, the new world champion, was favoured name and popularity to helping charities, help- Greatest”. Among them, US President Barack lightweight, describing his style in the famous to win, but Ali beat the odds to take back the ing people, uniting people.” Obama has said “He shook up the world, and couplet “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, world title at age 32 in an eighth round knock- the world is better for it.” Former US President his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see.” He out. “Getting Ready to Meet God” Bill Clinton, Bryan Gumbel, Billy Crystal, and made boxing an art. By this point, Ali had a tied record against Ali’s wife Lonnie will be giving eulogies at the Clay “shook up the world” by claiming his Frazier, and beat him in their third fight in the Ali developed a speech impediment after interfaith funeral service in his hometown of first heavyweight world champion title in 1964 “Thrilla in Manila” in the Phillipines in 1975. retiring from boxing, and was diagnosed with Louisville this Friday. with a win over undefeated Sonny Liston, He defended his title six more times in Parkinson’s in 1984. His doctor said it was the Ali’s professional career of twenty-one whom he referred to as “the big ugly bear”, the next couple years, before losing to Leon culmination of too many hits to the head, but years resulted in 56 wins out of 61 fights, in- despite the public’s lack of faith in his ability. Spinks in 1978, but won it back for the third Ali staunchly denied that boxing was the cause cluding 37 knockouts. He won one Olympic Shortly after, he announced his affiliation time in a rematch later the same year at age 36. of his illness. He became a philanthropist and gold medal and captured the title of heavy- with the Nation of Islam (NOI), and his new He finally lost his title in 1980 to Larry Hol- the public face of Parkinson’s, raising millions weight world champion on three separate oc- name: “Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn’t mes, who commented, “I’m prouder of spar- for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson’s Center. casions. However, he is known for more than choose it, and I didn’t want it. I am Muham- ring with Ali when he was young than I am He also supported the Special Olympics, the his long list of honours and accolades: the pub- mad Ali.” of beating him when he was old.” After a final Make-A-Wish Foundation, and UNICEF, lic loves him for his wit, outspokenness, and Ali was drafted to fight in Vietnam in 1967, loss to Canadian Trevor Berbick in 1981, Ali among other organizations. impromptu poetry, as well as unique fighting but made the extremely controversial deci- retired at age 40. Ali devoted himself to humanitarian work, style and strength of character. Ali was truly a sion to refuse because “I ain’t got no quarrel and in 1998 was chosen to be the UN Messen- champion of the athletic and political world: a with them Vietcong.” Besides, helping the Religion ger of Peace because of his many appearances champion of his people. American government oppress another race of in the developing world. He was sent on diplo- people clashed with his beliefs. This objection Ali thought he had found his place when he matic missions by the American government, The Making of a Legend led him to be stripped of his world title, box- was recruited by Malcolm X to the Nation of negotiated for the release of American prison- ing license, and passport, convicted for draft Islam, a black separatist religious group led by ers held by Saddam Hussein, and brought aid Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcel- evasion, fined $10,000, and sentenced to five Elijah Muhammad which labels white people to countries such as North Korea, Afghanistan, lus Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, years in prison. This interrupted a key period as the devil, and whose teachings oppose or- and Cuba. Kentucky. His journey began at age twelve in his career, from age 25 to almost 29. thodox Islamic values. Soon after, Malcolm He was given many other honours as well. when his bike was stolen at a local fair. He Ali was not particularly well-liked at this X began questioning his own beliefs and af- In 1996, he carried the Olympic torch and lit reported the crime to policeman Joe Martin, time, and the public’s negative opinion in- filiation with NOI after being exposed to white the cauldron in Atlanta despite his degenera- angrily threatening to “whup” that thief if he creased by his refusal to serve his country. Muslims on his pilgrimage to Mecca, and con- tive illness. He was voted Sports Personality ever found him, and was advised to learn how During exile Ali toured colleges and spoke on verted to Sunni Islam. Ali remained with NOI of the Century by BBC, and received a simi- to fight before he started making threats. Clay faith, racism, and his objection to the Vietnam for years before converting to Sunni Islam in lar award from Sports Illustrated. He was was a determined and dedicated student when War. Although he preached racial segregation 1975, and later said that “Turning my back on awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal and he joined the boxing gym, and Martin coached in line with NOI doctrine that white people are Malcolm was one of the mistakes that I regret him to six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles and “the devil”, the conscientious decision not to most in my life.” After this point, he dramati- Continued on Page 13 as A two national Amateur Athletic Union titles compromise his beliefs helped him to grow cally changed his tune. Champion of His People THE IRON WARRIOR 2 Editorial WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 Letter from the Editor

Seeing Double The Newspaper of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society this Bible camp might teach him some of the world today to this mindset. BRYAN MAILLOUX the intolerant attitudes all too prevalent in As you’d expect, video games, and Editor-in-Chief EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the southern United States, but then again really games in general, are notorious Bryan Mailloux I trust him to hold true to his Canadian for being dualistic in nature. This makes values of “not arbitrarily hating someone sense: back when sports and games Assistant Editor because they’re different”. But what’s more were invented, people needed a form of Donovan Maudsley Hello all, and welcome back for Issue #2 concerning is what he said afterwards: the entertainment that could be completed of the Iron Warrior! It’s crazy that we’re reason he was worried about his trip is quickly, so that enough time could be spent Layout Editors already rushing headlong into midterms that while he’s there, the US is going to be gathering resources to survive. But when Donovan Maudsley – sometimes it feels as though the term “nuke EMP’ed by ISIS agents recruited by games, and specifically violent games Brigita Gubins started only yesterday. To everyone Russia, and everyone would go back to the like Call of Duty, begin to portray current Cameron Soltys preparing for exams, good luck! You’ll do dark ages”. (An EMP, or electro-magnetic events, and not history or fiction, people great! pulse, is commonly used in popular fiction have to start taking sides because that’s Copy Editors I was really sad to hear that Muhammad to cripple the electrical infrastructure of a just how games work. Usually the bad Elizabeth Salsberg Ali passed away this past week. As well city or region.) guys in video games such as Call of Duty Cameron Soltys as being an inspiration for African- Something tells me he’s not kidding represent the bad guys in real life. That’s Caitlin McLaren Americans, Muslims, and other oppressed when he says these things. fine. However, what if someone plays the Brigita Gubins groups in the USA and around the world, I used this example to illustrate what game, but they don’t know where to draw Tiffany Chang he was a symbol for those who refuse to I think is a common trend with the way the line between good and bad in real life? Isabel Vilchis betray their morals, and for those who we think. This is our tendency to see What if they can’t distinguish the terrorists would take a hit themselves rather than things in a dualistic manner, with two from the people on the street? Circulation Manager hurting innocent people. Ali was a legend, forces opposing each other – black and Mainstream and social media don’t fare Donovan Maudsley and he will be missed. white, harmony and chaos, yin and yang. much better when it comes to helping This issue of the Iron Warrior is really And for most of history, this has been the people draw that line appropriately. It Advertising Manager Elections Edition Part 2 – we’re covering basis for a majority of people’s mindsets, depends which media outlet you get your Brigita Gubins the recent election of Rodrigo Duterte from the most powerful emperors to the information from, but some of them are as President of the Philippines, and lowliest peasants. Why? Because it’s the happy to blow some threats far out of Photo Editor Caitlin’s Five Things You Don’t Want to easiest way of thinking – it’s a way for us proportion compared to the danger they Thomas Willert Know returns with… more things you to simplify our world into a format upon realistically pose, because that sells best. don’t want to know, but this time about which we can quickly make decisions. In Having people fear the enemy is how media Web Editor elections. Professor Michal Bajcsy stars a world where resources are scarce, such CEOs pay for their fancy houses and cars, Bryan Mailloux in this issue’s Prof Personalities, and as the world for most of history, up to and and the more enemies there are, the more Brigita recounts her homemade deodorant including the current day, this mindset cars the CEOs can buy. They make sure Social Media Manager mishaps in Leafy Thoughts. (Don’t use makes sense: if someone wants to raid to tactfully avoid outlining where the line Sarah Chan candle wax as deodorant. Got it.) Tom your village for food, the fastest and safest stands between the bad guys and everyone and Donovan duke it out in this issue’s thing to do is to band together with your else who could be mistaken to be part of Staff Writers PCP, arguing about whether video games fellow villagers and attempt to fend off the bad guys. Once the media has formed Seamus Bannon should follow an iterative development the invaders. Naturally, this becomes an people’s opinions for them, social media Sarah Chan cycle or not. In POP 101, we’ve got “us versus them” situation. And like most can then step in and amplify the effects of Tiffany Chang some Canadian Indie bands you should of the historical baggage humanity has the mainstream media: by offering people Brigita Gubins give a listen, perhaps while tasting some dragged along with it as the centuries have the choice of what they want to like and Gabrielle Klemt Brewskies recommended by the Broskies. gone by, this mindset has persisted. who they want to follow. Social media Ashlyn Low (It’s their 10th issue special! For this issue, So where does our dear adolescent effectively limits people into seeing only Donovan Maudsley the Broskies are tasting some of their old protagonist fit into this? Well, is Luke what they want to see, and reading only Caitlin McLaren favourites!) Donovan talks about cool really in danger of having his food, shelter, articles that agree with their point of view. Elizabeth Salsberg dinosaurs (literally) in his new column Old or life taken from him? Certainly not – his And before you know it there’s a whole Cameron Soltys News. And finally, in the Benchwarmer family is rather well off, and The-Middle- group of people who refuse to listen to any Ratan Varghese Report, Elizabeth talks Lord Stanley’s Of-Nowhere, Ontario, isn’t exactly known kind of reason or opposing arguments. Thomas Willert Cup. for being a target for… well, anything Of course, most of us here at the Now that that’s out of the way, I want to really. In other words, in the grand scheme University have enough common sense Contributors talk about a conversation I had the other day of things, he shouldn’t even be thinking to take what the mainstream media says Tristan Kuehn with a teenager from small-town Ontario about “us and them”. with a grain of salt. We can tell when the Hannah Gautreau whose perspective on current world events But obviously, he is. It’s easy to see whole story isn’t being told, and we know Teresa Lumini I found to be both astonishing and a little where Luke got this outlook from – as a kid how to ask the questions that haven’t been Kieran Broekhoven (by which I mean very) worrying. growing up in small-town Ontario, and as answered. We also have the advantage of Don Tu Luke, as we’ll call him, has recently part of a family that doesn’t find travelling being a part of a community that prides Anson Chen been suspended from high school for to be a suitable family activity, the only itself on its diversity, and we have the getting in a fight, as kids do. At this point, exposure he really has to the outside world opportunity to work and make friends ADVISORY BOARD the standard parent response is to sit down is through mainstream media, social media, with people of different origins than our Off-Stream Editor-in-Chief and have a chat with their kid to get them and video games. (Like many teenagers, own. As such, we can see the humanity of Caitlin McLaren to shape up. Not Luke’s mother, though. he’s a pro at first-person shooters like groups that are not our own. They may not She wants to send him to a Bible camp in Call of Duty and Halo.) These sources of have the same ethnicity, gender, or sexual Executive Members Florida. Which is, in my opinion, a little information are clearly geared to make us orientation, but we can very clearly see that Sarbajoy Majumdar excessive and not necessarily useful – I think dualistically about the world. While they are not the “enemy” the media wants Teresa Lumini went to one of these Bible camp things I’m not necessarily against the dualistic us to believe in. 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As I sit here listening, writing and well, not doing school work, I can’t help but feel chills down my spine and a gen- eral sense of melancholy. Though this is the emotion usually provoked by the Tragically Hip, it is felt doubly now. For those of you who haven’t heard yet, Gord Downie, lead singer and songwriter of the best and undoubtedly most Canadian band of all time, was diagnosed with ter- minal brain cancer. The man was the force behind genre defining hits like: “New Orleans is Sink- ing”, “38 Years Old”, “Nautical Disas- ter” and “Locked in the Trunk of a Car”, as well as awesome songs regarding our home land: “Wheat Kings”, “50 Mis- Seth Meister via youtube.com sion Cap”, “Bobcaygeon”, and “At the Hundredth Meridian”. Gord was diag- Gord Downie performing with the Tragically Hip in Cranbrook BC, 2013 nosed in December and has been fight- ing a tough battle ever since. The band ments of all time. Not only will it be an presale tickets already all picked up in Salt Lake City Olympics and in the same broke the news to the public on May 24th emotional journey for the band, but for minutes, many are upset with Ticketmas- year played for Queen Elizabeth, shared along with the announcement of one final the audience as well. There are many of ter for allowing scalpers and bots to pick the stage with Midnight Oil, Ziggy Mar- tour, as they stated themselves they’re us young and old who grew up with the up vast amounts of tickets rapidly for re- ley and has done tons of free charity “going to dig deep, and try to make this Hip guiding our musical taste, as well as sale at a ridiculous markup for what is concerts is making its last stand. Unlike our best tour yet.” After 30 years to- enjoying their antics. So, with this being obviously a once in a lifetime concert. most bands that fizzle out and then come gether this isn’t just a statement - this is the final time we can see them all togeth- Overall this is going to be a big hit to back to make money for a cushier retire- a promise. With 4 nights to be spent in er, this is bound to be something too big Canadian music culture. One of the last ment, the Hip have been going strong for Toronto alone, this is bound to be one of to miss and too big to forget. great Canadian rock bands will never be their 30 years and this, this is their final the greatest Canadian rock history mo- With tickets on sale already and the the same. The group that played the 2002 concert. Duterte Named Filipino President in Landslide Election

tions—over 81 per cent of the 54 million ernment that is driven by action rather side with no country but his own. TIFFANY CHANG registered voters cast ballots. As one of than inaction, especially when it comes In times as turbulent as these, who can 1B CHEMICAL six presidential candidates, Duterte won to dealing with issues that are stunting really blame him? by a clear margin—nearly twice as many the Philippines’ development—despite as some of his opponents. enjoying economic growth (5.8 per cent Duterte has not included many stances in 2015 even though international de- On May 10, Rodrigo “Digong” Du- on international issues compared to his mand for Filipino exports dropped). terte was announced to have won the intended policies for domestic issues I am particularly fascinated with Du- presidency in the Philippine 2016 elec- within the Philippines. He has already terte’s stance with China and the U.S. tions. Duterte is known by some as “The maintained that disputed islands in the On one hand, he is firm with the Phil- Punisher” for his tough stance on how South China Sea belong to the Philip- ippines’ ownership of the islands in the the government should deal with crimi- pines, but has asserted that the Philip- South China Sea; however, he would not nals. pines would not go to war with China be willing to burn bridges with the Phil- As mayor of the city of Davao, a city over the conflict. Related to the South ippines’ close neighbour. Let’s face it: on the southern Philippine island of China Sea dispute is Duterte’s doubt that families, let alone neighbours, will nev- Mindanao, he transformed law and order the U.S. would not deliver on their com- er always see eye-to-eye. But in the end, in the city. Davao used to be the murder mitment to protect the Philippines in its everyone has to live in relative peace capital of the Philippines, but it is now maritime dispute with China. As a re- together. Who would benefit from going called “the most peaceful city in South- sult, he wants to ditch a deal that allows full-out bonkers against the other? east Asia” by some tourism companies. American military personnel to enter the Duterte’s position on U.S. military He hopes to impose some of the mu- country for regular military exercises. personnel in the Philippines is another nicipal policies that he had implemented Despite the controversy surrounding wild card: The Philippines is one of the in Davao to reduce crime throughout the some of Duterte’s campaign and past closest allies to the U.S. in Asia, and the rest of the country, such as “a late-night cases of direct involvement in human majority of Filipinos view Americans drinking ban and a curfew for unescort- rights violations, he has the right idea favourably. Can Duterte’s position be ed minors after 10 p.m.” Overall, Du- of focusing on domestic issues, such as foreshadowing that the two nations are Ryan Lim via Wikimedia Commons terte vowed to get rid of corruption and fighting corruption and decreasing na- starting to fall out? Perhaps they are, illegal drugs within six months. tional crime rates. From the extremely perhaps they are not. Who really knows? Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino According to election officials, there high voter turnout, it appears as though My guess is that Duterte is keeping his President-elect was a record turnout at polling sta- Filipino citizens are eager to elect a gov- cards close to his chest and prefers to UWaterloo Hosts Vigil for Residents of Fort McMurray

though I’ve heard so much about the fire Fort McMurray is an extremely small those displaced by the fires. As was said at GABRIELLE KLEMT and its devastating impacts, I hadn’t actu- city, but also extremely diverse with peo- the vigil, “tragedy is terrible, but tragedy 1B GEOLOGICAL ally met anyone directly affected by the ple from all four corners of the world. brings people together and truly brings fire. Luckily, she was in Waterloo by the Since the fire spread into the city, fire- out the best in people.” time the fire spread to her city, but her fighting help and donations have been It seems crazy to me that there can pos- family was, of course, home. pouring in from countries barely connect- sibly be a light in this situation. However, On May 31st, one month after the fire Yet, to hear her talk about it, the fire, ed to Fort Mac. hearing the first-hand experience of some- entered the city, WPIRG hosted a vigil for though devastating, has had a positive The vigil itself was an acknowledge- one who had to deal with family in Fort those affected by the Fort McMurray fires impact on her as well. It has helped her ment of the disaster, but also a show and McMurray, and the possibility of losing and those who wanted to show their sup- to see where she’s from in a whole new acknowledgement of support given to the everything they held dear to them, and port. Having never personally been to a light. “I have a family back home of 88 victims of the fire, especially by the First then hearing them say that they feel closer vigil before, I went, ready to be educated. thousand people,” she said, “I really feel Nations people living near Fort McMur- to their community and have regained Before the vigil started, I talked to an the love and outpouring of support from ray. People who barely have running wa- faith in humanity, well that’s pretty in- engineering student from Fort Mac. Al- around the world”. ter are offering their houses and food for spiring. THE IRON WARRIOR 4 News WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 Austrian Elections Split By A Hair

Netherlands. He is a member of the Freedom legal challenge to the results; the leader of urban and economically privileged areas CAITLIN MCLAREN Party of Austria, a party that is currently the party, Heinz-Christian Strache, publicly leaning more left. There was also a gender 3T CHEMICAL right-wing, anti-immigration, anti-Islamic, questioned “irregularities” in the way the divide, with around 60% of men leaning and broadly nationalist and eurosceptic. votes were counted. However, to his credit right and the same number of women Hofer ran on a platform of “putting Austria Hofer himself urged his supporters to “pull leaning left. Overall, the country was very first”. If Hofer had won, he would have been together” and accept the results, saying much split down the middle. On the 23rd of May, the winner of Austria’s the first far-right Western European head of “There are no signs of electoral fraud”. Austria is thus a microcosm, with presidential election was announced: state since the Second World War. In the political system of Austria, the a political situation that reflects and Alexander Van der Bellen, with 50.35% Hofer won a plurality of votes in the first office of president is not a particularly emphasizes similar rifts around the world; of the vote. His opponent, Norbert Hofer, round of the election, receiving about 35% politically powerful one; Austria operates in Europe, where candidates such as the won the remaining 49.65%. The margin of of the popular vote, while Van der Bellen under a parliamentary system and, while aforementioned Le Pen and Wilders, and victory was little over 31,000 votes, out of received 21%. In third place came another presidents theoretically have a great deal other far-right leaders gain in popularity a pool of almost 6.4 million eligible voters independent candidate, Irmgard Griss, with of authority, the role is largely one of a due to the economic and refugee crises and and a turnout of nearly 73%. 19%, followed by Rudolf Hundstorfer of figurehead. However, the results say a great threats of terrorism, and in America, where The president-elect, Alexander Van der the Social Democratic Party of Austria and deal about the current political climate of the rise of the populist Republican Donald Bellen, is a retired professor of economics Andreas Khol of the Austrian People’s Party, Austria and, in fact, Europe and the world Trump and the democratic socialist Bernie at the University of Vienna, and a member with about 11% each. Interestingly, the latter in general. Sanders highlight the country’s division of the Green Party of Austria, which, as its two parties are the current governing parties Austria is deeply polarized on issues such into ever more deeply entrenched right and name suggests, has a strong platform on in Austria; thus, even the preliminary results as immigration, the best ways to combat left camps. This is a world where partisan ecological issues and supports liberal social indicated a great shift in the public opinion. radical Islam, the place of government, politics are beginning to threaten countries’ policies. Van der Bellen, however, ran as a According to the Austrian electoral system, and the balance of national interests abilities to function. nominally independent candidate endorsed if a candidate fails to obtain a majority of and individual freedoms. The economic Van der Bellen is hopeful that this by the Green Party, as he is personally more the vote in the first round of the election, situation and the recent refugee crisis have can be overcome. His words have been popular than the party itself. Van der Bellen the two candidates who received the highest brought these issues into the foreground. conciliatory; he declared that the results is in favour of the European Union and numbers then face off against each other in a Furthermore, Austrians are dissatisfied with show that “the country is made up of two supports European federalism. second round. The second round took place the way the current government operates on equally important halves”, and that he would He could not stand in further contrast to on May 22; at first, Hofer received 51.9% of these issues and others, paving the way for “certainly endeavour to build bridges over his narrowly-defeated opponent, Norbert the vote, but when the absentee ballots were non-traditional candidates to achieve victory. the trenches that have been dug, to certainly Hofer, a relatively young and outspoken counted the next day, Van der Bellen had a Election statistics also bring up some telling, not dig them deeper, and to make an effort right-wing populist politician who has been very slim majority. There was a recount, and though not necessarily surprising, results, to take everybody in this country with me”. compared to the more notorious Marine even some allegations of electoral fraud, and such as a rural-urban split, with rural and The world will be watching to see if he can Le Pen of France and Geert Wilders of the the Freedom Party of Austria considered a working-class areas leaning to the right, and succeed. Western Europe Experiences Wide-Scale Flooding Water Expected to Recede Soon

received 6 weeks’ worth of rain in just 24 across Iceland and the Nordic states, and across a restricted geographic area. CAMERON SOLTYS hours. south near Ukraine. Within this geographic The worst of the flooding seems to have 3N MECHANICAL The Weather Channel website attributes area—i.e. most of Europe—a low pressure come to an end. The waters in Paris are not the substantial rainfall to a weather system developed as expected, drawing expected to rise any further, and the BBC phenomenon known as a “blocking moist air up from the Mediterranean. The reports France’s environment ministry as pattern” in the jet stream. The jet stream extreme extent of the blocking pattern predicting that the floods would be stable Extremely high rainfall in Europe formed an Ω-shaped pattern, stretching has caused this weather system to persist over the weekend before dropping in the has caused major flooding, displacing north along the west coast of Europe, east and not move on, resulting in heavy rains coming week. thousands of people. The most wide-spread flooding occurred in France, where 20 000 Parisians were evacuated. Substantial damage was also done in Germany, where 51 people were injured by lightning at a music festival, and 11 were killed in other flood incidents. Additional reports of at least two dead in Romania and one missing in Belgium highlight the extent and severity of the damage. In Paris, the river Seine rose 6.1 m above its normal height. The Zouave statue, a soldier on a pedestal above the river, was covered to his waist. This statue is often used as an informal indicator of the severity of flooding of the Seine, based on how much of him is covered. All over the city, work is being done to mitigate the worst damage of the flood. Two famous museums on the river, the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, closed so they could move the parts of their collection that were in basement storage to safety; they are not expected to reopen until Tuesday. All boats except emergency vehicles have been forbidden from the river. This prompted the city to open two gymnasiums to accommodate homeless people; they often find shelter on the river barges that are no longer present. Tourists, unable to take part in the popular river boating activities, have been flocking to other attractions like Notre-Dame cathedral. While the flooding is devastating, leaving 17 000 homes in the Paris region without power, worse flooding has occurred in 1910, 1955, and 1982. 1910 was the worst of these floods, with the Seine peaking at Greudin via Wikimedia Commons - original scupltor Georges Diebolt 8.6 m higher and remaining flooded for two months. Regions outside of Paris are The Zouave Statue on the River Seine, at a normal water level also affected; parts of northeastern France THE IRON WARRIOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 Opinion 5 Point Vs. Counterpoint Should Companies Update Products POINT COUNTERPOINT Periodically?

the price of $60USD per game, but now companies charge sometimes upwards of DONOVAN THOMAS WILLERT studios have a way to break that barrier in a fifteen dollars for content that would have MAUDSLEY 3A MECHANICAL way that caters to the gamer better. been included with the release ten years ago. As well being able to be consistent and 3A MECHANICAL One of my favourite things about Super Smash well updated in style, this plan also provides Brothers Melee was unlocking characters by the company with greater financial security, completing challenges and tasks in the game; To counter the idealistic perfect world as there is consistent cash flow into the Releasing a product before it’s finished is in today’s market these are characters you that the complete revolutionary video game company. Not only does it bring constant a slap in the face to anyone that buys it, but need to buy. The inclusion of downloadable is produced in, we the consumer must inflow of cash, but it also allows for cheaper is becoming more and more the norm in the content in this manner is simply a way for the remember that this is a business. A business production costs by being able to only have software industry, specifically in gaming. I studios to increase their profits, not a way to that is made to entice the player to continue to deal with updates rather than full overhauls can name numerous products from the last augment the users’ experience. the story through the next game, as well as on the game’s core engine. The constant few years that have fallen victim to this trap. Companies typically don’t like to admit feel out the way the user likes to play and outflow of games allows for a less pressing Assassin’s Creed Unity, from November that they’ve done anything wrong, but one make changes to ensure they are happy with need to renovate the engine entirely between 2014, is one of the most well known. At the glaring admission of guilt is the concept of a what they feel. games, as the one has many different ways time of its release it was plagued with a glitch “day one” patch. On release of their product The greatest examples of successful long to be updated before it needs to be replaced. that’s become known as the “face glitch,” many studios prepare a large patch of last term video game studios are Infinity-Ward Overall, this system has proven worth in where the games graphics engine was not minute fixes, admitting that they sent their and Treyarch. These two companies are a variety of games, the most common form generating the characters’ faces. It led to code away for physical pressing before they producing games at a rate that matches the being with first person shooters where there some of the funniest cut scene videos ever had finished thoroughly testing it. Corporate fast turnover of the market. The producers is a heavily competitive online community, seen. This is in stark contrast to the earlier timelines overpower artistic integrity. and designers of the Call of Duty series but it was also proven with a variety of single Assassin’s Creed games, that had a much Content patches like this can lead to more have a model of one game a year combined. player story games where the engine doesn’t more relaxed release schedule and very few harm than good. Encompassed bugs are With each company producing a game require big changes. A great example of this release issues. One glaring counter to this is software bugs that are side effects of a main every other year, they keep advancing two is Assassin’s Creed, where there is a very that content was very deliberately left out of software patch. These encompassed bugs stories providing the audience with regular complex story but the game style is similar Assassin’s Creed 2 to ensure a timely release. will require even more content patches, often content and keeping the plot fresh. As well from game to game, due to the unique way At one point, the game literally skips a referred to as hot fixes, where the server for as this, releasing games regularly allows they styled the player’s movements and section of the story, which was released later the product is updated, but never brought for the game to be up-to-date with the latest weapons. Where Call of Duty prides itself in as downloadable content. online. These encompassed bugs can lead technology advances. being a shooter with a good story, Assassin’s Having errors like this present in a game to vulnerabilities in the code structure for The most recent example of this is with Creed takes the stance of a great story with can significantly affect the retail sales opportunistic hackers to exploit. There is their upcoming release of their new game a unique and interactive game play style, numbers of a product. Two very recent no way to tell how a bug fix will react to the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. This game, to which is highlighted heavily by the way and games, which are both part of large and larger world of the server, so there is no way be released in November this year, is the 6th rate Ubisoft produces the game. successful franchises, had very similar to predict these encompassed bugs. installment of the Modern Warfare Series, Lastly, the largest and easiest to dismiss issues. Star Wars Battlefront, released last Replacing your content on a yearly and last years’ release Black OPS 3 is the concern from this style of game is the “day November, and Street Fighter V, released basis is also a poor way to keep the market 4th installment of their historical combat one patch”, which is when a studio releases February of this year, both had a significant interested. Microsoft’s Office programs are a series. With two entirely unrelated series, a game slightly early and the purchaser then amount of single player content cut from terrific example of this. Compare the amount they are able to advance content in one based has to deal with a glitchy game for a day the final game. Battlefront’s designer DICE of the population uses Office on a daily or on information from the other, gaining the before all of the issues are addressed. This is has been criticized in mainstream and social weekly basis to the amount of the population best of both worlds. This also allows for actually a very clever way of completing all media for their decision to cut Battlefront’s that owns Office 2016. I myself use Office greater advancement in-story, as ideas that of the finer and nitty-gritty QA checks that campaign in order to release it ahead of the 2007, and have never had any issues with don’t fit one game may suit the other better. need to be completed. Though no developer movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. DICE compatibility or features. I find the newer Furthermore, the fast turn-around allows wants to do this as a primary option, as the has even reacted to this and is planning on versions that I’ve used on the school’s servers for rapid response to dislike for game style, game studios get larger it becomes more of releasing more single player content for free to be too flashy and crowded with redundant allowing for the market to forget it quickly a corporate decision than an individual’s once it is complete. While Battlefront was a functions. Word is Word, and Excel is Excel. and lose any resentment for the company decision. Therefore, if the company wants commercial success, the number of players By spending money to create new editions rather than having the bad reputation brew a specific marketing ploy or a fancy release who have stayed interested is far below what of this every year I believe that Microsoft is over for the many years between game date and the game only needs final touch ups DICE was hoping for. wasting valuable resources. releases. The latest and most brilliant move it is easier to get the sales and release a patch The Street Fighter series by Capcom is A studio that is taking the right path, and of the studio was to remaster the classic Call to fix the issues that arise, and it is easy to do an entirely different animal, but ran into reaping the rewards, is CD Projekt Red. of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and release it as now that most consoles are online at all times. essentially the same problem. Released with Their most recent game, The Witcher 3: Wild part of a special edition package deal with Overall, releasing games rapidly stimulates only two offline modes and the promise of an Hunt, won many Game of the Year awards their newest release. This means that the the market and allows for consumers to extensive story mode to be released later, the and was almost universally recognized as a multiplayer that was well loved by all players diversify their collection with more games critical reception of the game was less than masterpiece. Instead of releasing costumes or will once again be available to play; the only and different play styles. As well as this, it desirable. Some reviewers declined to score different weapons as downloadable content, catch is that they can only be purchased allows for quick response from the company the game, concluding that the studio rushed the studio released 2 full campaigns, each together. While this seems like a tricky as the next game is only a year away, rather the release to meet a financial deadline. taking days of playing time to complete fully. move, it is giving the purchaser two games than having the stigma of a bad game stay Street Fighter V is expected to sell about 2 They’ve begun work on their next project for slightly over the price of one. For years, with them for many years and impact their million copies within its first year of release. and instead of citing a date or year for its video games have been capped at stores for next sale. Mortal Kombat X, a complete product in release have simply stated that it’s coming direct competition with Street Fighter V, sold “when it’s ready.” This studio respects their Editor’s Note: around 4 million copies in its first year of hard won audience and knows that they will Point Vs. Counterpoint is a feature meant to stimulate discussion on thought- release. be expected to reproduce the high level of provoking topics. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily Releasing content in chunks has become quality they’ve delivered previously. This reflect those of the authors, The Iron Warrior, or the Engineering Society. a norm in the modern gaming market. is how every company should view their Commonly known as downloadable content, products.

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ally good for and how it changed things. professors are really good about it and Another class was an engineering class you can basically make a print-out of their ASHLYN LOW called Junior Capstone Project. It was like board, I haven’t quite gotten there yet. I’m 2B NANOTECHNOLOGY engineering consulting 101; the professors still trying to improve it to a reasonable would bring in clients from outside with a level. It makes it easier for the students to real problem and the students would work learn, but there also seems to be a strong PROF PERSONALITIES in a group to suggest a solution by the end correlation between your board technique of the semester, and we had to give a pres- and the overall happiness of the class, par- Ballroom dancing, surfing, Game of entation and propose our solution. ticularly with the first years. Thrones, which awesome professor did the It was certainly an interesting social dy- Iron Warrior find for this issue? None other namic to figure out how to work in a team Q: Do you have any advice for than Professor Michal Bajcsy! without killing each other, and it was also your students? Professor Bajcsy joined the Institute of very good training on how to give presen- Quantum Computing in 2014 after receiv- tations and effectively communicate your One is a quote from Louis Pasteur. The ing his Bachelor of Science in Electrical ideas. gist of it is that in science or life in general, Engineering and PhD in Applied Physics “chance favours the prepared mind.” Basi- from Harvard University and completing Q: What was your first impression cally, a lot of things happen by chance, but his postdoctoral research at Stanford Uni- of Waterloo? you wouldn’t be able to take advantage of versity. An Assistant Professor in the Elec- that chance if you weren’t already looking trical and Computer Engineering Depart- Well, the land is very flat. In the States I in that area or aware of what was going on. ment, Professor Bajcsy kindly took some was always either on the east or west coast, Another is a quote that I saw in a lab in Ne- time out of his busy schedule to Skype in and in both of them you can get to moun- braska, which says that “a few months of with us from California to answer a few of tains in just a couple of hours. Whereas working in the lab can often times save you our questions. Waterloo is more rolling hills and like a a couple of hours in the library.” The last Midwest style. But the surprising impres- one would be to keep working on your writ- Q: Which courses do you teach? sion was that there were way more students ing and presentation skills. We do so much than I was expecting. I mean, the school of our communication through writing, and I have taught ECE 106 (Physics of Elec- doesn’t look like it would fit 30 000 stu- presentation is very important because that Professor Bajcsy has travelled trical Engineering), ECE 404 (Geometrical dents. is how you sell stuff. Even if you come up to Hawaii, Japan, the Caribbean, and Physical Optics) and ECE 770 (Quan- with something interesting, there’s no point and the United States, where tum Electronics and Photonics). Q: What are your research in it if you can’t explain to people why it is he is currently completing his interests? interesting or how it works. postdoctoral research. He is Q: Why did you choose to pursue also a fan of ballroom dancing a career in Engineering? On the large scale of things, I am try- Q: Do you have any hobbies? and Game of Thrones. ing to make single photon gates. In other It was a family business. My dad, aunt, words, trying to make logic gates that work I used to, and I hope to come back to lot. It seems like they are trying to wrap up uncle, and two older brothers are all electri- with single photons. Experimentally I am them at some point. I used to be an avid the whole thing and I guess there’s still a lot cal engineers. I also enjoy math and phys- trying to implement it in a combination of ballroom dancer. I used to do it competi- of characters that need to be killed off. I’m ics, and this was a field that combined them nanophotonic structures and cold atoms, tively in college and in grad school. I quit also a big fan of Family Guy and American both. and occasionally warm atoms. The point is about halfway through grad school when Dad. that the nanophotonic structures can keep I realized that I actually needed to gradu- Q: What was your most the photons confined and the atoms add the ate at some point. So when I was a post- Q: Interesting places you have memorable experience as an non-linearity that we need to implement doc I didn’t compete anymore but the Palo traveled to? undergraduate student? the logic gate. Alto area had a really good social ballroom scene so I was still enjoying that. I also en- Hawaii has been one of my favourite Hmm I have to come up with some that Q: What is your favourite part joy skiing, and during a trip after finishing places. I also visited Japan for a few days are actually appropriate for this interview! about teaching? my postdoc I picked up surfing. I’m still which was very interesting. In the Caribbe- There were several. I took a geology class really bad at it but I really enjoy it. Appar- an I’ve made it to St. Maarten and St. Barts which was a lot of fun; it ended with a I like that I still learn new things. I was ently you can also surf in Ontario. In some so far. They are neighboring islands but camping trip to the surrounding mountains very surprised that I still learned new things of the Great Lakes they have good waves they are very different. St Maarten is su- to look at some rocks. A class on Celtic po- in ECE 106 even after teaching it the sec- for surfing. per touristy, but at St. Barts the cruise ships etry was also very interesting. ond time. Another favourite thing is when have to anchor a few miles off the coast I also took a class on the history of sci- students get it, you sort of see that “aha” Q: What is your favourite TV and then they will have small boats come ence, which basically went over the most moment which is quite enjoyable. show? in. Another interesting place I’ve visited in important scientific developments of the the last several years is Antelope Canyon 20th century, such as the making of the Q: What is the most challenging Lately I have been addicted to Game of in Utah. It’s this canyon where the water atomic bomb, the green revolution, the ge- part? Thrones. This season has been really good, has cut through the sandstone, and it’s ab- nome study, and so on. So it was an inter- it seems like they are really trying to get it solutely amazing. And California is pretty esting overview of what science was actu- Board technique. I suck at that. Some going and the pace has been picked up a amazing as well.

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Stacey Scott spoke of her representation 90-minute long streams, but the new TIFFANY CHANG on behalf of the Faculty of Engineering RATAN VARGHESE Facebook Continuous Live will allow 1B CHEMICAL for UW’s HeForShe campaign; two strong, 1B ELECTRICAL persistent streams of any length. They inspiring women who work at Square were inspired by some of the creative also gave our girls some insight into their uses of Facebook Live; explore.org used journey to where they are today; and finally, it to record a bald-eagle nest all day, It’s fascinating how life goes full circle. current B-Soc President Hannah Gautreau Industry interest in live streaming every day. They also wanted to enable During the last weekend of May, I had also shared four years’ worth of university, video has been surging over the past 24-hour views of major landmarks. the amazing opportunity to volunteer with EngSoc, and co-op experience. To wrap up two months, as Facebook launched and These ludicrously long videos will not be Women in Engineering to host 80 Grade the night, The Water Boys performed for us expanded its live video API while other stored for long: unlike the current Live 12 girls as they percolated one of the most at St. Paul’s—what a treat! web companies scramble to respond. The API, Continuous Live will not support important decisions of their lives thus far The next morning before wrapping up first frame of this spectacle was during rewinding or late viewing. one last time. the event, we heard from another three Facebook’s F8 conference on April 12, What does this mean, beyond Last year, I was also invited to the Discover amazing ladies from Christie Digital about when it announced a Facebook Live API to the Silicon Valley rivalry and the WiE event; however, I did not attend it. the benefits of co-op; they provided our girls allow third-party organizations to stream sophisticated technology? It is becoming Fast-forward a couple of months to with some insight on how to craft a résumé live video over Facebook. Facebook easier and easier for ordinary people to moving into residence for the first time. It and how to make up for the lack of work Live allowed for mixing multiple video broadcast live videos to enormous digital turns out that some of my dorm-mates knew experience—I remember worrying about and audio sources: quite like a desktop audiences. Now that both Periscope and each other from attending this event. Later, that not too long ago. streaming application and unlike the Facebook support drone-sourced video I also discovered that some of my fellow At times, I’m still in dismay that I was one phone-focused, Twitter-owned Periscope streams, pretty much anyone will be able Chem 2020 peers had also met each other of those girls less than a year ago—eager, app. Live videos could be rewound and to passively record hundreds of people through this event. excited, and nervous to pen a new chapter to replayed later. On-screen graphics of in real-time in a critical location… or a Thankfully, life has the unique my life in UW Engineering. Facebook comments and likes were single person in every location. characteristic of coming full circle. As soon I remember chatting with Ryan Pyear available. Perhaps most interestingly, On the other side of the coin, the as I found out that WiE was still looking for during March Break Open House 2014 and Facebook partnered with the drone-maker creepier aspects of this were possible for volunteers for this special day, I immediately asking him about choosing 4-stream versus DJI to allow live streaming from above. years. The difference now is that events signed up. 8-stream co-op. While eating dinner at the Throughout May, Facebook’s rivals can be observed live, rather than after the After my circuits CDT, I made my way to Sedra Student Design Centre in E5, I had responded by expanding their own live fact. Perhaps this will be a killer feature St. Paul’s. Once again, construction got the a moment to recall that moment two years video ambitions. Periscope added 24- for sports and conference observers, and better of me for a couple of minutes while ago with Ryan. It’s probably something he hour video saving to its mobile app, as the rest of humanity will be content with I figured out which entrance to take, butI hears a lot from current students, but from well as support for the aforementioned their existing “dead” video uploaders. was lucky to have made the right decision. A what I can imagine, it’s what keeps him DJI drones. Twitter has started allowing couple of turns and a staircase later, I came and other faculty members involved with phone users to launch the Periscope app across the soon-to-be registration table and Recruitment motivated to continue inspiring from the Twitter app (this still requires Lyndia Stacey, the new Program Coordinator and encouraging future generations of installing both). Twitter has also tried for Women in Engineering. Other volunteers engineering students. easing its famed 140 character limit to trickled in, and from there, we designated Hopefully, the majority—if not all—of our allow links and multimedia to be more roles and waited for our participants to girls have accepted their offers to Waterloo easily tweeted. Mobile streaming may arrive. Engineering. Who knows? Maybe next year, be in Google’s sights as well, as they On top of being able to experience living some of them will be the ones volunteering are rumored to be adding livestream in residence for a night, our girls heard from with Women in Engineering for this special recording to the YouTube mobile app. B Ystebo via Flickr Mary Wells about the purpose of Discover day. On May 23, Facebook’s next play in the WiE and her advocacy for increasing female And who knows? Maybe they will find streaming game was revealed. The Live The DJI Phantom 2 Drone enrolment and engagement in STEM; Dr. themselves as part of this circle, too. 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student tuition. I have reached out to the in if they aren’t going to the people who really HANNAH Student Relations Officer to get more DON TU want them? GAUTREAU insights on why international student fees VP FINANCE In a similar way, Novelties needs a bit of PRESIDENT have gone up so much. Stay tuned for a publicity boost. However, inventory is less more information! of an issue. In fact, we just shipped in two brand new patches, and we’ve got some more Hi, Waterloo Engineers! I hope you all Elections! The other day, I was working in the Orifice planned! On top of that, we’re going to be have time to enjoy the beautiful weather and overheard a conversation between two restocking on glassware and bringing in a we have been having. It’s hard to believe We will be finding out who our next fourth-year students. They were talking about completely new item: baseball tees! that it’s already Week 6!! President, VP Operations and Finance, the Student Deals stickers and how useful it Lastly, we have the Sponsorship program, VP Student Life, and VP Communications was. However, they also mentioned that it was which is now accepting proposals until July Mental Health are this week! There will be a By Election a shame that the Engineering Society didn’t 2nd! Although this program hits a smaller for VP Academic coming up soon, so stay advertise it better. Seeing as how the Student subset of students, I do feel that we are Our mental health directors have been tuned for that! Deals sticker falls under my responsibility, I providing something that matters to the hard at work this term! The first Let’s started asking myself questions. student groups that we do sponsor. At the Talk Mental Health ran on Thursday, Second Council Meeting Do people think that Engineering Society last Engineering Society meeting, I was very and it was extremely successful. Come Summary services aren’t useful? Or do people not use happy to speak to the leader of a group that out to POETS on Thursday, June 9th for them because they don’t know about them? we sponsored last term. They had some kind “Eat Your Words”. We will be making We had our second council meeting on How do we fix that? Step one would probably words about how far their sponsorship money cookies and writing a negative word on Wednesday, May 25th. We elected our be… well, talk about them! had gone towards enabling learning for the them using icing, then you get to eat it Sponsorship Committee, Chief Feedback The two Engineering Society programs that team. and never speak it again. Mental Health Officer, and the Teaching Award are arguably the most beneficial to the average So, those are our services. What can you do Awareness Week is also coming up from Committee. In addition to this, council student are the Student Deals sticker and the to take advantage of them and make Waterloo June 20th to June 24th, so make sure to mandated the VP Education, Anson Chen, Engineering Capital Improvement Fund Engineering better? participate in that! to write a letter to the WatPD Engineering (ECIF). Tragically, I think these are two of the Go to the Orifice and get your Student Committee to take the stance that we most under-used services we offer! I think this Deals sticker! We have 8 partners and more New Ranking System want to conduct a survey to gauge student especially about ECIF, since we didn’t receive on the way, so get your sticker! satisfaction regarding the PD program. enough proposals last term to use up all of the Go to the Engineering Society website and The faculty has recently implemented There was a lot of great discussion about money we allocated towards new projects. make an ECIF proposal. Whether you want a new rankings system, where instead the letter, and it will be presented again at RidgidWare is also a service that the more comfortable chairs in the student labs of receiving your class rank in an email, the next council meeting. Society offers that isn’t really seeing its or smart water fountains in CPH, you could you will have to go to a website to get There was a great Q&A for all of the time in the limelight. I’ve spoken at length end up improving the lives of your fellow this information. This was implemented EngSoc Election candidates. Lots of about RidgidWare in previous issues, but students! because there were a lot of student great questions were asked. If you are the gist is that the store is still young and Like the Novelties and RidgidWare complaints about getting the rankings, so interested in what they had said, check out adjusting to what students want/need it to Facebook pages in order to get up-to-date this system allows the student to decide the minutes from EngSoc meeting 2 that be. The RidgidWare team and I are working information! if they want to see their class rank. In were sent out on the mailing list! on maturing it by bringing in new stock and As always, if you want to shout out to me, addition, all of your rankings from now on For more information about council expanding hours, but we are still trying to see you can reach me at vpfinance.b@engsoc. will be stored on this system, so you will meetings make sure to check the EngSoc what advertising strategies work best. After uwaterloo.ca. Thanks again for reading! Until be able to see how your rankings have website, and subscribe to the mailing all, what’s the point in bringing more things next time! changed over time. list! If you have any questions about our council meetings, please contact International Student Tuition [email protected] and we would be more than happy to answer your At the first council meeting this term, the questions. The next meeting will be held Executive was mandated to take a stance on Wednesday, June 8th at 5:30 in CPH against the rapid increase of international 3607. Upcoming Events Calendar Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 Check out up-to- the-day event EngSoc Council Eat Your Words! Movie Night in Upper Year Hell Eat Grilled postings on the Meeting #3 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM POETS Week Cheese EngSoc website at 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM engsoc.uwaterloo. Summer Films Introduction to ca/event-calendar/ and You! 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Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 Puppies in Job Hunting Skills Day at The Mental Health Eat Grilled POETS! Seminar MUSEUM Awareness Week Cheese 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM WebDev Dungeons and Workshop Dragons 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM TalEng 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM THE IRON WARRIOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 Engineering Society 9 VP External Update So What’s Really Going On?

in a meeting (plenary) and get things The CFES elected their first VP Academic facilitating communication between KIERAN done. We pass motions that affect the in January, while ESSCO approved the engineering societies’ sports teams. BROEKHOVEN way ESSCO/CFES run or affect students new director at the end of May and will be Hopefully this means more Ontario VP EXTERNAL across the country. I thought in this article, hiring one soon. They will be responsible engineering sports tournaments in the having just attended my final conference for addressing issues that are brought to future! as VPX, I’d give you an idea of some of individual engineering societies by their Finally, at CFES Congress in January, As some of you may be aware, as VP the things that have been happening that members that the societies are not well we mandated the CFES executive to put External my role includes attending have been relevant to you! enough equipped to handle. Something together a plan for helping students in conferences with the Engineering One big thing ESSCO and CFES have CFES has recently been fighting for is for Canada achieve employment. The VP Student Societies’ Council of Ontario been pushing for recently is advocacy. For a voting seat on the Canadian Engineering Academic will look into increasing the (ESSCO) and the Canadian Federation this reason, both have recently introduced Accreditation Board. The VP Academic employability of students, as well as of Engineering Students (CFES). But a new position for this purpose. There now will continue this effort, so hopefully we, improving employment opportunities. what on earth do we actually do at these exists an ESSCO Director of Academic as students, might get a vote in engineering Those are the big ones! There are plenty conferences? Well a big part of it is Advocacy and a CFES VP Academic. accreditation in the near future! more so if you’d like to hear about them professional and leadership development Each has the responsibility of working On the note of new positions, ESSCO just shoot me an email, message me, or for our delegates. But then at the end of towards the development of better has also introduced a director of sports! just come chat. every one, all the VP Externals sit down engineering education in Ontario/Canada. This director will be responsible for Thanks for reading! VP Education Update ED-Vocation, PD, Co-op and Moar

on is the WatPD Engineering Curriculum gested it might be useful to have EngSoc goal of the group is to improve Engineering ANSON CHEN Committee. This group consists of 2 associ- run a survey to verify whether students re- co-op. VP EDUCATION ate and academic directors for PD, profes- ally are this dissatisfied with PD. If students A few interesting things I learned from sors from each engineering department, and are discontent, PD may have to be changed. last week’s meeting: myself. The goal of the group is simply to Sidebar for your interest: Nanos, Trons, The Engineering employment rate for the improve PD and to evaluate its usefulness. and Softwares rate PD more negatively than Spring 2016 work term is 93% (of which Hey B-Society! I hope you’re all enjoy- Last Wednesday at the committee meet- all the other engineering programs. 7% are hired by UW in research or other po- ing the super warm weather, because I sure ing, something happened that has not hap- I am planning to present a letter to the sitions). The overall rate is 2% higher than am. pened before. A professor from ECE pre- committee in favour of conducting the sur- Spring last year, while the percentage hired Speaking of warm weather: Q) Which is sented on the results of a survey run by one vey. The letter is currently undergoing re- by UW is more or less the same. faster, heat or cold? of his students who graduated this year. finement with the EngSoc Council. If you Nanos have the highest number of stu- A) Heat, because you can catch a cold. The survey asked 75 engineering students have input regarding whether or not you dents hired by UW in research positions. Haha… ha… *booed off the page* Here across a variety of programs to rate how think EngSoc should survey student satis- Civils are not taking as many research are some updates for you on the VP Educa- useful PD was to them, and whether it in- faction in PD in order to initiate change, feel positions, leading to a 4% lower first work tion side. creased their employability at all. The re- free to send me an email at vpeducation.b@ term employment rate than last year. sponses were rather negative. Furthermore, engsoc.uwaterloo.ca. For Fall 2016, 300 more students will WatPD Satisfaction the results contrasted the satisfaction ratings be looking for employment than last year, in the formal end-of-course surveys, which Co-op Updates leading to the largest Fall term to date. One of the faculty committees that I sit average at 3.5/5 (70%). The professors sug- WaterlooWorks continues to be on track Another Engineering committee that I sit to launch in Winter 2017. WaterlooWorks on is the Co-op Working Group. This group will offer features such as improved job VP Internal Update also consists of representative department search with location map, unlimited docu- professors and CECA representative(s). The ment upload, and the option for employers This Might Pique Your INterest to provide salary information and interview feedback. June 20th and sign-ups will be opening up Exam Bank TERESA LUMINI on Monday June 6th . So be sure to dust off VP INTERNAL those keys, warm up those voices, practice your talents, and sign up to perform at our Throughout the term, we will be raffling termly showcase of engineering talent! away $25 Cineplex gift cards, and all you Finally, we’re bringing back on-term have to do to enter is submit an exam (or Hey hey hey! SCUNT this year! Remember that amazing multiple) to the EngSoc Exam Bank. The Lots of cool events are coming your way event from OWeek? Well now you’ll get to first raffle is on Friday June 3rd, and we will before Hell Week begins that you should experience the on-term version! Be sure to do at least 2 more this term. For more de- for sure check out! First off, we had some sign up on the facebook event with your tails, see the blog post on www.engsoc.ca! amazing candidates for the next coming team! We’ll be having a McMaster and an Finally, if you are interested in running exec and would like to thank them for their alumni team participating this term, so that for VP Academic for the next Executive hard work during their campaigning period will be some great fun on June 24th ! term, look out for an upcoming by-election! as well as thank all the students who took the time to vote! We have some pretty awesome things coming your way in the next couple of weeks, starting with Summer Films and You! and Eat Your Words! I’m particularly excited for that second one. Here is an opportunity for those suffering with mental health, abuse in the LGBTQ community and anyone who has struggled with words that have hurt them or that they don’t like. Now you can write these words on a cookie and eat them and not use them again. This event is promoting inclusivity and taking the time to consider how our words affect others and I would like to give credit to Sarah Martin for coming up with this amazing event idea! We also have Puppies in POETS coming up on the Wednesday of Hell Week! This event has changed from previous terms as, unfortunately, the National Service Dogs were not available this term, but don’t you fret! St. John’s Ambulance will be bringing their dogs for you to enjoy before those crazy midterms. And as for after midterms, TalEng will be coming up on THE IRON WARRIOR 10 Science and Technology WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 Goldilocks and the Three Deodorants

headlines like “Scientists link aluminum well-meaning “green mommy” blogs. Not recommend. The worst part is that the candle BRIGITA GUBINS compounds found in deodorant to higher very promising. wax was just soluble enough in the oil that YEAR 2 cancer rates.” News sources, even So I went ahead and tried them all anyway, with body heat, it would melt into clothes, ENVIRONMENTAL relatively reliable ones, are also notorious with wildly different results. Most of the then harden, then melt, then harden, etc. I for paraphrasing new scientific studies to recipes are some ratio of a starch (corn, learned the hard way that wax will not come sensationalize the otherwise boring content. potato, arrowroot, whatever), baking soda, out of cloth. Same 1:1:1 ratio, just with some LEAFY THOUGHTS In the case of the aforementioned headline, oil (shea, coconut, olive, and a number of shredded wax melted and mixed into it. the studies actually cited were two conflicting others I swear they made up), and some kind The third attempt was preceded by How do you know when you’ve crossed experiments that are now 13 and 15 years of scent like an essential oil. Some variations getting beeswax and some other form of the line to full out barefoot hippie? How can old, both of which had major flaws according included beeswax so it would form a solid oil with a higher melting point. I was lucky you distinguish between the pseudo-science to the oncologist interviewed by the writer, bar, while others worked as a paste. enough to find a honey vendor in a certain of using crystal energy to cure pneumonia Dr. Philippa Darbre, of the University My kitchen cupboards already contained farmers’ market here in Waterloo that also and the actual enzymatic production of of Reading. These studies examined the olive oil, baking soda, and cornstarch, so sold beeswax by the brick; however, those hydrogen peroxide in honey, rendering it a correlation between aluminum, parabens, I mixed those three and poured it into an decorative beeswax candles will also work. mild antiseptic? other estrogen-mimicking compounds, and old, empty deodorant tube, which promptly The beeswax definitively made all the If you’ve ever Googled a recipe for the growth rates of cancerous cells caused by leaked all over the table and made right difference in the consistency, in addition homemade/DIY anything, you’ll already excess estrogenic compounds. But attempts mess. This was 1:1:1 oil to starch to baking to using coconut oil in the place of olive be aware that almost all of the results come to link these factors in human subjects soda. oil, as it remains solid below 25C. This from “natural health” blogs, damning the instead of petri dishes is still inconclusive, In the second attempt, I had an idea version had less oil, more starch, as well as “bad chemicals” in various products and over a decade later. as I spotted an Ikea candle on the table, approximately a tbsp’s worth of shredded, linking them to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, With decade-old studies being cited, thinking, “beeswax can’t be that different melted beeswax. etc. etc. Essentially, posts by well meaning, I really didn’t care. In the attempt to from paraffin, all it’s doing is thickening If you take away nothing else: don’t smear but often very misguided individuals that create zero waste, my only criteria for the mixture.” Ha. Hahaha. It thickened it, candle wax with olive oil on your armpits. It don’t fully understand the science behind the homemade deodorant were no packaging to the point where applying it left chunks will not be a fun time. That, and those “green thing they claim is bad. and the requirement of no special tools. Yet of waxy goo. On me, on my shirt, and on homemaker” blogs often have good ideas for To be fair, the internet is full of click-bait everywhere, the only recipes are from those the container. It was gross; 0/10 do not the wrong reasons. Antarctic Dinosaurs i.e. Cool Dinosaurs

measured only around twenty feet long, DONOVAN on average eight feet smaller than the MAUDSLEY Allosaurus. Eight feet might not seem 3A MECHANICAL like a huge difference, but the extra size meant that the Allosaurus could take on larger, more dangerous prey than its OLD NEWS ancestor. The Cryolophosaurus’ defining trait was the crest that sat above its head, Last issue, I delved into the history of likely used simply to attract a mate. mass extinctions. This time I’m going A counter to the Cryolophosaurus is to talk specifically about the K/T event the Glacialisaurus Hammeri, a herbivore (Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction), with that also lived during the Early Jurassic emphasis on some of the creatures that and may have been the prey of the it took with it. The K/T event happened Cryolophosaurus. The Glacialisaurus around 66 million years ago and is the is one of the smaller sauropods that has Hello!mrsax via Wikimedia Commons major extinction event that most people been discovered, weighing an estimated know about, catalyzed by the meteor 5 tons. Compared to its larger cousins the A full Cryolophosaurus Ellioti Skeleton on display in Vancouver, BC impact on the Yucatan Peninsula in Brachiosaurus (39 tons) and Brontosaurus at the Ultimate Dinosaur Exhibit. Note the crest on top of the skull. Mexico, causing the majority of life (17 tons), the Glacialisaurus would have The shape of this crest has drawn comparisons to the hairstyle on Earth to go extinct. For a long time, been positively cute. As an earlier breed of Elvis Presley, earning it the nickname the “Elvisaurus”. paleontologists thought that life in than its larger family, the Glacialisaurus different sections of the world would may have even stood on its hind legs have been affected differently, but recent to reach the leaf canopy it ate from. evidence from Antarctica disproves this. As natural selection worked on the Over a six year long study conducted by Glacialisaurus, the larger of the species the University of Leeds and the British thrived and evolved into the larger Antarctic Survey, researchers were able sauropods I mentioned earlier. to identify over 6,000 fossils which The last dino I want to discuss is the mark a dramatic series of extinctions Antarctopelta Oliveroi, an ankylosaurid concluding 66 million years ago. from the late Cretaceous. The Most of the popular dinosaurs, the Ankylosaurus is one of my favourite likes of which are seen in Jurassic Park, dinosaurs, and is fairly underrated (maybe come from areas which today are dry and because its name is harder for children to arid, like the badlands in North Dakota pronounce). As armoured herbivores that and Alberta. But Antarctica also housed likely traveled in herds for protection, some pretty amazing creatures in its they may have been a natural enemy of time. During the age of the dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus. The Antarctopelta Antarctica was still a very southern may even have had spikes protruding continent, but the global climate was from its front shoulders, giving it a very much warmer. The frozen plains of the menacing look. modern South Pole probably resembled The Antarctic peninsulas likely house Brazil more than the frozen expanses many, many more fossils, but because of seen today. Here are some of my the harsh conditions, excavating them is favourites from the Antarctic creatures of difficult and dangerous work. It took a the dinosaur age. team of paleontologists over a decade to The first carnivorous dinosaur excavate a single Antrarctopelta Oliveroi to be found in Antarctica was the skeleton. Storms have been known to Cryolophosaurus Ellioti, whose name degrade and sometimes destroy partially comes from the Latin for cold, crest exposed fossils during digs as well. Due and lizard. Cold, though true today, is to Antarctica’s location during the age Nobu Tamura via Wikimedia Commons largely a misnomer. During the Early of the dinosaurs, in particularly in the Jurassic period, the time when the Triassic and Jurassic Eras, it may house An artistic depiction of the Glacialisaurus Hammeri, showing it Cryolophosaurus lived, Antarctica was many fossils that help us learn more about standing on its hind legs. The Glacialisaurus may have needed actually close to the equator. This creature the evolution of dinosaurs. For example, to do this to reach the leaf canopy to eat. Its descendants, was a theropod, the same family as the the first two dinosaurs I discussed today the large sauropods Brachiosaurus and Brontosaurus, were Allosaurus or Tyrannosaurus, and closely help tell the tale of the early sauropods many times its size and would not have needed to do this. resembled its more well known cousins. and therapods. Let us hope we can keep No full Glacialisaurus skeletons have been recreated. Large for its time, the Cryolophosaurus studying and uncovering new species! THE IRON WARRIOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 Science and Technology 11 What’s the Canadian Space Agency Up To?

that the projects that the CSA is currently result is 20 second of weightlessness, One final project that the CSA takes on CAMERON SOLTYS leading and supporting are not super during which experiments ranging from is that of stratospheric balloons. Much 3N MECHANICAL flashy and exciting; to leave it unsaid materials science to fluid dynamics can like the parabolic flight program, this is would be skirting an important point. take place. The CSA has three planes a service that the CSA offers to scientists The CSA is not currently controlling a for the purpose; a KC-135 and an who need to perform high-altitude SPACE CAM flotilla of robots on the surface of another Airbus A300 that can each carry a dozen experiments. Stratospheric balloons are world. Nor is it landing on a comet or experiments at a time, and a smaller most-frequently though of as weather When the topic of Canadian space whizzing past Pluto. What it is doing Falcon 20. In any case, the planes fly balloons, but they can be a platform contributions comes up, there is one thing is supporting the global space industry, tens of parabolas over the course of a few for all sorts of data acquisition and that almost everyone will ­surely know making new technologies that others will hours, giving researchers time to conduct experimentation. They travel up to 42 about: the Canadarm. Even now, 35 years use, and providing important services to their experiments. km into the atmosphere and remain there after the first arm was delivered to NASA, Canadian scientists to conduct space- Another project supported by the CSA for up to 10 hours, with longer-duration it is the most celebrated Canadian space related experiments. is the “iRings” project from McGill tests currently under consideration. achievement. In November 2012, Google One of the aforementioned services University. This project, which gets its The balloon plummets to Earth while Canada displayed a Canadarm-themed the CSA supplies is parabolic flights. name from the Iron Rings that obliged its scientific payload parachutes down. doodle celebrating its first deployment on Famously used in the NASA “Vomit engineers all across Canada wear, has According to the CSA website, these the Space Shuttle Columbia in November Comet” program, parabolic fights designed a wheel suitable for use on a balloons offer a unique ability to study 1981. The current $5 bill depicts the provide a short-duration microgravity lunar rover. The wheel has chain-mail the stratosphere since it is “too low for Canadarm2, a similar device that environment inside of a plane. They integrated into its structure to provide satellites, too high for aircraft and cleared represents a substantial amount of the work by having a plane climb quickly durability and puncture support and is too quickly by rockets.” Canadian contribution to the International through the air, throwing the occupants filled with granular particles instead of These are just a few of the many Space Station. The Canadarms are upwards. The plane then makes a air. This design has several advantages, projects that the CSA is involved in. remarkable devices that have served their parabolic arc, following the trajectory not least of which is the inherent shock- Some of these, and other, projects are space shuttles and orbiting space stations that the occupants take under gravity damping characteristics. This damping sure to reap great economic and scientific well, but there is more to the Canadian alone. In other words, the passengers would allow a rover to use smaller rewards. While the Canadarm may Space Agency (CSA) than that. free-fall through the sky while the plane shocks, saving weight—something that remain Canada’s most prestigious foray It should probably be noted outright adjusts its speed to follow their path. The is always a limiting factor on spacecraft. into space, it is hardly the only one.

NASA via Wikimedia Commons Space cadets training in the weightlessness of the vomit comet 3D Printed Rocket Flies Ride the [PRESTO] Rocket UC San Diego Students Prove Themselves TTC Implements Electronic Fare System

during testing can reduce development West end are outfitted with a PRESTO ELIZABETH RATAN VARGHESE time and cost. Consider SpaceX’s 3D- payment system each night between 9pm SALSBERG 1B ELECTRICAL printed SuperDraco Engine Chamber: it and 3am. With a second garage starting took just about three months to develop 3B NANOTECHNOLOGY up PRESTO installment operations in the from an initial design to a functional pro- near future, the rate of installation will totype capable of being used in thrust double to 20 buses a night! On May 23, a group of University of tests. The improved components and PRESTO! PRESTO! The service may In the meantime, customers are heav- California San Diego students launched a quicker development could both help not be PRESTO but you can now use ily encouraged to continue to carry cash, rocket in the Mojave Desert with a fully reduce the final cost of rockets. In fact, PRESTO to board select TTC vehicles tickets, Metropasses, and tokens as it is 3D-printed engine. The rocket, named 3D-printing is considered one of the key at select locations. That’s right folks, the highly unlikely that the next bus after the Vulcan-1, was about 5.7 metres long technologies that will eventually allow TTC is officially moving to the PRESTO that really crowded one you waited over and 20 cm in diameter. Despite contend- US rocket manufacturers to undercut the payment transit fare payment system in an hour for is going to have PRESTO ing with 30 mile-per-hour winds, the Russians on cost, so that the Americans what’s being called “the largest mass de- payment capability. rocket managed to fly a ground distance will once again have an independent ployment of new fare technology in TTC Though the system is being rolled out of about 1220 m, and reach an altitude of heavy-lifting rocket industry. history.” in a so-called “piece-meal” approach, 3,000 m. The team was not the absolute There is still much work to be done The TTC expects the PRESTO pay- humour aside, this is the right direction. first to do this: one of their Kickstarter until rocketry reaches that point. SpaceX ment system to be fully operational Transit systems in the Ottawa, the GTA backers, Bagaveev Corporation, man- and NASA have yet to attempt making sometime in 2017, though customers will and nearby Hamilton areas are also in aged to launch a 3D-printed rocket sev- entirely 3D-printed engines. Meanwhile be able to use cash, tickets, Metropass- the process of switching to PRESTO. eral years ago. in the Mojave Desert, the Vulcan-1 was es, and tokens halfway into next year. As Toronto follows suit, we will even- SpaceX and NASA have also been pur- destroyed on its maiden flight because PRESTO payment devices have been tually reach a more integrated approach suing 3D-printed rocket components for its parachute failed to deploy. Govern- installed on all 247 street cars. PRESTO on transit fares, making life easier for several reasons. 3D printing allows for ments, corporations, and students alike pay stations also exist in 28 of 69 TTC transit-goers everywhere.While riding new component geometries which are are grinding through tests and sweating subway stations, while roll-out onto the rocket is already a fun experience, impossible to create with traditional ma- through calculations, trying to create our buses is ongoing. As of now, 10 more the convience of PRESTO will make it chining and welding. Using 3D printing 3D-printed future in the stars. buses at the Queensway garage in the better for everyone. THE IRON WARRIOR 12 Miscellaneous WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 Tragedies of Everest More Deaths on World’s Tallest Mountain

takes a toll on the bodies and minds of climb again until they were offered high- minister. The Nepalese government, by RATAN VARGHESE climbers: they start making dangerous er insurance and benefits, which they re- the way, tends to avoid regulating this 1B ELECTRICAL decisions and overestimating their stam- ceived. Some have considered offering extremely potent source of income. ina. Nevertheless, the allure of achieve- guides to mountains other than Everest. All this means that despite the mas- ment for climbers, and fortune for the Others are considering looking to other sive risks and recent tragedies, there will Nepalese and Sherpas enabling the lines of work altogether. Easier said than likely be mountaineers eager enough to Last year, Mount Everest was closed climbers seems strong enough to ensure done in Nepal’s tourism-focused econo- climb Everest and Sherpas opportunistic early for climbing during the Nepalese still more people will risk life and limb my: experienced mountain guides have enough to join them for many years to earthquake. The year before that, the next year. Some people climb to brag, a higher salary than the Nepalese prime come. mountain was closed after 16 Sherpas some crave a sense of control over their were killed in an avalanche. This year, life, some are playing hero. Everest was re-opened and 6 climbers Even as more attempt to climb Ever- died on the journey to the summit. est each year, the romance of the task is First was Dutchman Eric Arnold. Then being chipped away with time. Now that Maria Strydom, who had climbed with thousands have reached the summit, it her husband, was too exhausted to join is no longer quite an exclusive achieve- him on the last 15 minute stretch to the ment. The lower section of the mountain summit, and died in his arms during their is littered with trash and human excre- trip down. Finally, Subhash Paul, Paresh ment: cleaning it up would be danger- Paul, and Gautam Gosh, who didn’t heed ous and expensive. Higher up, the dead their Sherpa guide’s advice to stay off bodies of past climbers remind their the summit for lack of time. The fourth successors of the risks they are taking. climber in their expedition, Sunita Haz- There are over 200 corpses on Everest: ra, nearly died as well: luckily for her some are encountered so often that they another climber, Leslie Binns, found her acquire nicknames, particularly Tsewang screaming and oxygen-deprived. Binns Paljor, now often called “Green Boots”, abandoned his own climb to the summit much to the distress of his family. to help her down. The Sherpa guides who accompany The extreme effort and biting cold are mountaineers are becoming less willing Rdevany via Wikimedia Commons dangerous in and of themselves. On top to face the deadly peak. After the 2014 of that, the low oxygen near the summit avalanche, many of them refused to Everest in 2015 Broskies on Brewskies Battle of the Brews

DONOVAN four out of five. Amber doesn’t disappoint. It’s still bitter, settled on three out of five for the Har- MAUDSLEY Up next was the Fire in the Rye, a but has a milder and less aggressive feel binger. TRISTAN KUEHN roasted rye pale ale from Double Trouble to it. Once you get past this it’s similar to Last up was the Cassel Brewery’s 3A MECHANICAL Brewing company. With a 6.1% alcohol the first two. It feels heavier than both of Golden Rail, a honey brown ale. We par- 3A SYSTEMS content, this might actually be double them though, and is very easy to drink. ticularly remember liking this one, and trouble for those not used to craft beers. We liked this one a lot, and gave it top were a little disappointed the second time BROSKIES ON BREWSKIES Fire in the Rye has a bite to it, which marks, a full five out of five. around. We had put it up on an unreach- Donovan in particular really likes. As a For the first time ever, we drank a able pedestal of craft beer awesomeness. Tristan and Donovan are off-again-on- fan of rye whiskey. this makes sense. It’s fourth beer on the night. The Harbinger The honey flavour comes through with a again roommates and good friends from a very similar beer to the Spark House, American Pale Ale from Descendants mild flavour that most would appreciate. London, Ontario. Good, local food and but less accessible. Bitter and sour, all Beer and Beverages wins the best can de- After we finished our first of this beer we beer are just some of the common inter- the flavours meld very well together. sign award for the year with its simple, had another, and then another. This beer ests these two share. While they realize Discord began to brew amongst the Bro- flat white can and cool/mysterious hood- also received full marks. that they don’t know everything there skies when it came to rate this beer, as ed figure. The Harbinger itself is dry, and Overall this was a difficult contest. All is to know about craft beer (and cider) Tristan liked the Spark House more, and less bitter than the other beers. A fruity of the beers we had are very good, and (and mead), they’re always willing to try Donovan preferred Fire in the Rye. After sweetness is one of many undertones we recommend that you try any and all something new for the greater good. Nei- a heated debate the two beers ended up that blend together nicely with the malts. that you can get your hands on. Please ther is a beer snob, and both have been totally tied. We found that this beer was similar to remember to taste responsibly, and that known to drink beer store favourites such The halfway beer was the Jubilee Am- the first two beers in every way that the we’re not experts, by any stretch. We’ll as Molson Canadian, Budweiser, and ber Lager. Lagers are typically more sub- last beer was different. While still a very be back in a few weeks with another set their old friend James Ready. They also tle in their taste than Ales, and the Jubilee good craft brew, on our harsher scale we of all new craft beers! encourage any readers to recommend their favourite craft beers for review, just email the Iron Warrior! For our tenth issue of Broskies on Brewskies we wanted to do something special, so we went into the vault and decided to do a “best-of” showdown. We found five different beers at the LCBO that we had given at least four out of five previously, and tasted them again to see if we still liked them as much. As such, the ratings in this issue reflect higher standards than normal. The first all-star brew we tried was the Spark House Red Ale from the Lake of Bays Brewing Company. From the first sip we knew that we still liked it. We were a little parched after our trip to the store (some weather we’re having, eh?), so we started a little fast and didn’t really let up. Light and slightly bitter, the Spark House has a pleasant taste that’s fairly accessible. A bitter aftertaste doesn’t overpower the beer at all, and actually adds to our overall enjoyment. The malts used in making it are a nice counter to the hops used heavily in most craft beers. It’s also a very dry beer, similar to a white wine. We were unsure of how to rate this on our more intense scale, so we gave it THE IRON WARRIOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 Miscellaneous 13 Party Like It’s 1999 Five Things: What Was Happening at UW Back Then? Election Edition

Jobmine is and how ridiculous it is exactly the chair worked, so if you are GABRIELLE KLEMT that WaterlooWorks is… still in the CAITLIN MCLAREN good with Ikea furniture, or just really 1B GEOLOGICAL works… one thing is definitely also 3T CHEMICAL dirty-minded, see if you can figure it out true, the students of 1999 had it worse. and write in to us. We need to know for Imagine, if you will, a world without scientific reasons. the Jobmine Glitch to let you know you 5 THINGS YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW In an attempt to bring you, the student, have an offer, imagine not even having Napoleon and Waterloo some new and exciting information, I an online database for jobs, the terror is Hello again, readers! Enter at your went searching through Iron Warriors unimaginable. peril. This is the column wherein I The battle of Waterloo (not to be of old to find out what I could about the Imagine having to go around campus remind you of all the ways you should confused with our yearly tangle with the university we call home. I thought it looking at co-op job boards or going to be ashamed of your ancestors. Yes, all of geese,) was one of the turning points of would be cool to tell you about what we the CECS building, definitely not the nice you. There are no exceptions, whatever history. Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon published in issue 2 of the summer term Tatham Centre, to ask about job postings. country or continent you are from. Oh, led to the British Empire being the 17 years ago, but when I went looking, Then, once you’ve found out about jobs, you come from Antarctica, smartypants? undisputed most powerful state in the it turns out … well 17 years isn’t all that you can go drop off up to 24 (yup, twenty- Bet you don’t know that Dr. George world for a long time. However, the long ago, and today we’re still talking four whole resumes) in various job-boxes Murray Levick, the first naturalist to battle was a very near thing, and some about exactly the same things we were in Needles Hall. How they told you if study penguin breeding habits, was historians think that Napoleon may have talking about then. you got interviews, God only knows. so shocked at their “constant acts of won if he didn’t have a serious pain in As a small recap, if you were curious, Probably by carrier pigeon. depravity” (including necrophilia and the ass. Midnight sun was getting ready to head Unlike now, interviews did not happen molestation of chicks) that he recorded See, Napoleon suffered from severe to Sunrayce ’99, ESSCO AGM was at the TC and you were paged to your his findings in Greek to hide them from haemorrhoids, which is when the veins taking place in a mystery location, gas interview room over crackly speakers and curious non-scientists? We’ve all had in the rectum get swollen and painful. prices were ridiculous (59 ¢/L whaatt?), a bad mic. The next stage after interviews, professors like that. Normally, the doctors treated these with Systems Design class of 2003 won the rankings, was even worse. Apparently, That little fact was a bonus, because it leeches, because medicine back then ’99 Havenger Scunt, and Waterloo went there was a place with the inviting title is, as you all know, election season in the sucked, even for emperors, but two days to Wonderland for the math and science “the Pit” where you went and stood in United States (as it seems, it always was before the battle they lost them. (One day. line for 15 minutes during your lunch and will always be). Everyone is talking has to wonder how you lose leeches.) So, instead of talking about those break to find out if you even got ranked, about how the world will absolutely end The doctors then tried dosing Napoleon very common-place things, I thought I’d if not you were probably fed to the lions if one of these crazy people is elected, with a buttload of opiates, but they give you some perspective from 1999 to for a gladiator show or something. though they can’t agree on which one accidentally gave him an overdose of lighten up your day. Specifically, how Personally, although I won’t stop is the non-psychotic saviour. For once, laudanum, which he was still feeling on much better off we have co-op now. complaining about Jobmine, I will I won’t get into that. Instead, I will talk the morning of the battle. The rest, as Better? You say incredulously. Yes, better secretly be grateful I’m a GeoE 2020, not about all of the psychotic things that our they say, is history. surprising as that is. 2003, and maybe you’ll appreciate your leaders did, which we somehow survived. Although it can be agreed how horrid birthdate a little more now too! I’m not talking about the notorious Lyndon Johnson and his Caligulas and Draculas; I’m talking Exhibitionism about the leaders who are still respected A Champion of His People for their legitimate accomplishments, President Lyndon B. Johnson makes but did insane and revolting things on today’s macho posturing look tame. He Continued from Page 1 loved and respected at a time when America the side. was known for urinating in public, and fears Muslims. He represents real Islam, say- when in public bathrooms he liked to the Presidential Medal of Freedom: two of the ing, “True Muslims know that the ruthless Sir John A. Macdonald and his turn around and ask people “Have you highest civilian awards, for “exemplary ser- violence of so-called Islamic jihadists goes Drinking ever seen anything as big as this?” He vices” to the country. In the 2012 Olympics in against the very tenets of our religion.” Even would then wave his genitalia (which he London, he was designated as an honoury flag Donald Trump – the same Trump who would If there are three things you learn nicknamed “Jumbo,”) around to impress bearer. Too frail to actually carry the flag, Ali ban Muslims from the country – paid tribute to in history class, it is that Sir John A. and frighten the poor sod who just stood for part of the ceremony with the support him: “A truly great champion and a wonderful Macdonald was our first Prime Minister, needed to pee. of his wife, Lonnie. guy. He will be missed by all!” Is this perhaps a Father of Confederation, and built the In fact, he did exactly that thing when a sign that humanity can get past race and re- Canadian Pacific Railway. Your teacher asked by a reporter why American The Legacy ligion? That talent, philanthropy, and good also probably mentioned that he was an soldiers were fighting in Vietnam, which character are more important? Or perhaps it’s alcoholic. is… remarkably honest, actually. He also It’s amazing that this man became such a just another example of Trump’s characteristic However, he wasn’t a regular alcoholic liked to invite other world leaders to go beloved figure and icon at a time when black lack of logic. Ali was very proud of his reli- or even a Boris Yeltsin, who got drunk in swimming naked with him, in order to people lacked civil rights. He experienced dis- gious identity (not to mention, he had the most his off time. No, Sir John A. Macdonald “establish genital dominance.” Again, at crimination first-hand: he grew up in segregat- Muslim name possible): how can you claim to would drink in the House of Parliament, least he admitted it directly. From time to ed Kentucky, and even returning home from love Muhammad Ali yet hate Muslims? and would be too drunk to participate. time, we need a leader who will bring us Rome with an Olympic gold medal proudly When asked, Ali said that he would like to Time to entertain members of the Royal back to our primate roots. around his neck was not reason enough to be be remembered as: “a man who won the heav- Family? Nope, he was too drunk. When served at a whites-only restaurant. This inci- yweight title three times, who was humorous Irish Nationalists attempted to invade Peter the Great and his Museum dent caused him to throw his medal into the and who treated everyone right. Canada (yes, that was a thing that Ohio River, although he claimed to have lost “As a man who never looked down on happened), he was too hammered to read Peter the Great: it’s in the name. He it. He said he was fighting “to uplift my little those who looked up to him...who stood up for communications. Once, during a debate, modernized Russia and made it into a brothers who are sleeping on concrete floors his beliefs...who tried to unite all humankind he vomited onstage. When the opposing major power, patronized science, and today in America. Black people who are liv- through faith and love. candidate quite naturally pointed out: opened up trade and cultural exchange ing on welfare, black people who can’t eat, “And if all that’s too much, then I guess I’d “Is this the man you want running with the rest of the world. Wait, what black people who don’t know no knowledge settle for being remembered only as a great your country? A drunk!”, Sir John A. was that middle one? Can’t be nothing of themselves, black people who don’t have boxer who became a leader and a champion of Macdonald claimed that he had vomited wrong with patronizing science, right? no future.” his people. And I wouldn’t even mind if folks in disgust at being forced to listen to his Well, that was 18th century science. It’s amazing that this man is so universally forgot how pretty I was.” opponent talking. Impressively brazen- Thus, when he decided to build the Try that next time a police officer accosts first museum in Russia, he decided that you. instead of boring old pottery, he would include lots and lots of dead babies. Edward VII and his Furniture Don’t worry, he didn’t kill any babies. Instead, he issued an imperial order that King Edward VII of England had stillborn infants, especially deformed many accomplishments in his short ones, should be sent from the entire reign. He encouraged class and racial country to be added to his collection. He tolerance, as well as improving relations didn’t put them in a heap or anything; with much of Europe. He was also an instead, he had them taxidermied and inveterate ladies’ man, and had dozens set up in various scenes and in different of mistresses. However, that still was not positions. Sometimes they would have enough for him, and he was a frequent props made of bones and skin and customer at high-class Paris brothels. In various other bits. Just for good measure, fact, he had a special chair constructed he also had the pickled severed head of for his personal use: it was intended to his mistress’ brother, because reasons. Ira Rosenberg via Wikimedia Commons support his very great weight, which If you are interested in seeing any of Muhammad Ali in 1966 posed a risk of crushing the unfortunate these exhibits, the Kunstkamera is still prostitutes. Experts disagree on how in operation today. THE IRON WARRIOR 14 Arts and Entertainment WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 X-Men: Apocalypse X-Men Doing X-Men Things

material shows him as having diverse and opportunity for a highly choreographed The strongest point of Apocalypse is DONOVAN interesting powers, but they only ever re- fight between her and Beast was there, but its depictions of the new, young, X-Men. MAUDSLEY ally show his telekinesis, heightened re- disappointed. Apocalypse also reaches The establishment of the Jean Grey-Cy- 3A MECHANICAL flexes, and his ability to augment other out to Magento, whom he needed to fur- clops dynamic is clumsy at times, but still mutants’ powers. He was essentially just ther his plans. Blinded by rage, Magneto charming. Nightcrawler was my favour- a bullet sink for the majority of his action joins the cause willingly. ite part of the new roster. While keeping If I could only use one word to describe sequences. Sure, moving matter on a mo- Lastly is Apocalypse’s first recruit, him timid and shy, Kodi Smit-McPhee X-Men: Apocalypse it would be “Epic”. lecular level is pretty cool, but grew a bit Storm, played by Alexandra Shipp. Shipp still shows off Nightcrawler’s goofier and Thankfully, I can use more than that. The stale by the end. Apocalypse’s Horsemen is really able to channel the anger and curious sides. Singer also brings back third chapter of the reboot/prequel X-Men were also underutilized. angst that her character would have been Quicksilver from Days of Future Past, series lacks the finesse of First Class and Angel begins as a cage fighter, tear- feeling at this time, and gives the best and keeps him comical and relatable the the depth of Days of Future Past, but it ing other mutants apart for money. He performance out of all the Horsemen. For whole way through. makes up for it in grand style. Clearly a hits rock bottom after his wings are in- anyone keeping track, all of the Horsemen I mentioned before that there is a lot of summer blockbuster, Apocalypse brings jured, but Apocalypse replaces them and are characters that have typically been X-Men doing X-traordinary things, the massive set pieces and full teams of com- strengthens him even more. He should aligned with the X-Men, which I thought most obvious of these being the Quicksil- batants to the silver screen. If I’m being have been a high flying terror against the was a little cheap. There are many villain- ver scene. After the acclaim that the kitch- completely honest, the third act was a X-Men, but only really fought against ous characters that haven’t been shown on en scene in Days of Future Past received, total mess, but I still enjoyed it. A long Nightcrawler. One cool little thing was his screen which would have made amazing it was clear that Apocalypse was going to standing love of the X-Men means that musical taste. When Apocalypse recruits Horsemen. Off the top of my head comes have to try to go above and beyond. This I’m more accepting of large stretches of him, he is listening to “The Four Horse- Post, an adaptive mutant who has had time, Peter uses his speed to rescue every- X-Men doing X-traordinary things than men” by Metallica. many different power sets over the years. one inside an exploding building, saving most viewers. Psylocke is given such sparse screen Pyro would have also made a good addi- people, goldfish, a dog, and even a girl Apocalypse begins with a cool sequence time that I almost forgot about her. The tion to Apocalypse’s roster. from a horrible looking first kiss. Evan from the past, with the title character in Peters provides a great performance as his assumed role as the god-ruler of Egypt the speedster. and preparing to transfer his conscious- Near the end of the second act, the ness into another body. During this, he young X-Men run into the Canucklehead is ambushed by rebels and is stuck in a himself, Wolverine. I thought this was meditative state until he is awoken in the also a cheap fix to the problem they were 80s by CIA agent Moira MacTaggert. in at the time. Wolverine has been used This awakening is what kick-starts the so many times that I’m kind of sick of plot, with four strong and angry mutants him. In the comics his role was typically becoming Apocalypse’s Horsemen and as a supporting character until the mid everyone else in the world trying to figure 2000s, and that is where he fits the best. out exactly what’s going on. The events Yes, Hugh Jackman has become an icon of Days of Future Past are frequently as Canada’s most popular superhero, but mentioned throughout the first act, with I think the time for FOX to hang up the Mystique being shown as a hero among claws is well overdue. mutants and Magneto almost universally While not a perfect film by any stretch, feared. X-Men: Apocalypse is entertaining and Overall, Apocalypse the character was Abdul Wahab via youtube.com fun for anyone who has a connection to underwhelming. The Apocalypse source When the X-Men face Apocalypse, only the strong will survive the X-Men series. THE IRON WARRIOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 Miscellaneous 15 The Stanley Cup Final Speed, Skill and Physicality; Oh My!

Pavelski et.al, also known as the San when Joonas Donskoi scored the game big bodies in front of him as screens. ELIZABETH Jose Sharks. The Pens lead the series 2-1 winner for a 3-2 Sharks victory. They also need to hem the speedy Pens in SALSBERG with game 4 set to go Monday night in Despite not playing their best hockey their zone with their physicality and cy- 3B NANOTECHNOLOGY San Jose. in the first two games, the Sharks only cle game. If they can manage these feats Both teams have lots of skill through lost each game by one goal, and lost offensively while playing solid defense, THE BENCHWARMER REPORT their superstars. For Pittsburgh, Crosby game 2 in overtime. This comes mostly there’s no question they have a chance at and Malkin are merely starters; the line from absolutely stellar goaltending by the 25-year franchises’ first Cup. Hockey fans, this is it! The quest for of Phil Kessel, Karl Haglin and Nick the fresh-faced Martin Jones (26). With the Cup is coming to a finish, and the Bonino has been absolute dynamite with the shot differential being heavily in Pens win if: seemingly ever-present Chicago Black- their speed. Not to mention Brian Rust, Pittsburgh’s favour, one could argue that hawks are well out of it. Left standing we who ranks right up there with Hage- the Pens could have had much more lop- It’s no surprise that the Pens have the have Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh lin and Kessel for speediest of the lot. sided victories save for Jones’ outstand- upper hand in the speed category. To win Penguins along with Thornton, Marleau, Kris Letang is arguably one of the most ing performance. the series, they will need to use this to skilled, speedy and overall dangerous Speaking of goaltenders, Matt Murray their full advantage, breaking out quickly offensive defensemen around (and he (22) has been sensational these playoffs through the neutral zone, splitting the D also plays impeccable defense for good for the Pens, posting 13 playoff victo- and eventually, wearing down the Sharks measure). For the Sharks, there are the ries this postseason thus far. He robbed D-men late in games. The Sharks defense usual suspects: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thorn- Pavelski and Thornton of multiple op- corps are great skaters, so this will not be ton and Patrick Marleau along with portunities in game 3, reminiscent of easy. Sharks D Justin Braun made sure of skilled D-man Marc Edouard-Vlasic— his stellar performance against the Caps that, single-handedly racing back to take and of course let’s not forget about Brent (whom the Pens were able to overcome out a Sidney Crosby breakaway chance Burns. Joel Ward has also been key for in six games). The Sharks have done early in game 3. Kris Letang made a cou- the Sharks, continuing his somewhat un- their homework on the youngster, go- ple of critical bad pinches in game 3. He expected yet consistent playoff success ing high glove side at every possible op- will need to be more cautious if the Pens with 7 goals so far these playoffs, one portunity (albeit mostly to no avail)—in are going to win. The Pens are speedy being a critical setup goal knotting the fact, Ward’s second goal of game 3 was enough and skilled enough; behind phe- score at 2 goals apiece in game 3. a simple (but still heavy) slapper on net nomenal goaltending from Murray they To recap for those of you busy with and ‘lo and behold, it went through the are the better team on paper. Letang and midterms, the Pens took the first two five-hole. Doumanlin jumping up on the rush add games in Pittsburgh in regulation time, yet another degree of unpredictability. getting off to an early 2-0 lead. Going Sharks win if: If the killer line of Kessel, Bonino and into San Jose, the Sharks knew it would Hagelin heats up again and the team as a be critical to win game 3 so as not to They can somehow solve Murray more collective piles up the speedy breakaway be pushed to the brink. Psychologically consistently. Gretzky’s old adage, “you scoring chances, the Sharks are at higher speaking, Sharks Coach Peter DeBoer miss 100% of the shots you don’t take,” risk of taking penalties—leading to the would surely agree that heading into a certainly applies here. The Sharks need Pens potent power play. Enough of these game 4 down 2-1 would be better than to get more pucks to the net. The Pens power plays and blindingly fast chances 3-0. Until Ward’s goal late in the sec- have had more shots on goal in every could easily lead Crosby, Malkin and ond period in game 3, it looked like the game thus far, particularly in the first two Company to their first Cup in 9 years. Alex Goykhman via Wikimedia Commons Sharks were about to go down. But they periods. The Sharks need to get to Mur- The Stanley Cup showed up to play and eventually won ray early and often, while putting their The Verdict: Pens in six. Canadian Indie Rock 5 Bands To Check Out Tokyo Police Club Whitehorse The Zolas SARAH CHAN 2B NANOTECHNOLOGY Who? Tokyo Police Club is an alt-rock Who? Whitehorse is a husband and wife Who? The Zolas are an indie rock duo band from Newmarket, Ontario duo from Hamilton, Ontario. Their album, from Vancouver, BC. Vibe: Alt-rock, punk pop, energetic, Leave No Bridge Unburned, won a Juno Vibe? Indie pop, upbeat and energetic, POP 101 laidback, carefree and nostalgic Award for Adult Alternative this year. electronic and makes you want to dance Song suggestions: Boots of Danger Vibe: Indie folk rock with a bluesy feel Song suggestions: Swooner, Molotov Looking for some cool new music to (Wait Up), Argentina, Not My Girl Song suggestions: Tame as the Wild Girls, Strange Girl listen to? Here are some Canadian indie/ Ones, Downtown, Devil’s Got A Gun Thanks for reading! alternative bands that you should definitely check out! (Yes, realize the irony that this column is called POP 101 and I am writing about indie bands.) Alvvays

Who? Alvvays (pronounced Always) is a Toronto-based band whose members hails from the East coast and performed at Coachella for the first time this year. Their self-titled debut album was listed on several critics’ best of the year lists and is also one of my favourite albums. Their next album is coming out soon. Vibe: Dream pop, jangle pop, very chill with lush melodies Song suggestions: Next Of Kin, Adult Diversion, Archie, Marry Me Hey Rosetta!

Who? Hey Rosetta! is a seven piece band of multi-instrumentalists (kind of like Arcade Fire) from St John’s Newfoundland, known for their energetic live performances. Vibe: Energetic, beautifully layered instrumentation, feel good and uplifting David Lee via Wikimedia Commons Song suggestions: Welcome, Gold Teeth, Harriet, Red Heart Alvvays performing live in George, Washington at the Sasquatch! Music Festival, 2015 THE IRON WARRIOR 16 Distractions WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 The Iron Crossword Sudoku Flavours of the World #2016-07 CAMERON SOLTYS BRYAN MAILLOUX 3N MECHANICAL 2B MECHATRONICS

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“I would have spider powers.” “I could just cry forever.” “Superspeed!” Joey Duffy, 3A Mech Kenneth Wong, 2B Tron Katie Chin, 4A Mech

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